"Sarah?” I heard my mother call for me. Alpha Dax just got out of eye sight as she walked out from behind a tree. “You okay?”
“HA, yeah, sure, just peachy.” I shook my head as I slowly started walking back to the palace to go to bed.
“I’m not talking about Molly…” Even if my mother wasn’t an empath, leave it to her to know exactly what’s going on. She always said it was a mother’s intuition, but it was a little scary.
“I figured, but my answer hasn’t changed.”
“He’s your mate?” like she didn’t already know.
“Yup.” popping the last P. We had reached the garden. There was a bench that sat in the middle of it. As a little girl, I loved to come here and watch the stars and moon. Something refreshing about being in the moon’s light.
“Don’t give up on him yet. Not everyone meets their mate and they are instantly in love.”
“Did you and dad have a rough start?”
“Oh, yes and no. I met your dad about a week before he turned 18. I had people after me, even though we didn’t know it at that time and him and grandpa had planned on killing me if I turned out to be a bad guy. Thankfully, I didn’t, but we still have rough patches to work through. You know I had to kill his sister.”
“I remember the story.”
“Well, that brings me to my next topic.” I waited for her to continue. She suddenly felt really guilty. “That man, tonight, he was a spinning image of Grant.”
It felt like my stomach dropped out from body. A sense of doom drafted over me. Mom has told me the story. Grant was her uncle that was part of the council. They made the council up of five men. Five men that were corrupt and ran a sex trafficking ring. Each had their own crimes, but Grant pretended to be on her side, even helped her bring them down so he could ultimately kill her and take the crown. Thankfully, she beat him and ended up killing him. Many people witnessed it are still alive and around here as it only happened 25 years ago.
“He must have had a son.” Mom continued. “He could have raped a woman or forcefully mated one. Either way, when I killed him, he didn’t have a mark on him. He never told us about a kid or if he even knew he had a kid.” Mom felt scared about this. I could feel her literally vibrate with nervous energy. Tapping of fingernails on wood filled the air as she talked. If this made my mom nervous, then we were in trouble. She voluntarily gave herself up to be tortured so she could get information. Who does that? If she can do that, but this makes her nervous…. I can’t even think about it.
“We will need to send a search party out for him. Get information and track him down. I sent the black team, but I doubt they find anything. I’ll have to go with them. Not only because I am the head of black ops, but because I need to prove myself to the other alphas.”
“I agree. Tomorrow, we will come together and figure out a course of action.” Mom stood up, signaling she was done talking.
“Okay.” we walked in silence as we made it to our own rooms. My room was eerily quiet, as Molly’s stuff was all over my room. I half expected her to walk in and just yell at me for how dirty everything was. It didn’t seem real. Truthfully, I was just pissed. Pissed my sister died, pissed I have to leave and prove myself. Pissed, my mate is a complete douche, just fucking pissed.
I didn’t even bother to take a shower or clean my room. Stripping off my dress and putting on a basic t-shirt and panties, I crashed into bed.
After tossing and turning all night, I just said fuck it and got up as the sun was rising. Showering quickly, I got dressed in combat boots, pants with a black tank top. It was in the middle of summer but since I will be leaving this afternoon; I didn’t bother to hide my intentions. My hair got pulled into a side braid. I loved seeing my mom’s hair like that and I have always stolen it from her. Grabbing a small duffle bag, I packed two sets of the same clothing and basic bathroom items. We will probably be sleeping outside, so I didn’t bother with makeup or anything. Hopefully, I don’t get too much blood on my clothes, but it isn’t a huge issue either way.
I didn’t even spare my room a second glance as I stormed out of it to go to my office. The smell of eggs filled my nasal passage, but it just made my stomach turn. I didn’t want food; I wanted blood. Unlocking my office, going inside was painful again . Molly’s stuff was still around, as she liked to use my office as her own. I never minded as I was always on the go, but this was hard. Everywhere I turned, she was there. My eyes filled with tears that I choked back. Nope, I will not cry. Setting my bag down, I went to my gun cabinet and pulled out my set of knives. Time for interrogation. Might as well get this over with. I made it all the way to the front door of the palace before I ran into anyone.
“Warrior Princess…” the velvety voice just pissed me off.
“What are you doing here?” I asked without breaking stride.
“I like to go for morning runs, but I see you are all business this morning. Where are you headed, dressed like that?”
“You go for runs and I spill blood. Don’t let me stop you.” I picked up my speed as I walked, which did little. He easily matched my pace.
“Ah, interrogations. Mind if I sit in?”
“I could command you to leave me alone.” I threatened.
“Somehow I don’t believe you could command me to do shit.” We arrived at the cells and the guard nodded to me as he opened the door. He looked weirdly at Alpha Dax but greeted him appropriately. Screams already echoed down the hall.
Stopping instantly, I looked at the guard. “Jason?” He nodded as he frowned. “How long?”
“Ten minutes or so.”
Fuck! “Why didn’t you call me?” I said angrily, not even giving him the chance to explain. I ran forward down the hall. The concrete floor did little to hide my approach. I opened the first door on the left. “Go in there and stay here. Don’t disrupt my interrogation.” my eyes were glowing green over my anger. Thankfully, he didn’t argue as he walked in. Shutting the door behind him, I went to the next door and opened it.
Jason had three men handing naked from the ceiling. Under the middle one was a drain that already had blood running into it. Jason had a whip in his hand with a crazed look in his eye. When I walked in, recognition ran through him as he started questioning his actions.
“Good morning boys, looks like we got started without me.” I said, not wanting to scold Jason now. I understood his grief.
“F..fuck you…b-bitch.” the middle on stuttered as he pit blood at me. Jason provided another whip across his back thighs for that remark.
“And here I thought we could get along. Now…” I pulled a table out so each man could see it and laid my collection of knives out. They were all rolled up, so it made for quite the show to unravel them and pull them all out. They all grew a new level of fear within themselves. Perfect. “Now, I want the name of the man that you were working for.” I just needed one to answer. There was always one that was the pathetic one out of the bunch. Just got to find him.
“Stupid bitch, aint tellin’ ya nothing!” Not my guy. Grabbing my dull smaller knife, I walked over to him, grabbed his balls and slowly cut away at his sack. He was trashing, which caused me to slip and stab his thigh, but eventually, I got it all. The other two were watching as I struggled to get it off and saw how the artery shot out with each heartbeat.
“Dull knives always make it harder to get the job done…” I said, shaking my head as I put the knife back. “Anything to say now?”
His eyes rolled back in his head as the last heartbeat pushed what little blood out of his system and he died. The other two looked at each other in fear. “Can’t do it, man!”
“How about this? First man that talks, get a painless death. Whoever doesn’t talk, I will make small cuts all over your body. Then I will bring in rats and let them eat you alive until you die…. with my dull knife.”
“Wedon’tknowhisname!” the first guy blurted out so fast.
“He paid us to just scared you. He said that your security was weak, and we were going to make the palace stronger! He said he was an inside man and wanted to help! He didn’t tell us he was going to kill that woman!”
“Where did you run into him?”
“In Texas. We are just rogues there, but we had stable jobs and…” he left off but looked at the other guy.
“Ah fuck, we are dead either way. A witch approached us and asked us to do something for her and in return, she would grant us a potion to make ourselves a millionaire! She wanted us to do this job with that guy and help out to make the palace stronger.” As soon as the words left his lips, their bodies started boiling. Literally boiling from the inside out. Their skin turned red, steam erupted from their eyes, ears and nose, and blisters formed and popped. Their piercing screams radiated off the walls. It felt like my eardrums were going to burst. Suddenly, their bodies started swelling.
Jason and I started taking steps back as it looked like they were going to blow. The door flew open and Alpha Dax was standing there, waving us out. We barely made it to the door before the sound of an explosion threw us out the door and it shut right as pieces of tissue slammed against it.
My head hit the wall across the hall, so it took me a minute to realize what happened. Rolling over on my back, I felt the blood trickle down my temple and eventually drop to my tank top. Jason was looking at the door, confused about what had just happened. Alpha Dax was looking at my head.
“The fuck was that?” Jason asked to no one in particular.
“A witch’s spell. If you go into an agreement with them and they swear you to secrecy, they put a spell on your to make sure you keep your mouth shut. If you don’t, you die.” Alpha Dax said, shrugging his shoulders.
Jason finally noticed him and then looked at me. “You’re bleeding.” He said nonchalantly before standing up and holding out his hand to me. Taking it, I stood up too, and we all headed for the door.
“How do you know about witches?” I asked.
“I educate myself.” Alpha Dax said.
“Care to explain yourself?” I stopped walking as we reached the forest. The smell of burned flesh followed us outside as it was latched onto our clothes. I will forever smell that smell now, and the sight of their whole body looking like a massive sausage will haunt my dreams. I’ve seen a lot and have done some messed up things to a human body, but that was a first for me.
“Go clean that mess up.” I ordered the guards. They nodded, as that is their usual duties unless I assign someone to do it for them as a punishment. “I will tell you under one condition.” “That is?” I was starting to get really pissed off at him. “Take me with you.”“Excuse me?” “Take me with you. I want to go on this… manhunt.” I looked at Jason for his input, but he was just pitching the bridge of his nose. He was exhausted and lacked caring. “Why the fuck would I take you?” “I have knowledge of witches.”“So does my mother.” Everyone knew of her story was it wasn’t really a secret.“Yes, but I KNOW them. They own me favors.” “Ah, so you slept with them and now they are at your beck-in call for whatever you need in exchange for your… services.” I said pointedly as I looked down at his dick and back up into his eyes. “I don’t apologize for my methods. They got me what I needed.”“I bet they did…” turning I left without a second look. Fuck men. I walked back by myself to the
“Oh, this old thing? HAHA, I just love crystals and believe in their healing powers!” Lie. “How lovely! Thank you for the room!” I said as I waved and walked out. We were in room 103, which looks like we already parked in front of it. Perfect. Walking to the trunk and pulling out the luggage, I managed to get mine to the room before the guys jumped out and got the message. “Only one room?” Ben said, annoyed.“It’s all they had. Go ask for extra blankets if you want to make a bed on the floor.” I wasn’t their mother and to wolves. This wasn’t a big deal. “Naw, I’m good. I brought my own blanket and pillow.” Ben pulled out a small pillow that was big enough for just his head and a small toddler blanket. The thing barely covered his arms, but he laid down and didn’t move again. Samuel didn’t complain, as he did the same. Jason sat down on his bed and I sat on mine. Alpha Dax looked around before he settled between Jason and I’s bed in the middle. I kept my shoes on as I waited for th
It did not prepare me for the burning feeling that scolded my lips. I closed my eyes and pinched my lips together as I turned away from their embrace. My hand acted on its own as it covered my mouth to make the burning feeling go away. I felt Jason’s hand on my shoulder as he squeezed it. Slowly, the burn went away, and I had to blink back the tears that had formed. Not because I was sad, but because of how badly it hurt. “I never expected to see you here, Daxxy!” her black hair was pixie cut with jean shorts and a black flowy tank top. I could see her tattoo down her arm. It was a crest moon shaped dream catcher with lines down that ended into shapes of birds. If my education is correct, this should be the Black Hawk Coven.“I never figured I would be down here, but I am on business.” I heard Dax say before I turned around. “This is Ben, Samuel, Duke Jason and Pr-”“Warrior Princess Sara…” she finished for him. She kept her eyes on me as she walked up to me. “Nice to finally meet y
It was like I was watching my actions from above. My body moved of its own accord. The burning was growing deep within me. It wasn’t until I put on my hand on the handrail of the stairs that I noticed red lines developing on my skin. It was like a tattoo but red on my wrist and it was like a bird. I didn’t have time to really understand what it meant because the basement door opened up. Standing twenty feet in front of me was a vampire. I looked at him and he looked at me. Walking up the stairs to him, I let my aura out. His eyes opened wide as he realized who I was before he ran off. I didn’t even care. Everyone will soon be dead here. The pain in my body was overwhelming. Walking to the livingroom, I saw five vampires and a little girl that looked like Lilith’s twin. “Rose” “My sister sent you, did she?” She had a smirk on her face as she watched my movements.“Give me the necklace and I will leave you all alive.” All the vampires laughed, and Rose looked bored. She took her knee-
“We put a spell on the house. If we do not invite you, you basically get confused and turn around. If you want up on the house, it looks abandoned and if we invite you, you get to see the actual house.”“Well, a witch put the spell up for us. Don’t ask what we had to pay for that…” Gabrial laughed as Vincent shook his head. “That is unnerving…” Samuel said. “It takes some getting used to.” Vincent agreed. We walked in silence to the front of the house. The porch was massive, with five white columns fifty feet high. There was a seating area on the right that Vincent led us to. “I suppose I owe you a thank you.” Vincent started after we all took a seat. I was sitting in a single chair. Vincent and Gabrial took the love seat, Ben and Claudia took the porch swing, and Samuel and Dax took the couch. “Why’s that?” I asked. “You eliminated Rose. Well, you eliminated both sisters, so you really did us two favors.” “Continue…” I hated repeating myself.“Rose and Lilith have been trying
“I tried not to! She put a spell on me that made me forget myself! It wasn’t until we were done that I realized what I did. I would have killed her myself if Sarah didn’t do it!” “Do you realize the physical pain you just put her through? She has a fucking permanent branding of infidelity on her arm. Do you realize how many people will see that when she officially takes over? Every alpha will see that and know you cheated on her. Every alpha will now wonder if she isn’t worthy. If her mate didn’t want her, then she must be broken.”That thought honestly hadn’t crossed my mind until now. “I know a witch that might help with that. She could possibly remove it and she owes me a favor.” I heard Vincent add.“Why would you help us?” Jason asked.“Like I said, you did a favor for killing Rose and Lilith. Consider this as my repayment.”“Any tonight?” Jason asked.“This is for fun. We haven’t been clubbing in a long time!” Gabrial laughed. “I am warning you, Dax. Consider this a threat. If
I felt my jaw drop. Well shit. I guess my face is more familiar than I expected. “Nice to finally meet you. Is there somewhere more private we can talk?” “Follow me.” He said as he offered his arm to me. I took it and together we walked up the four flights of stairs. As soon as we walked into his office, the blasting music was completely gone. The room was very professional but pricey. Stark white carpet with dark brown leather furniture. His mahogany desk filled the whole one side of the office. Behind that, there were floor to ceiling windows overlooking the dance floor and pretty much the whole building. You could see that bars, the entryway and even the restrooms. Von caught me looking down at the dance floor. He had a perfect view of where I was. “It’s a two-way mirror.” “Perfect for watching.” I noted. I didn’t feel threatened, but I didn’t feel at ease either. Von was honestly very curious right now. “What do I owe this… untimely visit?” “I believe we have a mutual p
The birds were chirping as I groggily starting coming around. I slept like crap as I had a dream that the witch put a spell on me that caused me to stab myself in the heart. The sounds of a chair squeaking caught me off guard as I looked up to see Dax was sitting down, fully dressed in a new, all black jeans and shirt, sipping on coffee. Fucking morning people kill me. “Morning, sleeping beauty. Time to rise and shine. We have a long day ahead of us.” Dax said way too cheerfully. “I will throat punch you.” I said, as I yawned. “So violent.” He whispered as he walked away and poured me a cup of coffee. As he did that, I scooted back against the headboard and tried to force myself to wake up. Handing me the coffee, he sat down on the edge of the bed. “What time is it?” I asked. “Almost 9:30. You didn’t sleep good so I tried not to wake you.” “I see.” “Jason is up and around, Ben is… well, he had an argument with Claudia about what happened, so he never really went to bed. Sam