Confusion covered the features of her face and she chuckled lowly. “Forgive me for asking, but you have lived in this house all your life, why would you want a tour?” I smiled nervously and tried to come up with something. “I, um–I’m bored and I’m in the mood for a tour, is that a crime?” I shrugged lightly. “Certainly not, my lady.” The omega smiled pleasantly. “Would you like us to start the tour now?” I nodded and continued walking down the stairs until I was at the bottom. She followed me carefully. “Yeah, why not? But could we please stop by the kitchen first? I would like a snack.” The omega snorted a laugh and I raised an eyebrow questioningly. “Did I say something funny?” “No. I’m sorry, my lady. Um, please don’t get me fired,” She begged. “It just took me by surprise. You never have snacks. You have shied away from sugar since you were fifteen.” “Really?” I was not expecting that. Who on earth didn’t like snacks? “Well, I guess I’m deciding to make a change. And don’t y
There were multiple cells on both sides of the long hallway. As we walked further, the lights on the ceiling came to life. I heard chains dragging on the rough ground and soon, I started to see prisoners revealing themselves. “Please…help me,” One of the prisoners that I walked by cried. He sounded very hoarse and his skin looked raw as there were so many fresh beating marks on him. Tears glistened in my eyes as I stared at him. He looked like he was in agony. I could not believe that there was a dungeon filled with suffering people right under the mansion. That seemed very sadistic if you asked me. Imagine sleeping above people who were being regularly tortured.“They all are fed regularly but tortured once a week.” The omega informed me, and I felt disgusted. “Why are they kept here? What did they do wrong?” It took a few seconds before she replied to me. “I don’t really know. But I heard some of them are prisoners of war while others are people who had done terrible crimes.”
The face of my supposed father was covered with confusion. “How did you know that we had a new prisoner and that it was the Luna of the Thunder pack?” His tone was hard. His eyes were seeking answers. “I know about what you did.” I decided to put on a show, displaying myself as his daughter even though I was not. “I know that you and your men wiped out the Thunder pack. Their women and children were held as prisoners and their Alpha was killed.” My tone was firm, and a hint of anger flowed with it. “Ho–how did you know all this? You were at school when we ransacked that town.” “Whispers.” I forced a small smile. “The walls have ears. It did not take long for me to find out. It is said that you also killed a girl my age. The only daughter of the Alpha and Luna of that pack.” He blinked rapidly for a few seconds and then withdrew his arm from my shoulders before standing to his feet. “You should not be listening to rumors, Katara. If you want to find out anything, you come to me,
I contemplated turning the other way just to avoid Jade but his eyes then connected with mine and I had no choice but to play it cool and continue walking his way. There was a small staircase that was about five stairs that led deeper into the building of the school. It was on one of the stairs where he was sitting, with his black backpack next to him. He had a tight frown on his face and maintained eye contact with me as I neared him. Today he was wearing dirty converse and had on skinny jeans that showed off how toned his muscles were. The shirt he was wearing fitted him neatly, also showing how defined his upper body was. He was a sight to behold and I could stare at him all day without getting bored. Literally. “Hi,” I said softly as I sat next to him when I reached him. He scoffed lightly and peeled his attention off me as he played with one of the straps on his bag. “What do you want? To hit me again and tell me that it’s my fault?” He spat the words, and my face reddened.
Chad had a smirk on his face as he stared coldly at Jade. Jade did not back down and had a nonchalant look. “Chad, leave him alone. He’s not bugging me.” I touched his arm, and he peeled his eyes from Jade and looked at me. He balanced his weight rudely on Jade’s desk with his hands. “Are you sure, my love?” I swallowed. “Yes, I’m sure, Chad. Now, leave him alone. Please.” I begged him with pleading eyes, and I could tell from the expression on his face that he was looking for trouble. “Okay.” He smiled brightly. “Anything for my baby.” He took his hands from Jade’s desk. “Come with me, let’s go sit in the back.” He extended his hand to me. I could feel Jade’s eyes on me. And Chad was waiting for a response from me. “Why are you hesitating?” He continued. “So you want to take a break from me and want space, but you simultaneously want to sit next to this creep?”“Watch your language,” Jade said between his teeth. “Or what?” Chad scoffed the words out. He looked back at me. “Kata
Chad looked upset as he sat in his seat. “I swear if I knew that that guy worked here, I wouldn't have brought you here.” He scoffed. “How did he even get a job at such a fine establishment? Did he lie on his resume? I’m sure he did.” “Why do you hate him so much? Jade.” I asked as I played with the tips of my hair. “Stop it. You know, Katara. The guy and I were best friends since kindergarten and then the first day of high school, he just stopped talking to me out of the blue. When I asked him why he did that, he only ignored me.” Chad explained.“Oh.” My voice was breathy. “Well, that’s confusing.”“Hell, yeah. So I started working out and soon I became one of the most popular guys at school. And I made sure to treat him like sh*t.” He rocked his jaw. “Maybe he was going through something. Not everybody likes to talk about their personal problems.” I reached for one of the menus that were on the table. Where we were sitting was amazing, it allowed us to have a great view of the i
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
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