I ran and slept in the forest for two days after I had found Zach and told him and Mavis to take the rogue to Whitlock to be questioned and whatever Caleb decided to do with him. I had told Zach of Luke’s death and the pain on his face was just another reminder of all the hurt and destruction Luke and Violet had caused to everyone around them. Being alone for two days was what I had to do, in fact I’d have made it longer if it wasn’t for the guilt of my family grieving too that pulled me back to Whitlock. The anger still hadn’t gone, I had merely pushed it down as much as I could, but it festered and was constantly eager to be let loose. The thought of just being on the same land as that treacherous bitch and the way she tried to cry her way out of her consequences… the fake remorse, passing the blame and her wicked heart resorting to keeping Addison on her side. Addison may strut and flounce around like she’s so much better and above everyone else, but the hilarity of it was that sh
I sat quietly at the table the next morning, mulling over breakfast as mother and grams reminisced over stories of Uncle Filton when he was a boy. They chuckled through their sad expressions and sniffled each time the room fell quiet after cooing over one of their many memories. I tried to not pay attention to any of their stories, I wanted them to have their moment to remember him and grieve their own way, so I sat silently, just staring and picking at my food trying to ignore how silly, funny and adorable he was as a child. I had to ignore it, I couldn’t bare to keep going over and over the same regret that he was one innocent that I couldn’t save and the reality that he wasn’t the only one that day. Just as grams had said last night…. We can’t save them all, only this innocent… haunted my heart! A sudden knock at the door abruptly stopped mother and grams during their chatter. All of us looking at each other in wonder of who would possibly be calling so early in the morning. “Oh,
As I left the palace, I looked around to see that once again the pack grounds were quiet and glum. People shut away in their houses grieving and others just avoiding the massacre that destroyed our once peaceful lands. I looked at the forest border and it occurred to me that whilst I had lived in the camp I had come to love the forest and all it’s natural beauty, even on it’s stormiest days. But from here, it looked bleak and grim, nothing beautiful about it, even the surrounding trees looked forbidding and miserable. Their branches and leaves had been smashed apart and trodden into the ground during the battle, and the once green and vibrant leaves were now a stained crimson red. We needed the rain, we needed it to wash away the horror of that day, the reminder to everyone how one man and a member of their own pack wanted to viciously destroy their home. The entire time I was away, and I’d sneak to the borders looking onto my home, Leo and my parents, I always wished to be here agai
It was quiet today, nothing but the sounds of the trees softly flowing through the gentle warm breeze and the slow shuffle of shoes moving along the grass. The sun was hot, beating down against our backs and the sky was clear and cheerful, the complete opposite to the grieving and grim faces of the entire pack. We had all made our way from our homes and gathered along the burial field that was secluded behind the lake. The last time I was here was for Anya. The day my father and our neighbour had to practically carry my uncle between them all the way back to our house, and that night was when his anger first exploded and destroyed pretty much everything in our sitting room. My mother had whisked me off so quickly to the safety of my bedroom and told me to lock my door. I didn’t see any more of the chaos, but I could hear it… the smashing, his growling, my father shouting for him to calm down whilst my mother screamed and cried, begging for him to stop. By the next morning everything i
We all headed back to the palace hall where Caleb had arranged for his cooks and staff to host an evening dedicated to all the pack members that had died in battle. As we walked in, my gaze averted to the large portraits of each person placed along the edges of the room. Uncle Filton’s picture was fifth in the line, and it was one mum and grams had personally picked to be used. He was dressed in his black tux, his hair was neatly styled, and he was standing proudly underneath a blossoming archway with the happiest smile on his face, a proud and cheerful gleam in his eyes. That was the day he married Anya, and dad had taken a picture of him just before the ceremony had started. I smiled at his photo, not just missing him now but also the man he used to be, full of positivity and life, always optimistic making everyone laugh around him and completely besotted with his mate. How carefree and bright he looked, completely unaware of the tragedy that lay in store for him and his bride to be.
“I can’t believe what Estelle just told us! Do you think we should tell everyone at camp what’s going on?”. Izzy asked as we all met at the forest border. “I think we have to. What if this person kills them just for the sake of it?”. I replied, worried at the thought of leaving them to fend for themselves without even Dante around to look after them. “This is just crazy, galivanting around looking for wolves when no one even knows where they are!”. Zach commented, shaking his head in frustration. “Well, obviously someone did, otherwise none of this would be happening right now”. Dante pointed out in return. “You know I didn’t want you to be a part of this”. I said, looking apologetically at Dante and Izzy. “But I know my grams wouldn’t have it any other way”. “And neither would we!”. Izzy voiced with an encouraging smile. “There’s no way we’d let you go out there without us”. “We don’t even know who this madman is!”. Zach expressed looking exasperated. “It’s ok, Zach. We’ll ma
We continued to talk quietly to each other, completely engrossed in everything we finally had the chance to open up about until we were suddenly jolted out of our focus on each other from Coleen’s loud laugh that sounded all through the camp. But to my joy, Leo didn’t want our conversation to end either. “Is there somewhere quiet we can go to talk?”. He asked with a pleading look for a bit of privacy and peace. I nodded and took hold of his hand as I led him to my cabin. The only place where we could properly talk without being disturbed. “It’s not much”. I spoke as we walked in, and I closed the door behind us. I lit the lamp and motioned for him sit with me on the wooden bench. “It’s cosy though, but it’s good and bad memories here”. “I can understand the good, this camp… the people, it really is incredible”. He said as he sat down next to me, facing me again. “I know”. I smiled. “So many things about this place that I loved, but I also spent a lot of nights trying to sleep when
For the first time in weeks I woke up feeling like a normal wolf, waking up to a normal and exciting life… however, that feeling only lasted for a second when the reminder of what we had to today came rushing back. But the peaceful bliss of the cabin, wrapped up in Leo’s arms, nothing but the chirping of the birds outside and his light breathing next to me. Wishful thinking had me wanting to just stay here in the safety and comfort of his body. To live in the positivity of the camp and shut out the rest of the world and our unpredictable future. I wanted to enjoy this, me and him, my friends, our slice of happiness in our dooming situation. Frustratingly, last night went too quickly. We had made love four times throughout the night in between our affectionate conversations of how much we felt devoted to one another. We had eventually fallen asleep after our final time of passion, leaving us with only three hours sleep, we might not have our full energy today, but after what I got to e