A wicked smile opened on his lips, a sickly glow sparkled
in his black eyes, Nick revealed the rotten soul he had,
I shook violently. I set my feet on the ground so as not to fall.
— Victoria spoke too much and needed to be silenced— he replied, with the
face dangerously close to me, smiled openly. — Long ago
time knows that?
— Long enough— returned in the same tone. — I will make you pay dearly
For what you did, Nick— I hissed between teeth.
— No, I don’t think he held my arm desperately. — And
You know why? 'Cause you gave yourself up, Hayley, I didn’t need
a lot of effort to attract her and deceive her.
His free hand grabbed my neck hard, I wasn’t able to fight back
when the numbness spread through my muscles and paralyzed my
body, I could barely stand, but I gathered strength to lift
my chin and say:
— I will make you burn until you erase your existence.
Your face was the last thing I saw before my vision went dark, I lost
the strength that kept my body standing, Nick held me before I
fell to the ground.
— You are mine now, Arabella Labonair, and we will have a great time.
Jackson Labonair
I went back to the party fighting against the will to send Camila to
hell, your information was worthless, having seen a shadow behind the
my house was as useless as that unbearable wolf. I rubbed the
face, keeping calm as I approached the table where Hayley had
Told he’d wait for me, I frowned at not finding her.
I looked around, looking for Hayley by the crowd of guests, but
I didn’t find any sign of my partner. Hayley still hadn’t
if fully recovered from Victoria’s death, knew that death
of the wolf had hurt her very much, to the point of making her lose the
control and have nightmares at night.
I searched the house for Hayley, searched every room on
hope to meet my little wolf in some of the rooms, but not
I found absolutely nothing that could inform his whereabouts.
I went back to the forest, a strange sensation in the mouth of my stomach
made me uneasy.
Where had Hayley gone?
I scratched my neck, kept looking for Hayley in every corner of the forest.
Mark came to me upon noticing my agitation, and after informing him of the
disappearance of Hayley, he and some wolves joined the search
by the wolf, Ayla, ignoring the partner’s request to stay away,
called some females and disappeared among the trees.
The grip on my chest grew stronger as time went by and
no sign of Hayley. Several bad thoughts had already arisen
in my head, I tried to expel them from the mind, clinging to a
little spark of hope that Hayley was safe and well.
My heart beat hard inside my chest, like I knew what
had happened to her but I refused to believe that something bad
had happened to my little wolf.
No, she was fine, she needed to be well, safe and protected. Away from
stray who wanted to hurt her.
I approached in slow steps the river where Victoria had died and
I stopped at the riverbank, feeling a faint trace of Hayley’s scent
in that area, she had been there almost an hour ago. I looked at
the sides, searching, risked until almost enter the lake, but its smell
was more distant, dissipating in the air.
I lifted my face and looked at the moon shining in the sky. I closed my eyes and
I recited a silent prayer, practically begging for the moon that
could find Hayley. Not hearing from her was me
corroding inside, felt like vomiting just to imagine
the strays putting their hands on her.
No, that would never happen.
I spent about ten minutes standing by the lake, smelling
Hayley being blown away and disappearing. I stepped back, ready
to walk away, when I stepped on something. Pulled my foot and my heart went wrong
a beat when I found the bracelet of sparkles I gave to
Hayley that day for her to wear to the wedding, was sunk
in the mud.
A shiver ran down my spine when I pulled the dirty bracelet from
mud on the ground, closing it inside my hand. My body trembled
fear and terror that ran through me. Hayley would not have lost that
bracelet, still reminded me of the gleam of enthusiasm in her eyes
when I gave him that gift, and above all, have left the
bracelet before the lake would not have been in vain.
— What did you do, Hayley?— whispered to myself, guarding the
bracelet in the pocket and quickly returning to the house, the wolves
They kept looking for the wolf.
Hayley was strange for days, she changed completely after the
death of Victoria. Something inside her had broken, something that never
would be fixed again, a deep wound was opened in his
heart, she had held on to the promise that the wolf had made during
all week.
I tried to keep the rhythm of my breathing controlled as I climbed
the stairs that would lead to the second floor, I practically ran to the
room we shared and started looking for something that I didn’t
knew what it was, some clue she’d left, something that
explain his sudden disappearance.
— Think, I murmured, rubbing my face once more.
I searched the whole room for something that could help me, but
I found nothing but the smell of Hayley impregnated in that
environment, especially in bed, mixed with my own smell.
The air seemed to escape from my lungs, breathing was becoming difficult.
In a fit of rage, I kicked a chair near the window.
That’s when I saw the red box of the bracelet I had given as a gift to
Hayley, I pulled the bracelet out of my pocket and looked at it for a few seconds,
trying to understand, she wouldn’t have fallen off Hayley’s wrist, her clasp was
of gold, would not break easily.
In slow steps, I approached the dressing table and held the box
rectangular, finding it empty. I raised an eyebrow when I found
a paper stuck to the lid of the box, I sat on the bed, did not know if
I could still stand with the tremor that nearly knocked me down.
I pulled the folded paper and opened it, revealing a note, recognized the letter
of Hayley at the same time.
"If you found this note, it’s because I disappeared, my plan
worked. I ask you not to despair, I have everything under control. Can
it seemed crazy what I did, but it was accurate, I promised that I would protect
our people at any cost.
It’s Nick, he’s the stray. Victoria’s death wasn’t a suicide,
Nick killed her because she revealed the truth to me. I probably went
taken by Nick to the place where they take the kidnapped females, the lair
of the wolves. I will destroy them from within, finish off each of them.
And when I’m done with it, I’ll come back to you and we can be
happy. I’ll be fine, Jack, trust me.
With love, Hayley, with love."
The ground collapsed under my feet. It would have fallen if I had stood. The weight of those
words hit me like a brick in the face, despair took away my
breath to understand what she had FeiHaley simply if
delivered to whoever wanted to kill her.
— No, no, no, I whispered, incredulous, denying myself to believe what
had read. — By the Moon, Hayley! What did you do?
I threw the bracelet and the box on the wall, pulling my hair with
strength and released a monstrous roar that shook the city with the pain of
have been separated from the wolf I loved, my brilliant partner,
my fated by the moon.
The last time I felt so much fear and horror was the day the dead body
my sister was thrown in front of my house, lifeless, with a
smell that didn’t belong. What if they did the same with Hayley? My
stomach wrapped just in imagining.
They were with her, she let the damned stray take her,
that was in your plans all along, stupid plans that
hid from me because I knew I would never let her commit that
madness that could kill her or destroy her to the point where they would kill her
inside.
Mark appeared in the room next to Ayla, seemed frightened.
— Supreme, what happened?
I gathered what little strength I had left and got up from bed, feeling
the monster inside me awaken, the dark side I kept
hidden was waking up to control my body. His roar
reverberated within my mind, did not fight against, my pupils if
dilated with the wave of fury that boiled my blood.
— Hayley was taken by the strays.
Ayla took to hand the mouth, haunted. Mark dropped a bass
name— calling.
— How was she taken? She was surrounded by her men.
— I don’t know how they let Hayley get captured, but let them know that I
I’ll hunt them down. Keep everyone home on curfew, no
I want no one on the streets.
— Supreme, what are you going to do?— Mark’s voice wavered when he asked.
— I will hunt.