“Oh no, you've go to be kidding me right now. “ I thought with a hot feeling of anger rising up in me as I stared at Wendy. “The drama just keeps getting better.” Nova remarked sarcastically. I couldn’t take my angry eyes that glared with a burning intensity off Wendy. She was obviously here to cause trouble yet again. “Well look at that,” Jeremy said in a bored tone. “It's Wendy, what could have possibly brought her around this time?” There was a thoughtful look ok his face as he stared at her curiously. Wendy’s eyes met mine and we stared at each other for a while, her eyes menacing and sinister, while mine were angry and confused by her sudden, unwanted presence. Wendy was the last person I wanted to see right now, especially because I had just a little over a month left to complete my mission. Her unannounced arrival and the unnecessary drama that was sure to follow, were only distractions that would slow me down and frustrate me in the process. “You’ll think it’s her
KALILA’S POV I couldn’t quite believe my ears, either Ares was messing with me or he was testing my tolerance level. It was one thing for Wendy to visit and leave after a few annoying and miserable hours and it was another for her to stay the whole night! This was absurd, there was no way Ares could have arranged this. He knew how much I despised her, how could he? “Where, Ares? Surely it can’t be here.” I asked again, climbing off the bed and standing in front of him. “She’s staying at the pack for the night, what’s the big deal?” Ares replied and threw the question at me as though he didn’t actually see what the big deal was. “Are you kidding me, Ares? What’s the big deal? That Wendy, the lady who flirts and throws herself at you is staying at the pack for the night? Sure, that’s not a big deal!” I exclaimed in a sarcastic tone. “It’s the perfect news!” “You’re being dramatic, Dahlia.” Ares said and walked past me towards his desk. “And you’re being irrational, common A
KALILA’S POV I struggled to sleep that night, first it was my thoughts jeering at me and wondering how I could be so careless at such a crucial time. It was a crucial time because I needed to be on Ares's good side, at least for now. I was still burning with curiosity, wondering what it was Melissa so urgently wanted to tell me. I had to convince Ares to let her come here if he wouldn’t let me go over there, it was a reasonable suggestion as I wouldn’t get to meet Jahdiel again just yet. Another thing that prevented me from sleeping peacefully were the noises coming from downstairs, Wendy’s gay and high-pitched laughter rang through the entire house. It was as if someone was dragging my ears on broken glass, it was so irritating because I hated her so much. I checked the time, it was past midnight. “Who laughs so loudly at this time?” I groaned aloud and sat up from the bed. She was so frantic in her excitement whenever she was with Ares, but she was a complete bitch in front
KALILA’S POV After my confrontation with Wendy, I was left in a weary state, I felt down because I had lost to her yet again. Somehow she always had the last say that rendered me speechless I absolutely hated it. I was very cautious of Wendy now, I couldn’t fuck with her, that would just be playing with fire. The universe was strange and quite funny, making Wendy dislike me in both worlds. Millicent had killed me, there was nothing stopping Wendy from attempting to do same in this world. The only difference was that this time, I would be ready, I didn’t like her and she didn’t like me. The only issue with that was Ares, because of how cunning, sly and full of pretense she was in front of Ares, he saw me as the antagonist in our malice. Well damn him and his bloody marigolds, he only saw the genteel side of Wendy and sided with her without even asking for my explanation. I went upstairs and sat down in the bedroom, there was always something I wanted to try and while waiting for M
ARES’S POV “Hop in with me, Ares.” Wendy said as we approached the garage. “Why? I have my own cars.” I replied as Dolph came over and handed the keys of a Rolls Royce to me. “Silly, it would look weird if we are both heading in the same direction in different cars.” She rolled her eyes. I stared blankly at her for a while, then shrugged, “I don’t see anything wrong with that.” “Oh common, Ares, are you just trying to avoid me?” She asked. “This chick doesn’t just give up, does she?” Leo exclaimed in bewilderment. “If I go with you, obviously in your car, how do I come back?” I asked. “You can call Dolph when you’re done.” She replied with a smile. “That’s so dumb. Let’s go then.” I couldn’t believe I was actually giving in to her wish. “Great!” She exclaimed excitedly and flipped the keys to her car in the air, then caught it expertly. “Hold on, where the heck are you going?” I asked, watching her move to the driver’s seat. “You can't drive me, go settle in t
KALILA’S POV I wanted to tell Ares about what Wendy had said, I also wanted to ask him about who the girl him and Jahdiel had fought over was. But I couldn’t do either of those things, Ares would never believe me if I told him Wendy had threatened my position in his pack. And I was very sure that he wouldn’t want to talk about the girl they had fought over. “So you have no idea who she is?” I asked Melissa. “No idea, I wasn’t in their class. Jahdiel and Ares were in a different class so I can’t possibly figure out which girl they were both attracted to.” She replied. I remained silent for a while, it was a start, a good start actually. I had to talk to Jeremy as soon as possible. Maybe he would have something to tell me about this, a hint or so. I also thought about talking to Jahdiel, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to elicit anything useful from him. All he wanted to do was flirt with me and I was sure he would get mad when I brought up the topic. “Hey, take me for a tour
KALILA’S POV Ares stepped into the living room in the evening and Wendy emerged from the stairs. I was watching Ares’s reaction with utmost interest and I could tell that he was stunned by her sudden presence. “Wendy? What are you doing here again?” He asked, shooting a glance at me, then staring back at her. “Oh come on, Ares, don’t sound so disappointed.” She said with a hint of annoyance. “I know I am.” I remarked bluntly and she glared at me, but I didn’t spare her a glance. “It's not that I’m disappointed,” Ares started and I rolled my eyes, why was he trying to make her feel better? Or was he really not disappointed? “But this is just too sudden, what did I tell you about informing me before showing up here?” “Your phone wasn’t reachable all day.” Wendy said in a childish voice as she sat on a couch. Ares reached into his pocket and muttered curses under his breath, he had probably kept his phone on silent while the meeting was going on. He sighed, “Come with me.” He comm
KALILA’S POV It was really starting to irritate me now. Deep down, a part of me felt like the moon goddess had purposely set Wendy on my path as a obstacle to make the whole mission more difficult. What annoyed me more was her timing, I was so close to getting the whole story. Even though there was a high chance I wouldn’t know the lady in question, I could always ask Melissa for her help. “Wendy? What are you doing here? I thought you would be resting by now?” Ares asked, quite startled by her presence. “I'm bored alone in that house, so I decided to take a walk and I stormed upon you two a few meters away.” She replied, but I had a feeling she wasn’t lying. She had probably been watching both of us from a window in the house and decided to do what she does best, interfere. Ares regarded her from head to toes, then said, “You’re taking a walk in pajamas?” That had to be it, she didn’t have time to change so we wouldn’t escape from her sight. She was such a bad liar, eit
KALILA POV I looked up at the moon and asked, "Will Nova still be with me?" "Nova dies with you as Dahlia." The goddess replied. I cleared my throat and took a deep breath. "I wish to stay here and live as Dahlia and Ares's Luna," I said, and something like a heavy weight was lifted off my heart. The satisfaction I had been looking for just flooded into my body like a fucking tsunami. The void in me was filled to a plethora, and the smile I had been struggling with formed on my face. This was it, and this was the discovery of myself I had been searching for all this while. I was meant to be here, with Ares and the rest of them. "Very well, Kalila, your wish has been granted." She beamed at me."Just like that?" I asked, hoping an out of the body experience would happen. Like something magical to signify it was done."Just like that," The moon goddess said; it was the last I would hear of her for quite some time. I watched the moon fade as it ascended back into the dark void; sl
KALILA'S POV The moment I blacked out, I knew that was it, that was the end of "Dahlia" and the return of Kalila. I did it! Three months, three whole months of torture and endurace, and love and pain had finally come to an end. I was in something like a dark hole; all around me was darkness.But something wasn't right, something wasn't right with me; I didn't feel that satisfaction; I didn't feel that plethora of happiness I had always pictured that I would feel when this moment finally came. There was a void in me, an emptiness that only increased as I felt myself growing further and further away from the Crescent moon pack, from Ares, Jeremy and Angela and Melissa, and everyone who wasn't trying to kill me, and the only question I could ask myself was 'Why?' Why was it like this? Did Nova's departure cause the emptiness in me? It could be.Nova was already a part of me; I loved her; even when we didn't see eye to eye; even when I didn't heed to her advice, I loved my wolf. I
ARES POV I sat in my study; my fingers were shaking as I smoked cigarette after cigarette. My mind was in complete turmoil; all my threats were gone, all of them. I expected a happily ever after with Dahlia; even though I knew she wasn’t who she claimed to be, it suddenly didn’t matter anymore. My love had reached new heights for her, and all I wanted in this whole world was for her to remain by my side. But I wasn’t battling just any werewolf or Lycan, and my obstacle was the Moon goddess herself.“You can’t lose her, Ares. You have to do everything within your power to keep her.” Leo said. Although inside of me, his voice was as sad as Jeremy’s. “What can I do, Leo? It’s not in my hands anymore; if it was against mere mortals, I would have handled the situation and kept my Luna. How am I supposed to hold her back if it was the wish of the moon goddess to take her?” I asked the thought of Dahlia leaving for good didn’t even want to register in my mind. “Then there’s only one th
ARES'S POVMy heart lurched when Angela rushed into my study breathlessly. I stared at her with wide eager eyes, waiting for her to deliver the news that made her so tense and seemingly excited. “She's awake! The Luna is awake, Alpha Ares, Luna Dahlia is finally awake!” She kept screaming and I jumped up from my chair and ran out of the room. When I got to the door, only then did I slow my pace and tried to act cool and collected. Although I managed to pull it off when I walked in, my heart was beating wildly and crazily. My hands were itching to touch her smooth, austere skin, my lips were craving the feel of hers. Everything in me was channeled towards her but I was Ares, I had to be calm. Jeremy was coming back today from a healer, he had been heavily wounded from the battle and had to be rushed away. The doctors did their part but Jeremy still insisted on a local healer to ensure that the scars went away quickly. After Dahlia/ Kalila and I spoke for a while and I revealed tha
KALILA’S POVThere was something about the way the guards regarded me when they led me outside the palace. I only thought about it more the next day after I woke up on a pile of carefully selected grasses. When I had stopped struggling and accepted that Ares hated and rejected me, I just let the guards take me away. Outside the pack house, they had let me go instead of dragging me all the way and I walked out with them by my side with a little dignity. I couldn’t find Jeremy anywhere, he probably didn’t want to set his eyes on me either. The guards gave me a bemoaning look before they bowed and said, “So long, Luna Dahlia.” They still acknowledged me as the Luna, I had won almost everyone over in the past two months and a few weeks. I thought about Angela and how she would react when she figured out that I was gone. Perhaps, she would be as disappointed as Ares and Jeremy after learning about the secret I had kept from them.Regardless, I wasn’t going to leave so easily, I couldn’t
ARES’S POVThe sound of the glass on the wall was like a shrill cry of a baby. It came crashing down to the floor in splinters and I just stared at it with bloodshot eyes. “Fuck!” I exclaimed aloud and bit my lower lip hard until I felt a rush of blood.This couldn’t be happening, this couldn’t be fucking happening. How could this be? How could this be real? It was absurd, it surely couldn’t be possible that another person’s spirit would take over someone else’s body. It made absolutely no sense! I looked at Jeremy who still had the diary in his hands, then Jeremy looked at me. “She didn’t take the diary with her.” He said gloomily. “She’s Kalila, she’s not Dahlia. She…she confessed it to me and I’m sure as her close friend she must have done same to you. What did she say?” I asked, dropping to one of the couches in the room. “Wait, before you sit, get me a drink.” Jeremy stood still, not moving and not obeying my orders I squinted at him and cocked my head sideways in confusion
I let him go and took in deep breaths. “Alright, I’m not Dahlia, I’m Kalila. That’s my name and I’m not a werewolf either, I’m human. I was…I was killed by a girl named Millicent who awfully looks a lot like Wendy, that’s why I attacked her at the office party the first time I saw her. I was reborn into Dahlia's body, I don’t know how either. You have to believe me when I say that.” I swallowed hard, feeling a lump at the base of my throat. “It was fated by the Moon goddess, she gave me instructions and told me why I was reborn here. She also gave me conditions and a mission to fulfill before I can return to the human world. And that mission is to keep Ares alive, and I had just three months.”He shook his head in disbelief and bewilderment, “That’s fucking crazy, you’re fucking crazy!” He exclaimed and I had to hold his hand again. “Jeremy, that’s the truth. You have to believe me!” I said firmly. “I know it’s crazy, I know it’s difficult to believe but that’s the damn truth and I’m
KALILA’S POVJahdiel was crazy! He had to be but he was very smart too, I had to warn Ares. “Dolph! Drive faster! Please!” I suddenly yelled and Angela turned to look at me in confusion while Dolph stepped hard on the gas pedal. “Ma’am, is anything the matter?” She asked.“Everything is the matter, Angela, every fucking thing is the matter!” I replied hysterically.When Dolph parked the car, I didn’t wait for Angela to get the door for me, I sprang out and ran into the house. “Where is he?” I wondered as I didn’t see Ares in the living room. I ran to his study and threw the door open, he wasn’t in there either.“Ugh! Where the fuck is he?” I exclaimed with frustration and panic as I ran up the stairs. I walked into the bedroom and that was where he was, seated at his desk with a very grim expression on his cold face. “Ares!” I exclaimed and ran towards him.There was nothing stopping him from believing me now, our relationship had blossomed and there was trust and love between u
KALILA POV “Leaving already, Lisa?” Melissa asked and the beautiful lady nodded quietly and walked out. I stared at Melissa quizzically and she sighed, “That one is a keeper for my brother, that’s his favorite whore. She lets him do anything with the handcuffs, whips and his teeth, they’ll make a brutal couple. But I forbid it, I won’t be able to sleep at night with her screams.” “Hmm…” I nodded. “He has quite his range of women.”“And he’s behind us right now, what a creep.” Melissa said, looking past me and I turned around to find Jahdiel staring at us at the foot of the stairs. “You usually plunge into a heavy sleep after…you know…that…so what are you doing here?” Melissa asked.He stared fixedly at me, “I found out we had a guest, do you mind if I had a word with our guest?” He asked.Melissa’s hesitant eyes looked at me first and I nodded. “Well, seems like she doesn’t have a problem with it. But!” She pointed at him. “I won’t let you talk to her like that, I’m sure you reek o