Silver:Petrified. That was the closest word I could use to describe how I felt after Rogu said those words. Apart from my mouth hanging open, I didn’t react for several seconds. However, that was enough for him to know his words had gotten through to me, judging by the satisfied smile on his face. He reclined back in his chair as he watched me with an amused look, sipping coffee from a mug I hadn’t noticed before. Soon enough, I came to, and turned around to check if anyone had heard. Fortunately, no one else was in the room with us. “No one else heard, so don’t worry. This is only between the two of us,” he said, reading my thoughts. I gulped as several thoughts passed through my mind. Had Gwyddion gone back on his promise to me by telling Rogu about my father? He had sworn he was the only person who knew because the Moon Goddess had told him. What if he had been mistaken? Even if Rogu did know, what proof did he have? Even if he had proof and wanted to use it against me, what
Silver: “When will I even get an opportunity to speak to him? I'm not allowed to leave here as often as you think. This plan will not work,” I told him, hoping I could somehow convince him to change his mind. “You know that's not a problem,” he said matter-of-factly. “This is my harem and I choose who goes and who stays. If you need help in that area, I can help you out. Just say the word.” I hated the way he kept saying he could help me out when he was threatening me so I could help him. None of this felt right. What if the king found out? Or worse, what if Rogu went back on his word and told the king even if I succeed? But there was nothing I could do. I couldn't possibly report Rogu to the king. That would mean exposing the truth about it father and if I did, he would sentence me to death or worse, torture me first. At least, if I did what Rogu wanted, I could prolong my chances of survival. “I'm scared,” I choked out, even though I knew it was lost cause. He didn't care about
Silver:“What happens after she leaves?” I asked Mila who seemed bored with the whole thing. “She starts a new life I suppose.” She shrugged, playing with her food like she didn't care, even though I could see she envied the girl. I turned to look at the girl who was stalling by the door, hesitant to leave the harem. The other girls were quiet, watching her transcend.“No one really knows what that ‘new life’ entails”, Mila added drily. I watched her silently, trying to discover exactly where her mind was. At some point, she seemed to want to leave but some other times, she said things like this that made her sound like leaving was way worse than staying. She confused me. I couldn’t figure out any reason why she would suddenly become so different, choosing to hang out with me of all people. “Do you not want to leave?” I asked her. Her eyes shot up at me like I had said something I wasn’t supposed to have said. Her lips and her eyes started shaking as if they were malfunctioning
Silver:None of the guards listened to my protests while they led me to the palace where I was to meet the king. It was impossible to blot out the theeatening look the matron had given me before I left the harem. I would give this meeting my all, because if I ever returned, she would make sure I wouldn’t live to see the next day. My teeth clanked against one another as I was ushered into the king’s throne room by the guards. “Better know what you’re saying, human,” one of them barked at me, before nudging me inside. As expected, several people flanked both sides of the throne room while Alpha Damon sat at the center head of the room. I swallowed without moving forward, terrified to be at the receiving end of his anger. I now understood the reason for the warning the guard had given me, and why none of them had been willing to lead me straight to him as they would have done before.Even though he was several feet away, I could both see and feel the heat of his anger from where I was
Silver: He turned back to me and opened his mouth to speak, and his words were nothing but accusatory. “Your roommate told me some of the things she made her and the other girls pass through. How she tortured the girls till they passed out whenever one of their patrons left any complaints about them, how she forcefully inserted pipes and other dangerous things into them, how she killed more than five of the harem girls by force-feeding them experimental drugs, how she has tortured some to death for not obeying threats, and how she has become an expert in covering up the murders. She assured me you both hated her equally, so why is your story different? Are you in any way trying to say that these despicable things she has done are all for discipline?”I turned to Liza who still looked dazed and wondered when she had said any of that. My heart pounded in my chest as I realized what the king was implying. Bile rose in my throat at the things the Alpha king had said, but a quick look at
Alpha Damon: She had lied to me. She had looked straight into my face and lied. I was furious, but hiding my fury was not something new to me. I had to be reasonable. She would never lie to me on her own. I didn't know her enough to trust her, but my wolf did and that was enough for me. So the fact that she had lied to me meant only one thing. She was being forced to do it. I had watched her bodily movements as I queried her and one thing was for certain. She had been very uncomfortable and quick to change her mind about certain things. However, the one thing that had been impossible to notice was her eye darting once in a while to Rogu. He had put her up to this, and he had the guts to question my judgments and suggest death to the perversion of justice. It has been said that a wolf Kingdom would never do well if the Alpha and the Beta never get along, but Rogu had to be the worst Beta in the kingdom of Betas. I couldn't stand him because everything was wrong with him. He was
Alpha Damon: Her hands fidgeted and her eyes still couldn't reach mine even after over three minutes of sitting with her. I admit I didn't make it any easy for her, however, her silence was becoming irritating. She was never this scared of me when I had been actively clamoring for her death, so why now? “What is wrong with you?” I asked and her eyes shot up at me. “My lord…” “Cut it out,” I said, rolling my eyes. “It's just the two of us here. Tell me what is bothering you.” She turned away from me again, her mouth sealed shut. “Look at me.” Her eyes met mine, but they were struggling to hold my gaze. At some point, she was looking over the top of my head instead. “I don't have time for this. Just tell me what is bothering you already.” “Nothing is bothering me, my lord,” she said, shaking her head and that action angered me more. “What makes you think anything is bothering me? I was just a little timid standing in front of so many people.” I swallowed. Of course, she wasn't
Silver: Everyone seemed to be glaring at me as I fearfully made my way back to the harem. My body was shaking from having just lied to the king, but it was something I had to do. I had never had to go back to the harem on my own before as Alpha Damon always instructed a guard to take me, but this morning was different. I had pissed him off greatly and now had to face the consequences of my actions. I had a feeling he would be suspicious of my sudden desire to save the harem and Gertrude, but what I hadn't expected was him to be exceedingly angry about it. For a split second, I considered telling him the entire truth of how I had been put up to it by Rogu, but I knew in the end, if he knew what my father had done, the reasonability he showed with me would be gone. He implied he could take care of me and protect me from whatever plans Rogu had threatened me with, but I couldn't let myself be deceived by that false hope. As I walked through the main streets, some of the wolves turne
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