"Are you done dwelling in self-pity?!" A voice asks, disturbing the calmness he was enjoying until now, Adryan doesn't take his eyes away from the twinkling stars that were scattered throughout the sky. The person takes a seat beside him on the cliff with legs dangling, they were on the cliff that was situated deep in the forest, underneath it was surrounded by water. No wolf wandered so far into the territory hence why Adryan liked to come here and spent some alone time mostly to think and relish in the quiet. "You know running away from things doesn't magically present you with a solution," The person says, looking out at the sky as well. "I'm not running away from anything," he says back, which makes the person look at him in amusement, he tries to ignore her look but turns to face her when she doesn't deter from her blatant staring at him. "She wants to meet you, she didn't physically ask about you, it was more of her looking up eagerly whenever the door to her room would open,
It was dark outside by the time she woke up, her eyes went to the alarm clock placed beside her bed. 3.03 am. it read. She looked around her bed and discovered that Adonis was not in the toddler bed that Adryan had purchased for him a while ago; it was spiderman themed, which Adonis enjoyed, and he didn't make a fuss to sleep with her on her bed. She wasn't worried about his sudden disappearance, for the scent of vanilla lingered in the room like a blanket gave her an idea about his whereabouts. Jade moved the comforter aside as she got up, putting her feet on the chilly ground, which helped a little in waking her up from her sleep-induced state. She'd woken up in the infirmary a few hours before, and the pack doctor had given his approval for her to return to the house. On the way, Jade couldn't help but notice how some pack members looked at Arther with suspicion, and some were even hostile, perhaps because he was still a rogue and carried the scent with him, and Adryan's pack was
"How did you know?..." she trails off, her voice meek, she refused to meet his eyes. She could feel him getting up from his office chair, placing Adonis on the chair, she feels him get closer with how her body started to react to his closeness, warmth spreading to every part of her body as if someone had lit fire to her body. She feels his breath hitting the hairs on her head, she goes to take a step back but his hand on her elbows restricts her movement. "Look at me" he commands, and she curses internally. He was aware of the fact that she wouldn't meet his eyes willingly, the only way she would do so as if he commanded her in his Alpha voice and that's exactly what he did. She looks up, emerald green eyes clashing with ocean blues. Adryan bends a bit so that his face was level with hers. His closeness sent her heart into overdrive, their closeness affected him too in ways he couldn't describe, if she wasn't so focused on their closeness she could have heard the way his heart was b
Jade woke up feeling strange, she didn't know why but something was drawing her towards the outside that particular day. So she didn't find it surprising when after finishing her chores for the morning and leaving Adonis at the daycare center, she ventured out on her own to explore the pack territory, but she didn't know where she was going, it felt as if her legs had a mind of their own as they carried her past the packhouse, which was alive during that time of the day. She could see men leaving for the border patrol, mothers fussed after their energetic toddlers, teenagers leaving for school, and some of the pack members even called out to greet her, to which she greeted back with a smile on her face. It was a chilly kind of day, the wind kissed her bare arms, making her hair fly softly in the wind. She walked past houses that belonged to the pack members, not everyone in the pack stayed in the packhouse, some liked their privacy and decided to move into a house after finding their
His eyes take in as she kneels on the forest floor. Her long red hair fluttered in the wind. Her fingers found the red flower growing among the wild ones. He watched with warmth in his usually cold heart as she closed her eyes after scenting the flower as if she was saving it to her memory. He was mesmerized by her beauty. Her eyes caught under the sunlight appear like gems. He takes a step back, his foot accidentally stepping on the dried leaves on the ground, causing a crunching sound, he closed his eyes in slight anger and curses internally. He opens his eyes after a moment to watch, only to find her standing now, her emerald green eyes trying to find the source that made the noise. She couldn't find him, he had done a good job at concealing himself. He was used to being in the shadows his whole life, blending in came to him so naturally. He could hear the fast thumping sound of his heart beating. She was nervous, he could tell. She had detected his presence but she couldn't spot
Jade stood up from her earlier seated position on the love seat when she had entered the library after dinner, she hadn't expected to spend so much time in there, skimming for something to read, but it seemed like she was gravitating toward a genre in specific, which she didn't even know she was looking for.Creatures of the night. The title read.The entailed information about various creatures of the night. Ever since she those violet-colored eyes, she was curious to know what creature those belonged to, she knew that he couldn't be a werewolf since werewolves generally had yellow, green, brown, and grey eyes, the ones corresponding to their human side, besides she had an inkling that he was something else entirely.She moved towards the shelf where she had picked the book from, keeping it back in its original position, she made her way outside, moving towards the direction of her room where she had put Adonis to sleep earlier.A growl halts her in her footsteps, turning to the side,
Awkwardness It was something everyone experienced at least once, in their lifetime, everyone present in the room currently felt the same as Jade stood before what she assumed were about fifty wolves sitting on the table, ready to have their morning breakfast. It wasn't the fact that she was joining them for breakfast at the pack house, It was the fact that there was no space left for her and Adonis to sit. When she entered everyone greeted her, acknowledging her presence, but when her eyes searched for her seat, she was met with a she-wolf already sitting in her seat. Somehow she wasn't surprised to see that it was Adeena of all people sitting in her place, which was supposed to be on the right side of Adryan, who was sitting at the head of the table. "Well this is awkward" Brian who sat to the left of Adryan, mumbled under his breath, but it was heard by everyone present in the room, even though he coughed, trying to cover it up. Violet who was sitting next to him, smacks him upsid
Darkness enveloped the daylight by the time Adryan had returned to the packhouse along with Brian, Nathan, and the warriors that accompanied them to the Eclipse pack. Arther had volunteered to stay back and guard until they came back. Jade had been waiting for hours, she would help the Omegas with pack chores, other times she would pace back and forth worrying, thinking that the rogues might have come back and attacked them.She was relieved when she saw Adryan, her eyes checking for cuts and scratches but coming up empty, the only thing that seemed out of place was his hair, which seemed to stick in all directions as if he had run his hands through them multiple times.Jade's eyes stray away from Adryan to the small group of seven people that stood in between the warriors. She felt a lump in her throat as she took in their appearance, all of them looked like they had been dragged to hell and back, with their clothes tattered in places, hanging by a loose thread in places, blood coveri
Jade looked down at the necklace that she had thought she lost, but there it was. The same crescent moon-shaped necklace with a circular pearl in the middle. The same one Adryan had gifted her. Next, she turned to open the envelope, which was a small rectangular. When she took out the note, there wasn't much, just a line. After reading it, Jade didn't know what to feel. 'I'm sorry for everything' ~DariusWhen Jade read Darius's note, she was honestly conflicted. She didn't know what she expected it to be. Maybe an explanation about why he did what he did. maybe the words he said we enough. Some thinks are left unsaid. Yet there was relief, relief that everything was over. Now she could live peacefully without the fear of any more attack on the pack and loss of life due to the war.Everyone in the pack was overjoyed to hear that the war wasn't going to happen. That they could return back to their lives after more than an year of being on the edge.——
*2 months after Jade's return*Two months passed since Jade had returned to the pack. Everyone in the pack sighed with relief upon her arrival, because for the past year, their Alpha was like a walking time bomb, and everyone including the Beta Brian was afraid that they would say something wrong and cause the Alpha to explode and go on a rampage.Jade also learnt that it was Adeena who had helped Darius with the kidnapping, and when Adryan found out, he almost killed her but elders in the pack stopped him. Instead, Adeena was thrown out of the pack. Exiled and doomed to survive with rogues.Violet also let Jade know that looking after Adonis was the only reason Adryan survived. She couldn't imagine the inner battle his lycan was having after losing their mate for over a year. Violet had hugged Jade tightly the moment she entered the pack house, swearing to never leave her side. Jaade couldn't conceal her tears when she saw her baby, Adonis's eyes filled the moment he saw his mother,
Memories kept coming back to her like the tide in an ocean. When she tried to pull back they hit back stronger. Until she regained her lost memories. And everything hit her all at once. Her past, her mate, her son...she has a son, whom she hadn't seen for over a year.Her sense of loss was so powerful, that it felt hard to breathe. Looking at Darius, knowing what he had done, and taken away from, she didn't know what she felt anymore.———In the dead of night, as darkness covered everything, a figure was seen walking with purpose. Jade kept her footsteps light as she walked towards the border of the territory. As she reached the border, she remembered what Darius had shown her before. The border was bound with immense magic making it impossible for one to cross the border, as Jade reached her hand towards where she thought the boundary was, her hands felt empty air. It felt as if the magic bound had completely disappeared, which shocked her as she didn't expect things to be so simpl
"Darius" A voice roared, "You better come back here boy". A ten-year-old boy slammed a door open, he looked like he was running away from something, although his leg was injured, and he was unsteady on the right side of his leg due to the pain. He had no wolf, he wasn't like the average werewolf off springs who would be able to heal despite not being of age where they could shift.Struggling as he ran, not stopping at all, fearing that the person would catch up to him and he would have to go through something worse. All of a sudden he feels himself bump into someone and falls to the ground, wincing in pain."Darius" a soft voice calls out his name in confusion, looking up from the ground, his eyes meet a pair of warm ocean-blue eyes filled with worry. Her eyes took in his injured body, from his hands that had fresh wounds and slash markings, to his wrists that looked like he was tied down to something tightly, with his clothes tattered and barely hanging on by the end. Luna Alana w
1 year laterHead tilted toward the sky with her eyes closed, Jade feels the cool wind blow around her, brushing her skin ever so softly, as the first drop of rain drops, slowly, with one or two drops turning to a constant rhythmic dance as the rain gets heavier. Suddenly she didn't feel the raindrops on her skin anymore, opening her eyes, she was met with an umbrella above her head, and turned to the side to find a pair of violet-coloured eyes already staring back at her. A smile graces her face, wet hair strands sticking to her face. With his free hand, Darius tries to pull her under the shelter of the umbrella completely, only for Jade to knock the umbrella out of his hands completely, causing him to get drenched in the heavy rain as well.Darius pulls Jade closer to his body, his hands cupping her small face, bringing her face closer to his face, Jade closes her eyes anticipating him to kiss her when she feels his lips place a soft kiss on her forehead. Tingles spread throughout h
Flashback (5 years ago)Jade's eyes felt like someone had clued them together, her head was pounding as she sat up, and she could smell the burnt smell of flesh surrounding her, with people screaming around her, tears slid down her cheeks, she was thankful for the first time in her life for being blind, because she knew that she wouldn't be able to stomach the view around her. Death loomed in the air.Trying to stand up on her shaky legs, she stumbles but she doesn't fall to the ground like she expected herself to instead she feels someone's touch on her body, their cold hands supporting her body, causing her body to tense up. "Who are-e you?" She asks, her voice stuttering with fear. Her question is met with silence, and the next instant she's picked up bridal style, she could tell that it was a man as she felt one side of her body pressed onto their hard chest. She feels the person carefully navigate through the aftermath of the fire.After a few moments, the person stops walking,
It was a quiet day, the wind howled moving the curtains back and forth with its powerful blows, and not soon after it started raining, Jade watched from the window alcove as the first few drops of water dripped down the leaves. It had been almost eight months since she was taken away from the pack. She missed Adonis, Adryan, Violet and everyone from the pack every day. She also often finds herself thinking about the weird mate bond she has with Darius. She has heard stories of werewolves getting second-chance mates, but that was only if they get rejected by their mate or one of them dies, what was even weirder in her case was that she had a mate already and she was a werewolf mated to a vampire.Feeling her stomach growl from hunger she decides to go down to the kitchen herself. Over the past few months, Jade had built up the courage to do things on her own, at first she was sceptical to go out of her room in fear of encountering a vampire but now she finds the hallways clear whenever
A wooden chair flies across the room full force and collides with the wall causing it to break on impact. The people in the room gulped with widened eyes, as they watched their Alpha lose his cool. "What the fuck do you mean that you can't find a single trace of her? how can a person vanish into thin air" Adryan shouts as he faces the pack members of the search team. Adryan was angry and distraught as days passed by. Adryan looked like a mess with his facial hair growing, with dishevelled hair. It's been three months since his mate went missing and so far he has no clue where she is or what happened to her."Calm down Adryan, I'm sure we will definitely find her," Brian says, placing a comforting hand on top of one of Adryan's shoulders. Brian motions for the search team members to leave, so that only he, Adryan and Violet were left in the room.Adryan's shoulders sag in defeat as he takes a seat on his office chairs."You know we don't have to search for her like a bunch of idiots wh
Two weeks passed by without Jade seeing him, she ate her breakfast, lunch and dinner in her room, she didn't join him like she did the first time during the meals, she was half expecting him to drag her out of her room but none of that happened, she was surprised, to say the least.Jade had felt an inkling that he was ignoring her after their last encounter in her room.She felt like being coped up inside her room was the only thing that would protect her from whatever she would face once she was outside, but she could only sit inside these four walls for so long, doing nothing, passing her days monotonously. She felt like she would lose her mind if she sat around for even five more minutes. It also didn't help the fact that she missed Adryan and Adonis so much, she felt like she had left behind a piece of her heart with them, she even missed Violet and everyone else in the pack. Jade didn't know how long it has been since she was taken away from the pack, or if Adryan was searching fo