Enrique:I wake up well and bursting with energy. The demons don’t come, the dreams about Anna’s death also don’t come, it felt like I was sleeping in heaven with Irene beside me.With the early morning sunlight casting a shade on my face, I stretch my hands, my face widens into a bright smile as I stare across me, Irene’s sleeping soundly. Memories from last night rushes to me and fuck..it was just too perfect.“Good morning.” Even though she’s probably fast asleep and can’t hear me, I whisper and kiss her forehead, before standing out of bed. I draw the blanket above her body; I gather our clothes from last night and place it on the chair, reminding myself to take it to the laundry room later.I step into the hot shower and when I am done, I get dressed in a cashmere sweater over cargo pants. I leave Irene alone to sleep soundly before stepping out of the room and into the kitchen, where I meet the Omegas already bustling and making breakfast.The moment they see me, they all bow th
The Darkness:Red drops the stack of reports on my table. “You saw the news, right? It’s everywhere. Lucy Foyer is dead.”That piece of information doesn’t actually faze me because Lucy Foyer sounds like a really stubborn person and I don’t give a damn about what happens to her, I don’t even know her.I take a sip of the mug of coffee. “What else?”“Nothing much, but Enrique and his gang are raiding the warehouse for thieves, they are already suspecting us.” Red informs me, and I nod my head, yes. Enrique De Luca is one of the smartest men I have met but again, no one is smarter than me.If you have gone through the bitters of life, you will know how to be cunning.“So...” Red says, frowning. “About Gia. You are popping the question today?”“Yes.” I nod, everything is set in place and I get it, what I want to do to her is totally unacceptable, but I never confessed to be a good person, I don’t apologize and I don’t mind hurting anyone who tries to get in my way.“Be careful.” Red tell
Enrique:“Dante withdrew from the war.” Agnar tells me over the phone and I scan the crowd. The night is cool, the breeze sweeping across the rooftop; countless people are dressed in black and white.Waiters and waitresses move effortlessly, carrying trays that are loaded with glasses of sparkling champagne. Even as I look, I see her first.Irene.My fucking gorgeous queen.It’s hard not to look at her, her wavy ginger hair cascades down her shoulder, as for the dress, I am pretty sure it’s out to kill me, her red crimson dress hugs her curves perfectly, the neckline dips to reveal little cleavage, teasing me. The dress clings around her body, grazing down her knee to reveal a split that gives an expose of her lower thigh when she walks.Fuck, she’s so perfect and so mine.I am lost in looking at Irene talking with Linda and some other people, each holding a glass of champagne. Earlier, she had told me she was attending a party that would contribute to her career, and I had to tag alo
Tyler: The next morning, I wake up tired and exhausted, as though I am made of rocks. Even as I pull my tired self out of the bed and into the toilet, I can’t help thinking of Gia. We haven’t talked or even seen each other for days. The longest we have gone without talking was two days and that was because I was studying for my final year academy exams. So why? Why is she ignoring my damn calls? I pull a gray sweatshirt over my body and chinos trousers before walking downstairs with my floppy slippers. When I step into the living room, Iris comes out of the kitchen, wearing a purple tight dress and she even has her hair in a bun. What the fuck is going on? I stand still, staring at her, feeling the blood rush through my ears; even my wolf is now awakened. “Good morning.” I tread. “Where are you going?” At least, Iris and I’s relationship is progressing, even though she still hates me, we still talk sometimes- I do all the talking and she just walks out. “On a date,” She repl
Gia:I am in the sitting room, laptop on my lap while I watch TV. Ever since I got married to Dominic, I have been a nerve wreck of worries. No one knows that we are married, not even my own brother.Though, I plan to tell them very soon but I have to tell Irene, Naya and Chiara first. Dom is always busy but he always makes time for us to eat breakfast and dinner tonight. We haven’t kissed or anything yet but I have a feeling it’s going to be happening soon.We still sleep in his bedroom and true to his word, our bedroom is vibrant purple, it touches my heart that even after everything, he still thinks of what I want.But I badly want to speak to Tyler, we are twins, we tell each other everything, we haven’t gone a week without speaking to each other and I feel all jittery and weird.I look up from my computer and stare at the TV. It's boring news. I want to switch the channel when the woman on the screen says she's holding a microphone while standing outside a restaurant that I am su
Irene:Iris, Linda and I are in the pack’s library finding books that delve on my powers; Linda is drinking a glass of wine while sitting on the sofa, Iris looks slumped and defeated.The news about Tyler is still circulating and the worst part, no one knows where he is, when he woke up in the hospital, he just disappeared. Enrique said it’s normal for Tyler to disappear like that and he’s worried so bad. We all are.“It’s my entire fault.” Iris keeps shaking her head. “Now, he’s going to get kicked out of the council.” She plants her face into her palm. “I am a horrible person.”“Don’t say things like that.” Linda says, placing a warm hand on her shoulder, I lean against the bookshelf, folding my hands.“Look on the bright side, Hunter might convince the pack council and Enrique wouldn’t allow it.”“It’s not about that.” Iris says tiredly. “I said I hated him, I shouldn’t have said that at all and the part where he’s a horrible person, he’s the kindest person I know,” Enrique told m
Enrique:After we took a walk across the beach, Irene and I decided to go into town and have breakfast. Irene’s dressed in a flowing lavender dress that hugs her waist and paired with comfortable strappy sandals, she even does her hair in a messy bun. Her camera is jostling around her neck.When she spots me outside, she jogs over to me and intertwines her hands with mine, she’s wearing her wedding ring which makes me filled with warmth. “I told you to wear something casual.” Irene says, pursing her lips in a way that makes me want to kiss them.I stare down at my clothes; I am wearing a light linen button-down shirt with white denim trousers over white sneakers.“I am wearing something casual.” I say as we walk along the narrowed sun-dappled street.“Look at your watch, even at first glance, it reeks of thousands of dollars, let’s not forget your chain and your sneakers-” The endless list goes on when I shut her up with a kiss on the lips, she looks shocked for a moment before frowni
Iris:My hands are trembling as I switch on the TV, the announcement of keeping Tyler in the council is going to be playing soon, I couldn’t even sleep all throughout yesterday, I kept tossing and turning, thinking of the dark reality of life.I am scared, I don’t even want to eat, all I keep thinking is that everything is my fault. But, everything will be okay, I guess. People love Tyler, Chase and Agnar are going to vote for him, that I am sure about.Even though Enrique isn’t allowed to vote in the decision-making, he and Irene are going to be watching it live from their villa in Santorini, Greece.It’s my fault that Tyler is going to get kicked out of the council; it’s my fault that Tyler is nowhere to be seen, all because of the way I talk. I shift on the chair, looking at my phone.Linda had told me that she would call me if she has any news about where Tyler is, I really owe it to her. The house feels so eerily quiet without him here.“Just in,” the woman wearing a navy female
Irene:We both stumble to the floor, me gripping the knife, aimed at his neck. Dante’s on the floor, breathing raggedly, looking at me while sweating. “You are making a terrible mistake, Irene.” His voice comes out rough, tiny, almost scared.I want to laugh so badly, the almighty Dante acting scared. Good, he should be scared.I pin his wrists tightly and drive the blade into his shoulders, he howls painfully before kicking me off with a force that knocks the breath out of my lungs, my body hits the floor, the impact rattling my bones. The room starts to spin in my eyes and something starts surging through me.My powers, wild and uncontrollable. My chest claws painfully and the walls start to tremble, cracks spilling the wall. The pressure builds in my chest, shit. The house is going to collapse with everyone in it.We are all going to die, even on the floor, I see Dante crawling to the exit, clutching his bloody shoulders in pain. Fucking Coward.My legs feel like jelly as I try to
The Darkness:Red and I are waiting in the car, while Gia is in the hospital, she specifically told us not to come in. She’s still angry at me, not even saying anything to me.I don’t blame her though; second chances are rare for people like me. Earlier, I had met with the doctor who told me about the Primordial Wolf blood, and deciding to give Enrique has been entirely my decision.“Stay in the car, Red. I am going in.” I tell him, opening the door, but of course, Red trails behind me, hands tucked into his coat jacket. Together, we walk into the doctor’s office, and while everyone’s scared to see me, Enrique’s father yells the most at me.However, the moment I tell them I am here to transfer my blood, the room falls quiet. Gia stares up at me from her wet lashes, batting away the tears. Something squeezes inside me, seeing her cry like this, it does something to me.Finally, Enrique’s father says, “we don’t want your blood.” I raise my brows at him and his wife nudges him in the sho
Anna:Mama, papa and I are seated in the dining room, alongside Hunter and his wife, Linda. The atmosphere is gloomy as I pick on my chicken salad, for days now; I haven’t had that much of an appetite.Just yesterday, the weyr withdrew their dragons, and for some unknown reasons, the darkness sent the letter of withdrawal. Our pack is now war-free, but some damages were made to the buildings and of course, our pack suffered loss. The money that Hunter’s pack donated to us and our pack’s net worth is enough to fix everything in a month, but the true loss hangs with us all. The death of my beloved brother, Enrique.I have spent the past few days catching up with mama and papa, they have been the best supportive parents ever and even though I feel very bad about Enrique, they haven’t left me out of their sight.I push away the chair, feeling very bitter. “I will like to be excused from dinner,”Papa looks me in the eye, his eyes crinkling around the corner with concern; my stomach churns
Irene:I don’t know how many days have passed since I have been in this tiny cell. Whenever I am asleep, someone comes to take out the bucket, though I refuse to use that, my bowel is certainly paying for that. In the mornings, someone brings cold toast that tastes like sandpaper and in the evening all I get is cold pudding that tastes like it is made from the sewer.At first, I refused to eat any food, who knows if that motherfucker is poisoning me slowly? Besides, I want to relish in the fact that Dante doesn’t like to see the plates returned with the food intact. But after a while, I couldn’t take it anymore. I eat the food like my whole life depends on it, because, let’s be honest. It does.Oh. The lovely things I took for granted, what I will give to have a steaming bowl of rice or adobo, Linda has been making that Filipino dish for me and it tastes heavenly.I can’t tell night from day here, aside from the tiny light in the window, if nothing kills me here, then I am sure boredo
Rowena:“How could you?” I am yelling angrily at my parents, after finding out that they gave Red their armies in exchange for marriage, I have been fuming in anger. I rushed over here as soon as I could to tell them to withdraw the armies. “Because of your selfish decisions, countless people are dying in nightshade pack!”How was I so ignorant? Red told me that my parents were agreeing to our marriage because of the contract for the plant his pack grew, why did nobody tell me about the armies? They left me in the dark and plotted it secretly.The only worst thing than being insulted is being ignored.My parents are seated on the chair, staring at me as I yell and pace across the room. The omega comes in with a tray of a kettle. I keep quiet as she pours the tea into their teapot, when she offers me a cup, I politely decline and the moment she steps out, I resume yelling.“You are very inconsiderate.” My body is trembling and I know that any moment from now, I am going to break down a
Irene:It is as though it’s in slow motion, the moment when the dragon releases Enrique, I let out a loud squeal, my lungs burn, I don’t think I ever yelled like that before.I go to the edge of the bridge, planting my hands on the railing as I watch Enrique collide with the water, closing him up. It’s impossible to watch, tears are rolling down my eyes. I sink towards the floor, my body numb.“Enrique.” I mumble. This can’t be. He can’t die, right? He’s a Primordial Wolf, he can’t fucking die. But Primordial Wolves can die from drowning. Pure anger shimmers inside of me as I stand up. Anna is currently yelling at him, tears stinging her eyes. She’s not the only one feeling the loss of her brother. “You said you wouldn’t kill him! You went back on your promise. You are horrible.”“I never said otherwise.” He says calmly, turning towards Gia. “Let’s go.”She steps back, her posture wavering. “You killed Enrique, you fucking killed him!”He had no right to kill him; the darkness is suc
Enrique:There’s a saying that when you are dreaming and you blink, everything just disappears, actually no one says that but I can’t believe it.I blink.I stare.It’s her, my eighteen year old younger sister, Anna De Luca, dressed in black, holding a pistol and standing beside Dominic. My mother is the first person to rush forward, choking back tears.“Anna?” She calls out gently, attempting to hold Anna but one of the men tries telling her to back off, she grabs his hand and flips him towards the floor, everyone, excluding my father and I, gasps. There’s a reason my mother was a warrior.“Mama.” Anna smiles a bit, embracing my mother, my father joins and they embrace tightly, meanwhile I stand there, feeling completely stunned. When she finishes embracing them, we stare at each other and I know. It’s her. My younger sister, the one I named. The girl that destroyed nearly all slumber party with the boys, the girl that’s so fucking smart.I run towards her, and crash her into a tight
Irene:I wake up with a throbbing headache, the light from the window reflects on my face. It is weird waking up to a different room where there’s no scent of Enrique, the bedroom is cozy, but it isn’t home. The bed is soft, but there’s no warmth of him.The room is silent, I miss waking up to the rhythmic beating of his chest or his slow breathing beside me, there is no rustle of sheets, or his arm draped over mine or his gentle murmur in my ear.It’s funny because once upon a time, I always longed to wake up beside him, to hear his good morning, to catch him shirtless just shuffling around the bathroom, to see his toned muscles, to kiss him hungrily, those are the moments I craved for, but now, it just feels so lonely.A tear slides down my face and I wipe it away roughly, looking around. The room is plastered in soft beige colors, but what I miss is the vibrant colors of his warm amber eyes.Groaning, I sit up straight and check my phone, countless messages from Iris, Naya, Chiara,
Enrique:“Fix what you did.” Tyler growls, dropping a stack of heavy folders on my mahogany desk. “Else I quit as your beta, forever.”“I have every intention of fixing what I did.” I look up from my computer, before standing up. It has only been a few hours that Irene has left and I feel like utter shit. I even texted Hunter, asking for the progress of Irene, but dude won’t tell me, he says Irene needs her privacy, I just want to know if she’s alright. Fuck him.Tyler sighs when he looks at me. “Iris doesn’t want anything to do with me, just because you hurt her sister. She says she’s loyal to Irene; please just fix what you did.” He runs his hand through his hair, tugging at the strands. “I just want Iris back.”“And I want Irene back.” My sigh is much heavier; I walk towards the windows, pulling at the blinds. The flash of sunlight reflects in my face and I wince gently. Tyler joins me, though he’s frowning.“You are taking it too hard on yourself.” One hand rests on my shoulder, “