I open my eyes feeling disoriented.'This isn't my room!' I think to myself as my eyes take in my surroundings. I prop myself up on the bed till I see a large white cardboard propped up on a table far to my right. ‘It's normal to feel disoriented at first. Give it a few seconds and it all will come rushing back to you.’ The card reads. I frown as I lay back in bed. 'Give it some seconds? Who is this person?'... Before I can wonder any further, my phone starts ringing from the bedside table. The caller ID reads Eric and the face and name of the person immediately come to mind. Eric is my best friend and brother. I slide the call button to answer the call "Eric?""Yeah." He replies with a chuckle. "Judging by the tone of your voice, you're just waking up. I bet your brain is still foggy?""You bet right. I can't remember anything past fifteen seconds ago when I woke up. What's going on?"He chuckles again."You will remember without my help. Give it some seconds. By the way, we're
Ash's POV I stiffen on the bed when I hear my door open but I don't raise my head. Dammit!The fact that I was screaming enough to wake the whole household finally sinks in and I immediately lower my voice but I can't stop myself from heaving and gasping for breath."Oh, honey!... What is the matter!?... My poor baby!..." The moment I hear my mom's soft soothing voice, I sit up and shatter again. Forgetting the fact that I'm an adult. A mated adult."Mommy... Thor... He... He..." I try to talk in between sobbing and gasping for breath."There, there..." She says and pulls me to her with my head resting on her lap. "I understand... Hush now...""No!... You!... Don't!... He... He...""Shshsh– don't talk... Breathe... Just breathe...""No! He– he doesn't want to see me!... He...""He doesn't!? Are you sure about that!?""Yes!..." I reply and sit up to look at her. I wipe my tears with my hands. Talking while trying to control my breathing at the same time."At Apex Academy... I– I...
"You're right. This is serious if we consider it from your point of view." Lily says and I turn my gaze to her. "What do you mean?" I ask"Considering from his point of view, what happened at Apex Academy doesn't mean he's ignoring you. I think he's just trying to respect your wishes and give you time to sort through your emotions.I nod. That makes sense "After you left with your dad, we discussed at length. Me, Martha, and your mate. The others were there too... He pleaded with Martha and I to intervene on his behalf. I haven't done that because I felt you weren't ready. He has a lot to say to you, Sif. Three days, however short, is still a long time for couples with special mate bonds to stay apart from each other. It might be easier if you're not living in the same city and not smelling each other's essence. He's Alpha. For him to smell his mate and decide to respect her wish, I can bet he's also miserable wherever he is right now. I sigh and nod in understanding again when s
I hate daytime. The rise of the sun which usually brings some level of joy to others has only brought sadness to me. My suffering would usually begin with back-breaking chores as the sun rises and would go on and on while getting physically abused in the process, till late in the evening when most pack members finally retire to bed. What makes it worse is that my body is not strong enough to withstand the magnitude of pain they inflict on me, and I don't heal as fast as a normal werewolf should. I feel the impact of every blow and kick they rained on me more than I would have felt if I had gotten my wolf. I'm not a normal werewolf you see. I'm a very late bloomer. Normally, the shifting age for werewolves is fifteen years. Sixteen for late bloomers. When I didn't shift at even seventeen years, I became the omega freak who is the butt of every joke. The stress reliever for every frustrated and the punching bag for every aggressive pack member, most especially those that called themse
After the Alpha, Luna, and Beta, the Gamma wolves are the next in command in a pack's chain of command. They are the supreme protectors of a pack which puts them among the high-ranking and most respected officials of a pack. No wonder all the shifters inside the dining hall had shock written all over their faces when I didn't rush to do as the Gamma chief had commanded. They thought I'd gone crazy for having the guts to disobey a high-ranking officer of the packI squat in front of Martha's chair instead and look into her eyes that has tears in them. Martha is not a shifter. She's human, yet she treats me better than my own kind. As if she's my mother."I told you I'll make the coffee, Martha. You could have hurt yourself! You didn't even have your walking stick with you, what if you fall and break another bone?""I'm sorry child. I just wanted to help. When I saw you were already behind schedule... I - I was trying to help so you wouldn't get punished, instead, I made it worse... I
Even though my sense of hearing isn't that great, I stand still in the middle of the woods, listening with my head tilted to one side... but all I hear is silence! I become worried then since I know there's nothing like a silent night in these woods that I've been walking to and from the pack house for the past two years.It is simply not right. The night air is supposed to be dominated by the sounds of crickets and frogs. The sounds of owls that hoot every so often in the distance. The sounds of the wind that relieves the humid heat and rustle the trees, and also the occasional high-pitched howls made by amorous foxes.I feel cold chilling sensations and goosebumps all over my body as I resume walking– hurriedly this time.The only sound I can hear right now is the sound of my footsteps crunching over twigs and dead leaves and it's creeping me out. I stop walking yet again when it feels as if I'm being watched, turning around to see if there is somebody behind me but no one. 'I must
Today promises to be a beautiful day. This morning is unlike any other I've woken up to see in the past eighteen years. I open my eyes to the sound of my alarm at 5 a.m and I couldn't stop my usually grim face from splitting into a huge grin. Gone are the days I would sleep and wish I never wake upEven though my room is a windowless small space under the stairwell that I shared with the brooms, mops, and buckets. Right on my foldable and narrow cot bed, I imagine myself looking out of my imaginary window, inhaling the air to smell the neighbor's blooming flowers while listening to the birds sings their joyful song. I can't wait to tell Martha my good news when I get to work.It's less than a week to my eighteenth birthday and I finally, finally shifted after waiting for so long. Yeah, I'm still happy and optimistic even though I shifted to something that looks more like a monster than a wolf. It was lurking in a corner somewhere inside of me, waiting for the perfect opportunity to le
Thor's POV"Thor, your father is on the line for you." Eric, my best friend and assistant said. I look up from the vegetables and pieces of fruit I was adding to the blender to see him walk towards me with a phone in hand.I ignore the phone and continue with what I'm doing"You can tell Vlad, The Impaler, I'm not home or he could go fuck himself, I don't give a shit either way!" I coldly reply. I'm about to add another vegetable to the smoothie I'm making when I hear my old man's angry voice blaring out of the phone's speaker. My hand freezes midair over the blender with the kale I'm about to put in it"You scoundrel, son of a gun!... 'Vlad, The Impaler!?' Really!?... I might not be the best father in the world but I am still your father, stupid and I hope you've not forgotten that!?... I expect you back home in California by tomorrow evening! And when I say tomorrow evening, I mean tomorrow evening Thor! This is the last time I will be asking you so don't force my hand into doing