CHAPTER 12

“Norah!!” a man’s voice in the darkness called out while I remained tied down “I am here for you” the voice continued as it started getting nearer “I have come to put an end to your existence”

I looked down at my hands and legs tied and then look up to see Kyle “Kyle!!” I screamed as the speaker unveiled “Kyle!!!” I screamed as I opened my eye to realize it was a dream This is my second time having a weird dream where everyone wanted to have me killed. I looked at the time to see it was just 4:30 in the morning so I decided to go back to sleep and wake up by 6 am.

I was still rolling on my bed when I heard the sound of a step going downstairs and since we were just two in the house, I knew it was Kyle. I wonder why he is awake at this time but that isn’t my problem to deal with. I started flashing back to Bran and his romantic date and after thirty minutes, I still couldn’t sleep so I decided to take a walk in the compound or outside.

I passed through the back door so I will not be noticed by Kyle who I guess should be in the sitting room. I successfully get outside then I started jogging towards the gate while listening to a song by Drake through my ear-pod already connected to my phone Bluetooth. I decided to only do the road jogging and not toward the forest this time, so I continue jogging along the street with the reflection of light from the only few working streetlights, and for the past minutes that I have been on the road, I didn’t meet just a single soul.

After forty-five minutes of being alone on the road, I started hearing the sound of a car approaching, and later I can clearly see the car coming in front of me.

“Hey loser” a female voice called out as the car stopped beside me and I turned towards the car to see Morris “Bitch, what now?” I said throwing up my left hand

“What can you do?” Morris replied as she started to open the car door

“I guess being in a bloody cultist group does add to one's wings right?” I asked as we have been using a question to answer a question.

Morris stepped out of the car, moving towards me while I staggered one foot to the back to access her and what her intentions might be.

I raised my hand to land a slap on Morris and immediately someone held up my hand, stopping it from landing and making Morris slap to land on my cheek. I was immediately lifted off from the ground before I could see the person carrying me and I got thrown inside the back seat.

“what the hell?” I yelled

“Hey beauty, I am Leon a very important leader of the werewolves,” said the guy who carried me into the car.

Looking at him well, he was meant to be regarded as a handsome guy but the scars all over his face make it to be a reverse, he must be in his twenties with his unique green eye and blonde hair, he has the picture of an ax on his wrist.

“cut the crap and tell me where you are taking me to” I yelled once again as aggression start radiating all over my body.

Immediately I felt something knocked my head from the side where the guy was sitting, and everything went blank and I just passed out.

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BRAN’s POV

It is very strange as we haven’t seen Norah in school today and it is already getting towards the closing hour. Kiki narrated how she didn’t meet Norah and her cousin at home this morning also making the rest of us so restless since the beginning of today and we couldn’t imagine what might be wrong.

I was brought back to life by the sound of the closing bell.

“Aren’t you going to get up again?” Mathis said as he shakes my body telling me to let us get in our way.

I looked at Fed by my left and I realize that look of worries and confusion all over his face.

“Where is Kiki?” I asked turning to Mathis as we got to the garage.

“waiting here,” Kiki said from afar making all of us look towards her direction as she made her way to us.

“It feels so odd without Norah here,” Kiki said looking at her feet as water started to pile up in her eye.

“Don’t be like that Kiki” Fed who had been mute all this while muttered while Mathis deep his hand into his pocket handing over a white handkerchief to Kiki.

I looked away as I am already breaking down inside of me, but I couldn’t just afford to tear up in front of Kiki.

“So, let’s get going to Kiki’s house to check if she is back and if not, we will know the next step to take,” I said while others nodded as they walk to their side of the car.

Kiki actually walked to school today because she has decided to give respect to Norah’s absence as she can’t drive alone.

“Hey” a female voice shouted making us to stop and turn over to see Miss Becca “How can we help you ma’am” Mathis questioned as she approaches us “wanted to inform Norah about our next training but her number hasn’t been going through,” the teacher said sounding extremely urgent

“you must be her swimming coach,” Kiki asked while she nodded waiting for us to say something “she is under the weather for now, but we will make sure she put a call through to you before the end of today” Fed replied her gesturing to us to enter the car so we can start going.

“see you later then,” Miss Becca said finally before she turned back towards the pool.

We entered the car and none of us uttered a word throughout the drive to Norah’s place.

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We pull up in front of a beautiful modern Duplex, the house is a very simple design of a great architect.

“Is Norah back yet?” I asked as I opened the unlocked door to Norah’s sitting room while others followed close behind me but still no answer I looked over to the table and picked up a paper I set my eye on, on the paper was written Williams Oil and Gas, Purchase Agreement. I couldn’t wait and think about it, but I bet it is something fishy, so I folded the paper and dip it inside my hoodie pocket.

“Norah!” Fed shouted which brought me back from my distraction while Kiki ran upstairs and probably to her room.

“She isn’t there,” Kiki said as she returned downstairs facing me.

“Let’s go to Werewolves hideout then” Mathis suggested beating me to it

We rushed out of the house and we all quickly find our way inside the car before Fed drove us off toward the forest and to the hideout.

NORAH’S POV

I can feel my body against a very cold hard surface and distinct sounds of people talking Beatrice what is happening You were kidnapped and you fainted “Oh yeah, that motherfucker” I yelled out unconsciously only to be welcomed by the sound of a weird voice.

“what about us killing you here?” the familiar voice said which made me open my eye, but I couldn’t see anything as the room is very dark.

“Leon?” I asked trying to figure out who can be there.

“you have a very sharp brain” he replied calmly though I couldn’t read the expression on his face In a matter of seconds, the light came up so bright making my pupil contract.

“Now follow me,” Leon said as he started walking through a very long and dirty passage while I followed close behind him.

We were still walking in the long passage when we started hearing a strange sound of chairs and tables breaking and people screaming. Leon started walking a little faster while I keep following too because I am eager to really see what is going on right now.

“Shhh,” Leon said as he looked back at me with his finger on his lips We got to the entrance of a big room which looks like a sitting room and I can see everything right now which caused my heart to skip a bit and I started shaking seeing the state of my friends, like my friends are really the ones that have been fighting since minutes ago in a cultist hideout and with the cultists themselves all because of me.

“Get hold of yourself because this isn’t the right time”

Fed carried one of the wolves up and threw him against the wall while he fell and screamed in pain. The look on Bran, Fed, Mathis, and Kiki’s face looks so scared, determined, and horrified right now that I haven’t seen on them before. I can see Kiki sitting on Ashley giving her the beating of her life while she was also struggling to hit Kiki back but wasn’t able too, I spotted Morris in a corner gasping in pain and blood all over her body while my heart skipped again seeing Mathis lying on the floor too with blood all over his body. Fed and Bran look so tired while many members of the Werewolves are laying unconsciously on the floor also.

I stepped forward towards my friends as I couldn’t watch my friends fighting alone and maybe getting killed anymore but immediately Leon pulled me back with my top and immediately placed a knife across my throat making me close my eye tightly waiting to get slaughtered.

“Back off now” I can hear Leon saying then I slowly opened my eye to see Bran who is holding a guy on his neck where he can strangle him anytime but whose face I can’t see because he used a mask carved in the structure of a Wolf’s head.

“Let him go now unless you want it the hard way” Leon yelled while he tightens his hands on my neck making me groan in pain.

“open that damn face” I managed to shout over to Bran opposite us while I can see the expression on his face changing to pity.

“open it” Fed managed to say also while others look on “No one opens the face of the commander,” one of the cultists said while Bran keeps looking at me struggling with Leon “will you let him go now before I lose my temper” Leon roared angrily in a very high pitch

“Then you are going to give Norah to us” Bran asked while Leon nodded