Noah~•~“What about the arguments that the Second Amendment is about the right of the people to keep and bear arms to form a militia?” One of the students asked the professor who was standing in front of the class. "That's certainly one interpretation of the Second Amendment, but it's not the only one. Some legal scholars argue that the amendment protects an individual right to own firearms, regardless of whether or not they are part of a militia. The Supreme Court has also weighed in on this issue, ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, unconnected with service in a militia.” He explained and I paid close attention even if I didn’t understand everything he had just said.“In that case, the Court struck down a law that banned handguns in Washington, D.C. So, as you can see, the issue of the Second Amendment is a complex one, with different interpretations and implications for gun control policy." He ad
Noah~•~“What the fuck is wrong with Katie? What did I even do that her? What gave her the right to say something cruel to me?” “Calm down, Noah.” Aiden placed his hands on my shoulders and I took a deep breath, trying to calm my nerves. I had been ranting and pacing around the room so he gently led me to sit on the bed. “For months Aiden, for months.” I cried. “I had tried talking to her multiple times, asking her what the problem was but she refused to open up.” “She might be going through stuff that she doesn’t want to talk about. Just give her some time, and she’ll come around.” I scoffed and gave him a disgusted look. “Give her some time? What have I been doing these past months?” “We both know Katie and she has never acted this way, so just be patient. I’ll try talking to her too.” “That’s if she’ll even listen to you, she doesn’t listen to anyone anymore.” I seethed angrily. “Not even Scott, they have been having problems since he returned.” Scott was Katie’s boyfriend.
Noah ~•~“Ah!” I screamed when the water from the kitchen tap touched my hands. Pain shot through me and I yanked my hand back, cradling it to my chest. When I looked down, I saw that my skin was starting to blister. “Aiden!” I called out, panic rising in my chest. “The water…. It’s… it’s burning me!” My heart was pounding in my chest as I realized what had happened. The water in the sink was tainted with wolfsbane. I cried out, dropping onto the floor, as pain started spreading through my muscles. “Noah!” Aiden rushed into the kitchen and met me on the floor. I howled in agony, my vision blurred, and I could feel myself passing out.“Wolfsbane.” I managed to point my hands toward the direction of the sink. “In … in the… the water.” With that, I passed out. ~•~“It looks like she’s waking up.” I heard someone’s voice announce. I could taste the bitter moon blossom flower antidote on my lips. I felt a little bit better but I was still weak and hurting. It just didn’t sting like
Aiden~•~“Please talk to him, because I don’t understand why he would do such a thing and endanger the lives of everyone in the pack.” “I will but how are you so sure he is the one behind it?” My father asked, his brows furrowed with concern. After making sure everyone at Hawkins was okay, I had gone back to Sparkle Falls the morning after the incident to find Dimitri. When I got there, he wasn’t around. According to my brothers, he wasn’t back from his trip. So I decided to tell my father about it instead. “Someone saw him, the CCTV cameras showed he was the one behind it, and he wasn’t even trying to hide his act,” I complained, frustration evident in my voice. “I always knew challenging your brother for the alpha position was going to cause a lot of problems.” My father said with a worried expression registered on his face. “He was the one who brought up the idea, not me.” I raised my hands in defense. “But on a more serious note, you have to talk to him, if he has a problem
Aiden~•~“Make sure your eyes are closed, don’t peep!” Noah squealed in excitement as she covered my eyes tightly with her hands and led me to a room. “My eyes are closed.” I raised my hands in the air. “I’m not peeping,” I said with a smile. “Okay, you can open them now.” She led me into the room and took her hands off my eyes. “Surprise!!” She screamed in excitement and I froze in awe. “Damn.” That was the only thing I could mutter. It was my birthday and she had a room decorated with balloons, ribbons, and presents for me. “Thank you, Noah,” I said in appreciation, engulfing her in a tight hug. “You’re welcome.” She replied and leaned into my body. I never really celebrated my birthdays. I just saw it as any other normal day. It was so nice of Noah to do something sweet for me. Maybe it was because this year, I was her boyfriend. “Why didn’t you do something sweet like this for me in the past years?” I asked with a playful grin. “It’s different this year.” She looked into my
Noah ~•~It was finally time for the ritual. Everyone was seated, waiting for Aiden to arrive. I sat with Katie, Sarah, and Scott. Soon enough, I saw him walking towards the fountain side and all eyes were on him. He was dressed in a beautiful dark blue robe. He looked so powerful and tall and I couldn’t help but admire him as he walked towards the crowd. Immediately after he arrived, one of the elders began the ceremony. When he knelt in front of the man, I watched him as he scanned around the crowd as though he was looking for someone. ‘I’m so proud of you.’ I said through a mind link when our eyes met each other. He responded with a smile and I couldn’t help but be so proud of him. The elder began to read out the words of the ritual. After he was done, he handed Aiden the goblet and he took a sip from it. Everyone waited in anticipation to see his blue eyes change to green, but to our surprise, nothing changed. Aiden had no idea what was going on, he also had a puzzled expr
Noah~.~I opened my windows to enjoy the chill breeze of October. It had been over a month since they found out Katie helped Aiden during his fight with Dimitri. The elders thought about what to do about the whole situation and finally came to a decision. Since it wasn’t Aiden’s fault and Dimitri laced the town’s water supply with wolfsbane a while ago, they decided to recrown Aiden as the true alpha. Dimitri came back to town and tried protesting against it, but the elders didn’t give him listening ears. It took me a while to forgive Katie, it was Aiden who convinced me to forgive her. He claimed he had forgiven her since everything was back to normal and she did it from a place of love. Katie didn’t actually go unpunished. Her parents stripped away her magic as a punishment for using it to help the werewolves and also putting herself in trouble. They had warned her not to try using her magic to help any werewolf after one of their family members died in the process of doing tha
Aiden~•~I was with some of my friends when my phone buzzed with a text from Noah asking me to pick her up. Noah didn’t like the idea of staying at the college dormitory, so she would attend classes from home every day. Harlan University wasn’t far from Hawkins. It was located in the city of Kingsport, which was only about a thirty-minute drive from Hawkins. I excused myself from them and went to the car. Shortly after, I arrived at the university. She had told me was waiting at the front gate but I couldn’t find her when I arrived. After waiting a few minutes, I tried calling her phone several times but there was no answer. I decided to sit and wait a little longer. Maybe she was caught up in something and was going to meet me soon. It was getting up to thirty minutes and she hadn’t returned. I was a little bit worried, so I called Sarah to ask her if Noah was with her. “No, I haven’t seen her since I showed her to her classes,” Sarah said. “I’m coming out to meet you so we can
Noah ~•~Aiden picked me up as soon as he saw my text. He took me home and I got cleaned up. I was worried about the way I felt good about my mother’s death but it had to be done. Katie stopped by the house to drop off my car and necklace before I even arrived. She sent me a text saying I should call her the next day. Aiden stayed in my room while I was in the shower. “So you’re happy now?” He asked when I got out of the bathroom. “I feel guilty taking their mother away from them but I had to do it,” I admitted, wiping my face with my face towel. “Anyways, I’m happy that my father has gotten justice for his death.” “I’m glad it’s over and I’m glad you didn’t get hurt,” Aiden whispered, pulling me closer to him. She was a hunter and everything could have gone wrong if she had also tried to kill me. “I’m glad it’s over too,” I said, leaning into his chest. “So let’s celebrate,” Aiden suggested, a mischievous expression registered on his face.I knew what he had in mind and I didn
Noah ~•~It had been over a month since the whole Katie and Jordan drama went down. Our college exams were also approaching. Katie decided she wasn’t going to let Jordan’s betrayal bring her down. She broke up with him and tried her best to avoid him whenever she was in school. Dimitri and Jessica started dating and she was practically at the house most of the time. Dimitri also spent a lot of time in Sparkle Falls. Ethan reached out to me and asked to spend a day with me. He wanted me to meet the rest of my siblings. Getting to know the strangers who shared the same DNA with me wasn’t a bad idea. Even if our worlds were different, it wouldn’t hurt to get to know them. I agreed to meet them during the weekend and the weekend was finally here. Their town was just an hour's drive away from Hawkins. Katie offered to accompany me there and to be by my side in case anything happened. It was still very early and I decided to spend my morning at the gym. I wanted to work out. I hadn’
Noah ~•~“Katie! Make it stop.” I yelled at Katie who had a wicked grin spread across her face. Aiden rushed to Angela to help her from the ground. After a few seconds, Katie stopped the migraines and Angela was back to normal. Dimitri and Aiden were pleading with Katie to stop while I took Angela to the car. I didn’t know what to do, the only thing I could think of was to call Scott. I pulled out my phone from my pocket and dialed his number. After trying about three times, I was about to give up, but I decided to try one more time. Fortunately enough, he picked up. “Hey, Noah. How are you?” “Scott, I’m not okay,” I said, my voice laced with fear. “What’s going on?” He asked. “It’s Katie, she’s behaving strangely,” I replied, running my hands through my hair. “She wants to take the moonstone from its original position.” “What?” Scott said, his voice laced with fear. “Why does she want to do something like that? It means putting the lives of the crescent moon pack in danger.”
Noah ~•~“Katie, you won’t do that.” My expression became serious but Katie looked so determined. “Do you know what it means? Random people would die. I would die, Aiden would die..” “But it wasn’t a problem when the Malley witches died?” She asked, giving me a disdainful look. I was shocked and I couldn’t believe we were even having such a conversation. “Katie, what has gotten into you?” I asked, a puzzled expression registered on my face. “Nothing, I just want justice for my people.” She said. “Girl, you don’t even know what they look like,” I replied with a scoff. A part of me felt she was just bored and joking because there was no way in hell she would take that moonstone and put everyone’s life in danger. Katie didn’t say anything else to me, she just walked out of the room. I didn’t know what she was up to, so I followed her. When we got downstairs, everyone could tell we just had a serious argument. They all stared at us with concern etched on their faces. Katie wanted
Noah ~•~After a short stroll, we arrived at Katie’s front door. I knocked on the door multiple times before someone answered the door. It was Dahlia who answered the door. She was so excited to see Aiden. “You barely hang out here anymore.” She complained as she engulfed him in a tight hug. Dahlia was right. I couldn’t remember the last time Aiden hung out with us in Katie’s house. It was because he became the alpha and had so many responsibilities. It was also because we’ve been going through much the past few months and everyone was so busy. “I’m sorry about that, it’s not on purpose.” Aiden apologized as we made our way to the living room. “Thank goodness you’re here, Noah.” Sophia rushed to hug me as soon as she saw me. “Katie has been acting like a bitch.”I gently placed my hands over her mouth when I heard those words. “Don’t talk about your big sister in such a vile manner.” Sophia was still too young to be using the bitch word as a part of her vocabulary.“I’m sorry.”
Noah ~•~I felt a mix of emotions and I didn’t know what to do or say. Aiden must have noticed my reaction because he took my hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Let’s focus on getting the necklace first.” He whispered. “We can deal with the rest later.” I nodded, wiping my eyes with the back of my hands to prevent the tears welled in my eyes from streaming down my face. Aiden handed my mother his phone so she could put her son’s number. When she was done, he took it back from her and dialed the number. After a few rings, a male voice answered. “Hello.” He said. “Hey, I’m Aiden. Your mother is here and she has something to tell you.” “Is she okay? Please don’t hurt her.” The boy pleaded, his tone laced with worry and fear for his mother. Aiden didn’t respond to him, he just signaled my mother to speak to the boy while he still held the phone. “Ethan, you have to come to Hawkins as soon as possible with that necklace.” She instructed him. “The one that belongs to my s
Noah~•~“Aiden, I can’t live like this anymore,” I said, my voice filled with frustration as I lay on his chest. “It’s turning me into a monster and I feel good about killing people,” I confessed, my voice barely above a whisper. Aiden’s hands stroked my hair, his touch gentle. “You’re not a monster, Noah.” He reassured me, his words soothing and comforting. “Are you ready to consider your mother's deal?” I jerked up, my eyes flashing with anger. “Don’t refer to that woman as my mother again,” I warned, my voice low and even. “She’s not my mother, she’s a huntress who killed my father.”“I’m sorry, I won’t refer to her as your mother again.” Aiden apologized and I laid back on his chest. “But have you made a decision yet?” “Hm hm,” I said, nodding my head. “I’m going to let her go for now,” I said, my fingers tracing patterns on his skin. Aiden’s eyes locked onto mine, his gaze intense. “What do you mean by that?” He asked, his voice low and cautious. I smiled, forming a plan in
Noah ~•~We weren’t able to resolve the Jernard issue and we ended up missing the gala. Aiden, Dimitri, Sarah, and I spent the rest of our night drinking wine and watching movies. Aiden and Dimitri decided they were going to deal with the Jernard issue in the morning. That was finding a way to get rid of him and his people. Aiden called Asher and asked him to inform him if Jernard ever returned to the gala, but luckily enough, he never called to deliver any news like that. Exhausted from the events of the day, I decided it was time to go to bed. I exchanged goodbyes with everybody and made my way to my room. I went straight to the bathroom to clean my makeup and change into a more comfortable dress. When I was done, I lay down on my bed. I was about to sleep when I sighted my phone and decided to call Katie first. I wanted to tell her about everything that happened. I called her repeatedly but she didn’t respond. I figured she would be sleeping so I didn’t disturb her further.
Noah ~•~Jernard was on the stage while everyone in the crowd had puzzled looks on their faces.His voice was booming as he continuously declared. “I’m going to be the leader of the pack, whether you all like it or not!” A small group of strange people were cheering him on and it was unsettling. Sarah and I walked through the crowd to meet Asher. “What is going on?” I asked Asher who had a worried look on his face. Aiden, Dimitri, and some other people were trying to stop Jernard. Jernard kept on chanting those words while the people kept on cheering him. After a series of struggles, they finally got Jernard off the stage. I had no idea what had gotten into him. He claimed he wasn’t going to disturb us and had gone somewhere else to start his own pack. So what changed? Why did he want to become the leader of the crescent moon pack all of a sudden? Dimitri handled the whole situation while Aiden stayed back on the stage. He took the microphone and cleared his throat before speak