ANNABELLA’S POV
My eyes stuck out the window as the car drove on the road. Feeling the fresh air swept across my face, I felt like I had spent the longest time behind closed doors. The demon world was nothing like ours; while we lived close to nature and a bit away from humans, they lived in a hidden where almost everything was made accessible, not far from humans, though.
The car halted in front of a huge building, and as I stepped down from the car, I let my eyes run around the place.
It was quiet, and the walls were lifted with white paint. The surroundings made me wonder if it was a church, but it was too big for a church. ” Where is this place?” I asked the male demon who drove me down here. ” The elders are inside, lady Bella.” He kept his head down and addressed me the way everyone else did.
I raised a brow; my eyes stared around for a while before starting towards the entrance, curious to know what this was about.
‘ Demons, ‘ Eve growled, and I rolled my eyes; what did I expect?
A little part of me had hoped I was going to meet Roman and I would be finally out of here.
I sighed, trying to not show my disappointment.
The living room was equally quiet, with no sign from anyone.” Lady Bella.” someone suddenly called, and I turned to my side. It was a girl, a female demon at that, she was dressed in a short black pencil skirt and a white shirt. Her love-shaped face was adorned with makeup adding to her pale skin.” This way please.” She pointed towards the stairs and without hesitation, I followed behind her.
She pushed the black door open and urged me to step in, and when I did, I came face to face with a group of elderly men.
What was going on and why was I brought here?
” Who is she?”
” Isn’t she a werewolf?”
” I heard there is a werewolf in our midst.”
” I doubt the lord knows about it.” Whispers broke out in the room, my gaze bumped into that of Lord Callicious.
I frowned, was it his doing to bring me here? I wasn’t stupid to not know he didn’t like me. It was obvious his feelings towards Roman was more than hatred.
Eve stared into my eyes and I didn’t dare break away from his gaze. What did he intend to achieve?
” Who dares to talk ill about my granddaughter-in-law.” Sage’s authoritative voice boomed across the room, and I stepped aside, shifting my gaze from lord Callicious and lowering my head a bit.
The room turned still and just like that, Sage asked to take a seat, which I did. ” I’m glad you are here,” he said amid the quietness; his black orb eyes staring at me for a short while, recurring. me safely.” Lord Sage…” One of the elders was about to speak when Sage raised his hand.” Let’s discuss the problem on board.” He ordered, and the almost twenty elders who were present in the room turned to stare at each other. At that moment, Caleb and Sean entered the room.
Sean was in his usual black suit and black pants while Caleb was casually dressed. His cold eyes settled on me and only lasted for barely two seconds.
” We all are aware of the recent attacks on the kingdom. Werewolves are attacking us back and forth, and we don’t even know why.” One elder started and I frowned.
Demons were being attacked by werewolves!
Why was I shocked?
These two species were nothing more than enemies who didn’t need reasons to attack each other but that was insane.
” The most absurd part is we don’t know why they are attacking us.” Another one of the elders raised a concern, and every one of them nodded in agreement. ” We need to find out what they want and why they are standing up against us. We have not crossed them for almost a century. Why the sudden attack? This is unreasonable, and we must find the course and what we did wrong. And if we have to retaliate, then so be it.”
” Yes, you are right.”
” We must retaliate, we need to fight back before it’s too late.” Why was I worried?
” They certainly have a reason, but we don’t need to know anything since we haven’t wronged them in any way.” One elder said and I felt he wasn’t wrong. But why were the shifters attacking demons when they hadn’t done it in a long time?
As much as I wanted to call it unreasonable, there might be something they were after.
‘ You certainly can’t tell.’ Eve said.
” Have any of you thought about what these werewolves could be after? What if we have something that belongs to them?” Callicious spoke, his eyes sitting on me. ” What if demons are keeping something they want or maybe one of their own?” All the elders turned their gaze to me, and I felt a bit more exposed even though I didn’t understand what Callicious was trying to say. He could be right but I hope he wasn’t thinking it’s because of me.
Roman might be terrible when it comes to controlling his temper, but he would never launch a war against his grandfather. He might be an alpha but the fact that he was a part demon couldn’t be erased.
And besides, I wasn’t kidnapped so why would he attack them?
” Did you get anything out of the three prisoners?” Sage asked and Caleb replied no.” One tried to escape and one committed suicide.” Sean added.
” What if there is a traitor among us?” I glittered my teeth when I felt his gaze on me again.
Did all of them think I was the traitor because I was currently being stared at like a weirdo?
Sage cleared his throat and asked me to go wait for my ride, which I felt grateful for. What the fuck was wrong with these demons?
They accused me of everything which was insane. I let out a sigh when I got to the balcony, facing the back side of the huge building.
The sight was great plus the fresh air. I wish I could let my wolf out for a ran. It has been almost a month since I shifted.
Even though Eve had not complained, I knew she hadn’t because she didn’t want to put me in a tight spot.
We were currently living among demons.
” Demons and werewolves can’t live together.” I didn’t need to bother looking at who it was because his scent was all over the place.
” Is that so?” I turned to face him.” But I’m living among demons right now.” I said and a smile broke on his face.” You naive little thing, have you thought of why Roman brought you here?” my eyes turned a bit colder.
” What did you think? Oh come on, the little bastard is having the best time of his life.” A growl left my lips and he laughed, raising both hands. ”
If you don’t believe me, I can’t help you figure it out”
I bit on my bottom lips as I thought about it. No one was willing to tell me anything.
” How are you going to help me?” I asked when he was about to turn away, my head tilted up and face wearing a serious appearance.
” I will take care of that.”