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CHAPTER 10
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LUCY
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Richard and Audrey have both been acting
weird, I see them giving each other signs and
talking to each other in whispers. There is
something obviously wrong with Richard and
he doesn't want to tell Angel or me.
Whenever I ask about what happened the other day, he would just kiss me or do
something to change the topic but when he hit
me so hard today in the silly challenge he
called for or the fact he almost killed two of
his best wolves, I knew it was time to make
him talk, I know just how to make his talk. Once again, he had one of his hushed talk
with Audrey after the training. We all ate and
he cracked all sort of jokes before walking
his wolves out of the house. He still didn't
grant me audience and I waited patiently till
late in the evening when he tucked both Angel and Audrey in bed. He didn't come to
my room, enraged I walked to the barn
hitting the wall in a fit of rage, I am getting
tired of the love and ignore game he is
playing with me, if he calls me his mate, why
then doesn't he trust me? "Why take it on the poor wall? "I heard him
say.
" Leave him be, I am the black sheep of this
pack, the one that cannot be trusted with
anything, even what it is hurting my
husband. You call me your mate but you don't see me as one and the only assurance I had
was the white fur in your Wolf's fur but now
that is gone too. I feel ignored and lonely. "
" I am sorry if I make you feel that way, I
am also going through a lot but I can't tell you
yet what's going on because it's beyond You and Angel's understanding..... "
" But it's not beyond Audrey's, right? "
I asked, cutting him off. He sighed before
heading for a seat while I followed him. He
took my hand before saying ,
" Lucy, you need to stop with these questions about your self esteem. You should never
doubt the love I have for you, you are the
first woman I fell in love with after my
ordeal with Daphne. The thing that scares me
about you is that despite your betrayal I can't
seem to hate you , I still love you as I did then and each of you all have a place in my
heart. There is no need for thinking I love
one person than the other, I am still alive
because of the selflessness of each of you. I
know what you want, I am not blind, I know
you want to have a child for me but not now. I didn't plan for Angel's pregnancy but I can't
tell her to abort it. We are in the middle of a
war and I can't always look for two pregnant
women besides I need you by my side more
than ever. When it's time I will let you know
about what's troubling me, I am sorry about your dad, I know you still miss him in a way.
But I can be your husband and your father
too, now come here. "
He pulled me into his hands as I cried my
eyes out, he then kissed my hair before
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IVY
______________________________ On my way to church once again to pray and
mourn for my brothers and Mentor. I have
been doing that for the last three months, not
that I believe in God or gods but I just needed
something more than flesh and blood to hold
on to. I have expected a sort of retaliation from the werewolves but I have heard
nothing and those I have tailing them haven't
brought anything relevant, just some childish
gathering of sorts. It really irritates that I
know nothing about Richard's plans, his
whereabouts, his place of residence or anything we can use as leverage over him, it
makes me mad.
Anthea doesn't even help, or probably
because she herself doesn't even know about
Richard's present even if she knows a lot
about his past but even then she has been quiet about what she knows about him.
There is something about her, I think she has
some other plan for him and it doesn't include
torture or death.
Soon we got to church and I did my usual
prayers, just as I was about entering the car, I heard the sound of wind but I ignored it
because Angle area is not a windy place but
suddenly, something grabbed me so fast, and
before I could see who did, my neck was
snapped.
I woke up to find myself in a room, I discovered I was sitting on a chair, I
expected to be tied up or something since I
was kidnapped but I was surprised to know
that I am free. I looked around for an exit
door but someone was sitting on a chair close
to it. I couldn't see the fellow's face because whoever was there had a paper to his/her
face. Since it's just one person, I figure I could
handle One person. I ran towards the fellow
but the person knew I was coming and ran
towards my direction so fast I couldn't see
the fellow's face. I didn't know why the person ran towards me and didn't try and
stop me from leaving, I didn't care, I ran
towards the door but I hit a sort of wall just
as I was about to step out. I tried again, same
thing happened.
I sighed and then I heard someone chuckle, I turned around to see who was chuckling,
only to discover it was Richard, the one man I
have been aiming to enact my vengeance
upon. I bent low to remove my little knives I
carry whenever I am going out but I was
shocked to discover nothing was there. Enraged, I ran towards him, about three feet
from him, he ran from me and that was I
chased him endlessly around the room but I
was never able to catch him because he was
just too fast. He was having fun playing with
me, finally, I sat down on the chair I was few minutes and starred at the man I have
dreaamt and breathe for the last three
months but I can't do him any harm.
"You are one pretty commander I must say,
but if you think you can harm me, well that
can only happen when you dream. I am not an easy man to find or kill. So tell me, a man
who your poisoned sword couldn't kill
despite the fact you sent it through his heart,
why did you ever think you can still harm
him. Oh.. You are trapped here and can't
leave until I am done with you. So tell me, how is your Lord, Anthea? "
" She isn't my lord, I am her Lord, and every
vampire knows that but I don't expect a dog
to. "
He laughed very hard and I wonder where
the humor is in my speech. " Is that... Is that what you tell yourself. You
know, I wonder how dumb you really are
and to think George made an empty skull like
you his best soldier. Maybe because of your
sweet Latina hole or...... "
I couldn't tolerate his insults anymore, In a fit of rage I went after him and this time I
caught him. But every punch and kick I aimed
at him didn't hit him, he either blocked them
or he dodged them. I have never witness
such before where none of my moves met
it's target. I left him and move back in shock, no wonder George was no match for him and
painfully true, I was no match for him either,
he is invisible.
"I hope you see why you should kill the idea
of harming me because the next time you
come after me, I might be tempted to end you, now sit your arse down and let's talk. "
I did as he said while he went and took his
chair and placed it opposite me and then he
sat facing me.
" Why do you think George made you his
successor and not his wife since he disowned his daughter, tell me the truth. "
What a question, I didn't want to answer, I
wanted him to know I didn't fear him even if
he was invisible. He waited for my reply but
I didn't move my lips. Then suddenly his nose
flared up, his eyes started glowing something like amber and then his hands,
something like lightening danced between his
fingers. I instantly moved my chair back out
of fear. He didn't even blink or pretend to
notice my discomfort, he just sat there and
continued to terrify me. What sort of a man is this? What kind of species of dog does he
belong to because his other wolves are
nothing like him.
" I guess,... I guess because he wanted me to
protect his wife from you.. " I managed to
say. His face went back to how it was earlier, a
fine, handsome innocent face. No one would
ever suspect the monster that lived within
him.
" Protect him wife, oh common. Does Anthea
look like someone who needs protecting? " " I don't know. "
" Since you don't know, let me giggle your
memory: do you notice that whenever I
howl, everyone go on their knees including
you and your elders but she doesn't. Do you
notice that she saved you and not her own husband in battle, why is that?"
" She said she was protecting us from getting
slaughtered by you. What are you getting at?
"
"Do you know what George told me before I
cut his head off?" I shook my head.
"He said we are pawns in the grand scheme
of things, It didn't make any sense to me then
but now it does. This whole werewolf and
vampire stuff is Anthea's doing. She is doing
someone else's bidding And you vampires will continue to be the casualties of this chaos
Anthea keeps bringing up but I don't want
that anymore. I don't want another
bloodshed or battle, this is my proposition. "
This dude sure has nerves,
" Look i dont Care about your proposition or whatever. I don't give a damn if you think
you are invisible but even as powerful as
you are, you can't
Fight off a siege of millions of vampires. I
don't trust Anthea but all I need from her is
to help me kill you and if she can do that, I will be more than grateful. "
He laughed really hard after my speech,
" Do you really believe Anthea will help you
kill me. She can't and she won't, do you know
why? Because Anthea loves me, she actually
saved me as an infant from getting killed by George and his witches. "
My throat dried up instantly after hearing
that, it all adds up now why she doesn't want
to hear of me hurting Richard. What a snake!
" Why should I believe you?"
"You should because I myself am tired of being a pawn because right now, you are
obviously one and when she is done with
you, she will end up killing you. I can't stand
a beautiful lady killed because of her
ignorance. So I will urge you to think about
my proposition and if you agree, you can always send someone to where I work. I
know you have people watching me and
please for your own good, keep this between
us, do not tell anyone especially Anthea . I
am going to roughen you up a bit and when I
am done, you will find your self in the woods behind the church. This will help in the lie you
will cook up for Anthea, I am sure you can
handle the rest on your own. "
I nodded and then he walked up to me and
snapped my neck.
Just as he said, I woke in the woods just outside the church and called up those fools
that claim to be my security. Strange that
there is suddenly strong signal but there was
nothing where Richard kept me. They
arrived soon and covered me with a coat
after Richard tore my clothes in weird areas to make it look like I had a fight with two
werewolves before I was overpowered.
While in the car I couldn't help but feel
Richard was right in all of what he said but
it's hard to believe Anthea saved the life of
the baby that ended up killing her husband, Strange world we live in.
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