DAMIENIt had been one full day since we had argued and now we were sitting to dinner or rather she was poking her food while I stared at her with an uneasy gaze.“You're not hungry?” I finally asked after a couple minutes of silence.She dropped her fork down and looked up at me with a sad smile. “I guess not”I sighed, feeling annoyed at her nonchalant behavior. “Do you want to talk about it?”“No”Her reply made me get even more irritated but I kept myself in check.“Marilyn” I called her.She arched an eyebrow but she didn't meet my gaze.“Can you stop looking at the food like you're interested in it and look at me for a few seconds?” I asked irritatedShe sighed, looked up and gave me a slow, long look with a raised brow.“You're acting like a child right now. I want you to talk to me” I said annoyed.She sighed again and ran a hand through her hair. “There are some things which I can't tell you because you won't want to hear about them and I really don't need you nagging me abou
ALICIA“You should skip” my wolf said in my head.I stood up on wobbly feet, feeling lightheaded and I shook my head. “I can manage myself” I muttered.The feeling of something trickling down my nostrils made me freeze and rush to the mirror and the sight wasn't anything nice.Dark red blood slowly trickled out of my nose, the metallic taste seeping into my mouth as I parted my lips. “Holy shit, what's happening?” My voice cracked and I gripped the edge of my table tightly.My wolf was alarmed and she began pacing about.“I don't know. Your body is acting on it's own will now” she said in a panic.My legs gave out and I fell to the ground, wiping my bloody nose with a tissue that I had grabbed from the table.No no, something was awfully wrong. I should stay in for fear that someone might see me like this but I instead kept my cool. There was no telling that Balin wouldn't kill me if I didn't show up.I forced myself to stand up and I quickly wiped my nose again, the smear of blood p
BALINWhen Kabal came up to me with such a preposterous thing, I was beyond angry and irritated.There was already a lot on ground so a growing demon in my pack was certainly not what I wanted and it wasn't what was on my mind.I had immediately called for a meeting because this was a grave matter and I needed to get to the root of it. Firstly Marilyn then Michael and now a demon. Such pleasant ways to start my day.My eyes was kept trained on the crowd and I nodded to jarek who was standing with Aylin in the crowd, he bowed slightly to me. I turned my attention back to Kabal who was answering some questions.Everything seemed in place as I looked at the people, everyone seemed to be taking the news well so far but there was a sense of unease as people spoke in hushed whispers.My eyes fell on a certain figure that seemed at unease and my eyes narrowed. Alicia. She was shambling from feet to feet and discreetly wiping her nose while looking at the ground.Tilting my head, I frowned not
BALIN“She's a shifter” Kabal said gravely.There was a tense silence as I looked at him with a raised brow. He continued to stare at me, probably expecting me to be shocked or angry but I remained passive, just staring at him.After a while, I sighed and frowned at him.“She's a shifter? Wow, so insightful” I sneered.He looked taken aback by my comment and he looked away, thinking of something so I continued.“In case if you can't understand what I mean by that statement, allow me to break it down, it simply means that I have no idea what a shifter is” I said to him.Now, he looked truly shocked at my revelation and his jaw dropped slightly.“You really don't know what a shifter is?” He asked, his voice cracking.I sat up straight and stared at him weirdly. “Educate me. I never had to deal with something like it so what is it?” I asked him.His eyes fluttered close and he muttered a few words just as shadows writhed around him forming some kind of whirlwind of dust but it was showin
AYLIN“Aylin, wait up,” Jarek's voice sounded behind me as he rushed to catch up with me.I ignored him and kept walking briskly, only one destination in mind. My room“Wait!” He snapped, grabbing my hand making me halt.“What the hell is it, jarek?! Can't you just leave me alone?!” I almost yelled at him angrily.His grip tightened on my hand and he was staring into my eyes.“Aylin…”, he whispered.I avoided his gaze. “What is it?”He sighed and looked around to make sure that we were alone in the hallway.“I need you to help me understand what all this is. I need to understand because I want to help. You know I do” He whispered to me.Matching his gaze, I sighed, biting my lip.“I can't…” I muttered back.He released the grip on my arm slightly even though he was still holding me.“I'm not asking for much, Aylin. Just the truth. I can handle it. Are you…?” He paused and was peering at me.My eyebrows furrowed in confusion before I understood what he was saying. “Seriously?!” My voic
MARILYN“When are you going?” Damien asked, staring at me from the doorway as I double checked the materials in my bag.“Early morning” I said simply as my hand hovered above a picture of me and the other mermaids In the foundation.Damien pushed himself off the doorway, looking at the picture. “You're not going to Bold bite pack right now, are you? You said that you would be there at the wedding but that's in two days so tell me where are you going now?” His voice was soft and cracked often.“I can't… I can't stay here” I whispered.He sighed and rubbed his face. “I can cancel the meeting with him if you please” he suggested without thinking.I looked at him Incredulously. A few hours ago, we had been informed that Balin would be coming over to this pack to discuss some things with Damien and I wasn't sure If I wanted to be there. Balin didn't know I was here. I had killed off the connection between us by building a mind shield so he couldn't reach me and I always kept that shield up
MARILYNThe wind whipped past me in the early hours of the morning as I ventured through the path leading back to the Ocean.For some weird reason, I knew the way there for some weird reason, it was like my brain had mapped it out already and my body was just leading me there.A sudden voice in my head sounded. “You want closure, isn't that?”I stiffened and looked around me, the early morning sun doing nothing to help my vision as I tried to look at the sealed off houses on the side of the road.If I had waited till the morning, I could have gone with a car from Damien but I didn't want to bother him anymore than I already had so I had just snuck out.“Who's there?” I didn't know if to shout it out or just say it in my mind. I knew that voice from somewhere but I Didn't know where.“A friend. Surely, you haven't forgotten me so soon” the voice said, in a surprised tone.There was tense silence before the voice spoke. “it's Ophelia”Ophelia… my brain wracked around for that name and I
MARILYNStumbling back, my heart began pounding.The woman who looked just as beautiful and ethereal as Balin was arranging some flowers in a flowerpot. Daisies.She hadn't seen me. She couldn't see me. I felt sick to my stomach.I tried to move but it seemed like my legs were rooted to the spot. Ophelia.“Ophelia, let go this instant!” I yelled to her in my head.She was awfully silent but she still didn't let me move “I swear that I'll block you out from my consciousness” I threatened.That got her attention.“Calm down, little one. You can't even do that if you wanted to. If you succeeded then it means I was humoring you. I don't want you to leave now for some reasons” her tone was soft as she led me towards where the woman was humming.I took a look at the daisies and my hand reached out to touch them.“Don't! You'll blow our cover!”, Ophelia hissed and I quickly drew back my hand.“Sorry” I said sheepishly.Ophelia muttered a few obscenities that I couldn't hear and she muttered