Tiffanie: “I’m tired,” I told Victor, sitting on a branch. A sudden wave of fear washed over me that I just couldn’t bring myself to take a step forward. “I think we should go back before it’s too late.” He frowned at me. “This is the third time you’re doing this. If you’re not ready to follow me to find her, then tell me and I’ll go on my own. I’m tired of lying to my family each time. If I go back there and leave again, they’ll start to get suspicious.” I looked away. He had a point. This was the third time we were embarking on this journey once again, and like I did the first few time, just before we could go far enough, I started to have a double mind about going any further. I couldn’t control it. Something always seemed to hold me back each time we came this far. The first two times after I cut our journey short, I had gone home to meet my ailing mother and asked myself why I had given up and disappointed her by coming back without my sister and now I was doing it again. “I
Alpha Damon: Just one second could change everything forever. One second I was smiling and greeting my people who happily welcomed me in their hundreds, surprised to see me alive and the next second, there were explosions everywhere and everyone ran helter-skelter to seek protection. I already knew my return would not be hassle-free so I had stationed guards all around the palace building prior, to report and act on any suspicious activity. The guards had simply assumed the arrangement was for my burial and were pleasantly surprised when I showed up alive and not dead. It was supposed to be a beautiful moment, a King returning to his people who thought their hero was gone forever, but it ended up being something else, something much worse. The explosions were none like I had ever seen before and I greatly suspected they were part of the weapons we had reserved for the destruction of the humans. Now, someone had gained access to it and had instead turned the tables on us, by setting
Silver: As I rode on Terah’s back, I kept looking over my shoulder, thinking someone was following us. It seemed too good to be true. I couldn’t believe I was finally going home! Then why didn’t feel as good and liberating as I thought it would? Why did I keep looking over my shoulder in hopes that someone would find us? Maybe it was because I didn’t fully trust Terah. “Ouch,” I groaned when a branch slapped my face with full force. Terah was pounding the ground at full speed and each time I became distracted and looked away, I was always at risk of falling off because I didn’t a branch or something. He was simply doing his job, but sometimes I wondered if he did it on purpose. The second reason why I couldn’t stop looking over my shoulder was because I still felt like I could hear people screaming under so many explosions. I had never heard anything quite like them before. They sounded scarier than thunder, and the fires I had seen before we left the county had been terrifying.
Alpha Damon: “Hi,” someone said, coming to me with such bright light around her that I couldn’t see. I rubbed my eyes a little so I could see who it was. A child. What was a child doing in a palace that was about to blow up? I stood up immediately and ran to her. I didn’t know how much time there was left, but this girl couldn’t die with me for no reason. “What are you doing here!” I screamed, but didn’t wait for an answer before picking her up and running out of the palace with her. I had come to terms with my death, but she didn’t have to. There were no other sounds besides my labored breathing as I ran, my footsteps hitting against the hardwood floor and her slight whimperings for me to put her down.I ignored her because she was nothing but a foolish child who didn’t know her life was in danger. I didn’t stop running until we were safely outside and I stopped to catch my breath. “What were you doing in there?” I barked at her. “Didn’t the guards tell you to leave? Where is
Alpha Damon:“Where do you think you’re going?” Oge called me when I started sprinting out to find my mate. “You just said Silver is in danger,” I said, wondering why she was trying to stop me. “Well, yes, but you don’t even know here she is or what kind of danger she’s in,” she said, giving me a look. “I’m beginning to see why some people don’t think you’re fit to rule.” “Excuse me,” I said, taking offense. She shrugged. “You’re too quick to act, without even knowing what you’re up against first and that makes you end up making the wrong decisions. That’s a pattern I’ve seen with you. You need to stop that.” “You’ve seen with me? How often do you watch me?” I asked, furrowing my brows at her. I had to remind myself she wasn’t a child but a goddess, in order to stomach her insults. “Yes, I’m always watching. We’re always watching.” I shook my head. “Let me get this straight. You’re always watching, yet you allowed all of this?” I asked, pointing at the now frozen chaos before
Alpha Damon:No one even noticed I was in the midst of the chaos as everything went back to normal, everyone running and scampering for their lives. I stood by the door when I noticed a few people wanted to run back into the palace for safety. I wished it would blow up already. I didn’t need to waste more time I should have used to save my mate. When the first grenades blew by the side of the house, I knew my work there was done. Instead of running into the palace, they began running away from the entire palace surrounding. “Your Majesty,” the guard I had asked to let me go called in surprise when he saw me away from the building and unscathed but I didn’t respond. There was no need to explain myself when I had nothing to say and there were way more important things we’d rather be doing. When I was sure everyone was safely away from the building, I watched for a few minutes from a distance as the building I had called home all my life crumbled to the ground and caught ablaze. At
Silver: I didn’t say anything even when more and more wolves appeared from nowhere and followed us from a safe distance. Terah had assured me they were guards that Rogu had sent to protect me, but I found it hard to believe Rogu would willingly dispense this amount of protectors for me. I couldn’t ask anyway because Terah was in his wolf form and would not be able to reply me even if he wanted to. The other wolves looked scary as they shot me glares that made them look more like predators than protectors. Ignoring them was impossible because it seemed like each step increased their boldness and made them draw closer. At some point, there were ten werewolves around me and I couldn’t tell if others were still lurking behind. I looked straight ahead, deciding to think of the better future of finally being united with my family than to start making up scenarios in my head for no reason. Terah stopped abruptly and squatted so I could slide off him. He shifted back to human and began
Silver: The wolf in front of me growled in warning, yet the wolves behind me growled back and stood their ground. I scampered out of there when I realized it was about to be a showdown between both of them. There were eight wolves now, all against Alpha Damon. I knew he was strong, but how could he alone take down eight wolves? One of Rogu’s wolves charged first and like a piece of rag, he was tossed aside by Alpha Damon’s wolf. The other wolves didn’t take heed of this as they kept charging in their numbers. I didn’t want to watch, so I shut my eyes and turned the other way. I was happy to see Damon and to know that he hadn’t lost his life in the explosions, but I didn’t want to have to see this. When I eventually opened my eyes, I saw Terah by one side on his own, looking around with a frightened expression on his face. He was still naked, and seeing him like that reminded me of his proposition earlier. I felt like vomiting. He met my eye and gave me a pleading look, but I gla
Silver’s POV Five Years later: “To our fifth year of harmony!” Bottles clinked and deep voices rang out in cheers as everyone joined in the merriment. The feast was bigger than any other preceding it, and each row and column was filled with human and wolf alike, drinking and laughing, talking and dancing as the joys of merriment engulfed them. It was such a beautiful sight. This was something that had never been done in millennia, but had somehow been achieved during our time. It was a feast we held to celebrate the day the war had officially ended, and even though it was the fifth year, it still felt unreal and made me feel jittery whenever I looked at the sincere faces of everyone having fun. Sometimes it felt like the entire beef between human and wolf never even happened. That felt like such a long time ago, like a dream whose parts I couldn’t clearly remember anymore. The dream could have never become a reality if not for the gods’ interference, that was for sure. Th
Silver: “I can’t. My sister is here,” I said, turning to show him my sister, but of course he couldn’t see her in the pitch blackness. “I’m with Lord Tyrel,” Damon said. “He’ll keep an eye on her. This is really important.” “Hello, Luna,” a deep voice which I assumed must be Tyrel’s spoke. I stepped back defensively. “I’m not leaving my sister with any of your Lords after what I’ve been through,” I snarled. I didn’t care that this lord Tyrel could hear me. There was no way I would let her near any of the men who had gladly sought my death. Damon sighed and held my hand again. I wanted to slap his hand away, but it was warm and relaxing , a contrast from anything I had witnessed all night. “The reason why Rogu was able to get so many people on his side was because he used magic. Some of my men were infected, but now the black magic is gone, I promise you.” I laughed drily. “You really expect me to believe that?” “It’s the truth. That’s how he was able to get the
Silver: I stood in awe as the bright apparition came closer. I had told Tiffanie all about the goddess of time, but like other things I had said, she didn’t believe me then. She stood there frozen with her mouth open as the apparition drew closer. I waited, surprised by the fact that I was greatly excited to meet Oge even though I had borne a huge resentment for her abandoning us after so long. The wolf’s loud and scary howls turned into soft scared purs as it ran away when the goddess approached. Once again, I had been saved from certain death from her timely intervention. As the figure kept approaching however, I slowly began to realize it looked more familiar than usual. It was a woman alright, but not Oge. “Mom?” My sister called out uncertainly. My lips could not form words. Right there in front of me was my mother who had been torn to shreds in front of me a day before, standing in front of me with no marks on her face and looking like a smiling angel. “Silver,
Silver: The noise coming from outside was enough to scare anyone to death. It was evident the human soldiers had finally rallied together and mobilized their weapons and men to fight for them. I was in the room Xavier had ordered his men to place me and I crouched by a corner holding my sister who was even more scared than I was. “Should we go out?” Tiffanie asked with a trembling voice. “We need a better place to hide…” She couldn’t complete the rest of her sentence because a loud crash sounded above us. Never in my life had I heard anything as terrifying as the things I heard that day, not even the day Rogu had planted grenades around Alpha Damon’s palace. “It’s too dangerous to go out there,” I screamed over the loud explosions. “This is the best place we can be at this point.” More explosions occurred, which made Tiffanie and me shudder at each sound. I wasn’t sure I could ever remain normal even if I somehow survived this. After watching my mother get murdered right i
Alpha Damon: “All these years. It was you!” I barked at Rogu who had been tied up at my command. To say I was furious would be a huge understatement. I felt the pain all over again, but this time it wasn’t just the pain of losing my mother, it was the pain of losing my senses, the love of my life and years of happiness I would have had, all because I allowed Rogu to play with my head. I didn’t have to wait for a response from him. I knew Silver’s mother was right. From the look on Rogu’s face as I manhandled him, to the emotions I could feel through him, I knew he was guilty. All those years when I was just an eight year old boy on a walk with his mother and witnessing her murder right in front of me, it had been Rogu all along. He had killed her by mistake because he meant to kill Silver’s mother, a fellow wolf. I had assumed Silver’s father was the murderer simply because he had tried to help me resuscitate her, and because I had been told humans were nothing but trouble and
Silver: It took a while for me to realize that the voice screaming was mine. I watched in horror as my mother’s body was carted away from the room by the other two wolves, while the one who had done the biggest damage stayed back to watch me. Tiffanie was on the floor, rolling and crying. I didn’t know what to do. My mother no longer looked like my mother. She was gone. She was dead. Right after I finally got her back. I fell to the floor without noticing the wolf that was watching me with keen eyes. I wondered why he wouldn’t pounce on me already. It was as if all they wanted was my mother, but then what was the gain in killing her? It made no sense. They had been safe before I arrived. Was it my fault? Had I been the one to draw the rabid wolves here with my scent? I hated myself then. I blamed myself for everything. After everything I had been through to come back to my mother and to protect my family, she had been taken from me within a few split seconds. As I lay on the flo
Silver: “This is great news,” I squealed. For the first time since I discovered I was part werewolf, I was proud of it. It had saved my life and that of my sister after all. “How did it happen?” “When the wolves came, everywhere was a mess. Fortunately, our house is a little hidden so not many came here. Two came to carry us. They called us freaks and tried to kill mom and one started touching me inappropriately,” she said, rubbing her elbows and looking away as she recounted the unfavorable incident. My hands balled into fists. “Something just snapped within me and before I knew it I was on the floor like an animal, tearing into their flesh.” “I’m sorry you had to go through that,” I said, before flopping on the couch. I was extremely exhausted. “But I’m happy we can defend ourselves.” “Why do you look so bad?” She asked me, taking in my roughed up appearance and the blood all over my clothes. “I’m exhausted and…” I said, struggling to speak now that the adrenaline that
Silver:My chest constricted and I began to cough violently until I shifted back into my human self. I stood up immediately and went back to join the others, not willing to draw any attention to the fact that I had just killed a wolf. “Let’s go,” I choked out and fortunately, no one asked me any stupid questions, just followed me. I limped as I led the way, my entire body in pain. I had no idea where I was taking them, but as long as we were moving, I was fine. I wasn’t sure if there was any place that hadn’t yet been run down by the wolves already. “Marc,” someone called and I glanced around but didn’t see anyone. “Psst. Hey. Down here.” We all looked down at the same time and I jumped when I saw the faint outline of a body through a hole in the ground that could pass for a sewer. “Jimmy?” The man in our group who must have been named Marc called back. “What are you doing in the ground?” “Just wait, I’ll be right there,” Jimmy said, disappearing from our view. My head was poun
Silver: I heard the voices of so many people at once, even though they were trying to whisper. I knew some other people had walked in through the door, but I couldn't see them, so I couldn't deduce their number or whose side they were on. "They might not check here. They know this is a prison and they have no us for prisoners, at least not yet," I heard one say. "Shut the door!" the woman with a child cried out. "You'll make them find us!" "Don't reveal our hiding place," another prisoner said. "Go soemwhwere else before you haev us killed in your place." There was arguing among the prisoners and those who wanted to hide with us for a few minutes. I found it very stupid to engage in an argument at this point. It wasn't like the prisoners could come out of their cells and chase the new people away. "Everyone stop!" the man who always managed to have information barked and everywhere quieted down. "The more we argue, the more we increase our chances of being seen. We h