" Arianna let me see you privately." Brianna said after the meeting was over. Lucas stepped outside of the room but eavesdropped on their conversation.They felt his presence so mother and child began to speak in Morse code." He doesn't have to know what we are up to."" He has no idea. He thinks I am still the same person from my previous life.""Then he must be dumb. I told Alice to prepare a meal for us. Do not eat it. She might want to try something funny."" I won't, mom. Thanks for the hint.""Now go back out there and unleash the actress in you." She nudged."Yes, mom."Arianna walked out first and Lucas straightened, Arianna pretended not to the aware that he was eavesdropping. She was glad he couldn't hear anything." Can we go now?"" Nope, my mom will be out in a minute. Is there a problem?""No, I was wondering since you came out first."" Yeah..." Ari trailed off." Are you reconsidering our relationship? I don't feel the connection anymore." Lucas complained."Oh, no. I
The air was somber and the stench of grief was palpable. One could almost taste it. Arianna stood beside her mother in front of the bier. Many people from diverse packs were present to pay their last respects to him. The common denominator was the late Alpha." We are all gathered to witness the burial of our late Alpha, father, brother. We know that he is in the great beyond and is looking down on us with a smile on his face. His works are a witness that one can be good. He lived an exemplary life that people from all walks of life are here to offer their condolences."As he was speaking, Arianna stared at the culprit behind her dark shades. She and her mom wore it so that their expressions would be hidden." If you have anything to say about the deceased, pleas step forward." The priest said.Arianna looked at the bier, seeing her father made the incident come rushing into her mind and anger rose up within her.Many people spoke of how helpful he was to the growth of surrounding pac
The Next Week,The alarm rang by 6a.m. Arianna was on her bed reluctant to stand up. She leaned over the bed and switched off her phone. Huh, she was really tired and didn't want to leave the house.The alarm rang after thirty minutes, and she groaned loudly. She thought she switched off the alarm.On cue, someone knocked on her door." Hey, baby. You have school today." Hee mother called from outside." Arggh." She screamed into the pillow. All she wanted to do was rest. She ignored her mother's voice.The knocking stopped and she decided to sleep a little more. School began at 8a.m. She could do all the necessary things in thirty minutes and run to school or better still take a car.As soon as her head hit the bed, the knocking became louder and persistent." Wake up. It's past 7." Her mother called.She woke up with a start. She could swear that she hadn't closed her eyes for a minute and now this was happening." I am up." She said, and was about to lay her head down on the pillow
Alice heaved a sigh of relief when Arianna cracked a smile. She went through Arianna's things but found nothing incriminating. She was sure that Arianna was hiding something but couldn't find it. How does one look for what he doesn't know? She followed her back into the room, and Arianna put her through the Algebra equations. Her mind was far away from what she was being taught, it was until Arianna touched her arm before she looked up. " Where did you go?" She asked.Alice shook her head to get rid of the malicious thoughts that clouded her mind." I am with you."" What did I say?"" Huh?" Alice asked." Admit it, your mind was far away. What are you thinking about? Do you want to share?" She asked."No, I've just been spacing out a lot lately, I think I should see a specialist."" Well, I wish I had powers, I could have healed you." Arianna answered with a laugh, though her words were not playful." Powers?" Alice feigned surprise.Arianna dropped her pen and closed her book, " Yes,
Alice turned and stared at Arianna like a free caught in the headlights. " I-I wanted to dish the food since you cooked." She stuttered.Flimsy excuse! Ariana thought and looked around, there were no plates in sight. Wow." Okay." She replied warily." I'll step aside, now that you have arrived," Alice replied attempting to leave the room in a hurry." No, go ahead," Arianna replied and watched her as she dished the food into the plates." Shall we?" Arianna said as dinner began." Let's say grace." Brianna turned to Alice, " Go on."" We thank you for this food we are about to receive. I pray it nourishes our bodies. Amen." She prayed.They dug into the food quietly and after the meal, Lucas rubbed his stomach. It has been a long while since I ate such a great meal." He muttered." Not everyone knows how to cook delicious meals these days. Makes my daughter a perfect bride." Luna Brianna commented. It might have sounded like an innocent compliment, but the backhanded insult didn't go
"You are doing the same." Lucas retorted not backing down."Break it up, you two." Brianna intervened. "Go your separate ways, come down when you are calm." She ordered and each of them went to their respective rooms.Alice rolled her eyes, why didn't Brianna allow them to fight?" What is causing their spat?" Brianna asked Alice who shrugged." I'll be in my room." She announced and went upstairs.Brianna knocked on her daughter's room door. " What the hell happened downstairs?"" He wanted to guilt trip me."" Because you didn't take him along with you."" Like we expected. How could I have been foolish to love such a manipulator?" She asked." You couldn't have known, you have always loved him ever since you could express yourself, and he preyed on that. He had us all fooled. It is such a pity that he turned out to be this way." Brianna replied." I just wish I can drive some nails into his head. I wish I can make them feel how hurt I am feeling right now. They took Dad away from m
" Alice?" Luna Brianna called.Alice released her hold on the doorknob and Arianna heaved a sigh of relief at the sound of her mother's voice.'Take her away from the room.' She prayed."Please come to my room, I need your help with something," Brianna said." Okay, ma," Alice replied and followed her to the door, and into her room.Arianna took the brown envelope and ran straight to her room, locked the door after her, and let out a deep breath she didn't know she was holding. 'Thanks for the timely intervention, Mom.' She whispered.As she moved toward her bed, a knock sounded at her door. She stashed the envelope under her dressing table before going to open the door.Alice smiled on the other side of the door, " Hey. Where did you go?" She noticed Arianna's hold on the door.Arianna wrinkled her nose. " I had a stomach upset, so I decided to take a nap." She lied and faked a yawn, still not letting go of the door."Aww, that's so sad, so you will have to skip dinner tonight again?
Walking down to school with her head held up high, Arianna hummed a song, it was from kindergarten, and it stuck to her head. " Where are we gonna be tomorrow?" It depicted her real-life situation. No one knew where they were going to be in the next minute. One minute she was dead and the next, she was on a mission for revenge. Her father was in the great beyond." Will we still be friends tomorrow?" She was lost in the song that she didn't know when Lucas caught up with her." Hey." He touched her, causing her to stop. He was panting heavily." I have been calling you forever. Where is your phone?" He inquired." My pocket, I didn't hear it ring." She replied." Why did you not take the car today?" He asked when he caught his breath.How was she to tell him that she felt suffocated whenever they rode together to school? " Nothing, I have been very lazy, I needed to stretch my legs." She replied." Why don't you come to the gym? get your muscles toned and all, not that they are not to
“She mentioned something about her being a witch, I’m not so sure she knew what she was saying,” Brian said.“Yes, she is,” Arianna said.“Alice is truly a witch?!”“All this while?” “She has been pretending!” Brian yelled.“Yeah, she would witches are frowned upon in your pack after all” Selene cuts in.“But I’ve been at her place for months training, I never for once saw you here” Arianna protested.“Our meeting was agreed to be kept a secret, he was afraid Alice might have eyes on him”“He comes here disguising and you were always training those times, you wouldn’t even notice him,” Selene remarked.“And you didn’t mention anything to me?” Arianna protested.“Yes, since you both weren’t working against each other”“If I had told you wouldn’t be able to conquer Alice, you might have developed cold feet and not want to challenge her in a fight even when the fight was necessary” Selene mentioned.“The potion took roughly two months to be ready, hence the reason I insisted your traini
“That is a question for the moon goddess and not me,” Selene remarked.“I wouldn’t get answers to any of my questions?” Arianna inquired.“Brian will explain all you need to know to you,” Selene said.“I do not ever want to see that betrayal”“He could hurt me,” Arianna said.“He’ll explain everything to you when he comes,” Selene remarked.“He’s coming here?”“You came to save me as he approached me remember, you knew he wanted to harm me”“And now you allow him to come here?”“How did he find this place?” Arianna asked.“Brian isn’t what you think of him right now, hear from him, and then you can judge him”“He won’t hurt you, trust me” Selene mentioned.“When is he coming?”“You’ll be by my side throughout his stay right?” Arianna inquired.“If that would make you feel safe”“He would be here in no time” Selene responded.Arianna and Selene remained in the living room, awaiting Brian’s arrival, after a couple of hours he arrived.“Ari,” he said smiling as he stood close to her.“Do
“You mentioned you had something important to do to her earlier before the end” A soldier whispered to Alice.“I’ve decided to pay her last respect by letting her die before taking it away from her” Alice responded.“Go ahead!” She instructed.A soldier came out with the well-sharped sword, as he raised it Arianna closed her eyes and awaited her death.Arianna began to hear swords clashing, she opened her eyes and wondered what was happening, she found out a group of soldiers were attacking Alice’s soldiers and within the twinkle of an eye they wiped them out.Alice, Arianna, and the new set of soldiers remained on the spot and stared at one another.“Where are you from?!” Alice yelled.“From this pack” they all replied.“We heard you have powers but we came prepared for you,” A voice said.Alice and Arianna simultaneously turned to have a look at who it was, “Brian!” Alice yelled.“Brian baby, your soldiers mixed things up, they were supposed to come for Arianna’s soldiers and not mi
Alice snatched the sword from her and used it on her feet pining it to the ground.Arianna groaned in pain as she struggled to take the sword off her feet, “Nice stunt, you dare attack me with bees”“I’ve been too gentle on you and I think I underestimated you”“But I guarantee you you aren’t leaving this place alive!” Alice said to Arianna while groaning.Arianna managed to remove the sword and leaped towards Alice with the sword in her right hand.“It is you who wouldn’t leave this place alive” Arianna mentioned and she paused while her feet continued to bleed, she tore a piece of her cloth again and tied it around her feet to suppress the bleeding.She tried attacking Alice with the sword but she dodged all of Arianna’s attempts, she leaped as she continued to try.“You have the last chance to do as I say and walk out alive”“The choice is yours”“I should round this up quickly before the cops get here,” Alice said.Immediately she began to float in the air and her hair blew alongs
Arianna walked through the wilderness as he made her way to her pack, she gently inhaled the fresh air and she wore a triumphant look, behind her were her soldiers.Arianna made it through the wilderness and was now in the residential area, “A lot has changed in the pack, feels like I’ve been gone for a decade” She said to herself.As she continued with her journey, she drew a lot of attention from the pack members as many wondered why she was walking around the pack instead of being in a car.Some of the pack members acknowledged her presence with so much fear that she began to think why such was happening and then she figured out they thought she was Alice.The soldiers followed Arianna, pretending as tho they didn’t know each other.Arianna arrived at the mansion and heaved a deep sigh of relief, she knocked on the gate gently and the gatekeeper opened up.“Madam, Good afternoon ma”“I’m sorry I took so long, I didn’t know it was you, I thought you had been in all this while”“Plea
About two months later, Arianna was with Selene in the living room, “Silver assured me you’ve completed your training”“Even though I feel you should take more time I wouldn’t want us taking a huge risk either as it might be too late by then,” Selene said.“You shouldn’t worry yourself, I’m now as good as Silver” Arianna teased.“Remember all I told you and do not forget to bring me Alice’s heart” Selene teased.“You’ll be leaving as early as tomorrow”“I never knew your training would take months, but all is for the best,” Selene said.“I don’t think I would ever be able to repay you for what you have done for me,” Arianna remarked.“Why don’t you leave that and focus on getting the pack, only then we talk about that,” Selene said.“You mentioned something before I commenced the ritual and you haven’t said anything about it since then”“I didn’t want to be too forward by asking, it’s about the price I have to pay for the ritual” Arianna mentioned.“Why don’t you come to see me after
“A price?”“I hope I’m not paying with someone else’s life,” Arianna said.“But we wouldn’t know what the price would be until the ritual is completed,” Selene said.“What if I can’t pay the price?” Arianna asked.“There’s no price that can’t be paid, I would give you time to go and think about it then get back to me” Selene responded.“I’m running out of time, what if I leave now and the potion loses its effectiveness before I make it back here” Arianna lamented.“The choice is yours” “Would you take the bold step or just await a miracle?” Selene inquired.“I’ll take the bold step, at this point I am so desperate”“I need to return to the pack before Alice soils my Father’s legacy she needs to be stopped as soon as possible,” Arianna said.“We shall commence right away, give me a moment,” Selene said and went into her room.“The moon goddess once again came to my rescue,” Arianna remarked.“It’s going to be a three-day ritual,” Selene said coming out of her room.“Will I be staying
“I should have known he wasn’t any other different from Lucas” “I mustn’t let this get to me, all I have to do is fight back and take revenge and I will be starting from Alice”“Once again, I was betrayed,” Arianna said to herself as she roamed about in the shadows.“How could he sleep with Alice?”“I thought he was on my side, Alice didn’t even do much before she got him”“What a cheap man!”“I have to fight back before this potion loses its effect, I need to surprise the latest couples, Alice and Brian”“But how can I do that when I have no idea of what to do,” she said aloud as she sat next to a tree.Arianna began to reminisce on her whole life, from her past life to her present life and her present situation.she recollected how her Father always told her how much of a special child she was and how unique her abilities were, “And whenever I ask him why he believes I’m special, he would reply saying it was a prophecy and that he was told by a witch the night I was born”“I just
Brian went back home and waited patiently until midnight when Arianna would come.Arianna appeared at the usual time and sat next to him, “I was at the mansion” he said.“How did it go?” Arianna inquired.“I don’t know how best to put it but Alice has committed a huge crime” Brian responded.“What has she done this time?” Arianna asked.“You remember the gatekeeper,”“I was about to enter the mansion when he advised me not to”“The summary of it all is Mother is nowhere to be found and Alice has the whole mansion to herself” Brian stated.“How is that possible?”“Where has she gone?” Arianna asked.“He mentioned how Alice maltreated her”“One of the instances he gave, she banned her from coming out of her room because she questioned her”“And one day she asked that she was locked up in a room without food nor water and even her drugs”“After three days, Mother was brought out as she ordered, he made her clean the whole mansion and turned her to one of the domestic workers”“Anytime sh