I knew it. They were just putting up an act when I was with Jade! I chuckled without humor. “First of all, don’t you dare call him a stray dog. He’s more decent than the two of you put together,” I spat the words at them.I was getting pissed. My supposed mother’s mouth dropped and she glanced at her husband before looking back at me. “Are you f*cking kidding me? Who do you think you’re talking to?” “Murderers. I’m talking to murderers.” I folded my arms on my chest. “You know what? That’s enough. Go to your room!” My supposed father stood to his feet. “And if that boy ever shows up at our house again, you would have a story to tell your kids in the future,” He threatened. “And definitely not a good one.” “Wh–what? You going to let her get away with disrespecting us like this?” My supposed mother was annoyed at her husband. “Go! Get out of here!!” My supposed father shouted and I flinched. I was trying to be brave but I could not deny the fact that I was scared of him. “Whatever
I tried. I tried to stop the tears from trickling down my face but could not. At least not anymore. Imagine that all you had known was just ripped away from you. My entire pack and my life were ripped away from me There was no more Thunder pack. So many people had died; innocent people. All because of one man and his anger. “Katara, please…” My supposed father walked closer to me. “I told you that I regret why I did that. You’re right, she did not deserve to die. I should not have killed her. But when I saw her, she reminded me of Dalton. Looking at her, I was reminded that Alexa chose him over me,” He explained. I sniffled and then wiped the tears that had fallen from my eyes. “Maybe I should go around murdering people when I'm upset.” My voice was filled with sarcasm. “Welp, I deserve that. I did not set an excellent example for you and that kills me. But as I said, I don’t regret doing that. The only thing I regret is killing that sick girl.”“Hmm,” I mumbled and ran my hands t
I scoffed in disbelief as I stared at my supposed mother. “You have to be kidding me? Weren’t you packing your things yesterday after you and dad yelled in each other’s faces?” “Katara!” My supposed father scolded me. “What has gotten into you? Gosh, I’m starting to believe you’re on drugs or something.” “Probably got hooked because of that stray dog. Maybe that’s why she has been spending time with him,” My supposed mother added as she stared at me daringly. “You know what? Do whatever you two want.” I walked away in annoyance. This was bad. Like, really bad. This was a setback in our plan. With my supposed mother here, how would I see my real mom today? How were Jade, me, my real mom, and that dungeon lady going to meet up then? I had to find another way. I headed back to my room and locked myself up. I was happy that the school had given us a two-weeks break. I did not know why they gave us the break because we were not that far in the semester but again, I did not know much a
Jade walked from behind the counter and headed in my direction. He had a small grin on his face. “Hi,” He greeted me in a breathy way as he sat across the table from me. “What are you doing here? I thought I was the one that was supposed to come to you?” I stared at him for a few seconds longer, admiring how perfect he looked. But then I caught myself. “Uh, yes. But a change of plans. My parents hate you, they were only pretending when they saw you at the mansion.” He snorted out a laugh. “Yeah, I figured that out soon enough. It was strange that they were being nice to me all of a sudden; raised a red flag.” He seemed nonchalant. “And let me guess, they don’t want me back at the house?”I nodded. “They don’t. We all had a big fight about you and my supposed mom even packed her things to leave. Unfortunately, she did not and was going to babysit me all of today so you wouldn’t come over.” “So she’s not home right now, is she?”“No, she was the one that dropped me off. Chad helped m
The guard then stood upright and Jade give me a look. “Do you two need something?” He asked us, and I shook my head. “No, no, no.” I forced a chuckle. “Yeah, because you two are still standing here and staring at me weirdly as if you want something.” The guard pointed out as he folded his strong arms on his chest. “If there is a question, I would be happy to answer it. I am of service, don’t be shy.” “Uh, no sir. Thank you though,” Jade said to the guard and then pulled me aside gently. We then walked into the compound, past the main gate. Once we were in, I started to laugh freely. “I literally thought we had been caught; that my supposed mom had told the guards not to let you in.” Jade laughed lowly. “I thought so too.” I then led him into the mansion and we headed for the dungeon area. When we were getting closer there, I pulled out my phone to check the time. The screen came alive and the time was displayed. It was a few minutes past two, which meant that the betas were gone
His soft lips crashed into mine like a gentle wave and my heart thumped in my chest. I closed my eyes on instinct and enjoyed the moment of bliss. This was a moment that I had dreamed of. It seemed surreal. It was like the world had disappeared and Jade and I just existed alone in time and space; like we were floating in a vacuum and nothing else mattered. He held the back of my neck and gently caressed it. I responded to the kiss with equal passion and it was euphoria. Gosh, he was a good kisser. Goosebumps raised on my skin as soon as we broke the kiss. My eyes shot open and I wanted more. I was breathing heavily and I stared into the green in his eyes. The green was now deeper and filled with raw emotions. In a way, it looked artistic. “Jade…” I said his name in a breathy way. His lips looked tempting and I was using all my strength to hold myself back. “Wh-why did you do that?” He smiled lopsidedly. “Because it’s something I have wanted to do for a while now,” He confessed.
It was the next morning. The birds were singing and rays of the sun were beaming through my windows. For a moment, all was filled with peace and comfort…well, until my mind started to remind me about things I had to get done today. The bed was too soft and comfortable and the thought of leaving it pained me. I wanted to lay in bed for a few more hours but I could not afford to do so. I had things that needed to bed done. I had to find a way to get the kitchen staff to bake me a dozen pies and on top of that, find a way to put a sleeping agent in them that would knock all the guards out. Then the next thing was finding out if my supposed parents were going to stay home today. Tonight was going to be the night; the night I would be freeing my real mom and all the prisoners. It was going to be the night that I would finally take a major step in my plan of revenge! Tonight was going to be the night that hell would rain from the heavens!I was very excited but also very nervous. Especi
“Oh, no. I’m good. I rather stay home and binge-watch TV shows.” I flashed them a smile that was very believable because it was partly real. This was really good. With both of them out, it would be very easy to play out my plan of escape. “Are you sure? It’s going to be really amazing, you know. Almost everyone in town would be there.” My supposed mother seemed to want me to come along. She continued eating her breakfast and waited for my response. “You could even invite the stray dog along if you want.” She shrugged. “Mom…” I said her name as a way to let her know that it was okay for her to call Jade that. It was rude and just not okay. “Don’t call him that, you know his name. Use it.” I rolled my eyes and drank more orange juice. “I’m sorry. Look, I’m sorry, dear. Jade. I would call him by his name. It’s Jade, right?” “Mm-hmm,” I mumbled. I already knew that she knew his name. And the full one at that. “What about Chad?” My supposed dad joined the conversation again. “I don’t
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