The Secrets of the Panther
Chapter 50

MICHAEL

Things are not going right for the last few days.

I want Izzy like weeks ago, but that stupid Elder had to stick his pathetic nose in.

I would have had her again; I don’t want her as a mate. I want to destroy and kill her. She and her fucking family made me who I am now. I want revenge, and I want that bitch first.

I hide in the shadows due to my lust for blood. I’m craving it every day.

I need blood.

I walk outside and look around the compound where we base ourselves. We all what something from that pack, but now things are getting crazier.

Suddenly, there was a loud growl and loads of smashing. I walk back in to see what the hell was going on. The noise coming was coming from the Elder roaring out. “They killed her,” he screeches.

Drake looks at him with a grim look. “Well, we knew it would come a day when this would all come undone,” he says and turns to look at me.

His face looks hideous due to the scar that apparently Izzy did, which I can’t believe, as she was so weak when I last saw her.

“We need to get her soon,” he says to me. “We need to make sure Helga gets what she wants from her, and then she said she is all ours,” he says with a smirk.

I can’t help but smirk, too.

I look over at the elder. The mark on his eye is growing, and it seems to affect him somehow. He can’t even shift into his wolf, either.

I hiss as the door opens to Helga. “Well, I told you that daughter of yours had it coming for being too greedy,” she says as she stands beside me and turns to look at me. “We need to talk,” she says with no expression.

She walks away, and I follow as we head outside the compound.

Once we were away from everyone, she turns to me with a scowl on her face. “I want my son back,” she says. “I have done what you have asked and defined my mate, too, which is difficult for me.”

I smirk. “Shut it, witch,” I say in a hiss.

“Your mate is my maker. He is my sire,” I say. “That means you also work for me when I need you. As for your son, it’s not my fault he wanted to help, but I don’t know where he is,” I say.

Helga looks at me. “You’re lying. You always have been,” she says. She was about to turn and walk away, but I grab her arm and turn her to face her. “I won’t lie to you, especially as my sire told me not to lie. Your son followed that pathetic old elder. Ask him. A rogue might have killed him,” I say with a smirk.

She looks at me. I can see sadness forming. I want to be sick.

“Why are you worried about a wolf pup, anyway?” I ask. “He’s not your mate’s child. He is yours, as you couldn’t keep your legs shut.”

She looks at me with anger. “I hope you never have children to know what it is like to want to protect them from evil in this world.”

I can’t help but smirk. “Oh Helga, you missed it, didn’t you? I have a daughter by that panther, and I don’t give a fuck about her,” I say as I walk closer to her. I tower over her. “I am going to get that little brat kid and kill her in front of Izzy,” I say as I snake a finger along her neck. I can feel her vein pump the blood through. I am starving of hunger.

“I will drain her blood and watch as that pathetic bitch begs to switch places with her, but I won’t,” I said.

Helga gulps. “How did you replace out about the child? How can you do that to a child? Your own child,” she asks, stuttering slightly.

“I told him,” says Drake from behind us. I don’t look at him. I took this photo of that little girl, and she is a spit of Izzy,” he says as he places his phone in front of her. She stares at the photo, and horror sinks in. “You want to use the child as bait for the panther,” she says as she looks up at me.

I smirk. “I will if it means I get what I want,” I say.

I look at my brother. “Please tell me there is something for me to eat,” I ask as I stare at Helga’s neck. Drake smiles, walks back, and pulls out a screaming girl from behind him. “Enjoy, brother,” he says as he pushes her into me.

I grab the girl and grip her neck. She fights back, and I can’t help but laugh. “I love when my food plays with me,” I say as my fangs come down.

I move quickly to the girl’s throat and pierce her neck, drinking her blood.

I hear footsteps walking away.

I devour every drop of this girl; I need it to face Izzy.

HELGA

I hate Michael with all my being.

My mate saved him, thinking he needed it. He thought he had a good soul, but he was so wrong.

I’m only helping as he took my son away from me; I have no clue where he is.

My phone rings out. I look at it, and I can’t help but smile as I press the button to answer it. “What’s happening?” he asks. “I can feel your emotions, but I can also feel my sires. What has he been doing? He better not be after revenge on that girl,” he says in a smooth voice.

I look back, and I can see Michael drain every drop of that girl’s blood that Drake grabbed from the town for him to have.

“He has Nolan,” I say. “He won’t tell me where he has him, but his revenge towards the panther is strong. She will kill him. I have felt her power, and she has also left a lovely mark on the elder.”

My mate is quiet for a moment. “Nolan can look after himself, but as for my sire, I will come there soon, but don’t let him know. As for the panther, we can use her to help get rid of the sire bond between us, but even if he dies, I will still be here,” he says, sighing. “I think we can use the panther to stop him, but we can have her for ourselves.”

I look out and say nothing.

“I will speak to you later, my darling,” he says and hangs up.

I don’t want to hurt that panther girl; she is the most powerful one I have met.

I might have a plan to get me out of all this, even if they kill all of them. I might even replace Nolan before then.

I wonder if I can…

A plan forms in my mind; I need to do this before they proceed.

I look over my shoulder. Everyone has gone back inside.

I walk around and head towards the town; I hope I won’t be too late and she will listen.