ELARA**********"Wake up!" I heard faintly from my sleep as I felt a hand taping me rapidly on my shoulder. I quickly opened my eyes tilting my head to look at who it was and my gaze fell on Lora. I scoffed as I sat up on the bed, heaving a sigh as I remained quiet."Don't you know how to wake when it's morning? Do I or my mother have to come and wake you up every morning?" She asked in a sharp tone as she stared at me with a straight face as if she was trying to stop herself from hitting me. "Well, it's not a new thing." I thought as I yawned, stretching my arms out as I did not utter a single word in response to what she had just said.I lived in a small house downtown with my stepmother and her only daughter. I could not recall the last time that I set my eyes on my mother as she ran away when things went sour with my dad. I had no idea how it all played out but from the stories that I heard, my dad maltreated her and subjected her to domestic violence. According to stories, she e
SONIAWe walked through the thick woods for minutes but there was no lake in sight. The excitement on her face a while ago had suddenly changed and I feel sorry for not listening to her. I didn't know what to do, whether to keep quiet and just continue with the journey or at least halt for a while to talk to her. The latter became consistent in my mind and I didn't waste time, halting my steps and turning around to look at her. Just before I tried to talk, she heaved a heavy sigh and started to talk, forcing me to keep mute to listen to what she wanted to say."I was just about to ask you to wait and let us think this through. We have been walking in all directions since and still have not come up with the route that leads to the lake. Are you sure we are doing the right thing? Perhaps we should retrace our steps back to the pack and ask for directions so we can get there easily without having to go through this stress." She spoke rapidly without any break in between her words. For a
ALLANThe meeting with Elara was slightly a success as I walked back to the room, half happy and half sad. I didn't know whether to be completely happy or not but at that moment I just wanted everything to go according to our plan. I heaved a sigh as I walked to the room. My father immediately looked me in the eyes for a moment as if he was not happy with me. I walked directly to the edge of the bed to sit down. He heaved a sigh and for a moment, I began to get inconvenienced with the silence that grew louder in the room."What is it that you are doing with this girl? I hope you know that you are betrothed to Sonia and your marriage and mating ceremony are coming up very soon. You should not be involved with anybody at this moment." He explained slowly as he looked me in the eyes for a moment. I heaved a sigh as I lowered my head. "How can he not still understand that I am not interested in any of this? I don't want to be involved in any form of business with his cronies and all?" I a
ELARA I walked back to the room slightly happy. I was going to stay back in the pack and get down with my mission. "I don't care how he is going to do it, I just want to remain in the pack." I thought as I walked slowly to the room. Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind, forcing me to immediately halt my steps and heave a sigh. "Lia is definitely going to be in the room." I thought and for a moment, I stood there thinking how to avoid her but nothing was coming to my head. After a while, I continued to walk still thinking of how to avoid her unnecessary questions and comments. "After all, I had made it clear to her that I didn't want to talk to her anymore for the rest of the day." I thought and nothing after, I was standing in front of the door to my room. "Here goes nothing," I whispered, shutting my eyes tight to take a deep breath before tilting the doorknob to open the door. I peeked stylishly into the room to see if she was there but from the angle that I stood, I really could no
SONIA Trying to find our way back to the pack had been so strenuous yet, unyielding. At this point, I was scared that we might have gotten lost in the woods. "What do I do from here? Why didn't I just listen to them when they all asked me to ask my father for directions?" I thought for a moment and then took a deep breath. My heart at this moment was racing faster as if it were about to jump out of my chest. Not long after, I noticed that Eli was tired and unable to continue moving. I halted my steps immediately as I walked closer to her to hold her by the hand. Her breath was shaky and short. "What have I done?" I said to myself as I looked at her, unable to utter any word to her. She stayed like that for a while before I placed my hand in he back to pat her gently. "Don't worry too much young Luna. I am fine. I just need to catch my breath and we are okay. You need to rest too before we continue the search for our way back home." She said through her heavy breath and for a moment,
ALLANAs I walked down the hallway, trying to clear my head of any thoughts, my mind couldn't help but wander back to the last discussion that I had with Elara. I didn't know how I felt but I certainly knew there was something special about her. The whole connection, the feeling after the touch, how we somehow find ourselves crossing paths with each other again. It all says a lot about how we are interrelated. "Is this a sign for me, moon goddess?" I asked myself as I continued to walk and just then, I stumbled upon the one person whose thoughts had filled my mind the whole time. "Where was she heading to?" I asked myself as I stayed there for a while. My heart started to beat faster than normal. I maintained my walking pace until I made her notice that I was right behind her. She stopped walking but didn't turn around to see who it was and that got me amazed. "What could be going on through her mind? Does she want to quit at this point?" I asked myself as I looked away from her and
SONIA"Dad!" I yelled as I quickly came out of where I was hiding and rushed towards where I heard the echo of his voice. My eyes went wide open as I looked around in search of him. Eli looked at me with pity and worry at the same time and as soon as I was about to yell out my father's name again, when his voice filled the whole place, forcing me to turn and look at the direction his voice was coming from. I waved at him the moment my eyes fell on him, rushing towards where he was standing. He had a frown on his face the moment I walked toward him to hold him in a tight embrace. "What in the goddess's name are you doing here? What are you doing out here?" He asked me in a low tone but a sharp tone. He gave me a fierce look and I immediately knew he was not having it with me. I took a few steps backward to see the expression on his face properly. I heaved a sigh to get my heart at peace but it was not coming down. He looked me in the eyes with a stern face and then I knew he was not
ELARA"I don't think that I need to apologize to you at all. I just want you to stick to the plan and let us get these men. They are definitely up to something." I didn't know what he was trying to do. "Was he trying to run away from what he was supposed to do or it was all just about his ego?" I asked myself as I looked away from his direction, lowering my head slightly. Many thoughts rushed through my mind and the only one that stayed on the surface was the tingling sensation that I had all over my body when he touched me earlier. I could not come to terms with the fact that his touches had so much effect on me. "What could that mean by the way?" I asked myself as I tried to relive the whole moment in my head again. It was something I wanted to feel again but didn't want to be the one to ask for it. "Are you lost or something? You don't seem to have been following me since I was talking. Is there anything that is going through your mind that you would like to share as well?" He ask
Elara's POV As I stood there in front of him, I couldn't bring down the pace of my heartbeat. He spoke like he knew what was going on. As if he knew that I knew what was going on with him and the head maid. I didn't know what else to do so I just kept mute and waited for him to talk but he also kept mute. I heaved a sigh as I didn't know what to do. My heart was beating fast and I couldn't do anything about it. I exhaled rapidly and just then, he stood up from the bed and walked towards the center of the room before he talked."You think you can just stay quiet while I talk? What a nerve you have developed. I don't know what it is but I have made up my mind to find out exactly who you are and if I found you wanting, I would not hesitate to kill you. You know some months ago, you suddenly went missing in the pack and then you came back, giving me a flimsy excuse. You didn't even think for once that I might punish you and out of the goodness of my heart, I accepted you back into the pa
Allan's POV My life in this pack had been so dry and full of traumatic experiences since the call off of the wedding. I tried to get on the good side of my parents but they both made me understand that the only time they would ever be happy with me was when I went back to marry Sonia. I had already made up my mind never to marry her, especially after knowing the reason behind them trying to arrange the whole marriage stuff. I tried to make excuses for them but I could not make any excuses for them at all. I wanted them to be themselves while I was myself. "You know what. I don't care if they accept me again or not. I don't care if they talk to me or not forever. They can choose to give birth to another son and fix a marriage for him or her but as for me, I cannot allow myself to be used as a bounty for some selfish goal. How can you call me your son and do all this to me? It's not done that way at all." I said to myself loudly like I was having a real conversation with myself. I hea
Sonia's POV "You know you are a cursed child right? You don't deserve me as your father. You are an illegitimate child. I don't know what it is that you are thinking but from today, I never want you to greet me or do anything that is going to concern me. Since you think that you are old enough to pull this off, you should be old enough to cater to all your needs as of today." His exact words when he found out that I was baking out of the marriage with Allan. He had since not talked to me. I didn't know how best to make him understand that I was not cut out for that kind of marriage. I didn't know what to do so I have since tried to take my mind off everything he said to me. I didn't even know why it all came to my mind this morning and I had to even sit outside my room, lost in thoughts.I suddenly felt a touch on my shoulder and I quickly looked to see who had the effrontery to touch me in such a manner. As I looked up to see who it was, my gaze fell on Eli as she stood there with a
ELARAIt was a sunny day and I could not help but wonder why all of a sudden I found myself in the past. "What really happened?" I asked myself. It was as if the witch gave us that concoction to take, it affected us and took us back in time. I saw myself in the warrior place again and then I had to go through it again. I didn't know how to go about it so I tried to forget it and focus on the pressing issues that were on the ground. I heaved a sigh as my thoughts wandered off to the fact that Levi and Sonia agreed to call off their wedding. "How did this even happen? They were supposed to get better wedded by tomorrow. What is going on with them? I never knew it would get to this point in their marriage." I said to myself. I sat there in the middle of the room as I thought about how the mating ceremony was going to be. "I just hope that I find someone who is going to love me for who I am. Not judge me for any reason and I also hope I get my wolf too." I said to myself as I sat there o
ELARA"I was thinking of that too. I have a lot of things to talk to you about. The past few weeks and perhaps months, have been tedious in terms of events. Many things unfolding and your acting strangely is enough to talk about. But I don't think you are in the right state to talk right now." He talked slowly like he was trying to carefully select his words, or perhaps he was trying to count his words as they left his mouth."I am okay. I need to talk to you about something very very important. It cannot wait. I think I have dragged this for too long and it is starting to affect me, you, and the entire castle." I said, trying to sit up on the bed and he aided me. He arranged the pillow to support my back and I smiled slightly."I think I have an idea about what you are about to talk about. See, I have been having these dreams. Very disturbing and alarming. There were many people there but you weren't there. Your brother, Allan is there and also the daughter of alpha Gunther is there
KING GREGOR "Your majesty. We found your wife." The head of the guards broke the news to me moments after I gave him an order to find her wherever she went. I sat there in the room, facing the window. I reflected on the past few days, weeks, and months. Many things have happened within the past few weeks. Things that I really can't explain and I don't have the explanation of. First, it was the sudden changes that Arianna started to show. She acted so differently and I just had to ignore all of it. Then followed, was her sudden claim of memory loss. I don't know but I seemed to believe her.As if all these weren't enough to mess with my mental health, the dreams started to come up. Unexplainable dreams that could raise my doubt in ten folds. It would have been better if the witch were able to translate the dreams but she was of little or no help at all. Above all, the most surprising thing was my sudden likeness for Arianna. I never liked her before. The only reason I was involved wit
ELARAI opened my eyes suddenly and the first thing I saw was this magnificent creature. It looked like someone that I had seen before. No! I cannot be here. This was not how I planned this to go. I kept trying to make myself believe that I was sleeping and then the voice came at me."Elara! I suppose you know where you are presently. What happened to you? Why were you stirred off what you wanted to go and do? You begged for a chance and you got the chance but what did you choose to do?" I felt a sting in my heart as I recalled the day that I was begging the moon goddess for a second chance. A chance to go and avenge my death and that of my unborn child. "I don't know where to start. Perhaps it was as easy as I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be easy to carry out the whole plan I had in mind but it was tougher than I thought. There were a lot of constraints. The person whose body I woke up in had a life of her own and it just mixed up with the whole thing. At so
SONIA"No, you didn't do anything. As a matter of fact, we had just finished what we wanted to iron out. We were just about to step out of the room and come downstairs to join them for breakfast. How are you?" He ended his statement with an awkward question. His facial expression said it all. If only he could take back his words, he would not hesitate. "How had he always perceived Eli?" That was something that I had never asked him. I didn't want to sound awkward so I just kept mute and waited for her to talk. Many thoughts rushed through my mind and just when she wanted to talk, I could not afford her to tell him what happened the previous day, I cleared my throat slightly to talk and then their attention turned towards me."You know you don't have to be so formal right? We could go back to the way that we have been doing. The small plays and everything. Things might not be as you think they are. Right, Allan." I could not deny the fact that it felt extremely awkward saying all that
SONIAI knew for sure that it was Eli who was standing in front of the door. "What could she be looking for? Did the alpha send it to us? Many thoughts rushed through my mind as I looked at the doorknob and also the face of Allan as he also looked at the doorknob. I thought of ignoring the knock but not long after, the knock came on the door again and I had to heave a sigh. "Even if I needed this interruption, it was too quickly. She should have waited for us to finish all this before she came to knock on the door." I thought for a while.I walked towards the door slowly but hastened my steps as the knock came again and stayed frequent. I could not take my mind off what had happened earlier. I didn't know what to do or how to go about it. "Perhaps he might be feeling awkward and timid after the show or perhaps he enjoyed it as much as I did. Whichever way it is or however it is, I am not fazed by anything." I said to myself as I reached for the doorknob and quickly pulled it to see wh