“I-Is that…”I couldn’t finish my words; shellshocked at what I was hearing and seeing through my werewolf vision.In the middle of the darkness was a form of an almost deformed human, half turned into his wolf form. The figure was standing but it wasn’t upright. His hands were on his face–his nails digging on his cheeks, and his screams were louder than anything I’ve ever heard in an enclosed space.“That’s him. That’s what became of him when we found him. We almost lost two warriors because of his strength and his untamed nature.” Sebastian was screaming that beside me, but his voice sounded like a whisper compared to the rogue’s screams of agony.My hands shook as it instinctively went to my mouth. Tears brimmed in my eyes as I saw what became of the nice and quiet boy I knew from the Omega house.“Samuel…” I muttered, seeing the tears that fell along with the blood on his cheeks.“Sabrina, no,” Sebastian followed when I started walking slowly towards his figure inside the cell. Bu
“Where have you been?”My head snapped to the corner of my room. All the lights were turned off, and it was already late. Even the Omegas in the house were no longer around the living area. I thought I was alone.But behind the shadows casted off from the moonlight through the window, my mate’s tall figure showed.“Titus,” I mumbled, seeing him sat on the chair in front of my bed.It’s been hours since the sun had gone down, and it’s been hours since I left the dungeon. But Samuel’s screams and words were still running around my mind, unable to suppress it.I needed to go somewhere else to release whatever ill feelings I got there.“I was just in the clinic,” I answered and sighed.Titus moved from his seat and stood in front of me. I sat on the bed and inhaled deeply.He leaned slightly and slowly took my arm that had bandages around. “You had blood taken?” His dark eyes lingered on the bandages, as if he could see through it.I nodded. “Yeah. Ben told me I could help if I let him
I stared at him for a while before I spoke.“Do you promise not to get mad if I tell you?”“Where were you besides the clinic?” He asked, his face curious and serious. I pouted a little, getting a little nervous over what I did when we already had a talk about this.We were finally having some time together without thinking of anything besides each other. But that has to be ruined. “Sabrina,” he called, sounding a bit impatient now.I sighed and surrendered.“Promise me first you’d see the reason for this and not get mad. At least not with Sebastian.”“Sebastian?” He sat up with the realization, looking a little mad with his brows still furrowed. Oh my. “Why–I told him not–“ I took his hand to stop him and sat up as well. “Promise me, please. I have a reason.”Still frowning, Titus looked right into my eyes and nodded briefly. I heaved a deep breath and sat properly on the bed, still holding his hand.“I–ah…” I looked down on our joined hands and exhaled one final deep breath.
I woke up hearing weird noises.I slowly opened my eyes, feeling my bed shake slightly. I turned my head to the side, and immediately knew where the movements and noise was coming from.“Titus?” I called. He shook his head and mumbled something in his sleep.“Hey,” I touched his arm, but he continued mumbling incomprehensible words.I looked at my window and saw that the sun had already peeked through the horizons of the sky. The sky was starting to become light blue but the breeze of the wind remained cold.I looked at my mate again and saw how sweat was trickling down his forehead as he continued flinching and moving around the bed, as if he was battling with something in his dream.“Titus, hey.” I shook him again.“N-No… don’t.” He mumbled, more comprehensive now.I touched his cheek and tapped him slightly. “Titus, you’re dreaming. Wake up.”I shook him once again, but he suddenly gripped my hand, holding it so tightly.“D-Don’t go, Mom.” My heart raced when his voice cracked, an
I inhaled the cool breeze of the wind as I stood beside the huge tree in front of the Omega House.I woke up with the sun already on my face, and with a note on my lamp that said: ‘Good morning, my love. I’ll be missing you again for the entire day. I have to go to work. I don’t want to disturb your sleep so I just wrote this note. I’ll see you this afternoon. Let’s have lunch together. See you.’My heart was still thumping real fast when a knock suddenly came on my door. Before I could open it, Maddie came in with a bright greeting. She noticed I was reading something, and my heart thumped for an entirely different reason that time. I immediately created an alibi and acted as if it was nothing.The situation made my mind go back to my thoughts last night. When can I talk about Titus and I freely? I’m not his secret, am I?I leaned away from the tree and put the broomstick I was holding earlier. I had just finished sweeping the yard. I insisted on doing that when the Head Matron d
“Hi.” I almost flinched when I was pecked with a kiss on my lips as I sat in the middle of the lunch hall. It wasn’t my first time coming here, but it’s probably my first time eating in this place. Most probably eating with Titus in public, alone. “H-hey,” I greeted back when he rounded towards the chair in front of me. I looked around consciously, my mind still in a haze after what happened in the clinic. “Are you okay?” He asked, seeing me look around. “Are… you sure you want to eat lunch here?” I asked when people were also starting to arrive. I couldn’t help thinking about what Ben said. “Yeah,” Titus nodded casually, already looking at the menu in front of the counter while we sat. “Why not?” I just stared at him. All the things I heard were blocked. An epiphany came in my head. Had I just been overthinking about his thoughts about keeping me a secret? About us? About all of these? Am I just getting in too much in my head? Why would I suspect Ben of something? He
“Happy birthday, Your Majesty. Enjoy your meal.” “Thank you,” Titus replied as soon as the chef walked away from our table that had the nicest smelling food I’ve ever smelled. “I can’t believe you managed to sneak this one out on me.” Titus shook his head in amusement. Sebastian, who was in front of him around this long table, grinned. “Well, am I not an awesome wingman?” He held the wine glass beside his porcelain plate. “Cheers to another year for our King, to Vamos, to defeating those stupid rogues, and to me. Cheers!” Shake to the head and chuckles came in before the clanging of the wine glasses came at Sebastian’s toast. “To Sebastian,” Titus added, smiling, before he sipped on his wine. I smiled at the both of them grinning at each other. It was so nice of Sebastian to prepare a celebration for his bestfriend’s birthday. And it was so nice seeing how genuine their relationship is. Sebastian led us to the Andreyev mansion. I have been to this place once, and I have din
The cold wind breezed through us, but ironically, it felt like warm caresses for us in the midst of the cold memories the day brought.I looked at Titus who was beside me as we trekked along the other side of the woods of Vamos. On the other side of the cliff I once discovered was a grassy slope. And that was what he said where his mom was.“She used to bring me here all the time,” Titus said, breaking the silence between us as he held my hand while walking.He turned to me. “This was where most of my happy memories with her happened.” I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know what to say since he told me his birthday was the same day his mother died.I just walked closer towards him and hugged his arm.“I know you want to ask many things.” He wrapped an arm around my waist and kissed the side of my head.“So ask away.”I sighed to myself.We all finished with our lunch celebration with huge smiles and talks of doing it again soon. It may have been our first time hanging out, but it f
It took months before Vamos was able to recover. The fire that had started in the storage area of the pack had gotten so big it ruined half of the woods behind it. It went to the villages, the Office Building and the Omega House. Thankfully, the last two structures weren’t completely devoured as our other packmates quickly managed to stop the fire while the fights continued on the grounds that night. With the Command I did—which I vaguely remember doing. I thought I was just wishing it to happen—some rogues indeed snapped out of the effects of the Freedom. They stopped fighting and realized what was happening. Most of them were our packmates that were bitten and have turned. Still the effect of my Command, some did fight their heads, and most ran to follow Benjamin’s scent as he tried to escape. His body was then found by the Kingsguards who went to some rounds all around the pack vicinity. He was almost at the edge of Vamos, going to the human community, but the rogues were able
“Please! Wake up!” I screamed as tears finally fell down on my cheeks. “Titus, please! Wake up!” I cried and held his cheeks. His eyes were closed, and blood was all over his face. And I could see how battered he was. His lip was cut, his nose was shattered and his right brow was cut. But I know he’s still there. I may not hear him, nor feel his presence, but I know he’s still there.He has to be. “Sabrina, he’s been bitten too many times. He will change—“”We have a cure!” I looked up at him and immediately remembered that I left Lana and Nathan inside the clinic. “Lana and Nathan have the cure! Get to them and make them come here!”But Sebastian continued looking at me sadly. Maddie was already crying beside him as she clutched on his arm. I looked at all the others who were around us: the Councilmen, Edwin, the Kingsguards, even Miranda who remained strong and alive along with our packmates who survived.Anger boiled in my chest when all I could see were sadness and defeat in
Chaos continued on the pack of Vamos.But my eyes were trained towards my mate. Benjamin had shifted on his dirty, black and brown wolf who was buff but smaller than Dmitri. I knew that he was in no shape to fight the Alpha King. Titus was vicious, and I saw how just like me, he was just holding back earlier. “Ahhhh!” I turned and saw the scarred lycan as he held his spear in hand, ready to attack me. I jumped in the air and kicked another rogue for traction as I flipped in the air. With my jaw prepared to get his head, my back paws kicked the spear down and closed my jaw on his shoulders, making him scream. Blood boiling, I bit harder on his shoulder even when his blood had coated my nose and chin already. But I didn’t care. I wanted him gone forever. He has always been a pawn. Many lives were wasted, ruined and lost because of him. I yelped when even with immense pain, he managed to slash my side with another spear he suddenly grabbed from the rogue who passed by. I flew back
I walked towards the grounds where almost all the fights stopped at the emergence of the new group. For a moment, everything seemed to have frozen as my mind filled with rage for the man who ruined my life. Those pitch black eyes suddenly found mine, and a grin immediately plastered on his scarred face. “Ah, Sabrina. It’s so nice to see that you are okay.””Bastard,” I seethed. He just smirked. “I’m going to kill you.”His smirk turned into a grin as he positioned. “Try me.”I lunged at him, shifting mid-air and abandoning all thoughts of not causing permanent harm to anyone. This man deserved all the harm anyone could cause him after all the evil things he has done. I was about to bite his head off when he suddenly brought up a spear which he used to cover his face. My jaw clenched on the metal weapon, and with my grip still on it, he threw his arm out, making my body fly in the air. I landed on my paws, finding my balance. The bastard didn’t expect how quick I was when with ano
Screams echoed all around the pack as a huge explosion shook the ground once again.I stood up and took the two bags filled with needles I managed to already put tranquilizers on and ran towards the window. My eyes widened when I saw how huge the fire had gotten in the forest. And it was now crawling towards the Omega House and the villages, where the explosion happened. “No…” I breathed out and quickly ran back down. I fought against the rogues I came across. I immediately noticed how their numbers have doubled in just a couple of minutes. I was surrounded by five or six people, but with the tranquilizers I have in hand, I managed to push down two within just a minute. ‘Sabrina!’ Someone screamed but I couldn’t look where it was as I struggled at the neck lock that I was caged in. Taking another needle from the lab gown’s side, I injected it to him and stabbed the other one who attacked me. I pushed out the liquid to his skin.But before I could attack the last one in front of
‘We’re almost there!’ Nate and I’s paws pounded on the ground, but a rogue suddenly appeared behind the shadows, making me stop for a while. ‘Rina!’ I backed away as Nate took on the rogue. I let him, knowing he was far stronger. And I could sense how eager and suddenly fired up Nate was. It's just like me, the compulsion we heard from our king about killing an infected wolf was making us want to do it more. The rogue went down and we quickly made our way towards the entrance of the dungeon that we could now see. Thankfully, there was still no one there that could possibly stop us. ‘Let’s run faster, before anyone gets here.’We both sped up, knowing the possibility was there. Our paws made loud noises as soon as we entered the quiet cave of the dungeon. The cave’s width and height accommodated us as we both entered the prison where Lana Wintour was.”Nathan,” Lana called as soon as she recognized Nate’s wolf. Nate didn’t say anything but I saw something flash in his eyes.I tur
‘Go, Maddie and I will continue helping the rescue. We can’t abandon this or everyone will be turned.’ Edwin told us. ‘Go, Rina. Only you two can stop this.’ Maddie added. ‘Let’s go.’ Nate and I started running in the opposite direction. We were now running towards the pack grounds where most of the fights were happening. Lana told me she was studying my blood samples for something else. I could only hope she was studying them for a cure. And that that cure is already available now. If it is, I don’t know yet how we are going to spread that to the infected. But first, we have to make sure we have a cure for this.’She has the cure?’ Nate asked amidst another fight we were having. We were teaming up now to make things quick. Nate is a very skilled fighter and is very strong, he could make the enemies fall down in a matter of a few seconds. His wolf’s jaw was so strong he could rip anyone apart. I’ll have to thank him for even being here. He’s an Alpha in a different pack. And yet,
Being bigger and heavier than her, I immediately locked her on the ground. She barked at my face, and I was once again surprised at how strong they were. I was fighting a half turned young wolf. She’s a teenager, and yet she’s almost as strong as the trained Warriors I have fought. I could see that they are unlike the rogues I have encountered before. They were not mindless. They know what they’re doing, but their minds are twisted with the Freedom’s ideology. And the dark protruding veins around their body wasn’t as huge. They were smaller now, but they crawled at a wider scope like webs in their body.“We will defeat you! This kingdom is ours—“I cut off her screams and bit off her neck when she tried getting away. I heard a crack and pulled back, just leaving her unconscious as I processed everything that was happening. They indeed have perfected the Freedom. The turned wolves are more coherent and mindful—but manipulated according to their liking. Benjamin has infiltrated the p
As soon as I was able to properly stand up, the soldiers started attacking. Loud screams and groans echoed around the grounds as Titus and Sebastian moved like lightning. I barely had anyone attacking me when the rest of the Warriors came in to back us up. I didn’t know there were this many that had gotten the injection. There were basically more than fifty of them. And they were moving unexpectedly faster, their attacks stronger. I huffed when someone was able to approach me with a swing on his heavy fist. I fortunately evaded it and it landed on the nearest tree on my back which had my eyes widen.The tree bark just shattered, making the tree shake. It could have been my face.I faced the Warrior rogue and saw his pitch black, sparkling eyes. “Ahh!”I quickly moved away before he could smash my face. He was unimaginably strong for someone who’s gotten half of his body burned. This was the effect of the perfected Freedom. They are going to be as strong as trained lycans. They wi