Earn it? Was Jade being serious?Was he being serious about the fact that I had to earn information from him? I guess he did have a point though. It was something very personal to him; so personal that he did not even tell Chad who he was best friends with when they were younger, so I guess it was fair.Also, earning the story might be another way of him saying that he wanted to gain my trust first. And I did not blame him. I was in the body of a bitter and very mean person; someone who had treated him like crap for a very long time. He had every right to be skeptical.It was not like I could tell him that I was not really Katara and was actually a dead girl that had reincarnated into her body as a gift from the Moon goddess. That was way too much information. And definitely not the right time. Jade snapped his fingers and I was pulled out of my thoughts. “What were you thinking about?” He chuckled lowly. “Look, what I mean by earning the story is that I don’t really know if you we
The sun had disappeared and the full moon sat up in the sky. A few birds flew away in the distance and thin clouds danced slowly past the moon. The sounds of the waves crashing were much more intense and louder now. But it was soothing to listen to. The air was pregnant with the smell of salt and the sand gave way under the weight of Jade and me. We did not bring a blanket or anything with us so we were sitting on the sand underneath an old beach umbrella that must have been there for months. “Are you cold?” Jade glanced at me. He did not wait for me to reply, he took off his leather jacket and handed it to me. “Here. This might help.” I scoffed lightly as I accepted it from him. As I wore his jacket, my heart melted. His cologne was baked into it. I could not believe that I was wearing his clothing. “Thanks.” I flashed him a warm smile. “This beach was once run by my mom and me,” Jade began, and I listened intently. “It was so popular and was the talk of the town. We were truly
“Yeah. Sh*t.” He breathed out a short sigh as we approached his motorcycle. “And it was not only my mother that got sick. Almost everyone on that block did; everyone except me.”“When Chad’s parents were confronted, they denied the allegations and lawyered up. We had no chance against them. They were wealthy and we did not have a lot. So of course, they ended up winning the case.” Jade continued. I could sense the anger and pain in his voice. “That’s terrible.” I was starting to understand it all. Chad did not tell me the whole truth, he intentionally left a whole lot of details out because he knew that it would have made him look bad. “Yeah,” He breathed out the word as he collected the helmets from the arm of the motorcycle. He handed me mine and proceeded to put his over his head. “I know that the actions of Chad’s parents do not speak for him. I’m not stupid.”“But he sure as hell showed that he did not give a damn about me and my mom when I begged him for him to ask his parents
I was only in my bra and panties because I had removed my clothes with the intent of taking a shower. But with the unexpected guest in my room, taking a shower was now the last thing on my mind. I had other crucial things to attend to. Like, trying to get Chad to calm down before he did something that both of us would regret in the morning. The thin curtains at the window fluttered due to the gentle and cool breeze coming in. The light from the full moon was evident when one looked outside from the view of the window.I was deeply screwed, and not even in a fun way. From the line of Chad’s questioning, it felt like he had found out my secret; that he had figured out who I truly was.That was not what I needed right now. I still had to get my mom to believe that I had actually reincarnated. I still had to come up with a plan with her on how to exact our revenge for our fallen pack. I still had to see where life was going to take me concerning a certain green-eyed boy by the name of
It was the next morning. The sun was up and the birds were chirping. Beams of light shone through my window and flashed on my face, causing me to squint my eyes before finally using my hand as a shade. I had a dull headache that made me groan as I dragged my body from the unmade bed. My eyes were still groggy from sleep but the alarm clock kept going off loudly and I had to shut it up. The annoying thing about it was that instead of it being right next to the bed where I could reach and shut it off, it was at the work desk in the right corner of the room. The sound was loud and obnoxious. But it did a great job of waking me up. Because it was not close to the bed, I could not snooze it whenever I wanted; I had to literally wake up to do that. And by waking up physically to turn it off, it was doing its job. Because once I’m out of bed, it’s harder for me to find sleep again easily. So in a way, as annoying as it was, it was productive. When I reached the alarm clock, I turned it
The air smelt sour and the coldness was evident. As I walked deeper into the dungeon and past the prisoners, I noticed that most of them were asleep. The few that were awake stared at me blankly as I walked by. I was not there for any one of them. I was only there for a single person, and that was my real mom, Luna Alexa. When I reached her cell, I saw that she was humming a familiar tone. A tone that made me emotional. In my past life, she used to hum that tone all the time when she would give me my meds. It was soothing and reminded me that I was not alone. When she noticed my presence, she stopped humming and stared at me. “What do you want, little girl?” Her voice was gritty. “Have you come to wave your flag of victory in my face?” She was wearing the same dress when I last saw her. “No.” I shook my head slowly and walked closer to the cell. My heart was thumping in my chest; not because of fear but because I was overwhelmed with memories of her and me from my past life. “I c
Nervousness gnawed on my bones as I tried to find out what to say to the betas. They did not have looks of suspicions though, only ones of curiosity. “She probably went down there to take some selfies with the prisoners,” The other beta with blonde-curly hair guessed. He had a round baby face and his eyes were the same color as mine: ocean blue. From how he looked at me, I could tell that he either really respected me or had a crush on me. The beta that spoke first, replied, “Now, why would she be doing that? Are you that dumb?” He had a rough but attractive look. The other beta that had not spoken had short hair and looked bored. He scoffed lowly and then joined the conversation. “She’s right here, we can just ask her what she was doing down there.” He shrugged. They all looked at me, waiting for me to explain myself. I smiled nervously and then exhaled deeply. “Alright. You guys caught me.” I chuckled lowly. “Your friend was right, but he was off a bit. I was taking pictures of
As I was submerged, a feeling of calm and serenity took over me, helping me relax. It was like I got lighter and could move my body easily. My eyes were closed and I held my breath as I still lingered under the water. It was like I was in another world. All was quiet and peaceful. I did not know how to swim so it surprised me how calm and collected I was. But then it hit me, I was reminded that I was in Katara’s body. I had some of her memories, even the muscle ones. So I somehow knew how to swim even though the real me had never learned. I finally opened my eyes and then I came up for air. As soon as my head was out of the water, I took in a deep breath, trying to fill my lungs quickly with the air they were deprived of when I was under the water. I used my right hand to push my wet hair in a backward motion out of my face before letting out a small happy laugh. I felt great! I continued to enjoy myself swimming from one end of the pool to the other until a beta came in my dire
Two months later, I was on my way to the werewolf prison. The sun was bright and yellow. The sky was blue and the wind was perfect. I wore my hair down and had the windows rolled down. The wind blew my hair back and it was actually really soothing. It felt like I was at the end of a movie, but I was far from that. My life was not over, in fact, I think it had just begun. In my past life, I was alive but barely lived. I was in constant pain and agony and when I was finally delivered from that kind of life, I was thrown into a new one that was filled with so much crap that I sometimes wished that I had not reincarnated. But now. Now, I was much much better. I was more mature. I was stronger in so many ways that I could not explain. I finally had peace and I got the revenge that I sought so badly. But I got it by letting go. I got my revenge by freeing myself from the hate, the anger, the rage, and the need to want to punch the wall over and over. I got my revenge and vindication for
The air was cold and had a sweet smell. We were still in the room that looked like a conference room. From the windows, you could see the beauty of the town. It was very magnificent. Both natural and unnatural light filled the room, so we had no light problem. “Who can corroborate your story?” General Sara asjed again. We had her full attention and I could tell that she really wanted to know if what we just told her was true. But the thing was, we were not worried, because it was indeed true. If it was not, then we would have been worried, but not when it was. “Sam, Katara, and Chad can do that. They can corroborate our story,” I explained to her. “They were there, of course. Have them questioned. They would have to tell the truth because they wouldn’t want their application to the Supreme Court Of Packs to be threatened.” “Hmm…” She mumbled in response and chewed playfully on the pen. “But if they’re not the ones you were hoping we could use as witnesses then we have one more pe
“Hands where we can see them!” One of the policemen said loudly and with authority. My heart was racing and my eyes darted almost everywhere. Then Jade tried to calm me. “Hey, hey, calm down.” “They’re about to arrest us, Jade! How do you expect me to calm down? They could literally take us back to the rogue town and who knows what Sam would do to us.” I was panicking. When the policemen closed the distance between us and them, one female patted me down and searched me while a male officer did the same to Jade. When they realized that we had nothing on us that could be a threat to them, they took their hands off us and took a few steps back. “What’s going on here?” Jade asked confidently but got no response. A black sleek car then pulled over in seconds and the door was opened by one of the officers. From in the car came down a beautiful dark-skinned lady with curly hair. Her face was void of any expression and she was dressed in some sort of military uniform that I couldn’t reco
Welcome to Greenleaf—the huge sign board read. The moment we drove into the beautiful and modern town, it was like everything got better. There was no way that Sam, his daughter, or Chad would be able to do anything to us in this town. “Wow,” My mom said at the same time that Gloria gasped. “This place reminds me of the human lands,” Gloria chuckled the words out. “Come on, mom. How do you know about how human lands look?” Jade’s voice was laced with some humor. He kept driving and from the look on his face, I could tell that he was amazed by the town too. “Son, I know a lot of things that would make your jaw drop. I once lived amongst humans. But that is a story for another time.” She smiled. “That is how I know that this town is almost a replica of how human places look.” “Well…yeah, you’re right. Humans once lived in this town; a long time ago,” I explained what I was told when I was in the town some days ago. “It’s so different, but in a beautiful and jaw-dropping way,” My m
After an hour of driving on the almost empty road, we got closer to the mansion. But before we could reach there, we passed right past Chad’s house. He was not lying about having a birthday party, I would say that. Loud music boomed from the house and so many people were still there; out in the compound partying. I could not imagine the number of people in the house. “Gosh, they’re celebrating after they tried to kill us,” Jade mumbled, then released a short sigh. He glanced at me and kept his eyes on me for a few seconds longer before asking, “Are you okay? You look like you’re in pain. Are you?” He was right. I was in pain. But I did not want him or anyone to know that. “What are talking about?” I tried to act as normal as possible, but it was not easy because pain tickled my bones with each breath that I took. “Lucia, don’t pretend. I noticed that you were in pain from the moment you freed me from that shack. I saw that you were trying to hide that fact from me so I pretended
We hid in the bushes and stayed as quiet as possible. Owls hooted and night creatures sang, but that was not what we were listening to. We had our ears open; to see whether we hear more sounds from the cabin. “I hear nothing,” Jade whispered to me. “Shhh, be quiet,” I replied to him in a breathy way. We stayed quiet and just as I expected, another sound erupted. It was the sound of the opening of the door. We ducked deeper into the bushes and waited to see who would walk out. The door swung open and there stood in a dark suit and smirk, was Sam. He ran his hands through his perfectly styled hair and wet his lips before walking down the small staircase that led to the forest ground. He placed his hands in his pockets and proceeded to walk to the back of the cabin but suddenly stopped, causing my heart to do a backflip. I reached for Jade’s hand and held it tightly in my hand. Sam started to sniff the air. It was clear that he was catching a foreign scent in the air. And that was u
I made sure that I had some cover in the bushes as I walked closer to the shack that I suspected Jade to be in. There was no car or any sort of vehicle parked around there so it was likely that Katara and Chad were not there. Though I had healed myself to some extent, I still was not totally healed. And that meant I was still in a world of pain, just not as much as before. I ran my hands through my hair and closed the distance between the shack and me. The door was locked, unlike the way mine was. If I had enough strength, I would have been able to wolf out and destroy the lock and a simple hit, but I could not. I had to find another way. I wiggled the lock on the door and sure enough, it was a strong one. I winced as a sharp stabbing pain rang around my rib area. I did not know what it was and I was not a doctor, so the best thing to do was to ignore it until I had gotten Jade the help he needed. I visually searched around for something to use to break the lock, then my eyes fina
Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. That was the sound that woke me up. The dripping of water into something like a metallic pan. I released a labored breath and then opened my heavy eyelids. The world was blurred for a few seconds until my vision cleared. My throat was very dry and I was in a lot of pain. I proceeded to get up from where I was lying but it was torture. I managed to do it though. I sat up and groaned as I study the room I was in. The air smelled like urine and mud. And the sound of the water dripping was now even louder. I soon realized that it was raining. And there was a leak from the ceiling. A metallic pan was placed under the part of the roof that was leaking, as a way to collect the dripping water. That was where the sound was coming from. My head was hurting so badly and I could not stop my eyes from producing tears. A sob escaped my mouth when my mind reminded me of everything that had happened. They knew. Katara and Chad knew, and now they were taking their revenge
Chad sat in the back, next to me, while Jade sat in the front, next to Katara. We did not want it that way but katara insisted. She said that she wanted Chad and me to get more comfortable with each other but all that did was make me more uncomfortable. The windows were rolled up and the AC was on full blast. The car smelled new and there was a tension hovering that I could not explain. I just felt on edge but I did not know what. “You said that the party would be held at Chad’s house, right?” I asked, trying to speak above the music that was playing in the car. “Hmm?” Chad locked eyes with me. And then his eyes widened a bit when his brain caught on to what I had asked. “Oh, yeah. It’s at my place. It’s going to be so much fun. You have no idea how long I have waited for this day.” He grinned. I let a few seconds pass between us before I spoke. “In case I did not say it, Happy birthday.” I flashed him a warm smile. He nodded in response and then mumbled, “Okay.” I did not know