Pretty much this chapter has a blend of stuff, all their POV's, seeing some lover competition,  and the first shoulder bite ;D  Was fun writing this chapter, I only give half credit, other half I would give to a friend from work. He gave the idea of the giant creatures and the idea of them splitting up. So thank steven! haha!

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After the confrontation, Kade and I didn’t say much to each other. Plus, Aiden always sent me somewhere in the yacht when Kade was near. He said he didn’t want to see me dead which didn’t help my anger, thinking I would get killed from that ignorant fuck. Most of the day, I just stayed in my room.

It was a small room with a little bunk bolted to the wall, little window beside it. Nearly every night, I caught myself rubbing the worn beads and staring out at the stars. Nearly every one of them was bright and beautiful, bright as the glint in someone’s eye. It was bright out with clear skies on the other side of glass, seeing a bird fly by. If I just closed my eyes, I could see the rolling waters on the shore. Dr. Nolind and Jake smiling at me. A family that truly loved me and cared for me but it quickly melted away, seeing Jake frown then glare at me. The dark clouds rolled in as Dr. Nolind dropped to the sands dead, Jake on mark raised his gun to eye level. Now Gun point in front of his death glare. Before the shot was made, a knock ripped me from my day nightmare.

I slowly opened my eyes, seeing Alex was standing in the doorway. I exhaled through my nose, “What is it now, Alex?” This little pest has been following me around as spy so I wouldn’t go in for the kill for Kade.

“Aiden said you need to come up, were leaving the yacht.”

My eyes flew up. “Leaving? Were at Hawaii already?” My heart fluttered with excitement, god, I couldn’t wait to be freed from these people.

“No.”

The disc screeching to a stop in my head, staring at him bluntly. I growled and grabbed some of the blanket, shooting him an irritated look. “Why do I have to come up?”

“Because were at the Peace keeper’s gates. Aiden said were going with them.”

My brows tugged down. “With them?... Where?”

“Were going below.” Aiden dug through someone’s bag, pulling out a blow torch. His nose automatically scrunched up and twisted around to Alex who yipped and ran over to him, ripping it from his hands.

“That’s not a toy to play with!” The thirteen year old hugged the blue metal container.

“Cleary which is why I was going to ask why the hell do you have it?” Aiden took a step towards him, Alex hugged it tighter and took a step back.

“It’s his back up.” Kade’s voice hit my ears, seeing him come out shirtless. I rolled my eyes at his perfect model body, shaking my head and looking away. Seeing Aiden was going shirtless too and shoved it in the bag, crossing my arms and huffed.

“So why are we going under water?”

Kade snorted. “What? The puppy can’t swim.”

I growled, “I show you can’t swim.”

“Valerie.” Aiden snapped, turning to Kade. “Shark bait, you too. I need both of you in order to get Alex to live the rest of his life safely.”

Kade groaned, seeing through my hair him cross his arms and look at me with a smirk. I huffed, meeting eyes with Aiden as he turned to Alex who stared intently at his older brother with slight worry, “You didn’t say you too.” His was voice was barely audible to my ears, exchanging looks with Kade then. His brows tugged down a little with his stern look, his eyes swiveling on Aiden who just stared at his brother. Aiden sighed, “You remember what I taught you?”

“But Ai-.”

“Alex.” Aiden pointed. ‘You remember?”

Alex’s eyes fell to his feet, “Yes.”

“Good.” He took Alex’s flame torch from his arms and shoved it in the bag, zipping the bag up and tossing it at Kade, catching it and slipping some machete on the side pocket and slung it over his arm. Meeting his cold stare as he slipped black biker gloves on and sighed, looking away. I glanced back to see Alex hugging his brother’s waist, Aiden not growling for once but hugged him with one arm. When he noticed I was watching, now hearing him growl. I twitched a smile.

“Don’t worry, Aiden. I’ll make sure he get there safe with you.” I smiled bigger.

Aiden shook his head and looked away but it was too late; I saw the smile on his lips. I huffed, placing my hands on my waist and turned to Kade who was patting his ocean blue hair down; whistling some tune. “So how am I going get down there? I’m not a professional at holding my breath.” I grumbled. He slowly grinned, waltzing over with a bounce in his walk till he was in front of me. He clapped his hands and rubbed them; grinning bigger.

“I’ve been waiting for this for so long.”

I raised a brow, gazing where Aiden and Alex were but they were now where to be seen. “For wh-.” Then I felt warm lips on mine, trying to lean away but they obnoxiously followed. I snarled, my wolf hated this! This asshole! Against my growling, he was purring as if this was perfect. I planted my hands on his chest, attempting to push him away but even when he smacked his hands on my waist and jerked me closer. It was no use. I felt the purring drum quicker as he slowly pulled away, leaving my lips tingling. My wolf instantly pouncing, pulling my hands back. Kade ducked my swing, laughing then pushed me over. Falling off the yacht, screaming till I smacked the water neck first. The water whooshed into my ears, my eyes flew open to the wide open water. Feeling breathless, I started to swim up till a hand clasped around my ankles; pulling me back down. I whimpered, and glanced down to Kade. I snarled, swatted at him but he easily avoided it. Pulling me down and smiled.

Breathe in or it won’t work.

I narrowed my eyes at him, crossing my arms.

He rolled his stone grey eyes and then did the most childish thing: tickled me.

I laughed, swallowing down water and swatting at him to stop but he didn’t. Shoving him away when I could, realize I taking in water. Hiccupping and slapped my hand over my mouth, Kade shot a blunt look and ripped my hand from my mouth. Just breathe, you’re not going to die. He grabbed my wrist, pulling me down. I yipped, trying to keep up with his swimming speed but couldn’t. I couldn’t remember the last time I did. It was nothing but open water around us, not even a single fish was in sight.

But as we got closer to the sea floor, things started to come into view.

Particularly…

I grabbed Kade’s arm and kept staring at it, stopping and getting his attention. I gulped and met his calm stare, flicking my eyes on it. “The gates…”

The Peace keeper Gates…

They were literally gates under the ocean, hidden from all eyes. Two huge wide gate doors, standing hundreds of feet tall in the middle of sea grass. Covered by fuzzy looking green, it looked ancient, its bars bent at certain angles on the inside as it kept its rectangular border shape. I stared longer in awe as we got closer, looking to the grass it as it brushed my fingers. Kade let go of my hand, spotting Aiden and Alex swimming over. Well, more of Aiden. Alex hugging him around his neck, Aiden having a pissed off look. I giggled, covering my mouth as Kade calmly smirked, pulling the backpack off his shoulder. Unzipping it, everything seemed to float out of it. The blow torch, shirts, a baggy of flares. Kade grabbed the flares before they floated away with the current; handing them to me. He gestured me toward the gate, looking at the other two; seeing they grew weary. I looked at the gates, as old and alone as they were.

 I was uneasy about it.

Someone nudged me, growling at whomever. But indeed, I did swim near it. Gripping the bag of flares tighter as I felt the temperature of the water got warmer, the new water made my skin tingle from something. The closer I got out, it seem to get foggy and quick. I glanced back at the guys.

But they were gone.

Instead was a palm tree edge, whirling around to a beach and the bright blue ocean beyond. I gulped, gripping the air with my hands. My eyes flew to my empty hands, where the hell did the flares goes? I groaned, whirling around, taking in the new surroundings. I gulped, slowly walking along the shore. There was nowhere in sight.

“What the hell?” I whispered.

“Open your eyes.” A voice hit my ear, twisting around to no one. It had to be a ghost of something, getting shoved by an invisible pair of hands. Falling backwards, the forest, the warm sand, the ocean. Flew away as darkness swallowed me up, falling. Falling. Falling. My own screamed filled my ears, echoing up till I hit the ground. Hearing bones cracking and shuffle, going black.

AIDEN

I yelled, sliding out from a pipe. Hitting the cracked pavement, grunting and rolling to a stop. Everything was quiet, laying there and panting lightly. Scanning the ancient room, it was a bath house. Six columns, three on each side as a shallow pool was in the middle. Steam rose from it, squinting at it. How could it be steaming it? Slowly getting to my feet, I patted my wet shirt and shorts. A deep groan hit my ears, cracking my neck.

“Alex? Shark bait? You okay?” I called out.

I heard another deep groan, shaking my head and walking around the room.  Rounding the last column, spotting a stone chair. A throne.  Getting closer,  a skeleton with an arrow through his eye socket sat slumped in it, I ran my tongue over my teeth and huffed out. “What happened here?’ I got closer, black gloves were on it bony hands. Its right was holding something, tilting my head to the side. “What do we got here, bud?” I trying to open it up but wouldn’t. I growled and wrenched it open, hearing a loud crack and stumbled back. My back hit the column, hearing a loud crack. My head snapped up to the ceiling as a crack traveled away from me, slithering over the pool then went toward the door. I gulped, walking around the columns and started toward the stone doorway after it. A loud crash erupted outside, stopping me. My entire body stiffened, what was that? I re-gripped whatever was in my hand, standing in place. Oh

god…

I took a step toward the door.

A deep bellow bounced off every wall, flinching. Hearing something stone crack, the wall closest to me suddenly bulged. Stumbling away, bumping into another column. Dust dropped on my shoulder, shaking my head. Getting in my lungs, making me cough as I glanced back at the door. A long black  think leg slowly slipped and hooked in the doorway.

My eyes opened, listening to a loud clicking noise.

SHARKBAIT

I slid around the column, crouching and panting quietly. I planted my knuckles firmly on the ground, listening to the clicking noise as it quieted down a little. I was in the crumbled down city hall, heading toward the records when something must have sensed I was here. The clicking noise quickened in pace, hearing it getting louder. I inhaled a breath, rolling off to the right. Dust hit my shoulder once a loud crack was heard, landing back in a crouch, seeing the column fell against the wall and dust erupted. Making the huge thing a silhouette, two huge pinchers and huge thick long body.

Quickly coming at me now.

I whipped my sin out, shooting out into full form and slashed out at whatever stabbed through the air at me. It quickly withdrew whatever it was, missing it by a millisecond, cursing under my breath. Twirling my sin before it came again, dodging and swing down. It screamed once I got it stuck in its leg, kicking it at it. Cracking off like a stick, seeing black blood spurt out. Glaring back at the thing in time when it flung its self at me, ducking and crouching. The ground shook as it slammed down and slid right over me. Being long and hairless, multiple needle legs that scratched the stone when it slid. It crashed halfway through the wall, standing up right behind and huffed. Planting sin’s bottom on the ground, creating a faint clink. Its rear lowered itself, seeing its pinchers on its ass too, ducking as it snipped like scissors. I instinctively held my breath, hearing it shift in the rock, wiggling to free itself. I gulped, slowly looking up. Halfway, stopping when I spotted a few blue hairs floating down in the air. I grabbed my head and sighed faintly, sin suddenly jerked from my hands. Seeing its pinchers had it, standing up and jumped up to grab it. I landed on me feet, seeing it slowly wag its pinchers like some teaser. Balling my fist up and growled, the insect’s body stopped moving.

“Damn it.” I sighed.

The giant insect suddenly pushed off its left, leaning on its right as its pincher fell right too. Running at it. When close the insect slammed on its left side, whipping my sin across the room. Sliding to a stop and watched it fly through the air, stabbing up high in the stone wall. I sighed heavy, a loud crumble made me flinch. Snapping back where it went but it was gone; disappearing into the wall.

“…Damn it.”

ALEX

I hugged my blow torch, shivering as I heard clicking everywhere. On my right, on my left. Above me, feeling it below the stone underneath me. I gulped and groaned, hearing a deep bellow. Yipping and flinching against the column more, everything went dead quiet. The only sound was me panting rasp, looking around the dim room. I didn’t know what this room was but it was quiet and bunch of columns. A loud clink made me flinch again, slowly looking up to long thick black pincher around the old stone. It squeezed the stone, cutting it like butter, feeling pebbles hit my forehead. I gulped, snapping my head down and closed my eyes. Hearing a loud hiss and stone cracking slowly, the pebbles were getting bigger. Yelping it hit my shoulder, grabbing my shoulder and gritted my teeth. The hiss came again,  sound of multiple clicking  flew left. Snapping left, a monstrous earwig crawled on the wall then came at me. Screaming and dropping my blow torch, ducking from its pincher and ran off to the right. A loud crack made me look, seeing the column was falling towards me. Running faster toward the door, grabbing the golden ring and pulled it. Seeing it came quicker, its shadow eating me up. I started slapping the door, hearing a loud hiss coming towards me.

“Aiden!” I yelled at the door, “Aiden, open the door!”

I whirled around and seeing the giant earwig coming at me, bracing myself against the door and yelling for life. The world suddenly flopped sideways, hitting the ground hard. Watching the Earwig run on the wall to me, driving its pinchers down. By the ankles, I suddenly slid across the floor. Watching the insect slam into the door then slumped to the ground, halfway getting up. The column landed right on it, seeing black goop splatter everywhere. I panted,  sliding across the floor into the darkness. Stopping and now laying on the cold ground, something fell off of my ankles.

Glancing up.

Yellow eyes.

AIDEN

I ran around the corner, the ground and walls shook when the thing slammed into the wall. Losing my balance a little, glancing over my shoulder. Through the dust raining from the ceiling, by the sound of it, it was picking up speed once more. I turned back around, spotting dead open end. A stone sign was the wall, being covered in dust. I shook my hand and inhaled a breath, shooting fire at it. Now covered in char, it was a little easier to read. Windows.  I blinked, confused, running quicker down the hallway as the ground shook more violently. Nearly the end, a huge linked chain came into view. I gulped, seeing the light was shined on the edge. I glanced back over my shoulder, seeing black pinchers about to brush me. Yelling, and jumping off to the edge.

Grabbing onto a link, swinging. Slipping a little, I yelled and I clung tight to it, seeing the entire room. It was hall. One giant stone hall, seeing I dangled hundreds of feet up. Water flooded the floor, looking over to my right. Built into the rock, sat a throne, above the throne and in the rock from a huge symbol of a hammer. I gulped, why was there a throne room here? The chain suddenly jerked, clinging tighter and looking down.

“What the hell?!” I yelled, my voice echoing.

The giant insect dangled at the bottom of the chain, slowly climbing up and hissed.

I growled, “How the hell can you even climb?!” I shouted, climbing up. A loud deep groan echoed over the large room, even the insect stopped and looked around. A high pitch scream suddenly came, I gasped and looked toward the ceiling, seeing stone slowly slid over another slab of stone. The chain lurched down again, gasping, seeing the stone slid picked a little up in speed. I climbed up one link, slapping my forehead.

“Of course. Windows mean blinds!” I growled, climbing up another link, hearing a loud hiss.

I hissed back at it, now bellowing at me and picking up its speed. The chain lurched harder, yelling at it to stop. It simply ignored the unknown language, I growled and held my palm towards it. “Stop!” I shouted, shooting fire at it. It bellowed and slithered to the other side, seeing the flick of flame land in the water. But it didn’t sizzle out, it erupted and flooded over the entire floor. Lighting up the room. The insect groaned and glanced down, seeing flames crawled up the chains. I gulped and sniffed the cold metal; gasoline. I jerked my head back and climbed up another link. Lurching down and getting darker, I hung on with one arm and scanned the room catching itself on fire. Licking at the drapes, portraits of the hammer on the walls, not far was another chain. One that didn’t touch the ground, I gulped, reaching for it but I dropped below it due to the weight. I growled, climbing up more link but lurched again. Jumping up one link then another, hearing a hiss below me. I hiccupped a breath, seeing the room giant stone curtain was about to close. I jumped up another chain link then jumped off.

My fingertips brushed the chain link, falling.

I yelled out, following toward the insect. It hissed and flew right through its pinchers, skidding off its back. Hitting a spike, knocking the air out of me. Grabbing onto the next, jerking and slipping off, hearing a loud rip. The insect bellowed as I grabbed onto the next spike, something hot fell on my back. Throwing my head back and yelling, rubbing my back and brushing it with my fingers. Yelling out in pain, seeing black goop on my fingers, burning my flesh. I growled and rubbed it on the insect, it shook back and forth as it bellowed deeper and longer. The damaged spike dangled and oozed out black goop; bleeding. I growled and crouching on the spike and rubbed my hands. One shot.

The ceiling’s window closed, hearing a low and echoing boom. The insect suddenly started glowing, having white pinchers. Seeing something move below me, glancing down in time. The other pair, curling and coming at me. I gasped and jumped, grabbing onto the ripped spike. The insect screamed, the chain started to shake. I groaned, planting my feet on its back and jumped again. Climbing up to the next spike, crouching there. I wiped the sweat off of my forehead and huffed, the fire was dying down now. Making the bug glow more. I gulped and glancing up, seeing one more spike, glancing over my shoulder and seeing pinchers flying at me. Leaping, the pinches collided with its body and snapped shut, hearing a loud scream. I watched in horror as half of it fell to the ground, gulping down my sickness as I felt heat rose and the sound sizzling came to my ears. Trying to plant my feet again but there was nothing.

Then there was.

At first was it was tiny but then grew.

I groaned deeper, planting my feet firmly as I saw white glowing pinchers started to form. “They reproduce asexually.” I growled, glancing down at the floor hundreds of feet down, seeing its old end flop around on the floor as it started to grow into another. I sighed heavily, slowly climbing up.

SHARKBAIT

“Fucking stupid ass—.” I stopped, sniffing the air. It smelt like something was burning, shrugging and going back to pulling my sin out of the wall. I growled, jerking it, getting an inch out. I huffed, my shoulder’s dropped. “I hate bugs so much.” I huffed, hearing a loud hiss. Turning around, seeing the thing was back.

And swift.

It stood up on its last six pair of feet and opened its pinchers wide,  quickly climbing up on sin and stood with perfect balance. Yelling out as it dove its head at me, grabbing it by its pinchers. Getting slammed against the wall and grinded up against it, I gritted my teeth and growled from the pain, trembling from making sure it didn’t snip me in two. I  suddenly heard a loud sizzle, feeling it start to stiffen up now. I rose a brow, looking down and seeing it black blood leaked from it as it drove itself into sin. I smirked at it as it clucked a few times, going limp. Slowly rising slowly lifting myself from it pinchers and stood on it. I placed my hands on my hips and huffed, seeing how high up I was.

“Now how the hell am I going to get my sin out of the wall?”

VALERIE

I kept hearing something shuffle but I was too much in pain to move, it was a shuffle here and shuffle there. I couldn’t really make out what it was, it stepped slow and was faint to my ears. It didn’t help when every now and then the unknown thing would hiss. My body trembled against these rocks, even my eye lids did. A hot tear fell down my cheek, a tickle started to build up in my throat. Coughing, coughing harder to the point I tasted blood in my throat. Sweet blood.

Oh sweet and lavishing you are when you hit my tongue.

My insides purred just from the thought of it, my wolf paced eagerly. Sniffing for the air for any trace of it, only death stuck around. I gulped down the flavor, quickly craving more. Coughing again, just to acknowledge that it was in me and I wanted it. Badly. A deep thunk landed not far from me, my head flopped to my side. A wave of pain washed over my body, trembling worse now. God, what the hell was happening to me?

God…

I wanted to grab at my necklace, to wear it down more but it was there. Something around my neck, I felt the cool beads laid along my throat. Gulping down more blood, I heard a hiss. Taking fear in my teeth and biting it, I painfully opened my eyes. Slowly opening wide with shock.

It was not rocks I fell on, it was bones. Ribs, Skulls, Femurs, everywhere. My eyes swiveled to the left, looking multiple feet up to see I was in a pit full of skeletons. My breathing picked up a little, squeaking. I heard the steps, light but seemed to become louder. Bones shuffled on the other side of me, seeing a long black slim leg slowly step over me. Gulping out-loud, eight black beady eyes stared at me.

I whimpered, slowly looking at its butts. Seeing the red spot. Oh God. I licked my lips, my voice cracking.  “A black Widow…” I stared as a stinger came out of its butt. “Oh god.” I groaned, I slowly rolled over. Ignoring the excruciating pain, I tried to move my leg but it didn’t move. Looking back, rolling my ankle. But it’s move either. I sniffled, inhaling a breath and stared back up in its eyes. Its fangs moved a little but it didn’t strike, just stood there and stared. A whimper slithered in my throat, dragging my legs as I slowly grinded against the bones. Gritting my teeth, ignoring the pain, the blood, and now my mind that rambled millions of questions through my head. One of its legs planted right in front of me, stopping me. I panted, looking past it when I saw movement. There, in the distance,  was a barred vent, seeing someone was laying it. My vision was too blurry to tell who was it, my stomach twisted when they said my whispered my name.

Kade.

A tear fell down my cheek, weakly smiling. “Ka-.” Something plunged into my lower back, making the pain before be a one on the scale. This was a tenfold ten, screaming out like I was being murdered. I grabbed bone, squeezing it clamping my eyes tight and screaming higher whenever it was moved in my back. Inhaling a breath, I started to ball within record time. Oh God! Make it stop! Make it stop!

I heard someone yell out, hearing a loud hiss. My hand shook, letting whatever bone drop from my head and slowly cracked my eyes open. Kade stood in front of me with his staff thingy, he looked like a mess himself. Covering in dirt and blood, panting. The widow hissed behind me, Kade step over me.

“Kade.” I whispered shakily.

“Hush.” He growled, hearing a whoop quickly go by my ear. “Just try to stay calm.”

“What happened?” I tried to move but my body started to stiffen.

“Hush!” He yelled, backing away from me suddenly, seeing the widow trumpet over me; charging him. He pressed himself against the wall, gasping when the spider thrust its stinger at him. He split his legs apart, seeing twisted horror flash over his face. Then anger, he growled and threw his sin up. The widow doing something, its butt blocking me from seeing. I called out for Kade but he didn’t say anything back, glancing up and watching his sin come back down; blade down. It plunged right into the giant spider, hissing and started stumbling around. Dropping to the ground and stagger to get back up, Kade hesitated but move. Climbing on board and yanked it out, swinging it down. I gulped, turning away just before and stared at the vent. I groaned, forcing to move again. Dragging myself, grinding once more against the bones. I heard a deep thunk, stopping and looking over my shoulder. Kade pulled his sin out and panted, he spoke something under his breath before he jogged over me. Dropping his bloody sin and knelt down, staring at my back in horror. He flicked his eyes on me, seeing more of it flood his stone eyes.

“What?” my lip quivered.

He swallowed, shaking his head. “Come on, let’s get out of here.”

~♠~

I laid my head on his stinky wet shirt as I stared at the fire, feeling my foot flinch when he did something. Growling at him, he merely chuckled and sighed. “Well, you’re not going to die so that’s good.”

“Glad to hear.” I sighed, closing my eyes. Listening to the fire crackling for a while before he spoke up, clearing his throat.

“So did you see anything?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Did you see anything in her eyes?” He then had his arm over me, leaning over to look at my blunt expression. I huffed, closing my eyes.

“No, why do you fucking ask? And how do you know it was she?”

“You don’t know much of the abnormal world do you?” He sighed, hearing the dirt shuffling behind me. I gently shook my head, wincing again and groaning deep.

“Well, I’d never believed but now I do from what I just saw.” He sighed heavy, feeling his index finger’s second knuckle rubbing on my spine away from the wound. “There’s a myth of three Black Widows, huge widows hidden in the crevasses of the world and the light of life. They were supposedly all sisters, triplets in the same womb. All gorgeous, flawless, sweetest as newly made honey. There’s Ekila, Litha, and Milocko.” He whistled.

“Who names their children names like that?” I gently murmured.

“Who names their bastard son Kade?” He stopped in the middle of my shoulder blades, peeking over my shoulder at him. There was no ounce of humor in his face, he blinked and flicked his eyes on my back and ran his knuckle back down. “Who said the world we live on was normal, Valerie?” he whispered faint, I slowly went back to staring at the fire.

“So…what happen to these beautiful triplets?”

He snorted, “Well, you see, daddy wasn’t the nicest man when before the curtain unlike pretty little mommy. Behind the curtain, away from the public, he was a stinking drunk who hit pretty little mommy for the fun of it. Well, one night at dinner, he drink too much. Pretty little mommy made the comment of he needs to grow a pair and be a man and not a boy, the man had an short temper like a  dragon who couldn’t control his flaming his sneezing as he held a cup of pepper. The man stood up so quick his chair fell, his face red like cherry. He looked upon his three flawless daughters and kept contact with them as he knocked the woman out of her chair with just the back of his hand. The three little girls pleaded and screamed to stop choking the woman.” He huffed, stopping from his back message. “Let her live, let her live, father they pleaded.” He made a whimpy girl voice, I glanced over my shoulder to see him run his hand through his blue hair and closed his eyes and yawned.

I started to roll on my back but he planted a hand on my shoulder and opened his eyes, “Let it air out or it will get infected.” He ran his tongue over his fangs and huffed.

“You’re tired.” I whispered.

He smirked frail, “Anyone can tell that.”

“But not too tired to be a smartass.” I smirked.

He lightly chuckled, going back to his rubbing his knuckle around it. Feeing a surge of slight pain, groaning. His stone eyes swiveled on me, studying me. My lip twitched as I stared at my waist and forced to breath out, “You’re really tensed there.”

“I wonder why.” I spoke smartly, raising a brow his direction.

He chuckled, “Not too much in pain to be a smartass.” He smirked, doing it harder that I winced. “I’m not doing it on purpose.”

I pulled my lip and up and growled. “Just-.” I growled deeper, closing my eyes shut. “What happened?”

“The girls were depressed over the weeks, they had to bury their mother themselves and tell no one of it or they would be dead. That’s what daddy said. But over the weeks, they depression was soon eaten by their anger. Their mind was turning with poison, their veins thinned and raced super-fast, their eyes looked everywhere. They watched, they listened, and struck with beauty.” His voice was smooth to my ears, feeling the pain was slowly leaving me now.

“So?” I mumbled in his shirt.

“So over the years, they all turned cold and dull. Down the point, they were the most beautiful whores in the world. They lived in riches and class, sure, woman looked down upon them but they didn’t care. They didn’t care about anyone but their sweet flawless mother who taught them everything. When the time came, they secretly returned to their home town, to their father as an old man. Remarried and more kids they can count. They stayed the night, and in the darkness, each of them crept into every room and murdered them all. Ekila murdered the children, Litha murdered his wife, and Midlocko murdered their father in front of her two sisters. He plunged their mother’s bone knife into his sternum, splitting completely in half, she leaned down and whispered in his ear ever so delicate.” In a couple of racing heart beats, I felt Kade’s lips brush against my ear. “We been waiting to stop your heart all these years after you stop our mother’s.” I shuddered, hearing him chuckle then laugh in my neck. I shrugged him off and growled.

“That’s not funny!” I groaned, flashing a glare at him.

He laughed, leaning back on his hands. “Calm down, big baby.” His eyes fall on my back keeping his smirk.

“What happened then?”

He shrugged dryly, “They disappeared, never seen nor heard from again. Some say they turned in black widows they were, cold and beauty. Seducing in what they want, when satisfied, they leave them with nothing.”

I nodded, staring back at the fire. “So which one was that?”

He sighed, hearing him shuffle behind me. Seeing he lay out on his back with his hands behind his head and sighed, closing his eyes. “I don’t know, my guess, Ekila. They say she was the one who hesitated before doing most things.” I groaned, yawning.

“Get some sleep, tomorrow; we look for Aiden and Alex. I know they’re alive, I smelt smoke earlier.”

I cuddled closer to his ragged shirt and stared at the fire, my eyes slowly closing.

“Oh, I almost forgot!”

Fangs sunk into my shoulder, screaming. Elbow him but no use, about to punch him in his manhood but he grabbed my wrist; having a quite gently hold on it. He suddenly jerked away and huffed, licking his lips. “You wouldn’t be able to walk if I didn’t do that.”

I grimaced, “Excuse me?!”

“You heard me.” He slapped my waist. “Get some sleep.”

I growled, rubbing my shoulder and cursing under my breath at the fire.

KADE

An hour passed and Valerie was out like a light, wrapping my arm around her and holding her close. She moaned in her sleep and shifted, feeling my heart flutter a little when she slipped her fingers with mine. I smiled and pecked him cheek, leaning my chin on her shoulder as I stared at the fire. My heart sank from her knowing she couldn’t remember her childhood, feeling more pitiful she wouldn’t remember an ounce of me. I sighed heavily, hearing a rock get kicked. Going on full alert, seeing the stone come into the light. Following where it came from, Aiden stumbled into the light. Hearing heavy thudding then, seeing tall figure. I gulped, raising my head. Seeing a giant metal knight looking thing walking into the light, thing had to be 10 feet tall. Black steel armor with golden traces all over it, I grinned and chuckled when I saw Alex sat on its shoulder and held by its left of horn of its Viking helmet. Aiden snarled when he saw up, gesturing toward sleeping Valerie.

“What the hell dude?!”

I ignored Aiden, “You found a guardian, Alex.”

Alex laughed, slapping the knight’s shoulder plate. Watching the guardian rose his hand to Alex. Once Alex was on, lowering his hand to the ground; jumping off.  Alex smirked at his pissed brother then me. “I named him Knight.” He came over to the fire, holding his hands near it.

“Kade!” Aiden snapped, taking a few steps near me.

I growled, “I told you I hate that name.”

Aiden gestured to Valerie, feeling her shift a little in my arm. “But you let her say it!”

“What pissed in your cheerios?” I smirked.

“I just had to fucking kill three giant ass earwigs!” He shouted, hearing the cave we were in echo. Valerie started to roll over but I stopped her, hearing her growl in her sleep. I gently rolled over her on to her stomach then her side to face, she smiled and buried her face in my chest; mumbling something in her sleep. When I looked up, Alex and Aiden stared at her back, Alex covering his mouth with sickness.

Aiden’s face twisted with disgust. “What the hell happened?”

“Unlike you and I, Valerie fell into a Black Widow’s pit.” I dryly explained, running my finger and down the mid of her back, she inhaled big; snuggling closer.

“A Black Widow?” Alex sat down on the side of the fire, glancing up at Aiden who stared cold at me with his balled up fist at his sides. “I thought they didn’t exist.”

“Same with ya there buddy but I saw this one with my own eyes, that thing was huge.”

“Wait.” Aiden pointed at me, “You dealt with an earwig?”

I nodded stiffly.

“I did too till this guy saved me.” Alex pointed up at his black knight, smiling.

Both of us growling in sync. “Lucky.”

I huffed, glancing at Valerie and pushed her hair behind her ear and pecked her cheek. Aiden growled, flickering my eyes up at him. He glared at me, slowly sitting down in front of the fire. The ground shook when the knight plopped down besides the black knight, making Alex laugh.

“Is this place always infested with bugs?” Aiden groaned.

I shook my head. “Never. Something happened here, something terrible.” I glanced down at Valerie smiling in her sleep. “This place was a kingdom, were in the city of  the peace keepers.”

“Kingdom, psh yeah. I can tell, I was in the throne room.”

“You were in the lowest level of the city. The lower, the more royal is it.” I swallowed. “But I’ve only been here once and that was a week before I checked their sleeping grounds and stumbled upon that one, this place was full of life. The throne room, oh, so beautiful.” I smiled. “But it was dead, awfully quiet.” I closed my eyes. “Something didn’t feel right about it.”

“Did you ever find out what happened?” Alex muttered.

I gently shook my head, flicking my eyes on Aiden.

“I don’t know but I don’t want to get in peace keeper trouble, that’s their war, not mine.”

Aiden nodded, looking to Valerie then her wound then slowly to the fire. “So—a black widow?”

“Yeah.”

“You know she will die sooner down the road now.”

I snorted, meeting his hard look. “I  don’t think so, like I said back home, she has potential.  

“She was bit by a black widow, Shark bait.”

“Aiden, she’s carries more potential more than ever now.  Let it be.”

He growled, slowly looking away. He pinched the bridge of his nose and huffed, “We need to feed soon, I don’t want to drain my brother or pry Valerie off of him.”

“Huh?!” Alex perked up.

I chuckled, “Once out of here, I know the perfect place for that.”