I unconsciously dropped the gun I was holding. My knees weakened that I had to lean on the rock formation inside. This can’t be real. Kenji and I grew up together. We even played video games together when we were teens. We hang out together, went to bars when we were still in our rebellion phase, and then we changed together.We always did things together. From planning the headquarters, dreaming of freedom, to executing that plan. There had to be a hidden camera somewhere in this place. Kenji must be cooking up another prank and just dragged poor Uncle Magnus in this.Uncle even went to our house to offer his prayers for my family a bunch of times and made us recite bible verses, for heaven’s sake. How could someone like that be a Vampire?“Kenji, what’s the meaning of all this? What are you doing there? This is a joke, right? You must have wanted to get the sword to surprise the team so we wouldn’t have to exhaust ourselves in trying to get it. And you succeeded. I’m proud of you, b
“SIR LUTHER? Can you recognize me?” I heard Isaac whisper.He looked intimidated at first, but he shook his head as if he was bracing his self. He didn’t step back along with the wounded members. Instead, they closed the gap between us and held out their hands.I was about to accept their hands when I saw how my hands had become. I stepped back, unsure what to do, and found myself howling.‘Hush, darling. You are okay. I’m with you. Focus on my voice alone.’When I heard Alexandra’s voice inside my head, I closed my eyes and laid onto the ground while hearing her sing a lullaby for me. It was the same lullaby I sang for her when I carried her on my back.I winced when I felt my body jerking and breaking once again. But the pain was tolerable because this time, there was no fire anymore. Alexandra’s voice was like a refreshing water calming my soul. It sounded soft and sweet. It was like she was singing to placate my heart as if she understood my pain.When the lullaby ended and her vo
MASON walked away while putting his earphones on as if he didn’t want to hear the sound from the gun.“That asshole! If only I didn’t need money, I wouldn’t have worked for him,” the guard uttered. The rest of the guards followed him out. Only two guards were left to monitor me.When Mason closed the door, the guard in front of me still looked extremely pissed. But his expression changed upon seeing a glimpse of my breasts. “You are going to die soon. It will be a complete waste if we were to throw your body right away. Why don’t I play with you for a while?” He laughed. “At least while you’re still soft and warm. What can you say, lady beast?”“Quit it, Rico! Sir Mason would kill you if he finds out what you’re planning to do.”“No one would find out if you wouldn’t run that big mouth of yours, Arki.” Rico winked at the other guard. “Besides, if you’re envious, we can share. You know me. I love sharing good stuff.”When the guy called Arki eyed me with lust, I did my best not to show
WHEN I opened my eyes again, I found myself lying in my room inside my parents’ house. Luther was not by my side although I could still smell his scent. He was just somewhere close to me. It was three in the morning when I glanced at the clock.I sat on the bed and noticed that the glass door inside the room that would lead to the balcony was open. I stood up and noticed that my hands and legs were neatly bandaged. The elder in our pack was every wolf’s physician. In two to three days, my body would be as good as new.I put on a robe, picked up a blanket in the rack, and quietly followed Luther to the balcony. I found him in his pajamas. He was sitting on a rattan chair while cupping his forehead. My heart went out to him. It was obvious he hadn’t slept. He must have wanted to breakdown since yesterday but he had to postpone it for my sake.When he looked up and met my gaze, a tear began to drip onto his cheek. This time, before he could stand to meet me halfway, I filled the gap and
ALPHA Calypso turned off the television after hearing the news about Mason. The latter was currently in prison, but he might be moved to a mental institution if the doctors had proven that he was not stable enough. According to the report, he had been screaming and crying nonstop ever since the cops found him running amok.It made perfect sense. Beatrix said that Mason had witnessed how his nephew and his adopted son had turn into wolves and killed his men. Giovanni even chased Mason away while the Luna called the cops. Luther’s men, on the other hand, had ‘cleaned’ the area and no traces of the tragedy were found afterwards.“When Mason was caught, the cops said that he was crying like a child. ‘Serves him right. I wish he suffer for the rest of his life. I wish that the images of Luther and Giovanni shapeshifting will forever haunt him,” Beatrix said, anger was still evident in her eyes.This morning, I found out that contrary to what I was thinking, I was asleep for two straight da
THE Luna’s shoulders shook as more tears rolled down her cheeks. “No, it’s our fault. We made you feel that way. Can you still forgive us, Xandra?”She was looking at ‘me’ now. At last. Today, during breakfast, she didn’t try pushing Serena’s favorite dishes to me anymore. Instead, there were variety of food on the table and I saw how she carefully observed me as I choose my own food and drinks. Maybe there was hope.“I never hated you and Dad. Although I did feel that you were the ones who didn’t like me, that you were ashamed of me especially during our last meeting.”“I was not ashamed of you. I was ashamed of myself. My frustration got the best of me and I took it out on you. I had always hated the fact that you were the prophesied wolf, Alexandra,” the Alpha answered, looking emotional for the very first time. “Because it meant that you have to be away from me and your mothe
“PARDON the intrusion, Alpha Calypso, Luna Harriet, and Alexandra. There is a woman named Suzanna outside who is requesting to see the three of you along with the Elders. Shall I send her in?”Clay’s voice had broken our first ever family moment.Dad’s brows furrowed before releasing me and Mom from his embrace. All of us quickly wiped our tears away. “Suzanna? Was she the Mage you talked about in your letter?”“Yes, Dad.”Before I left after the emergency meeting, I left a letter in front of the master bedroom containing my explanation about Luther and the Mage who could help us solve the puzzle about the Vampires.“Bring the guest to the meeting room, Clay. We will meet her there,” Dad said authoritatively.“Right away, Alpha.”Mom smiled and gently squeezed my hand before letting me go. “I’m going to learn all your favorite dishes and I will cook them for you.”My eyes shone. “I will look forward to that, Mom.”“Please do.”Both of my parents embraced me one more time before we ste
(Luther)“THE TEAM is hoping that you don’t blame yourself for this, Sir. We are happy to serve you. We knew the consequences of being in your team and we still joined. That was because we wanted your dreams to become reality. The members who died are all proud to work for you,” Isaac said. “I’m sure that if they could go back to the past, even if they knew they would die, they would still choose to serve you.”“And how would you know that?” I asked while looking at the six coffins in front of me.Tristan came forward. “Because if we could go back, we will not change a single thing about our lives, Boss. That’s how we knew. Those orphans saw you as their hero. You believed in them when no one did. The public persecuted them for stealing and selling drugs even when they didn’t. But you saw them and stood up for them when the cops were about to beat them. For you, you were just a passerby who intruded that day. But for them, it was the day you changed their lives. They were also able to