Hazel’s POVI swallowed hard and the entire meal was cold and silent. Maybe I should tell them that I saw a shadow in the car. I still, however, believed that it was all in my imagination. It couldn’t be real. It is didn’t make any sense.Soon the bell rang and we all headed back to class. I had a free period and decided to head to the library and do some reading. I was still so confused. What did Chelsea mean by ‘Kaya is the key’? She was just a child. I, just like Ryder, didn’t want her to get involved in any of this. She was too little.However, her getting her wolf so early was still a surprise for everyone. I still didn’t believe it. There had to be something else about her that we didn’t know about.I took a turn and bumped into someone and my books spilled on the floor. I sighed and bent to pick them and then, I heard some distasteful voices.“Look who it is Cindy? The slut of the year.”I looked up and saw Erica and Cindy staring at me with sick smiles on their faces. What on
Hazel’s POVI felt my head throbbing hard and yet there was something soft beneath it. My eyes fluttered open slowly and I was nearly blinded by a bright white light.“Where am I?”I looked around and suddenly, someone ran to my side.“Jasper?”“Hazel, are you alright?”He took my hand gently in his. I tried to stand up but he gently pushed me back down.“Don’t try to sit up. You need to rest.”I lay back down and looked at him. I felt extremely exhausted.“What happened to me?”I watched him exhale and he pulled a chair close to me.“Well to start off. You are in the school clinic. You will be fine. I found you in the hallway, on the floor with Cindy and Erica. They looked badly hurt and you looked too. I saw marks on your neck. Like you were strangled.”I tried my best to remember but the miserable look in Jasper’s eyes stole my attention.“Jasper, are you…”His head dropped sadly and I heard his voice, faint and sorrowful.“I am so sorry, Hazel. I should have stopped them. I know w
Hazel’s POVEveryone one nodded and we all got into our cars and drove off. The school wasn’t due to be empty for another few hours so we drove to a restaurant to get some food. For some reason, I was starving. We all left the car and headed in to get some food. We picked a big table and Logan went to get our orders.As I sat with Lorena and the others, I could feel their awkward stares on my neck. I wished I got a sweater so that I could cover it up.“I am really sorry abut what Erica and Cindy did to you,” said Cassie lightly. “They have been bothering me for a while as well. I am glad that they finally got a taste if their own medicine.”I smiled at Cassie and soon, Logan came with our orders. As we ate, we talked about our plan in low whispers.“Nothing is changing. We ae going in through the back door just like we did before. I have a feeling that Mr. Greg will be on the look out. He has a lot to profit if he catches us and might want us to pay him off again. I know that goblin w
Hazel’s POVhorror on their faces was inevitable. I hated myself horror on their faces was inevitable. I hated myself for making them feel that way. My heart stung painfully with guilt.“What are we going to do now?” asked Cassie with tears in her eyes. Her voice was hoarse and croaky and Jasper held her close to try and comfort her.“Nothing. We go with the plan the way it is.”We all looked at Logan in terror? Was he crazy? I stared at him with wide eyes but he ignored me and turned to everyone else.“We already know how to open it. All we need to do is go in and get the amulet and leave. No questions asked and we can put and end to this stupid quest. Are we clear on that?”Everyone was quiet on and Logan checked his watch.“We better head back. It is getting late. This is past 5pm. The earlier we head into the vault, the earlier we can leave and the sooner that all this will be over.”We all headed out after Logan paid for the food. I felt my heart pounding in my chest. There was so
Hazel’s POV“Fall back! Fall back!!!”Jasper yelled and we all began to run towards the exit. My heart was thumping loudly in my chest. I knew something was wrong. I took a quick turn back and saw them running after us. Their snarling seemed to get louder and louder and the exit seemed to be moving further away. I heard Jasper yelp painfully behind me. I knew he had been hurt but he still kept running, urging me to run faster.My legs ran as fast as they could but it seemed that no mater how much we ran, we never seemed to get any nearer to the exit. I hear Jasper yelp again and tears formed in my eyes. This was all my fault, this was all my fault!Suddenly, I felt the exist getting closer. Logan grabbed my hand and pulled me along and in a few minutes, we bursted out of the entrance. Jasper was about to come out but I saw them grab him. They grabbed his leg and began to pull him deeper inside the tunnel, tearing at his clothes and flesh. I saw his try to fight them off but it was p
Hazel’s POVI held my breath as Jasper stared at her. He quickly glanced at me and I shook my head. He wasn’t to say anything to her.“Kaya, you should go to your room. You shouldn’t be here.”Ryder’s voice was deep and commanding but it was almost as if she hadn’t heard a thing that he said.She walked up even closer and peered intently at Jasper’s leg with child like curiosity. I had just realized that he looked better. His legs were healing up nicely and so were his arms and the scratches on his face.She stuck out her hand and was about to poke Jasper’s foot but she stopped short.“Does it hurt?” she asked him innocently.“Yes.”Jasper look especially confused at why she was asking him all of this. She was about to sit down beside Jasper when Ryder called out to her loudly.“I was talking to you, young lady. I said that you should be in your room. You shouldn’t be done here. We are busy with something very important. Why did you even come down anyway?”“It was quiet and I have bee
Hazel’s POVShe stared the shadows down, snarling and growling loudly, and in an instant, lunged towards them in anger. They were immediately startled and left Lorena alone.She weakly fell to her knees and was covered in blood. I managed to grab her and pull her out of the chaos as the shadows now went after Kaya, as their new target.They clawed her lush black fur and I could hear her yelping in pain and agony.“Kaya, no. What are you doing?! Get out of there!” said Lorena weakly.Kaya’s fur was soon soaked in her own blood and she fell weakly on her limbs to the floor. Her yelping grew weaker and weaker.“Kaya!”Lorena tried to go after her but I held her back. There was no use. She was weak and Kaya was already overwhelmed by the shadows. If she went after her, they would both die.“Lorena, stop! You can’t save her! You’ll die!”“I’d rather die than let her die! Let go of me, Hazel!”I held on even tighter to her though she struggled in my grip.“Kaya no! Get up! Get up!”She was
Ryder’s POV“My daughter will not get involved in this!”I yelled angrily at Hazel and the entire room went quiet. Suddenly, Logan walked up angrily to me.“Don’t you dare yell at her?”I growled back at him and stared him down angrily.“Or else what? Do you really think I’m scared of you?”He was silent and we continued to stare daggers at each other.“Why are you being difficult, Ryder? Your daughter is the only one that can turn the tide for us and you want to refuse us that? Are you even thinking straight?”“I’d rather let this entire world crumble to pieces than see my daughter be put in harms way. I don’t give a damn if she can kill them or not. She is just five years old. She is a child and I will not put her life on the line just because of some useless mystical quest. See what happened here today? What if she wasn’t able to save herself. I would have lost her and my mate. I have lost one before and I’m not going to lose another. If you want to kill me for that–”I opened his