When I got to the changing room for girls and opened my locker, as I expected, the tracksuit that the girl lent me was in pieces. The few girls present there laughed then left. They were there to make sure that I saw what they did.I glanced at them before they left, carving their faces in my mind.I would get my revenge later. For now, I needed to prepare for the main part of the test; the sparring.Since I said I was part of the Bloodmoon pack, naturally, I’d need to spar with one of the girls. To make it fair, girls spared with girls and boys with boys.“So they truly did it,” Alice leaned against the locker, grinning. “My tracksuit was ruined as well. I know they said we shouldn’t divide things but we’ll have to work on that.”It was true. While the training sessions happened each pack with its own members, the changing room was one huge space that held all our lockers. They wanted the five packs to be in harmony.When I came out with my old tracksuit, the girls didn’t like it. It
I didn’t realise that it was easy to convince the examiner.I was standing in front of that girl, Rosalinda. I would never let anyone who badmouthed me go untouched. If they intended to give me something, I should give back in return. It was never good to take without giving back. It was distasteful.Everyone had their eyes on me, sneering, whispering, slandering. I was sure I just painted a huge target on my back. However, I couldn’t care less when they accused me of things I didn’t do.I stretched for a bit, doing some light warm-up exercises before I was ready. The examiner approached me, worry on his face. I didn’t think that someone like him would be worried about someone like me.“Are you sure you want to do this, Miss Bronfall?”“Yes,” I nodded. “I am well-aware that if I don’t prove to them I am no pushover, they will keep coming at me.”“Everyone around here is trained from a young age, Miss Bronfall. You arrived four months ago and you didn’t undergo any training.”“Don’t w
“How about I get rid of a pest like you right here and now?”It took me a few moments to register what just happened. She launched at me with a knife she had on her. In other words, she meant to do something with it while we were sparring.The idea of a knife on my skin… It brought the memories back. All the assassinations attempts I was subject to didn’t turn out well. I always came out with some kind of wound. When I died, my body had a few scars I spent a long time healing.This bitch…My body whirled quickly. My hand slapped her knife in the air quickly and acting swiftly, I wrapped my hands behind her head, tightening my hold on her and bringing her down so I would knee her face hard.When I let go of her, her body buckled and within seconds, she was flattened on the ground, not knowing what truly happened.The knife landed in my hand.“Don’t try to use such a bitchy tactic, bitch. I won fair and square and everyone watched. Doing this only humiliated you and the name of your pac
They surrounded me like hyenas. The first thing I did was look around. If it was before, I would have been terrified but now, I noticed the stupidity and the blunders they pulled.“You know that my alpha and Alice are ahead, right?” I started. “I will just scream and they will come. When you tried to use that knife on me, my alpha rushed to save me.”I wasn’t a damsel in distress but I didn’t want trouble.“Oh yeah? Did you climb to his bed as well?” Rosalinda sneered. “I knew you were a bitch but not like this. You think you can climb to all the young alphas beds and go unscathed. You’re the definition of a true whore.”I rolled my eyes.“Well, believe what suits you. Arguing is a waste of time in my case. You’ll say what you wanna say and I’ll do what I wanna do,” I shrugged. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to my alpha. He is expecting me.”“Yeah? In his bed.”They laughed. Again, I acted as if I heard nothing.“I wonder why you keep doing this. It’s not because of Fre
Hours and hours and hours later, my ass was so numb that I couldn’t tell the difference between my butt and the chair. I have been sitting on it for hours and the problem was that I’ve never seen this man being so attentive.I didn’t notice the blood that coated my head at the beginning. I was so proud of myself that I forgot about my body. I defeated them and Rosalinda had to cheat to win. Well, I knew how to cheat as well but I didn’t want to show them what I was capable of.‘Too late for that. Now, that bastard knows you can fight.’Adolphus spent an hour cleaning my wound and bandaging it. The rest of the hours, we both sat, staring at each other, lurking in a competition over who would blink first.“I will deal with them,” he said, after hours of talking to himself. Well, naturally, if he didn’t talk to me, he would talk to himself. “You don’t have to worry.”“I am not worried about them. I am confused,” I shrugged. “Why do you care? It’s all fake. I am not part of your pack. If
Should I deal with her? Should I act as if she was my friend and hug her?I stared at the cards for a long time before I picked them up from the counter and shoved them in my purse. She gave them back to me. Obviously, Frederick must have had some kind of a plan.His plan to make me helpless only pushed me to get closer to Adolphus.Adolphus…That guy didn’t show his face at all. Maybe he was scared I would punch him. But the kiss… It felt different and memorable.I want to do it again.“Thank you,” I managed to say. “I don’t know what to say. You saved me here. You don’t know how much I appreciate this.”Nialliv smiled. It was one of her fake smiles that were taken as an innocent one. But I saw it all. I bet they sent one of their people to steal my cards but… where was my phone?“You couldn’t find my phone I guess. It’s fine. I don’t know who will keep an old model like that. I bet it won’t even sell for ten dollars.”“I am sorry about it but you got your cards back now. You can bu
ALICE’S POV:Mother was a happy woman. She never thought she would one day die before seeing us grow up. As the days passed by, she used to tell me that we would always be together. However, after getting addicted to Adagoril, she broke and when someone broke, it was impossible to fix her so she died.Ebony for me was like that. I could see the colors around her, swirling and mixing all together. She was in the same state before my mother was found in her room stranded over the ceiling. It was Adolph who found her.She used to be such a happy person. We used to be such a good family. Father was always there too but things took a wrong turn when she died. Greyson took care of us from the shadows. I heard him so many times tell our Beta to not tell anyone he was around.He was a suspicious person but kind to us. He always brought us sweets and hugged us. He was the grandfather we never thought we needed, especially after father died.Ebony looked at the mirror and smiled. The way her mi
EBONY'S POV:I didn’t tell her anything about Frederick’s plan. There was a reason for that. Mainly because I wanted her to stay on guard against all possibilities. I knew how Frederick planned. He wouldn’t go for a one-time plan; he would have prepared other versions that took into consideration some changes. Even he wasn’t that smart for it, he would pull it off. Because he was that lucky.It was like he knew beforehand what would happen.I prepared for this mission thoroughly. First, I got myself a sharp knife that would take down a bull in one swing. Second, I dressed up like a b*tch. Third, I thought of a few plans to use in case someone wanted me drunk.I had to admit; Frederick might even go the pregnancy route if he felt it was necessary. After all, he married me in front of everyone.When I reached the party, I was baffled. Luke was in the middle of his noisy friends. All the gang. I recognized some of them. They were part of Frederick’s team and I worked with them frequently
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