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2024-10-29 19:42:56REUNITED
Ten years ago Heberus was a lying, convincing son of a bitch. He didn't care about the people within or without the gates. Imagine living in a place that horded food yet people were starving, guards abused their power, children are left to fend for themselves.
In some ways it sounds as if I've jumped from the hot pot into the fire. Trust me, the wolves were much better, at least you can comfort yourselves with the fact that they were beasts.
But what were the humans excuse for being little insufferable nuisances?!
None. There were none and could be none.
When I ran away, I thought things had to be much better on the outside, the scene still swinging on a pendulum depending on which side of the glass you chose to look.
Half empty or half full.
But glancing around, I could see things haven't changed. A girl's greatest chance of evading starvation was hoping sh
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I see you I pull the coat hood above my head, holding my head down as I hurry though the halls keeping up with the servants, as they took the laundry out for the day. There's only one way I can make it from the Courts without being brought back by force, or within reasonable time before Herberus finds me missing. I'm itching to throw back the cloth from my face but I can't, just in case anyone around recognises me. I weave through the carts and crowd, take in the sights of the abused and dying. Find my old hiding spots that are now occupied by others and rightly so. Men shake down a child just meters from me, stealing the little he has, leaving him folded up and sobbing for himself. Everyone learns eventually that there isn't anyone that's coming to rescue us, no one to defend us. The war should have made us all equal, instead it only seemed to create more classes. "Hey, " I say kneeling next to the small child, when the men had left to seek their next victim. His clothes is tatter
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Royal Bedwarmer "How is it possible that no one has seen a wolf that large moving around. It's a wolf, a damn wolf, " I whispher yelled at the people around me. I had gone back to the tavern hoping to get some answers about my nightmare, but I'm more frustrated and boggled than I was, attempting to figure out the question on my own. "Are you sure about what you saw love?" Cecil asks and I attempt to reign in my irritation. I swear these people think I'm probably going bonkers, but I know what I saw. "Yeah the shadows could be playing tricks on you or the light for that matter. " "To form an entire wolf?" I snickered. "Yeah, I don't think so. It's a husky, there's no way to mistake it. " "Sounds like you know something, I reckon, " One of the men says placing down his jug. His mouth is smeared with the froth of liquor, creating a white beard and I stifle a laugh. "Yeah I do. I lived in a werewolf camp for ten years, I think seeing anything remotely looking like a wolf would give
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Wolf "What?!" I asked appalled that they'd ever think that. Where did they even get this ridiculous notion? "No, no, no, no. It's not a trap! " Claude's eyes narrowed on me, his strong arms gripping the front of my dress, pulling me into his person. Immediately the smell of liquor and cigars strangle my nose, forcing me to hold my breath. "And why should I believe a word you utter? You've already deceived us once, telling oh how you just pass through here. For all we know the King and his men could be waiting for us once we turn that corner, " He hissed pointing behind me. "Yeah, " His men replied in a unified chorus. Unbeknonst to them, Herberus liked very much to spend his days gloating away over his riches and the prosperity of his providence even through he doesn't lift a fingure to aid any of it. "Well good point, " I say attempting not to take in anymore of his stuffy fragrance. "But I can assure you no one's coming for us, well unless you don't put me down, very soon
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HE'S NOT THE ALPHA Darnick is compliant with his decision to return, which only leaves Rasmus and me as the only jittery pawns on his chess board. This uninformed selfish decision of my father will run everything we've worked for into the ground and when Leila gets wind of this, it will be nothing short of a fuse explosion. "When are we leaving?" "At a convenient time for all of us," Xavier answers as if we're talking about abandoning cattle. That these weren't people with lives. Lives that were depending on us to protect them. "When was this decision made? ""Does it matter when it was made? My decision is final.""We're leaving them to die. It's a suicide mission. " I clarify just in case he was too blind to the reality of the situation at hand. "Commander Lyra has the know-how to navigate even the toughest of circumstances. ""The capability but not the equipment she needs. She hasn't had that for a while now. Or was that the reason why you've decided to save half her battalion
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IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCESGRAYSON "You've made a grave mistake confronting him before everyone else, " I told my little mate when we had returned to her quarters."I know, I know, " Leila nods. "You allowed your emotions to get the best of you and now he's out for blood. ""I know. He'll want my head for this." She paces around her room rubbing her arms as if exposed to the cold. "I just, it felt too much. After I thought we lost them all. I mourned them, Grayson." Leila's dark eyes meet mine confusion swirling in the midst as she gazes up at me. "How are they still alive, it's not possible? Why wasn't everyone else saved? If he's so strong why isn't everyone still alive? Marie, Louis, and his family. "Leila's body trembles as she breaks into tears once more, her emotions overriding the restraint she had built up now bursting at the seams. "It doesn't matter. They're here and alive. ""Except it does. How can I tell the part of me that's been hollow for months now that it was all a
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STRONGERDaina runs away while I sit in open contemplation. My chest and cheeks hurt like fudge sticks, my shoulders are sore, but my head felt as if I'd hit it against the column, knocking myself out for half my lifetime. My body was heavy as lead, even though I was only seated upright."I wouldn't advise moving as yet, Luna. You took quite a nasty beating and the medicine still needs time to circulate.""Impeccable timing," I told him, my voice croaking as that of a hoarse frog, my eyes quickly sweeping the room. It wasn't mine, but from the nonexistent accolades, I knew this was Grayson's plain room. I could almost chuckle thinking of how filled this room will easily become with Tyler's drawings over the years.That is if he intended on staying here. Fear seized my chest and I clutched at it, telling myself I'm only overreacting. Where else would he seek to go?"Where's Grayson?""The Alpha is currently being looked after." Gamma Kole answers.My brain dissects the funny way he dec
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DAINA ALL MEN MUST SERVE Inside was just boring and mourful. All everyone bickered about was the war and how things should have been different. They lamented about losing people and about not being prepared more. All it did was agitate me. It was the past, it was said and done and cannot be changed. I desperately wanted to scream at them to just shut up and move on with their lives. Focus on freaking surviving. What else could we do at this point?Glancing around the blackened room and finding the newly acquired Alphas only made my mouth more sour. Six people from two entire packs survived that freaking attack. What kind of monster army did Alpha Phineas have to have subdued them like that? His Luna had been such a simple girl when we met last. I supoose that's the reason behind her apparent simpleton behavior. Her Alpha was terrifying.I push to leave the suffocating atmosphere of the dead and dying, a human warrior shifting into my path and blocking my way."Sorry," He says voice
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SACRIFICES ***WARNING: May contain triggers.Our walk to the fortress takes days when in reality it should've only been a few hours. With the massive injuries that our group had sustained, we were left to creep as old men, creating shelters and entertaining others from dwelling on the reality of our condition. Tyler sticks on my heels aiding me to gather as much fruits as possible. A few murmur about having only that to eat, but I turn my ears and bite my tongue. What did they want me to do, hunt a boar? They weren't Tyler and I was never asking Grayson to go find one either. Everyone had to learn to live within their means and accept the case for what it is. If we send enough abled out people out and they were attacked, any hopes of us rebuilding would be smashed against the rocks. I glance at the sky a little perturbed about the overcast weather, but think better of it when I glanced back at the ailing pack. Maybe it was best that we didn't rush them. Tyler tightly grips my arm u
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BLEEDING HEART "Leila, you cant afford to have your emotions control you," Gerzi scolds or maybe it's sturdy advice. My entire body trembles at the thoughts of the many people we've lost. The glossy eyes that stare back at me- us by extension. The many children lost, the parents that are beside themselves in agony. Too traumatized to even utter a word. The carnage of Trish's body flashing before my eyes forcing me into a mental hell I wanted not. I paused my steps, closing my eyes as I grit my teeth through the pain. I didn't want to loose anymore people to this. I couldn't!War has places us all on the same ranking. We were all vulnerable and helpless. Dependent on each other for growth, stability and strength. We were as weak as the smallest one among us. It shed light on our shortcomings. The distrust and lingering desparities between us. There were no lines today in that attack. We were all preys."There's a large cave nestled in some rocks ay the edge," Gerzi directs. "Just ke
