The sound of the ankle strap of a lady in a black mermaid gown could be heard through the hallway of a magnificent mansion. The mansion sits on a sprawling estate, surrounded by perfectly manicured lawns and flower gardens. The house itself is grand and imposing, with tall pillars and elegant windows. The front door is made of polished mahogany, and the roof is adorned with copper accents. Inside, the mansion is just as impressive, with high ceilings, marble floors, and gilded furniture. The whole place exudes wealth and luxury.
The lady dressed in all-black was directed by a butler into Sir. Ramses room. She stood with her straight face staring back at the two men in the room with a black box in her arm.
" Good evening Maggy", Sir. Ramses and Cooper said at the same time but Margaret kept her cold straight face and walked into the room and straight to Sir. Ramses.
" Good evening Sir. Ramses". She said and then looked at the man standing next to him,
" Evening Cooper, getting fat too fast",
" huh?",
She didn't repeat her words, she just turned back to the man she had business with.
" I've made it as instructed", she said and stretched him the box,
" delivering it when the uses is in just a few more hours",
" it still didn't come late, it is not easy to make a very powerful destructive object and I must inform you, this is the last one",
" What did you mean by the last one",
" Yes, it doesn't exist again, it can only be made once and used once",
" Why can't you make more, you are a witch so that shouldn't be a problem",
" it is the law, if I should try it one more time I'll die with my organs out of my skull", she said in a way that irritated Cooper who didn't understand one word said by them.
Margaret's black eyes stare back into Sir. Ramses eyes, her lips full of black lipstick, and her aloof posture say that whatever she just said, she meant it.
" this is annoying",
" Now that I've delivered what you want, keep Amanda out of it as we agreed",
" of course, I'll never arm your best friend, at least not when my baby is nearly due",
" Okay then. Bye", she said with her still face, turning around and walking out.
" What was that about?", Cooper asked immediately after she left,
" what exactly?",
" what's in the box?",
" something destructive",
" I heard that earlier",
" are you going to use it on the Canis Nojara?",
" Canis Nojaras? That would be a waste, we have the packs and above all, the blood blenders, so in the next few minutes, the human government will give their answer about us owing land and territory with them",
" then what did you need it for, what did you want to destroy and what did she mean by you should keep your wife out of this",
" ho, Cooper! You ask too many questions",
" that's how curious I am",
" The blade is to end every single blood benders",
" WHAT!?",
" Yes",
" Are you crazy? What are you thinking? Did you know the implications?",
" I have my reasons Cooper", Sir. Ramses yelled back at him,
"What reasons Ramses?",
" The man of benders, did you know how much I hate him?",
"Just because of a man? Davidel?",
" Not just Dave, the blood benders are joining us to kill part of our pack, they could kill us also",
" The benders are loyal",
" And yet they agreed to kill some werewolves? If they can accept to kill part of us, they can kill us also so they are a threat".
He said but still, that doesn't sit well with Cooper, he shook his head in disapproval.
" That's not only the reason Cooper", Sir. Ramses continues, " Amanda might be my wife, but she belongs to another man",
" That's not making sense",
" Did you know how many times I make love to my wife and she moans Dave's name?",
" WHAT!?",
" Yes Cooper, she'll moan his name, she's married to me but her heart belongs to another man, she thought of him even while having sex with me and did you know how frustrating that is?".
Cooper could not utter a word.
" No one gets to share my woman, and when he ceases to exist she'll fully become mine",
" But.... you can be sure that knife would kill Dave, he's the most powerful blood-bender that I've ever seen",
" and Margaret is the most powerful witch that's still alive", he said with an evil smirk and just then they received a call about the human government approval.
Margaret was on her way out when she heard a voice said to her.
" Hey, you traitor!".
Her heart skips hard, in guilt and shame as she recognizes the person who owns the voice. For her to call her a traitor, she must have found out about what she did. She just stood still, unable to look back or look into her face.
" Hey you traitor! How dare you sneak into your best friend's house and sneak out again without saying hello".
Like 160kg of stone was lifted off her chest, she thought she was caught. Margaret looked back and chuckled.
" Thought I shouldn't disturb you".
She gave him a mocking glare, " And since when have I ever complained, you have no idea how much I miss your craziness", she ended her statement with a pout.
Margaret laughed and jogged to her side, giving her a warm hug. Her bump couldn't allow her to hug her tight. They laughed and chatted down to her room but while they were on the way, Amanda halted abruptly with her eyes widely opened.
" what's wrong Amanda?",
" I felt a very sharp pain around my waist",
"Oh, baby! Sorry", Margaret moved closer to her and held her arm to help her walk but just then they both saw some liquid steaming down her thigh and down to the tiles.
" My water is broken",
"Your water is broken".
They both said at once and looked at each other. Maggy quickly covered her mouth when she wanted to shout and she gave her a questioning glare. Margaret looked back at the water streaming, her eyes might be deceiving but not her nose and sense. The water doesn't scent like it's from a normal baby nor does it scent like it from a werewolf infant.
" Amanda", Margaret called and looked at her with a questioning glare. The water scent was from a blood bender and she knew about Amanda and Dave's love story but she didn't know if she ever had any intercourse with him.
' This is Davidel's baby....and it's trouble'.