Uncle Leon arrived and found me in the makeshift ring with Chloe lying on my lap, unconscious. He looked at me and then at Mikey and then at Rose. None of us spoke and Uncle Leon never asked. It took a full two minutes of silence before Uncle Leon announced the suspension of training for the day but asked me, Mikey, and Rose, to stay behind as he checked on Chloe. After making sure that she was not in danger he then calls for an ambulance.Mikey and I waited outside of the emergency room along with Rose, Ollie, and a quiet Uncle Leon. Uncle Leon never said anything after Rose explained what had happened which scares me more. Uncle Leon was never silent. He would call you out if you did something stupid and make you realize the mistake that you made. Make you pay for what you did. I heard people rushing and I knew who those heavy footsteps belonged to. “What happened?” My father’s booming voice echoed in the empty hallway. “It was nothing major,” Uncle Leon said as he placed his h
Things were getting more serious than we thought.We all came back to the pack house to discuss the recent events. We all gathered in Uncle Drake’s office and Uncle Leon called on Ollie to watch over Chloe. Aunt Athena had placed a spell on Chloe’s room hiding her and Ollie from anyone who opens the door other than us. “We are running out of time,” the desperation in Uncle Drake’s voice was evident and everyone couldn’t help but agree with him. “We are always a step behind and what frustrates me even more is that we don’t know a thing about them,” I have never seen Uncle Drake this shaken. It was not because he was afraid, or maybe he was, but not personally. Because I know that the only reason he can be that way is because of our people. “Should we start calling in our favors?” Uncle Calvin asks. “Favors?” I asked unsure who Uncle Calvin was referring to. I know all the packs that we are in alliance with and mostly they are my father’s and Uncle Drake’s friends. I am not sure of
“The man that Camila called her Mate. The man who came from the North was a Vampire.”I gaped at my parents unable to say anything. Beside me, I can see Mikey’s reaction which was a clear reflection of mine. We grew up with stories that will ensure us not even dare go in the direction of the path that leads to the North. The stories that we learned and know were not some kind of fairy tale that leads to the happy ever after. The stories that we were taught were brutal and always resulted in death. “How is that possible?” Mikey asked his voice sounding almost like a whisper.“Mate bonds are powerful,” my father starts to explain, “which is why we are given the right to choose. Once the Mate bond goes into action, it can be blinding, especially if the bond was shared between Fated Mates.” “But there is a moment, a brief moment where the power of it stops and gives the person the chance to reject the Mate bond,” my father continued.I know how Mate bonds work, I felt it not once but t
I look a my Mate unsure of what exactly was inside her head. I wondered what she was thinking at that very moment but I could see her interest in the Northern Prince and Camila. If I was not already thinking about a lot of things, maybe I would have thought about them too. The possibility of our kind to be with someone who was undead. I know that our family was just looking for options, but I can’t agree to have the Northern people enter our lands for one main reason, and that is their thirst for blood. We might win the upcoming war, but end up to be in their debt. I don’t want that kind of risk for my people. That is why I don’t think about anything else but what to do with the spy in our pack. I almost lost Anya again. This time it was happening right before my eyes and there was nothing I could do about it. The helplessness I felt was something I wouldn’t want to feel ever again. ‘But we promised her,’ Hades said. And I know that the promise we made was something we have bee
I don’t really where I get all the confidence or the strategies that I just blurted out. ‘It’s all you,’ Persephone said in the back of my head.I am not used to this version of me. The version who is confident and who is knowledgeable about war strategies. And most of all, the version of me who seemed to be fearless. I can feel Mikey’s fascination with the way that I am handling things or the way I was telling my parents my plan. The fear that he felt initially about my safety vanished and was replaced with confidence in me as he heard my plans. I remember the way I used to enjoy things like this, the planning and all. This was how my father and I used to bond before. I am not sure why I forgot about it, especially how to fight until that moment in the ring. Initially, I thought that I knew those moves because of my training with DK but I just found out now that it wasn’t. Well, maybe my training with DK had made me remember, made my body remember about the training that I had wi
I waited until Anya and I were finally alone in our room before I talked to her. I don’t really know where she got the idea of me being the Alpha King because if I remember my nightmares, none of those showed an image of me that tells me I was worthy to be a KIng. A King would never be a threat to his people and wouldn’t be the reason for the suffering of his people. Every time that I remember the image of me on top of dead bodies with none of my loved ones near I feel like vomiting. I shrug away the image in my head, not wanting it to come true. I watched Anya as she closed the door behind her and slowly walked toward me. I feel my breath hitched with every sway of her hips as she comes closer to where I am. But as she comes nearer, the smile she had on her lips fades as her brows meet in the center of her forehead as she asks, “What’s wrong?” At that moment I wanted to lie to her, wanted to hide all the things that I have to talk to her about. I pulled her close to me and burie
It’s been a while since I have seen anyone from my father’s pact. We were so discreet with our meetings and most of the time Aunt Athena always puts a mirror spell on me and herself whenever we meet with Uncle Jericho. To make sure that no one will be following me, I made sure to leave early. I headed towards the entrance of Purpura where Uncle Jericho was waiting for me. Initially, he did not recognize who I was and I shouldn’t have seen him if he didn’t hide in the same place. But because his hiding place never changed, I knew where to find him.“That’s some kind of spell,” Uncle Jericho greeted as the mirror spell slowly disappeared once we were inside Purpura. “Anya’s mom was the one who cast it for me,” I replied and he nodded at me. Once inside, my Dad and Aunt Dana greeted us. “The barrier is now set. And I ensured that no one other than us could enter,” Aunt Dana reported, “But to add additional security, I would need your blood,” Aunt Dana reached for my hand but I pulled
I head to Purpura early in the morning to let Uncle Sol and Marko in to help Uncle Jericho and my dad build the training academy. “Nice to see you again,” Uncle Sol greeted as they stepped out from behind the big tree beside the entrance to Purpura. “Nice to see the two of you, and thank you for coming to help,” I replied. “It’s been a while since I have stepped out of the Black Moon Pack and seen people other than our pack members,” Uncle Sol admitted as he and Uncle Marko followed me to the entrance.As they cross the invisible gate, both of them stop walking as they both look at the remains of Purpura. “I hate wars,” Uncle Marko blurted out as he started to walk toward me leaving Uncle Sol behind, “They destroy everything that’s beautiful without any remorse and only leave incurable scars behind.” “Poetic are we?” Uncle Sol teases Uncle Marko as he drapes his arm on Uncle Marko’s shoulder. “It’s true,” Uncle Marko replied defensively. I understood what Uncle Marko was saying
It’s been five years since the war ended, but there were still times when I would be so afraid that the horrors would come back again. But then my family would come and remind me that no matter what happens we will always get through them. Anya still hated me for the way I acted that day as I approached Isabel. She hated me because she almost lost me. But then it was also because of what happened we finally found what DK’s power was. If my power was death, DK was life. Which explains how he was able to pull me out of death’s arm. We were the extreme of everything, and Anya was the balance in between. Which is why we were Fated with each other. I have to thank my mom. She was one of the reasons why I survived. Turns out she was right, we would have triplets and I have a daughter who was as unique as her brothers. Her hair was black on the crown of her head which slowly changed to blonde by the ends of it. A perfect combination of my hair color and DK’s. But what made her m
She’s here, they’re here. They came for me.‘Redeem your powers and your wolf,’ Anya orders, ‘We are going into war.’I smiled through the pain as I chanted the words that my mother told me to say when I was ready. Pain, spread through my body as Hades took his rightful spot. ‘It’s about time,’ Hades growled. We watched as Isabel’s eyes filled with fury as she watched my body heal like the torture that she gave me this past few days never happened. A guard came rushing and said, “We are surrounded.”Isabel’s eyes widened as she finally realized what she was up against. “Seize them!” she ordered to her guards. “Keep them alive.” Additional guards arrived and to our surprise, they all shifted into their wolf forms barring their teeth at us. “Don’t ever think I can’t fight them or Persephone will never allow you in bed with us,” Anya threatened, making DK and me laugh. “Oh we wouldn’t dare,” I replied. Suddenly our wolves order us not to shift telling us to fight in human form.
I failed. I was brought to the Black Moon pack to hide as I let my new best friend die right before my eyes and let one of my Fated Mate be captured by the enemy. I failed. And I have no one else to blame but me.DK had tried several times to check on me. To talk to me. But I wouldn’t let him. I was angry with him for letting Mikey go and I was afraid that if he came closer I would lose him too. Why? Why did we have to suffer like this?And yet despite all my questions, no one seems to provide an answer. *****It was the second day, and I cried myself to sleep. I found out that Ruby was buried as me. This isn’t fair. This isn’t right. But there is nothing I can do because she is already dead.I used to enjoy sleeping because it let me escape my harsh reality. But I hate sleeping now because I dreamed of Mikey in a cold dark cell suffering as his body was broken several times over and over again. DK broke the door of our cabin, but I still won’t talk to him. He carried me to th
After finding out who the spy was everything went clear. I know what needs to be done. How can I not know when I dreamt of it almost every night? My nightmare was finally becoming reality, but all I could think of was Anya’s safety. “What are you waiting for?” DK asked in a panic. But I knew that nothing would happen to Anya as long as Ruby was there. “I need you to listen to me,” I finally said. “Anya will be killed,” I said. “What?!” DK was about to launch a punch but my mother stopped it. “Let me rephrase that,” I said as I took a deep breath, “Everyone will think that Anya will be killed because it will be someone with Anya’s face.”“Oh god,” DK said as he fell back on his chair as he finally realized what I was saying. “And I will be captured,” I continued.“What?” It was my Dad who reacted this time. “Because I will let them,” I replied, “Asher will be tortured in our hands but we will not kill him. And just right in time, Isabel would arrive and kill Anya. The moment th
I closed my eyes and envisioned the person I was going to imitate. This is the last chance that we have and I need to make everything as perfect as I remember it. I tuned out all the sounds and negative thoughts that I had and prayed that this chance that I had won’t go to waste. And then I feel it, the soft hum of the spell working their magic. I watch as the shape of my hand changes as well as my clothes. Once the change was complete, I pulled out the small mirror that I hid in my pocket and looked at myself to see if I had become the person that everybody feared. I know that by now, Mikey, DK, and the rest of my family understood what I meant that I would root the spy out. Because I finally learned the best way to do it. As I was waiting for Ruby to come, a thought came to me as I recalled my grandmother’s words. “The spy you are all looking for is right under your noses.”“There is only one spy.” I guess I have known it for a long time, I just don’t have enough proof to admit
“I still think this is a bad idea,” Uncle Drake said for the third time. “Can’t you just trust your daughter?” Aunt Athena complains. Even though DK and I agreed with Anya because we wanted to support her. We can’t deny the fact that we are still scared that something bad might happen to her just like the last time. This is why the tournament was held in a different Arena that Anya personally requested.As the three of us agreed to disagree, we finally found a way to compromise which included my Mom and Uncle Jericho’s presence. The wards inside the arena were created to not have any rogue wolves in unless it was tampered with from the inside. But that does not include me, DK, my Mom, and Uncle Jericho. Aunt Dana added our blood the same security she used in Purpura that would allow us to enter the Arena when needed through teleportation. We watch through the screen as Anya and Ruby prepare to enter the arena and see Rose approaching them. And as much as Anya hated it, she was wa
The day of the tournament is finally here. The place where the tournament was going to be held was announced an hour before the tournament began.It was on the plain just outside the forest of Purpura. I know the test that awaited us, but instead of surviving the tournament, I now have a different purpose. And that is to find the spy. “Luna,” Rose said as she approached us. I nodded at her. “I know that you’re not here to win the tournament,” she said, her voice so low that only I could hear what she had to say. “I want to help.” Rose was there when Isabel attacked us. My father said to be on alert because she may be the spy. I told him that Rose would never do such a thing and that I trusted her. But my father then pointed out that the purpose of the spy was to gain our trust so that they could attack when we least expected it. He pointed out the same thing with Asher, which of course hurt Mikey. He had watched that kid grow with his guidance, which made the thought of him being
After practicing for more than a day and a half, I finally got the spell right. I know that I shouldn’t let anybody know about the spell but I needed to practice it. So before I did the spell I made sure that Ruby made a promise bond with me. So that she won’t in any possible way tell anything to DK.“It worked!” I screamed happily as we stood in front of each other in the training room of the packhouse. “Do I really look like that, Luna?” Ruby asks as she stares at me with this belief.I pulled her in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror by the corner and smiled. “We look like twins,” I replied happily. Ruby sighs, “Still, I don’t think I look like that.”“Stop it,” I ordered, “You're spoiling the fun,” I added pouting. Just then someone moving the doorknob caught our attention. “It’s locked,” I hear DK complained.“Are you sure?” Mikey asked. “Anya!” DK shouted. “I’m here!” I shouted but then my voice sounded different, “Don’t open the door.” “What’s going on Little Wolf?” M
After the announcement about the tournament, Anya headed back to the packhouse to do the thing that she needed to do but couldn’t tell us. Since Anya said that she will just stay at the packhouse for it. We decided that Ruby was a better alternative in the meantime since DK needed to return to Silver Mountain to assist my mother, Aunt Dana, and Aunt Athena in finding a suitable place for a safe place for his people. But he promises to be back before nighttime to keep an eye on Anya while I stay in Purpura for the night. “You’re avoiding your mother,” My Dad Nori says as he falls a step beside me. As we walk towards the entrance of Purpura.“No,” I replied but it didn’t sound as convincing as I want to be. “What’s on your mind?” My Dad asks as we enter the threshold of Purpura. “I guess I just don’t know her,” I answered.“You don’t know Seth before but you got along just fine right now,” My Dad countered. I looked at my father and saw the same onyx-colored eyes that I possess and