There was a guard outside, he was in charge of the back door, so he was my only issue. Luckily, I had just the solution, I planned on spraying him a bit of my ibuprofen silver to make him unconscious but just as I arrived, I found him fast asleep. It was to my own advantage. I kicked a plate that I assumed it was what the guard had used to eat and it made a very loud noise. "Who's there?!" the guard said, immediately looking alert. I sprayed him with my ibuprofen which knocked him unconscious in a matter of seconds. "Sorry," I whispered to the unconscious guard, opening up the door. The scouts on patrol duty were situated at the allure. The allure or wall-walk was found at the top of a curtain wall, normally found on the inside of the wall. This allowed them to look over the top of the wall to look for enemies. One of the men stood in the middle. The other two men were patrolling back and forth from the middle man's left and right hand side like characters from a video game. And de
"What's your name?" I could not believe this was the first thing I said. "John is," he said, donning his hat back. "I'm a beta wolf of one of the lowest ranking packs. It's not even worth telling you my pack's name.""John, have you been monitoring me for days now?" Gosh Hayley you are so unbelievable, I thought. How could I suspect this sweet looking admirer of mine to be responsible for such an atrocious act?He smiled. "Frankly, it was only a mere coincidence that I saw you on your way back, I'm not even sure where you are coming from by this time of the night, unaccompanied."He sounded and looked honest to me. I asked him more about himself and he in turn talked to me about my sister. I told him there was no need for him to try shifting his affection to her. He had lost his true mate but I was sure that my sister could not be his replacement. Never! I thought of how Elena would scoff and call him a degraded fool. "Honestly, it was nice to meet you," I said, genuinely sounding
I watched him enter the castle like nothing happened, like he never just held me down to the point of death or accused me again. I knew he was cold and was not interested in me but tonight was taken too far."Hayley," Sonia spoke, moving towards me. I flinched away from her, shaking my head and crossing my arms. Knowing I was not going to hold the tears in again any much longer, I ran off to my room at wolf's speed. Shutting the door, I threw myself on my bed and broke into tears. Things had never seemed right since the day I was born, I lost my only brother, then I lost my right as a sister and daughter, and I lost my powers and now my mate wants me gone or dead. It was unfair, if I were strong, at least physically maybe I would've had more respect than this. ......"Hayley," I frowned at the knock on my door. I perceived Gray's scent and I knew he was here to cheer me up, but that was not what I wanted. I wanted to build the anger and maybe I would be able to transfer it into som
There was an incoming call from an unknown number and I stopped eating instantly to receive it.“Hello, who is it?”“Who do you think?” Gray’s voice boomed powerfully in my ear.“Gray, how did you get my number?” I asked, feigning surprise.“I just tried a random digit and it happened to be you! What are you doing?”“I’m having breakfast,” I said and explained further, “Actually it was the dinner you brought me last night that I’m eating now.” “Okay, hurry up and make sure you’re out with your pack mates in thirty minutes, everyone is going out for a nice walk as a pack, courtesy of your alpha that won’t be coming along of course!”I looked out my window and gave a startling stare as if Gray was there to see it.“But it’s still raining and there’s no guarantee that the rain will finish falling in thirty minutes.”Gray waited for me to finish before saying, “Well then I think a walk in the rain makes it even more fun. Thirty minutes Hayley!”“Including the children?” I said, sounding
Finally the rain began pouring, gently at first; then it grew heavier and a strong wind blew. The castle was remarkably quiet on this particular morning. The cold wind penetrated through the pores of my skin and I felt Goosebumps instantly all over my skin. I imagined Gray and Sonia perfectly curled in each other’s arms and enjoying the weather. Mike may not be big on talking or expressing emotions but he certainly did his job; that I was certain of. Lea even at old age could still make the bed warm and fry chicken for her mate which was the pinnacle of a successful mating relationship."Get your ass up!" Abruptly, I jerked up off my bed with wide eyes of fear. I looked towards my door to find that Beam had just banged the door open and yelled at me."Beam," I called out cautiously and she rolled her eyes at me, taking it upon herself to walk into my room and cuddle herself up on my bed."Good morning to you too," she said, reaching out for my phone under my pillow. I still stayed i
"The rest have more work, you can take your time here, all day if you like," Gray shrugged with a smile on his face.There was nothing funny about the work I was given, it was ridiculously annoying. The entire place was so scattered that there was no path to move in. Bags, boxes, clothes, shoes, old drawers, old frames, shelves, name it. "What died in here?" I squeezed my face in disgust when the smell of rotten food or animals met my nose."That must be the fridge, I honestly thought they had thrown it away or cleaned, I have no idea why Lance wants it to stay, anyway I'll leave you to it. I'll come check on you later or send someone else, good luck."With that, he hurriedly made his way out of the place, possibly also irritated by the foul smell from the fridge. I had no idea where to begin, I hadn't even had breakfast and my head was still aching seriously. I suspected that I was sick, but I had never been sick in a long time. Even when I did fall sick, it was either from a fight
The ray of sunlight pierced through the window and met my eyes, making me squint them as I turned my head away from the light. I raised my hand to shield my face but I froze when it didn't budge. Then I opened my eyes. I was in my room, laying on my bed, my head facing the ceiling. The headache had stopped and my body did not seem to be in pain any longer, but my hands didn't seem to move. "She's awake," a masculine voice said and I turned my head in the direction of the sound. "That's good, how're you feeling?" Sonia who was sitting at one end of my room asked, getting up to move close to me. But then she stopped mid way. "What happened?" I asked, trying to sit up. "You went unconscious," she replied and I frowned. "Why?" I glared into open space as I tried to remember why and when it happened. I was in the storage room, I had almost finished my clean up routine and I remembered coughing out blood. I stared at my hand to see the blood had been washed off. I remembered the pai
"Don't ever try that with me again, okay?" His voice was deep and husky and it made me shiver."Yeah," I whimpered without a choice. He knew what he was doing and followed and had the upper hand at it. "Good," he replied, taking a second to remain in his position before actually moving away from me.I almost audibly pouted at his departure but I was glad I held it in. I watched him head towards my room door, he twisted the knob and took a step out but halted."Rest, you still did not finish the storage work," then he left......."You can do better than that Hayley," I punched harder as Gray continued to motivate me."You're healed already, you should have more strength now," Gray continued and I obeyed, punching the hard foam box that he held against his body. "I'm trying," I confessed and he scoffed "Try harder," he insisted and I punched more. Getting frustrated, I wanted to get over it once and for all, I hit the box harder, focusing my strength and emotion on it. It came out