KADENShe just kept running and didn’t look back. I could hear her sobbing on her way, an instinct told me to go with her but I needed to be here to search through Octavia.I started pacing up and about in Octavia’s room. I didn’t mean to deny her my promise but I need to make sure that Octavia isn’t playing her. She has been hurt a lot of times and I just don’t want it to happen again. I kept looking through her things, trying to find a clue regarding the white wolves or why information concerning the white is being decimated. But I also don’t want to fight with Valerie, she means a lot to me and fighting with her or making her cry, a part of me bleeds because of that. But her safety is very important. Her not being hurt by anyone including someone posing as her family is a priority for me. I need to see this through.If at least I get a shred of evidence against Octavia, maybe, just maybe for once Valeria will believe me and not see me as a villain. It hurts when she sees me as a v
ANSELThe wolf bond was becoming stronger and more painful. That means whatever Valerie is going through must be hell.“Can you see this?” I faced Kaden and Grey, holding my chest. “This, whatever is going on between the both of you, is a behavior I can't stand.”“Ansel–” Kaden called out to me.“Enough!” I screamed, all the birds around flew away immediately.“I can't deal with your fight anymore. I'm suppose to be tracking down Egnar, not be in the bushes because both of you can't protect her “ I said to them“I can protect her.” Grey said, staring hard on Kaden.“Oh really, when you didn't see her with Kaden. Your first instinct was to pick a fight with him and not find her.” I said to him“And you.” I faced Kaden, “when will you let go of these accusations. Valerie found you going through Octavia's things and she ran because she was mad at you.”“I can fix it.” He says“Fix it.” Grey said before I could speak, “with your obsession how are you going to fix it.” He said.“Grey, that
VALERIE“It's not true.” I shook my head violently.Silvia laughed like a crazy person, “which part isn't true, because I will be happy to enlighten you.” She says, staring down at me.“Aunt Octavia is taking my powers and you aren't either. We are here because you are just a spiteful little girl.”I saw her right hand raised and it came across my face.I tried to touch myself but the ropes on my hands won't let me, “you slapped me.” I whispered.“Yes, and I will do it again.” She says hashly“Aunt Octavia will come for me, Kaden, Ansel and Grey will come for me and you will be a pile of dust.”“You need to stop saying that.” She says“Saying what?!” I shot at her“That Octavia will save you, when she is the one coming to harm you.”“She will never hurt me, I'm her family and you will be punished for doing this to me.”“Wow! I thought you were empathetic.” She saysI gave her a puzzled look, “what do you mean?” I swallowed my saliva, my throat began to ache.“You just said I will be p
KADENThe gas seems to stop us from moving or even changing the direction of our heads. I watched as Octavia walked away with a smirk on her lips. She has planned this from the beginning. She knew exactly what to do to push our buttons, to let our guard down in protecting Valerie.She put me beside her room because she knew I wouldn't be able to resist the urge to sniff through her room and if Valerie finds out she wouldn't want to stay with me.Saving Grey was definitely part of the plan, she had to know it will change him and make him sympathetic towards her but most importantly how did she know he will do that.“I can't believe this is happening. This is all my fault.” Grey said“You need to get yourself together, and figure out how we are going to get out of here.” “I think I can move my fingers.” We heard Ansel say“Are you sure?” I asked him“Yeah, try yours.” He saysI tried to move my fingers but I ended up moving my entire body.“Shit!” I got control of my body and so did A
VALERIEMy head was spinning in different places, I could hardly see what's going on in the room.Everyone seems to be moving in motion, doing one thing or the other.Octavia passed my me, so with my tied arms, I held her hands. “Aunt Octavia, this isn't real right. You are just messing with me?” I asked her, my whole body was shaking.“Of course not honey, this is all a dream.” She said caressing my hair. I gave a huge breath out of me.“Thank the goddess.”“A dream of me taking your powers.” She says.“But it still is a dream. That means it's not real.” My words came out in a shaking voice.“What are you twelve?” Silvia spoke, “you can't tell the difference between reality and the dream world?” she asks“In reality, my Aunt Octavia will never hurt me. Right Aunt Octavia?” I asked, trying to squeeze her hands.She slapped my hands away and moved away from me. “I'm not your Aunt.” She says“What!” It was supposed to come out as a scream but it came out of my mouth in a whisper.“I don
SKYLAR“Get up!” I heard a voice echoed all over my face. “Get up!” The voice became louder.“Miles.” I whispered, trying to get up by holding my head.“Miles isn't here, Honey. It's just me.” Josh said in a mocking tone.“You bastard!” I charged towards him with my fangs out but on getting to him, I couldn't bring myself to hurt him.“What is wrong with me?” I asked myself as I tried to use my fangs on him. I looked at him and memories of everything I did in the dungeons flooded my mind.“Ohh!” I held my stomach, tears gather in my eyes, “what have I done?” I whispered.“You did what I told you to do.” He said in a commanding tone.“I hope Miles is okay.” I said to myself. I hurt him so badly. “Come, I don't have all day to watch you cry. I have things to do.” He says“Who are you?” I asked him, “because clearly you are not Josh.”“You will find out soon enough.” He said.He didn't need to drag me with him because I didn't protest, I followed him willingly and without questions.We
VALERIEI couldn't believe what I was hearing. What did she mean by I haven't unlocked all my powers yet.I thought I had just three powers, the moon goddess said so herself. It's Octavia playing games with me or she actually saying the truth.“What do you mean by I haven't unlocked all my powers yet?” I asked her, but she didn't seem interested in answering my question.“You can't take this away from me. It's my power!” I shot at her.I could feel myself trembling, like my whole body was shaking but couldn't move from the spot I was.Two guards walked towards me and removed the binds from my hands. I took the opportunity and charged towards them.I changed into my wolf immediately, there was a lot of gasp and wide mouth as I did.I bared my teeth and let out a fierce howl, hoping Kaden, Ansel and Grey could hear me.Octavia scoffed, “that won't help.” She said“Will see.” I replied to her.The sound of my howl made the guards stop, they had a surprised look on their face and so did e
SKYLARThe ride back to the palace was a quiet one. After Egnar's proclaimed himself King, the whole pack seem to have gone into hiding.The street and the roads back to the palace was empty and dry unlike it usual buzzing and cheerful noise. Everyone remembers the horror we all experienced when Egnar ruled and no one wants a recantation of the cruel wedding all over again.This is all my fault. If only I was able to knock him out of my body. None of this would have happened. I knew something was off about Josh when I realized he was the one controlling my body but this isn't Josh. Josh is probably dead because Egnar is now in his body.We got to the palace and Egnar walks out of the car, taking in the cool breeze that radiated the whole place. It's weird seeing him for who he is in Josh's body. It's more than werid, it's creepy and inappropriate.I looked around the palace building, everyone had lined up to greet him. No one wants to be killed for being incompetent. No one wants to
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