THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERTJill held her sword behind her with her eyes closed and took in a deep breath. She swung the sword around and guided its graceful flow as it cut through the wind, dancing with it like it was an extension of her arm. She held the sword out, opened her eyes and raised her other hand and gestured that her opponent comes to her.Michael was on the other side of the lawn with a sword in his hand as well. He had a smile on his face because he had been waiting for this day for a while now. This was the only time he had ever sparred with a member of their team in his human form because he was just sixteen years old and the others were a lot bigger and stronger than him as humans. Since Jill joined the pack again seven weeks ago, he had wanted to train with her as a human because he never had anyone to practice with.A werewolf needed to be able to defend themselves in their human form because it wasn't always every time that they would be able to unleash their wo
Sheila still wrote her letter without tearing her gaze away from the paper even after she heard the tone that Sasha was using with her. She didn't show a single atom of interest in what Sasha was saying and this angered the beta even more."Did you not hear me, Luna? I demand recompense," Sasha said again."I heard you the first time. What upsets you?" Sheila asked, still not looking at her."I know that there's something else going on with the pack, something other than the upcoming indoctrination and I want to-No, I demand to know what is going on," Sasha stated boldly."There are still some things that only Primo and I can know. That is why we are the leaders of this pack. Your demands cannot be met," Sheila replied coldly."It doesn't make any sense that you'd keep certain information from me. I mean, J knows what's going on but I don't? If J can know, then why can't I? You said it yourself that after you and the Alpha, comes Gable and then, me so why am I not aware of what's goin
Jorish appeared just outside the vampire's den although she had intended to appear inside the building so she could speak to the Vampire Lord Marcus because the day of reckoning was getting closer and they needed to go through the plan before the concert. Her powers were on the fritz because she was running out of her energy source. The beautiful girls she had stolen were quickly reducing daily and she didn't have the time or resources to get more girls whenever she needed so she had to ration the ones she had and absorbed their beauty only when completely necessary.The golden-eyed Witch walked over to the entrance and wanted to enter but she realized that the gates were closed shut."Marcus!"She yelled out for him but he was too far inside the huge house to hear his name but Darius wasn't. He and some other children of the night were on the premises and they could hear her so they walked over to her to inquire about why she was there."What do you want, lady?" Darius demanded to kn
Jorish moved through the halls of Lord Marcus' house trying to get out. She wanted to teleport away but it was still a bit difficult for her to control the exact place she would appear so she decided to use her feet instead.As she moved through the large house, she walked past a couple of vampires who stared at her suspiciously. They didn't attack because they knew now that the Witch had dealings with their Lord and also, they were afraid of her though they would never admit it. Darius walked in front of her and stood in her path to have a word about her deal with his sire."So, you're the Witch who wants to help us grow our hive. When Lord Marcus informed me of the plan, I thought it sounded too good to be true but here you are. I don't have a problem with what you want to help us with but I do wonder why a Witch would want to help vampires enlarge their numbers. If you ask me, I'd say you had an ulterior motive for it. Would I be wrong to assume that?" Darius asked her."It's a goo
After months of attempted sabotage, serious preparations and careful planning and scheming, the day had finally arrived. The day the Saviours were dreading, the day the humans who subscribed to Primo's website were anticipating, the day the Mudders were preparing for and the day Peace suspected to be the starting point of a chaotic future for the entire world. The day of the concert was finally here.So many different werewolf fanatics had travelled from their various countries all over the world just to attend this concert and witness the existence of beings they had thought to be mythical and imaginary. They had seen the pictures, they had seen the videos, and they had listened to the messages that spoke about the power of a werewolf's bite but now was the time to see it live and no one wanted to miss it. Primo's engineers uploaded a software on the site and informed their subscribers and page visitors to download the image of a particular barcode at a particular time and that would
It was night now and the location for the concert was filled with humans that had travelled from all over the world to see werewolves in the flesh. A lot of them were still sceptical about the existence of werewolves while others were full-on believers but tonight, they were going to find out once and for all what the truth was.The location of the concert was at a soccer stadium in Cary called the WakeMed Soccer Park that Primo had rented for the evening and it could contain tens of thousands of people. The Alpha of the Mudders had also included his own special feature to the stadium by building a dome around it so it could be closed. That way, the concert would be more intimate and harder for crashers to sneak into.At both entrances, humans were being let into the stadium one after the other. They all had the special barcode on their phones and with that, they were allowed entry. There were people from all works of life and of all ages, male and female, old and young, big and small
The concert had exploded into a nightmare as thousands of people screamed and ran for their safety but unfortunately for those people, there was nowhere to go as many of them were either caught by a vampire or a werewolf. Jorish was floating atop the stadium and she could see through the dome. She could see her plan playing out exactly the way she had hoped and it brought a smile to her face. The vampires were turning a lot of women into vampires as well and Jorish was gladdened by it because it was good news for her.Meanwhile, the Saviours still had their hands full dealing with the Mudders. Jess, Aliyah and Mira were still being shot at and they had to take cover behind some crowd barriers and it wasn't looking good for them. As the bullets hit the barrier and drop to the floor, Aliyah caught sight of one of it and noticed that it wasn't a silver bullet as she had thought. It was like a dart and it had a blue liquid in it and from the way it looked, she believed that it was a repli
PEACE'S POV...The amount of chaos and loss that occurred on this night was unlike anything I had ever witnessed. So many people turned while others died from the bites, their systems unable to handle the process of the change and their lives got altered forever because of one werewolf's delusion for power. Why did the vampires even do this? Why today of all days? So many things were out of order and it felt so unreal. I knew something was coming but I never once suspected that this could ever happen to the world on my watch. I never expected it to get to this point but it did and it came at a cost that I could have prevented but because of the Witcher's Law, I could only sit by and watch as the chaos ensued.Maximus Cullen, his Luna and his betas had suffered a crushing loss at the hands of Cornelius Primo and his Mudders and they weren't even able to stop his plans. They always knew their lives were in danger when they took it upon themselves to fight the Alpha Mudder but now, th
The next night, Cornelius Primo was ready to fly out to the gravesite that Gable’s men had found so he could get the most important piece of the puzzled for his plans to finally move forward. He had gotten dressed in his father’s cloak, an article of clothing that he had never worn since he killed his father. Gable came into his chambers, “Alpha, the chopper is ready,” He said. “Then, let’s get going,” Primo said. They both walked out of the house and onto the yard together. When they reached outside, five more men, including the pilot were already inside the spinning helicopter and they were going to accompany him just in case he needed some extra muscle. There was also a young woman in the helicopter with a bag over her head. Her hands and feet were tied up with ropes and she was also unconscious. “Is that the virgin?” Primo asked before stepping in. “That’s her,” Gable answered. Primo and Gable climbed in and the pilot hovered them off the ground and into the sky. They headed
Gable was in the underground section of the Mudders Estate and was supervising the final touches that were being made to the giant bunker deep within the soil. He had a grin on his face because he knew that it was almost time for the real plan to be kicked in motion. J came running up the stairs so he could give Gable some information about the progress of the dome. “Gable, I’ve got good news from the engineers,” J said to him. “And…” Gable asked. “It’s complete. As of now, the dome is officially complete,” J said with a proud smile on his face. “…which means that it’s time to have some real fun,” Gable said with a menacing smile. The Gemini wolf got out from the ground and went back up to the surface. He walked into the mansion so he could give the good news to his Alpha. He reached the Alpha’s chambers and walked into the room without even knocking. When he got in, he found Cornelius Primo inside his communication room filled with computers having a meeting with his high beta
PARIS A YEAR LATER “Au revoir, Jacqueline. Get home safe, alright?” A man said to his worker who had just left his bakery for the night. “Will do, Monsieur Henri. See you tomorrow,” She said as she walked away. It was late in the evening and a lot of businesses were closed. The streets were dark but thanks to the glow of the street lamps, there was enough light for Jacqueline to move around. She walked through the streets of Rue de Rivoli and she hummed to herself as she walked. As she was walking, she suddenly had this feeling that someone was following her. She turned to check but there was no one behind her. She felt maybe it was just her nerves for having left work so late tonight so she kept walking. Some distinct shadow suddenly ran past her from behind and she felt the wind. She gasped and turned around again but still, there was no one. Jacqueline was getting scared because she could feel that she was being stalked. The streets were empty and she was all alone so there w
Maximus found himself walking on an empty field and all he could see all around him was the green carpet grass. There was no one else and nothing else in sight, just the green.Nothing about where he was felt real but yet, he could feel the heat of the sun. He could feel the coolness of the breeze on his skin and he could smell the grassy aroma coming off the leaves. "Where am I?" He asked himself as he continued walking.Then, he spotted something just up ahead, something different about this place. He walked further until he saw it better. There was a section of the grass that was dried up and grey and it made a circle within all the green. Inside the circle, there was a tombstone on the ground and it had Allison's name written on it.Maximus saw her name and stopped walking. He stopped with his foot mere inches away from the grey grass. His eyes watered up and his brows flared together when he remembered his dead mate. He didn't want to be here because he was being reminded of som
"For so long, I have imagined this moment. I have played it out in my head what seeing you again would be like. I will admit that when I envisioned this moment, I was always scared of you. Even after I became a Witch, I was still afraid of just the thought of you because of how much you messed me up as a person. I have battled all sorts of things, all sorts of abominations that would leave even the strongest Witch emotionally scarred for life and I didn't feel a thing but with you, I would have nightmares and I would sometimes blink and in that quarter of a second of darkness, I would see your face and it would terrify me," Peace said to Constance."Aw, I left an impression on you," Constance said condescendingly, almost like she was making fun of Peace."You did," Peace admitted, "For so long, I tried to be the best Witch I could be just so I wouldn't end up like you. Everyone always raised their brows about me because I inherited your powers and they felt like I was doomed to go dow
The young vampire sat in a dark corner in Jorish's living room and was sobbing because she was so terrified by what was happening to her. She didn't want to believe that she was now a soulless blood-sucking monster but all the clues were pointing out that she was but she didn't want to accept it.The sound of her weeping started annoying Jorish who couldn't focus on the book she was reading. She started to rethink letting the girl out of the dungeon and played with the idea of putting her back but, for some reason she couldn't quite put her finger on, Jorish decided to converse with her instead. She closed her book and spun her chair around to face the vampire."You've been making that sound for almost twenty minutes now. Are you even shedding any tears?" Jorish asked her."I don't know why nothing's coming out," She said and rubbed her face but there were no tears even though she was really crying."Yeah, that's because vampires can't produce tears," Jorish said."I'm not a vampire,"
Maximus went to the lake around the mansion, to the same spot where he had kissed Allison for the first time after they imprinted. He sat by the lake and remembered that moment as one of the happiest he had ever felt and it made him even sadder that she was gone and he would never feel that way again.Whenever the mate of a werewolf died, he or she would have to get over their death mentally and emotionally before they would be able to mate again. If the werewolf isn't able to heal from the loss, they'll remain without an imprint for the rest of their lives, unable to find their mate to complete their existence. Maximus wasn't an ordinary werewolf; he was a True-born, True Alpha and he was strong not just physically but mentally as well. He knew he could get over Allison's death. All he needed was time but at this moment, it felt almost impossible to not feel the pain and the emptiness left by her absence. It hurt more than the injuries he had sustained at Primo's hands and all he co
With their tails behind their legs, the Saviours did the walk of shame after crossing through the hex and getting out of the car they had stolen from the concert. It was clear from the way they walked back to the mansion that they were defeated and it would take a while before they were back to full force because they had suffered a crushing defeat tonight.Jess and Aliyah were the first to go into the house. They turned around to see if Maximus wanted some company but he gestured at them to go and get some rest, signalling that he'd be fine. They did as he said and went upstairs to their room while Maximus kept walking and headed to the back of the house. Mira didn't think it was a good idea to leave Maximus alone at this time because she remembered how impulsive he could be. He hadn't been impulsive for a long time but the amount of loss they had suffered today could make him do something crazy so she decided to follow him to whatever part of the house he was going to.While she fol
PEACE'S POV...The amount of chaos and loss that occurred on this night was unlike anything I had ever witnessed. So many people turned while others died from the bites, their systems unable to handle the process of the change and their lives got altered forever because of one werewolf's delusion for power. Why did the vampires even do this? Why today of all days? So many things were out of order and it felt so unreal. I knew something was coming but I never once suspected that this could ever happen to the world on my watch. I never expected it to get to this point but it did and it came at a cost that I could have prevented but because of the Witcher's Law, I could only sit by and watch as the chaos ensued.Maximus Cullen, his Luna and his betas had suffered a crushing loss at the hands of Cornelius Primo and his Mudders and they weren't even able to stop his plans. They always knew their lives were in danger when they took it upon themselves to fight the Alpha Mudder but now, th