GAZELLE’S POVWolverine was unusually booming. Everyone was excited except me.They were busy picking out outfits and the blogs were filled with talks about the annual masquerade ball. I barely knew anything about it. It was barely a year since I became a part of this crazy place, so this was going to be my first Wolverine masquerade party. I had a terrible feeling that I wouldn’t enjoy it.Meanwhile, I took Jenna up on her offer. I was tired of being alone with only the library as my place of comfort. We’d been texting back and forth for a couple of days before she was able to convince me to come out to their hideout.It was a restricted building at the back of the school. I wondered how they didn’t get punished for using it, but I guess the rules work differently for different people.I threw on the blue sweats and my headwarmer, before heading to the back of the school.I spotted Jenna from afar and headed towards her quickly. Her smile widened on seeing me.“Gazelle! You made it!
GAZELLE’S POVGoing to this ball was a bad idea. But Jenna wouldn’t hear me out. She already selected three nice dresses for me, along with matching face masks. I was a bit relieved that no one would know I was the rabid dog or tilapia Zilli. I would just be like every other girl in a mask.Who knows, maybe I might even enjoy this ball.I stepped out of the changing room and Jenna’s eyes widened.“Oh my goodness! You look absolutely amazing,” she exclaimed and my cheeks coloured. “Now, we are going to do something about this hair of yours.”“Why?” I asked. “No one knows my real hair colour…” I paused, realizing that the Terrors might have a clue. “What are you going to do to my hair?”“We are going to dye and curl it. I think you are the only Wolverine with white hair, so if we just style it, they would know who you are,” she said.She had a point. My hair colour was strange and very weird. I would stand out if I went in like that and ended up being humiliated in place of anyone the
GAZELLE'S POVI was suddenly aware of the eyes on me. This wasn't the plan at all. All I wanted to do was dance with Jenna or by myself. I looked at Jenna and she gestured at me to take it. I sucked in a breath. “Please?” He added and I took the hand skeptically. He placed his hand around my waist and the heat the contact generated made my palms sweaty. I wanted to say something but I was afraid if I spoke he would immediately recognise me. “What is your name?” Came the first question. One I couldn't offer an answer to. I expected him to be pissed but he chuckled. This was definitely Jayden. I could tell from the mannerisms and the way he spoke. “Alright, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. What training level are you in?” He asked instead.It was obviously level one since I've not participated in any training session yet but I didn't give any response.“For some reason, you do not want to speak but that is okay. I still want you as my date for the night,” he said a
SARAH'S POV I stood in a corner, watching them with anger. Why was my Jayden leaning so close to that thing? Was he trying to kiss her? That would certainly be the height of it. I could take anything but this insult. I couldn't even stand watching them anymore. The stupid thing probably thought she was special but the truth is that Jayden will always come back to me. No matter how many girls he chases, he will eventually lose interest in them and find himself back in my arms.I know I messed up but I am going to win him back no matter what it takes. And no stupid girl in a silly costume would stop that. I found the girls sitting at a VIP table, drinking and chatting away. “Girls,” I called their attention. “Have you picked who is going to be our ultimate clown for the night?”They exchanged glances. “I didn't think that was up to us to decide,” Carmen spoke. “She's right. We don't get to decide unless we're the ones pulling the prank, which, to the best of my knowledge, we
GAZELLE'S POVI was in trouble. Very big trouble. I cursed myself for leaving Jayden's side and even Jenna's. Both of them could have protected me from this. But here I was, alone, defenceless and cornered. Worse, I couldn't even use my wolf even if it wanted to because then, they would recognise me. Just as Gwen reached for the mask, the lights went off and it disoriented them. “What is happening? There has never been a power outage in Wolverine before now,” Sarah said. “I don't think it's an outage,” Carmen countered.I knew they would turn on their flashlights soon so I used the opportunity to crawl away from them while they argued about the light.My night sight was almost as clear as daytime so I easily manoeuvred through them into one of the stalls and locked it.I heard Jenna banging earlier, so I figured they must have locked the door. If only I had figured out that it was them on time, I would have locked the stall. “Turn on your flashlights! She's gone!” Gwen exclaime
GAZELLE’S POVI was panicking’ Everything I had been trying to hide in the last few hours had come to light, all because of what? A stupid table and some cupcakes.I couldn’t even look at him now. I was certain that he was regretting all the things he bought for me and even stressing himself to break the bathroom door. “You have such a beautiful voice,” he commented. “Why do you hide it?”The question made me raise my head. I certainly wasn’t expecting to hear that from him. I thought he would have figured out my identity from just hearing my voice, but I was wrong. He was totally clueless. “I don’t care what your reasons are, but I don’t want you to play this silent game all night. I want to talk to you so can you at least tell me your name?” He asked, and I shook my head. In the whole of Wolverine, I was the only one named Gazelle, so telling him that would be a big giveaway.“Maybe that is a little bit of a stretch,” he muttered. “Don’t tell me your name if you don’t want to. I
GAZELLES’S POVWhen she was talking about two halls, I should have asked her how she knew they were two. The fact that I was in the hall with a crowd of anticipating people and a big projector was at the front.I could see an excited Jenna run into the hall only for it to be slammed immediately. On meeting the empty hall, I could see the confusion and panic on her face. The crowd already started chuckling but I was worried for her.She ran to the door, trying to get it open but it wasn’t working.My heart was drumming in my chest. What were they going to do to her?“Let me out!” She yelled and I decided I was done watching. I was going to go out there and help her but just as I stood, the next thing on the screen made me freeze.There were bees. Like actual bees.It was like they were released from their hive or something. I couldn’t bring myself to move. This was like the most evil thing I had ever seen.As expected, Jenna panicked and began banging heavily against the door.I snapp
GAZELLE'S POVAfter what happened the previous night, I didn't think that I would want to attend another ball night.The plan was to remain in my bed and see Jenna later in the evening since she wasn't ready to see me this morning. But my little rest was caught short as I was sent a reminder of my punishment. I got off the bed dutifully and changed into a loose fitting outfit. I got my cleaning equipment and began my dirt. I cleaned up my dorm and thankfully, some cleaners had already cleaned the girlfriend's floor so I didn't have to deal with the obnoxious girls. The boys dorm was already cleaned so all I had to do was clean the surroundings and the boyfriend's suite. I took my time to clean because I didn't want them around when I was cleaning. By the time I was done with half of Wolverine, the ball had already begun and wolves were beginning to arrive. I spent one more hour cleaning before heading to the Boyfriends suite. There was no one at home which was a relief. Or so I
JAYDEN'S POV I didn't bother with waiting for them to snap into action, I was beyond confident that my demands would always be met so I turned on my heels and went in the opposite direction of the open doorway of the room. As expected, the footsteps of the two women escorted me down the stairs and all the way to our suite. When Jeremy came to me fuming that Jordan was beginning to act stupid I hadn't known how to react so I had done the only logical thing, go after my twin. "Jayden, I..." Gwen's annoying voice took over the space in my head as she tried to give me an excuse of some sort. "Can you do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut, Gwen? I would ask you to speak when I have absolutely no choice but to listen to your annoying voice." That shut her up pretty quickly. My face pulled up into a smile as silence stretched between us all the way to the suite. "What the fuck is she doing here, Jayden? I take it that you intend to punish her?" Jeremy still sounded terribl
GAZELLE'S POV I either didn't hear right or I heard completely wrong. Did Jordan just say he would have one of the Girlfriends bring dinner up to my room? My eyes moved up to meet his in obvious shock, and I noticed he wasn't even staring at me. He was too busy glaring at Sarah, who looked just about ready to have the earth swallow her up, to pay any attention other than the verbal acknowledgement that left me in shock. "What the hell, Jordan?! Are you fucking this pig? Is that why you care so much about her? I would've thought you had better taste than that, being Jayden's brother and all." Sarah's voice is high pitched and ringing with enough disbelief. Just as much as I felt up until het words registered in my skull. What? What was it with everyone and making disgusting assumptions today? Jordan's gaze finally landed on mine and his glare turned icier. I could totally see how he would be pissed off over the fact that people are now assuming he's having... eww with me.
JORDAN'S POV I was feeling a lot of different emotions, all of them in the negative. Gazelle's presence beside was doing a lot more than I expected it could to keep me calm and collected. The spoon in my hand lifted oh so slowly up into my mouth, carrying with it ice-cream that should be divine, but just tasted like sawdust. "What are you guys doing in here?" Jeremy's voice carried through the semi-open doorway. We both looked up at the sound of his voice, one of us frozen in her place. I glanced at her in a very brief way but she didn't even look back, her eyes were pinned on him as he strolled into the room. "Nothing that should concern you." My voice held a finality that would get anyone else to back off, but this was Jeremy I was speaking about. His face morphed into a huge smile. "Ah. You could've invited me to join in the fun." His eyes flickered between Gazelle and me, a knowing smile on his face. I almost gagged at the suggestion he was making. "Gross. Get your s
GAZELLE'S POV After what happened the previous night, I didn't think that I would want to attend another ball night. The plan was to remain in my bed and see Jenna later in the evening since she wasn't ready to see me this morning. But my little rest was caught short as I was sent a reminder of my punishment. I got off the bed dutifully and changed into a loose fitting outfit. I got my cleaning equipment and began my dirt. I cleaned up my dorm and thankfully, some cleaners had already cleaned the girlfriend's floor so I didn't have to deal with the obnoxious girls. The boys dorm was already cleaned so all I had to do was clean the surroundings and the boyfriend's suite. I took my time to clean because I didn't want them around when I was cleaning. By the time I was done with half of Wolverine, the ball had already begun and wolves were beginning to arrive. I spent one more hour cleaning before heading to the Boyfriends suite. There was no one at home which was a
GAZELLES’S POV When she was talking about two halls, I should have asked her how she knew they were two. The fact that I was in the hall with a crowd of anticipating people and a big projector was at the front. I could see an excited Jenna run into the hall only for it to be slammed immediately. On meeting the empty hall, I could see the confusion and panic on her face. The crowd already started chuckling but I was worried for her. She ran to the door, trying to get it open but it wasn’t working. My heart was drumming in my chest. What were they going to do to her? “Let me out!” She yelled and I decided I was done watching. I was going to go out there and help her but just as I stood, the next thing on the screen made me freeze. There were bees. Like actual bees. It was like they were released from their hive or something. I couldn’t bring myself to move. This was like the most evil thing I had ever seen. As expected, Jenna panicked and began banging heavily against
JEREMY She looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here, and confusion was drawn on her face like a tattoo. "This is a prank." She stated with a shake of her head. "Please, I promise to stay out of everything that relates with the Terrors or the Girlfriends." I almost laughed out loud at the panic in her voice, but I refrained and kept a straight face instead. "I would've thought you had more balls than that, but I guess I was wrong." There was no way I was going to try to make an ally out of someone who was walking, breathing cowardice. If she didn't want any bit of revenge then so be it. "Wait!" She called out to stop me as I walked away from her. I turned back to face her, my eyebrows arched in silent question. "What do you want?" "I already told you what I want, Gwen. You're either brave enough to be a part of it or you're not." My gaze trailed over her from head to toe. "And something tells me you're on the side of not." "How do I know that you're not mislead
JEREMY'S POV I was flipping pissed, my mood was raw on the voltages of anger I had been tapped high on. I was going to fucking kill Jordan. "You couldn't have fucking taken my side? You were okay with watching your psycho brother kill me?" I swore at Jayden. "Maybe if you stopped riling him up, you wouldn't even need saving in the first place." He threw back at me angrily. "I didn't freaking need saving. I just didn't want to take the killing blow." I defended myself. For whatever bullshit reason I really hadn't wanted to kill Jordan. I was hoping that he would come to his senses eventually and all of that would be over, but I guess I was wrong. That bastard is more animal than he is human. "What the hell even happened? I was out for all of ten minutes and next thing you're at each other's throats?" He pushed his hand through his hair in frustration and then turned to face me a second time. "What did you say to him?" "Of course it was me who started it. No way your pre
JEREMY'S POV I couldn't possibly be imagining this. This place was deserted to a very large extent. Something was most definitely up. Every single person that had walked past us or even peeked through their windows at us since we strolled by casually had been either female or child. It was Jayden that finally responded to my comment. "No, it's not just your mind. This is actually a space dominated by anything other than the male wolves." Jordan made a show of sniffing the air. "There's no single scent of a male wolf within a 50 mile radius of this place." "What do you think could be going on?" I asked. This was seriously crazy. There was no way in hell that all of the men in the pack had just decided to step out on the same day. Especially not after the number of traps we'd had to get past on our way here. "I think there was more than one trap left waiting for us." Jayden didn't sound too pleased by that possibility. Not that I could blame him, I wasn't pleased by it ei
JORDAN'S POV "It's quite easy to make demands like that when you're sitting safe behind an office desk, isn't it?" I spat out before I could stop myself. Something about the woman made me want to vomit. She irritated the fuck out of me and I was always fighting the urge to simply wring her throat with my bare hands. "Excuse you?" Her eyes were oozing fire as she trained them on me. "There's just three of us. And yet we're constantly being pitted against a full army of wolves by ourselves." "You're Alphas." She deadpanned like that could justify everything in the world. "Doesn't make us infallible." I bit back. "Maybe if the board could be a little bit more considerate about the kinds of missions we were sent on, we wouldn't have a revenge on our hands now." My tone was becoming a lot more disrespectful with each word that came out of my mouth and I noticed my brother stiffen beside me. One of his palms dropped on my thighs, calming me down without words. As expected,