The first thing I saw when I woke up was the beautiful tweeter bird I had seen the last time I had been in the pack house.
It wasn't outside like it had been before but rather it was in a golden cage which was placed beside me.
I sat up and groaned as the pain in my belly and back was still excruciating but I still managed to sit up.
On the cage was a small letter which on it was a wildflower.
I picked it up and read its content.
Hello Sleepyhead, I hope yo
I walked out of the room with my bird on my shoulder. I found myself in a long passage decorated with black shiny sculptures of wolves, knights and swords and pictures of the moon, halfman-half wolf, packs of wolves and several things my brain couldn't understand. At the end of the passage was a double mahogany door with a golden knob. As I arrived at the door, I looked back and noticed that the room I had stayed was the only room in the passage. I held the door knob and twisted it slowly as I admired the beautiful door. The door was heavy and thick, probably six to seven inches but inspite it's thickness, it was incredibly easy to open. As the large doors opened, chattering of several human beings became audible and it became obvious to me that the door was noise proof. Immediately I stepped out, the whole chattering stopped and everywhere became awkwardly silent. By my right and left were long curly stairs which led downstairs. At my front were large chandeliers which tempted me t
"Dead." I mumbled in shock. "Yes...and all he wanted was to see you." Her voice faded as tears began falling from her eyes. She stared at her watch."He...died twenty minutes ago, but I had arrived here an hour before and he had told me to search for you, that's all he cared about...you." Guilty. I felt really Guilty. Although, I didn't cry but I felt very bad. Jordan had been very nice to me the first time we met and had treated me like his daughter. Apart from his niceness, he was the only person who knew about my father. I had lost the opportunity to know basic things about my Dad all because of my clumsiness.
Both I and Checkmate, hurried to the Pack house with Cicily and my bird, flying above us.The night was cold and chilly but I still felt hot as hell. My mind was working faster than it should with thoughts ransacking my brain.The young boy seemed frightened and worried for some reasons I was unaware of which made me wonder what Ava had done to the pack.The paved way through the gardens seemed longer and farther to the house than it had been when I had first passed it, probably because I was having fun then and now I was in the most confused state I had ever been.&nb
The door to Dylan's room creaked open as I pushed it gently. He was sitting down on his bed with a bottle of Vodka in his hand. He didn't notice my presence until I was standing right in front of him. He raised his eyes from the floor and stared at me. I expected him to have cried as he had lost his father, which made him an orphan now. Although, he looked pale and sad, his eyes were crystal clear and not even a single tear was sighted. He looked away from me and back to the floor with his vodka dancing in his hands. "What are you doing here?" He asked. I ignored the question and I sat beside him. He didn't move nor say anything, his eyes were fixed on the floor like there was something important on the floor. I cleared my throat as I began to talk but I stopped midway as I realized that I had nothing to say. I didn't know how to console anyone but myself and i was sure that any word i say would sound stupid to him. Awkward silence existed in the room as the only sound he
A week had passed since I had come to the pack house and yet I hadn't read the letters. I tried several times but I couldn't bring myself to read them, simply because I was somehow scared of it's contents. The first one was from my father while the second was from.my mother. It was a bright Monday morning and I was still slumped.on my bed with the envelope beside me. Dylan walked in slowly and woke up with a kiss to my lips which jerked me out of my sleep. "Prince Charming kisses the sleeping beauty and she wakes
"Have you read the letters?" Margaretta asked as we walked through the enormous building. I had no idea where we both were actually heading to, but Margaretta had once told me about a conference room where meetings took place. "No." I said calmly. I didn't know why I felt somehow sad and uncomfortable anytime I heard anything about my late parents or why I couldn't bring myself to read it. "Take your time, my dear." She said as she led me to a double-door which she opened and walked through. I took a step into the brigh
"Ava." Dylan said in shock."Hi. Are you surprised to see me?" She asked."Uhm..yes." Dylan stuttered."I don't see why you should be surprised, by the way if this is a meeting about the pack, then I should be here to influence your decisions...as a senior member of the pack."She took a seat out and sat down with her legs crossed. "I had waited outside to be welcomed but none of you had the courtesy of welcoming me, so I did the honours myself.""If I may ask, how long have you been outside." Kelvin asked.She giggled "long enough to hear your amazing plan of attacking the Lycans."All eyes were on Ava and I was pretty sure she enjoyed i
On the wooden floor of my room was my bird. It had been pinned to the floor with two daggers on both its wings."Oh, no!" I exclaimed as I hurriedly walked to it.I fell to my knees and patted my poor bird, who whimpered in fright."Who could have done this?" I said aloud as my hands trembled.My question was answered by a piece of paper stuck to one of the knives which pinned my bird.Boldly written on the paper was the name; Ava Sa
CHECKMATE'S POV Fighting Ivanka turned out to be more difficult than I had expected. She had so many advantages over me, considering that she had even been my martial arts teacher not too long ago. And when I realised that the only way to stand a chance of surviving was to shift to my wolf form, it was already too late as she was capable of making a half-shift—just like Hillary, she could still be in human form and access her werewolf strength. So, I had no time to shift and was vulnerable to her attacks. I couldn't even defend myself as I had no weapons to wade her off. She rose me up in the air and flung me at the wooden wall of the cabin which cracked open. Blood oozed out of my head, soaking my entire hair within few seconds and judging from the excruciating pain at my back, I could bet that I had fractured my backbone. Moaning in pain, I watched my stepsister walk towards me with a cruel smile on her stiff face, while twirling the point
JORDAN POV "Don't you ever give up?" I asked in annoyance. "Yeah, I do sometimes but not when Hillary is involved." He said, dropping the torchlight. "Why do you have a death wish?" I asked, even though I knew how weak and injured I was, I wasn't scared of a werewolf. But Dylan was an exceptional fighter and a dangerous one too. He flashed a wicked smile as he revealed the short blade beneath his coat. "I don't have a death wish anymore," He said. "All I want is for the world to be a better place without you Lycan Demons involved." "That means, you don't also want Hillary as she has Lycan blood in her." He remained quiet. Then he raised the blade up for the little ray of light that dimly lit the arena to meet and then I realized that this was more of a threat than I had anticipated. There was a green liquid on the blade and from the instant repulsive feeling I received, I knew it must be dangerous to Lycans, but I wasn't sure, so I as
HILLARY'S POV I was on the floor, wailing like a widow when I heard some spectators scream, but not in happiness but a scream of terror. Wait, did Ivanka miss? Or did it meet... Oh no! I sprang up to my feet and rushed to see who the victim was. "No!!!" I screamed out when I was CM pinned to the ground with a five-foot spear stuck in his chest. I pushed the petrified Ivanka away and hurried down the stairs to meet CM. When I arrived, after pushing through the grieving crowd, I met CM lying in a pool of his own blood. The pale-looking Dylan was wailing in agony while Jordan stood akimbo, with an inscrutable and blank facial expression. I fell to my knees beside his dying body. "Please, don't go!!" I pleaded as blood flowed down his mouth. "Take h-him a-away, she'll kil-l him." He struggled to utter as his life slowly seeped out of him. "No," I wailed. "How did this happen?" I yelled out. To my surprise the angry crowd began pointing f
CHECKMATE POV I had been watching her for days. Ever since our last discussion or argument, I had done a lot of thinking and I'd come to realise that I was wrong, but I didn't' know how to make amends, so I started by convincing Dylan to take her back to her room. I even convinced Mr. Grono, the chef to prepare her French breakfast. But, I knew those things were too irrelevant as I still felt so much guilt and shame. I was watching her again. She was with her Lycan King, and from her grip on his shirt, I could tell she was begging him not to fight, which appeared to be a little bit late as our Alpha was already fixed on the fight. She loved him, that part was clear to me. But why? I guess that wasn't my business. She's an adult and I'm just a kid, anyway. The fight would take place the following day and the whole pack was in fear, some people were even scared of sleeping while the monstrous Lycan King was amongst them. They all blamed Hillary, and they had solid
HILLARY'S POVEight days. Eight days, eleven hours.Although I was no longer in the dark room and neither was I being kept prisoner, I still had a keen interest in staring at the time.Dylan had also decided to take me back to my old room, for reasons I had no idea of.Today had been fairly horrible unlike all the other seven days which had been nothing but chaotic and terrible.I had woken up with a fabricated smile and had prayed genuinely like I did on every morning two years ago, the only difference being that now, I wasn't praying for freedom anymore.I took my time brushing and enjoyed my hot water bath. Later, I ordered for a French breakfast which was delivered by a grim chef, giving me killer looks as he gave me my breakfast. At first, I considered disposing the food In fear of being poisoned but then, I thought against it and consumed my breakfast happily with no worries.Now, I was staring from my balcony at the farm where at least fifty men, women and children were working
Lord Saints POV It's been one full week since Hillary's disappearance and to be honest, I wasn't certain if she had been abducted or if she had gone back willingly. Either way, it hurt me more than anything else had hurt me in years. Initially, I had been crazed and had quickly switched over to my old side. The whole castle had been trembling and fear had consumed everyone. Then, I realized that I didn't want that. The fear I had once cherished and fed on wasn't desirable to me anymore. Being with Hillary truly changed me more than I had noticed. Now, although I was sad and downcast, I wasn't bitter like I had been before. And to be sincere, I loved this new side of me. Early that morning, I strolled down to the royal cemetery with two bouquets of pink roses—which signified gratitude—in my hands. My first stop was at the grave of Finn Johannesson (Scarlett's younger brother) who had died eight years ago from an incurable disease. He had been her only
It's been six days I've been here. Six days and fourteen hours to be precise. How would I know that? Well, I've been staring at the large pendulum clock in the dark room I had been kept for the past six days. After I had finally realized that I had been cruelly betrayed by someone who I had believed was closer to me than anyone, I had thought that I'd be punished or even persecuted for fleeing with the Lycans, but rather I had been welcomed with Dylan's open arms. Just when I was about to get relaxed and relieved, Dylan leaned forward to kiss me and I swiftly dodged his kiss like a bullet. Then, I saw his true emotions. His countenace had changed instantaneously and he had ordered for my apprehension in this godforsaken room where I had been locked up. Ever since then, Dylan had visited me repeatedly, during which he had taken his time to badmouth Jordan and the Lycans—not like his words had any effect on me. To add to my predicament, the worst happened the p
HILLARY'S POV After convincing the clinic's staffs to release Checkmate and I for a brief morning stroll, CM and I wandered the castle gardens, talking ceaselessly about what we had both experienced in the brief period of time we had been apart. I watched him run his mouth and I couldn't deny the happiness and satisfaction that thrilled my heart. "I heard you once teamed up with Brianna?" I asked as he played with one of the castle's fountains. "Who is Brianna?" "A blonde Lycan girl, about your age?" "Oh," he let out. "Is she that naughty and arrogant know-it-all who assisted us in taking you home?" I chuckled. "C'mon, don't insult her. She is one of my friends, okay? She acted as a constant reminder of you when you were away." He snorted. "I doubt that. She and I aren't alike in any way." "Hmm, but you both are smart kids with high ambitions." I said, amused by his childish denial. He laughed. "High ambitions. What does she want to be
CHECKMATE POV "What is he doing here, Hillary?" She looked back at him and returned her gaze to me. "That is..." "I know who he is," I said, angrily. "He is the Lycan beast, isn't he?" The bewitchingly attractive man smiled, much to my surprise. "I have a lot of names, boy, and that one you mentioned is my all time favorite." "Do you think this is funny," "Checkmate, stop!" Hillary yelled at me. "Just calm down, okay?" "Why?" I asked in annoyance. "Tell me one reason why I should calm down when this murderous bastard is in here?" The man's smile wavered but he didn't utter a word. "For God sake, stop being rude." Hillary said, noticeably offended. "I don't get it, why are you defending him?" "I am not, okay?" She said, "I am not because there is nothing to defend about him." "You don't mean that, do you?" I asked, bewildered. "This man is a murderous bastard that killed just how many members of our pack." "That wasn'