FREDAI woke up with a jolt as I felt a pounding headache assault me like a wave. I tried massaging my head and immediately realised that my hands were tied behind my back. It took a few seconds to process my thoughts as I remembered the events that transpired. I was ambushed and attacked by Outlanders and it seems like I've been captured by them. I observed my surroundings and immediately realised that I had been left alone. It would seem that the Outlanders didn't expect me to wake up at this time.I took the opportunity I was given and immediately freed myself from my restraints. They used common rope so it was quite easy to free myself. I hurried out of the enclosure I was kept in, careful not to alert anyone around of my movements. Surprisingly, there was no one around. The woods were eerily quiet. There were not even the sounds of bird and everything else that comprises of the wild on a night like this.This is the forbidden section of the woods. It seems like I have been
MELISSAI toss and turn on my bed as the sun peeking through the blinds forces me to open my eyes. Taking a deep breath, I stretch on my bed as I try to rid my limbs of their stiffness.It's morning and it's the weekend. An otherwise lazy day for me.I take a deep breath once more as I force myself off the bed. I'm supposed to visit the beach today and I won't be passing it up without a good reason. Laziness is a terrible one. I check the time and I realise I slept through most of the morning as it is already 11:15 am and I have about ten missed calls from Camilla and... five from Midas?Why would Midas call me today? He doesn't have work today and he told me last night that we won't be having a meeting. I already intend to go see Jennifer later but that would be in the evening. Why is he calling me now?Afraid that something might have happened, I call him back immediately, ignoring Camilla in the meantime. He answers on the first ring and his deep yet serene voice resounds in
ARIA"Aria!" A voice filled with too much enthusiasm than I am willing to deal with this morning called, jolting me awake."Argh!" I groaned. "Just a few more minutes."Are you dumb?" the voice asked. "We have barely ten hours to prepare and you need more time?""Ten hours is a lot of time, Dana," I groaned as I rolled to the opposite edge of the bed, out of the reach of my ever spirited sister."Ten hours is not enough time!" she retorted as she dove on me. "Wake up!" "Come on," I sighed as I finally opened my eyes, unable to ignore her weight on me. "What do you want from me?" I am confronted with a face bearing a striking resemblance to mine in most aspects except that she looked older. We weren't exactly identical but everyone who sees us for the first time would misunderstand. It's caused our parents to often make jokes that she gave birth to me instead of them. A believable fact if we weren't just three years apart. She's been the closest person to me for longer than I can re
MELISSA Midas's visit a few nights ago was a lot more enjoyable than I would have expected. It was also quite tasking to live through.I adjusted my outfit more times than I'd like to admit through the night, afraid he might get the wrong impression of my nightwear. I thought about getting something better to cover it up, but I was also scared that he might misunderstand my actions and get the wrong idea of my thoughts.It was a dilemma that didn't get any better as the night wore on, but he did well enough to alleviate my worry. He obviously noticed my outfit but showed little reaction to it as he chatted away with me, much to my relief and... disappointment. We laughed and talked about a lot through the night. He asked thoughtful questions and told stories of his life in the city. The bustlling days and noisy nights. The bright nights and tall buildings that dwarfed our proud lighthouse. He talked about his profession and how tiring it was to be an engineer of his repute in the
MIDASThe week went by with barely any troubles. Work was smooth and a lot of progress was made today. With Melissa's help, we were able to get most of the work done with the cheaper rental equipments which meant we could afford them for longer hours which also meant better efficiency and progress.It was a good week quite honestly. There were the unsavoury rumours about me and Melissa have an affair. Rumours that I don't intend to pay any attention to. I do sympathise with Melissa who must be a lot more affected by these rumours than I was, but she's an adult. One of the trials of adulthood is being able to deal with the assumptions people make and the rumours they spread as a result.No one has been bold enough to ask me to my face and my conscience was clear. I did nothing inappropriate with her.With a sigh, I change the channel on the television to a sports channel where the soccer match was being covered.I stare at the TV with barely any interest in my eyes as my thoughts dri
MELISSA "Everyone, sit down!" I yell as I try to control my usually rowdy class. Only Eva and five other students have listened to me so far and the rest are basically ignoring me and baiting me into a chase like they usually do."Simon says, everyone sit down!" I yell again, hoping against all odds that they listen."Today is supposed to be a no Simon say," Daniel says with his usual mischievous smile."Daniel, if you don't sit down then you don't get your fifteen minutes playtime for a week," I warn. "The same goes for all of you running around right. Only the good kids get to play.""That's unfair," Daniel mutters as he walks over to his seat reluctantly. "It is bad manners to disobey your elders, Daniel," I sigh as I walk over to him and crouch so that we are the same height. "Besides, we have an activity today. We can't start if everyone isn't seated."He nods reluctantly, still unwilling to give up playing. I don't know how he is being raised but this kid is the most unyieldi
MIDASStuck in the normal intensity and rigours of the construction site, I can't help but wish for home in this moment. I need rest. It's been a tiring loop of late nights of planning, analysing and budgeting with Melissa, and tiring mornings of coordination and implementation at the site. It's been slowly getting to me and I don't like it.Speaking of Melissa, we've grown closer in the past few weeks since her art exhibition with her class. She frequents the house more to check on Eva's progress in her art as well as give her some pointers to help her improve. I was quite surprised to learn that Melissawas quite the artist herself, and in fact still does art albeit a lot less regularly.She brings some of her art pieces to Eva once in a while, using them to help raise and groom my daughter into a better artist at a comfortable pace despite her young age. She is the first woman in my life that Eva has opened up to. Eva is quite a menace despite her calm and mature attitude. She h
ELORANoise of the hustle and bustle within the mansion filled my ears as I stood in front of the mirror in my room and stared at my reflection.My raven black waist long hair was weaved into a bridal braid and my face donned with enough makeup to make me almost doubt my actual looks. My frame is covered by the beautiful fabric of a flowing white wedding gown and I had maidens making adjustments to my outfit every second as I waited to be called to the altar.Even though I am about to be married though, there was not a hint of a smile on my face. I was only doing this for the pack and not my own happiness. This marriage would only serve to hurt me more than anything else.Ever since becoming the chosen of the goddess, my life seized to be mine alone. At the young age of sixteen, I was already put in charge of the whole pack and that consisted of rigorous training to meet up to the demands. I did it anyways because I cared for my pack. I would do anything to protect them.Among the man
NORA"What are you doing here, Nora?" Doctor Richard asked with a puzzled look. "And at this time?" "I-I don't know, sir," I stuttered. "I remember falling asleep in the restroom and I woke up on the streets."Doctor Williams gave me strange look."Who brought you here in the first place?" "Um, Alex," I replied. "Something happened and I had to leave him. It was totally my choice. He isn't to blame.""Don't give me that bullshit," Doctor Williams hissed, obviously annoyed. "If he brought you here then he should have made sure you were safely home. Why the fuck isn't he here?" He took out his phone and dialled a number. The phone rang once and I soon heard the voice of Doctor Richard on the other side."Yes, Williams?" He said in his usual stoic voice. "You had better have a good reason for calling.""Nora is stranded at some restaurant in the middle of the night," Doctor Williams replied flatly.There was only silence on the other side for the next few minutes.Eventually, Doctor
NORAThe news of Daniel's departure from the pack to the city was quite a shock for me. I almost could not believe it.I was still mourning that bastard, Dale so I had to keep appearances but I couldn't care less if he had lived or died. Quite sincerely, he was a thorn in my flesh and I am more than grateful that he is forever removed from my life.Allison however, is quite a different story. Even lost, the bitch is still managing to drag Daniel away from me.Eager to confirm the news of his departure, I took my shower, got dressed and made the trip to the Werewolf Kingdom. The journey was quite short compared to what I was used to as I zoned out for most of it. I just had so much on my mind. My arrival at the Alpha's mansion was treated trivally and somewhat despondently, much to my annoyance. There was barely any attention given to me and literally no fanfare. With the death of Dale, I was now the highest authority of my pack. Basically the Alpha of the pack. I should be shown so
NORAMy eyes widened as I saw Alex tower over Sabrina with anger in his eyes as he caught her hand in the air."What the fuck are you doing?" he asked, his glare sharp and piercing."This bitch-""Stop that," he hissed as he tossed her arm violently to the side. "This should be the first and last time you try to lay on hands on her. She is pregnant for god's sake. You could hurt her baby."Sabrina's eyes widened with shock and disbelief evident in them. Her expression of shock slowly morphed into anger as her demeanour changed and she directed it towards Alex."You bastard!" she yelled. "You are attracted to her. You are lusting after some pregnant whore who is siphoning your dad of his hard earned money!""I am not!" Alex retorted, his anger turning into frustration as he rolled his eyes. "Then why the fuck are you going out of your way to protect her?!" She yelled. "Don't even dare to tell me it is because of your father and the stupid promise you made because that's just bullshit!
NORAThe sound of her palm hitting my cheeks resounded in the hallway, reverberating off the walls as my cheek stinged from the pain.The shock on my face at the sudden reaction was evident. I almost couldn't believe it except for the fact that my cheek is hurting from it.I don't understand why she slapped me."You stupid, uncouth bitch!" Sabrina yelled. "You evil swine! How dare you try to seduce my man?!""What?" I asked, surprised. "I never did that!""Oh, shut up!" She yelled as she advanced towards me while I took a step back. "I saw you holding onto him with those filthy hands of yours in the name of a hug. You were trying to get my man to feel your body!""I didn't do that!" I retorted."Yes, you did!" "No, she didn't."Alex calm yet assertive voice rang clear over her yells as he stared at her with a tired expression."I initiated the hug, Sabrina. She didn't try to hug or seduce me. I asked her for a hug.""Stop defending her!" Sabrina yelled at him as she grabbed my arm an
DIMITRIThe way back was one that went past me like I wasn't there. I was so deep in thought that I zoned out out the second I got in the car. 'What did that woman mean by asking me to ask Nora where she was two nights ago?' I thought. 'Why would she even know where Nora was?'I knew Lara was a liar and a manipulative woman. Despite being Nora's stepsister, I can tell how much hatred she harbours towards Nora and I bet she has some sort of nasty plan concocted to hurt her stepsister.Even then, I can tell she seemed quite sure of her accusations towards Nora. I don't know what to think. I decided to just do as Lara said and ask her where she had gone at night. 'It can't be hurt, right?' I thought. 'She will tell me if anything is wrong.'By the time we got home, it was already evening and I was almost exploding with the anxious curiosity building up within me.I composed myself and walked into the mansion with a calm, stoic expression on my face. I responded to greetings curtly an
NORAI couldn't stop myself from smiling as I thought back to my unexpected encounter with Dimitri for a second time. His face was stuck in my head as I couldn't help but think about him every second. I felt a fairly confusing pull to him. It was a lot more than I've ever felt to anyone since I got my surgery as I had no memories of my past. There was something about him that I just couldn't overlook. Something that kept him in my thoughts and made it unable for me to think of anything but him for the past few weeks.It was a comforting feeling. It made me happy to know that someone out there could genuinely make me laugh. An action I find hard to perform sincerely with all the bullshit I have to live with.The trip home went past me like an out of body experience as I zoned out through most of it. The thoughts of Dimitri kept me blissfully unaware of my approach home which was quite great considering the fact that I always spend at least thirty minutes until I get home panicking for
AIDENThere was a lot of chaos in the surrounding area as everyone scrambled to recover from the ambush. I also had to struggle to recover as well. I ran around the pack in search of possible targets or weak links who might have gone missing during the battle or killed at least. It was quite tiring to deal with all of that and it scared me to death who I might find missing or dead. While some might be fairly disposable to me, losing any of the people I care about would be too much of a pain to bear."Aiden!" Someone called but I didn't even have the time to see who it was as I waived them away.I needed to find Miranda."Miranda is missing!" The voice yelled, stopping me in my tracks."What?" I asked as I turned around to face Gilbert who hurried over to me. "I can't find her!" He exclaimed, panting.Gilbert was a powerful werewolf, one that does not tire easily. If a werewolf of his strength was panting like this, then it means he had pushed himself above and beyond in search of M
ALINAI ran as fast my tired legs could take me, covered by what little remained in f my clothes. The rush of the wind in my ears helped to distract me even though it didn't do much to help the pain I felt as tears rushed out of my eyes.What was going on with me? The thought of it scared me more than I could say. What did I do to deserve this? These thoughts plagued me as I ran, the thought of last few minutes stuck in my head as an unpleasant yet relieving memory. I don't know how to feel about it. I had noticed the strange men around the alley when I ran past, but I hadn't paid them any mind as they didn't interfere with me either. They scared me at first but they seemed like they just gathered themselves for a smoke or something else.I didn't think that they were waiting for Dimitri.I was too focused with the thought of getting away from him that I could barely think of anything else. I didn't think to warn him. The thought of his lips on muline clouded whatever other reaso
HARRIETI frowned in anger but I was too shaken to get the words out.'Is she smiling?!'"Don't get me wrong," she said. "I'm terribly worried about Matt, but it just feels somewhat good to see you this mad for someone else's sake. You're a good person Harriet. That must be why the Alpha and his Beta favours you so much, and why Martha found it easy to live with you and even become friends."My eyes widened at the sound of Martha's name."Martha?" I muttered in shock."What?" Naomi asked.I looked up at her with an even more worried expression on my face."What do we tell Martha? How do we tell her that Matt is on the verge of what we would know as his death."Naomi seemed confused for a little while before her eyes widened in realization."Oh, there's something going on between them?" I gave her the stink eye as I continued to mull over Martha's possible reaction."I didn't know," she shrugged. "But if they really have a thing going on then this would be a huge problem. She would bl