I swallowed hard as I stared right at the door. Who could that be? I walked gingerly to the door, wishing suddenly there was a hole to figure out who was at the other side of the door. Another knock. I took a deep breath, and pulled the door open. Mike stood at the other side of the door in a white t-short and shorts. He pushed into the room, making me go back a step. “Why were you screaming?” He asked immediately. “None of your business,” I snapped right back. He glared at me. “I believe it is. You literally distracted me moments ago. Now, be a dear and tell me what the problem is,” he persisted. I sighed. “Well, I had a nightmare. Honestly, I’m fine. I just need to sleep in and it will get better,” I said stupidly. He gave me a look. “You have to turn your scream down a notch…” He snapped suddenly, I blinked twice. “Yes, I bet that sorry of yours cares so much about the noice I make. Now, get lost,” I snapped, as I showed him out of my room, snapping the door shut. I turne
I reapplied my pink lipgloss, and pushed my hair back in a loose ponytail. I had a lot to do today, and that wasn’t even making things light. I grabbed my purse. And ran downstairs, going directly towards the door. “Maya?” Mike’s mom called back, causing me to stop back in my track. I looked over at her, and she was seated in the dining table, munching away. Her eyes looked at me imploringly. I mentally facepalmed. It was rude to just leave without saying a word to them after how they had helped me last night. “Good morning, ma’am,” I said calmly. She smiled at me. “Come over here. It’s a rule in this house that no-one leaves home without having something to eat. It’s an important part of nutrition and you mustn’t miss it,” she said firmly. I smiled at her. “I would have really loved to eat, but I have a lot to do today. I forgot to take my books from the dorm, and I have to do that. It’s important,” I said quietly. Mike’s mother gave me a stern look. I had almost forgotten how
I turned my gaze to Mike. Did he know anything about this? Last night they hadn’t said a word when he had informed them that “Maya, I know and my husband didn’t say much last night, and it left something awkward between us. But, that won’t be the case now. We are willing to brush this topic into this beautiful breakfast of sausages,” she informed me with a laugh. I turned my attention to her. “It’s alright, ma’am. I mean, no-one would like their privacy to be intruded. I and Mike should have thought it true before springing up the decision on you just like that. It was wrong, and I’m sorry about that,” I said calmly. Mike’s mother smiled at me. “You’re so silly. Who says you intruded on my privacy? I’ve always wished for a daughter, and now, I finally got you I’m not letting you go so easily,” she informed me. It took me a while to understand what she meant. She wants me to move in with them whole-fully. “I…” “Child,” Mike’s father pulled my attention towards him. “My son was
At the dorm, I used my spare key to open my door and stepped in. Chloe was fast asleep, but stirred immediately I closed the door. “Maya,” she called softly. I turned over to her, smiling slightly. “Hi, dear,” I said softly. I threw my purse on the bed, and waited for her to ask me about the letter I had dropped yesterday, or the fact that some of my boxes were still missing, but she didn’t ask me anything. I kicked off my shoe, and slowly tipped over to the bathroom. “Where were you last night?” My heart skipped a beat. Maya always made me feel that I was up to something bad. It was crazy how she ignited some emotions in me despite the fact that she was my friend. “I…” I turned to look at her. “I was with Ian. I didn’t think I will spend the night at his place, but you know how boys are,” I went red at my lies. “They don’t take no for an answer.” She shot up from the bed immediately, crossing her legs together. “Tell me everything that happened. I want to know it all. Please
I stared at the lecturer who was looking at me with a barely conceived rage. It was so scary and I barely knew what to do to make it better. I turned towards the left. My seat partner had her textbook opened. I hadn’t even tried to open mine since the lecture began. “Em…” I tried once more, as I tentatively looked at the header off the page. “You were lecturing on gender inequality,” I answered sheepishly. “Pick a question in your textbook, and answer it,” the lecturer said firmly. Oh, Lord! What was his problem? I don’t know one thing about this topic, and now I will be forced to make a fool of myself. I had no choice though because all eyes were on me. I took the textbook, earning a glare from the owner, but I ignored her. I won’t be severely embarrassed for not even opening the exact page. I cleared my throat. “Is there a need to strive for equality when in a patriarchal society?” That was the hardest question I had ever seen in my whole life, and I honestly had no idea on ho
I looked up at his outstretched hands, suddenly irritated at it all. I ignored his hands, and then struggled to stand to my feet, placing a book haphazardly in my bag. I was done with all these. I walked away from Mike, annoyed at it all. Students had dispersed like they had not being there moments ago, and that annoyed me so much. They should have been here to protect me from Mike. “Maya, wait. What’s the matter?” Mike called out behind me. I turned around at that moment, a frown lighting up my face. He was at the exact spot I had left him, and his hands were outstretched towards me. “Are you really asking me this?” I queried. “Yes, I am. I would really like to know what I had done wrong to serve this. I need to know. Tell me.” I huffed. “Who was the angry young man snubbing me this morning. You couldn’t even look me in the eyes. And, suddenly you are all up in my face. Who does that Mike?” I snapped.
I rushed down to the dorm with my heart beating. I craved to be alone for a minute, so I could process all that was going on. What was I going to do with the two men in my life? Though I had a crush on Ian, but I was beginning to believe that it has wan down in the face of his consistent lies. I haven’t caught Ian right-handed but I felt like all he told me was a lie. Wait, he barely told me anything at all. And, it was so hard to feel safe in such a situation. But with Mike, I can’t explain all I felt. It was almost as if I had true feelings for him. I don’t understand anything, but the way he made me feel was so unreal. I pushed my bag closer to me as I walked closer to the door. He literally set my body on fire just with his lips on mine. I twisted the knob as I walked into the dorm room. Chloe sat with two brunettes in front of our Tv watching a movie, and laughing hysterically, with a popcorn thrown in between them for good measure. “Oh, you have a visitor,” I mumbled quietl
It had been exactly five minutes of taking, and Mike finally left us to do one or two things. I turned back to Mrs Griffin, who was chatting away without a moment’s hesitation. She felt so good staying in her own skin, and I really liked that about her. “Ok, we are literally done here. I’m aware I could be quite the chatter, but you need your beauty sleep. Run along, darling,” Mike’s mother said softly. I smiled at her. “Good night, ma’am.” She waved me off. I took the stairs to my room, all the while thinking about Mike, and what he must be doing at this time. I don’t know how I can’t seem to do anything without thinking about him, like I was cursed or something. It was literally getting out of hand. I turned the knob of my room, and stepped inside the room. A broad figure stood by the window. The light that illuminated from the hallway made me note that it was Mike. Yet, I was still so jumpy. I closed the door slowly, and stepped into the room. Mike didn’t turn. The darkness of
MIKE There was one thing for sure, I don’t have the courage to do anything I want, and that wasn’t right. I wished I could just go over to Maya’s place, but the truth was that I couldn’t face her. After all the wild talks in my head, I had not been able to get the courage to do anything. “Mike, why are you sitting here by yourself?” I looked up and noted that James was staring at me like he knew all of my secrets, but the truth was that he knew nothing. I should be the one looking at him that way, because he had become a shell of himself, and it was not really because the pack had failed to accept him. There was something else that was going on, and I had no idea what that was. I just knew I couldn’t afford for anything to go wrong this time. “What? Say something?” James said softly. I sighed as I looked away from him, towards the pack members. They were busy doing their things, and I saw Ginny, she was looking restless. I had a feeling that trapping her wolf inside her fo
I stood there in the cavern, my heart racing and my mind struggling to comprehend what was happening. I had no idea where I was or how I had ended up in this strange, otherworldly place. All around me, the walls of the cavern rose up high, towering over me like the jaws of some great beast. As I took in my surroundings, I realized that this was no ordinary cave. The air was thick and heavy, with a strange energy that seemed to pulse through the rocks themselves. The walls were covered in strange, glowing moss that cast an eerie blue light over everything. I looked down at the ground and gasped in amazement. It was as if I had been transported to another planet entirely. The soil was a deep shade of purple, and strange plants grew up out of the ground like twisted, alien versions of earth flora. The air was filled with the sounds of strange creatures, their calls echoing off the cavern walls. I took a step forward, feeling the weight of my fear bearing down on me with each passin
MAYA'S POV. I found myself in a strange room, completely disoriented and confused. My heart pounded in my chest as I tried to make sense of my surroundings. The room was small and cramped, with peeling paint and dusty corners. It looked like it hadn't been used in years. The only light came from a small window high up on the wall, casting an eerie glow across the space. I tried to remember how I got here, but everything was a blur. I couldn't recall any details, just a sense of unease that had been growing inside me for some time. As I looked around, I noticed that there was only one way out - a heavy wooden door that looked like it had been there for centuries. I approached it tentatively, feeling a sense of foreboding in the pit of my stomach. As I reached for the handle, the door suddenly shut with a loud thud. I jumped back in fright, my heart racing even faster now. I tried to open it again, but it wouldn't budge. I pushed and pulled with all my might, but it seemed to be l
MIKE I was seated at the back of the meeting room with the elders as we planned how we were going to get food supplies. The last time had not being favourable for us. It still made me so angry how everything had turned on its head. I didn’t like it one bit, but there was nothing I could do to change the dynamics. “This issue has been persistent. We are werewolves, and our strengths grows with food. Think about what would happen if we don’t have foodstuffs in the coming week. We would be too weak to go to battle and our enemies would have a greater hand over us. I don’t think that any of us wants that at this point,” one of the elders pointed out. We all agreed to that. Despite my earlier resolve, I was thinking of a way out. The strongest of us could get the food items instead of all of sending the weak links. It won’t be nice if we endangered more of our members just to satisfy out cravings. “Elder,” Adams said. “I think the best thing is do is laying low for some time. The w
THE BEAST Its big disgusting foot moved through the wild as it sought to take a creature into its worm-infested mouth. It was as thorough as ever owing to the many things that had come out of it loins. The animals and insects fled as he came around because it was a gruesome sight to behold. There was no-one who could have been there to understand what all these meant. It was an inexcusable thing, disgusting to say the least. His hands like big bloated wounds brushed the trees as he was in search of just one person: James. It was the only reason that the beast had come to Spadeville. He wanted nothing more than for James to be his snack. The beast could not stand to be in the same space with James. And, he was going to completely destroy him till the end of time. There was no way that James would escape this predator. The beast moved like he owned the place, and then with two of its fingers, it grabbed a baby goat, and that was enough to destroy it all. It was as brutal as br
MAYA My hands slowly touched the bucket handle as I pulled it into the room. There was a ting of nervousness as she stepped into the room. I sniffed in a cobweb, and in response, I coughed continuously and sneezed. I felt like I was in a bubble though I wasn’t really in one. Yet, the feeling was quite intense, and sporadic. My hands flickered upwards as I slowly cleaned the spot till it was enough for me to move forward. Dropping the bucket down, she stepped further into the room. It looked like a room reserved for queens. It was so beautiful and amazing.Yet, caked in dust. The cobweb was like a mask around it, but it didn’t completely dampen the beauty of the whole room. Instead, it made everything seem like it was worth so much. It looked completely beautiful and intense at that very moment. I stepped in further into the room, and took in the spaces. Everything was so nice and hectic at the same time. It was so crazy how much beauty was stored in the midst of dust, and I cou
Maya nervously approached the front door of her small apartment building, knowing that Ian was likely waiting for her on the other side. She took a deep breath and pushed open the door, immediately spotting Ian standing in the entryway, arms crossed and a stern look etched onto his face. Maya's stomach twisted with fear at the sight of him, and she paused uncertainly, unsure of how to approach him. Ian's eyes bore into her, and Maya felt like a mouse caught in a trap. She could see the disappointment and anger in his expression, and it only made her feel more guilty for having snuck out of the apartment. She swallowed hard and tried to muster up the courage to speak, but no words came out. "Where have you been?" Ian asked, his voice low and dangerous. The stern look on his face intensified, making Maya feel even more intimidated. She tried to think of something to say, some excuse that would make him go easier on her, but her mind drew a blank. "I just wanted to take a walk," Ma
IAN I have been watching them for so long, and they didn’t seem to be heading anywhere. When would these idiots go in, so I can find out the truth about all these? I hated all these, and I hated Maya and Mike the most. They had the guts to keep playing me and I wouldn’t let it slide. I was going to make sure that they got the tip of their medicine. I would make sure that nothing good comes out of their lives. My fingers slowly encircled the tree branch in rage. I watched as Mike spat some words and pushed Maya to the ground. It was shocking, but I didn’t care. It should all be an act. They were both trying to stay safe. With great pains Maya and Mike mumbled some words, but he angrily worked out to the chair, and sat down painfully. I felt the pain and sadness all at once. I felt like everything was really going down on him, and there was no way out for him. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to someone, but I honestly didn’t feel bad, but relieve at it all. Maya wa
MAYA I pulled him towards me to face me squarely. He glared at me, and despite how intimidating he looked, I wanted to kiss him so bad. I wanted him to see how much he affected me till my roots. I wanted him to understand the feelings that I had inside of me. “I want you to try to put everything that you may be feeling right now at the back of you, and please listen to me,” I said softly. He scoffed. I placed my hands on either side of his cheeks as I tried to make him face me. There was this fear in my heart that I was trying to pull down, and I was failing to do so. How could this keep happening? There is no way I would make this keep happening. I’m going to do all I could to make him see reason. He needed to see my love for him, and how much I cared for him. He needed to see that I didn’t wish him any evil, and I was so in love with him. This would be my hope, for him to see the truth and understand where my heart was. I just wanted everything to be ok, and that no evil was