***Spoiler alert do not continue if you have not seen Where The Crawdads Sing***
Aspen
I am shocked that she raised her voice to me. We have never yelled at each other, even when we were frustrated with each other. Thankfully, she didn’t notice that I ripped one of her charms off as she pulled away and disappeared.
“Go get Dimitri immediately,” I order a guard and he immediately vanishes from my sight.
“That is not the same girl I’ve come to know and love,” says my father.
“That’s because she is under a spell, I am sure of it.”
“Son, don’t you think it’s best to let this go before you let this consume you. She’s made her choice.”
“Not of her own free will she hasn’t!”
I can’t believe he would even
AspenI need to hurry and get the answers we need. Today is the fair and Derek told me he and the family are attending. It’s such a bad idea. As far as I know Maliyah’s vision hasn’t changed so this is a big risk. Derek thinks he can stop it all from happening, but he’s playing with fire risking the girls’ lives. I don’t like that they are not even away they are bait.“What do you want? Stop following me.”“I just wanna talk Brandon.”“Well I don’t want to talk to you elf.”“What if I buy you a shake from Ortiz’s Place?”That stops him in his tracks. I can tell he really wants one and is having some internal battler whether or not he should take my offer, but I think with the heat we have been having lately I win.“Okay.”We walk towards the diner while he answer simple que
Maliyah“Maliyah wake up!”The twins and Aiden burst through my doors and jump on top of me. They’re all super excited as we are going to the fair today.“Alright already, I’m up,” I giggle as they continue their assault on me.I turn the tables on them and knock them each with my pillow. They each grab a pillow and gang up on me.“Alright! Alright, you win. I need to get in the shower so we can go,” I laugh as they giggle their way out of my room.I grab some clothes and head to take a quick shower. I start the shower to let the water warm up and stare at myself in the mirror. I am filled with anxiety today as the vision hasn’t changed. I don’t know how to fix it. Luca assures me we have plenty of guards to help protect. Wh
AspenI wanted to immediately leave for Alastor’s realm, but Derek insisted we make a plan. I understand him not wanting to storm in there without knowing exactly what we’re walking into as we could endanger the girls, but it’s killing me that I haven’t been able to reach Maliyah. I am scared of what they could be doing to her.‘Maliyah?’I have been trying to reach every hour, but it’s been radio silence. Dimitri sent a few of his scouts to the realm to see what they could find. Dimitri is concerned that his spell was easily broken as he sealed the realm off all those years ago which begs the question is it Luca or another warlock that broke the spell?“I’m so sorry sir,” says Chris for the thousandth time.“Maliyah is a lot faster, faster than me. It doesn’t surprise me that she
LucaI shut and lock the door. I look back at the girls and think of where this is leading me and what this could very well cost me. I just wanted to live a normal life, how did I let this get so far? I walk down the hall where Breanna is waiting for me and find Brandon is not with her. I figured she would’ve brought him with her since she said she was coming. Original I was suppose to take care of this on my own and yet here she is.“Where is Brandon?”“I don’t know and don’t care. I’m here to ensure the job gets done.”“Breanna I don’t think I can go through with this. She is family and her sister is like eight.”“Don’t you dare betray me, you owe me everything! You would’ve starved or worse if it weren’t for me.”“I appreciate everything you’ve done for me Breanna, but I
Maliyah“So this is the daughter of the great Davina,” says a voice.I look up towards the door and see a rather sickly looking woman leaning against the wall. Her hair is matted and dry and she looks like she hasn’t slept or eaten in days. Her eyes are dark and cold, like she has no light in them.“Who are you?”She scoffs as she brings a bottle full of an amber color liquid to her lips and gulps down the last bit of it.“It figures you don’t know who I am though I have been living in your pack for the past year.”“You are Brandon’s mother?”“Yes and the mate of the wolf your family killed.”“I don’t know what you are talking about.”“Don’t lie,” she yells as she throws the glass bottle across the room.I
Maliyah “Come this way.” I pull Accalia to the left and begin rushing down the narrow passageway. I follow the scent I know to be Aspen’s, taking all sorts of twists and turns in hopes of finding the exit or him. My heart is pounding as I quietly rush down the hall, desperate to get Accalia to safety. I take a right turn and stop in my tracks. Dead end. I stare at the wall for a few second before I turn around and go left. The scent is leading me to the right, but I can’t go any farther so I’ll need to find a way around. I am getting more irritated as I move farther and farther away from Aspen’s scent. A part of me wants to return to our cell and start from the beginning, but I fear it’s already been discovered that we escaped. I attempt to mind link Aspen but still have no luck. I stop and try to find any other scents mixed in with Aspen’s but I don’t smell anything else. I immediately know something i
MaliyahThe hunter’s screams fill the room as blood begins to emerge from his eyes, ears and nose. I concentrate harder, wanting to end this now. I don’t enjoy taking another life, but I’ll be damned if I let them harm my sister.“Maliyah look out,” yells Accalia, but her warning comes a bit too late.I am knocked in the head hard from behind, forcing me to lose concentration. I fall to the ground, but quickly get back up and attack the individual behind me. I hear a grunt and a crunching sound like I’ve stepped on egg shells from my head connecting to the individual’s nose. I rely on the skills Aspen taught me rather than my powers so I don’t drain myself.“Behind you,” yells Accalia and I immediately swing my leg behind me and land a hit in another person’s ribs, snapping it lik
LucaI worry Maliyah has a point and the hunters will betray me once we both get what we want. I don’t plan on letting them harm Brandon, but the rest of the shifters I couldn’t care less. I will let the hunters wipe out the shifters and then swoop in and save the coven as I know they will team up to protect the shifters. I will have to ensure Dimitri is killed so I can take over without a fight.This was never my plan to begin with, but Breanna is getting her wish with her need for revenge and I can gain a family that will follow and be loyalty to me. I’ll have to wipe Maliyah’s memory once this is all over or the dragons will be against me. Once Davina is gone, Maliyah will be the last silver dragon. She will lead the dragons and I’ll lead the coven, making us the most powerful beings on earth.The only problem I have is Aspen. I cann