Audrey’s POVIt was as I expected but better. Way better.There were two ways I saw this going. One, either it came as a form of partying and everybody would be properly hammered by the time it was midnight when they say the moon is at its brightest and fullest. I didn’t have the proof and never felt any different during the full moon anytime in the past.Every time I look back at the past and think about how there were many more ways I could have lived through and experienced it. But it was clear I wasn’t the lucky one, I had heard and experienced it too many times.My attention was taken to the side of the reverse hill ground. They seemed to be another crowd taking interest in something that was going on there. When Guillemette mentioned it was a huge ground that went lower as it neared the center, I thought about it just being a shallow ground but standing at the edge of it, I realized his explanation was a more humble version of what was before me. Soon the little group that had c
Trudeau’s POVStanding by the tree of fairy tales—the largest tree in the woods where people believed spiritual creatures emanated from. I wasn’t a huge fan of folklore so I just let it be whatever it was, that wasn’t until there was a need for me to be present at the grounds where the festival was happening. It took everything in me not to get to the guest in and lock myself safe away from all of the problems that transitioned from just being there in the first place. First of all, the tradition was way too old for its good that at this point, I think people just did it because they wanted to keep doing it and not because they believed in its good faith.“I don’t know how long you think you can dodge this but eventually, you are going to have to leave and get down there.” Anthony who had been sitting on a fallen log spoke up, looking away from his phone.“Says the guy who is still seated here with me.” I shot back at him, getting defensive.“Oh yeah…” he chuckled. “Says the guy who i
Trudeau’s POV“What the…”I zoned out of whatever Anthony was saying, straining my ear on the left to pick up any signal. Turning the phone light back to my face, I found out that the signal had completely gone off.“fuck…” he trailed odd“What??”“Is he dead?” Anthony asked.I kicked him to revitalize his pain and therefore let him announce how much alive he still was even though he had managed to go silent while sucking up all the pain. I didn’t like it when I tortured people and they didn’t react, it was a level of dishonesty and lack of satisfaction.I kicked him in the rib. “Shut the fuck up.”The line finally connected and Guillemette was on the other end, the noise from quite a distance away from the ground blew loud into my ears, causing me to take the phone away from my ears before it started to bleed. The light beamed in my face and from the short distance, I could hear him saying ‘hello’ severally.I placed the phone on the loudspeaker. “I got a skilled intruder here. Call
Audrey’s POVAnd that was exactly how I was drawn away into a sea of Lucia, coming in different shades and sizes. I noticed a trend in their outfits. Barefoot, a bold white dress with flowers patterned on it at total random areas. I loved the concept and it made me feel like I was surrounded by fairies. Part of the downside of this moment was the stares I got. I couldn’t exactly place it, whether it was envy or just the looks that they usually gave to someone they had never seen before. Especially considering the history of the dress and the person who wore it before me.Stop berating yourself!!I screamed at myself internally, angry about why I brought it upon myself to be brave when it came to a time like this. She looked at me weirdly and Immediately guessed that I must have spoken my thoughts out loud.“I said that out loud??” I asked with a shy smile.“Well, you didn’t exactly whisper.” She smiled. And soon, it quickly turned into a grin. “I would just pretend then like you didn’
Trudeau’s POV Going from almost killing an intruder to making sure that the pack understood I wasn’t encouraging people to steal was something I didn’t expect to go through. *Flashback* “You got to be kidding me.” Sabrina’s voice arrested me moments away from the attack. How did she get here so fast?? That was all I could think of right now. “How??” She gasped. “Intruder. I got attacked. He kind of fell on his wrong side and now he’s going in and out of consciousness.” She bent on her knees, taking a deep breath before hovering both of her hands over his body. The next thing I knew, she was staring at me with wide eyes. “Fell on his wrong side?!!!” She looked so outraged, the invincible guilt began to sip in slowly catering to the bank of growing emotions I have been having lately. I always told Anthony the things that gave me trouble but this time, I was sure he didn’t want to hear of this. There was a very fine line between what he thought was my stoicism and a plain
Trudeau’s POV “There is a part of me that needed to be explained to…what did you do?”I recognized that voice anywhere, my head immediately went in its direction.“Claudia??” *Flashback*“You don’t exactly have to be around her but please, help her feel welcome. She lost her parents in an attack and I am her only other family member left.” I could hear my mom pleading with my dad after a while of being put in a place of complete dishevelment. I knew something was wrong even though no one was saying anything. All I could remember was my mother rushing out into the night and looking so sad and dissociated with a lot more eye bags under her eyes than usual. Then, she would tell me that the reason she had little eyebags was because as a Luna, she had so much to oversee sometimes that it weighed down her eyes. I believed now that she was telling me the softest version of the truth and not how my father was a control freak even to her last departing breath. Claudia was just nine when my
Trudeau’s POV“I would love to talk but I kind of have—” “I know, I know. Go do your thing. And for your sake and mine, please pick the last girl as the winner, she wore mom’s dress to the best I have ever seen it. Everything about it is so worth it. I hope you don’t be a bitch and choose someone else just because you don’t want people to know you are fucking.” She dropped so randomly, it felt like a scenario where someone flickers water at your face to wake you up, only this time the person slowly walks away back to their seat to act like none of it ever happened. I stared at her and shook my head. For some reason I wasn’t nervous, just surprised. I Made a mental schedule to ask her how exactly she knew aside from the fact that she was just the kind of person to be chill and intense at the same time. “Whoa…” The announcer shouted loud enough for everyone to hear. A loud cheer broke out. “I have to say this again, WHOA!” This time, they laughed heartily and a smile tricked its w
Audrey’s POVThe woman took me to a tent somewhere outside the ground boundaries. I had no idea there were tents set up there. They buzzed with excitement asking me so many questions like who I was and what pack I came from. One particular woman kept sniffing at my hair.“That smells so good. Is that jojoba?” Her smile wrinkled her eyes in the cutest way. She reminded me of a woman who took care of her garden and cats and made awesome tea for her guests.“Yes, it is. Is it bad??” I asked, picking a bunch of my hair to smell for myself.“No! It smells good. We will be Braiding your hair into a single ponytail, I hope you don’t mind?”I shook my head when another pushed me gently by the head into the tent. Inside was so much warmer than outside, it made me realize how cold it was out there. The inside is scented of candlewood and some kind of wax. I couldn’t put my finger on it but it smelt so good. My body ached. I didn’t notice because of all the adrenaline my body has been using as c