Hayden
The training was done for the day and most of the new cadets were now sitting on the benches, talking to each other. I gave a nod to Charlie and walked into my office.
I shut the door more hardly than necessary and walked towards my table. The files were neatly stacked and I opened one of them to start working.
It was almost lunch time but I told Raine that I wasn’t hungry.
The fact was I was angry and I didn’t want to take it out in front of all of them. Thus, I decided to shut myself in the office and calm down.
Steve had already made me annoyed and the fact that Madeleine had been casually baking instead of training hard with the others added more fuel to the fire.
Shaking my head, I tried forcing myself to work and began reading through the files.
That is when I received a call on my mobile. It was alpha Kyle. I felt strange that he had called me.
Curious, I received the phone and spok
Hayden I had snapped at her and she had left the office crying. Goddess, now I felt even more annoyed. I just took the file I had been studying and threw it to the floor in frustration. The box she had brought in was still lying in front of me. Luke spoke in my head, “You should have just asked her to show up early tomorrow…” I rolled my eyes at him and he knew that it was his turn to shut up. I let the box sit in front of me and resumed work. Half of my mind was inclined to run after her and apologize to her but I needed her to know that I had set certain rules and they applied to everyone. Just because I had kissed her didn’t mean that she was above the rules. It was a miracle that Steve hadn’t pointed out that she wasn’t around in the training camp. But, I felt that he was simply too busy ogling at the other girls to notice her absence. Thus, I resumed work and began reading through the file. I f
HaydenI knocked on the door once, twice, and then let it go. I could hear the sobs from inside but I couldn’t really barge in with the others watching. Hence, I simply returned to my room and decided to sleep.It had been a tiring day and I had spent hours seated in my chair and my nose dug in those files.The thought of Madeleine being angry and crying was beginning to eat at me.‘But she had missed training. And, I had not even punished her for what she had done.’The rational part of my brain tried to come up with my defense. However, Luke promptly added, “And you decided to give the cookies away to someone else.”When Luke said this I finally realized what she must have felt. She had, after all, made those for me and brought them for me to taste.Goddess, I had been rude to her for the entire day on the first day of the training.At this rate, she would just run away from my terr
Madeleine Panting, I neared him and collapsed on the ground and he bent down on his knees. Extending a bottle, he said to me, “Drink this, and don’t be late tomorrow.” Saying so, he placed the bottle on the ground and got up. I was just lying there and turned around to take deep breaths. My eyes searched for him to extend his hand and give it to me, but he had already turned his back at me. Furious, I dusted my hands and got up in a sitting position. Then, I pulled the bottle towards me and drank all of the water in one go before splattering the rest of it on my face. No sooner had I done that, I coughed as I accidentally sucked in some of it through my nose. Placing my hands on the ground, I coughed and that is when I felt a hand around me. I smiled to think that he had finally come around but to my surprise a familiar voice greeted me. “Hey, let me help you” Two firm hands went around my
Hayden My eyes then automatically flicked to Madeleine. She wasn’t strikingly beautiful or some maiden that I had never ever set my eyes on. But, she was gorgeous in her own way. That innocent face and those beady eyes with which she looked at me tugged at my heart like not even the sexiest girl managed to do. Blinking my eyes, I decided to do something. I needed a distraction from her. And that distraction was almost crying with a sprained ankle. Thus, I called Madeleine and decided to use her as a dummy. Madeleine was shocked to hear me call her name but came forward nonetheless. “Let your body loose and I will show the attendees how to throw an opponent down to the ground with a surprise move” She barely had the time to nod her head when I slinked my arms around her waist. Her top was clinging to her skin due to the cold sweat that had drenched her. Only when she neared me did I see her curves.
MadeleineIt was just one line but I immediately recalled my discussion with Garron back in my small wooden cabin.He had asked me to spy for Hayden and obviously, Steve knew about it. Maybe that was why he was keeping away from me.I had completely forgotten about the deal, all my thoughts had been focused on Greta and Hayden. I sat on my bed for a long time, thinking about what to do next.BenI had rushed to patrol duty after seeing that my alpha was disturbed about something. He was being uneasy and frustrated but I didn’t know what or why.As usual, I turned to Charlie to speak my mind.“Hey beta, do you think that our alpha is upset about something?”Charlie had been surveying the perimeter and he countered with another question, “Upset about what?”I shrugged my shoulders, “Anything…I don’t know man he feels off lately.”
Hayden Madeleine was just standing there, staring at me with wide eyes. I folded my hands and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Tears trickled down her face as she answered with a stammer, “I…I was just passing by…” Walking near her, I held her hands in mine and took the paper from her hand. It was about the treaty I had been working on. “What is this, Madeleine?” She sobbed and answered, “I…Garron asked me to spy on you…” She blurted out and my eyes went wide to hear that. “And you were here to do that? Spy on me?” My voice shook a little to hear her. I couldn’t believe that she would actually go ahead and do that. Madeleine sobbed uncontrollably and answered, “No, I wasn’t. Trust me.” She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and continued, “I…I received a note from him through Steve. And, and…he is watching us right now from the window. He is keeping eye on me if I am doing
Madeleine “Trusting you is my decision, betraying me yours.” Hayden just said that and left me in the very office in which I was accused of stealing. He just left me in that office with the papers sprawled on the table and the door ajar. He had left me to freely check through whatever I wanted. Despite finding me with evidence and catching me red-handed, he had simply left me to do what I pleased. If his words had felt like a tight slap, his action had punched me in the gut. I could only look at his retreating figure as he walked away from me with his shoulders drooped and climbed up the stairs. I stood by the doorframe looking at me, willing him to turn around and look at me just once, but he did not. He simply walked inside and turned off the lights of his room. For a long time, I stood there with tears freely flowing down my cheeks, as they soaked my shirt, after splattering on it. With a
Ben Her face was red and her eyes swollen. Seeing me, she quickly tried to wipe off the tears and adjusted her hair. Trying to smile at her, I said, “Hi, are you okay? I just wanted to talk to you.” Madeleine gave me a hesitant smile and opened the door for me. “Yeah, please come.” She turned around to walk inside and plopped herself on the bed. Her hands were intertwined and she was twiddling her fingers. I looked at her again and tried to ask, “So, something happened today? Or maybe just an hour ago?” Hearing my voice, she nearly jumped as if trying to understand what I was doing in her room. She was way too distracted and tense. I walked near her and sat on the bed beside her, “it's okay. Please relax; Hayden won’t be harsh on you.” I had aimed to calm her down but hearing Hayden’s name only made her sob harder. Maybe she was terrified of the alpha. Well, everybody was. Hayden was as strict and
Hello, all my lovely readers, The last epilogue marks the end of the story of Hayden and Madeleine. Writing this book has been a roller coaster of emotions for me and I hope I was able to do justice to the characters and to all of you who read the story, felt what the characters felt, rooted for some of them, and hated a few. I am still a novice writer and there is a lot for me to learn and improve. In these past few months, I have received a lot of love from you all which was my biggest dream; to be recognized as a writer. Putting my story out there was like putting my bare self out in the open for everyone to judge. I know I might have made mistakes, and that there is a lot of scope for improvement. I want to thank every single one of you for giving me and my story a chance, for giving me hope that I can write captivating stories that make you forget the real world and your worries, if only for those few minutes in which you read it. Reading your comments and reviews is the bigge
Epilogue (A month after the gruesome battle) Soft afternoon light spilled into the room where Madeleine was sleeping. The curtains rustled in the soft wind as she turned from side to side on the bed. For a month after the epic battle between her and the demon, she had been having nightmares. Pack doctors, herbologists, occultists and everyone who her family felt would be able to help her were called to her aid but their efforts bore little to no fruit. She was tossing and turning in her bed as Raine worried at her lip outside the room. She was carrying a tray in her hand that had a lot of different potions and medicines along with a cloth and a bowl of water. She quickly dabbed her eye and was about to reach for the door to open it when a hand stopped her. She looked at the man nervously and asked, “Are you sure, you want to do this?” He nodded his head gently and took the tray from her. “But the doctors say that it might shock her even more…” She said in the same nervous voi
Epilogue IISelene smiled at Madeleine, teasing her, “You really love him”Madeleine merely studied her body lying on the ground and thought of a remark but could not come up with anything.Selene spoke, “It is your wish, you have to ask for it”“I want Hayden” Madeleine spoke in a low voice.“Sorry? I can’t quite hear you,” Selene acted as if she had not heard a word.Madeleine opened her mouth and closed it again. She realized that the Goddess was making fun of her but then how long would they cry and mourn over the lives they had lost?“Please give Hayden back to me”Madeleine repeated herself and Selene said, “Louder please”“Give me Hayden!!!!”Madeleine screamed and immediately clasped her hands over her mouth. She was horrified that she had almost yelled at the Goddess but Selene did not mind.“Somebody found their voice it seems”Madeleine smiled and turned to look at him.“Come”The Goddess said and Madeleine’s soul drifted towards her. Slowly, they both neared Hayden and Mad
(All the epilogues are in 3rd POV instead of 1st POV)It was dark and gloomy while the pungent smell of smoke, charred flesh, and death hung heavily in the air.A silhouette of a woman was sadly walking through the ground, as silent drops of tears flowed down her cheeks. She was in pain; she was grieving and her ethereal form was blipping in and out of existence just like a candle’s flame that would fight against a breeze of wind to stay alive.She was Selene and she looked around at the wreck of a forest that she had lovingly and painstakingly nurtured. Her feet slowly took her to the demon’s corpse and she studied it impassively to see if there were any signs of the wretched demon left in that hollow vessel that he called his body.Then her eyes flicked to the severed head that lay not too far from the corpse. She picked it up and looked at it, dead in the eye.The demon’s eyes were thrown wide open, probably in shock and surprise at the way the dagger had cut through his neck. Sh
“Noooooooo”I let out a shriek. My eyes could suddenly see well beyond my limited vision and I saw that the crack fell just short of affecting the tree, the giver of life of the forest.The cracks stopped just a few meters away from the tree that shuddered from the impact of the demon's fist that cracked open the ground.It sobbed and gave out a terrifying cry that I had never heard before. I did not even know that it could cry but maybe it was the Goddess who could hear it and not me.I looked around wildly, wanting to find something that could stop him...something, anything...My eyes spotted the very same dagger that Valrok had hurled at me to make me cut myself and give my blood.I got up and swayed a bit but made my way towards the dagger. He saw me get up and let out a mirthless laugh.“Running away from me? That is what you should have done earlier, Selene”He taunted and looked back at the tree that was far away from both of us. And, I knew what he was going to do next.“You a
MadeleineAs I turned to the side, I saw Hayden looking at me, holding a long pole. I stared at him in shock as he raised his hands with the pole and brought it down upon me, smacking my back hard.I was so taken aback by his act that I was flung away from him and the demon. I crashed to the ground as the demon’s laughter reached me.“Fight your children, Selene”He mocked and I could feel the Goddess fuming inside me. She had been calm and composed all this while despite the demon taunting and jeering her but even a Goddess has a limit to her patience.I got up from the ground as I felt the anger wafting off me as it reached its peak. My hands shot to either side of me as I felt an uncontainable energy surge through me.The demon shot his hand forward in response as a ring of white light began to form around me. The ground below me began to crack as hellfire shot up from every possible opening, shooting straight up.The small crowd of onlookers who had dared stay back to witness our
MadeleineI took a step forward and I saw him curl his fingers into fists.“Hello my old friend Selene, took you long enough”He greeted me and I looked at myself in confusion. It was then that I realized that I had turned into a living, breathing halo. All of my body was glowing brightly as if I was made of nothing but pure, white light.The words that left my mouth were not necessarily mine but it did not matter. The Goddess had chosen me as her vessel and I would gladly let her.“I thought you had learned your lesson last time, Valrok.”'Valrok? That must be the name of the demon', I thought.The Goddess or rather I continued speaking, “I gave you enough chances to stop this madness, to not let innocent lives suffer because of your selfish goals but you leave me no choice.”Valrok snarled, “You gave me chances? You are the one who reduced me to this state! It is because of you that I had to rely on puny humans and werewolves until I grew strong enough”“There is still time, stop th
MadeleineEverything happened so fast but it was as if I was seeing it in slow motion. As I watched in a daze, the white beam hummed with a vibrant and restless energy. It was so bright that I had to shield my eyes for a while. I believed it must be so bright and big that almost the entire forest must have witnessed the spectacle. The entire dark night that was filled with terror and gloominess and all the negativity surrounding the demon was suddenly punctured with that beam of light. Even the demon stopped chanting for a while and looked up at the sky.His expressions, at first, were of confusion but quickly it was replaced by rage. He had left the cave and came up on the land, left his stronghold, and decided to walk on the surface thinking that he was now undefeatable.Looked like he had gotten it all wrong.A smile appeared on my face as I looked at him for a brief moment and he grimaced. I did not say anything but my expressions were more than enough for him to understand what
MadeleineI opened my eyes and felt that my face was wet. I touched my cheek and realized that tears had trickled down my eyes. However, what I had seen was just a memory but a powerful one. My mind began to come up with various theories as I replayed them in my head. The runes, the chants with me in the centre…that had to mean something.I was not sure why the memory had been hidden from me all this while or why it had resurfaced only now but my guess would be that the similarity of my current situation with the past memory might have brought it up in vivid clarity.The words of the old man and his conversation with my parents told me once again that the lich wanted to use me not harm me.I recalled everything that had happened in the cave and realized that it had been true. Whenever Amanda tried to hurt me, the lich shunned her. My blood had been too precious for him and now I knew why.Somehow, the wizard, which was what I called him in my head because of his appearance, had combi