Like every other night in the Black Fur pack, the sky was starless. I could hear my wolf mutter some curse words in my head and I couldn’t blame her much for it. The sight of my father, Alpha Demontes kissing an old witch was enough to make the both of us sick. I turned away before Freyacould make an eye contact with me but it was too late. She had seen me watching them and she smiled.
“You care to join us princess?” she offered.Her two tongues slithered like a snake’s as she talked and the thought of that thing in my dad’s mouth made me want to puke. Disgusting.“I’d rather join the warriors,” I grunted and turned away.My father disconnected from her and turned to stare at me.“Go get me a glass of wine Freya honey,” he smiled at the witch.She smiled back at him and stood up to get the wine and he turned back to face me.“You know you’re not very nice to her,” he eyed me.I didn’t reply him. I tried my best to focus on the food I was eating. I couldn’t bring myself to look up at the many scars on his bare chest and for some weird reason, he didn’t want to wear his shirt at dinner.“Answer me Antonella!”“I don’t know!” I blurted out angrily. “Why would you bring her to dinner? As if I haven’t seen enough of the two of you already.”He looked around quickly to make sure no one was eavesdropping before he leaned over to me.“We need her to stay safe,” he grunted.I could sense the desperation in his voice and I knew what it meant. We had lots of enemies.“I don’t know,” I shrugged. “We need to do something else. Maybe we shouldn’t have gathered so much enemies in the first place.”“It was inevitable,” my father replied.“No it wasn’t!” I cried standing up from the table. “Eighteen years ago, you murdered a whole family in cold blood! Alpha Michael was stronger than you and he could have easily killed us all if he wanted but no, he offered for peace, and then you went into his own home and killed him. You killed my best friend.”“I didn’t kill your friend,” he laughed. “Maybe I would have spared his life. He was stupid enough to jump down from the highest building in the whole world. A pity his bones were never found to be buried.”I frowned and went back to my food, my eyes blurry with tears. I shouldn’t have started a conversation I was not ready to complete. Eighteen years later and I could still see the lightning that flashed that night as Salvador jumped down from the window. I could still see the pained look on the face of Alpha Michael as he choked on his own blood, and I could see his wife wasting away on the floor, her insides being eaten out by the most dangerous poison in the whole of the pack.I wondered how Salvador would have looked if he was still alive. He had this long jet black hair and deep blue eyes that made him look so different, so special. He was my best friend and even though I knew that mating was not by choice, I hoped he was my mate. But thanks to my father, everything had come crashing down in hours. I should have known better anyways. I should have suspected that something was wrong on that night eighteen years ago when he warned me not to eat as much as a spoon, but I adhered to his instructions with the innocence of a seven year old, not knowing what was going to happen in a matter of minutes.“Don’t think about it too much honey,” Freya said.I looked up to see that she was holding a bottle of wine and two glasses.“You,” I pointed at her. “You planned this all.”“Anything for the love of my life,” Freya smiled and kissed my father.From the way he hunched his nose when he kissed her, I could tell that he didn’t feel a thing for her and I felt a little bit of pity for the old witch. My father was only using her.I stood up from the table. I had barely touched my food but I had seen enough of their love play.“Where are you going?” My father asked, stopping me dead in my tracks.“Give him a piece of your mind!” Nala screamed in my head. “Tell him what you think of him and his relationship. He’s a piece of shit.”Nala was my wolf and I had just learnt how to communicate with her about three years ago. Before then, everyone in the pack had given up on me ever shifting to my werewolf form but it came as a surprise the day it happened.“I’m going to my room,” I replied. “I have to study.”“You’ve not eaten a thing, Miss,” my father said. “Sit down and eat or you won’t be leaving this table tonight.”I knew my father well. Alpha Demontes never made requests. It was a command.I picked up my spoon in one last attempt to get something in my stomach and Freyachose that moment to intensify her kiss with my father.Slurp, slurp, slurp…That was all I could hear.That was definitely it.I stood up from the table again and met with my father’s cold piercing gaze.“I said sit down and eat!” He commanded.“Run, Antonella!” Nala screamed in my head. “Run far away.”“Antonella!” my father boomed.I took one quick look at him and shook my head. I couldn’t continue living like a slave in my own pack.In one quick movement, I dragged the table cloth on the dining, spilling the hot food and bottle of wine on their bodies and in the midst of the confusion, I made for the door.it had been three days since I escaped from my father’s pack and things weren’t getting any better. The first problem was that I was tired and hungry. The second was that I was lost, and the third was that for the first time in eighteen years, my father had sent out his wolves on a hunt unannounced, a hunt for the rogue princess, Antonella. I wasn’t sure of his exact commands to them if they found me but from the whispers I overheard a few times in the woods, it wasn’t something very good. Nala wasn’t making matters any better for me. She kept sulking and complaining about how we had been better fed at the pack house and how I had ruined everything by running away, as if it wasn’t her that advised me to run! A few times, I had to resist the urge to yell at her to shut up because she was beginning to get on my nerves.I stopped at the base of a pine tree and sat down on the floor to rest. My feet were sore from walking for days and my mouth was dry. I wondered if there were any animals
Maybe fate is indeed a fickle mistress. I could not come to the terms of what had just happened. My arms and legs began to tremble immediately. I could not control the tears that flowed from my eyes as the whole incident flashed before my eyes again. The whole painful incident of watching my parents being murdered.Bile formed in my throat almost immediately. Anger and pain was an understatement to describe how I felt that very minute. I could not take it in anymore so I turned to return inside.“Are you fine, Alpha?” Dan questioned, with so much concern evident in his voice. No. I did not want to look weak right in front of him. I did not want to look like a weak Alpha. I looked away from him as I did not want him to see the pain sliding down my eyes in the form of tears.“I am fine” I answered with all confidence and I was grateful my voice did not fail me as it sounded as firm as it would always sound.“If there is anything…..”“I am fine!” I yelled almost immediately. My pain had
The night was cold and so, I embraced myself as that was the only way I could shield myself from the cold. My lips began to quiver as well as because of the cold. The dungeon walls were not helping either as it seemed like it aided the cold.The moon reflected into the space I was and I stood up, realizing the full moon was out. Of course, I was so weak and tired but I gathered the little strength I had left in me to walk closer to the reflection of the moon in my space.A tear fell from my eyes as I knew I was finally paying for my Father’s crime. I had no idea whom the young man was but everything about him seemed familiar. Father had often returned home with a lot of scents when I was much younger. Scents of the body of his prey. Perhaps, Father had tried to kill him or something?I silently prayed to the moon goddess within me to help me out f the mess I had gotten myself into. I had left the house simply because I was fed up with all Father was doing and his cruelty. What then ha
The clanking sound of metal coupled with the early morning sun grazing my skin made me flicker my eyes open although my eyelids were still heavy and threatened to shut itself. I was not sure of what was going on as I still could not embrace reality. My head ached and so did every other part of my body. The bed was far from okay.It was far from comfortable and I really wanted to cuss at Father for making me go through such. If only he has been nice…. I held my head as I looked up at the stranger who was at the door. Utter displeasure was registered in his eyes as he stared at me like I had done something very terrible to him.“Here is your meal” He pushed the door opened slightly and passed what I believed was my food beneath the door and then shut it immediately, perhaps so I would not escape. I stared at the meal and then at him, wondering what I was to do with it. I could not imagine how I was supposed to eat that.I looked at the food and then cringed at the sight. It was so bad.
A gazillion thoughts crossed my mind all at the same time. Even though I tried to pretend not to see it, I could see fear obvious and evident in her eyes as soon as she heard me request for the whip.“If whipping me will make you believe that I have done nothing and I have nothing against you, then so be it. Kill you if you want but there is nothing I have against you” She spoke, her voice laced with fear.I froze almost immediately on the spot as I could pretend.I was quite hurt and broken. I stormed out immediately and headed back to my room, holding my head so tight as I was beginning to lose my mind.“Do you still think she is guilty?” Fur questioned. That was the last thing I wanted to hear.“Stop! Don’t do that! Don’t say a word!” I yelled almost immediately, holding my head so tight like I would pull it off. Why was everything getting so complicated to figure out? Antonella’s presence was making things even more difficult for me to handle.There was possibly no way she could b
“Cole?” I raised my brows, staring at the stranger. He was the last person I had expected to see that minute.“Cole” I embraced him quickly, a smile on my face. I had really missed him. After I had lost my friend; Antonella while growing up, he had somehow filed the void of course, until a particular day when he suddenly went missing.My whole life seemed to have taken a new turn ever since he was gone and I had no choice but to adapt to the new life I found myself in. Cole looked up at me and I could tell he was confused. He had no idea who I was. I had changed so much. He on the other hand, still looked the same like he was when he was little.“I am sorry” Letting go of him was the best way to get rid of the awkwardness between us. He bowed and stretched forth the letter he had come to deliver to me.I still could not understand how he had ended up being a delivery man for some rogues or whoever it was that had sent the letter.Not taking my eyes off him, I took the letter and read
Just then, he started to cough out blood.What was going on? I hurriedly placed the jar of water in his mouth but more blood? My eyes widened in shock as I dropped the jar that was in my hand.“No….. No….No. Don’t do this” I pleaded with him as he spat out blood. Where was the blood from? Had he been poisoned? My eyes widened in shock as several thoughts began to run through my mind. I could not afford to lose Dave. He had always been my support.He was my go to person and the only person I could trust so much with my pack. He suddenly began to turn pale. “Get the Royal physician!” I yelled at the maid and then, she nodded. Running quickly with one of the guards.“Stay with me” I pleaded as his eyelids had gently began to close. “Stay with me. Please, do not die. I cannot afford to lose you” I pleaded with him. Leading the pack without him would be very difficult. We had began to do things together since I became the Alpha.I had chosen him specifically to help me out and he had not l
I was quite surprised to say the least. I had not expected to be given such special treatment. From the way he sounded, I could tell he was hurt and I really felt sorry for him but it was not my fault. It was my Father and not me who had offended him. I let out a sigh of relief as I sat close to the wall. Several thoughts ran through my mind. I was baffled by the fact that my wolf was upset with me when I was actually supposed to be upset with her. What was wrong with her? All this was her fault and now, she was closing up on me?“I am sorry” I managed to swallow my pride and apologized. Even though it was not my fault, I felt the need to apologize to her. She was mute for a while and it got me even more upset.“I am sorry” I repeated, acting remorseful when I really was not. I was really bored and I needed someone to talk to. Also, I needed her to help me out. We could not be locked up here forever. We had to figure a way to get out as quick as we could.“I am sorry as well” She fi