CORAL'S STORYCoralThe minute the call ended between Valerie and i, a wide smirk appeared on my lips. It was all going to end now. All the pretence was getting tiring. I was so fed up of trying to pretend like i wasn't the one rooting for Valerie to give up her powers, hell ii was tired of pretending like my plan coming into place didn't make me happy.Valerie had no idea that from the beginning, this had been my plan. As a naive and trusting person, she instantly took a liking to me, which was unusual because of where i was coming from. That made me pity her the more, but what do i care, i was going to become an oracle. Coral of five years ago could never believe that. They called me many names when they found out what i truly was.In my kingdom, there was a prophecy before i was born, that spoke of a great child that was going to be born into my family. Smart, brave and powerful, chosen by the moon goddess to lead for her. A celebration was thrown the night i was born as they beli
ValarieThe winds blew outside and I sat down with my hand folded together while I waited for coral to arrive.I had already made my decision.It didn’t matter if Skylar had begged me to reconsider or the fact that she had tried to convince me they Kaden, Ansel and Grey weren’t mad. This was the only way to save them all and Elara too and I had no other option, I had to stop this endless spiraling of lies and hurt.After what felt like forever, Coral finally arrived. She looked at me with an unreadable expression but I didn’t think too much about it. All that was on my mind was getting to the witch and successfully performing the ritual. “You asked me to come,” she said in a calm but tense voice.“I did.” I stood, brushing my hands on my skirt to steady myself. “Thank you for coming in such short time.”She closed the door behind her, dusted her coat, pulled it off and walked closer to me. “I knew you would ask me to come soon, but I didn’t know it was going to be this soon.”Her wor
Valarie The light reflecting from the candle across the room, casting shadows on the walls. The cool air brushed past me once again and I shivered, feeling cold from inside as I turned to look at the stack of letters I had written and placed in a table by the corner of the room. For Kaden. For Grey. For Ansel. For Elara. For Sky. Each word was a goodbye. A silent plea for forgiveness. A final confession of love. I had cried while writing letter and I knew the wetness of my teardrops that had dried would be evident as they read the letters. My heart felt tight as I got up and walked to the table, picking up the letters and tracing the edge lightly with my fingers. Kaden’s letter was on top of others and a ghost of a smile made its way to my lips, knowing he would be furious when he found out what I had done. He’d feel hurt, betrayed and broken like I had taken his most prized possession away from him. Maybe I had. But I needed him to understand that this was the only way. G
Skylar I left Valerie’s place angry and desperate to find another way stop her. I had tried to stop her, tried to speak some sense into her but her mind was already made up. She was so stubborn and the only people I knew who could stop her were also not listening to me. I had never felt as helpless and desperate as this as I walked back into the palace. The three of them were still in Kaden’s office. The same place I had left them while they were still trying to decide if they should go after her or not. Not only where they stubborn, they were also stupid but I couldn’t blame them. They could only see half of the truth and that part wasn’t doing any good to help Valarie’s case. “Like I said, whatever you think of Valerie or you saw isn’t the truth,” I spoke up, my voice filled with urgency. “She never was! You don’t remember, but I do! She did it for you- all of you!”Kaden was sitting at his desk, his head in his hands. Grey was standing by the window, looking out silently whil
Kaden Ansel had wanted to leave with Skylar but Grey had stopped him, telling him going after Valarie wasn’t worth it. Even though I could that Ansel was conflicted and wanted to go with Skylar, he stood rooted to his spot and watched her leave the room with a sad look on his face. Skylar hd tried to convince us, telling us that there was more to the whole situation and even though I wanted to believe her words, I didn’t know what the truth was anymore. Long after Skylar had left, the three of had remained in the room silently, lost in our different thoughts and trying to find a way to wrap our head around what really was going on. I let out an exasperated sigh before I stopped pacing and went to seat on the edge of my desk, resting my head in my hand. I was still lost in thought when Skylar burst into the room once again, her eyes filled with fear and she slowly looked at each of us. Grey was looking out the window, trying to act unbothered but I could see how hard he was clen
CoralPower.It coursed through me the moment the blinding light flashed and every single thing that was attached to Valerie left her body including her soul. The power was intense and I felt it burning through my veins as it went through me. I felt intoxicated with the power, I felt more powerful and happy than I had ever felt in my life. I let out a small gasp as the intensity of Valerie’s powers settled inside me, making me stronger and making more than I ever could have been. The power was a lot but I still accepted it with ease. After all, I was meant for this.Valerie had no idea. None of them did.I finally knew what it was like to have so much power, I had been so tired of being her second in command and listening to all her orders. She was annoying to put up with and I had been playing the long game by pretending that I didn’t want her to give up her powers. She was stupid and she had fallen right into my trap. This… this was what it meant to be the Oracle.And Valerie?S
AnselWe had followed being Skylar blindly, I wanted nothing more than to get an explanation from Valerie. Yes, I was annoyed at her not something in me kept telling me there was more to it and she wasn’t telling the whole truth. That same thing kept trying me to find her and ask for an explanation, but Grey had stopped me when I wanted to go after her. I had been so foolish to listen to him and now it had cost me so much. Cost me my whole life- my reason for existing. After Skylar had shown us that video, we had burst out of the castle like mad dogs and now that we had gotten to where Skylar was leading us to, I was frozen in place as I stared at the scene in front of me. I was confused when we got to where a ritual was- had taken place and I saw Valerie on the floor, a shell of herself. We were too late. I was still trying to wrap my head over when was going on when I saw Patricia, she was standing with Kaden, exhausted hung words with him but I couldn’t hear what they were say
Grey One minute I was filled with guilt and staring at Valerie’s lifeless body on the floor, watching as coral glowed with an indescribable light around her, the next minute, I felt strong ropes wrapping around my body, tying me, ansel and Kaden together.Patricia- same Patricia that had slipped through our hands, disappeared without a trace was standing in front of Ansel, yelling angrily at him. As I- we fell to the floor, I felt my memories flooding back into my head. I remembered everything. I stared straight at Valerie and memories of how much she used to look at me trust and love in her eyes flashed across my mind. The way she would laugh, teasing yet soft, like I was someone worth loving.I remembered how much she loved all of us, how her presence had brought us peace and the different ways she had fought for and with us, even if we were not deserving of it. And I remembered the way I had thrown her aside.The way I had treated Ramona like she was the one I could trust.Th
For almost 300 chapters, I wrote the story of six imaginary characters, and somewhere along the line, I forgot that they were just a figment of my imagination. I fell in love with their pain and their stories, and for one year, they were the one constant in my otherwise unbalanced life. If you are reading this, then they grew on you, too. Thank you for staying with me as I poured my imagination onto paper. Our journey has to end here, but this journey would have been nothing without you, my precious readers. I hope you stay back and become more than just a reader but part of the family. If you hang on a bit longer, we could also grow along with the new characters in my new books.I love every one of you. And loyal readers, even the grammar correctors and inline comment editors, are the reason I wake up, and writing is what keeps me going every day. Thank you, and I hope to see you in my next project.
ValerieThe palace was filled with the sound of laughter and music. It had been years since we had conquered the people that almost ruined our lives, tried to kill us and also tear us apart. Today, we celebrated.Elara was eighteen.My baby- the little girl who had been taken, nearly lost, and fought for- was now a woman. And not just any woman. She was stronger, beautiful and much more powerful than she had been as a baby. And most importantly, she was loved. She was standing at the center of the hall, her beautiful golden eyes glowing under the light and her white gown cascading around her. I was standing at the balcony as I stared at her and made sure everything was going on right at the party. “You’re going to cry aren’t you?” A familiar voice asked. I turned around to see that it was Kaden and he wore a smug smirk on his face. “I’m not one to cry,” I replied him with a scoff“Now, you’re lying,” Grey said as he walked to stand beside me. “You cried when she turned ten.”“
ValerieThe battle was over.The war was won.And yet, the weight in my chest remained.We had survived. We had fought against powerful people that threatened to end life as we knew it, we had lost people but we still managed to come out victorious though injured and weak. I looked around at what remained from the intense fighting- the floor was stained with blood, broken and bloodied weapons were scattered all over the floor and then the bodies- they laid uncountable and badly battered as life had left them. So many bodies. Some were ours, but most belonged to the Revolutionaries who had dared to challenge us.And then there was Scott who had fought so hard to protect my daughter and kingdom. He had lost his father in the process. He was kneeling close to his father’s body, his body was tense and he was silent, an unreadable expression on his face as he stared at the lifeless body of the man who had protected him instead of leaving him to die. A true father. I wanted to comfort hi
ScottI couldn’t wrap my mind around anything that was going on. It was all a blur and I could see nothing but red. The shouts of battle as the triplets surged forward, the sound of sword against slow, claws tearing against flesh and the sound of bodies hitting the floor all faded into the background. All I could see was him. My father. His now lifeless body was laying on the floor, his once powerful and mighty body was nothing more than a dead body now. His blood stained the floor beneath him, it was dark- darker than a normal blood should be and it pooled all both of us and my body too as it polled beneath him also. His eyes that were once sharp, the same eyes that had intelligence, history and a lot of battles surging through them were now more than empty- lifeless. Gone.The father I had just begun to understand. The father who had saved me. The father I thought hated me- only to realize too late that he didn’t.He had never really hated me, he just didn’t know how to show
Valerie Elara cried in my arms, her little body trembling against my hold on her. Scott was still battling against them, stronger than Kaden, Ansel and Kaden while Skylar stood by the side, fear written all over her face, looking traumatized. Andrea and her second in command were no more fearful, instead they were angry as they looked at the floor that was soaked with the blood of their men.“Give the baby to me,” Andrea snarled, her voice as sharp as a razor. I held Elara tighter, stepping back instinctively. “Over my dead body.”He smirked. “That can be arranged.”Others were still fighting as she made her way to me. I barely had time to react when she reached for me, clawing at Elara. Her movement was fast- too fast. A low growl ripped past my lips before I could stop it as my wolf howled in anger. I wasn’t going to let her touch my baby. My body was burning as my wolf took over, my bones shifting and snapping out of place. My muscles stretched and my fur sprouted along my
Valerie Elara’s cry stopped me dead in my tracks as her cries pierced through the air, their grip on her tightening. The sliver blade of the dagger hovered dangerously close to her neck as it glinted under the bright moonlight. Everything inside me was burning and screaming at me. I had to save her.But I wasn’t fast enough.The moment I moved, the leader pressed the blade closer. “If you take one more step,” she said, her voice filled with warning as a cruel smile curled at her lips. “I’ll kill her and I’ll made sure it’s a slow and enjoyable death for me.”I froze in place, my heart racing and my nerves all over the place. Kaden and Ansel tensed up as they stood beside me with clenched hands and anger coursing through their bodies, barely able to control the frustration they were feeling. Grey on the other was shaking with a barely suppressed anger as he halted daggers at Andrea. The air was heavy and suffocating. Then, all of a sudden, something shifted. I heard a low and dee
Valerie Scott looked uncertain. His eyes glowered between us all, the expression on his face was unreadable as if he was having an internal battle with himself on what he had to do next. I could feel the tension that was radiating off Ansel, Kaden and Grey’s bodies. We were all ready to fight even if it was the last thing that we did but we were weak and we needed Scott to make a choice, we needed him to do something. The men and women of the revolution stood on the other side path there weapons and out and ready, waiting for either us or Scott to do something against what they wanted. Skylar was kneeling by Andrea’s legs, her jaw was clenching and tears were running down her face. I knew she was feeling stupid because Kaden had said they weren’t to be trusted and she hadn’t listened. She had been so stubborn and all of this was partially her fault. She was so desperate to have her family back that she forgot that no one was to be trusted. Scott let out a small sigh as he ran hi
Valerie“So how do we get there?” Grey asked, his voice filled with urgency.“That’s simple, this…” i trialed off before it turned to look at the woman. “I didn’t get your name, what name do you go by?”“My name is Andrea,” she replied with a tight smile and I nodded. “So as I was saying, since she knows the way to the vampire kingdom, we just have to follow behind her and pray we get there as fast as we can,” I explained and the guys nodded in approval while Skyler just looked at us indifferently. “So we go now? Without any plans of anything happens?” Ansel asked, the anger he was feeling evident in his voice. “Nothing is going to happen, Ansel,” Skylar said thejugj gritted teeth. “I already told you that there’s nothing to worry about. Just because you’re now finding out that Scott is a vampire doesn’t make him any different from the man that you’ve known since.”“Oh please, what if he’s about to show that he really ha-“ Ansel started but a look from me was wvkugh to shut him up.
Scott I walked out of my father’s presence and walked back to the maids to get the baby. I had thought that I was only going to be there for a few minutes before I headed back out and look for somewhere safe but there really wasn’t anywhere better than the heavily guarded estate of my father’s kingdom. But when my hand reached for the door knob, I stopped, realizing that I needed to take a shower and get my powers back if I really wanted to win this battle. The babies were with Raye- the maid that had brought me and my brother up and I was that they were in safe hands. I turned on my heels and headed towards the healers part the house. When I got there, her mouth fell open as she bombarded me with questions. “After years of you staying away from here, you come back with so many injuries and a weak body?” She asked as she ushered me to a sit by the corner of the room. “It’s not like I intentionally did this to myself,” I replied coldly but soon regretted it when I saw the look on