6 A Deal between Partners (1/2)

Ezlynn looked at his pleased eyes that pierced through her soul. He gracefully smiled an entertained grin,

”Well, then.” he stood up, overshadowing Ezlynn's trembling, glaring eyes with his tall height, ”Since I am fully loyal to you, please allow me to start tomorrow.”

He put his hand over his chest and bowed, walking away and giving Ezlynn one last charming stare.

Ezlynn's trembling gradually stopped as he left the room and she stood up with quite a hardship, her slim legs trembling. What had she done? She was not in a hurry to find a partner since she wanted to devote her life to Werewolves' proliferation, and she had just claimed her future apprentice as her partner. She looked at Collins, who stared back at her with massive confusion and fury. He had loved her all his life, and she had just marked a stranger as her partner. Angered, he aggressively approached her and whispered against her ear,

”What have you done, Ezlynn?”

She remained quiet, then answered with bewilderment,

”I-I don't know, Collins. It was an impulse that I couldn't control, like when there's a full moon and you can't control yourself from becoming a Werewolf.”

Collins winced at her, his golden eyes shattered and painful. At last, he finally opened his mouth,

”Tell me with all due honesty, Ezlynn,” his tone trembled, ”Do you love him?”

”I just met him,” Ezlynn responded. ”Of course I don't.”

”Then WHY?” Collins questioned, his eyes watery.

”I-I couldn't control myself, alright?” the tenderness had returned in her voice, ”I didn't want to, either, but I couldn't control it.”

Collins paused for a few seconds, looking at her shaking eyes and decided to console her rather than a chastisement,

”Okay, Ezlynn. Whatever makes you happy.” he embraced her.

”No, Collins. It was unintentional.” Ezlynn said, hugging him back. The anxiety in her voice lead to cessation with his brawny arms wrapping her. Her body stopped trembling as she became comfortable in his embrace. Suddenly, he released her, hearing Embry's footsteps approach the door.

”Boss, what happened?” Embry burst through the door, her eyes filled with confusion and worry, ”Did you actually partner with Kieran? He smells like it.”

Ever since Ezlynn had become their leader, they had been a matriarchy, females claiming on males. Partnering involved biting the male's wrist with the female's canine teeth, which resulted in the male to smell like the female who had marked him.

Ezlynn's eyes trembled as Embry frowned.

”Boss?” Embry opened her mouth, widely, ”Did you actually-”

”Get to work, Embry.” Ezlynn shot a fierce glare at Embry, who was immediately shrunken by such vicious glare and exited out the door. Ezlynn sighed, covering her forehead with her hand and sighed.

She tried to shake the shock off, and not allow her sentimentality to perturb her work. Ezlynn let out a sigh, and tried to speak with composition in her voice,

”Collins, let's talk about this later,” she calmed herself down now that she regained control over her tremors, ”We need to get to work before some rumor spreads around.”

Collins and Ezlynn stormed out the door to the main lobby, where a considerable amount of Werewolves were there than before. Suddenly, the males came out into Ezlynn's way and implored her,

”Boss! Is it true that you marked the new member?”

She flinched at such abruptness but was well aware of the fact that all the males in her gang had developed some kind of love towards her. However, she did not want to shatter their hearts by saying that she had a future with Collins or accidentally marked a stranger. She calmed herself, and acted like she was equally bewildered as well,

”No, it isn't. Did he say so?”

They shook their heads, relief on their faces that Ezlynn didn't mark another male. She nodded and stormed off to the main entrance, Collins tagging behind her. It was now dark outside, the moon almost full. Ezlynn took a deep breath and released all the shock she had experienced in the last 15 minutes.

”Who's on our killing list?” She asked, admiring the moon.

”The co-leader and some other Venandis. He's near us right now.” Collins replied. Ezlynn took one last glance at the glowing moon, relieving herself and quickly walked towards the dark alleys her Clairvoyance indicated. It was a Werewolf's prime skill, and she made sure to use it to the best of it.

However, the presence of the co-leader of the Venandis was undetected as soon as Ezlynn positioned herself in the dark alley. She had transformed her slim, long fingers into a Werewolf paw, and glanced around. It was strange; her senses never failed to her demands, but she now could no longer feel the living presence of the co-leader which she felt seconds ago.

”I'm sorry to disappoint you, dearie,” a seductive voice crept up her ear, its cool breath on her neck.

Ezlynn flinched hard and spun around instinctively. She drove her claws into the location of the voice, closing her eyes and expecting blood spray all over her.

However, the person had dodged and grabbed Ezlynn's paw. She looked at the stranger's hand with an intimidating look as Collins also tried to dive his claws into the stranger, but the stranger had petrified him with Werewolf sorcery. Collins seemed dazzled at the stranger's speed; in no time, he had captured the two most-feared gang leaders in the history.

”I apologize for that,” the stranger's face glowed in the moonlight, it shining upon him and outlining his charming facial and physical features.

”Y-you...” She whispered under her breath, snatching her hand away from Kieran's grip.

Kieran was dragging something in his other hand, which was the corpse of a Venandi.

Ezlynn stared up to him as he released Collins out of his petrification.

”W-why are you here?” She questioned.

”Well...”