THE SHE-DEVIL AND HER ALPHAS

Ben turned to the side when he felt uncomfortable, why was he feeling cold? Eyes still shut in deep sleep, he tugged the sheet further closer to his body, but the shivering didn't stop. 

Suddenly, he felt cold slithery hands roam around his body forcing his eyes to snap open. Ben gulped nervously, there was no need guessing; a ghost was taking advantage of him. 

The creepy hand wandered further into the inside of his shirt, Ben bit down on his lips to stop himself from screaming. 

He cried inwardly, this was so unfair!  What did he do to deserve this cruel fate? Why was life so unfair to him? Why couldn't he be a vampire? or werewolf? or even a necromancer? That would have been far better than this!

He didn't even possess any badass power like his goddess Lia, instead, he got the disturbing ability to commune with the dead - the dead that was harassing him right now. 

Was there a court in the afterlife where he could file for assault? 

The hairs on his body stood on edge when the ghost which turned out to be a female cackled, her spooky laughter rippling through his quiet room. 

He was sure he was the only one who could hear it, else his housekeeper would have been up already, inquiring what was going on. 

Ben Atticus Alcántara Junior, you can do this, just tell the ghost to f*ck off like the bold, strong man you are; he resolved inwardly. 

Easier said than done. Bold he was, but strong he wasn't. Where was his goddess when he needed her? 

"Are you awake pretty boy?" The pervy female ghost suddenly dropped her head upside down into his line of sight from behind him. 

Ben screamed, tossed his cover aside, and climbed out of the bed with lightning speed. 

"Don't come near me else… else.. "

"Else what? " The ghost dared him, letting out a gurgle of delighted laughter. She obviously enjoyed putting him in a tight spot. 

"Else.. else " Come-on Ben you're smarter than this! Do something, he hit himself at the back of his head to think of an idea. 

Immediately, a light bulb went off in his head and he threatened her though his voice quivered slightly, "Don't come any closer else, I'll send you straight to Hades "

He was right, Ben thought when he saw fear flash across her features. 

Since he was a medium- the bridge between the living and the dead - wouldn't that mean he has the authority to banish a lingering ghost over to the other side? 

It was strange, why some ghosts remained while some passed over. Ben figured out the lingering ghost probably still had something tethering them to earth and wouldn't leave until they were fulfilled. 

"Please don't send me away yet, that bastard still hasn't gotten his retribution! " The lewd ghost pleaded with him which confirmed Ben's suspicion of having the power to banish them away. 

But how? Well, he would take his time figuring that one out, at least there was a quirk to this ability of his. 

The fear of being sent away made the ghost stay away from him as far as possible, but that brought up a conversation. 

"How did you die?" Ben asked curiously, so far he hadn't seen any wound on her body. 

"Like this," She replied and turned around while he saw it: two stab wounds on her back.

"What happened? "  

"My fiancé, he stabbed me twice on the back, on the night of our engagement party after I caught him exchanging saliva with my sister "

Eww, that was disgusting yet dramatic and interesting, he could already guess what happened afterward. 

The ghost continued her story and this time, her tone was shaky with emotions as if it all happened yesterday. 

"In a fit of anger, I threatened to expose their abominable deed to everyone, and just when I turned to storm out of the room, he stabbed me with the same knife we used to cut our three-tier cake while my sister watched in shocked silence "

"Hmm" Ben breathed, this was too soapy to be true but he guessed problems differed according to the individual. 

"So what happened? "

"I died, that was what happened " She replied sarcastically this time, there was anger in her voice. 

"I mean, your boyfriend and sister? What happened to both of them, were they caught? "

"Caught my ass " She snorted and rolled her sunken eyes which seemed to dip further into her socket with such a gesture. 

She readjusted her position on the bed, crossing her leg over the other; her leg wasn't visible, covered by her long flowy white gown. 

"Both of them covered up my death which wasn't difficult considering the fact he was from a prominent family. The bastard paid someone who admitted his crime, so was able to evade prison "

There were too many injustices in this world but such was life; one could only take whatever is hurled their way. 

"And your sister? "

"Happily yet miserably married to him. Jethro is smart, he knows she's a witness and accomplice to my murder- he would never let her go so she doesn't turn on him "

Ben rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Umm, so how many years have you been waiting for err..retribution for your murder? "

"Fifty years "

"Alright - wait, what? Fifty years?!" Ben must have heard wrong, she seriously didn't mean she has been lingering on earth for requital for a whole fifty years? 

Wouldn't her fiance' and sister be aged by now, karma should have paid them back already. 

But wait, something was not right. 

"Wait a minute, let me be clear here on something. When you talk about retribution, do you mean the divine retribution or the seeking of retribution by yourself? " Ben just wanted to be sure, thanks to the sickening feeling rising in his belly. 

"I've waited all these years for this particular moment " She avoided his question and stood to her feet, floating towards him slowly " The day when I finally find the opportunity to exact my revenge on those two backstabbers "

Okay, this was a sign that things were about to get down real soon, Ben observed as he continuously stepped back instinctively. 

"Truthfully, I thought of giving up until your news came about " there was a crazed twinkle in her eyes. 

Ben's lips twisted, nobody warned him about crazy ghosts. 

"And now, through you, I can finally achieve my heart desires"

"Don't come near me else I'll send you to - "

"Oh please, spare me the excuse" She interrupted him, the fear that once inhabited her eyes gone without a trace. 

"We both know that you don't get the heck of your powers yet which favors me! "

The revenge crazy ghost rushed at him with a blurry speed to take over his body while Ben squeezed his eyes shut with his hands shielding his face. 

But something happened… 

Just as she was about to possess his body, another ghost appeared out of nowhere and blocked her path. 

Alexa? He was surprised.

Both ghosts began fighting each other with loud screeches that made Ben palm his ears with both hands. Thankfully, no properties were destroyed cause they went through it like air. 

Alexa had gained the upper hand earlier during the fight by appearing without warning but now, it was obvious the other ghost was winning. 

Alexa was pushed to the ground where the female ghost began to strangle her causing Ben's brows to furrow together when he saw the scene, do ghost die a second time?  

She defeated Alexa. 

"At this rate, I don't need your resistance else it would be a gruesome experience for the both of us" The desperate ghost warned Ben who swallowed nervously, backing into the wall. 

The ghost lunged at him but Ben shut his eyes, waiting for the possession with only one thought in mind "Go home!" 

Almost immediately, there appeared something which looked like a whirling blackish pool in the air which began to draw her towards it, the way a vacuum cleaner would suck in the dirt. 

"No! " The female ghost screamed just as she was swallowed whole into the pool which disappeared with a snapping sound. 

Ben was dumbfounded - scratch that - awed, what just happened? Did he do that? Did he really banish that annoying ghost?! 

"Alexa! " He rushed to help the ghost who was already on her feet. He almost thought she was dead - technically, she was dead anyway. 

"Why are you here? How do you even know my place?  "

"I followed you after school, remember? Moreover, you are the only one who can see and communicate with me; I wouldn't let go of such an opportunity"

Ben didn't know whether to take that as a compliment; firstly, he almost got possessed; now, a former classmate turned ghost was stalking him? 

"What do you want from me? " The boy asked tiredly. This was the middle of the night and yet, ghosts were tormenting his life. 

"I want you to help me recover my memories, find my murderer "