LUKAS

THIRTEEN

Beatrice's POV

I lurked in the shadows as I watch the remaining two fool all of the guards with their gifts.

A smile pulls at my face as I watch Nerissa. She had wonderful control over her power. She was calm, focused, and collected. That just left less work for me to do.

Samouel, on the other hand, has yet to display his powers for me. But I am indeed looking forward to the day that I will. That day is today.

The two successfully make their way past the guards and I am impressed. Nerissa held the power to fool a hundred people within seconds.

When Nerissa was back on her own feet, they made their way towards the edge of the border.

It was nearly impossible to leave a pack unless you had a skilled witch with you. So believe me when I say I was amused at their little plan.

"As soon as you are over the border, run for your damn life," Samouel explains. Nerissa nods before they each count to three. Before leaping and shifting in mid-air.

I was impressed with Samouels speed, Nerissa not so much. She was on Samouels heels the whole time.

I follow them and make sure to disguise my presence as I pass over the border. I walked a distance behind, making sure to not lose sight of the brown and Sandy wolf.

After about a minute, some wolves came out looking for them. But I saw that at the front of the group was none other than Athanasios along with Socrates.

Poor thing. He would just keep losing his family to me. I pick up my dress and follow closely, making sure to duck behind trees every so often.

This was so exciting! Like a live show and I'm the villain in this story. To be fair, I had my reasons for a lot of things. What I'm about to do just contributes to my payback for those reasons.

I catch up to the wolves and their father to see them arguing. "Get your asses back to the castle. Now!" Athanasios yelled at his children very harshly if you ask me. I make my presence known and step from behind the trees. I raise one hand up to Athanasios and the wolves, putting a force field around them. I raise my other to the children to block their power.

Athanasios banged his arms heavily against the force field. "Get away from my kids," He growls lowly as I near them. "Face it, Athanasios. You're weak. Winston killed your mate years ago and you have been weak since. You're just a dead man walking." I say, nearing closer to the pups.

"I will tear your head right from your shoulders." He growls again to which my eyebrows raise. Challenge accepted. "Come and get me," I mock before I teleport myself and his children back to my lovely dungeons. It had a distinct stench of victory and death. It took my eyes some time to adjust to the lighting in here.

When my eyes finally did adjust, I smiled at the triplets that I finally had in one place. It wasn't my ordeal plan but it worked out nonetheless. Just one more day until I got what I wanted. One more day until I could take their powers for my own, increasing my strength in the matter of only one night. I leave the room with the biggest smile on my face. Victory indeed tasted scrumptious.

Anastasia's POV

"What the hell are you doing here?" I nearly yell at tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. Nerissa and Samouel had quite the look on their faces. It was a mixture of an offended expression with one of pain from the chains currently wrapped around their wrists.

"Being kidnapped? And who is he?" Samouel asks, already becoming protective. I was about to answer when Lukas beat me to it.

"I am Lukas, Anastasia's mate," He says. Nerissa's eyes nearly pop out of her skull. She looked between the two of us with the most idiotic expression anyone could ever make with their facial muscles.