My Uncle called me to his study after I returned. I thought he would scold me but he didn’t. Instead, he sat there and pointed at one book in particular in the midst of a sea of books. I collected the book and brought it to him.“Sit down.”“Is something the matter?” I asked, because he didn’t allow me to go to campus. He said he had something important to show me.“No. I talked with my father and I thought it was for the best to let you know about your abilities.”“Well, I know. I heal but I won’t be able to heal until I shift, which will take more than necessary.”“Ammm…” he picked the phone on his desk and dialed a number. “Please call Evelyn here. Tell her Uncle wants to see her.”Evelyn? Who’s that?“From the look on your face, I can see you aren’t acquainted with your family yet. I suggest you do it quickly because some of us are hard to handle.”He was still smiling.“So, how did you live until now?”I wanted to glare at him but I didn’t have the mood for that.“You said that y
Dark clouds formed ahead.I could see it, feel it and somewhere in the depth of my mind, I knew I was dreaming. It happened again. While I was trying to understand what my grandpa and uncle William said, I fell into sleep. To be honest, it didn’t surprise me anymore finding myself like this, watching the outcome of another timeline.However, this was different. My bones chilled when I saw Adolphus pace in rage and a mixture of sadness. It was like he was fighting something alone. I knew that feeling very well. I was fighting alone and I couldn’t tell anyone anything.He was pacing around a room I didn’t recognize. There was no campus on sight and I was older. Maybe in my twenties. I was sitting, watching him and a hint of anger was growing in me.“You cannot come out of this room. This is all I can say,” he declared, his tone harsh.I felt every fiber of my being compelled to do what he wanted. It took me a moment to understand it was his alpha tone.“You used your alpha tone on me,”
I didn’t go to him. I decided to keep it a secret again. I returned to my new home after I took a walk around Saulville. I stopped multiple times, remembering that dream. Things looked different.There was something suspicious about Frederick.I decided I would play his game and find out what he kept a secret. I wanted also to know why I died, why Adolphus saw me die multiple times. I also wanted to know how many times he used his ability.It was night.I shut myself in my room, recalling the dream I had the other day. My parents in there and how the atmosphere was lovelier. It felt like a true home. “You returned early. Did you enjoy your stroll?”I pivoted on my heels. Uncle William wasn’t alone. There was a woman, an elderly as it seemed, next to him. She leveled me up with a hard stare.“I was thinking about numerous things. What brings you to my room, Uncle?” and without knocking.“We’ll unlock your abilities. This is Sarah, the one who put the shackles on you when you were you
Everything was the same when I woke up again. The same room. The same people. The same everything. But as I got up from my bed, I almost mistook my reality as one of the alternative ones. It took me a while to realize that I could move.Those dreams gave me a lot of stress. I had another dream last night and it was exhausting. I didn’t die in it. Instead, in the dream, I used my abilities as if I breathed them. It gave me an insight over how I could use them.“Miss Ebony, it’s time to wake up.”I was allowed a servant. The same one who treated me like shit the first day I arrived. She apologized and made a 180 change. She had been kind and cute but these dreams, they were unbearable.It had been six days since I got them. Every night. Surfacing like poison. Adolphus was in all of them. Most of them had my parents. But some didn’t.“Oh! You’re already awake.”Imagine spending your day in reality and your night in an alternative world.‘It sucks. I see those dreams too. Don’t think for
There was a girl in my class, a girl Nialliv was picking on. Usually, I didn’t care about such things. First, because no one stepped in when Frederick executed me. Second, because no one was nice. I noticed all their interactions, everything about them, because I was drawn to everything Nialliv did.This girl, Nialliv bullied her for nothing. It was the same in my past life until she was found dead by the borders. They said she tried to run away but rogues killed her.Sitting where I usually sit, in the far corner of the classroom, I watched as the girl stepped inside. Nialliv had on leg on top of the other, staring at her phone. But as soon as she caught scent of her, she raised her head and looked at the scared girl.I already decided to not involve myself with her and focus on Adolphus and I. There were still a lot of things I couldn’t understand.“Hey!”I raised my head and almost dropped my jaw. There was a tall boy standing in front of me. I knew him. But I didn’t expect to see
“Put him down, Adolphus. This is ridiculous.”Noah waved his hand at me, greeting me in a cheerful way. I was stunned. He was in a tough spot and showed such an easy-going thing. He would regret it. Why did I think he would regret it?“Oh! Hey, Ebony! Everything’s well here. I was just talking to the guy. He has such weird fetishes.”“Huh?”“He was following you so I thought I should make him stop. He is strong.”He slapped his arms, getting a feel of Adolphus’ muscles. I didn’t know if I should laugh or just watch his ass getting handed roughly.“You should just shut up, squirrel. We were just… discussing some things.”Adolphus let go of him. When he turned his attention to me, he beamed. “You’re not avoiding me anymore.”I smiled. “It’s not like I want to. I am trying to understand what’s happening and staying near you just clouds my judgement. Don’t be offended.”Noah glanced at both of us, his eyes going back and forth quizzically. “Noah, this is Adolphus, my mate. Adolphus, this
ADOLPHUS’ POV:I go back to her room, where she was sleeping and realize that she wasn’t sleeping yet. I sat where I usually did and watched her blank expression. It was after midnight. Usually, she was sleeping around this time. The more I watched her, the more I was convinced it was happening again. She’d sleepwalk.I jumped into the room as she got up and started walking outside. I pulled her back and closed the door, returning her to her bed. She didn’t know this happened to her and I knew damn well that it was because of me, because of those dreams.I researched them after I learnt about the legacies. It turned out my Beta knew about it. He told me everything he knew but the problem was: it wasn’t much. My ability, Regression had clear rules. Three parties; one with the ability, which was me; a receptacle who held those memories of the future and a sacrifice.There was no record of the previous Sigmas seeing alternative realities, even my wolf knew nothing about it.‘She is sleep
This was beyond what I thought. We couldn’t save her. That was why I had a lot of nightmares about her dying.“I am giving her time to learn, you know,” he said. “I’m sorry about accusing but I only did what I had to do. You needed to be out of the picture for good, away from her. You give her a sense of safety so she loses her carefulness.”“So this plan had to go through a lot of regressions to be born?”“Yes, I was desperate. My mate died too. Ebony died. Everyone died. The ones who survived, I can count them with my fingers. You, me and Greyson. But according to the plan, I had to kill him in Phase 1. Greyson always found a way to shelter Ebony and you’ve seen it. He took her away and trained her. If it wasn’t good to the plan, I would have found a way to take her back.”Nialliv? That girl was nothing but a bitch. She deserved to stay dead. He was doing all this for someone like her. Not worth it.“Your mate is a bitch.”He threw his head back and laughed. “They are prepared for a
Rayleigh laughed.“I am being serious here,” I pouted. “Grandpa left me with you because I requested so. I want to talk to you alone. It’s sad that Chronos isn’t around anymore but I think it’s for the better. Now, no one has to take meaningless responsibilities. I guess without them, everything will be peaceful.”“How do you know…?”I cut him off. “C’mon! You’re a smart man. You know there is no way a five years old child will talk like this. I’ve lived through two regressions and I’ve come back again as part of the plan, only this time, this is the final phase. We can’t lose.”“Ah! What happened? Why did Chronos disappear?”“My father was supposed to be the sacrifice. I don’t know why but unlike all the other Chronos sent, I am the only one who got to regress more than a decade. That’s why they left the burden to me. Since my father is still alive, I assume that Chronos took the hardest decision in his life. He chose to die and take the others with him. I don’t know if I should feel
EBONY’S POV:I opened my eyes early in the morning. I drank my milk and sat with my parents having breakfast. They laughed together and nothing reminded me of these moments. I have been waiting for my father’s heart attack for two weeks now and it didn’t happen.I checked my tattoo mark and it was there, just faint and impossible to notice.“Sweetie, do you want more milk? You’ve been sipping on your glass while it’s empty,” my mother said.Mom had long black hair and the palest, bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. They weren’t the normal typical blue. They were lighter and paler, as if they were diluted by white and became as blue as the sky early in the morning when the sun had finally settled in place.“Yes, mom.”And I was five.I couldn’t believe that it worked. My father was sitting there, wearing glasses and reading his early morning newspapers. Our house was small and it was full of magical artifacts. Maybe because I was five, I didn’t remember them. Or maybe because a lot happened af
FREDERICK’S POV:I stood outside, thinking about everything that happened to me, all the regressions, the people we lost. I’ve grown numb to all the deaths. As long as Adolphus was alive, there was always a chance to change the outcome.My final role was to kill him. For the regression to happen, he had to die after her.Now, whether we wanted it or not, things would never be the same. I would go back to the kid I was and Adolphus would go back to his old self too. To be honest, I was always jealous of how he had a choice in remembering or not.He got out of the underground cell built specifically for today.“You certainly put so much into this,” he said.“Of course. But this is where our role stops. No matter how much we want to influence things with our current memories, it won’t ever happen. We won’t remember anything.”“It’s true. But this is the price we have to pay if we want it to work. We only need to someone to warn them. They will do the rest. If it doesn’t work again, then
EBONY’S POV:I was sweating profusely. I would die. I would certainly die. For the second time. I knew this was coming but I didn’t expect it to be this soon. I was trying to make a plan to fix things but it seemed all the effort I spent on that was a waste.“Adolphus, please be gentle.”Adolphus was confused. “Aren’t you mad that I killed your father?”“I’m sure he wanted that. He didn’t play a big role in my life so it doesn’t matter. But can you untie me?”He didn’t untie me because Frederick was ready to shoot me. But thinking about it, didn’t he kill me before too? No, he said that Adolphus must have poisoned me so I was dying anywhere. But I didn’t cough blood, which meant it could be that I wasn’t poisoned.‘Don’t overthink. These jerks planned a lot that they won’t say. Well, since we have no choice, let’s just wait till they settle their score. Maybe they’ll fight.’“Wait a second, you look like shit. Did my father beat you that hard?”Adolphus shot me a glare.“Woah! My fath
ADOLPHUS’ POV:Instead of finding Frederick, I found her father. He was waiting for me in the middle of a clearing, playing with some cards. I shifted back to my human form.“You’re late,” he said. “I expected you to get here faster.”“Where is Ebony?”“With Frederick.”“Alright! I will go find her.”“I am afraid that you can’t do that,” he waved his hand and something shifted in the air. “You have to stay with me here. I want to fight you.”“What are you planning, both of you?” I growled. “She’s your daughter.”“I know.”“And you want to leave her alone.”“Frederick said that every time, you said the same words. That’s why the plan was for you to hate her but you still didn’t do that. He wanted you to hate her, to reject her while she wasn’t aware that you’re her mate. But it didn’t happen. I know why a part of phase 2 failed. When planning, no one thought of how my daughter is a variable.”“You won’t stop me.”I shifted and started running. He didn’t stop me. I thought he was all ta
I woke up in a cell. It was easy to recognize it because I’ve been there multiple times before. It reminded me of the torture I was subject to and how I suffered. I didn’t want to go back. And where was my father?The cell was dark. I couldn’t see anything. I tried to move my hands but they were tied. I was on a chair. I had to wait for a long time. I lost track of counting. Maybe it was the third time I reached one hundred.‘This is getting weird. We were with dad and then everything went black. Any idea?’Yeah, but I don’t wanna say it.‘Ammm… Yeah. Horrible. Dad is a jerk.’After what seemed like an eternity, the door opened. It was behind me and I finally caught sight of a lamp and a desk in front of me. Someone stepped inside. I felt him in my bones. Fucking Frederick.“Did you have to make my father into a jerk?”“He understands the consequences, don’t worry?”Frederick walked around and sat on a chair, not far from me.“How do you feel?”“Seriously? You’re asking me that? I fee
ADOLPHUS’ POV:When I saw a white wolf, I was confused. She was running and she didn’t care about the three that followed her. It intrigued me. And then, I felt my mark on her and knew it was my Ebony.I was stricken by how beautiful she was. She looked so free that it made me sad. She didn’t get to shift before and now, she felt how important it was.I didn’t want to overreact but I wanted her. Seeing her naked had only made me want her more. And then, there was her father. I was shocked. When Frederick said someone was telling her things, I didn’t expect it to be someone who was supposed to be dead.‘We gotta do it.’It’s hard to do it.‘We cannot run from this. We have to send her back and as quickly as possible. If she regresses to a time where everything can change, it will be better for all of us. It will undo everything.’But she will remember.‘It doesn’t look like she is suffering anymore. Look at her. She is happy. If she goes back, she will get what she lost and she’ll have
I was a wolf. I was running as fast as I could in the forest, forgetting everything that happened to me. It was so wholesome that I didn’t have to think about anything else. Nothing mattered but running.I felt freedom. Being one with the wind. For thirty years, I’ve never shifted once and here I was, running like a wolf. Nova was happy too. We were happy, ecstatic even. It was a feeling I’ve never felt before.I kept running and running, the wind over my fur but I didn’t feel cold. On the contrary, I felt complete. I finally had the chance to become what I was, a werewolf. We rolled in the grass, chased a few rabbits but didn’t catch them and howled. For the first time, I felt like a child.I didn’t care about anything else.I only stopped when the moon felt so wholesome. I stared at it for a while before I heard a laugh.When I saw who was laughing, I remembered my father, Brandon Wildknight.“Petra was white like you,” he said. When he stood next to me, I realized I was taller than
EBONY’S POV:I closed my eyes and waited for the blood to ooze from me but nothing happened. There was also the fact that I had to deal with a lot of pain. I laid on the ground and curled into a ball.There were a few more gunshots but I didn’t care. It was too much to handle. I hated pain. I hated everything that made me suffer. If this was how shifting worked, I didn’t want it.I heard a crack on my back and then a series of similar sounds followed, but it was slow. So slow that it put me into agony. I wished to sleep it off. Or maybe give my wolf control.Can you take over?‘I am. Why do you think it hurts? It’s because I am taking complete control. Your body is fighting it because you have Wildknight blood.’I felt a warm hand on my hair. It caressed me and then, I smelled something. It was like a smoke that made the pain fade. Slowly, I lost consciousness.Again, my wolf and I were sitting one next to the other. I was conscious of myself so it didn’t sound like a dream and it did