“Cursed!!! Cursed!!! Cursed!!!”
The loud monstrous voice echoed the word over and over again which made Gabriella jerked awake; bead of sweat on forming rapidly on her forehead and trickling down to drop from the sides of her face.She almost jumped out of her skin when she looked up and saw three figures standing right above her as if they have been watching her sleep the entire time she was passed out. The figures were the Lycan brothers.“Sit up.” Cyrus said to her in a very cold tone and although she heard him the first time, she was too stunned and scared to move until he barked the order to her the second time; harshly and with a tone of finality, “I said Sit Up!”The trembling young woman sat up with the bedspread covering the lower half of her body. She was still in the gown but she noticed that the zipper has been loosened a little bit; probably to allow her have enough air when she collapsed at the altar.Her heart was skipping beats as she didn’t know what awaited her at that moment. She was at the mercy of the ruthless Lycan brothers and no one and nothing could save her from whatever they had in store for her.Koel bent to her eye level, placed a hand on her chin and pulled her head to face him. When their eyes met, she could see the expression on his face. She took a glance at the faces of Cyrus and Luther too and was terrified by the look in their eyes.Just like a hunting wolf with its eyes set on a prey, determined taste the blood of the animal before him by any means; so was the look in the eyes of the brothers; a burning desperate desire.For a brief moment that seemed like an eternity to Gabriella, none of the Lycan brothers made any move or sound, and that made her tremble the more.“This is not looking good for us.” Inker, her inner wolf said in a muffling tone.What happened next was not what she would have thought of happening and her eyes went as wide as they could. The brothers were proceeding to take off their clothes and she was blinking consecutively to be sure of what she was seeing.“What…wh…what is going..on?” She managed to force the words out of her throat to no one out of the trio in particular.“You should just know that this is what we have to do. We do not want to hurt you; do not make this hard than it is already.” Cyrus explained briefly to her but even the answer he gave to her question was not doing the tiniest bit of job to calm her down and she was looking from one brother to the other as they continued taking their clothes off, not giving a hoot about the concerned look on her face or the tears that are now trickling softly down her cheeks.“They are going to have their way with me? The three of them? This is the worst day of my life!! This is the worst thing that could ever happen to me in my miserable life. Why can’t I just die and get some rest?” Her mind became a housing for thoughts of woes and sorrows.That was the only power she has; fight back with her thoughts. She was not strong enough to stand up and defend her honor, even if she tried, she would never be able to successfully fend off three Lycans; no werewolf could ever do that.“I guess the curse has finally caught up with me as it should.” Just as she resigned to fate and was about to give up any ray of hope, a voice came from the room’s entrance.“What are you boys doing?” The voice enquired.Everyone’s attention was drawn towards where and whom the voice came from. It was their butler.“Andrew.” Luther said, “We found the RENA.” He relayed the message with obvious trail of joy in his voice.The old man walked closer to where the brothers were standing, right beside the bed and they made way for him to pass through and get closer to Gabriella.He took a close look at the poor girl and nodded his head slightly, taking a deep breath.“So I see, indeed you have found her. And what is this you all are trying to do?” He asked again.This time Koel replied, “Lifting the curse as we should. That is what we are supposed to do once we find her, is it not?”Andrew paused and looked at their faces in awe, looked back to Gabriella who was now all utterly confused by whatever was going on. Even as she appeared to be the main character in whatever was being discussed, she didn’t have the tiniest idea about what was being discussed amongst the four men.“Did you not read the guidance book on how the process should be?” Andrew posed the question to them all but his eyes were focused on Cyrus, the eldest.Cyrus, after a pause answered him, “Of course we did and did it not say we have to get involved with her?”Andrew shakes his head sideways, “Getting involved with her does not mean this that you are about to do. You have misunderstood the whole process.”The brothers exchanged glances.Luther then turned to Andrew, “Then how are we supposed to lift the curse?” The trail of joy in his voice was now replaced with a similar tone to anger.“The curse will be lifted, but not this way; it should be done according to the process in the guidance book.”Obvious disappointment looks engulfed the brothers’ faces; they thought their problem has been solved but it seems they were wrong and have to exercise restraint to get the perfect way to lift the curse.With one final look at Gabriella, Andrew shook his head in pity like he was seeing through her soul that she has been through a lot, after that, he left the room.The brothers picked up their clothes and also left the room; Luther was the last to leave the room and he took a threatening look at Gabriella before slamming the door behind him.Letting out a huge sigh of relief; Gabriella laid back heavily on the bed with her eyes firmly closed. She was really grateful that the old man had come in at the time he did before the unthinkable happened to her.“Thank goodness we are out of that.” Inker, her inner wolf said, “But I don’t think they are going to let you off that easy.”Immediately she heard that in her head, her eyes went open and she realized that she was only saved by the skin of her teeth; no idea what was going to happen to her next…“So we are back at square one huh?" Luther spat out as he closed the door to the study where his brothers had taken refuge, trying to find yet another solution to their dilemma."It seems so, ugh I was so ready to get rid of this curse but what do we do now? How else do we get involved if not for the actual physical involvement?!" Cyrus spoke from where he was as Koel snickered under his breath."Something funny?!" Cyrus glared at his younger brother who shook his head although amusement was written all over his face,"I'm sure we can all say the word S e x without being a prude. After all, that was what we were going to do with her..... without her permission, I might add.I swear Andrew is doing this on purpose. Does he expect us to fucking woo the girl? I'm not attracted to that thing."He continued."You can't woo her. She is my bride." Luther spoke interrupting them as both Koel and Cyrus turned to look at him."You don't own her, Luther. You should have contacted us before marry
It wasn't the sun rays that woke Gabriella up the next day but the noise she heard in the room which startled her a bit as she sat upright trying to see if her tormentors had returned but to her surprise, it was the man who she saw the day before, who helped her from being raped."Pardon me, I didn't mean to wake you up. I wanted to drop your breakfast here so you can eat it peacefully. I'm certain you didn't want to run into the brothers, am I right?" Andrew said setting the tray on the table as Gabriella sat upright properly and made sure her dress was presentable before replying,"Yes.....where are the brothers at the moment?" She asked timidly wondering if they were right outside the door as she kept glancing at the open door she locked.It seemed that Andrew had a key to all the rooms in this mansion. And it unnerved her."Koel is on his morning run, Luther is out for business while Cyrus is still in his room. Although they had expressed their wish to see you today at a more conv
Andrew made his way to the room carrying the newspaper and a tray containing Luther's favorite drink. Luther was seated in his usual position by the window watching the view as Andrew arranged the drink on the table and served him a cup."I will be needing your expertise on something. I'm hoping that you will keep this away from my older brothers?" He said as Andrew glanced at him briefly before he turned his attention to the drink he was pouring."I'm to serve the three of you, sir. I will do my best to not give a straightforward answer to them if confronted. What do you need my help with?" He said. This was as close as he could get to Andrew's promise to keep things silent for now."I need you to dig up things about Gabriella. Things that mattered to her, her likes, dislikes, any competition?!. I need to know what she did from the day she was born till yesterday if that's possible." He said as Andrew paused."I don't think that's what I meant by trying to break the curse, knowing tho
"Where the hell were you?" Luther spoke as Koel and Gabriella walked into the house laughing at something funny that Koel had said but then she immediately froze realizing her situation. Cyrus was around as well, sipping something and watching the both of them as if he were trying to decipher something."Calm down Luther. No need to get your skivvies up in a bunch. We just went out for breakfast." Koel spoke standing in front of her to shield her from the looks as Luther raised an eyebrow at him wondering what had changed between them since Koel was acting as her bodyguard or the fact that Gabriella seemed more at ease with him but on guard with them.A part of him was jealous that his wife would prefer to be herself around someone else that wasn't him but he buried that part of him quickly before it could take root. She’s no different than any of his women anyway.He wasn't going to let his emotions rule him."For TEN hours? It's 6 in the evening. the guards informed me that you both
“I see this is your weak attempt to make us eat breakfast with the RENA, is that right?" Cyrus said, earning Andrew’s full attention.Andrew hesitated before he turned around, he should have known that Cyrus would not be easy to fool. All he had to do now was hope that Cyrus would agree to it."I believe that's a good start for any improvement to occur between the three of you and the said RENA. I'm hoping that you would give this a thought before dismissing it." He said as Cyrus shook his head,"I am not playing such games with you. I will not waste my time on such frivolous activities. I have a busy day ahead of me" He said shutting him down as Andrew gave a nod knowing that was the end of the story.Meanwhile, Koel who was heading to the kitchen for some light breakfast overheard the both of them talking as he redirected his steps and went into the room."What's going on here?" He asked as Cyrus replied,"Nothing to worry yourself about. I am simply not engaging in any childish act
“I'll meet you by ten. Don't be late. Love you." Kyle glanced at his phone rereading the last text message that he had gotten from his girlfriend late at night. They had spent the entire day together but she hasn't brought this up until now. He figured this was indeed a spur of the moment.She had asked him for a meetup and she wanted to do so in a park. He was quite concerned about it but didn't say anything and agreed to it. And now he was waiting and it was currently 10:45 am and Olive was nowhere to be found. Had she forgotten about their meetup or had something come up? If that was the case, then she should have sent him a message instead of being radio silent. Kyle was waiting at the park for his girlfriend Olive. He was very grateful to have someone as passionate and kind as she. He always thought about what would have been his fate if she hadn't informed him about her step-sister's curse.Anger coursed through his body every time he remembered that Gabriella had almost succe
Koel was resting in the serenity of his balcony with a bottle of wine by the side and his iPad on his thighs, sorting his analysis and predictions to pass time when he was disrupted by the sound of a car crashing loudly through the driveway. He raised his head from the phone and let out a frustrated sigh.Gabriella was walking briskly from Luther who came out of the car."Gabriella come back here this instant." He ordered as she yelled."Piss off already." Koel was taken aback as he glanced at his wristwatch. It was six pm. What could have happened in this few hours for them to hate each other like this.He walked towards Gabriella and held her as she turned to look at him."What happened?!!" He asked as she wanted to speak but Luther arrives so she shut her mouth as Koel glared at his brother."Why don't I take care of her and you go somewhere else. I'm sure that she doesn't want to see you now." He said as Luther spoke,"Don't try to interfere in my wife's and I issue.""Maybe you h
Seated across from each other in the fine restaurant, Koel spoke;“I was just simply reminiscing on how lucky I am to be with you this fine afternoon." He said reaching for her hand as he pecked her and she blushed."Oh Koel, you are such a a flirt. I'm happy spending time with you as well." She said as the waitress made her appearance."Good morning, my name is Julie and I'll be your waitress for today. May I have your orders?" She said as Koel looked up and saw that it was one of the waitresses that was gossiping earlier.He flashed her and quickly gave her his order as well as Olive and Julie jotted it down before heading off to carry out their meals."So...we should first discuss business before pleasure. You Said you had news for me concerning Gabriella." He said as Olive nodded her head slowly."Yes, I did indeed say that didn't I? Well, I was just being considerate but I am worried about your brother Luther and also that ridiculous rumor that has spread around about Gabriella b