*ASA TRINE*The grandeur of the house was consistent inside as it was outside with chandeliers, carpets, and tall windows setting it directly into a film set from the 1800s. It was unrealistic to think such a place still existed and even more difficult was to believe that this all was ours as claimed by Ross.My thoughts brought my attention back to him as he gave us a tour of the big house with joy and devotion that couldn’t hide from his face as he would tell us stories about my father and grandparents.Alpha Brendon had left a while ago apologizing for his leave to go and look through some pack work leaving us alone with Ross who he claimed would be the best person to answer all our doubts.“Your grandfather had always loved kids and had often let out many a sigh imagining his grandkids that he wasn’t aware of,” Ross said making me sad for the family that I had never met before and had often yearned for when I was young and would see other kids spend time and get doted on by their
*ASA TRINE*It had been six days since we had inhabited the Trine Estate and had been looking for Ephialtes's origin story that had yet to be found.“Today is the last day,” Michael sighed, letting his frustrations show about the future that lay ahead of us if we were unable to find the story by today.Elder Morris had by far looked through every scroll and document that this pack and the other Elders had in their possession but none had ever heard a mention of an Ephialtes or a demon of this sort.“I can’t believe something like this is even possible,” Cain said looking through another scroll that we had found here in grandfather’s office. Putting aside that dusty scroll he continued his sentence as he said, “How can there be no mention of a demon that harbors so much hatred towards the goddess and is spreading evil all around us so freely.”“Like it had said,” Elder Morris started reading through another scroll, “The Moon Goddess must have deleted his memory along with every other i
"The pack doctor has just left a few minutes ago for some business in the next town," The alpha informed us, making us feel more pressured at the lack of a proper doctor's care."What about the rest of the doctors?" I asked in a hurry as the nurses wheeled Leia inside the hospital."They had all been required at an accident site on the other side of the pack where a bus had toppled over and had injured several people," he informed, and I cursed at my luck that didn't seem to be at my side no matter what these days.Realizing our worries, he quickly added, "I am sure you would be able o catch up to him before he leaves the border if you leave right now."That was all the assurance we needed before which Cain and I had sat back in the car and rushed down the road towards the pack's border."Do you think the demon is going out of his way to create this nuisance for us?" Cain asked, slamming the accelerator as he sped on the road, noticing it to be empty."I was told that his influence he
*ASA TRINE*“Asa!” I heard someone shout out my name and lethargically pulled myself up into a standing position from where I was crouched on the side of the road, I saw Cain’s head peaking out the window of the car that he had been driving all morning.“What happened to you?” he asked getting down after he slammed the door of the car and came running towards me helping me up into his arms so I could lean against his chest.By now the darkness had already started sweeping the roads but the little that was left was enough to show him a smile as I said, “I did it, Cain. Our pack is safe.”The news was received by him with an aggravated worry and suppressed anger that came bursting through him as he said, “how could you risk your life like that?”That much was certainly not enough of a scolding on his part but realizing that I had already been too spent to even pay attention to him at this moment he first brought me back to the passenger seat of his car and gave me a sip from the bottle
*ASA TRINE*“Can you help me to move all this furniture away?” I asked Ross as I immediately got to working and started pushing away the sofas that was on the carpet that covered the rest of the mysterious light. This must be a big clue for only then would this not be visible to Ross and without a question Ross immediately went to help me with the strength that he could muster.Pushing the furniture away from the carpet I saw more and more of the light now peaking from the spaces that had been at first hid from my sight because of the furniture and at last I sat down and pulled at the carpet tearing it in the process.“What are you doing Miss?” Ross asked in horror watching as his expensive carpet was shredded in many piece by my claws but I didn’t have the patience to move away the cloth that had been keeping me away from the only thing that provided me with an ounce of hope.“Please Ross let me do what I want to,” I pleaded him but my words were spent on deaf ears as he came to move
*LEIA TRINE* This was my mistake.I didn’t care what anyone says but it was my mistake that my sister had been forced to take such a step.She was burning herself alive for fucks sake! What did I do?“Asa! No!” I cried out running towards her but she took a step back warning me to maintain my distance or she would jump of the cliff and then there would be nothing we could do to save her.I was so dejected, so exhausted and completely ruined by this point as I fell to my knees bringing a protective hand to my stomach wondering in what state of mind had I said those cursed words to her before.‘Sorry Mom, Dad, I couldn’t protect Asa, like I had promised I would. I have been such a bad sister.’“Leia, hey please stop it, your body still hasn’t recovered properly, don’t make such sudden movements,” Michael said worrying about me but right now I hated his worries towards me that should all be targeted at my sister.“Water. We need water,” Cain cried out getting up from beside me as he m
*ASA TRINE*A warm embrace and a gentle calling was the first thing I recognized in the eternal darkness that I had felt myself submerged in.“Wake up, Asa.”Those words had been repeated to me for a long time before I could differentiate it from the buzz that had been overtaking my head.“Asa?”There was another call and recognizing the voice I couldn’t help but feel hope glimmer inside me at the prospect of myself being alive.But the sooner had I felt happiness the quicker I realized that my sacrifice to the goddess mustn’t have worked and that meant that I had been unable to help free the world from Ephialtes.“Everything is alright, Asa. I am sorry for how I behaved.”Those words made me yearn to open my eyes as I carved to see the face that must have been holding a frown on it.But was everything really alright?Suddenly I felt a tingling touch near my eyes as I heard an increase in sounds from around me as Cain said, “Why are you crying, Asa? Are you in pain?”There was some mo
*ASA TRINE* “Are you sure you feel well enough to sit here with us?” I asked Leia where she was once again sprawled on the sofa of dad’s office.“Just go on,” she muttered as she rolled to face us where Cain and I had been sitting opposite her on the other sofa while Michael occupied a single sofa chair close to her head from where he massaged her head every few minutes in.“So far what we have come to know is that the only way to defeat Ephialtes is by using this dagger,” I said pointing at the white dagger that if we went with the lyrics of the lullaby is made from a part of my soul. Pointing the finger now at myself I said, “The second point is that only I can defeat Ephialtes using it.”“Precisely,” Michael said and taking out a finger he said, “Now we need to know how we will find Ephialtes,” Bringing up another finger he said, “Secondly, when will we fight him? I am sure there must be a right time for this.”“Till now every clue that we have got is from the lullaby so let’s see