CLAIRE.Father called me in to ask why I had wanted to save the wolf. I stood awkwardly inside his study, trying to come up with a reason why I had wanted to save Alex. I was sure that Father didn't remember who Alex was since that first time he had met him and if he realized that it was the same wolf I was trying to save once again, he would be furious. My mind whirled with reasons to give him and I finally settled on one, telling him that the blood greatly disturbed me and that I didn't see the need for more violence when Evie had already killed the beast. It hurt me to refer to Alex as such, but I guessed that it was the only way father would remotely believe me and let me go. He stared at me for a while after I said that and I had the feeling that he didn't believe me. I expected him to call me out on my lie but he didn't. He stared intensely at me as he picked up his glass of what I knew was Scotch -as that was the only drink father took. I watched as he slowly took a sip, his e
CLAIRE."God." I wiped at my tears once again, angry that even the liquid from my body was betraying me. I didn't want to feel sad that Father had disowned me, he didn't deserve my tears or any sad feeling I was somehow having. I kicked at a stone in my frustration and ended up tripping, my knee hitting the paved road hard. My tears finally burst open and released in a torrent of all my pent up anger and hurt for my father, and I hugged my knees to my chest, the tears falling on my bruised knee and causing it to hurt more. That made me cry harder, and it felt like I could place my ragged feelings on the fact that my knees hurt like crazy. After a while of hugging myself out in the open, the chill in the night started to disturb me and I rubbed at my arms furiously, my hurt feelings suddenly transforming into one of anger. Couldn't he have sent me out in the morning? Why did Becky have to raise a confrontation so late at night? It was almost like they knew that father had gotten to h
Alex had been half awake throughout the entire fight that occurred between the wolves and the humans. At first, he thought that the wolves were the former wolves he had moved around with before he realized that he could still shift to a human, but then they weren't. These ones had been fighting to protect him, and not just because they enjoyed the violence of killing humans. Alex had watched through half lidded eyes as they had viciously fought against the humans, one of them going as far as jumping in front of an arrow one of the hunters aimed at him. Alex didn't know what exactly caused him more grief, the fact that someone else had gotten hurt by an arrow meant for him, or the fact that it felt like he truly knew who the wolf was. He slipped into unconsciousness at that thought and came to again to see trees over him.It felt like he was being dragged carefully on the forest floor. He turned to the side and locked eyes with a grey furred wolf, who looked sad. He went back into a d
ALEXAKIS My eyelashes flicked open several times before I could finally concentrate my sight to adjust to the bright light that was penetrating my eyes. The light from the unknown source almost blinded me, and I had to close my eyes once more to keep from going blind. I couldn't help but feel that it had been a little too long since I last opened my eyes to see any form of sunlight.That thought jolted my memory awake, and I was reminded of the awful incident that happened the last time I had gone into the forest just to obey the urge of my body to shift. I rose from the bed rapidly and winced as I felt my lower back give way. I laid down back on the bed, aware that I was going to collapse either way even if I didn't do so myself. Along with my anger rose the urge to murder someone. And the someone I wanted to murder was no more than that evil sister of Claire. How dare they try to hurt an innocent animal? Forget the fact that the animal was me. Didn't they have any compassion for
CLAIRE"Janet, could you pass me that knife, please?" I asked Janet. She did as I requested and handed the knife to me."If that food isn't as delicious as you hyped it, you are in soup." She warned me.I laughed at the way she said the words. Even though she was trying to sound like she just threatened me, the playfulness in her voice gave away her true intention."Don't worry about a thing. Leave it all to chef Claire," I told her warmly.It has been two weeks since I have been living with Janet. If there was anything I was glad about, it would be about meeting Janet at the time when I did. The friendship between us had blossomed even though we had barely been living together for no more than two weeks.She did her best to make sure that I was always happy when I first arrived at her place and she noticed that I was always sad or even crying every day when I thought no one was looking. She would come to where I lay in a small corner and consoled me until I fell asleep and was oblivi
ALEXAKIS I couldn't believe that it had been more than three weeks since I came to live in this place that was slowly beginning to feel like hell.True, the people there nurtured me back to life, but none of them were ready to answer the questions that weighed on my mind. All they did was give me food, water, medicine, and care. They also made sure that I got enough rest. But the attention was not there.Luna Lisa, as I have learned she was called, had refused to listen to me or even talk to me. I understood that she might be very angry with me at the moment, seeing as her husband died because of me. I later got to learn about this from one of the nurses that came for a visit. And they had carried out his rites, or was it supposed to be later in the day? I couldn't remember.All I knew of at the moment was the fact that the place was beginning to feel like hell. How else could I explain the fact that everyone treated me like a plague? Like I was responsible for all the miseries they
CLAIRE"Hey, Claire."I looked up to see Raphael smiling at me, and I smiled back at him. He came to where I was sitting on the floor, trying to watch some course videos, and sat down with me."What are you doing?" He whispered to me. Wordlessly, I pointed to the screen and showed him the video I was watching. "Looks interesting. Mind if I listen in?"I gave him one of the earpieces I was using, and we both began to watch the videos together in silence. Things had been like that between the both of us since the last time I got short-listed for the secretary job. My interview was just a week to go, but I was already preparing for it. The video Raphael and I were currently watching dealt with how to be a proper secretary. I didn't want the opportunity to slip from me because of a mistake on my part.We finished watching the video and I got up from where I sat. Somehow, I lost my balance and was on my way to the floor. Raphael caught me halfway and prevented the fall. I quickly scramble
ALEXAKISThe moment I successfully made my way out of the pack, I raced for the nearest route that I saw. I didn't want them to catch up with me. And by them, I meant Luna Lisa, and Kieran. A part of my mind kept telling me that they would bundle me back to their place, and I couldn't afford that right now.The urgency I felt, the urge to get to my girl, was growing stronger and stronger in me. I didn't know why, but something about just thinking of her kept tugging at me to hurry. Like she was in some kind of danger that I couldn't fathom. I didn't understand it anyway. That was... the pull that I felt toward her. True, it had always been there, but never as strong as this one was. It was almost as if she was in some kind of pain that got me in the pain also. Almost like my feeling mirrored hers perfectly. Perhaps it was responsible for the pain that I kept feeling... pains that I thought came from my injury... injuries that had stopped hurting so much for about a week now.I ignore