Hazel's POVWe were still searching when suddenly, the room door bursted open. We all turned in alarm and saw Ryder standing there, huffing and puffing in anger.He stormed up angrily to me but Logan stopped him and stood in front of him, growling menacingly."Where do you think you're going?"Ryder faced Logan and snarled."Get out of the way. I need to talk to Hazel."Logan scoffed."You need to get through me first."I watched as they stared each other down. I saw hesitation flicker in Ryder's eyes as he remembered the last time that he got into a tussle with Logan over me."Suddenly, Ryder looked over Logan's shoulder."Whatever that is happening, I don't want my daughter getting involved in this!" he yelled, pointing angrily at me.I was puzzled. I hadn't dragged Kaya into anything. The last thing I needed is a child get involved and getting hurt. These things were already things beyond our understanding."Don't you dare yell at her!" said Logan angrily, walking towards a snarlin
Hazel's POVWe all headed downstairs with an arm load of books and scrolls and every valuable piece of paper we could carry.As we reached the living room, I heard Lorena gasp in surprise."What's all this?" she asked.We put the books on the center table and arranged them the best we could."We found them in a hole in Chelsea's floor."I grabbed one of the books and opened it but I couldn't read a single thing. It was all like a foreign language to me. As I tried to decode it, I heard a sigh and a loud thud on the table as a book dropped forcefully on it, messing up the whole pile."This is stupid," said Logan angrily. "It's all the same in all the books. It's written in this dumb language.""I've checked every language on Google Translate and it's in none of them," said Cassie, looking up from her phone. "This language either doesn't exist anymore or it's a mnemonic unique to Chelsea. And you can't see her right now, can you?"I looked around the room, hoping that Chelsea would show
Hazel's POVI gasped and almost immediately, everyone gathered around me. I saw as they squinted their eyes and darted from each page of the book."Is this some kind of joke?" said Ryder, angrily, stepping away from me.He glared at me with hate and in the corner of my eyes, I saw Kaya move closer to Lorena."It's no joke Ryder. I can read this stuff. This was why Kaya was able to read it. She still has her wolf eyes. Our regular human eyes can't decipher the writing."He snarled and closed his eyes. Soon, as he opened them, they were a beautiful golden colour.He snatched the book from me and stared at the pages. He was silent for a while and suddenly looked up from the book."She is right."Almost instantly, everyone began to activate their wolf eyes. All around the room, the human blue and brown eyes were replaced by an array of glowing green, red and blue.They each picked up a book and gasps rippled round. I smiled at Kaya and she smiled back. She sat next to Lorena and the both
Hazel’s POVI stared at the sky and suddenly dashed inside. It didn’t take long and I rushed back out with the book that Logan had showed me.“What are you doing?” asked Logan, grabbing my arm.“Hey! Let go of me! We have to do this right.”I tried to struggle with him but his grip on my arm was strong.Suddenly he let go of me and I reeled backwards but Lorena caught me just before I lost my footing.“We aren’t talking about this anymore, Hazel. I am your protector and mate and that is final!”Jasper walked up to him and they snarled at each other.“If she wants to do the ritual, then we should let her. This is her quest and not yours.”Logan snarled even louder.“Back off and focus on your mate! This doesn’t concern you. What if this kills her? I thought she was your friend or was that all just a hoax?”I felt a shiver run down my spine. I couldn’t have the both of them fighting again.“Will you two cut it out? I will do the ritual regardless. Just let me do this.”I pushed past the
Jasper’s POVI stared at Hazel and suddenly, Logan charged at me. In a split second, he had his hands on my throat and he began to strangle me.“You bastard! Was this your sick plan all along!”I pryed his fingers off me and kicked him in the stomach. He reeled backwards into the wall and I promptly stood up and took a fighting stance. What on earth was wrong with him? He stood up and charged at me again but this time, Hazel stood between the both of us.“Will you two just stop! Must you both fight all the time?”I looked over Hazel’s head and saw Logan snarling and growling angrily.“Logan, listen. This was not his choice and it wasn’t mine either. The ritual worked and it chose him. You are just going to have to deal with it.”I stared at him angrily and every muscle in my body tensed up, waiting for him to push past Hazel and attack me again, but he never did.He relaxed and stared acidly at me.“This is stupid. I’m out of here.”He turned and marched upstairs but before he disappe
Jasper’s POVI opened my eyes as soon as I heard the sound of lightning crack in the distance.I sat up and rubbed my eyes and felt a warm and soft body beside me.The lights were out but the light from the lightning filled the room with a blue light and I saw Cassie sleeping peacefully beside me. I turned on the faint night light and watched as her chest rose and fell and as she stirred in her sleep.My eyes feasted on her bare body and memories about the sublime night we had swam into my head.Her scent hung in the air and the room smelled of sweat and steamy sex. It made me want to pounce on her and begin all over again.I stroked her face and she smiled faintly in her sleep. She looked beautiful and I was happy to have her. I understand that she was a little jealous about me and Hazel and I didn’t mind at all. She had a right to be a bit concerned.The rain soon began to fall and hammer on the roof. The moon’s faint red glow was still visible and every now and then, when the light
Hazel’s POVI sat in my chair and was shaken thoroughly. What was he saying? The whole event flashed before my eyes and filled me with new fear. If he wasn’t there, I could’ve have died. My breathing was fast and unsteady and my heart was beating wildly.“Hazel, are you okay? Hazel?”Jasper’s voice sounded like it was from another dimension. It was eerie and faint and seemed to float on the wind. I felt myself falling into an abyss when suddenly, I felt something grab me by my waist. I felt myself being hoisted up and carried away to an unknown location and then I felt something soft beneath me.“Hazel? Hazel? Can you hear me?”It was Jasper’s voice again. I opened my eyes and saw a blurry figure standing above me.“Hazel, open your eyes. It’s me.”My eyes opened a little wider and my breath returned to my body.“Jasper?”I heard him sigh in relief.I felt a pressure beside me and a soothing hand ran through my hair.“You nearly passed out. You really should rest,” said Jasper faintly
The Lady in White’s POVI stood there watching him bleed and watching Hazel cry over his body. I felt nothing for him. I was dead but he deserved what he got.His anger was a compromise to the entire plan. In my ghost form, my fingers weren’t doused in blood when I slit his throat.They passed through his feeble human flesh so easily but each cut was more than 20 blades sharp.I had carried out the King’s orders; it was time to go.I stepped outside and found the sun rising. It was beautiful even now that I no longer had flesh. Its rays passed through me like a clear glass and I casted no shadow. I walked, my feet barely touching the ground. I couldn’t feel its warmth and was always feeling death’s cold hands, long after it had taken my soul.But even in death, my soul wasn’t free. I was a slave, working against my own will for the King of the Dead.I turned into the forest and walked through the trees. The animals that saw me were undisturbed by my presence. They never feared the dea