It was the next day and I groaned as my eyes fluttered open. A weird smell swirled in the air and my body ached from sleeping on the hard and cold floor. I sat up and yawned before looking at Jade. He was already awake and sweating because he was doing a bunch of pushups. He had not noticed yet that I was watching him and was focused on his movements. With each movement he made, my heart shook. His attractiveness was evident and his muscles were very defined. He was truly a sight to behold. I watched him until he finished his last rep of pushups. That was when he noticed me. He chuckled freely. “Lucia, I didn’t know you were awake. I hope that I was not the one that woke you up.” “Oh, no. I woke up on my own.” I flashed him a warm smile. “How many reps did you do?” I stood to my feet and started to do some stretches. From across our cell, I could see that my mom was still asleep. Seeing her sleeping on the cold floor of the cell broke my heart. Even though she had lied to me and
I stared at him adoringly. I had a small pain in my chest though. I did not like the fact that Jade did not feel too comfortable about asking me to heal his mother. That was something that I would have done for him in a heartbeat. He had helped me in so many ways that I did not deserve. If anyone deserved to be healed, it would be his mother. “I don’t get why you were nervous about asking me that, though. It makes me feel a bit sad. Do you not understand that I care for you?” The beating of my heart increased and I kept staring into his beautiful surreal green eyes. He chuckled lightly, a sound that I had grown to love. “No, no, I do understand that you care for me. Or at least I would like to believe that you care for me.” He continued to chuckle. “Well, Mr. Sanchez. Get it in your head. I care about you, okay?” He smiled warmly. “Okay, Mrs. Hill.” He laughed and I joined him. “As soon as I am done with helping Sam’s wife, if I can, our next stop would be at your house so I can
I led the way and my mom, and Jade was right behind me. Soon, we were in the dining area and our eyes fell on Sam and his wife. I know that he said that she had leukemia and that it was stage four but it was I was a bit doubtful because she did not look sick in the least. She looked pretty healthy to me. Her weight was good. Her skin was vibrant. She looked strong. But again, I did not know much about the illness. I sat on the other side of the dining table; Jade and my mom sat next to me. The table was already set and the food looked very tasty. As I stared at the food, my stomach made a loud sound, letting everyone know how hungry I was. Jade tried to hold in his laugh but he could not. He ended up laughing for a few seconds before calming himself down. As for my mom, she only smiled. She was not paying much attention to me but to Sam and his wife. “Thank you all for joining us for breakfast,” Sam began but before he could say another word, his wife stopped him. She scoffed rud
I did a double take and chuckled dryly. “Wait, what?”The beautiful lady continued to pace the room elegantly and slowly. Her entire attire was white, and a certain white glow emitted from her. She looked like an angel, but in reality, she was the Moon goddess. “You’re now ready, Lucia. You are now prepared. Everything you went through has led you to this exact moment. Your heart and soul are now stronger.” Her voice was velvety and it was like a beautiful siren. I scoffed lowly and then proceeded to sit on the floor. When I was comfortable, I asked, “Why do you think that I’m prepared?” She stopped pacing and sat on the floor too. “No, Lucia, I don’t think you’re prepared. I know you’re prepared. You were once this very fragile and scared little girl that was characterized by her illness.” “You were in a bubble that your parents placed you in for the sake of your protection. You wanted so badly to burst out of it but the truth was that you enjoyed your little bubble. Sure, you co
Sitting by a stream rushing by, the sound of birds singing echoed in the air as beams of the sun’s rays illuminated the surroundings. The air smelt sweet, it was coated with the scent of nature. “Now to answer those questions…” The Moon goddess began. “There are indeed limits to your gift of healing. You can not heal without my permission. There are certain people who are to remain sick a bit longer so that a greater work can be done in them,” She explained. “I don’t understand.” I shook my head slowly as I told her the truth. “And that’s okay. You don’t have to understand, Lucia. You just have to know this.”“So how do I know that you have permitted me to heal someone?” I brushed a few strands of my hair from on my face. “You would hear my voice as you have always.” She smiled warmly. “Another question you have lingering in your subconscious is that maybe you would wake up one day and lose the gift of healing.” “Okay?” “The answer is no. You won’t ever lose your gift of healing
Hunger gnawed at my stomach as I tried to find a way out of the vast forest. There were so many trees and I had no sense of direction. Eeir noises rang through the night and the cold was picking up with each minute. I was not barefooted, thank goodness. I was wearing the same sneakers that I and in when I got killed by Sam. I continued to walk forward but feared that I was not making any progress when it came to getting out of the forest. I needed help. But there was no one within miles that could help me. No one that I could imagine. Who would be out in that kind of place at a time like this? “Hey!” A voice sounded from behind me, causing me to almost have a heart attack as I jumped away. When I turned in the direction of the voice, I saw that it was a guy. He looked like he was middle-aged. He had a cap on his head and some weak wrinkles on his face. His voice was deep and in his hand was a torch. He then directed it at me, blinding me with light. “Who are you, and what are
The man was right. It was a long way back to the mansion. And if I was going to go back, bloody clothes were not something that I think was okay to wear; definitely not the best look. I looked into his eyes, they looked so innocent and young. “Sure. We have a deal.” I gave him a warm smile and he smiled back excitingly. It was clear that he genuinely wanted to help me. I had a feeling that maybe it was because of his daughter; that he missed her so much and saw helping me as helping her. “Great, let’s head in, shall we?” His voice was cheery. He opened the door of the cabin and led me inside. There were photographs hanging on the wall. Each one of them had the man and his daughter in them. He looked younger in the pictures and his daughter looked so much like him; almost like the female version. “Is that your daughter?” I asked as I followed him into the living room. The cabin was nice. It was not fancy but had a cozy feeling that made me feel at home instantly. The man glanced a
It was not easy and took some real convincing to finally get Billy to fully agree for me to accompany him to the pack of his daughter and love of his wife. We both did not know what we were going to expect but we were excited nevertheless. He later showed me the bathroom, which was very clean and even looked a bit fancy. I was impressed that this man lived in the middle of nowhere with literally no neighbors, and yet had a really nice place.But what did I know? I did not know much about people who liked to live secluded lives. And so far, what I have learned was that this man was independent, strong emotionally and physically, very wise, extremely kind, and also very clean. After taking a shower, I dried off and went to the room that I was shown. When I entered, I could not help but smile. The room was truly the representation of a girl my age. It was obviously the room of Billy’s daughter. It was so pretty and I was mentally taking notes so I could do my room just like that if I
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