Fenris tapped her back gently. "Wake up, Catori. You need to start getting ready," he said. In response, her legs tangled more with his under the blanket and her grip on him became tighter. He looked at her face. Deep down, Fenris wished that they could stop this but another part of him wanted to go on.
He removed her sleeping body from his and climbed out of the bed. He took one of the towels the hosts of the party kept for them. He had a quick shower. By the the time he came out, Catori had stirred. She was up and about, waiting for him to finish so that she could take her own shower. She smiled when he came out. "What's up?" he asked, bewildered at her visage.
"Nothing," she replied, her smile never lingering.
Fenris watched her go into the bathroom. In a short while, Catori was out. She sat down at the dressing table. When they were at the mall, Amar had also bought her some make up. Catori was quick to make it light and simple.
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A lady took the stage and cleared her throat. "We apologize for the inconvenience, but the party has come to an end," she said and scurried away. Fenris looked to Catori with confusion written all over his face. "What just happened?" he asked. "That is the completion of phase one," she replied. "As you and I have nothing to do, we might as well go back to our room." "But what about Zayna?" he asked with worry as he followed her to their designated room. "Amar will be fine, she should be entering phase two by now," was the reply that came to him. Still very much confused, he followed her inside. "Are you ready to explain the kind of plan the two of you came up with?" he asked as soon as she bolted the door shut. They both sat on the edge of the bed. "Sure. Well, when you talked about wrecking the party, an idea came to me," she started. "But it would have been dangerous for me to share it there, that was why I too
"So how did it go?" Catori asked as they journeyed out of the Wastelands. "Terrible," Zayna replied. "Just take it that everything was a waste of time and energy." "Explain," Fenris demanded. "The guy knew nothing," she said. "Yes, they were once allies of Catori's mother but they cut ties a long time ago." "So coming here was a waste of time?" Catori asked. "Did you not hear me say that earlier?" the other woman snapped. "Tell us what exactly happened in there," Fenris said. Amar blew out a breath. "Alright," she agreed. "Everything went according to Catori's plan, exactly the way she said it would. Fast-forward to after the guy's fiancee found us and screamed. I decided to just corner the both of them together." She paused. "And how did that go?" Fenris asked when he saw that she was not ready to continue. "Terrible," she replied. "No matter what I asked, the stupid heir didn't know. I even questioned his wife
Alaric stopped just as they reached the gates. "Once we go in, you guys become my friends," he said to them. "Just act like we've all known one another for up to a year.""That shouldn't be hard," Liam replied then turned slightly to Kurt. "But Kurt, please do not freeze up.""Sure, no problem," Kurt said.They advanced to the main gates."Halt," one of the guards instructed.They did as ordered. "Who are you and state your business here," he said.Alaric stepped forward despite the guard pointing his spear at him. "My name is Alaric Berwoulf," he said coolly with his hand stuffed in his pockets. "We are here to see the king and queen.""What does a Berwoulf have to do with the royal family?" the guard asked wearily. He was obviously suspicious of them.Alaric shook his head. It was quite amusing to him. "Just let them know that Alaric is here to see them," he told the guard, who in turn sent the mes
She looked just like her mother but with more flesh. Like a switch though, he was back to reality. He could see her mother look at her approvingly. The white haired man could not barely resist the urge to roll his eyes. "Yes dear, I sent for you," the Luna said. She then gestured towards Alaric. "You remember Alaric, don't you?" She wrinkled her nose at his name. "Who is Alaric?" she asked, feigning ignorance of who they were talking about. Her mother looked a little embarrassed. "Darling," she said in a high pitched tone. "Don't you remember Alaric Berwoulf? Your mate?" Her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she tried making the girl recall who he was. "Oh, that idiot? What about him?" Natalie asked. Alaric glanced at her father to see him facepalm. The whole situation made him want to laugh. But he had had enough of having to stand and strain his legs while these people used him to play their guessing game. "Hi there,
He pushed her away. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" he asked while panting."I- I'm sorry," she replied with her face to the floor.He hissed. "Keep moving," he commanded."Alright," she said, raising her hands in mock surrender.They got to her room, which was empty. "I thought your friends were here," Alaric said as he closed the door gently.She sighed. "No one came to visit me," she said sadly. "My friends were meant to be here today but they canceled lady minute. Ever since my son became old enough to move around, most of them have been avoiding me." She bent her head low and sobbed.Alaric stared at her in shock, words were far from his mouth. "You have a son?" he asked. "How? I never knew this and that's coming from someone who frequented this castle."She smiled tiredly. "I had him as soon as you left," she said. "Since you left, one bad thing or the other has happened to me.
They managed to ask directions and were soon on their way back to the castle until they stumbled across the boy who put them in the precinct to begin with. "What a drag," Liam said as he scowled down on the boy. Xavier pushed up his glasses and frowned at them. "You guys are the reason Grandpa is upset with me," he said. "How dare act all innocent around him?" Liam knelt down to his height. "Depending on the situation boy, we are innocent," he said with a blank expression. "Not everything in this world will go the way you plan it just because you're related to the royals." "And sometimes, you just have to suck it up and move on," Kurt added as they both left the boy were he stood. He yelled at them from behind but was too scared to go any closer. "Are there any prisoners in the dungeon?" Natalie asked the guards. They were in
Alaric and Natalie halted abruptly at the scene of the crime. "What happened here?" Natalie asked in shock. "Someone must have have struck before us, but who?" Alaric asked. They bent down to examine the guard with whom they had conversed some minutes ago. The Ghost Reaper went further to check on the other guards. As was expected, they were all out cold. "But how?" the princess whispered. They heard hurried footsteps coming their way. "Natalie, get up," Alaric ordered sharply but either she didn't hear him on time or she did not hear at all. "Surrender yourselves," a strange voice yelled from the hallway. "Put down whatever weapons you may have on you." Without a choice, Alaric dug into his pockets and threw out all his kunai knives. The owner of the voice soon appear. It was a guard, and he was with Natalie's be father. The old man looked astonished to see the
Her two weeks ultimatum was soon coming to an end and they still hadn't found her mother. Catori sat on the swing, dejected. This was like the fifth pack that they were visiting yet there were no clues as to how to find her mother. From what she could tell, something must have happened to Liam's party, because Fenris was constantly on the phone with them but refused to let her in on what was wrong. She had not heard from Kasa and Kurt for days. Catori gripped the swing tight and cried. For days, she had been holding in the tears for fear of looking and feeling weak. Finally, she let them flow. "You know, you shouldn't be out here alone," she heard Amar say from behind her. She didn't bother turning around, the other woman sat beside her on the ground. "Tell me, what's the problem?" the other woman asked. "Something must have made you cry." She offered some of her snacks to Catori, who declined. When she noticed that Catori was no