Once he shut the door behind him, he stood by beside the door outside. With his back against the wall, he closed his eyes as he attempted to think things through again, right from where he stopped before he heard her voice earlier. That silent groan filled with pain had been clear to him at that time and he had no choice but to rush in to check on her.
He needed answers as to how she had gotten attacked but she hadn’t helped matters by not telling him what he wanted to hear. Why couldn’t she just tell him the truth about Kylie confronting her? He really couldn’t tell who she was trying to protect, whether it was him or his sister.
There was no way he would suspect his sister having a hand in the rogue attack, but as Adaliah kept on bottling up her emotions, it made it hard for him to know what else she was keeping from him. Probably key information that he could use to find the actual culprit.
At dawn,
I was sitting in my room with no hope of leaving anytime soon. And it’s because I’m still on the verge of recuperation. I needed to get back to full recovery before I could even think of going out. I have healed already. You couldn’t even see any scar on my body to indicate I had been brutally attacked some days back but my insides were entirely different. My internal system was screaming in pain and I think I might pass out anytime soon. I wonder what had been used against me to make me feel so much pain like this. The rate at which I was vulnerable was that I couldn’t even take a step without feeling hurt around my waist. It has been a really difficult two days for me. And more of a lonely one too. In the past, whenever I was down or bored, I always had Anya to cheer me up. But for two days now, I haven’t been in touch with her. She had completely zoned out of the space she had in my head, but I could still feel
‘Uncle…’ I make a slight break as I try to summon up the courage in me. When I do, I finally say, ‘I’m forfeiting the mission,’Announcing that was probably the hardest decision I have ever taken in the last two years of my life. Probably harder than the time I had decided to be under the custody of my grandmother who wasn’t anything my parent, although that was much more than two years ago.I can’t say I regret making the decision because I have to do it. I do not think I’m left with any other choice. It’s been barely two weeks, or should I say more than two weeks, since I familiarized myself with this pack. However, the experience of those two weeks has been one I never expected to even encounter.First, I get threatened to leave my mate by a jealous wimp and a likely overprotective sister and friend. The next thing is that I almost get killed by rogue wolves
“Ronald, are you sure we are doing the right thing?” Simon asked as he kept his eyes on the road ahead. He had his hands gripped on the steering wheel while driving deep inside the woods. Even though his vision was almost obstructed due to the overshadowing of the trees on both sides of the road, he still forged ahead.As he hadn’t received a response — which he mostly expected — from his companion yet, he continued speaking, “I don’t think going to meet with the elder is a great idea. We could end up building a false accusation against him and that wouldn’t be good for the pack’s reputation,”“I know what I am doing,” came the response from the Alpha in the passenger’s seat. Something similar to a snarl, although silent, accompanied the Alpha’s response.Still, Simon wasn’t afraid to ask, “And you think you are not doing this
A funny expression appeared on the elder’s face as soon as he heard that from the alpha. He wasn’t sure if he was to laugh because found the accusation funny. He had to look at both the alpha and his companion to ascertain if it wasn’t a joke. But with their serious facades, he knew it was a serious situation. What else could he expect from the ever-serious alpha?The elder coughed before speaking, “I have nothing to say concerning your allegation against me, Alpha Ronald,” he followed up his statement with a smile before looking away from the two by the side.“It is not an allegation, Elder Damien. As I said before, I’m only trying to clarify if you have a hand in what happened,” Ronald countered instantly with his voice turning ice cold. It was simply indicating he wasn’t there for casuals.The elder had already picked up a book from the collection he had on the foo
Someone barged into my room while I was trying to shut my eyes close for a quick nap, and before I knew it, I was up on my feet. I’m starting to wonder if no one around here knew how to knock because this wasn’t the first time I’m experiencing such an attitude. I set my eyes on the intruder to see it was Garrett. I should have expected it because lately, he has been doing nothing but come into my room to check on me, which I wasn’t really okay with but have no choice but to adhere to. Except for this time, there was something different about the way he came in as well as his expression which showed he was rather annoyed. Before I could say anything about his sudden intrusion, he beats me to speak. “Why didn’t you tell me?” was the question he threw at me, and it felt more like a snap. Okay, now I was pretty annoyed. Why didn’t I tell him what? That he has no right to barge in like that? Or th
I can’t be blamed for still harboring the thought of the first-time pleasure I explored with Garrett. Being a newbie to such, it was hard to get the experience out of my head. It made it seem like it was just yesterday it had happened even though it has been a week already.The feeling I still had from it was something I don’t have the right words for. It felt like I went through a phase and was about to start a new one, if that was the best way I could describe the feeling. But what I do know is that I want to go through that feeling again.I never expected it to happen. And with my constant saucy behavior toward Garrett, I never imagined he would pull such a stunt. But he did. And here I am, still unable to keep him out of my mind. The fact that I didn’t pull away was enough to know I needed that kiss from him.I think I believe now that the first kiss with the right person was the most magical. It is
“I feel this is kind of odd, telling me you’ve got something to show me yet you won’t tell me what it is,” Ronald complained while bending a little to avoid hitting his head on the branch of a tree which seemed to have discarded due to an artificial cause.His face was a bit distorted as he had a huge distaste for the location he was in. And to make matters worse, his accomplice wasn’t telling him anything about where they were headed.It would have been okay if they weren’t deep inside the woods, and unfortunately, the direction they were passing through was the direction that led to where something unexpected occurred in the pack. He didn’t want to take his chances to walk into a dangerous situation despite trusting his supposed guide.“Could you just answer me, Simon? I’m sick of being kept in the dark,” he complained again, this time not to with an authorita
There was a sharpshooting pain in my waist that almost made me shriek until I realized I wasn’t alone. The pain came as a result of me trying to abide by the instruction given to twist the torso as a warm-up in the joint pack training I was in — the second joint training I was getting involved in since I arrived at this pack.It was obvious now that I haven’t completely healed from my internal injuries. Being rammed against trees at different times was no joke. I’ve had the opportunity to see the pack doctor already, but he told me to give it time to heal, citing the waist pain was a mild injury. Except I don’t believe a pain of two weeks now was mild. Made me feel I was human again.With a hand to my waist, so I could put pressure on the affected part, I look around to see the others, both male and female warriors, doing the same move that I stopped doing not too long ago. It was an easy one that I should never
Life was slowly seeping out of him right before my eyes, with silent grunts escaping his lips. Just like that, his ability has completely vanished from his hands as he put them down slowly. The hand that went through his chest is pulled back slowly to reveal a hole right there with a lot of blood dripping from the open wound. I wouldn’t know what to call that because it was akin to doom in my opinion. When he goes down to his knees, I get a clear picture of who committed the act on the elder. “Monica?” I whisper because I cannot speak out loud. But it was more than likely to get the attention of the dark-haired lady standing behind the elder. She was the last person I would expect to be here. Not even in my wildest dreams would I see her lending a hand in such a situation. We might have let her in on a bit of our plan but I never imagined she would follow up in some way. Her gaze was aimed di
I burst the doors open, and the first sight I catch is that of two lifeless bodies on the ground. They looked like that of the guards I had seen when I had arrived here hidden in Garrett’s car. But what I know is that their being down was not my doing. I might have been in a clash with those agents but I did not extend it to this point.What was left for me now was to figure out which direction that monster had run through. He would be long gone by now, which I am sure of after using some time inside beforehand. If I had my hyper sense, I would have traced his scent but that cannot be possible at this moment.I can rely on my instincts now and so got down from the balcony of the building. The woods on the side of the main route wasn’t as thick as the regular woods so I could see through it. Nothing caught my fancy, though but it meant I was not going to acknowledge that path. After thinking for a few seconds, I proceed to go with
The dark power being exhibited by the elder was thought to be aimed at his fellow elders who already have accepted that he was going to harm them. But it went past them when released, going straight into a dark area of the room behind them. Others would have thought it was crazy but the elder had something in mind that he wanted to accomplish with that.The force he had shot into the dark area yielded a result as before it crashed into the place, out came a being from it who rolled on the floor to get away from the impending doom. And when that happened, the elder got his hands ready for another shot of his abilities.“She’s here...” loud gasps escaped the lips of the other two elders that he initially should have attacked as they observed the intruder that he had lured out of the dark area.It was a lady. And this became a full discovery when she raised her head to look at them while she remained knee-
From where I had thought I made a surprise lethal attack, I widened my eyes in shock at what I was seeing. My attack had been stopped, but not just by any means. It was through the same way I had thrown out mine — a gifted ability.Time seemed to freeze at the very least. My head seemed to be throbbing as a bad headache was at the point of developing. I just couldn’t comprehend the sight and I swear I could burst my head open from having to.The crazy thing about the event was who had stopped the beam I had shot out of my hands. Literally, it was to the very person I had in mind which only happened out of impulse after surviving an attack just outside. Because I could tell it was the Western Border elder’s men that had almost finished me off yet again, I wanted to retaliate, not considering the later consequences. But who would have thought it would yield the unexpected of events.There was something da
The moment Garrett ‘barged’ into the inner room of the building alongside Luke, four pairs of eyes rained on him. Belonging to the supposed occupants of the building, the gazes screamed anger, more than likely to pressure a vulnerable being.Something about the way they were stern-looking said they were in the middle of an important discussion and they were clearly not pleased with the fact that they have been intruded upon. But Garrett, who was the culprit of their frowns, pretended like he saw none of what they were displaying.“What is the meaning of this, Garrett? Didn’t the guards tell you we are in the middle of a meeting?” one of the four told the nonchalant young man, exuding much of his angry reaction toward him in the process.“They did,” Garrett said as he finally walked to their fronts, “but I can assure you that what you are having now won’t be as importa
It was stuffy in here, so much that I was finding it hard to breathe. Imagine being put inside a space that doesn’t fit the size of your body but you have to squeeze yourself in it so you can stay at least comfortable. And to add to that discomfort, a load of clothes is used to cover the whole of your body.Just as it seems ridiculous right now to think of was the same way I had frowned upon it when I was told it was the way I would be positioned before I could go out with the boys as planned. Luke, whose car was being used to transport us to our destination, had directly told me I would be going with them in the bunker, adding that it was the only option to take so I won’t be caught on the way. I would say he was following Garrett’s way of stating I should stay hidden.The only reason I agreed eventually was because I didn’t want to end up walking to the place. It was much of a distance away from the Green Woods pack
I guess whatever you run from keeps coming back to you. Like an addiction or so. You tell yourself you do not want to do it anymore, you do not want a part of it again. But at the end of the day, you find yourself in it again.That is just like my chronicles with the Green Woods pack since I escaped from it a few weeks ago. For two different reasons, I’ve had to come back. And those two reasons were really worth the risk. If one has a connection with the topmost body, why wouldn’t it come easy to penetrate a place you should be dreading?This time around, it took a lot of mental convincing that I needed to be here. Two days ago when I had been here with Garrett for the books, what had happened after that was something I wouldn’t want to be repeated. And I’m talking about the two events that nearly got me killed.The main reason I accepted to be here was that I have nowhere else to run to after my
We ran like our lives depended on it... because they did.How Garrett got the strength to hold on to his unconscious friend without his speed being affected surprises me. Funny enough, he was still in his human form, which makes me rather curious as to how he was doing it.Something tells me he chose not to transform because he knew I would be unable to keep up with his speed. If it had not been for the weight on him limiting his speed, which I’m sure is intentional, then there would be no catching up with him for me.I was right ahead of him, straining my ears at the same time to know if I would hear anything or anyone on our tails. But all the while, I’ve got nothing.The reason we were running right through the woods after escaping my now dead grandma’s house was that the backyard of the apartment was connected to the woods. She had her apartment right among those in the outskirt
Asides from the keywords, I would sum up Luke’s explanation to be a load of jargon. Terms I was finding difficult to understand. But I did grab the main point of it all. An anonymous source was destroying evidence of my pack’s existence.Garrett suddenly asks Luke, “Did you get the rest of the data to serve as proof that the council hasn’t been doing their jobs right?”“Yeah,” Luke nods, “I have it saved in my drive. The drive is right here with me,” and he taps the cross bag that he has with him while speaking.I notice Garrett staring at me so I stare right back, but he takes his gaze off the moment I do so.“Have you made any progress with the books?” Luke speaks up after about a minute of silence has reigned in the air.Garrett was quick to respond. “Yes,” he says, “My father documented in thi