Aspen
“Aspen, Maliyah is awake.”
I rush upstairs of the pack house and I let out a breath of relief to see her up and smiling. I know I promised her she would be fine but I was concerned I would be wrong.
“I’m fine Aspen.”
“Good to know kiddo,” I reply with a smile.
“What’s wrong Aspen? Your smile doesn’t hide your emotions well.”
“I am leaving for home to get her warriors and then I’ll be heading to the bear pack today. We are sure they are the next target.”
“I’ll come with you.”
“Absolutely not. You need to rest. We are more prepared this time. Your aunt, Kat, and wolf warriors are coming as well to assist. This time we will be ready for an attack.”
Just as she is about to argue, the twins come rushing in and jump onto Maliyah’s bed. They are laughing a
MaliyahI didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to Aspen and I know he snuck off on purpose while I was distracted with the twins.“Liyah, Liyah! You’re awake,” screams Accalia.“Yes, Accalia I’m awake,” I giggle back at her.“Can you play with us now,” begs Thierry.“Can I join you?”I look up and find Amara, the younger sister to Ghalen.“Of course, the more the merrier,” I reply. “Just let me shower and get dressed and I’ll meet you guys downstairs, okay?”“Okay sissy. Hurry, hurry.”I laugh at my little sister’s impatience as I head to my bathroom. I turn on the hot water and let it cascade down my back, relaxing my muscles.“Terra, I feel stronger. Like a part of me that has been in slumber is awake.”“I feel it too. I think we
DavinaDerek and I have been away from the pack a lot lately and I didn’t realize how much has been neglected around here. I’ve been busy all day, everyday since we returned from France. Not only have my typical duties kept me busy but with the extra shifters here it’s doubled my work.“Luna these need your signature and these are the final details to expand the daycare center.”I sigh as I take the stack of papers and beginning reading through them before signing. With the increase of children we have been needing to make the daycare bigger to house more children. The plans look good and hopefully it’ll be complete this weekend.“Mommy! Mommy!”I look up from my desk and see the twins rushing up to me with Amara following them. I smile as they climb up onto my lap.“Is it dinner time already?”“Yes mommy, daddy told us t
AlastorThere should be no way Davina and her daughter are stronger than me and yet they are. Adding our sister, Katerina, into the mix does not bode well for me. I always knew Davina would be strong given that she is Ryuu’s reincarnation but Maliyah shouldn’t be and it makes me wonder why, where have I gone wrong? It won’t take much for rme to heal from these wounds but it still pisses me off that I am even wounded in the first place.“Sir are you alright? Should I go get a healer?”“Get out!”The poor little witch scrambles to escape before I burn her to a crisp. That’s what happened to the last little witch that bothered me. There is a knock at my door and I let out a growl of annoyance.“What?”“It’s me Alastor.”“Breanna, I apologize. Come in.”
DanielaMark, the kids, Calista and I were all sitting at the dinner table when Maliyah appeared out of no where. I’m still getting use to everyone being able to do that now.“Hey kiddo,” says Mark.Maliyah doesn’t respond. She runs up the stairs and slams her bedroom door.“What did I say?”I roll my eyes at him and get up to go speak with her. I’ve known Maliyah since she was born and being a twin myself, I understand her pain. When Daniel was hit by a car years ago, I thought he was going to die and I felt like I was being ripped in two. His heart stopped twice and it felt as though I was having a heart attack each time. Thankfully, he was brought back from the brink of death and Dr. Ase was able to heal his wolf enough so his wolf could heal him.“Watch the kids Mark, I’ll handle this.”I knock on Maliyah’s door and I
MaliyahI am up before my alarm goes off. I am laying in bed just watching the clock creep slowly to the set time of four thirty in the morning. In between my new job of scout leader, I have to do my homework and at least attend school once a week to turn in my homework and take any tests that are scheduled. Finally the alarm goes off and I quickly turn it off and head to the bathroom to shower and get ready for my first meeting.I decide to stay comfortable and put on some work out leggings, sports bra and tee shirt. I’ll also be training with Aspen on a daily basis to ensure I can protect myself in my human form and I’ll be training with auntie Kat or mom in my dragon form.“Some one is eager to get started,” teases uncle Mark.“I didn’t want to be late on my first day.&rdq
DavinaI feel like I haven’t seen Maliyah in days since she started working with the scouts. I know the scouts have been sent out on a mission about five days ago but Maliyah still has been keeping herself busy with school work and training.She’s been doing well in her studies now that she has this scout job to focus on. Maliyah knows that if her grades slip she will no longer be allowed to help. Today Maliyah and I were suppose to be training but I have other plans.“Hey mom, I’m ready for training.”“Go change into something casual.”“Why?”“We aren’t training today. We are going somewhere else.”She gives me a quizzical look before heading upstairs to change. I lead her outside and have her get in my old Jeep. I know we can afford better cars but this was the Jeep my parents purchased from Thierry and I can’t bring myself to get rid of it.
MaliyahI actually enjoyed having lunch with mom. I think that was our longest conversation we’ve had in a while and I can’t believe she is giving me the restaurant. I have no idea how to run one but it looks like I need to start learning.Once we finish lunch we head back to the pack house. We take a minute to say hit to the twins and little Aiden before she goes back to her Luna duties and I head back to the war room. The scouts should be returning today and I hope they have some good intel.“How was lunch,” asks Aspen as he walks into the war room.“It was really good. Did you know mom wanted to give me the restaurant?”“Yes, we talked about it. There is a reason you get partial control at sixteen.”“That is because of you?”“Yeah. I told her it would give you time to le
Aspen I don’t like how easy it seemed for the rogue to get captured and brought to us. He made it seem like he was fighting us but I don’t really think was. The moment the rogue kicks Mark and then bites him, I immediately react. What I didn’t notice was Maliyah also reacted and reached Mark before I did. Maliyah uses her water powers to push the rogue off of Mark but she gets too close. The rogue grabs her and she immediately stops moving. The rogue looks confused at first before trying to slip a ring onto Maliyah’s finger. Mark and I are able to stop him and cuff him to the wall. The ring clatters to the ground and this time the rogue is really trying to escape, angry he failed. I walk over to Maliyah to find her eyes glowing silver and she appears frozen in place. I wave my hand in front of her face but she makes no movements, not even to blink her eyes. “What is wrong with her,” asks Mark. “I think she is having a vision,” I reply. Anytime Maliyah has had a vision it has be
Maliyah“Maliyah, the guests are arriving!”“Coming mom!”I quickly finish doing my hair in a half up pony tail style and curl it before doing my make up. I can’t believe it’s been almost five years since the war ended and here we are, celebrating my sixteenth birthday. I stop by my nightstand with my sister’s picture and use my powers to make the flowers in the vase bloom again.“Happy birthday sis,” I whisper as I head for the door.I throw on my Ariat boots, hoping towards the door as I put on one at a time. I almost collide with my door trying to put on my last boot as I grab the handle to open the door only to end up running into Aspen. I nearly fall backwards onto the floor, but Aspen reaches out and catches my arm to steady me.
DavinaI wake with a start that it startles Derek. Sweat is dripping down my face as Derek gently cups my face.“What’s wrong love,” he says looking around the room for an intruder.“I got to say goodbye to Malayah,” I whisper. He looks at me confused.“Okay, but what has you so scared?”I turn to Derek, making sure he is listening carefully. Worry is evident on his face as I take deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I need someone else to know what she told me.“Malayah said, ‘Beware of the new comer, darkness will come for her’.”“What does that even mean?”“I don’t know. I don’t even know exactly who she was talking about, but I think it’s Maliyah. I think she was talking about Maliyah and whoever Maliyah saw in t
DavinaThe twins have fallen asleep, Thierry on Derek, Accalia on Calista and Aiden in my arms. Everyone begins going home and we had back into the pack house. We lay the kids down for bed as does Mark and Daniela. It’s nice to see the children together, safe and sound and back to what was once normal. Things may not go back to what they were but we can find a new normal for our family.The last thing I do is prepare a room for my mother with the help of Kat and Daniela. We put her next to Calista as they seem to have hit it off and have become fast friends. I am over the moon that I get to have this opportunity to get to know my mother and learn more about my family. There is so much I don’t know.With mom back in the picture, it seems to have changed things for Kat. Now that Kat has been spending time with our mother and her granddaughter
DavinaWhen we all heard Derek and Maliyah playing I immediately mind link the whole pack to meet at the memorial. Our family gathered at it’s entrance, tears forming in our eyes. I haven’t heard her play in a long time. As pack members began arriving I open the back doors so they can hear too and started passing out candles and lighting them. Once everyone has a candle, I teleport Maliyah and Derek next to the memorial and they don’t miss a note. Families begin stepping up to the memorial and placing beautiful flower arrangements at the base.Dimitri utters a spell under his breath and tells me the flowers will never die, they will remain frozen in time. Celestia and Calista help pass out the Chinese sky lanterns and pens so everyone can write a message or just the name of a loved one that has been lost. I make one for my uncle Gabriel and parents that raised me as they now have no one le
MaliyahI can’t believe what I woke up to. Dr. Smith has been examining me and taking MRI’s of my brain. I am still in shock at everything I am being told. Mom and dad tell me everything I appear to be forgetting. We take several breaks as I am constantly crying over things I have forgotten.I remember some of the information they are telling me but not all of it. After a while I did start to remember the day my sister died but it still doesn’t feel real. I don’t remember being in a coma before and waking up to having another little brother. Uncle Kale died as well as uncle Gabriel and I haven’t been able to accept that yet.Uncle Gabriel has been around all my life, even before I learned what I was. I never imagined I would have to live my life without him.“Ma
DavinaWe’ve been in the dragon realm for the past week; going back and forth to the forbidden realm to explore it more. We want to ensure we had all he details, which Dimitri has written down so we won’t ever forget this day we now call The Day of Retaliation. It’ll always be a day we will mourn as many loved ones were lost that day, but we fought back against my brother and won. I wish there would’ve been another way, but my brother was too far gone. Once we were sure we didn’t miss anything, Dimitri and his coven sealed the realm away forever. The shifter counsel all agreed that it will be against our laws to step foot into that realm so it was best to seal it away to stop temptation.The horse shifters have been learning about the human world as it has changed a lot than from what their ancestors had told them. Technology is a new thing for them and they will remain on bear
DavinaIt’s finally over. It’s been six years since Derek came into my life and my world was turned upside down. Six years after finding out I was not at all human. My heart mourns for those that I have lost in all that time. The parents that raised me, my uncle Gabriel, Thierry who was like a second uncle to me and my biological parents though I didn’t even know it yet.My heart hurts for my sister. She has been an empty shell since we killed Alastor. She remains at Kale’s side though his soul is no longer attached to his body. He’s gone and there is nothing I can really do to comfort her.“Mom, let’s get you something to eat and drink. Please,” begs River but Kat doesn’t respond.She continues to stare at his body and grasp his hand. I think
Davina The minute Maliyah became unconscious her swirl of power dissipated. I drop the sphere of wind and see the zombie creatures are dropping one by one. I rush to Maliyah’s side in a panic with Kat right at my heals. “Maliyah!” Her head is bleeding badly and she is not responding at all. I quickly teleport her to Dr. Smith. “What happened,” asks Dr. Smith. “She hit her head on a rock and I am afraid she used more power than she can handle.” Kat pulls me away from Maliyah to give Dr. Smith room to work and I reluctantly back away. “Davina!” I look up and see Mark and Derek running into the tent. I can feel he is just as scared as I am right now. “Thank Ryuu you are okay. What happened to Maliyah?”
Davina “Maliyah we need you,” I yell through the mind link. Kat and I are trying to finish this once and for all but we both know we won’t win without Maliyah. Alastor creates a sphere of wind around him, pushing Kat and I off of him. I quickly search the field for Maliyah and instantly see what she is doing. Her vision of Derek and Mark dying, it’s happening. “We need Maliyah,” says Kat through the link. “She is needed else where right now. We need to keep him distracted long enough for her to accomplish what is needed and return to us,” I reply. Kat doesn’t question what I mean. We trust each other completely and I know we can hold him off until Maliyah comes back. “You two are a thorn in my side. It’s time for me to be an only child,” growls out Alastor. I know we a