Silver: I sat down as Rogu asked, since I had no other choice. I stared straight at the Beta, making sure he could see the clear hatred in my eyes. I had always suspected Rogu, yet Gwyddion had convinced us he was so obvious it was too easy. If only we had focused on finding some evidence against him. However, Terah would have been our best bet to find anything yet he had been working for Rogu so even that plan wouldn't have worked out. Rogu was quite smart and it was easy to conclude he was the master mind behind this whole thing. However, he still had some lapses anyway. He really thought I was a hybrid, so that meant the power of my bracelet was higher than the extent of his intellect. “You might be wondering why I called you here,” he said to me. “Do I go on or do you want to speak first?” I didn't say anything back. There was nothing I had to say to him that he wouldn't tell me himself anyway. The person I wanted to talk to and ask all the questions was Terah. I wanted to as
Silver: I tried to keep my disinterest from showing. If Rogu wished to think I was a part werewolf, then fine, although at this point, knowing what they wanted to do to us humans, I never wished to be mistaken for a part of them. “My Lord, she's not a hybrid. She's human,” Terah corrected, speaking up for the first time since we were locked up in this room together. “It's her magical bracelet that makes her smell a little like us. She managed to trick everyone with it.” Rogu smiled once again and shook his head, apparently finding everything that was going on amusing. I didn't care if they thought I was a hybrid or not. I was more bothered by the fact that Rogu had seen and spoken with Victor, my best friend. The wristwatch I had gotten him was undeniable proof of that fact. He was even worse than I thought. If he was telling the truth, then that meant he had purposely put Victor in harm’s way, by convincing him he could find me using the map he had given him. What if Victor mana
Silver: He had a point, as much as I hated to admit it. However, I couldn’t find myself believing him over the Alpha I knew and loved. I just wished he hadn’t lied to me. I still remembered how Damon had returned to the library, smiling, after having just rejected me a few hours before. I wondered what had happened within those moments to change his mind, but now I knew. He had been found out I was a hybrid. The case of me being a hybrid was something I didn’t understand nor did I think I could ever come to terms with. I didn’t really think I was one, yet there were so many things I had assumed I knew about myself that turned out to be false. Being a hybrid meant I was a part werewolf, but it didn’t feel like it. I had always had a keen sense of smell, but it wasn't as exaggerated it as sensitive as that of a werewolf. I was just sensitive in that respect. It didn’t mean anything. I couldn’t shift, and apart from my hair which was a bit unusual because of its color, every other th
Silver:The walk back to the palace was quite shorter than our walk to Rogu’s new harem had been. Terah trudged silently by my side and I was thankful for the long way ahead. It offered me more time to think about what to say to the King and to recollect my thoughts while we went. By the time we passed by the streets, it was completely dark except for the slight rays of lamp-stands that covered the streets and came on at night. I was a little disappointed that I didn’t get to see the girls at least for a while, but it wasn’t like I had a say in the matter. I had nothing to say to them anyway. The only person I wanted to see was Mila, but if I did eventually meet her, I wasn’t sure I would be able to hold myself from exposing all the secrets I was supposed to keep.If she had been a part of my meeting with Rogu, she would have looked on at me with disappointment. She would probably call me a traitor for bringing up the idea of accusing Gerald falsely to the King, just to save myself.
Silver:Everything about the harem had changed by now but one thing remained the same- the uncomfortable feeling it brought me. I took a deep breath before following him into the building where all my woes had started.“Remember,” Terah warned me before we entered the dreary building. “Beta Rogu does not know you are here. I only brought you here because that was our arrangement with Lord Damon. If you do anything stupid like telling anyone what we discussed, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life, got it?”I looked up at him with a bored expression on my face, although my heart was pounding and I was terrified to be here. He didn’t need to know any of that. I didn’t need him to warn me. I understood everything that was at stake entirely. I was already in a very tight position as it was and I didn’t need to get myself in even more trouble. I had already made up my mind regarding what I would tell Mila if I saw her. The guard was the first person we met and fortunately, he was sl
Silver: Her words brought back memories I had struggled to hide away forever, memories I never wanted to remember for as long as I lived. I still remembered the first night I had spent with Godon, how happy I had been that he wouldn’t be able to touch me and how that happiness had turned sour when I discovered he had brought his orderly, Drex to tear me apart on his behalf. I still remembered the maniacal smile he had on his face as he watched his orderly shift and get ready to split me in half with his beast cock and how would have gotten away with it if not for the timely execution of on of the councilmen. I felt sick to my stomach. She was wearing the same smile as he had back then. She knew. That was why she had talked about tearing me apart. What was with these people and their excitement at watching people get hurt? Why did watching other people being in unspeakable pain turn them on so much? I tried to act like the implication did not affect me, but she had seen the flash
Silver: I woke up the next morning, struggling and gasping for breath. Mila tried to calm me down after I was fully awake but I couldn’t shake off the uneasy feeling I still had. “What happened?” Mila asked when I could finally control my breath. “I don’t know. I had a nightmare I think,” I said, the details of the dream flooding my memory at once. I had seen that wolf again, the magnificent silver one I had been told was mine. She had tried to speak to me but once again I was so scared I ran away. I was terrified of werewolves in their wolf form, how could I possibly connect with a wolf that was apparently now a part of me. “What was it about?” She asked and I wondered if I was ready to divulge the story, especially in front of the other girl. “I saw a wolf. A wolf I think is mine,” I said and there was silence. “Aren’t you a little too old to not know who your wolf is?” The girl asked derisively. “I heard hybrids get their wolves quite later in life. The body has to choose i
Silver: Now we were outside, I finally had the chance to put my plan into action. Since Mila didn’t know much of what had been happening on the inside, I knew I needed to find someone else and convince them to speak with me so that I would have something to tell the King when Terah would eventually return to take me back to him. Being outside was not as fun for the girls as I had hoped. Mila could move around although to a limit, but the other girl could only sit at a place and watch what was going on. She looked like she would deliver soon and after being confined in a room in a bed for the entirety of her pregnancy, being outside now was very difficult for her. Bringing them out here was another proof of my selfishness. I didn’t fight for them to be released because I felt so bad for them. I had done that just so I could meet up with other girls for information. However, I had no other choice and I was done hating myself for my choices. I had been able to kill two birds with one
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