*ASA TRINE*“I want to be really angry with you right now but I can’t because I know that you must have not had an option,” Cain said as he looked at me with an expression of sadness clear on his face.Alpha Blake had given us another vehicle to drive to Aegon Mountain which thankfully wasn’t as far as I had thought it was. He had let us stay in the pack last night only after we had assured him that nothing would happen to us and when we disclosed him the story regarding our own tragedies. “He made it seem like I had an option to decline his deal but frankly I could never. He threatened me to destroy our pack if I didn’t fulfill my end of the deal and I am sure even if I did not agree with his deal he would have done something but at least now we know his name,” I sighed looking forward trying to not let the situation burden on me as I felt my body heat up from the fever that still took hold of me. Even then I must have grown some resistance to it or maybe he had let me off easy thi
*ASA TRINE* The sun had already gone down but even in this remote mountainous region the few street lights that had been standing tall along the road were all well maintained and lighted showing us the path that laid ahead us.The moon goddess shone bright up in the sky as if eliciting good news that was welcoming us. The atmosphere in its entire entirety was pleasant and yet my mind remained unsettled.“How much longer?” I asked looking ahead at the curving rode that still kept us on the winding upward road.“Just a little bit more,” Cain said feel my anticipation of finally being able to contact our must be very worried family. When we finally turned the umpteenth curve we came upon a flat like grounded area that stretched far ahead with a single resting place standing on the side of the road for travellers to take a rest stop. The road ahead was long and didn’t show any signs of civilization until it got submerged into trees again.I had been too focused on the trees ahead that
*ASA TRINE* “What?” I couldn’t help but shout as I sat up at once staring at my sister with a look of disbelief similar to that which Cain sported. From our expressions, it seemed clear that the rest had already discussed this topic before us for they had a slightly more composed expression than us.Taking my hand in hers she caressed it lightly as she said, “I am sorry if I scared you by coming here and I know it wasn’t wise of me to put my life or my baby’s life at risk but there are bigger things at stake here,” she took a pause as she looked up at me with her hesitant green eyes as if afraid to say the next words but finally she bit it out, “Asa, I think we are somehow connected to the demon and this curse. The ‘Trine’ in that song must have meant you or maybe our family.”“Is this why the Moon Goddess came to me? Is this why I could hear the song and see the picture while Cain couldn’t?” I asked questions that now provided me with a clearer understanding of why some things happ
*ASA TRINE*The pack house here looked more like a big wooden cabin than like the mansions that were characteristic of Packs on the plains.“You sure you are feeling better today?” Cain asked pulling me closer to himself as he touched my forehead for the hundredth time since this morning.“I am fine,” I grinned finding his worry cute as I saw Michael fret over Leia’s health who had a bit of a morning sickness that worsened when we traveled up further on the foothills of the mountain while sitting in a packed car.Elder Morris had gone in first into the pack house and had asked us to wait here outside and for the five minutes we had awkwardly been standing by the pathway that would lead up to the door and into the pack house. There had been less movement near and in the house when we had first arrived but slowly and steadily people had started to peek out of the windows and walk to and from the door casting us a side glance, most probably not used to many visitors in these mountainous
*ASA TRINE* “Looks like our grandparents liked living on the edge,” Leia chuckled motioning with her head towards the cliff a little away from where the huge house was situated.At her joke, I couldn’t help but laugh a little as I felt my nerves calm down significantly from before. It was daunting to see the mansion-sized house the mere gate of which was more than double Cain’s height. The grey wall that the gates were attached to were just as huge and while we were driving up the road to the house, half of the house had been visible from afar despite its presence.It was wrong to actually call it a house; it reminded me of more of a small-sized medieval castle. With its conical topped towers peaking from over the walls and being the first thing that a person would notice about this secluded palace. “Not to sound like a shallow person but your family looks like they were mega-rich,” Michael said in awe looking up at the grey stoned building that though screamed ancient still had be
*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* “Come on, hurry up Devin, you can’t be this slow!” Leia scolded him and the sound of it came all the way up the stairs making me stifle a laugh. “You look beautiful, miss,” Ross said gaining my attention as he helped me with my skirt that had wrinkled below. “Oh no, Ross please don’t do that I don’t want you hurting your waist,” I said as I tried to stop him, but it was no use the old man had been so used to taking care that even after giving him retirement from all his work he would still find something to do. “Michael! That’s not right! The cake should be here!” she shouted again as I heard Michael shuffling around and again I tried to stop my laughter from filtering through at my sister's frustrated antics. “Its time to go down, Miss,” Ross said as he smiled at me and hooking my arm around his I took his help to carefully step down the steps as I saw Cain standing there at the end of it with little Kiara in his hands. She looked adorable in her frock that she had b
*ASA TRINE* “You called us, dad?” I asked peeping in. Nodding his head at me he motioned for us to sit down and filtering in I noticed that Luna had also been there looking through some books as she smiled at our presence. “I am sorry that I am late,” Clay’s voice filtered in but he stopped soon after when he saw the two of us already seated there, “I swear I haven’t done anything this time.” “We know that you haven’t done anything Clay, we are not here to complain about you,” Cain said huffing at his brother but a smile slipped on his face and I wondered if it would be right to separate these two brothers when their relations had only just started improving. “Well then what is this family reunion for?” he asked as he sat down on a chair beside Cain looking at his dad with a questioning look making Cain and I fix him with that same gaze. “Can’t I just miss my children?” Alpha asked as he looked at us and when we remained adamant in our gazes he laughed and said, “Fine you caught
*ASA TRINE* “No, wait, did you bring the bag of chips that I had kept on the table?” I asked stopping Cain as he looked at me and shaking his head in negative, he said, “Just give me a minute, I’ll be right back!” It had been two days since we had gotten back and thankfully the crowd had started straying away from us a slight bit for us to decide on going on a picnic today. Another thing that had been something really good was Cain’s carefreeness. He had been smiling more and he didn’t look like he had to be on his toes every moment of his life. I think a huge credit goes to Clay and I rejecting each other. This weird phenomenon had also seemingly improved his outlook of his brother as he didn’t seem to be worried about his presence around us anymore though it didn’t mean that he became any less possessive. Looking back at our home I waited for him to come back but it was taking him longer than I had thought, and I wondered if I had actually brought the chips with me. Looking
*ASA TRINE* “That’s enough Leia, please!” I begged as I tried to escape her aggressive hits that she had been raining down on me. After seeing me she had almost ran up to me and the first thing that she had done was to hit me with all the force and energy that she had in store. “Hey, that’s enough, please if not anything then think about the baby,” Michael tried to intervene and taking the opportunity I hid behind him feeling my head almost about to burst from the built up stress. I loved my sister and I knew that she wasn’t the cause of this but I was moments away from shouting at her. “She hadn’t been feeling well too Leia, please go easy on her,” Devin pleaded my case making Cain sit up straight as he looked at me and asked, “What? What happened to you?” I had wanted to speak to him the first thing when I saw him return but he had come back with the rest of the family and I couldn’t find a moment to take him away from them as the Luna showered him with love and Alpha pra
*ASA TRINE* Clay had disappeared away as mysteriously he had come and right now my brain had been combusting at the possibility of what was happening. Why did I feel those things that I would have only with a mate? What did it mean? “Asa? Are you alright?” Devin came in soon after Clay had dropped me off at the entrance of the pack house only to hide back into the crowds of people. Looking around for him I tried to see those same blue eyes that had once been the reason of my tears and later the cause of my determination to solve this mystery. I wonder what he must be thinking right now and whether he had been okay. ‘What is wrong with us Asa? I can feel a connection to Clay just as much as I can feel a connection to Cain but I feel as if my body is being torn apart in both directions,’ Xara panted in my head making me aware of my own body’s condition. Now that she said I had been feeling a slight pain in my chest since i got off the car and this must be the reason behind it. ‘Th
*ASA TRINE* “Are you excited to go home?” Cain asked looking at me from where I had been sitting in the passenger seat of the car while Devin now occupied the back seat. “Did you even need to ask me that, of course I am!” I said looking at him to find that his eyes had been looking deeply relaxed as they flitted over my face. There seemed to still be some anxiety within him but he was assured now that he wasn’t going to lose me. But he wouldn’t let me away from his eyesight for more than two minutes. So maybe he wasn’t completely healed yet but at least he was on that path. “I am so glad that everything turned out as it did and that nothing happened to you,” Devin sighed from where he was sprawled on the back seat looking as if the life had been drained out of him. Right now he looked older than what he was and I gave him an apologetic smile. “Sorry that you had to manage and meet all the people who had wanted to meet me,” I said remembering the hordes of people who had been
*ASA TRINE*“No...”I said for the first time in a while as I felt my voice return to me. I knew that I wasn’t conscious and that part scared me more for if I wasn’t consciousness then I must be dead for the goddess to visit me.She didn’t look anything extraordinary as I stared at the bright mass of light that had been blinding to me before. This light unlike Ephialtes had taken a much proper shape like that of a human and had long wispy hair of light floating all round her being. Her yes had been white as well but again unlike Ephialtes they didn’t look soulless they looked full of life.I felt blessed to have seen her but just the thought of what would it mean to be to see her meant made tears spill out of my eyes as I fell to my knees in front of her. None of my wounds hurting anymore and I wished for them to pain and hurt me again, anything that would tell me that I had been alive.“Please Goddess, let me live, please id don’t want to die just yet,” I pleaded pathetically the fac
*ASA TRINE*And as I said this I went towards Ephialtes who dodged me at my first try using all his effort to move away from me.“No! Don’t do this to me!” he shouted but as the sun’s rays started pouring over his body more and more he started disappearing and growing lighter in color as would happen to a shadow.“I need to do this Ephialtes, you have tortured many innocent people and I only hope that next time you wouldn’t walk on the wrong path,” I said this as I started slashing at whatever black misty body part I got making his body disappear and grow smaller and smaller.It was surreal to watch Ephialtes have nowhere to go as he started circling around me trying to continue to build himself up but the sunlight was making it impossible for him. His white pale eyes that usually stood out in its ghastliness didn’t seem as scary as they depicted his fright.“No, I remember now, this- this is how I was put to sleep all those years ago and now again,” he let out a groan as Cain and Dev
*ASA TRINE* His raspy voice almost instantly made all the hair in my body stand up and looking at his soulless eyes I wondered if he could see through my façade. The air had significantly dropped down around me and if Ephialtes had not been present here I would have been much intrigued to observe such a sudden change in my surroundings “Why? Aren’t you going to say something to me this time?” he asked swishing slightly to the left and the right making me flit my eyes to make sure that he hadn’t been able to sneak up an attack on me. “I don’t want to waste my time talking to you, let’s get on with the fighting,” I said hoping that reverse psychology would work on him as well as I noticed him pause and stare at me while I forced my face to stay impassive. “I don’t like that look in your eyes,” he gnawed out his words narrowing his pathetic pearls to look at me as he continued, “I quite like it more when they had been shut closed scared to even face me.” I wanted to look up at the