I opened my eyes when I heard a thud to see a brown wolf tumbling on the ground by my right side as Damien stood at my feet, visibly breathing out heavily. I looked around to see the other wolves already dead, trying to avoid Damien’s glare at me. What was he mad for? Without a word and not giving the last wolf any more time to launch an attack, Damien lunged at it, throwing several blows but snapping its head in the wrong direction and pulling out its heart. I hissed out in pain as blood gushed from my shoulders while I tried to stand up from the ground, which was nothing but a futile effort. “I told you to go.” I gasped when Damien suddenly lifted me from the ground, tossing me over his broad shoulders. “Damien!” I tried to wiggle out of his hold, my hair all over my face and my butt in the air, an almost upside-down position. “Put me down!” I yelled as he began walking back to the pack house. He gave me no reply as expected, his steps making me realize he was pretty angry. But wha
After a while I laid on the bed, putting the duvet over me to get a little rest, it wasn’t long until I slept off. It wasn’t until the next day that I woke up, quite surprising though but I shrugged it off, realizing it must be because of the pregnancy. I gently moved my arms, trying to see if I could feel any pain in my shoulders but there was none, curiously I moved to the mirror, slowly peeling off the bandage to see clear skin, not even a single scratch mark left. I see my healing abilities were improved already, might probably be another advantage of finally sealing the mating bond with Damien, no curse anymore, and higher healing abilities. A frown morphed on my face immediately after I remembered the incident with him yesterday. Seems he’s best at finding even the littlest ways to hurt me. I turned around and walked to the door immediately, trying to pull the knob open but much to my disappointment, it was still locked. I can’t believe he really locked me up here for so long. W
He pulled me into a hug immediately, wrapping his arms around my waist. "What do have to do today?" I mumbled against his chest, breathing in his fresh familiar scent I tried to push away before."Trying to know Hezekiah's next attack and be better prepared for it, or probably send an attack first." He replied, this time around a tired sigh in his voice. I don't think anyone would ever be ready for war."I could help you know? I get good ideas sometimes, besides I'm Luna. You should learn to understand that." I spoke, looking up at him."Then we better start now, Lucas has been waiting for me already, to know our next move." "Is he in the house already?" I asked, disengaging from the hug."Yes, I told him to wait at the living room while I..." He scratched his head nervously, avoiding my gaze."Hmm." A smile formed on my lips and I hit his arm lightly, allowing a chuckle escape my lips. "Come on, let's go. It's not good to keep people waiting." He nodded and entangled my palm with hi
"No, she doesn't." My brows immediately knitted in confusion when she suddenly replied as if listening to my thoughts. Maybe she was actually listening to them. "Erm, but, I thought, since she's just like me?" There was absolutely no point asking how she knew. I just wanted answers. If she was a stealer, then she could have such powers. "No, she doesn't. Unlike you,she is gifted with such powers. She is just like every normal stealer out there.""Excuse me, what is going on?" Damien asked, staring at the both of us in confusion, totally oblivious to what we were talking about."You are specially gifted Bella, and there's a large difference between a normal stealer and a Stealer Luna." Mrs Kennedy continued, ignoring Damien's question."We were talking about Linda." I said, trying to help him out of his state of confusion."What about her?" Damien asked, still having no clue about it."Well, Linda's a stealer wolf, somewhat just like me. But now with the special abilities though." I k
I knew she was right when I heard the loud sounds of explosion, around the packhouse, quite far away though. The packhouse is a mess, women and children scattered around, cries of children echoing around the house. I could clearly feel their fears. I turned around and headed back to my room, pulling Taylor with me down the stairs again. I pushed through the crowds, trying to see if Linda was there."Bella!" I turned around when I heard her familiar voice, rushing to meet her."Is this true?" I asked, looking around the crowd of just women and children."It is, Bella, we've been dealing with it for days." She replied, heaving out a frustrated sigh, carrying a sobbing Linda into her arms."Days? What- How long have I been sleeping?""Three days, Damien ordered no one disturbs you.""What? In the midst of all this? Is he cra-" I paused, bending slightly when another explosion ran out, causing a wild vibration around the house."I don't think they were able to hold them." Linda said, hol
I’m awakened by a loud thud coming from above the room I was in. My surroundings are quite unfamiliar, the high stench of blood sending an irritated feeling done my stomach. I tried to move but my body felt really numb and my arms wouldn’t move at all. It took a few seconds before it registered in my mind that I was chained to the wall, in both arms and legs. I close my eyes, trying to pull myself out of my unconscious state completely. The sounds of chains hitting against each other echoed around the as I yanked my arms, trying to set myself free. Knowing it would end up futile, I stared across the room, trying to figure out where I was. It was a dirty dungeon with a bright light shining above me. On the walls are stains of dried blood, like this place was used for some kind of execution or torture.My fists clenched tightly when I remembered what happened back at the basement, Linda? If I was suspecting anyone to be a traitor then it definitely wasn’t Linda. We went through all of th
He did not waste another second before rushing to the girl and pulling the restraints out of them quickly, it would only be a matter of seconds before they had the noise and would be here soon. I felt a bit of relief when Damien untied the chain around me, pulling me up to my feet. He untied Zoe also, although she was weak and had the least chance of escaping. "Come on, let's go." "Taylor, Heather!" I tried to wake them up, shaking their shoulders. "Come on, you have to wake up!" It only took a few seconds before Taylor's eyes went open and fear consumed them immediately. "Shhh, it's okay. Let's get out of here." I carried Heather in my arms and held Taylor's, following Damien out of the room. "Bella," I looked to my right, pushing my nervousness aside when Zoe called. "Promise me you'd take care of them, of my daughter if anything happens to me." As much as I wanted to convince her everything would be fine, nothing would happen to her and we would get out of here safely, I knew I'
I stopped to catch my breath along with the children when we arrived at the city, quite safe now. I ignored the stares of the people, holding the girls tight, and walking deeper into the city to make it harder for them to find us even if they tried looking for us here. "Shit." I cussed when I looked down at my feet, the reason why people wouldn't stop staring at me like some mentally retarded person. I was barefooted and my feet were really dirty. I must've been focused on escaping and filled with adrenaline that I hadn't realized I had no footwear on. Thankfully, the girls weren't barefooted like me, they still had their shoes from school on.The big problem here was how to survive, how to get out of this country. If we stayed too long here I was sure they would find us again, and I heard no money even if I wanted us to run. I guess I'm left with no choice but to beg for alms. The twenty-seventh woman did not even pay me attention but walked away, without even sparing me a glance.
Eleven years laterMarilee's POVOnce again, I'm woken by the aggressive sound of my alarm ringing, I blindly reach to grab it and threw it across the room. The satisfied sound of it smashing against the wall makes me lie on the bed again, taking a deep breath."Marilee, what the hell was that?" I heard dad say as he walked into the room. "Marilee, that's the eighth alarm in just two weeks!" I don't reply to him but bury my face into the pillow, trying to fall asleep again. "Marilee!" Dad yelled again, pulling the duvet off my body. "That's it! Get up, you're going to be late for school!""Can I get just ten more minutes?" I mumbled, curling myself into a ball."No, get up now." He held my arm, pulling me from the bed. "Geez, you'll be sixteen in a few weeks do I have to keep doing this?""If only you'd let me make a choice here," I grumbled, frowning as he placed me on my feet."I hate school, yeah say that again. Marilee, you would be a future leader, you need to make the other kids
Bella's POVIt's been exactly eight weeks since that ugly incident happened. Eight weeks of reconstructing the whole pack, we moved them from the woods where they had been hiding back to the pack. Most parts of the pack were destroyed, especially the packhouse, but it was a chance to change a few of the settings of the packhouse.We laid the dead to rest, using a few weeks to mourn them. It wasn't easy for Damien to get over the guilt of killing his best friend. Taylor was doing quite well now that she had her father, Helen was right. She would be the same if she were with me, she just needed someone very close to her. Heather was back with her parents Zoe and Tobias who were survivors of such long captivity. Damien has been very close to Marilee who seemed to enjoy his company more than mine. It wasn't so hard to convince her that he was her father, she could feel the bond and gave in quickly, besides she had been waiting so long for her 'daddy'. They've grown closer more than I was
I froze, feeling shivers run down my spine when he said those words. I managed to stand up, staring at Damien in shock. Those words rang in my head over and over again.What could it mean?“The stupid symbiosis experiment went wrong on them and now they aren’t what we think,” Freya answered my question and I shook my head trying not to believe it. I did not want to feel hopeless, not after coming this far.“ But there could be something, to save him right? Like an antidote?” I asked, rubbing my palm on my pants.“You really think those scientists make an antidote for all of their mistakes? Do you think they ever fix them? Snap out of this Bella, we have to find a way to bring him back ourselves.” I pressed my lips tight, trying to shove back the cry threatening to escape my lips."Okay." I sniffed, taking in several deep breaths. From the corner of my eyes, I saw the others take several steps back after sighting Damien. He stopped in front of the cell, looked to the side to stare at t
I lunged at the guard closest to me, grabbed him by his neck, and twisted in the wrong direction; I heard a snap and his body went limp. Weak humans! I used his body as a shield for a few seconds as the other guards opened fire and as shooting wildly at me. Knowing it wasn’t going to last and dropped him and moved with speed to dodge those bullets, but I was shocked the most when it seemed the whole world stopped, I could see the bullets in the air, moving very slowly while I just stood watching. What the hell is happening? I looked down at my body to see those magical flames around me; it was on every part of my body, looking so soft. I guess this was what Helen meant by being gifted by the goddess with special powers. I felt really strong and it was like my fingertips were filled with electricity. Well, let’s put this to good use. I held the bullets and the air and threw them back to the men, then everything turned back to normal and they fell to the ground dead. They must’ve called
I tried to push all nervousness and doubts aside as I stood before the huge abandoned-looking laboratory. I see they did a pretty good job hiding from the authorities and the government. I walked around the building, tucking my hands into my coat's pockets. I was dressed in black shirt, black pants and brown coat with white sneakers, comfortable enough for me to run when I sighted the camera. I stopped, immediately I saw the first camera, moving closer to stare up at it. My lips curved into a smile when I saw the red tiny light and without waiting another second, I turned around, walking away in hurried footsteps. As soon as I was out of sight, I took to my heels, hidiny between tall buildings in the area."I'm done." I said, speaking through the mind link to Noah. "We're watching the cameras, just stay where you are till we see the results." "Okay," This was our plan, quite crazy though. Noah suggested we let the hunters come for us, that way we'd be better prepared. They would def
Returning to the Library, Helen insisted I take some rest and continue with the plan later. Knowing she was right and I was feeling quite weak already, I did as she said, retiring to bed since it was late evening already. She gave me a room that consisted of just a middle-sized bed and a small table at the corner of the room and a wardrobe of course; thankfully it had a bathroom in it. So I took a shower, changed into my nightwear, and decided to take some rest. I clenched my fists, biting back a growl when I heard a knock on the door. Shit! I was just a few seconds away from drifting into sleep. Pushing the door I did not expect to see Jane standing outside, clutching a pillow to her chest. “Can I sleep with you tonight?” She asked in a timid voice, pressing her lips innocently. “Just for tonight.” She added, rushing her words. “Jane?” I tried to hide the smile forming on my lips, turning my face to the side. “I’m fucking thirty, not a fourteen, sixteen years old kid.” I rolled my
Few minutes later we walked out of the room after trying off our tears with a profound determination, my brows raised in confusion when we sighted the rest of the workers including Helen all laughing as Marilee stood before them.“Mom.” She ran towards me immediately after she noticed my presence.“What is going on?”“Mom, I was telling uncle Alexei that my name was marry me.” She spoke, staring up at me with an innocent smile.“What?” I chuckled in amusement, moving to sit at the table where they all sat.“Yes, I told him marry me!” She repeated, rolling her eyes.“You know that’s not your name, don’t you?”“I actually wasn’t telling him my name,” She crossed her arms behind her, stretching her lips into a plain smile. “I was telling him to marry me, he just didn’t get it.”“Whattt?” Alexei shrieked, bursting into another fit of laughter.“Okay, that’s enough Mari, you don’t go around telling people to marry you,” I spoke, pushing all playfulness away.“Oh, and you did not also get t
I looked back at Helen with shock all over my face, completely awed at the revealed. "How could you? I mean all this while?""I thought you might've felt it," Helen replied with a shrug of her shoulders."I always felt it, but I ignored it, I thought it was just you." Helen chuckled as I kept glancing between her and the workers. "You know the first thing you should learn now is not to ignore every weird sign you see or feel. It's could mean a lot more." I nodded, understanding her point. If I'm going into a big fight now, even the littlest details or suspicion mean a lot."So, do you guys have a secret pack here also?""No, no. They're just...""We're rogues." The first guy spoke, cutting Helen off. "I'm Alexei." He stretched out his hands for a shake which I accepted immediately. "Bella," I said with a smile on my face."We all know your name already." They all burst out laughing, making me feel hysterically stupid."Silly me." I chuckled, scratching my head in embarrassment."Let
I closed my eyes and leaned back into the seat when the announcement of the preparation for the landing boomed from the speaker. Five years and I'm back in Russia, only this time around, I feel like a coward for running in the first place. The kids were quite excited for different reasons though, Marilee was happy she was going on a plane for the first time, and Taylor was happy she was away from school for a while. Heather showed no form of excitement, just staring outside the window before she asked the question that made my heart clench. "Are we going back to the pack now?" Her small tiny innocent voice came through. "No, baby. Not yet." I replied, hiding my emotions with a smile on my face. "I do not like Australia." She heaved out a tired sigh, shaking her head. I knew right from the start she never liked it, but chose not to complain about it. "We'd talk about that later baby." I planted a small kiss on her forehead, wrapping my right arm around her shoulders, and pulling her