A Beauty to His Beast 2: An Urban Werewolf Story (10 page)

What the hell has this bitch been doing
? I asked myself.

“This is where she practices her spells,” Jalesa said, appearing inside of the living room. “I have been in here a few times when she isn’t home. I couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary, but I sensed a spell in this house. She is hiding something with a spell casted over it.”

Izra scratched behind his ear with his hind foot
. I think a tick got on me from being in the woods too damn long
, he thought to himself. I pushed him out of the way, and he fell into a shelf, knocking it over onto the floor. There was a hidden door behind the shelf. I could tell by the way the pattern was off. Jalesa slid the door back, and it revealed a long stone staircase that led to darkness. It was freezing cold.
This bitch has hell in her house
? Izra thought.

Jalesa grabbed a candle, and we walked down the long staircase. It seemed as if we had been walking forever. When we got to the bottom, it was pitch black. A familiar scent filled my nostrils; it was Dayo. Adika had that scent on her, but it wasn’t as potent; it wasn’t noticeable until now. She must have tried to get rid of it but couldn’t.

“Is someone there?” a voice asked. The voice sounded weak. Jalesa held the candle up higher. Behind a cage, there sat Dayo and Adika. Dayo had hair all over his face, and he wasn’t recognizable, but the markings on him gave him away. Adika stood up with a bulging stomach. Her clothes were filthy, and she looked sick.

No wonder you have been tired. Adika is carrying your pup
, I said to Izra.

“They used this type of prison ages ago for immortals that committed crimes. It blocks your mind so you can’t get in contact with others. It also strips you of your powers. No wonder you couldn’t find them,” Jalesa said. She started chanting, and her feet raised off of the floor. Her locks turned white and so did her eyes.

Bro, why does she look like Storm off of X-men
?  Izra’s voice came into my head. Adika started whimpering, and Izra started howling. Dayo ran to Adika. “You all have to hurry up. Her being in here is making her body weak. The baby she is carrying is taking a lot from her. She hasn’t been eating properly,” Dayo said, holding on to Adika. Izra didn’t look too fond of the bond Dayo had with Adika.

Why is this nigga holding on to my mate like that? If I sniff her and she smells like this nigga, I’m going to kick his ass
, Izra thought. Jalesa was still chanting.

Where the hell are you
?  Kanya’s voice came into my head.

I will explain to you when I get home
, I responded back to her. Izra paced back and forth growling and huffing, waiting on Jalesa. Dayo was cradling Adika as she whimpered in pain.

The iron rails disappeared, and they were free. Jalesa fell down onto the floor. That spell was too much for her; it drained her. I helped her onto my back while Dayo carried Adika in his arms, and Izra growled at him. We had a long journey back home.

Hours later when we got home, Kanya, Amadi, and Elle were waiting around. Kanya growled when she saw Dayo walking into the room and Jalesa draped over on my back.

“What is going on here? And who is that?” she asked, pointing at Dayo. He had hair all over his face and was in need of a shave.

I shifted into human form. Jalesa gasped then covered her eyes. I put my hand over my dick, but the scowl on Kanya’s face let me know she wasn’t too pleased. “That’s the real Dayo and Adika. Keora had them locked away in a prison while she pretended to be them,” I answered.

“Bro!” Amadi and Elle called out. They ran to Dayo, picking him up.

“It feels good to be home,” Dayo laughed. Elle ruffled his hair.

“You look like a wolf man,” Amadi said. I hurriedly went upstairs to grab a pair of sweat pants. Izra was still standing in the living room naked. He rubbed Adika’s stomach as she lay on the couch sweating. Kanya and Elle were placing cold rags on her forehead.

“What the hell is this circus of a mess?” I heard a voice coming from behind me. There stood Kanya’s father in the entryway of the living room with a scowl on his face.

I forgot to tell you that their car broke down, so they will be staying another night
, Kanya said to me.

“Stephanie! Get in here. Our daughter is about to indulge in some type of weird group sex,” Jeffery said, staring at a naked Izra.

“Damn it, Jeffery. What is your problem now?” Stephanie asked, coming into the living room. She covered her mouth when she noticed a naked Izra.

Oh my heavens, he is hung like a stallion. He doesn’t look a day over twenty years old
, Stephanie thought.

“Damn it, Izra. Put some clothes on will you!” Adika screamed, then threw a pillow at him. Izra walked past Stephanie and Jeffery nonchalantly.

“What’s the matter with her?” Kanya asked, worried.

I saw the worried look on Elle’s face when he stood up. “What’s the matter?” Adika asked, trying to sit up. Dayo told her to relax. Izra hurriedly came back downstairs, running to her side. She cried when he hugged her.

“I think she needs to go to the hospital,” Stephanie said.

“There isn’t a hospital for our kind,” I told her.

“You all are wolves?” she whispered to me.

“And witches,” I answered her.

“I’m calling 911! I will not be responsible for you thugs giving a pregnant woman a date rape drug,” Jeffrey fussed.

“Shut the fuck up before you become dog food!” Izra shouted at him.

“Everyone calm down,” Kanya said, nervously.

“How many months is she? When I saw her earlier, she didn’t look pregnant,” Stephanie said.

“It’s a long story,” I told her.

Elle walked over towards me then pulled me to the side. “What’s up?” I asked him.

He looked over his shoulder. “How do we tell Izra that his pup is dead? Adika is carrying a dead pup,” Elle said, sadly.

“How do you know?”

“Immortal babies’ hearts beat loud and fast. When Kanya was pregnant, we heard the heartbeat even when we stood next to her. Adika’s pup doesn’t have a heartbeat.”

“Izra’s heart won’t be able to take that,” I said to Elle.

“You tell him while we take her to the basement. We have to get the pup out of her. That’s what is making her sick.”

“I thought immortals don’t get sick.”

“We don’t, but the prison Adika was in made her weak, stripping her from her nature. It’s almost like she became human when Keora locked her away. Those prisons make immortals feel pain that they have never endured before,” Elle said, walking away.

Everyone helped with escorting Adika to the basement while I grabbed Izra’s arm to keep him from going.

“I have to talk to you. Walk outside,” I said to him.

“Not now, bro. I have to stay with Adika,” Izra replied.

“I would never get in the way of that, but this is important.”

When we walked outside, Izra was quiet. “My pup is dead, and I already knew that. I knew that when I first saw her,” he said, with water falling from his eyes. He touched his face looking at his fingers.

“Those are tears, bro. I didn’t know we could feel that until I met Kanya,” I said to him.

“This shit hurts. I didn’t know she was locked away. I treated her like a piece of ass, and this is all she ever wanted,” Izra said, then sat down on the step. A loud scream pierced our ears; it came from Adika.

Izra’s clothes shredded as he shifted right before my eyes then ran towards the woods. Moments later, I heard a hoarse howl. Kanya came out of the house with blood on her clothes. It was Adika’s blood from when they removed the pup.

“I don’t know what to do,” she said, as she burst into tears. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, pulling her into me. “All she wanted was to feel normal,” Kanya cried.

Dayo came outside with blood on his clothes too. “It was like hell being locked away in that dungeon. I feel like it’s my fault. I told her I was going to get us out, but I couldn’t,” Dayo said, sadly.

“If we get rid of Keora, Adika dies with her,” Kanya said.

“Keora needs to be locked away for eternity,” I said.

“I didn’t think my coming home would be so pitiful. I thought I was going to come to celebrate with my brothers. I wanted to catch a nice fat deer then sleep in my bed, but this house is filled with sadness,” Dayo said. I stood up then gave him a brotherly hug.

“I’m glad you are home so I can have someone’s ass to kick. When all of this dies down, we will have a great celebration. I’m glad to have you back,” I said to him.

“Keora told me Kofi went back to Anubi. Is that true?” Dayo asked me.

“Yeah, and once you go back, it’s hard to come back out. Once you come out, it’s hard to go back. That’s some screwed up shit,” I said. I wished Kofi was still here, especially for Izra. Izra is bull-headed and holds grudges for a long time. I had a feeling that he wasn’t going to be the same. Unlike the rest of us, Izra didn’t fully understand things. He was still what we call a “young wolf.” He was carefree, but when life got serious, he didn’t understand. I was like Izra until I met Kanya. Being with her opened up a lot of parts of me that I didn’t know existed. I experienced more emotions then I could count.

“Izra is going to be in the woods for days in wolf form. You know how stubborn he gets,” Dayo said.

I wiped Kanya’s tears away. How she felt about Adika is how I felt about all of my pack brothers. We might not all get along all the time, but we are bonded spiritually.

“Your father needs to be out of this house by morning. Izra isn’t a tamable werewolf and can be pretty vicious. I don’t want to have to bite him to calm him down. He has been through enough,” I told Kanya.

“That is bullshit, Goon!” Kanya shouted.

“Like hell it is. Do you not see how he provokes us? We are fucking wild beasts! Once we shift, that’s pretty much it, so if you don’t want his little ass ripped apart, then I suggest you tell him to leave. He can stay at the best hotel in town on me,” I said to her. Kanya got up then stormed into the house.

“Mates need to come with some type of instruction. One minute she tries to challenge me, then she gets jealous, and after all of that she wants me to fuck her brains out,” I said.

“Interesting,” Dayo laughed.

“Bro, you need to shave and take a shower. You smell like you been in a jungle,” I laughed.

“You are still a cocky muthafucka,” Dayo said. I stood up, ready to go in the house to check up on Adika and to let Kanya have her few minutes of being complicated.

“So, a witch took pleasure from you?” I asked Dayo, because Keora had Dayo’s scent.

“Yeah, she did. If she wasn’t an evil bitch I might’ve enjoyed it more. An evil witch with a magical pussy is a deadly combination I learned,” Dayo said.

When I walked into the house, I heard Kanya’s father whispering on the phone. My ears could hear a mouse running in the field miles away.

“Yes, they have a dead body down in their basement. She is my daughter’s friend. They killed her! They cut her stomach open and pulled out her baby while she was fully awake. I fear for my life,” he told the 911 operator. I grabbed Kanya’s father up off of the couch, raising him high up in the air. My eyes turned blue when I stared him in the eyes, and he looked on in horror.

Give me the fucking phone
, I spat angrily, inside of his head. His hand shook when he gave me the phone. I snatched it from him with the sound of his muscle cracking. “Tense aren’t we?” I asked him.

“Hello, is anyone there?” the operator asked.

“My wife’s grandfather has dementia. He didn’t mean to call,” I told the lady over the phone, and she laughed.

“No need to worry, sir. I doubt a woman being cut apart like that would still be alive,” the woman replied. After she hung up the phone, I crumbled it into pieces then dropped him on the floor.

“As much as I love Kanya, I will not continue to tolerate this bullshit. Now, you either can stay out of my way or stay in a hotel,” I said to him.

“What are you?” he asked me.

“Prince charming,” I said chuckling, walking away towards the basement. When I walked into the room, the smell of blood permeated the air. Amadi was giving Adika an herbal drink to get rid of the weakness. She looked at me then faintly smiled.

“There’s the beast man,” she said to me.

“Can you guys excuse us for a second? I need to talk to Goon alone,” Adika said to me. Jalesa, Amadi, and Elle all exited out of the room. Adika sat up in bed. She had lost some of her color. Her lips were dry and her skin looked pale.

“You have to kill me,” Adika said.

“What?” I asked her.

“That’s the only way to stop Keora. You’ll have to bite my neck. Your bites are more deadly than everyone else’s in the pack. It would be a painful, but quick death. If anyone else bit me, I would suffer.”

“Have you lost your damn mind? I’m not doing that shit. Your body just went through a lot, and I’m sure when Keora locked you away you lost some of your mind. Kanya would kill my ass, and Izra would probably stay in wolf form for the rest of his life. Izra doesn’t know how to deal with shit like this. Do you understand how hurt he would be?”