Dolph was biting his nails like a child when Lucas and Brenda walked in.Lucas became alert instantly, he knew that sign very well, Dolph only bit his fingers when something went wrong or when they lost a business contract. "Dolph, what is the matter?" He asked with panic. Dolph's eyes widened when he saw Lucas and he rushed at him, completely ignoring Brenda. "The craziest shit possible has just happened, Lucas, Riley..." He looked at Brenda, unsure of whether to break the news in front of her or not. Lucas took the hint instantly, at the mention of Riley's name his heart was already pounding. "Come." He said and they went to his study, Lucas jammed and locked the door then went around his desk and sat down. Brenda was left in the sitting room, fazed and perplexed by Dolph's attitude and reluctance to let the cat out of the bag in her presence. She thought about going to eavesdrop on their conversation, but then changed her mind, she wasn't that petty. If it was something so
The wooden door was locked."Common, knock again," Lucas said impatiently.Dolph rapped on the door again with his knuckles and a groan came from inside the small, but beautiful bungalow where the pack's seer stayed. Madeline was a woman of sixty-two who had this special power of vision right from when she was a child. She had been the pack's seer for the past thirty-eight years but Lucas himself hardly consulted her. Dolph did because everything she had predicted happened, Lucas only went to her reluctantly and when it was very necessary, like now. The wooden door swung open slowly and a frustrated voice from inside said, "Now who the bloody hell is that knocking on my door crazily by this fucking time..." Her old but strong and firm voice trailed off when she set her eyes on Lucas. "Oh, it's the king." Her tone changed but the bored look in her washed-out blue eyes didn't. "Please, come in."She ushered them in and looked into the dark before closing the door behind her. "So, wh
Wendy was so furious.She could have just walked in there and murdered the stupid seer. How could she say such stupid things to Lucas? How could she fill his head with such jargon? Such gibberish? She clenched her fists as she eavesdropped from an open window of the bungalow. Even while she listened, Brenda had already made up her mind, Madeline had to go. Lucas sat quietly for a long time, just contemplating and thinking of what to do, of what to say, of how to handle this situation. "So, what made her run away? Is it this same realization?" He asked. Madeline shook her head, "No, Riley is pregnant with your cubs, Lucas."It couldn't stop, it couldn't just stop. The shocking news seemed to go on and on and Dolph couldn't take it anymore. He rose to his feet, running his hands through his hair and blowing air furiously at his cheeks. "Oh, no way!...No way!" He mumbled in disbelief and walked over to the window Brenda was eavesdropping from. When she saw Dolph coming, she got over
Brenda forgot something.The point she was supposed to have considered a long time ago only struck her when she arrived at her pack in a feat of rage. "That bitch!" She yelled suddenly as she held a glass of water in her hand. "How did I just remember this now?" She asked herself. "Fuck!" She bellowed.Her grip on the glass tightened so hard until the point that it shattered and the water splashed everywhere. A maid who had been observing ran towards her with a look of shock and horror, "Oh my goodness, Princess Brenda!" She exclaimed and bent to pick up the splinters of the glass.She suddenly paused, the water spilled on the floor was turning pink, no it was a deep shade of red. When the maid looked up, she saw that it was Brenda who was bleeding from a cut on her fingers. "Dear me!" The maid rushed out of the room and came back holding a napkin. Brenda was still fuming, completely oblivious to the scene the maid was absorbed with. How could Lucas do this to her? That wasn't even
They moved in the dark like the highly trained professionals they were.They were so stealthy that when they walked into the house Brenda didn't realize it until they were next to her. She almost jumped when she saw Shaw and his men, dressed in all black. "Oh, my fucking goodness! You startled me!" She exclaimed with sleep-laden eyes.She looked at the huge wall clock in the living room, it was almost three in the morning, she stared at Shaw eagerly and questioningly. "We are sorry to have startled you, Princess Brenda. " He said slowly. "The work is done." Just the news she had been waiting for all these hours, it was a melody to her ears. She nodded at him, not wanting to show how excited and satisfied she was about Madeline's death. No one, absolutely no fucking person could talk about her in such a way and go off so easily, it couldn't just happen. "Good, but that's not all, Shaw." She said and he raised an eyebrow at her. She didn't even need to ask if he had carried out the m
When her eyes opened again, Riley's blood turned cold immediately.A very fetid smell came to her nostrils and she suddenly realized what was happening when her blurry eyes saw the black, ominous objects around her. Vultures! They had surrounded her, four of them, thinking she was dead. She was so tired and weak, but the fear of the sharp beaks of the ugly birds digging into her flesh made a rush of adrenaline fuel her for a short period. The birds watched with their crooked necks and hideous bald heads keenly and when their prey moved, they took steps back. Riley's groping hand found and gripped a stone and she hurled it at one of the big birds. They scampered away, but not too far, they hung and waited on low branches of nearby trees. With a desperate effort, Riley struggled to her feet and tottered forward. Her knees felt wobbly and like they were going to give up on her anytime soon, her body was burning with exhaustion. She was starving, her whole body was weakened, languid,
"Nothing? Nothing?" Lucas bellowed as Dolph walked in with the news.Dolph sat down on a chair and breathed deeply, "You've got to relax, Lucas. The men haven't found her yet but I assure you, they will." He said. "There's no fucking way she can outrun them for long, you know, those are trained men and they know the forest better than she does. They'll surely get her.""I'm not fucking convinced, if she remains in that bloody forest for too long, who knows what will happen to her!" Lucas said, his voice angry and worried. "You know her scent, don't you?" Dolph nodded, "Yes, I do." He replied."If by this evening, those men do not have anything reasonable to report to you, we'll move in tomorrow," Lucas said, his face contorted and his eyebrows furrowed. "I won't let her get away, not with my child in her womb and not after all that stuff Madeline said.""Thought you didn't take Madeline's answers that seriously," Dolph remarked. "Well, this is different, when I get fed up with this
The other maids in the house stared at her as though she was an alien that had just fallen from space. This town was so small and old-fashioned that a visitor was such a rare thing. In the room Riley had been kept in, from time to time the maids snuck in one by one to have a look at her while the others peeped from the door which was left ajar.Riley had been unconscious for almost six hours and she woke up when she felt something poking at her face. Slowly and with a groan, she opened her eyes and stared at the startled maid who was poking at her cheeks in awe. The maid froze, terrified, she let out a scream that rang throughout the room and Riley was so surprised by her actions. The other maids at the door, noticing what had happened scampered away but when they turned, they froze as they saw Caleb staring at them."What the hell are you all doing here?" He bellowed and they bowed their heads and walked briskly away, leaving the frightened maid stranded in the room. "Ugh! They can b