Cynthia Dion:"Cynthia!" She arrived, breathless and agitated. "Why didn't you stop?" she complained, finally making eye contact with me."Because I didn't hear you," I fibbed, attempting to move away, but she kept obstructing my path."What's happening with you? You haven’t even bothered to check on me all this time." She appeared downcast, pouting and fluttering her lengthy eyelashes."Did you check on me when you left my messages unread after convincing me to sneak out? My father caught me, Mara," I responded, exhaling deeply."Wait, oh my gosh, I am so sorry. But you're not the only one who got caught. My father caught me and was furious," she sighed, explaining why she couldn't make it and why she had even missed school."Oh!" The urge to accuse her of abandoning me faded. We both experienced our share of trouble."Well, my father did more than just hit me this time. He did this to me." I glanced around and lifted my hat slightly. She gasped and quickly composed herself."I feel
Cynthia Dion:"Mara!" I quickened my pace to catch up with her, but she was darting away from me as if I'd committed a crime. It made no sense.As I hurried after her, lost in my thoughts, I failed to notice someone coming from the opposite direction. I collided with none other than Rosalie."My bad!" I winced, nursing my arm that had been scratched by the keychain dangling from her purse."Of course it's you," Rosalie muttered, her grip on the plastic coffee cup tightening. Looking at her, a pang of envy hit me. She had everything one could wish for: loving parents, a privileged life, and numerous friends. And she was drop-dead gorgeous with her brown eyes, blonde hair, and a height of 5 feet 8 inches.As a cheerleader and one of the school's popular girls, she practically set trends with every move she made. Despite her seemingly perfect life, she never missed an opportunity to belittle others and disrupt their peace.It might seem that all these luxuries and the prospect of becomin
Cynthia Dion:While I was shouting and screaming at the alphas, I noticed Enzo narrowing his eyes at me, which irked me."Do you think your stare can scare me?" I yelled, too angry to consider the consequences.I was not sure where I got all this courage from but I had reached my limits. However, his response wasn't what I had expected. Following his gaze, I turned around to see whom he was looking at. That's when I saw my father making his way toward us.My heart sank in my chest as I noticed the anger on his face. It was not a wonderful moment to be caught between two alphas.The moment he reached me, he did the unthinkable – snatching the beanie off my head and exposing the patchy hair that he had chopped off the other day. I immediately covered my head when my father took away my beanie."Such a daughter you are," Dad yelled in front of whoever was present.I heard a gasp filled with shock from Enzo, and to make matters worse, some students had also gathered on the road, heading
Cynthia Dion:"That's enough, father!" I shouted as I lunged and pulled my sister away from him."I was never going to leave her behind," I retorted through tears. Didn't he see the redness on my skin? Didn't he care?"You couldn't wait until I got home? I get picked on every single day. School life is already terrible. Everyone is a damn bully. Every little thing I do, I get picked on for days. Couldn't you spare me this one time? Now I'll be a hot topic for weeks. I'll suffer all because of you." It felt liberating to express my emotions and say what I had been bottling up in my heart.Dad unveiled the last blow he had been reserving: "Don't worry, you won't be facing them because you're not going to school anymore," he stated, pointing at me and then at Flora, who immediately burst into tears. I felt ashamed for exacerbating the situation for her."What?" Flora was jolted at the order from my father. He was just pure evil for this. "That’s unfair. If you want to punish someone, pu
Enzo’s POV:The night had arrived, and we hadn't seen Atticus the whole day. After the incident happened, he stormed off."He is not responding to me," Rosalie pouted, holding alcohol in one hand and her phone in the other. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying for hours.I had to take her out and bring her to the mountains, where we three always meet and drink."I have left him a message to come meet us here," I said, watching Rosalie let out a bitter laugh and then chug straight from the bottle."Maybe you should tone it down a bit," I suggested as her small sip turned into a chugging competition."I have to be drunk to see him. You know he's mad at me, right? He's angry with me because I poured that coffee on his mate. The same mate who doesn't give a shit about him." She laughed through tears and shook her head.Seeing Rosalie like that was difficult for me. I had a crush on her from a very young age. I always thought I would grow up and feel a mate bond with her. There were t
Cynthia Dion:"Sneak out," Mr. Holt repeated."I--" I stuttered, confused."To discuss what we can do to persuade your father to give you and your sister a chance," he continued swiftly, clarifying to dispel my doubts evident in my silence."It is not possible for me to meet you at this time," I excused, having set a boundary to avoid any requests that could lead to more trouble with my father."Okay! I'll come by to meet you in the morning," he spoke softly to me, a tone I wasn't accustomed to."But Dad won't let you talk to me," I whispered, quickly pulling the phone away from my ear to glance at the time displayed on the screen.It was past midnight."Just leave that to me." He almost mumbled the last part conspiratorially, "Go rest now; we'll meet in the morning." With that, he hung up.That night, I fell asleep with the belief that the morning would bring good news.Taking some time to stretch and yawn, I felt like my eyelids were too heavy to open right away. With no drapes to c
Rosalie’s POV:I woke up in my bed instead of on the mountainside. I yawned and stretched, moving my arms around and feeling the comfortable mattress beneath me."Good morning," I said to myself, picking up my phone and staring at the blank screen. "He hasn't responded to me." My smile faded away.'Maybe you shouldn't have been so harsh with his mate,' Rose said, ruining my mood by mentioning that person.'I will do whatever I want to do to her. If you're so bothered, why don't you go be her wolf? Oops! You can't because we're stuck together.' I couldn't believe I was getting angry so easily.It was as if there was a switch in my body, and every time something happened, I would get angry. Getting out of bed and stepping under the shower, I let my muscles calm down before wrapping a towel around my body and facing myself in the mirror."Atticus!" I said his name and kept staring at my face, "It's so unfair what you're doing to me." This time, I was talking to the Moon Goddess."How cou
Cynthia’s POV:Mr. Holt left after dropping me in the parking lot, but I had this one question in my mind that I needed an answer to."Why would Dad want me to participate in this contest?" I stroked my chin, keeping my head down when walking towards the entrance, thinking, "Of course, he's doing it for the money." I had the answer to the question myself.My father was only interested in money. He would sell me even if it came to that point.I had only walked up to the main entrance gate when somebody stepped between me and the gate."Move!" I didn't even raise my head and mumbled to Enzo. I recognized him from the hand tattoo."I'm only here to ask you about your wounds. Why aren't they healed yet? Did you not transition last night?" He sounded forceful when demanding to have a conversation with me."We rogues are not allowed to transition whenever we want," I grunted, thankful because that messed-up rule was saving my life."I can write you a permission letter," he shrugged. "Why is
Cynthia Dion:It’s been two years since that unfortunate event happened.Maleeka couldn’t accept that she could no longer force Zeon to be with her.Atticus finally cleaned Eva’s grave, cleared her name, and even buried Zeon next to her. We also renamed the specific block in school to be Eva.I do think that day when I was cleaning in that block, it was Eva’s disturbed soul still wandering around.Maleeka was in the mental asylum, showing no signs of improvement. Atticus made it very clear that even if Maleeka gets better, she will be severely punished.However, things have changed in our relationship as well.We were not only two, in fact, we have welcomed a cute baby girl into our lives after a few months of that whole sad incident.We named her Flora."Flora! Stop running around," I rolled my eyes at her as she ran into Niles, Rosalie, and Enzo’s son.We have gathered around my father’s pack that I’ve recovered to celebrate my pregnancy news with my people."So, how did it go?" Att
Cynthia’s POV:As he finished telling us why he did all that, our faces changed colors. My eyes were teary, and the counsellors looked guilty, too.Maleeka had been breaking down after her dirty criminal history was displayed to everyone.I didn’t even know what to say anymore. The story of Eva and the horrible life she had because of the mean and selfish people around her was so bad.The fact that my mother didn’t even help her out and let the poor victim take a fall broke my heart.I know she was thinking she was doing it for me and Flora, but to push someone else’s daughter into such a shitty situation just for the sake of your daughters is not an excuse.Not to mention, I wonder if what Flora and I went through our entire lives was our mother’s karma, and maybe Eva’s broken heart cries are shadowing our happiness."Zeon!" Since Atticus couldn’t even say a word, I whispered in tears, "I understand your pain and Eva’s suffering, but hurting others wouldn’t bring her back. You can le
Author’s POV:Years Ago:It’s been a month since Eva passed away on the school grounds, and Zeon killed those rogues. Rowdy was the only one that survived, but he went into a coma after that night.Zeon had no clue what to do because it seemed like everybody was more focused on the ones that got killed than on Eva."She was innocent," he yelled at the counselors, who shook their heads at him."We will call our first witness here, who will explain to us how Eva had been clawing at the other boys and meeting them in the library." The elder of the counselor spoke as he pointed at the door. All eyes turned to the door, waiting for this so-called character witness.Zeon didn’t have a very good feeling about it. It seemed like something bad was about to happen. Why did they even need to have an investigation?A she-wolf got gang raped and killed. Why were they investigating her? It was beyond his mind, and he was just plain hurt and lost. There was nobody on his side. He was suffering and w
Author’s POV:Years Ago:After that day, Zeon and Jacque were escorted out and even got detention. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months. Nothing happened to Maleeka; the guards were even assigned to her to stop Zeon from coming after her.She would go to school every day and watch Zeon and Eva together. She was not at all satisfied with what she had done; in fact, if Eva were still alive, she would consider herself a failure.Although she was surprised to hear Eva get pregnant again, And this time, she couldn’t even get near her because all the eyes would be on her."This is the girl," she had asked for some rogue criminals to meet her after school."She is beautiful," there were five rogue young boys, probably 19, the same age as them."She will be alone in the school today, doing some assignments in the library. You can enter the school and get your hands on her. Listen, her mate will be there, but you can take him out with wolfbane. Remember, you are not supposed to hurt h
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"What do you mean by she stole your mate? Zeon is her mate. That’s what everybody knows." Mrs. Dion, who thought of Maleeka as this innocent and sweet little girl, was ready to accept any lie she was going to tell her."She was the second chance, mate. Zeon accepted me two years ago. We used to be together; we were never separated, and then i--- then I got pregnant with him, but during that time, she joined school. She caused my abortion. I know it is not an excuse to do the same to someone else, but think of it as your own daughter. You have a little daughter that you gave birth to with so much difficulty. Can you imagine anyone hurting her? Just imagine what I have been through." She sniffled as she shed crocodile tears. She was sneaking glances at Mrs. Dion, too.She wanted to get out of this mess by any means."I am so sorry that happened to you, but I still have to tell the counsel about the video. You can rest your case before them. If you are innocent,
Author’s POV:Years Ago:"How the hell did it happen?" Ever since Zeon got informed about Eva’s accident at school, he has been wandering in the school’s hallway and crying.Jacque and Bonnie had been sticking with him and feeling worried about him.He was in disbelief that such a horrible thing happened to Eva on the school’s grounds."There is no way she just fell off the stairs," he shook his head, not ready to believe what the school staff has been telling him."I understand your concern, but getting all stressed out won’t do anybody any favors," Jacque stepped forward to comfort Zeon, who was going crazy worrying about Eva.Bonnie and Jacque were worried for their friend and Zeon; they had never seen him so stressed out. On the other hand, Maleeka had returned home but was a little panicky. She has hurt Eva before, but this time she was directly involved.It just made her feel a little stressed. What if somebody saw her? It happened in a school, so there was a huge possibility so
Author’s POV:Years Ago:Eva was hanging out with Maleeka a lot after that day. She told Zeon that Maleeka apologized and promised to act well around her. Although he didn’t believe Maleeka, he couldn’t force Eva into deciding who to hang out with and who to ignore.He was just too concerned because Eva was too pure in her heart. One day, when Zeon was sent to the councillors for some pack-related stuff since he was supposed to be the royal beta of the pack in the future, Maleeka visited Eva.She knew Eva would be alone at home, so she didn’t want to miss this opportunity to mess things up for her. She has heard from Eva’s friend that Eva was pregnant, and it has enraged Maleeka.She was glad she heard her friends talking because she was ready to do any dirty job in order to stop Eva from giving Zeon an heir."I am so happy," Eva was pleased, clapping hands every two minutes and imaging having a child with Zeon."You two got married, too. I am surprised you hid it from me," Maleeka wa
Author's POVYears Ago:Zeon’s confession of love to Eva has left everyone in shock. Prior to this day, everybody assumed Zeon was going to accept Maleeka, but it all changed. Zeon didn’t hesitate to send back everything Maleeka had bought him in order to keep him to herself. He had cut ties with Maleeka entirely and had Eva move in. He was back in his old home, but because Eva was happy there, he didn’t feel any difference. In fact, he liked it more that way.One day, when Eva had fallen asleep, Maleeka kept blowing up his number. It had been months since Zeon and Eva had moved in together. He had been taking care of her in school to make sure nobody bullied her. He knew the instant he left her alone, Maleeka would approach her to say something."Talk to her; give her closure," Eva finally raised her face and told Zeon to speak to Maleeka."I have many times. She is not ready to understand anything," Zeon got up from behind Eva as he unwrapped his arms from around her and picked up t
Author's POV:Years Ago:"What did you say?" Zeon expressed, shocked when hearing her concern.Did she really think he was capable of killing her? Did she really think of him as an animal enough to kill someone?It surprised and unsettled him at the same time."Are you going to do something bad to me?" she proceeded to ask him while tears ran down her cheeks.That moment was the moment of realization for him.He never intended to hurt her. He was just making sure she didn’t leave until he told her what he felt."No! No! EVA NO!" He yelled in desperation, "Before even laying a finger on you, I’d end my life," he rested his hands on the tree and brought his face closer to hers."I didn’t bring you here to hurt you. I brought you here to let you know how much I’m hurting," As his tone softened and his eyes were filled with mist, she realized he was suffering and had used the wrong way to express his emotions."I’m sorry that I did that. I shouldn’t have stolen the chance of making a deci