CHAPTER TWO
AVA
Her lips trembled as she spoke, I was told it was as a result of all the spirits they had to consult.
"The person who stole the claw is the same person who has it under her bed" the witch suddenly said. I was shocked by her words, I looked around to be sure that everyone else had had heard the exact same thing I heard from the witch.
But my heart was broken into a thousand pieces when I met Theodore's eyes, he was looking at me with a mixture of disgust and disbelief.
I took a step closer to him, my lips trembling, my eyes misty. At that moment nothing else mattered to me except him, only if Theodore could tell me he believed me then I would be completely okay.
"Theodore trust me, I didn't take the claws, you believe me right? You know I would not do something like that, I don't steal" I said as I walked up to him, trying to stretch my hand to touch him.
"But the divination said otherwise Ava" I heard Lina's voice from behind.
I turned around quickly to look at her, I could not believe what I was hearing. She too did not believe me. "Or are trying to say the witch is lying?" She added with her arms folded. I could no longer recognize by best friend, this was not my Lina.
"There must have been a mix up somewhere" I said with a shaky voice as I tried to approach Theodore again. But my heart was shattered into a thousand pieces when he gently pushed my hand away from him.
"Don't touch me" he said with a mean face and voice. "Are you still trying to fool me? I had been told since a long time that you were not really who you pretend to be, but I choose not to listen to all of them not knowing that you have always been hiding your true self under a facade. And you still have the guts to tell lies."
Hearing those words from my Theodore broke my heart into a thousand pieces, the tears flowed uncontrollably from my eyes as I stared at him in unbelieve. I would never have believed that I would hear those words from Theodore.
"Now enough of all the emotions and pretence" I turned around to see alpha Lucas, his eyes were burning with rage.
"It's such a shame that I also bought into your pretence all these while Ava, but why am I not surprised?" He stepped even closer to me. "You are so lazy to train, that is why you are left so much behind by your pairs, you can't even do what your mates do, and that is why you are a very bad warrior."
I wiped my eyes with the back of my palm, I had always told them in the past anyways that I did not want to be a warrior, why did they just keep trying to force it on me? Why waste all of those times training when I can actually do other girly things?
"now because you are so desperate for power and you do not mind getting it through a dubious means because you are too lazy to practice like your pairs" Hot tears oozed out of my eyes as he said those hurtful words to me. No matter how much I tried to defend myself, no one believed, not even Theodore or even my best friend Lina.
"You should have said the truth earlier, may be you would have been pardoned, you made us all go through the stress of bringing the witch here" Lina said crossly before walking away from me as I tried to explain myself to her.
"Meanwhile we have arrived at one decision" Alpha Lucas said stepping closer to me. "We can not continue having a thief and a cheater among us".
I shook my head on hearing that, my tears almost blinding me.
"I and the other leaders of this pack has decided that we would no longer have you here, leave!".
His last words continued to echo in my ears, as I looked from one person to the other.
I was surprised when I looked at around and saw no pity in anyone's face, none of them felt an atom of pity for me, not even my friend. I was even more surprised because I thought I saw something that looked like a smile appear on her face, but it disappeared almost immediately.
I was distracted from her face again by alpha Lucas's voice.
"You are allowed to take only your clothes, but you are to leave this pack house immediately. You do not deserve to be among us".
He slowly turned around and walked away, every other person walked away after him till I was left all alone outside.
Amidst tears, I slowly walked to my room, the room I shared with Lina and two other girls and started packing my few belongings.
Theodore walked in while I was packing, I quickly stood up to face him, I wrapped my arms around his neck and gave him a tight hug, I was a bit relieved at first when he did not push me away.
Maybe he would understand this time around if I explained to him.
"Theodore you believe me right? You know I would not do such a thing right?" I spoke into his neck.
He slowly held me by the shoulder and moved away from me, then he stared into my eyes causing me to have a little bit of hope that he would at least believe me this time around.
"At first I did not know what to believe"
I opened my eyes wide as I stared at him, he probably finally realized that he had judged me wrongly in the beginning. But I was more heart broken by his next words.
"But you do not expect me to believe you over the witch, the spirits do not lie" he slowly said before he moved my body away from his completely. He gave me one last glance before he walked away.
I wanted to break down, I wanted to throw a tantrum and cry my eyes out. But that would not be necessary.
I wiped the tears that had fallen from my eyes with the back of my palms and started packing my things.
After packing I decided to see Lina for the last time, and say a few words to her since we might not even get to see each other again.
I walked slowly to the back of the pack house where we both normally hung out, I saw her with another girl.
So sad that she had replaced me already, but even more sad were the words I heard my best friend say about me, I could not believe my ears as I stood there and listened to everything she said.
CHAPTER THREEAVAI wiped the tears in my eyes as I slowly walked away from the pack house, into the forest. Although I had no idea where I was going, I had never left the pack house before, I had lived my entire life there and had never had a reason to leave, even I did not even have a single idea who my real parents were, I just found myself here and had lived all my live here and also loved and was loved by everyone here. I turned back to take several looks at the pack house, I might likely not be coming back here again. As I walked further into the forest, unable to believe the betrayal from my friend. I angrily wiped the tears flowing from my eyes with the helm of my cloth, the sadness that once clouded my heart was quickly replaced by anger and deep seated hatred, I could not believe the words I heard from somebody I considered a friend. Her words kept echoing over and over in my ears till I punched a nearby tree angrily. "Good thing she is going to leave, I would finall
CHAPTER FOURI was awoken by the flickers of light that seeped in from the small patches and blinded my eyes forcing me to squint as I opened my eyes slowly. I sat up immediately and looked around the small tent I had made with leaves and sticks I had collected from the forest. I was late for my morning training.It's been a few weeks since I had been in the forest and I had learnt to make the forest my home. I had created a routine for my morning trainings which I never missed, I was determined to train myself to the top and acquire as much power as I could, all the people that had betrayed me would surely pay for everything they had done to me. So far I had made a lot of progress and I was really happy with the progress I had made. I found out I could now do the things I was not able to do while I was in the pack house, I noticed some improvements on my speed, I had also improved in my shape shifting abilities and I could now control my transformation. I had fought a few wild an
CHAPTER FIVE"You have really developed some balls then" a voice said as the figure emerged from the darkness. The voice sounded familiar, I started to rack my brain where I had heard this voice from. "I expected you to also run away like your colleague" he said again as his whole body emerged fully from the darkness. I stared at him wide eyed as I suddenly realized who he was. My heart suddenly started beating uncontrollably at the sight of him. I could not explain the emotion I felt as I stared at him, and he stared back at me with his deep blue eyes. "Are you happy to see me?" He asked with an amused look on his face. I immediately felt ashamed of myself, he might have seen through me and saw all of the shameful desires I harboured about him in my heart, I felt like he could see through me with those magnificent eyes of his, and he might have seen all of the things I had imagined he would do to me with those lips of his, and those beautiful hands. But he can't really blame
CHAPTER SIXLESLEYI slowly opened my eyes a few seconds after the spark, looking around wondering what kind of spark was powerful enough to throw me that far away, and then who was this girl?I stood up from the ground and dusted my body, while feeling embarrassed at myself that I let myself be thrown that hard. I was supposed to be one of the most powerful and most feared alpha around. But then I tried to console myself with the fact that it came unexpectedly.Just as I was about going my way, I thought a little about the strange she wolf, I thought it would be unfair leaving her there alone, and most importantly, I was curious. I needed to know more about her, and why the spark.I remembered her telling me she was homeless, then I considered the possibilities of inviting her to my pack.She was unconscious when I walked up to where she was lying, I found it a bit strange. Especially since I was about accusing her for what happened."Hey!" I whispered hovering over her, but her eyes
CHAPTER SEVENAVAI was terrified with the speed at which that animal ran into us, I had never come across an animal as big as this in my entire life, not even in all my stay at the pack house, not even all the time I had spent in the forest training alone.Even though I had made up my mind from my time in the forest to never let myself get scared of anything, I was still startled by this creature.But still I did not give up. After Alpha Lesley was thrown away by the animal, I made it a point of duty to fight alongside him and get rid of the animal.It was a bit challenging, but I held on. And within the twinkle of an eye alpha Lesley was back on his feet and we both fought the animal hand in hand. I gained a little upper hand, holding onto its horns. I tried to slit its throat by jumping on its back. But little did I know that I was setting myself up for a long run.With just a little flip, I was thrown far away, not only away from the back of that mighty attacker, but far away fro
CHAPTER EIGHT I felt a surge of anger coarse through me as he immediately lifted me into his shoulder without even letting me make a decision on my own, is that how domineering he can be? I scoffed. Of course he is Alpha Lesley, I should even be surprised that he was being nice in the first place. Despite my anger, I still felt a rush of relief knowing I was in safe hands. I knew he was right, I couldn't keep going on my own, my limbs acted like they were would give way at anytime, and him offering his help even though it was unsolicited saved me from crashing down. Aside the feeling of resentment that I had because he would not just let me make my own decisions, I mean staying alone in the forest for that long had taught me how to be independent and not wait on anybody to be my saviour. But I still had a strange feeling of gratitude and I had to admit that I was glad he was there. First he saved me from the forest, then he saved me from the trap and just when my legs were about to
CHAPTER NINESara's POVThe rising sun hung high in the sky casting an orange glow over the Luna pack's territory.I had just come out of my room, and was immediately welcomed by the beautiful sun. I had always loved the rising sunlight, it had a way of bringing back memories, sweet memories.I smiled up at the sky as they soft wind blew my hair.I thought about alpha Lesley. I had heard rumours last night that he returned with a she wolf from where he went to hunt for rogues. At first I had felt apprehensive about it, and then I had dismissed it not until this morning when I heard he had even gone out again with this she wolf and they were yet to return.This made me feel like there was more to all of these.And it brought a pang of pain that gnawed desperately at my heart.And just like it had been perfectly timed. I was about walking over to the Alpha Lesley's chamber to have a look, to be sure if he was really out with another woman when I witnessed the most heartbreaking scene of
CHAPTER TENAVA'S POVMy heart beat increased with every passing second, I wondered what was up with the she wolf and why she was suddenly attacking me.I kept moving backwards as she advanced towards me, until I almost hit the bed if not for my elbows that I used to wedge my body.The murderous looks in her eyes did not evade me as she leaned towards me, her voice sounding like she was ever ready to kill.There was cold silence in the room as we both stared into each other's eyes. Soon, the murderous glare in her eyes disappeared and was replaced by a fake smile."I see Alpha Lesley brought you, I have no choice than to be nice to you."I gasped and let out a deep breath when she pulled away."I actually came here to take a look at your wounds, I was told you were injured.Was she the one Alpha Lesley had sent to look at my wound? Why was she being so aggressive at first?She pulled out the first aid box which she had earlier kept under the bed and opened it, then she knelt in front
CHAPTER TENAVA'S POVMy heart beat increased with every passing second, I wondered what was up with the she wolf and why she was suddenly attacking me.I kept moving backwards as she advanced towards me, until I almost hit the bed if not for my elbows that I used to wedge my body.The murderous looks in her eyes did not evade me as she leaned towards me, her voice sounding like she was ever ready to kill.There was cold silence in the room as we both stared into each other's eyes. Soon, the murderous glare in her eyes disappeared and was replaced by a fake smile."I see Alpha Lesley brought you, I have no choice than to be nice to you."I gasped and let out a deep breath when she pulled away."I actually came here to take a look at your wounds, I was told you were injured.Was she the one Alpha Lesley had sent to look at my wound? Why was she being so aggressive at first?She pulled out the first aid box which she had earlier kept under the bed and opened it, then she knelt in front
CHAPTER NINESara's POVThe rising sun hung high in the sky casting an orange glow over the Luna pack's territory.I had just come out of my room, and was immediately welcomed by the beautiful sun. I had always loved the rising sunlight, it had a way of bringing back memories, sweet memories.I smiled up at the sky as they soft wind blew my hair.I thought about alpha Lesley. I had heard rumours last night that he returned with a she wolf from where he went to hunt for rogues. At first I had felt apprehensive about it, and then I had dismissed it not until this morning when I heard he had even gone out again with this she wolf and they were yet to return.This made me feel like there was more to all of these.And it brought a pang of pain that gnawed desperately at my heart.And just like it had been perfectly timed. I was about walking over to the Alpha Lesley's chamber to have a look, to be sure if he was really out with another woman when I witnessed the most heartbreaking scene of
CHAPTER EIGHT I felt a surge of anger coarse through me as he immediately lifted me into his shoulder without even letting me make a decision on my own, is that how domineering he can be? I scoffed. Of course he is Alpha Lesley, I should even be surprised that he was being nice in the first place. Despite my anger, I still felt a rush of relief knowing I was in safe hands. I knew he was right, I couldn't keep going on my own, my limbs acted like they were would give way at anytime, and him offering his help even though it was unsolicited saved me from crashing down. Aside the feeling of resentment that I had because he would not just let me make my own decisions, I mean staying alone in the forest for that long had taught me how to be independent and not wait on anybody to be my saviour. But I still had a strange feeling of gratitude and I had to admit that I was glad he was there. First he saved me from the forest, then he saved me from the trap and just when my legs were about to
CHAPTER SEVENAVAI was terrified with the speed at which that animal ran into us, I had never come across an animal as big as this in my entire life, not even in all my stay at the pack house, not even all the time I had spent in the forest training alone.Even though I had made up my mind from my time in the forest to never let myself get scared of anything, I was still startled by this creature.But still I did not give up. After Alpha Lesley was thrown away by the animal, I made it a point of duty to fight alongside him and get rid of the animal.It was a bit challenging, but I held on. And within the twinkle of an eye alpha Lesley was back on his feet and we both fought the animal hand in hand. I gained a little upper hand, holding onto its horns. I tried to slit its throat by jumping on its back. But little did I know that I was setting myself up for a long run.With just a little flip, I was thrown far away, not only away from the back of that mighty attacker, but far away fro
CHAPTER SIXLESLEYI slowly opened my eyes a few seconds after the spark, looking around wondering what kind of spark was powerful enough to throw me that far away, and then who was this girl?I stood up from the ground and dusted my body, while feeling embarrassed at myself that I let myself be thrown that hard. I was supposed to be one of the most powerful and most feared alpha around. But then I tried to console myself with the fact that it came unexpectedly.Just as I was about going my way, I thought a little about the strange she wolf, I thought it would be unfair leaving her there alone, and most importantly, I was curious. I needed to know more about her, and why the spark.I remembered her telling me she was homeless, then I considered the possibilities of inviting her to my pack.She was unconscious when I walked up to where she was lying, I found it a bit strange. Especially since I was about accusing her for what happened."Hey!" I whispered hovering over her, but her eyes
CHAPTER FIVE"You have really developed some balls then" a voice said as the figure emerged from the darkness. The voice sounded familiar, I started to rack my brain where I had heard this voice from. "I expected you to also run away like your colleague" he said again as his whole body emerged fully from the darkness. I stared at him wide eyed as I suddenly realized who he was. My heart suddenly started beating uncontrollably at the sight of him. I could not explain the emotion I felt as I stared at him, and he stared back at me with his deep blue eyes. "Are you happy to see me?" He asked with an amused look on his face. I immediately felt ashamed of myself, he might have seen through me and saw all of the shameful desires I harboured about him in my heart, I felt like he could see through me with those magnificent eyes of his, and he might have seen all of the things I had imagined he would do to me with those lips of his, and those beautiful hands. But he can't really blame
CHAPTER FOURI was awoken by the flickers of light that seeped in from the small patches and blinded my eyes forcing me to squint as I opened my eyes slowly. I sat up immediately and looked around the small tent I had made with leaves and sticks I had collected from the forest. I was late for my morning training.It's been a few weeks since I had been in the forest and I had learnt to make the forest my home. I had created a routine for my morning trainings which I never missed, I was determined to train myself to the top and acquire as much power as I could, all the people that had betrayed me would surely pay for everything they had done to me. So far I had made a lot of progress and I was really happy with the progress I had made. I found out I could now do the things I was not able to do while I was in the pack house, I noticed some improvements on my speed, I had also improved in my shape shifting abilities and I could now control my transformation. I had fought a few wild an
CHAPTER THREEAVAI wiped the tears in my eyes as I slowly walked away from the pack house, into the forest. Although I had no idea where I was going, I had never left the pack house before, I had lived my entire life there and had never had a reason to leave, even I did not even have a single idea who my real parents were, I just found myself here and had lived all my live here and also loved and was loved by everyone here. I turned back to take several looks at the pack house, I might likely not be coming back here again. As I walked further into the forest, unable to believe the betrayal from my friend. I angrily wiped the tears flowing from my eyes with the helm of my cloth, the sadness that once clouded my heart was quickly replaced by anger and deep seated hatred, I could not believe the words I heard from somebody I considered a friend. Her words kept echoing over and over in my ears till I punched a nearby tree angrily. "Good thing she is going to leave, I would finall
CHAPTER TWOAVAHer lips trembled as she spoke, I was told it was as a result of all the spirits they had to consult. "The person who stole the claw is the same person who has it under her bed" the witch suddenly said. I was shocked by her words, I looked around to be sure that everyone else had had heard the exact same thing I heard from the witch. But my heart was broken into a thousand pieces when I met Theodore's eyes, he was looking at me with a mixture of disgust and disbelief. I took a step closer to him, my lips trembling, my eyes misty. At that moment nothing else mattered to me except him, only if Theodore could tell me he believed me then I would be completely okay. "Theodore trust me, I didn't take the claws, you believe me right? You know I would not do something like that, I don't steal" I said as I walked up to him, trying to stretch my hand to touch him. "But the divination said otherwise Ava" I heard Lina's voice from behind. I turned around quickly to loo