STORMI have been actively avoiding the boys.A feat so hard when we live together so I have had to go to school more often, go runs for longer periods, and keep my conversations so minimal.It can only go for so long but it has been a week now. they too have been busy because they always miss school, but there is always someone tailing me. one of theirs, I later found out.They have not come home covered in blood as I have always been on edge about. I am always biting my nails, seated by the stairs waiting for them to walk in by the door and when I see that they aren’t covered in blood, I usually run back to my room, locking it.They have been respecting my space. My heart has been in pain, and my stomach in knots. It should be so easy to just say they will be nothing more but an addition to my list if they go killing in the name of orders.But anytime they come back without blood, I sigh and feel ten times more relieved than I should be.What is happening to me?Tonight, they all co
STORMIt doesn't take long before I see them. The burning houses and the obvious wolves fighting, people fighting, and screams. The cries.My wolf roars to life, wanting to go help them out but I calm her down. I need her with me, sharp and focused. We won't do much if we get lost in the trauma that is rearing its ugly head.I have to keep my breaths leveled and bite down my inner cheek to feel the pain. It helps me be present and not get lost in my head.I draw my bow, setting an arrow as I run, using trees and houses to hide me as I start knocking the obvious attackers down. I find them one by one, as I shoot and shoot. They all look confused at first before they fall, and the ones being attacked finish the job.I still can't see the boys. I don't want to run into them. I don't know how I could explain this.The pack lived in a community, and even with how they housed themselves, it's so clear they were one big family. All this time, I haven’t seen one child or woman. I need to prot
STORMThey are all kneeling, all of them, and the boys are standing above them. The men and women beside them sneer and hit, those kneeling.My choked sob escapes my lips and I cover my mouth with my palm. This is breaking my heart in two.I can't watch them die, I can't watch as they all destroy them, all those families holding each other as they know it’s the end.I grip my bow, lining an arrow, be damn the consequences. But there is only so much I can do. I didn’t think it would be this way. I will go down trying anyway. I aim, and my line of aim is on kyle, figuring they all stall, if I get to hit one of the boys, it will stall this.But I can't, the arrows are all laced with poison, so I direct it to the nearest man who is kicking one of the kneeling men down.“stop!” the booming voice comes from Landon and all attention is now on them.“present it to us, and this will be easier,” he steps in front and I see him. the alpha of the family. He is elderly but he is a true leader. Not
COLEI feel him slipping away from us helplessly.I let out a choked gasp, feeling the pain of tonight heavy, and I wonder how it had all gone wrong.Landon lets out a strangled wail, and his wolf starts to take form. His bones break, as they twist and reshape. He is in pain with the contortion of his face, with the sounds of pain he let out, but we don’t let go. We hold him as he goes through it, we are here for him even if it hurts us to see him lose him.When his spine finally snaps and takes the final shift, his wolf is out. it lets us cage it for a few seconds before it pushes me out of the way and runs out of sight, into the woods.“Landon!” Kyle shouts as we watch him go.Landon is gone.“we will find him, he will be back to us,” Dean chokes out, and my head bows.Will he? Or will he choose the wildness over this? he has only had pain since we were kids and tonight was the final breaking point.Defeated, I stand up, looking around. This is all my fault. All this blood is on my
STORMI am running through the woods following him but he is much faster than I am.I don't want to shift but I think I should because I am losing him. I left the rest of them behind when he broke off and I needed to know… I needed to stay close to him.He knows I am following him which is dangerous because I know Landon would never harm me but his wolf right now is in defense mode, it wants to protect him and I haven't been with his wolf, I haven’t been introduced properly to him.No need to start worrying about this when I am running after him. a twig scratches my leg and I curse out in pain but I don’t stop. This is new territory, the woods are new and unfamiliar and I don’t know where exactly it will disappear.I miss him and stop, catching my breath as I look around. The trees are tall, and I can hear the owls from a distance. I stay alert because I don't know what else could be in these woods, and Landon wouldn’t exactly come to my rescue right now.I am alone in new unfamiliar
STORMOut of all the places I thought he would have taken us, I never thought it would be the beach.I didn’t even realize that there was a beach nearby let alone that he would prefer hibernating by its coastline.It's so beautiful, the waves crashing and the sound of them calling to me. I have never been to the beach before. It's all so magnetizing to me, I jump, my wolf startled when the waves reach my paws. Landon is right there to urge me to be close to him and then lick my neck.The beach is empty and I have a feeling it's never been visited nor known because it's surrounded by miles and miles of forest.He seems to know where he is going because he finds a cave so easily I wonder if he comes here often. He stops at the edge of the cave and demands that I don't follow him to let him see if it's safe before I get in.My wolf doesn’t receive this well, so offended that she snarls at him and follows him. he doesn’t approve of course, snarling back, demanding I submit to his request.
KYLEMy little stormy has been keeping secrets from us.When we went by her former house to look for her and see if she was there, her car was gone, and a door was opened.. one we have never known existed.“what is all this?” Dean asks as he unsheathes a sword, feeling the blade echoing in the den.“why would she need a sword?” I ask as well, my brain trying to wrap up the fact that she has two separate lives.“it means my gut was right. And that she is not who she says she is,” cole replies, his jaw tight, eyes cold as he assesses the room we are standing in. “it's all so clear, she has swords and guns, and it looks like a bow is missing.”“fuck!” I yell, feeling like I am losing my mind. Not a single thing has worked, or gone the way it's supposed to go.It's been three weeks now she has been gone. We can't find Landon, and now this day we find this. her other life, the one she is a warrior and not some vulnerable girl.What else is she hiding from us?“Are they together? We already
STORMThe gorgeous view stretched in front of me, as far as I could see.I am sitting down on the white beach sand, watching the rough waves slosh against the shore and rocks as the clouds in the sky continued to march across the landscape.“There is something about the ocean that feels eternal. The stillness even with the waves, a oneness in all of it I never thought I could ever experience, until now,” I whisper to Landon, whose laying next to me, eyes on the ocean.I pat his flurry head, petting him.This has been us, for three weeks now, coming to the beach to sit and watch the waves, the sunrise and the sunset, and then eat, where I have to wolf because there is no cooked anything around here, and then sleep.I still haven’t been able to coax him out, but he is not gone, he still perks up when I talk to him. Landon is still around.“my father used to run with me when I was just a pup, and then we would lay down in the grass, and watch the night sky. That is how I have always conn
STORM Landon and I have been on the road for a week now and right now, we are on our way back home. It's so early, and I am quiet in my seat as I look outside the window as he drives. My whole life changed when I met them, and I cannot take it back, every single of them. I don’t regret any of it. I have decided to go home knowing that there is always going to be darkness in me, it's there to stay, and the best part of it is, I have found boys who want to join in on my darkness. They have shared theirs and invited me into theirs. It's my time to let them in and invite them on in mine. For great love, you must go through the pain. To have all that you desire, you must sacrifice. Pain and love go hand in hand, for you cannot love if you don’t feel the pain of it, it goes together. You cannot know what you have until you have lost it all. And that’s what I realized during my break. I did what I had to do, even went away for a minute from my love to know how true that statement was.
STORM The bar around ends up being a biker's bar, with several bikers packed at the front. I shouldn’t, it's rowdy, and if I am guessing, when they see me alone some will try to hit on me taking me for a fragile little thing that has ended up where she isn’t supposed to. Even before I let that thought to sink in, I am already opening the door, the little bell at the top of the door chiming, and the whole bar goes quiet, all eyes turning towards me. I pause, taking it all in and all the people in. Burly men, tattoos covering their skins heavily, leather jackets and studs on some, a few girls on their laps, and they all look mean and menacing. I proceed to walk towards the tabletop counter where a woman bartender is watching me. everyone is watching me and after I sit down, when they realize I am not going away, they resume their talking. “what will you have?” she asks as she wipes a glass with the towel. “something that will make sure I have a good time tonight,” I reply as I hol
STORMDemons - Hayley Kiyoko is blasting off my speakers as I speed past cars on the highway. Singing along as I beat the steering wheel, wind in my hair as I come from a kill that left me freshly rejuvenated.It should worry me a great deal that the only thing that’s making me feel alive again is killing, but that thought only makes me laugh.I mean, who am I to deny who I am? Maybe it was destined for me to finally embrace this dark side of me without painting it to be a burden, like a means to an end to my purpose.I have no purpose now, other than to feel me again and love me.That’s a good purpose, I didn’t think I was all about self-love and all, I think to myself as I look at my blood-caked nails.I need to find a place to sleep in tonight, perhaps eat human food, cook of course, and sleep. Then tomorrow I do the same thing, I have a long list of people to unalive.I find a motel and check in, and I thank the gods for the showerhead, which has a fairly decent water pressure.I
STORMI never thought it could happen, but it is.I am standing by my Impala, looking at Ridgewood one last time before I speed away and I feel like I am leaving my soul and heart behind.This could be one of the things I will ever regret doing. I can't seem to remember why I am doing this because it hurts so much, but it's all for the better.I wipe away the tear sliding down my cheek and get in my car, revving the engine and speeding away.Back on the road again, alone, leaving all that I have ever wanted behind.I open my compartment glove and I find my old burner phone. I flip it open and find the number I am looking for.“hey Stevie, I need a job.”“Long time Cherry, where are you?”I am heading north, can you find me something worth my while?”“anything for you, but aren’t you rusty? Rumour has it-““Are you sending me the coordinates to a good hunt or not? I didn’t take you for a gossip.”“All I am saying is, now you are not as incognito as before, be careful out there.”“I did
KYLE It’s a rainy gloomy day. It must be matching with my moods and those around me as we all await our bride to walk up to us. The ceremony is being held outdoors, the planners had thought that the day would be sunny and warm, but the rain has started and hasn’t stopped since an hour ago. I don’t mind, as I know this is not exactly how I wanted us to do this so here we are. “why did she not choose the other location that was offered?” Dean asks me quietly as we stand at the front of the huge tent serving as our shelter. They still managed to pull it off with the lowers, it would look magical was it not for the bitterness and bad taste in my mouth about this day. “doesn't matter, we are not here to party, we are just a means to an end for her to leave us,” I respond to him. “Can we all stop doing this? It's already in motion so let's get this over with,” Landon mutters. None of us have been in good shape or moods since last week when she said that she wanted to leave and the o
STORMI find myself at Magdaline’s new house's doorstep.I press the doorbell before I think myself out of this.“come in honey,” she opens the door and waves me in I can feel all the walls drop down and I whimper as she pulls me into an embrace.“I have messed up everything,” I cry as she holds me.She soothes me and takes me to the couch. There is a young girl in the house who has been helping her and she brings me some tea and then leaves.“you have been through so much baby,” she says ss he pushes hair off my face.“I'm so tired,” I whisper as I curl on the couch, head on her lap.“I know,” she validates me. I go ahead and tell her all that has happened and she cries with me, and I feel so sleepy.“I don’t know if they will ever forgive me, but I need to get away.”“There is only one way that you can go away and they remain here unaffected by your absence.”“I will do it, anything. I need to fix myself and maybe one day we will be together again,” I tell her meaning every word.“y
STORM“so you have been feeling this? all of you?” I ask them and their grim faces tell me everything.“Baby, you shut us down every step we take to help you,” Kyle approaches me and I take a step back.“I don’t want your help,” I tell him and he looks like I have slapped him.I don’t mean to o this, but I don’t think I can stop.“you have been drowning and we have been here asking you how to help you and you have said no. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know how to save you,” Landon speaks to me gently.“I don’t want to be saved, no one can save me,” I say. I can feel tears scrolling down my face.“why are you doing this?” Dean asks, his voice hurt.I exhale, steeling myself. “because none of you understand.”“Help us then understand you, we love you so much, too much to let you be this way,” Kyle approaches me once again and I let him come close to me. “let us in, please.”I want to give in so much, but it's going to be the same. It's going to feel like it has been for a while now.
STORMMy whole being is cold. My insides are wound tight. I am aware of things that are happening, I can feel everything and I wish I wasn’t.Because tonight is the night all my fears have come true. I have been wishing my life was different for weeks now and tonight, the universe has said yes to them.I just lost my babies, and I know it's all,y doing. It doesn’t matter what they all say or try to tell me, this is my doing. They felt my hesitation, my longing for a different life and they have left me.You know what's stupid, it’s the fact that every time I felt like I was a clown, not being true to the rest of them I would talk to them and confide my true feelings to them.They wouldn’t judge me, they were inside me and they knew what was going on. They had come to be my partners in this ridiculously high life, and now they are gone.To be honest, I feel betrayed. They were here, and now they are gone. It's my fault, and yet a part of me thought that they would never leave.I am so
DEANI feel the pain laced through our bond.We have never cried before, but I can feel us all crying. storm has gone quiet, save for the double breathing she is experiencing. Kyle stands up as I take her in my arms straight to the tub.She isn’t even opening her eyes, her face is on my neck, holding on tight. The whole penthouse is quiet as we prepare a bath for her and I start to take off her clothes.She doesn’t let me.“let me get you cleaned up,” I ask her and she shakes her head no.“I need to be alone right now,” she says and I look at the others who all feel like the last thing she needs is to be alone.“Okay,” I say and start getting outside. The boys are hesitant to get out but we finally let her have the space and once the door is locked behind us, I can hear the soft cries.“fuck,” Cole sits outside the door head in his hands.“what the fuck happened?” I ask Landon quietly as I start to realize what has just happened. Storm just miscarried.“We were talking, she had an up