The iron bars come open again hours later and I know I'd be a fool to think it’s food, but I still hope it’s food anyway.My mind tries to drag me back to the last breakfast I had, and though I fight it, I still find myself going back there. To the table.To my second chance mate.Thoughts of Caelum swirl around in my head and I feel my body almost mourn the heat of his gaze, mourn the intensity of his stares.I shut the thought off because thinking of that will only make me wonder where Alora is right now, and it’ll only make me wonder if Caelum will do what I asked him to do.The Silvershine pack is formidable. Trying anything against their Alpha and Luna would be futile so I know it’s an almost impossible task. A mosquito buzzes by my ear and I slap it away, but then my eyes see bare feet and they’re bare feet I spent all night wondering about.My eyes snap up just in time to see Dimitri’s but his question is like a smack to the face when he asks it,“They said my mum cheated on my
Blasts and explosions rock the foundations of the Silvershine mansion and I crouch in a corner, heart pounding in my chest as I watch cracks form in the ceiling.It feels like a civil war is going on outside but I know it’s not a war. There hasn’t been an uprising like that in ages, and I don't think we possess the capabilities for that right now, so maybe a pack attack?No one would have the guts to attack the Silvershine pack. Another blast sends tremors right from beneath the mansion into my teeth, debunking my claims, and I decide it’s either one of two things. These people are either very foolish or very braveAnother explosion hits and I huddle closer into the corner. Cold seeps into my bones as the grim reality dawns on me.This… is the end.This could as well be the end for me.From a divorce, to a strange night at a club, to humiliation upon humiliation, and then here, to die in a cell. My mind goes to Caelum, to Alora, to Ravenna.I’ll never get to see them again.The ceili
Caleum’s pov.Even while she is held roughly by a man.Even while he’s yanking her hair and while she looks haggard, even while she looks like she’s seen the ends of the earth and the seven things that should not be seen by men and women alike.Sophia still manages to make me feel like I've said something wrong.Sophia’s face scrunches in something like pain, or discomfort, I can't tell. Her chin lifts in that proud tilt, her bright green eyes dim in shade. There’s something about her that tells me she’s still a Luna. With that glance. With that look. With that sneer.Sophia inspires a self-consciousness in me, yet there’s something that burns hotter. Something that burns brighter than the self-consciousness that she inspires in me, and it’s the rage.The bright, burning, rage, at the fact that someone has his hands on her. That someone has his hands around her neck, has his fingers dug into her scalp.~Capture him when all this over… and gouge out his eyes.~Sebastien stills as that
Sophia’s pov Alora’s is the first face I see when I wake up. The dreams of destruction fade back into the realm they’re from and the events that took place earlier come back to me in waves again. Despite myself, despite my legendary strength, I find myself turning away from her and burying my face into my pillow again, crying softly at first, then the tears take over with a mind of their own and I find I can't stop. “Luna Sophia.” The bed dips as Alora sits on it but that only makes me cry some more. A hand pats my hair, slowly, softly. I regulate the force of my sobs because crying even more would just be silly. I don't even know why I'm crying. It’s not like I died. It’s… it’s not like I hadn't expected to die. I always knew I would one day. One day I would give up the ghost and I would be buried the same way anyone would be buried, or not. I didn’t expect getting thrown off a balcony to shake me so much, and what happened afterward? Caelum!I bolt upright in the bed almost
The screen is bright as I stare at it and a slight smile lines my lips as I watch.“This is Alora Friar, and I report live, from what is and also once was the most regal standing mansion this side of the city and four cities beyond.Tragedy has struck the Silvershine pack today as their longstanding Alpha and Luna, Alpha Joras, and Luna Margery Silver have both been abducted and the mansion destroyed in what is an obviously brutal display of destructive power.There is not a single pillar standing. Debris and chunks of the former mansion can be found as far as four miles into the Silvershine property. This is one attack that will do one thing above all others in the hearts of all shifters and non-shifters alike, and that’s to strike an undeniable chord of fear in the hearts of all those who visit this spot in the future.Clips abound on the internet as different people speculate on the identity of the force that carried out this damage. No one is sure of who the man captured in the v
Those words are like a bullet shot into my heart. I feel my face go slack and my jaw aches for a brief second. I keep my voice mellow as I ask,“Where do you plan to go?” Dimitri’s response is slower now. He hesitates for a while, darting his eyes this way and that before he finally keeps his eyes on me and speaks. I imagine he’s always thought of this. Of escaping with his sister and just going somewhere else, anywhere, everywhere else than where they had been.“We could find our mum’s relatives.”“They let the Silvershines take you.”I want to shoot Alora a glare but she’s right. I don’t know if she’s done sufficient investigation on their background, but if she has, then that’s impressive.My little minion is living up to her reputation. She’s learned well.Alora’s words come for me again in the confines of my mind, and I admit that yes, I do have a soft spot for kids. And this time, it won’t be the same soft spot that has me causing harm and damage to them. Seeing them makes me
His voice floats into my head and I have to mask my reaction as he begins,~I’m almost tempted to accompany you two. It doesn’t take much for an argument to start especially when you’re left alone~I chortle because it really doesn’t, but he didn’t have to remind me of that. There’s a devious gleam in Sebastien’s eyes that tells me he liked letting me know how often Caleum and I argue, and this time when I get up, I take a look behind me and see the younger faces camped around the bed. This time, Alora doesn’t seem to be shivering at the sight of Kellen, or feel timid considering her proximity to him.If anything, I feel she wants him to notice her, and I gauge the tension between them. The tension they seem to have always been between them.“They’re siblings aren’t they?”Sebastien chuckles at my question and his response is loud enough that they can both hear, “It’s a bit more complicated than that.”I nod because I'd always suspected it.I take one look at Dimitri and Ophelia and
Caelum is in the living room when I go to him and this time I know something has changed.He’s hunched over his computer, the look on his face grim and the line of his lips tight. I can tell something’s wrong, it’s obvious, yet when he looks at me his eyes soften. He sits up straight and I unconsciously notice how much space he takes up on the couch.The couch is large enough though. It’s almost perfect for someone of his size.I take the leap of faith and I go to sit beside him. Directly beside him. I feel Caelum stiffen as I settle in and that makes me chuckle, because this shows he’s just as nervous as I am and that settles me.“Is anything the problem?”I can almost already tell there is, yet this isn’t one of those moments where the knowledge of an imminent problem would bring cold to my fingers or a scared rumbling to my belly. The laptop is shining in front of us. When I direct my eyes to it I almost half expect him to close the open window, but he doesn’t.Instead he seems t