Kevin's POV"Ella!" I shouted, holding her close to me as tears fell from my eyes.The war had ended. Like I had told the mouthy group leader of the Rogues hours earlier, I had ended up killing him. His corpse lay by my side, his eyes open in shock as if he couldn't believe that he could die.I snorted, thinking of him as an idiot. How could he think that he couldn't die? Was anyone that immortal? Even if anyone was meant to have the gift of immortality, it was definitely not the rogues with their loss of a good personality and a love of violence.If people like the rogues got to live long and have the gift of immortality, I was worried that I would hate the deity that was in charge of that and hate the moon goddess more than I hated her at the moment.Had we not suffered enough? I wondered what she was doing wherever she was, watching as we jumped from one dilemma into another trouble.I glanced away from the rogue, not caring about him as a corpse or his journey into the afterlife.
Ella's POV"I did it!" I yelled, my voice as loud as it could be."Yes, you did it." Dad smiled at me. "It was a minimal progress but you're finally showing some signs."I couldn't believe that I had done it. I had gotten my hand out of my dad's hold. I had done it. I was excited. I risked a glance at Kevin to know how he felt about my victory. It had taken me a long time to break out of dad's hold but I would call it victory still.Kevin gave me a slow smile and then looked away. I smiled back, my face bright. He didn't look as excited as I hoped that he would but that was progress enough for me. I would take that.He hadn't spoken to me since I woke up today and I knew he was probably dreading the training later in the evening. He was the first to get to the training ground, wincing everytime I cried out in pain. I knew that he secretly hoped that I collapse so he could swoop in to be the hero and tell my dad that he was right and I wasn't ready yet.I didn't want that to happen tho
Ella's POVI smiled as I watched the men move around, the hustle and bustle of activities putting excitement in the air and giving out a charge that we hadn't felt in days.I loved it. It was better than the morose expression that had been on everyone's faces for the past two days as if someone had died. My subconscious reminded me that I had almost died but I reminded it as well of the operative word in the sentence. I had almost died but I hadn't died.It wasn't until later that I found out that everyone, not only my father and Kevin, had had it rough when I had been lying down in that tent and fighting for my life. I was touched by their concerns as I had been worried ever since my father and Caleb came that their affection for me would have dwindled because of my birth origin.Looking at them now, going up and about to arrange a mini party in my sake, I realized how silly I had been for ever doubting for once the good in the heart of these men.Kevin had told me before that the me
Ella's POV"What if the Rogues see the fire we have and attack us again?" I asked two hours into the party while pulling out a stick of roasted meat from the fire."Oh!" The men all groaned. "Why are you being a party spoiler?"I smiled as I heard them all groan. It was fun to rile them up."The rogues are going to find us anyways so we might as well live and enjoy our lives." Kevin said.I nodded as I looked at him. He was right. It wasn't going to make a difference if we had a party or not, the rogues seemed determined to find us and they were going to even if we hid ourselves in a cave and tried to pretend like we didn't exist.I didn't even think that it was possible that we pretended to not exist. The rogues were the ones who shouldn't exist."It seems like the rogues are determined to kill you." Dad said.I sighed. I had opened this line of conversation and officially ruined the party. I hoped the guys could forgive me for that. It wasn't like dad had been talking for the past t
Kevin's POVThat was it?That was my first thought when I heard what Zeke had to say and I almost blurted out that he was being ridiculous for saying we might think his idea was useless.Why would I think that?Why would I say that to him even if it was?I glanced at Ella and realized she understood what he meant. I glanced at Liam but he had an unreadable expression on his face so I couldn't tell what he was thinking of. I sighed. That brat could be too controlled with his emotions at times. I glanced at the other men but not all of were looking in my direction so I couldn't tell what they were thinking of.I looked away from them and focused on Zeke who was still waiting for my response.I knew the point Zeke was trying to make but I needed to ask him to explain further for clarification so everyone would have no doubts."Why do you say that?" I asked him. I wasn't going to tell him that I understood his worries right now without letting him speak of what he meant. That might make t
Ella's POV"Someone is following us." Caleb said and turned around.We all looked around but everywhere was deathly silent. I didn't think anyone was following us. I couldn't even hear the sounds of animals and insects as we walked. It was as if they knew that creatures bigger than they were were on the road and had gone into hiding."I don't sense anyone." Kevin said, turning to look at Caleb. "Do you sense anyone?" He asked us, turning to his men."No," I shook my head."No." The men said.I wasn't surprised that they had said that. I didn't think that anyone was with us and had let my senses fly out the moment Caleb said someone was following us but I still couldn't sniff out anyone's scent.I was afraid he was paranoid and letting it get to him but I didn't know how I was going to tell him that without making him mad. It was possible he had heard an animal scurry off into the bush and had let his worry get the best of him and think it was someone following us.I knew how enhanced
Liam's POVDinner was great. Zeke overcooked. Well, I wouldn't say he overcooked since there was nothing left of the huge heap of food he had cooked. He had cooked that much for a reason and judging by the bright smile on his face as he looked at the empty plates on the table, I was sure that he was glad he had done that.I patted my belly, feeling full. It was the long time that I had eaten so much in a long while. We had always had to be conscious of eating too much from our food storage of canned meals as we knew we had a long way to go and there was no store around to get food for."Thanks for the meal." I said, bowing to Zeke.He smiled, nodding his head at me. "I am glad you are all okay."We were more than okay if he wanted the truth."I didn't know you could cook this much." Ella said, teasing her dad.Zeke chuckled. "Should I tell you a secret?""What is it?" Ella asked, leaning forward.I was curious to know what the secret was but I didn't lean forward like she did. I kept
Maya's POV"Let's wrap this up quickly. We have to train the wolf pups before it gets too dark. I hate sending those kids home late in the night." I said to the six ladies around me.Someone snickered not too far from me but I knew who it was, even without turning my head. It wasn't anyone other than Selene and her two friends; Sarah and Sasha. The three mischievous and bitter snakes as I liked to call them and tell my best friend, Khloe.I wondered if their parents had known what they were going to become and that was why they had named them by the first letter of a snake. I wondered what kind of snakes they would be if they really were one. Would they be anacondas, pythons or cobras? I shook my head, hating that I had poor knowledge about the crawling reptiles.I narrowed my eyes at them, squinting at their tiny forms which were too small for even for a growing wolf much more a mature female Wolfe and agreed that they had to be rattlesnakes. That was what they were, judging by how s