WILL THE KILLING EVER END?"Run! Run!! Nicholas! The dry leaves suffered under the feet of Alisson and Nicholas as they ran from their chasers. Outnumbered and low in strength, running is their only means of survival.Out of twelve guards, only three remained. The alpha won't take it lightly if he finds out about this. Nicholas tilted his back in a 180° motion. He stopped when no one was coming."I thought I was still hearing their thuds up till now." Nicholas pants, supporting himself with his hands on his knees.Suddenly, he heard their cry, and they started running again. One of the chasers halted, picked an arrow, and aimed at Nicholas, but he missed."Is this the road to your city?" Nicholas asked Avery who was maintaining the same pace as Nicholas."Yes, it is. It has never been peaceful, I guess everything turned when I left." Alisson answered."We should have taken more gu–" An arrow pierced into Nicholas' mouth from behind. He went down immediately.Alisson saw Nicholas' body
WE DON'T THINK TWICE"I won't let you go, Avery." Danika stayed in between Avery and the door."He needs me," Avery stretched her neck to get a glimpse of where the door knob is."No, I won't let you leave this room!""Daisy!!" Avery was getting frustrated. "Let me pass. That's an order." Avery said in anger, and slowly Danika paved the way for her. "Thank you," she said and left.When she had gone, Danika came to her senses. She rushed to the window and saw Avery on a horse. "Shit." She cursed and ran out of the room. "Avery!" She yelled as she took a horse, galloping towards her."What's with these humans? They have gotten more audacious since when the Alpha's son married one of them.Avery got to the main gate. "Let me pass," Avery ordered. "Nicholas wants me." She informed the guard and they opened the gates for her.She galloped on the horse as fast as she could. Hoping she gets where she is going. "Avery!" Danika yelled again behind her."Don't try to stop me." Avery stopped, tu
THE SECRET GARDENDesolated and destroyed to nothing. The clicks of the hooves stopped. Nicholas stared in awe, he could see how happy this place was before the raid. He couldn't help but feel pity for Alisson's people."I'll make this right." He muttered.Alisson could hear him but didn't know the exact words he said. "What do you say?" She asked.Nicholas stared at her. "I said I'll make this right." He repeated himself."You didn't do this. You are not aware either. So, you're not at fault.""My father did this.""You're Nicholas and your father is Devon - I guess.""Yes.""Why don't you freshen up and have a good night's rest.""Do you have a place we can freshen up?" Nicholas looked around, trying to find a suitable place that is soothing to freshen himself. "I don't see anywhere." He complained."The stream," Alisson's father pointed to a pathway that was leading to the stream."There." Nicholas pointed to the pathway just to be sure."Yes," Alisson's father replied.Nicholas he
AVERY'S CURIOSITY'S DAYAvery's povAfter visiting the secret garden, and after seeing the man named Jasmine. He is sick, and I wondered why he doesn't want me to call the physician so that he can get better treatment. He kept declining my request and I had to treat him myself. Most of the time, I'd go to a physician and ask questions regarding the symptoms he is having, and without knowing why I asked, they would tell me. At a point, I thought they would tell the alpha about it, and say I have been misbehaving since Nicholas had gone. Jasmine made me long for Nicholas less than usual. In my mind I knew that I wouldn't have done without Nicholas for a whole day, now this is me with a four-day streak and I'm not wallowing in depression that my loved one is not here with me.Daisy has been a pain to my life all this while. She had turned into a monitoring spirit, doing her best to make sure I don't leave the citadel. She put a guard on me to keep watch, something Nahigra always does.Th
DREAMS, LOVE, FAMILY"Hold on Dakota. Everything will be okay, just push a little bit more and all this will be over," an elderly woman spoke calmly.Dakota, Nicholas' biological mother was on the bed with a piece of cloth shuffled into her mouth and her hands holding another piece of clothing tied to each side of the bed. She was struggling, and the midwives knew nothing was going too well.The child's positioning wasn't the way it should be. "I guess we need to turn the child." One of the midwives informed them."Yes, that's what we should do. The child lost balance."They tried their best and successfully turned the child. "Dakota, now I need you to push as hard as you can." The eldest of the midwives said.Dakota hummed loudly. Younger Jasmine paced back and forth. He could hear the screams of his beloved wife. Biting his fingers, and stealing glances through the holes in the door. "Calm down, everything will go as planned," Devon assured him - Elias was present too.Jasmine stopp
THE RED EYES AND THE TRUTH"Oh my goodness!" Avery placed her hand on her chest - Danika's arms akimbo, staring at Avery with an emotionless face. "You scared me. Why are you staring at me like that?""Where have you been?" Danika ignored her question. She watched her close the door and have her seat on the chair. Several seconds passed and Avery wasn't responding. "You won't answer me?""I took a stroll, nothing more." With a clear shot of an eye, silence belittled what was going on in their minds. Danika thought her cover would be blown soon and Avery was thinking about Jasmine - What did Danika know?"Alright, if you say so." Danika shrugged her shoulders. "How was the stroll?""Why are you asking weird questions?""Who knows? You might be seeing someone in secret."Hearing that from Danika gave Avery a pump shift in her heart. She made sure nothing came out of her mouth. They took turns staring at each other until they were facing each other. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
LYCAN KINGAvery's POVNahigra's face - pale - visible from the entrance of the door - why is it that the alpha never visited? SLOWLY, I walked towards her - slower than the tortoise obviously; I don't want to disturb her sleep.Through the series of glaring errors I received from Danika yesterday, I don't want to go through another one today. With her back facing me, I'm not sure if she is sleeping or not, but let's consider that she is asleep. I sat down gently on the chair as I looked around.Nothing has changed - Was I expecting something to change? Not really. After a few minutes, I started talking myself into leaving and coming back when she woke up, but that would be another round of tiptoeing and opening of the creaked door. Still and calm like the ocean, I decided to wait a little bit and hope she'd wake up.One hour has gone by, and I have filled my thoughts with everything I can think of. Asking questions like where is Nicholas right now? What's he doing? Regret tapped me o
A LITTLE SECRETCharles and the unknown visitor made eye contact - cold as it should be - a keen look into each other's eyes as their arms brushed each other. The 180-degree stare ended when they were a few meters away from each other. With their backs against themselves, they took another sneak peek at each other before disappearing out of sight.Charles held the doorknob, twisted it, and entered Devon's chambers. Devon was calmly resting on the chair. "Why didn't you knock before entering?" It dawned on Charles that he didn't knock before opening the door."I'm sorry, alpha." He halted and bowed.Devon waved his hand. "Why are you here at this odd hour?" He asked, and further his speech. "I know I gave you too much freedom to move around the castle as you like, even to the Hall, but know your limits, Charles."Charles didn't utter a word before and after the speech. He kept his silence, but his hatred for the alpha knows no bounds. He just wants to strangle the alpha and end it at t