SKYLAR.I placed my hands on the rails in my bedroom. “You need to sleep.” I heard Miles behind me.“I know, I will be with you in a second.” I turned and said to him.He gave a huge sigh and landed on the bed.I looked up to the sky, it wasn't bright at all today.The moon wasn't even there and it has been like that for a while now.“Maybe that's why I have been having these nightmares.” I thought to myself.There have been weird dreams and anytime I wake up I can't seem to be able to understand them. I hardly remember, I was frightened anytime I woke up after such a dream.I kept staring at the sky, thinking I will see even if it's a half moon. I will feel fine when I go to sleep.I stood there watching the sky, I checked my phone. It has been an hour since I have been standing.I sighed deeply, and walked towards the bed. Took off my robe, placed it on the stand and laid beside Miles.I chuckled as he drew me closer to him myself. He does that whenever we are sleeping together.Bu
VALERIE“Skylar?” I asked stunned, “the only thing Skylar has attention for is Miles.” I said.“He is a person not a thing.” Grey inserted.“I know that, but the thing is—”“The thing is nothing.” He cut me off, “Skylar will have to rise to the responsibility along with Miles, because you are not going out of this park on your own.”“But—.”“But nothing,” he placed his fingers on my lips. “But nothing, Valerie. I love you too much to let you go by yourself.” He looks at me affectionately, “even if your Aunt is going with you.”I sighed deeply, I wasn't going to win this battle with him. His mind was already made up and his face looked like it.“Okay.” I agreed. I took his fingers and kissed them, smiling, I placed his fingers on his chest.“You better go get ready then.” He drew me closer and placed his lips on mine.He teased me with his lips, breathing on them. Making me shudder under his touch.“You can't keep doing that–.”My words filled his mouth as he crashed his lips on mine.
KADEN“Make sure that the meat doesn't go stale.” I told some of the servants, “if the people in the palace don't want it, give it out.”“Yes my Lord.” The eldest among them said.I opened the door to my office, “walk with me.” I said to my assistant.“Have you written all the letters I asked you to write?” I asked him.“Yes, my Lord. And each one of them has been sent.” I sensed a hesitation in his voice. “What is it?” I growled.I wanted him to know, whether he wants to tell or not, he has to tell me.“Only the letter to Lord Glover, my Lord.”“And why is that?” I asked him.“I thought My Lord, sinuhe supported Egnar—”I cut him off, “Lord Glover and his people are still members and citizens of this park, which means they're under my authority.” I paused for a while“Which also means, you're sending him that letter.” I stared at him in the eyes “At once, my Lord.” He said and ran away.I placed my hands behind me and continued my walk down the hall.My mind was filled with many th
GREY“We need to get to the Car, immediately.” Ansel said immediately he saw Octavia.My mind flashed back to the arrow running towards me and me being in a different position.“Grey, we need to move.” Ansel shot at me.“Of course.” I brought myself up from the trance.“We need to move in a way that the arrow doesn't change in the slightest positions.”“How can we do that?” Valerie asked.“First you need to get down.” I said to her.“I'm not leaving her.” She cried out.“No, no. That's not what I'm asking you to do.” Ansel held her, she still had her hands around Octavia's chest.“I just need you to let her go for a while, until we get her in the car.”“But I need to keep trying to heal her.’ she says.“I know that, but for it to be less worse. You need to let her go.” “Okay.” She said, crying. “I will let her go.” “Okay, just do it gently. Don't try to shake her.”“Oh my goddess. My Lady.” Lisa, her Lady in waiting ran into the room.“Do not move.” I command her.“Yes, Alpha.” An
GREY“Fuck!” I held my back, trying to figure out where the claws came from.All of a sudden a huge figure bounced on me. It was a really big wolf.I fought it with everything in me including my pain. I almost had it when another came from behind, tearing me again in this same party as earlier.I fell to the floor with blood gushing out of my back and my face.The wolf made me stand, he growled. He gave me a huge punch in the face, breaking my nose.I staggered, almost falling but was caught by another wolf.But he didn't catch me because he cared. The wolf in front of me came forward and gave me multiple punches on my stomach.“Hmm!” I growled falling to the ground.I couldn't beat them, they were huge and a lot more were coming out of the mountain surrounding the path.I looked around, no one seems to have white hair.I really hope Octavia hasn't lied to us or taken us through the wrong place.Another blow landed on my face, breaking my jaw. I cried out in pain and I heard the soun
ANSELI looked around as we drove deep into the forest. How could someone leave here?How do they survive here?The only reason I could come up with is , “they definitely have something to hide.”The road down to wherever we were going didn't seem smooth but jumpy. A lot of potholes.I could hear my men trying to keep it together, I could smell their fear.“Keep it together, Men. We are here on a mission. We are supposed to be strong. Is that clear?”“Yes sir.” The chorus. Finally the car in front of me stopped.I got down to take a look at my surroundings.I could see the mountains from the spot where I stood. I looked down and forward, a group of people were running towards us.“A hidden location inside the woods, to hurt for food and I bet that mountain has a stream by its side.” I thought, “not bad for a hide out.”The woman with the white hair rushes out of the car, so did Grey.She was about to pull Octavia out when Grey held her arm.“Let me go.” She struggled with him.“What's
KADENThe palace has had a bit of quietness since Valerie and Octavia left with Ansel and Grey.But my mind was full, my head kept playing everything that happened the day they left.But I wasn't really there when the arrow went into her but something in me tells me she doesn't have true intentions for everyone in this park most especially Valerie.But Valerie doesn't understand. Or she doesn't want to hear it. I can't risk anything happening to my brothers but I can't change their minds, especially Grey. He seem smitted that she saved his life.But I don't think that she did. I think when the arrow was close to him, she changed her mind. Maybe she thought Valerie would be more sympathetic with her. I guess she was right, because Valerie didn't want to hear what I had to say.Since they left I have been up in the library. Skylar seems to have taken up responsibility but she seems weird lately but then everyone is behaving weird.Most especially Ansel, who I thought would take my pos
VALERIE After much cleaning by the healers it was time to remove the arrow. To me that was the scary part but to Silvia she was just getting started. The healers used a lot of potions and leaves, some of the potions they made on the spot, some of them came from a huge box. I tried looking into it but Silvia stopped me. She has been stopping me from doing a lot of things. But I brought Octavia here, because she is my only family. I kept her alive till we got here but that isn't what Silvia wants to hear. “It's time.” One of the healers said. Silvia moves into position to remove the arrow. “Stop!” One of the healers said to her, “let her do it.” She pointed at me. “What?!” Myself and Silvia said at the same time. “She doesn't have any experience.” Silvia said. “She's right. Let her do it. She definitely knows what she is doing, I don't.” I said to them “She couldn't heal Octavia from the onset, what makes you think she can do this.” “What makes you think you can question my
ScottFor a second, I almost let it happen but I suddenly got a grip of myself and pushed her away. She moved away from me and the expression on her face was enough to tell me that she was hurt by my rejection She masked it well, her expression was unreadable and her lips were set in a thin line. But from the way her eye was twitching to the way she balled her fingers into fists tightly, her nails digging into her palm, almost drawing blood. Normally, I would have tried to say something to ease the thick tension that clouded up in the air but I didn’t and neither did she say anything relating to it. “You and the children can stay here for the next few days,” she finally spoke up, her voice clipped and void of any emotion. “You need to rest and the children need food. You’ll be safe here.”Safe.The word felt foreign, like someone that was impossible. Because I had never for once felt safe since the take over, and since the moment I ran away with the kids. I nodded, taking in her
ScottMy head was still spinning. Skylar was alive. Relief washed over me in waves and it battled against the confusion that I felt, the one eating at the edges of mind. A part of me wanted to believe it without having questions, to accept that Skylar truly had sent someone to help me, to lessen the burden I had to carry. But, the other part that had been betrayed, captured, hurt and nearly killed refused to let its guard down and I stared at the woman suspiciously. “What’s your name?” I asked her, my voice cold and void of any emotions. “And why would Skyler even send you to me?”“My name is Tori,” she replied, her smile unwavering. “And like I said earlier, Skylar sent me to come help you.”I studied her carefully and when she moved closer to me, I recoiled. She asked me to calm down and then she gave me a potion. She said it would cure me. I didn’t want to believe her but she had convinced me and I had taken it. It had taken the burning pain I was feeling away but I still didn
ScottI ran and ran until my legs begged me to stop and rest, but I didn’t listen. I couldn’t listen. Only one thing was on my mind and that was getting to a safe place far from where anyone could reach us. Out of nowhere, it started raining and I grew weary. That was the last thing that I wanted, it poured down heavily, my clothes clinging to me and making my wounds. My vision was blurry as the rain lashed against my face, entering into my eyes. I ran through the woods, muddy floor and I had no idea where I was going. Normally, I would have been healed, my wounds closed up and my body stronger no matter how much I had been running. But, every time I tried to focus and heal myself, I would feel nothing but excruciating pain. Vervain. When they had captured me and taken me back to their camp, they had injected me with it. The stupid poison was coursing through my veins and eating away at my essence like fire would burn up a paper. It was even worse because it wasn’t just little
SkylarI felt dizzy and the world spun around me. I barely had time to figure out what was going on or what had happened when I felt myself shift and my knees hit a cold and hard ground. I was supposed to be dead. I was this close to getting my head chopped off. The last thing I remembered was the guard with empty eyes raising a machete while Ramona and Coral watched me with amusement as I was about to be killed. I had accepted my fate because not only was I helpless, it was Grey who had asked for me to be killed but-Light. A light erupted, bright and blinding as it shone through the room, affecting me even more because it appeared so close to me. And now, I was here. A cave. The air was thick with the smell of moss and something I couldn’t quite place my hand on, the air was also moist and shadows were cast on the stone walls by the moonlight that shone into the tiny opening of the cave. A lantern was on but it was not bright and I blinked rapidly as I tried to figure out wh
KaidenI was in shock. Skylar was gone. One minute, she was kneeling in the middle of the hall, bleeding, wounded, her voice hoarse and broke as she begged Grey to tell them to stop. She was screaming, scared and trembling from all the exhaustion. Then in the next minute, as the guard raised the machete to behead her, a bright light shone through the room. And a figure emerged out of nothingness. It was the girl that had saved me- the one that had healed me and found a way to lessen the effect of the poison that had been given to me. The girl was facing away from us so I could see the look on her face. Coral looked surprised and so did Ramona- they had been looking for the girl and she had just appeared in front of them out of nowhere. Before I could figure out why she was here, she placed her hand on Skylar and they both disappeared. Gone. Like they had never been there in the first place. I stared at the empty space- the place she had once been, begging- and my body went ri
RamonaAfter Coral stalked away with a cold unreadable expression on her face after we had argued and I was left standing there confused. I didn’t understand why she looked at me like that. Like she was hurt that I had gone against her and she wanted to hurt me and draw my blood. I didn’t mean to go against her but, her saying I should stop my marriage to Grey was unbelievable. She knew this was what I had wanted for a very long time. I wouldn’t just throw all of it away because I wanted to please. Because Skylar had disappeared. We were in power now- in control, no one was going to win against us and I was sure we would find Skylar in no time. So, I didn’t know what the fuss was about. I dismissed everyone and stormed back to my room, not waiting for Grey to follow me. If he was really under my control, he would know what to do. Getting to my room, I slammed the door shut behind me. The sound of the door closing had echoed through the room and it felt like the walls were comin
CoralThe anger I felt was like none I had ever felt in the past. It burned hot, unrelenting and through my veins as it clawed its way to my chest like a beast that hungry blood, and would do anything to get it.Skylar was gone.Gone.Vanished before my very eyes like smoke in the wind.That girl—the one I had been desperately searching for had appeared out of nowhere, and in an instant, almost like she hadn’t appeared in the hall at all, she had stolen what was mine and had disappeared with it.And now, Skylar that was once wounded, bruised, and broken was no longer in the middle of the hall where I was getting the satisfaction of watching her bleed and beg in pain. My fists curled at my sides and turned away from the crowd towards Ramona, glaring daggers at her.“This is all your fault,” I gritted out through clenched teeth, my voice dangerously low and venomous. Ramona blinked, surprised but quickly regaining herself. She let out a scoff, rolling her eyes as she waved her hand i
ValerieI smiled in my head, satisfied when I saw that Coral was now plotting against Ramona. One thing about who has a thirst for power that wasn’t theirs or people who loved making people suffer was that they didn’t trust anyone- not even theirselves. And now that Coral had asked Ramona to do something not Ramona straight up rejecting and refusing to do it, Coral mind was made up that she was going to be eventually betrayed by Ramona. But my victory was bitter because even as I savored my success, I learned something else- something that made my insides burn.Ramona was planning her engagement to Grey and the thought of it alone made me sick.Even after all she had done, after taking away his free will, after turning him into her puppet- she still wanted more.She wanted to own him completely and I wanted to scream. To fight.To burn everything to the ground before I let her take him.But I couldn’t because I was nothing.An echo. A prisoner. A ghost trapped in my own body, curs
GreyI was drowning.Not in water. Not in blood.In her.I had to put up with Ramona, be with her all the time while acting lovingly. Her presence felt suffocating, filling every part of me, twisting my thoughts, coursing through my mind and making me desire her even if I really didn’t want to. I could still feel her magic coursing through me, strong, unrelenting and taking away my willpower as she forced me to do as she wanted. My body obeyed each and every of her commands- in fact, she didn’t need to tell me to do something before I did it sometimes. The words that came out of my mouth were what she wanted to hear and my hands did as she wanted- whether it was a massage, a hug or a cuddle. And I hated it.I hated every second of this existence.Hated the way my own body betrayed me, the way I knew I was doing something monstrous but couldn’t stop myself.Most of all, I hated what I had done to them.Kaiden. Ansel. Skylar.I hated myself because I had whipped them. Over and over a