Everyone turned to look at Damien who stood without turning to look at the child. Fearing the man didn't hear, the young child ran to him and grabbed him by his trouser leg. "Alpha Shane, I'm so happy you're alive." The child said again and broke down into tears. Others were beginning to think the child had made a mistake and was about to move him from Damien when the man looked down at the child. He extended his hands afterward and took him into his arms. Seeing the dirty condition of the child, his eyes reddened and once again, he was reminded of the coward who did nothing but run while his pack was getting attacked. But weren't the pack members supposed to follow their new Alpha?"I knew you looked familiar. Shane Hobb, the son of the late Alpha Shaw." Gray mumbled walking back to where he stood. Claire was the most confused of all. So the man who had saved Marcellus was the son of the very man who led the attack to destroy their pack. "Everyone thought you were dead, Shane?"
Drexa's compoundDrexa glanced at the invitation which came annually in boredom. After a while, she tossed it back to Crassus who had brought it to her. "Ignore it." The man caught it and held it in his hands for a while, then he looked up at her and said, "This year's own is different and it'll be fun-filled. For example, Alphas would be there and so would the alpha eating monster. What a show it'd be if he was to gouge out one of the alpha's hearts? He might even be killed by them." "Have you found my relic?" She asked instead, and the man lowered his head in shame. "You mean you found nothing at all?" Crassus went silent again, before he said, "We did find a piece or ornament and I asked a witch to track it. Unfortunately, the location of that witch is New Jersey. The wind must've blown it all the way over here." Drexa glanced at him again and waved her hand, "You may leave." Chad walked him almost immediately, and the two men exchanged glances. Drexa smiled broadly and sto
Liam returned to an empty car. He furrowed his brows tightly and glanced around in search of Keller, totally forgetting he had asked her to cast a spell to shield herself from people's view. "Are you looking for something?" He heard and glanced at the front passenger's seat where he had looked earlier but didn't see her. He smiled and reached out to the mother and daughter behind him, "Get into the car. I need to ask you something." The witch stared at him for a while before agreeing. She was more than grateful that he showed up but at the same time, she wondered what he really wondered. Liam got in last and started the car again. The drive towards town was quiet and he only turned to Keller when he wanted to ask for directions. He drove straight to a villa and honked in front of it. The gate creaked open and a security man walked out to see who it was. When he saw Liam, his eyes widened in shock. "Mr. Elsher." "I decided to visit today." Liam said with a smile and the security
~Ashley~"Okay." Taylor replied and the line went dead. I took it down from my ear and stood up. "Going somewhere?" I heard and glanced at the balcony to see Marcellus leaning into it with an opened novel in his hand. "Yes, I have something to do." I replied and proceeded to walk towards the entrance of the compound. "If you need my help, I can render it to you. That is if you need it." He said but she didn't turn to look at him. He frowned heavily and said, "You do know you're putting me in danger by barging off without informing anyone of where you're going, right?""If you feel so threatened then feel free to reject me as your mate and you will be free, Alpha Marcellus." I replied with a scoff and walked out of the compound. I tried to recall what I had noticed during the brief moment the call lasted and realized I heard the rustling of leaves. It also sounded as though it was hitting the roof of a house. In general, the place sounded relaxed and calm. However, Taylor managed
~Ashley~Before we got to the compound, I found somewhere to sit and sat down then glanced up at Caddel. "I blame you." I said and saw him widen his eyes in surprise before a smile spread across his face. I expected him to deny it but he instead sat next to me. "Well, I told you to go back another day. That points to me having a plan, doesn't it?" He chuckled and I smiled wryly. "So what's the plan? This seems to be the best time to show my monstrous strength and not just display it whenever I feel angry." I sighed and looked away from him. I recalled the look in Dante's eyes. The fact he wasn't yearning to be saved by me broke my heart. What was I expecting? Vampires are fu.cked up and it's difficult for them to forgive whenever they are wronged. "Did something happen between you and Dante?" I heard Caddel ask. "We had a fight earlier. I lost my temper and hit him. Now he doesn't want to have anything to do with me." I replied after thinking it through. For a weird reason, I f
Rebecca's CompoundMarcellus felt a vibration in his pocket and reached into it to take out his phone. When he saw it was Claire, he got up and walked to a side of the compound where he answered it. "We need to meet, Alpha Marcellus. There is something I need to tell you that we can't talk about over the phone." Claire said from the other end and Marcellus agreed without another thought. "Should we meet in Pegasus Bar?" Claire asked but the man recalled he was supposed to meet with Enid when he made his decision. "Let's meet somewhere else. Like a coffee shop?" He asked and heard a hum from the other end, "Should we meet immediately?""If you're free, Alpha." Claire replied. "I'm free. Let's meet in the coffee shop at the outskirts of town." He said. "As you wish, Alpha." Claire concluded and the call ended. When he turned around, he was surprised to see Eden watching him from the staircase. When their eyes met, she chuckled, "Going somewhere?" "I have to meet up with Claire."
Ocean Casino Resort was a luxury hotel owned by supernaturals. So to avoid any accident from occurring with humans, humans were restricted from visiting. At seven in the evening that day, cars such as Bentley, Ferraris, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz began driving in. By quarter to eight, the auditorium was almost filled with supernaturals. A curious human boy who seemed to be in his early twenties sneaked into the premises. All his life, he knew the hotel was always reserved the same time every year and had been one of the curious citizens who wanted to know what normally happened in the hotel. He quickly disguised as one of the waiters to avoid getting caught. He had no idea that the vampires in the whole had smelt him the moment he walked in. As he delivered drinks to people, he got weird glances but didn't associate it to anything. He was already having the time of his life seeing numerous luxurious cars which he was sure he would never see until the day he'd die. He also recogn
No sooner had she finished speaking did a group of three walk in. Numerous people in that manner walked in and the last one was someone that fitted the description of Alpha Gray who Claire had described for Marcellus. "Alphas. I was starting to think they weren't gonna come. It's good they decided to show their faces. At least their pack can boast of having capable leaders." He scoffed and looked away from them. Ashley stared at him the whole time but noticed his eyes remained on one of the Alphas. "You look at him like you know him." She said and the man scoffed again. "He looks like someone who goes after things precious to me." He replied, not going into details. "I heard from a reliable source that the alpha eating monster isn't actually a literal monster. It's a human like you and me." Ashley suddenly said the man glanced up at her. "So you're trying to say he might be within our midst as we speak?" He asked to be sure and Ashley nodded. "I heard he's actually very discree