Stormie-When I went to the living room after my shower, Axel was pacing the floor. Before letting him know I was done, I watched him for a few seconds. He kept mumbling something as he paced, but I couldn’t hear what he was saying. He kept rubbing his hands together, and his eyes were drawn to the ground.“Axel?” I approached him slowly.His movements stopped as his head snapped up. Like a deer caught in the headlights, he stared at me before rushing toward me. I couldn’t help but flinch when he suddenly grabbed me by the shoulders and steered me toward the couch. Forcing me to sit down, he resumed pacing.“What is wrong?” I asked, starting to feel anxious.Rapidly, he stopped pacing and sat beside me on the couch. His body was angled toward me, and I could see he was trying to process something. The longer it took him to speak, the more afraid I became.“While you were sleeping this past week, there is something I did that I didn’t report.” Axel said in a rush.“Whatever it is, you
Stormie-“Is it because I am the Alpha King?” He chuckled.Feeling a knot in my stomach, I tentatively nodded, my hand instinctively reaching up to rub the back of my neck. “A little.”“When I met your mother, she pretended to be human. When she was pregnant, she left me a note telling me that she was pregnant but had to return home. I tried to find her, but it was like she vanished off the earth and then reappeared with you and your sister. She vanished into thin air before I could ask her where she had been. I realized that nothing about her was simple. After I lost the two of you, I stopped searching for your mother and focused on finding you.”Feeling like this was a lot to take in all at once, I wanted to change the topic. “I am sure I will have more questions, but we can slowly get to know each other over time. Why don’t we head to the cemetery now?”Axel stood and helped me to my feet just as my father stood. Still a little nervous, I grabbed Axel’s hand as we headed toward the
Axel- Sitting at a table in a holding cell meant for visitations, Stormie and I waited for a guard to bring Landon in. Considering Landon had been involved in harming Stormie, I wasn’t about to let him near her without enforced supervision. After waiting for five minutes, the door to the cell opened, and Landon was guided inside with his wrists and ankles handcuffed. Once Landon was sat down and chained to the chair, I waited and watched to see what would happen. I didn’t have much to say to Landon, as I never planned to forgive him entirely. Until he could prove himself worthy, I would always regard him as a danger to Stormie. I was only here to give my mate the support she needed. I noticed that even as Landon sat across from Stormie, he avoided her gaze. Stormie, on the other hand, stared at Landon for a long time. Neither of them said anything, and I wondered if we would sit here silently for the entire hour. “I am sorry.” Landon mumbled forty-five minutes later. Stormie kept
Stormie-One more day, and I would be eighteen. I will get my wolf mark, and then I can officially leave. It helped that I graduated high school a year earlier, so I didn't need to wait until I was done with school. Some would ask why I wanted to leave the largest Pack in the northern states, but that was a simple answer. One I couldn't admit to, though."Ugh, you are so annoying. Why our parents gave birth to both of us had to be a cruel joke from the Goddess." My twin sister, Misty, rolled her eyes at me from across the table, where I was helping her with her homework."I am just trying to help you with your homework. If you prefer to fail and repeat the year over, that is up to you." I kept calm, as I knew better than to anger her, or she might tell our parents, and then I would be punished."I don't know why you got the brains out of the two of us. If you weren't such a loser, I would switch places with you, and you can go to school for me." Misty sighed as she dropped her pencil
Stormie-My head was spinning as I began to wake up. Slowly opening my eyes, it took me a moment to realize that I was lying on my bedroom floor. It felt as if I had been asleep for days, but I was still tired. Sitting up, I looked around my room and didn’t see anything out of place.I didn’t know what happened last night. The last thing I could remember was helping my sister with her homework. When the vague recollection of two strange men in my house, I remembered that I had been drugged. Scared that something had happened to my family, I crawled to the bed to use it as an aid to stand up.At first, I was a little weak, but I managed to keep myself upright as I stumbled to the door. Expecting to see that man again, I was relieved that he wasn’t there. Leaving my room, I felt stronger with each step. Wandering through the house, I looked for my family, but I kept quiet.Until I could be sure that those men weren’t here, I couldn’t alert them that I was awake. The first room I went to
Stormie-After lying in a comatose state for the rest of the night, I was finally able to move the following morning. I still felt a little weak, but at least I was able to get out of bed and get showered. While I was in the bathroom, I removed the gauze from my neck.I was surprised to see my skin looked flawless, but the bandage had been covered with blood. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to have the abilities of a wolf, like accelerated healing, without the mark. I guess that was one good thing to come out of this.I wouldn’t have a scar or a wound that would remind me of what happened. Now that I was feeling better, I could start planning my escape. I had thought about it all night but couldn’t come up with a plan. While I wasn’t being retrained, I doubted I would be able to walk out the front door.My bedroom window was out of the question, as it was sealed shut. There were also guards stationed outside. My father wasn’t a high-ranked member of the Pack, but he was also a valua
Stormie-Six hours and many dyes later, the color couldn’t be concealed. They have tried to bleach my hair to the point that it should be fried by now, but nothing worked. I was as baffled as them about my hair, but aside from shaving my head, nothing could be done.“I guess we will just have to tell them that Misty dyed her hair because she didn’t want to be mistaken for her sister any longer.” The woman that I have always thought was my mother spoke while tapping her long index finger on her chin. “We don’t have long. We need to meet with Mabel so she can give you the temporary Mark.”We left the house of one of her friends since they hadn’t wanted it to get out that I wasn’t Misty. When we returned to the house, Mabel was already ready to cast a spell. It made me sick to know they were going to do a spell on me so that I could have my Mark back for only a month.“This will sting a little, but you must bear with it.” Mabel said as she guided me to the couch.Sitting on the couch, I
Axel-I was a little surprised that she signed so quickly. I thought that I would have to fight her on it. What I knew about Misty was that she was deceitful and always trying to get what she wanted, regardless of the price. Of course, she never had to settle the debt; her parents took care of it.I wouldn’t have agreed to this if it weren't for my father. Misty was everything I hated in a female and so much more. She was nothing but a thorn in my side from the moment she tried to pretend to walk into the men’s bathroom accidentally.It had been a few months before my senior year, two years ago. Ever since then, she has been harassing me and showing up around me. My friends called her a stalker. Breck, who was sitting in the front seat, never liked her. My other friend Dominic always comments that she looks hot.I admit that she was attractive, but I always hated how she dressed. It was like she didn’t care if the entire world saw her breasts. I hated women who dressed like that, and