~STORMNo one cares? How is that even true? I glared at him and decided not to speak with him till we arrived at our destination. It felt as though I was mourning my title. A title loved and lived in so dearly. About thirty minutes later, we arrived at what looked like an estate. "AURORA ESTATE?" I read the words at the entrance and he turned with a smirk on his face."That's my estate!" He sounded proud of the name.I froze Did he just say his estate? I buried myself in my thoughts until I felt a nudge from the front passenger door. I turned to look and realized that he had actually gotten into his garage and turned off the car's engine. "Can I step down?" I asked."No, sleep in there! It's your pack!" He was being sarcastic. I looked at him and just had to get out of the car. I felt completely different the moment the air in Aurora City washed me. I felt... Human!Do I really want to do this? I thought as I looked at him and quickly took my eyes off, realizing I was shy, which was
~STORM"You are kidding right?" I had to ask him and he chuckled and dragged me out of the room. "Kieran, what are you doing? What if something happens to me in there? I can't... I know nothing about this City." I tried to get him to change his mind but it seemed like it was already made up. He dragged me into his garage and dumped me there; after that, he turned to go in, and I tried to go after him but couldn't catch up. I tapped on the door that he had locked and started feeling stressed. "Why is he doing this?" I sobbed as I then went back into the garage, grateful that there was a roof over it.It was so dark outside already and I had no idea what I should do as I sat on the cold floor and rested my back on the car. I looked up for a second, and the thought of standing up to explore the neighborhood sipped in. But I was tired! I then held the handle of the car door above me and got up only to get flung onto the next car as the door I was holding opened.I froze.He didn't lock hi
~STORMI smiled knowing it would be fun. Sooner, we walked back in and I rushed into the bathroom to have a cold shower. I stepped out looking fresh in my new gown only to find Madam Cross sitting on the bed with a plate of food in her hands. "Come and have some potatoes." She said to me and I couldn't help but nod my head and took the plate from her."Thanks, Mom!" I didn't hesitate to start eating right there but slowly. She then took the plate from me and started feeding me. I was stunned but had to come out of it as I watched her make me feel like I was a kid. Afterward, we walked into the sitting room. "You would love this movie." She muttered and put in a movie I had really never seen before. I placed my head on her lap, and she caressed my long hair. Together, we watched the movie. The main door got pushed open, and Kieran walked in, but this time, with someone. "Hi, Cass!" Madam Cross sounded excited to see the strange man. He must be a complete human. I thought as I wonde
~STORM"Child, are you okay?" I suddenly heard Madam Cross' voice and quickly opened the door with tears in my eyes. The moment I saw her, I hugged her tightly. "What's wrong child?" She asked me and gave me the cup of tea she had brought for me. "Please spend the night with me," I begged, and she smiled and tapped my head."You are so adorable!" She replied and got into the bed with me. She helped me get tucked in and lay beside me.I woke up the next morning feeling more energetic than ever since I had stepped my feet in this city. I sat up and saw Madam Cross walking out of the bathroom. "The bathtub is set up for you. Have a warm bath and come down for breakfast, okay." She said to me and left the room after kissing my forehead. I had never felt so warmed by a stranger my whole life. After my shower, I walked into the dining room and saw Kieran already having his breakfast. I had the urge to turn and leave but couldn't as I then sat on the chair closer to Madam Cross and opposite
~STORM I was in the kitchen thinking about what to cook as a surprise for Madam Cross later that evening when I saw the door to the kitchen flung open, and in the next second, Kieran stepped in looking very furious as he walked towards me. I tried to avoid him and turned to check out the items on the kitchen table when he used his hands and swept them to the floor before dragging me out of the kitchen to the long passage close to the guest rooms available on the first floor. I got pinned to the first floor and couldn't help but be pissed by his actions. "What the hell is going on here, Kieran? This is just too absurd!" I spat. "No what's absurd is you thinking so highly of yourself so much that you'd even dare trespass my private pool. Don't tell me Madam Cross didn't warn you about that pool." He replied, and I widened my eyes in realization. "Oh, I see! That shouldn't have pushed you to manhandle me that way. You wouldn't give me peace, Kieran, so I thought it would be fun to g
~STORM"How are we going to do that? I'm so tired Mom!" I cried. Madam Cross took her in and made me sleep in her arms. The next morning, Madam Cross made me eat well enough and then took me to the mall again. We got into the clothing part and I became in awe of the types of clothes that were being sold in there. "Why is this so revealing?" I asked upon sighting a crop top that was capable of exposing not just my belly but my cleavage. "Here, look at this." Madam Cross said, showing me a see-through gown. "oh my gosh!" I exclaimed."Don't be shocked. Look around us. What do you find girls putting on?" She asked and I turned around only to see that she was right.Their dress wasn't just modern; it was stunning and made them shine. "I'm going to have to wear something hot inside if I'm going to use this see-through gown, right?" I asked her and she busted out laughing."I won't stop you!" She replied."But do you think Kieran would like this?" I asked on remembering Kieran's ugly look
~STORMNot wanting to cause trouble for myself, I quickly signed it and left the sitting room. I lived a similar and better life all through that month until Madam Cross woke me up one morning. "I will be leaving the house for now." She said to me and I froze. What the hell did she mean? I was forcing myself to understand what she was talking about. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. Kieran begged me not to. He also doesn't want you to know when I leave, but I love you, and that's why I'm telling you this. Act like you have no idea.""Where are you headed?" I asked her."To my home to see family. It's outside of this city and after that, I will be out on vacation." She told me and placed her hand on my neck softly. "Please do everything to make this relationship work." She advised but I had no words for that as I took the duvet out of my body and ran to hug her. I saw her off to the door and noticed Cass outside of the house. She got into a car and Cass drove her out of the esta
~STORM"Stop right there!" I ordered and she moved back a bit. Kieran then walked in and stood in front of her. "Why are you protecting her? Who is she to you?" I asked him. "And who am I to you?" He asked me back. "Your wife. We signed the papers already." I defended but he chuckled and walked her into his room. I stood in the sitting room and had to watch him take her into this house I just had cleaned up. Pained, I bit my fingers and sat down. Feeling uncomfortable, I sat back up and paced around the sitting room wondering what the hell they could be doing in there. After a while, I found my way into my room and slammed the door hard. I jumped on my bed and covered my ears with the duvets on it. "Kieran!" I muttered in anger, as I expected the pain that came with being cheated on as a werewolf. After about thirty minutes, I sat up on the bed and realized that I had not felt a thing at all. "Isn't this abnormal?" I asked myself and left the room. I sat on the couch in the sitting
~STORM"Excuse me?" I was finding it hard to process what he had just said. Was that his good morning to me? Hell nah! "I think it's too early for this Kieran," I said and got out of bed to get into the bathroom. When I stepped out in a white towel, I was surprised to see that he was still in my room. Sitting in my room wasn't something I was used to seeing him do. "You know I would appreciate it if you enrolled me in another academic program. That way, I get a lot more to deal with outside you. You are just a pain in the ass." "I didn't bring you to this town to run away from me. I brought you to suffer from me." He spat and I rolled my eyes. He got closer to me and I felt sweat dripping out of my back. "What? Scared now?" "Kieran, I don't know what you want from me, but this is just unfair," I told him, my feet moving back from the tension. I wasn't enjoying this so-called union. "How about I just get married to a human here." "No human wants a werewolf." He chuckled and that rem
~STORMI looked up and was stunned to see how he was grabbed. My brows furrowed. I had no idea how we were able to get into our room, but by the time I was in, tears already filled my eyes. What if it was me in that position? I felt crazy in that instant. I had no idea that people could get tracked like that. I then went on social media and looked through the school's news forum and what I saw got me crying already. "What's wrong honey?" Bella asked me and I showed her my phone. Apparently, the reason Marcus got tracked was because he was responsible for feeding on innocent humans who were also students of the school. "Holy shit! Does it mean he was going to kill us, too, if we had given him our body?" "I guess that was his plan. But it's quite hard to get these werewolves. He must have gotten spied on and exposed to the hunters." She said and that struck at my heart. I took a deep breath, hoping that what I was thinking was nowhere near the truth and that Marcus had actually gott
~STORMIt's been three weeks since the exam, and in three days, Bella and I will be having our final exam. I stood at the door of my hostel wondering what to do with my life as I was so bored. Bella had gone on some dare just to feel good. I got tired and walked inside the room, picked up a good book, and looked through it. Exams had been fine, so we'll even though the days were never as cool as they should be. I looked through several pages and suddenly heard a knock on my door. I got up and quickly went to open it. On seeing who was there, I was surprised. "Wow Cass!" I exclaimed and quickly hugged him tightly. "How are you, dear Storm? Is Bella home?" He asked me. I froze for a second wondering what to tell him. "Yes, she is around, but just inside at the moment. Come in please." I said leaving the way for him to pass through. He walked inside the house and sat on the couch close to Bella's bed while I sat on my bed. "How have exams been?" He asked looking at me. "It's been gre
~STORM"Bella, we need to get back to our hostel room first, okay," I said to her, and together, with our heads lowered to the floor, we ran into the midst of the crowds and into the hostel. It took us minutes and when we were finally able to get in, I couldn't thank the moon goddess enough. "I think something is not right with the environment," I said to her and she nodded her head while trying to catch her breath. "Has something like this happened before?" "I think it's the werewolf hunters and some of their targets. These folks are causing drama around the school environment." She explained to me and I froze. Werewolf hunters again? If so then I was at risk minutes ago. This got me really scared for a moment but I tried to look calm so Bella wouldn't notice a thing. I wasn't being judgemental towards the hunters anymore though. I had seen what a werewolf could do to a complete human who probably never deserved that. Even back in the packs, some rogues just wanted every sligh
~STORM"I'm Storm! What do you want from me, Marcus?" I questioned him and he smirked. "I like you!" He said straightforwardly. I froze. "You said you..." "And I can protect you too. All you have got to do is give me a chance." He said to me, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. I got up and in that instant, I made my way back to the room. Placing my head on the bed, I fell asleep, and when I woke up the next morning, I realized I had nothing much to do that day. I had the urge to go back home but to whom? "Girl, how about we just do something fun? I feel bored?" Bella said to me and I laughed. "Something like what?" I asked her, and she got into my thoughts. "I have no idea but there is a party tonight. Would you like to attend it?" She asked me and I thought about it for a while. "Don't you think it's a bad idea though? We have an exam tomorrow." I told her and she shrugged. "We have an exam by noon. Not really in the morning. We can return earlier since it will be happeni
~STORM"That's a good idea!" I responded and got up. After putting on something really nice that evening, we made our way out of the hostel and headed out of the gate. The moon was stepping out already but still dull at the moment and though I felt the pull, I didn't let it overshadow me at that moment. I stayed strong till we got out of the school gate. "Girl, can you see that?" Bella suddenly pulled me and I stopped to look. "Oh my gosh!" She exclaimed and when my eyes caught what she was seeing, I froze in shock. Close to the school gate was the body of a young boy on the floor. "Is he dead?" I asked and ran to go see. Bella ran to see with me and when we checked him out without touching him, we kinda agreed that he was dead. "He must be a student of the school. But who would do this?" Bella cried and brought out her phone to call the police. I looked through his body, and suddenly, my eyes caught a bite mark on his neck. I held my chest in fright. Shit! A werewolf has bitten h
~STORMGosh! How the hell am I here? I thought and quickly left the room to mine. I couldn't sleep anymore and just kept rolling all over my bed space till it was morning. I rushed into the bathroom to have a warm bath, and when I returned to my room, Kieran was seated on my bed in my room. I flinched on seeing him. "What the actual fuck are you doing in here?" I asked him and he smirked. "You were in my room yesterday. I didn't ask that." He said to me and I couldn't help but roll my head. "I never asked to be in there. You took me there anyways." I told him, and he laughed and got up, coming closer to me while I moved backward. "It's not like you never liked being there. I hate it when you try to act like you aren't." He said to me and started looking deeply at me. I felt very uncomfortable and tried to cover myself up better, but he wouldn't let me ask. Each time I raised the towel, he would try to put it down. "This is improper." "Touching my wife is improper? What kind of a
~STORM"You wanna succeed in it? I thought you didn't care." He said to me and I rolled my eyes. "Of course, I had always cared about this. What are you even talking about?" I asked him and watched as he got up after eating and left. I sat there feeling very frustrated and decided to just be my best self this period. Life was kinda back to normal, and to be honest, I was just doing everything to stay low-key. I walked into the classroom with Bella and saw that she seemed to be looking better. "What's up?" I asked in her ears and she grinned. "I feel better." She replied and held my hand. After lectures, I decided to go spend some time with her in her hostel, and when I sat on the bed, I watched her walk to her table and touch the whole place, including her mirror. "I miss a lot! But I'm glad I'm where I am right now. I love it here." She muttered. I looked up wondering what she meant by that. "You are being a little bit dramatic here. Tell me what I don't know." "Right! I have h
~STORMThere was no doubt that I was really surprised to see Bella. I got out of the chair in my room and made my way to her. "I missed you like crazy," I said hugging her really tight. "Hmmm, that's a really nice thing to say to me anyway." She replied and kissed me on the cheek. "How is your grandma?" I asked her and she smiled. "I will make time to come see her soon. Maybe after our examination." I said to her and quickly walked to the table in my room and started closing every book that I was looking at minutes ago. "That's just alright honey. I heard the exam will get started in a week. She hasn't even prepared right for it. I fear that we may fail." She said to me and it was then it dawned on me. "I don't know what to do right now, but I can think," I muttered, thinking. "How about you come to be with me until the exam is over?" She asked me, and after thinking about that for minutes, I thought it made sense. But on the other hand, if Kieran was going to give me the chanc