SOREN
My birthday is coming closer with just five days until I transform into a wolf that would decide my future.
Just like you guessed, it had placed me on edge. There was no settling down or calming my nerves and my emotions were all over the place.
Just like this very moment where my eyes kept trailing Amira as she moved across the field, interacting with our fellow teen wolves as they played a game of football.
Football with teen wolves was the same as the ones played by humans except ours is a little more violent. A human would definitely end up in a coma if they attempted to play with us and let’s not forget that some of the rules of the humans don’t apply here.
“You are staring again” Koa commented. He had opted out of the game as well like I did, claiming he didn’t feel like playing but we both knew it was just an excuse to say the full moon
AMIRA I was taking my daily night run around the pack alone. I usually did it with Soren but he had not been joining me lately. Infact, he had not been joining any pack activities and I wanted to question him about it but at the same time, I wanted to wait till he decided to tell me what was on his mind by himself. Twenty minutes into my run, I was surprised when Soren joined me. “Surprise” he said cheekily when I stopped running to look at him with surprise. “I thought you wouldn’t be joining me” I said with a huff before I continued to run and he joined me. “I know I’ve been a little busy these days” “Try that again” I scoffed, calling out his bluff immediately. We both knew he hadn’t been busy but he had been actively trying to avoid me and everyone else that wanted to ask him what he had been going through. “Fine. I was avoiding everyone but it was because I wasn’t ready to talk” he confessed. “And you are now?” I asked, coming to another stop and staring at him with a ho
SORENIt was pretty late by the time Amira and I made our way back to the pack. It was very quiet now as most of the pack members had retired for the night.“We spent a lot of time up there” Amira commented with a small chuckle as we approached the pack house.We hadn’t passed any pack members that wasn’t on the patrol team yet. I knew my mother would be worrying and sure that Noah was pacing since Amira was still outside.We hadn’t intended to stay out this late but we had gotten caught up in talking about childhood memories that we lost track of time.It wasn’t until we overheard the border patrol switching shifts that we realized how late it was.“I know right?” I said with a smile of my own “Noah must be pacing. Has he tried to contact you? My mom has been trying to reach me through the mind link. I left my phone at home too” I said with a snicker as I could feel my mom probing at the wall, I had put up in my mind link.“I’m leaving” Amira said with a dark tone. I turned to her to
AMIRAI had lost count of how many times I had sighed in the last ten minutes. It was time to water Dad’s plants, a task that shouldn’t take me more than a few minutes, but I’d been crouched in the middle of the small garden for almost an hour, unable to do anything.“What is wrong with me?” I muttered angrily as I plopped onto the floor instead of standing up and getting some work done.It wasn’t as though I had no idea of what was wrong with me. I knew but I hated that it was such an issue that wasn’t letting me get any work done.I couldn’t get the image of Ivannah and Soren hugging out of my head. I was so jealous even when I knew I had no right to be but I couldn’t help it.I promised myself that I wouldn’t turn back after I walked away last night, but I couldn’t stop myself from turning back at the last minut
AMIRAI locked myself in my room and buried my head in my books. I decided to study so I could take my mind off everything that’s been bothering me lately.There was a knock on the door, breaking my concentration and I looked up from the pages of my book for the first time in over an hour.“Come in” I called and twisted in my seat so I was facing the door which allowed me to see who was coming in more easily.Koa entered with a cheeky grin on his face and I knew he was up to no good.“I’m not going to be one of your victims today. I have to study” I groaned playfully, eyeing the hand that was hidden behind his back.“I promise I’m not here to pull tricks” he chuckled, glancing towards the opened books on my table. “Studying?”“Yes” I whined, before closing the opened book, knowing that there was no way I was going to get any more work done with Koa here. “I had nothing else to do”“Ami, I’m sure you are the only one in the entire pack who studies when they are bored” he chuckled, takin
SORENI finished training and decided to go in search of Amira. We were supposed to train together but the instructor had insisted that we trained without her to work on my self-control without her present.I wasn’t happy with the idea, but I also wanted to test my limits, so I agreed, and it turned out to be better than I had expected. I thought I would have been easily angered by the teacher and lash out, but he had been really patient with me, and we went through the entire training without any issues.Their apartment looked empty when I arrived, so I decided to go inside the house without knocking just in case Ami had buried herself in her books and music. She was addicted to music and couldn’t almost not study without them.I had no idea how she managed because goddess knows I’ll close my book and focus on the music instead if it was me.My face contorted into a frown when I opened her bedroom door, and the room was empty.“Soren?” I turned to see Noah with a smile on his face “A
AMIRA“Amira, where are you? You’ve spent over an hour there already” Dad asked through the mind link in a worried tone.“The queue is very long, dad but it’s almost my turn. I’ll be on my way home soon” I told him with a tired voice.Dad asked me to go to the major store inside town to get him some things but today was Saturday so almost every family was doing their shopping to stock their houses since the shop wasn’t open on Sundays.I couldn’t remember the last time I came here on a Sunday so I had forgotten how crowded it got and I wasn’t happy at all because I had been standing for over thirty minutes just to get to the counter so I could pay for my stuff.Mr Azariel needed to get more people working at the counters because there were not enough to hold it during the weekends.“Just hurry back. It’s almost late. You know I don’t want you to walk back here from town when its late”“I know Dad. I promise I’ll be home soon” I assured him, glancing outside the shop at the sky that wa
AMIRAI ran the rest way home, throwing my plans to take a walk into the bin after what happened. Ever since I discovered that I could manipulate people into doing what I wanted at the age of 10, I’ve never used it again.And no, that is not the reason why I was able to get Soren to calm down. I had never used my powers on him or anyone else and I planned to never use it because I hated to control people into doing what I wanted.I discovered my powers when I was playing with another pup from the pack. Dad took me to the park to play when the boy had taken my doll. I got angry and commanded him to give it to me.I remember being so scared at how lifeless he looked when he handed the doll over and walked to his mother.Dad had been the only one to see the entire thing. He had picked me up and held me in his arms as he ran home, locked us in the room and warned me never to tell anyone about what I could do if I didn’t want the alpha to kill the both of us.Ever since that time, I had ne
SOREN“That’s amazing, Soren. You’ve cleared the stage alone and can now proceed to level 3 difficulty solo rescue mission” Elris announced once I reached the final point of the stage.I was panting with sweat dripping down my hair down to my waist. The level I had just cleared was almost impossible to do alone and in human form but I had so much anger in me lately to be let out and I channeled it into the level and managed to clear it.I found myself getting angry very easily these past few days. I knew I always had bad anger issues but recently, the littlest things were pissing me off and I was getting more worried with my birthday drawing close.Now, I kept pondering about what Ruelle said about something big happening on my birthday. I wondered if it would be me doing harm to my pack and friends.“Soren!” Amira gasped in surprise when I turned to see her stepping into the simulation room with a shocked look on her face.She glanced at the ceiling where the level was displayed with
AMIRAI took a step back, eyeing the man like he had gone mad because there was no way he would have uttered such a word if he was sane.“What did you just say? What experiment?” My voice shook with belief. What kind of psycho had Inara made us come to?“You are the child from the lab. The one we thought died in the fire” He repeats with a definite voice, his eyes hard and determined on the stupid words he was spurting.Fire? Died? Now, I was certain this man must be on something because I had never been associated with any fire incidents since I had been born.I shook my head in denial “You must be mistaking me for someone else. I have never been in a lab and I certainly don’t remember anything about a fire” I chuckled nervously and glanced at Koa who was looking at the man as though he had grown two heads.The man glanced at Koa who was already outside the house “You. Wait here”And with that, he slammed the door close, grabbed my hand and pulled me deeper into the house.“What are
AMIRA“There should be a car around here we can use. Let’s fine a garage” Koa suggested after we walked out of the communication room.“Wait” I called out when I sighted something on the wall “Isn’t that a map of the place?” I walked towards the image on the wall and just as I had suspected, it was a detailed map of the whole place.“That should be the garage. It’s in the basement right under where we are standing” Koa pointed at a spot on the drawing.I pointed at the end of the hallway “There is a stairway there. It should lead us there”We found the garage easily and picked the first car key we found on the rack “It’s this one” I told Koa as I pressed the button to unlock the car.“Perfect” he muttered “let’s hope we can find the address quickly”I slide into the passengers seat and Koa took the driver’s seat. My nerves were through the roof but I wanted to keep hope.“Ezra will be fine” Astrais assured. Her words brought hope to me but it didn’t dispel my worries totally.“He has
AMIRAWe stepped out of the portal that led us back to the human training facility. We had not been here since the test Alistair had forced us to take, and I had not been in the pack long enough to know whether Soren had taken control of managing the lab.Something was off. I felt it immediately when I stepped out of the portal. The familiar but nauseating smell of blood and death hit me and I felt the need to puke at the spot.“Something is wrong,” I told Koa as we stood in front of the lab. It shouldn’t be this quiet. At least, from what I had observed the first and only time I had been here.“You smell it too? Smells like dead bodies.” He scrunched his nose up. The smell was overwhelmingly strong, and I had to resist the urge to turn back and disappear into the portal before it closed to escape the stench.“Let’s hurry. I don’t like this feeling,” I told Koa before I pushed the large doors open.I stilled as soon as I opened the door. We didn’t need to go far to see why the stench
SORENI watched the portal close after they stepped into it, and I had to fight the strong urge to run after them. I felt uneasy in my chest, and it felt as though Amira was leaving again.“The children are here. She will be back,” Ignis spoke with an understanding tone that I hated. It felt like rubbing salt on an open wound.I hated that I was not the one in that portal with her. Everything was out of my control, and I hated not being in control.“Our priority is here with our sons,” Ignis reminded me, and I slowly turned to Noah and Elias, who was still watching me with wary green eyes that irritated me.I didn’t want my son to look at me like I was a stranger. I hated that. He shouldn’t be afraid of me. It was all because of Amira. If she hadn’t taken them and hidden them from me, then he wouldn’t have been so afraid of me.“Don’t be such a fool, Soren. She said she had her reasons. Don’t act more immature than a child,” Ignis snapped, his snide and mockery snapping those thoughts
AMIRASoren hated me.That fact was indisputable. I could see it in his eyes, the way he looked at me like he was close to tearing me to shreds.It was too much for me to bear. My heart was aching, knowing that I had hurt him so much that he started to hate me, but I also wasn’t willing to bridge the gap when I knew that as soon as I got what I needed, I might have to leave again.“Amira, what if we don’t have to leave? We can explain this to Soren and your father. Soren is now the alpha of the pack, so what Alistair says doesn’t matter anymore,” Astrais spoke up as I stood and watched Soren hold Elias to his chest. There were so many emotions in his eyes.“No, I can’t. Ivannah is his wife now. Valeria would be more dangerous now. She would do anything to keep Ivannah as Luna, and my children would be her target. I would never allow her to use my children against me.”“Soren would be able to protect them. It’s different now. You won’t be alone,” Astrais argued, but I pushed her back b
SORENI stumbled back in shock and Amira began to cough after I released her. The weight of her words settled in my chest like a rock and I found it hard to breathe.Our son. He is dying.I wanted to call her out on her lie. She wasn’t pregnant when she left. She could have told me. We only had sex once. Was it possible to get pregnant just like that?I wanted to accuse her of trying to manipulate me but there was something in her eyes. It was raw, frantic and desperate.Noah stepped into the room and the look in his eyes also stole my words of accusation out of me. She didn’t just leave. She lied as well.“What child?” I still asked “You never said anything about being pregnant” Despite my thoughts, the words still managed to come out.Before she could answer, a small figure ran into the room, planting himself in front of Amira.A small boy, barely six years old.He was so tiny with his hands spread out in front of him and his body trembling with rage that would have made me chuckle
SOREN“Maybe we should check it out by ourselves?” Ignis suggested.I had not been able to rest ever since I felt the bond surged to life. I know Koa and Rune thought otherwise but I knew it in my bones that she was close. It almost felt like she was in the pack, like she was back.“Check where? I know she isn’t back. Someone would have said something. We would have seen her when she crossed the borders”“But our feelings can never be wrong. Something tells me that there is no way we would feel the bond if she was in a pack close by. She has to be in the pack or along the borders. She is here” Ignis insisted.I wanted to hang onto his words and believe him, but I wasn’t up for another disappointment when they confirmed that what I was feeling was all in my head.I was pacing my office as my mind worked a million mile per minute. I could not get any work done and it was a nuisance.“I wonder why she didn’t just reject us properly. Now, I can’t get her out of my fucking head” I growled
AMIRA“Are you sure he is going to come without alerting Soren?” Dad asked with the same worry that plagued me.I paused my pacing to stare at him “I trust Koa. He promised not to tell anyone”Dad pointed at the clock “He promised to be here by 1 am, and it’s almost 2:30 am, but he isn’t here yet”I glanced at the time, and it caused me to bite my fingers in worry. I went in search of Koa earlier today because I was at my wit’s end.Dad had tried everything he could, but nothing worked. The venom was still eating Ezra, and the only thing Dad could do was slow down the venom, but we had to get it out if my baby would survive.Every second that passed felt like an eternity. My fingers curled into fists as I waited while glancing at the bedroom where my babies were. Elias had refused to leave his brother’s side, and I was extremely grateful for that.Usually, it was hell before I could get them to stay inside, and since I didn’t want anyone to see them yet, I was relieved that I didn’t h
KOAThe sound of my grunts echoed in the walls of the training room of Sparta. Sweat dripped down my back as I fought the simulated man. I managed to dodge the strike of his sword and countered it with a quick elbow to its ribs.The technology at Sparta was so high-end that we could feel the artificial opponents as though they were real, which made training much more efficient for the younger ones who had never encountered real combat outside the pack.“Adjust difficulty to maximum,” I commanded, and the soldier adjusted to my command, transforming into a half-shifted werewolf.He came at me very fast, but I was ready for it. I ducked and pivoted on my heels before landing a brutal kick to its chest, which sent him flying back. The man vanished mid-air, resetting the simulation.I rolled my shoulders, starting to feel the impact of sparring for over three hours. It was all because of Soren.He had become more sensitive.“That’s a mild way to put it,” My wolf, Zel, hissed at me, and he