The smell of disinfectant reached my nose giving away to where I was at that moment. I can hear my parent's voices not far from where I am. I know that I owe them an explanation. But I am not ready to give that to them right now.That is why I am pretending to be asleep even though I am already awake. I thought that my little stunt was flawless until I hear a familiar voice whispering in my ear.“Do you want me to tell them to go home?” DK asked. Still, I pretended that I was asleep.I felt DK move and heard footsteps which stopped and then followed by DK’s voice. “I know you’re all worried about Anya but it would be best if all of you go home and rest,” DK said, loud enough for me to hear, “I promise you that if something happens, I will call you immediately.”“I would stay,” I heard my father offer, “If her wolf wakes up and goes on a rampage I am afraid that you would get hurt.” “I won’t,” DK said confidently and I can just imagine how he arrogantly smiles, “I think her wolf rec
The sun’s rays peak through my window lighting up my dark room where I lay in bed wide awake. I had been repeating the turn of events last night over and over again in my head. And I admit that I have made the biggest mistake in my life, hurting the only woman I have ever loved. I don’t know what came to me, why I did what I did. Because looking back now, I really don’t have enough reason to break up with her.‘You just want to make excuses because you are pathetic,’ my wolf Hades said angrily. He was always angry since I left Purple Hill to be with my father Nori and Aunt Dana leaving Anya behind to look for my ‘biological parents’ as Aunt Dana calls them.I know that it was not enough of an excuse, but back then I guess I just really wanted to know a part of me that has been in the dark and somewhat lost ever since I became aware of the world around me. ‘Because of you I lost my Mate,’ Hades hissed, he had been blaming me since Anya announced that she already has a Chosen Mate whi
“Hey, Little wolf,” Mikey shouted happily, raising his right arm and waving at me, “I’m back,” he said excitedly. The loud cheers around me started tuning out as the time seemed to move in slow motion. I thought that after all that I’d said to him, and after what my wolf almost did to him. He would just leave. But here he was, being the old Mikey that I know and love acting like nothing bad had happened between us, just infuriates me. I wanted to scream at him, beat the shit out of him. Just to make him feel worse than I do. I feel my heart racing as I clench my hand thinking of all the ways that I can make him pay. What’s more frustrating than his smiling face was the way he looks. I never thought that he would look this good with his unruly wavy hair that he chose to keep short before. And to make it worse, I hate the fact that our new warrior she-wolves are giggling beside me because of how sexy he looks without his shirt on. I swear to God I will rip that smile from his face
Mikey stretched his hand out in front of me and said, “Hi, my name is Mikey.”I look at Mikey’s outstretched hand, I know that if I held on to it right now I will never let go. I was about to give in to what my heart has been longing for ever since he told me that no one can have him but him. But whenever I remember how he had easily disregarded me, over the years that we were together, the anger that was hiding in the darkness, just outside my heart shows up. The way he made me feel like I was some old clothes he no longer need that he would either throw or give away. Like I was the most useless person to him that worth nothing at all.And now he comes back like nothing had happened?I am so angry with him right now and yet all my heart was feeling is all the love that I have for him. I missed him. I missed him so much. But I am also so angry. I remember how I pleaded, how I begged. How I called him over and over again but he never budged, he never listened. And in the end, he
Was there a time in your life when you wish you could turn back time?If you don’t have any thoughts like that, then I guess you’re one of the lucky ones. As for me, I have one moment that I wish I could go back to. A moment that I wish never happened. Unfortunately for me, I am now living that reality as a consequence of my mistake.A mistake that shouldn’t have happened if only I used my brains. ‘How can you use your brain if you don’t have one?’ My sarcastic and anger-filled wolf, Hades asks. I leaned against the makeshift ring as I look at Anya. I know that we had a moment, and I know that she still feels the same way as I do. The way everything blurred out like we were in our own world as time slowed down when our eyes met as I called her by her pet name, little wolf right after I knocked out my opponent gave me hope.The Anya I knew was still there. I look from across the gym and saw Anya with her Chosen Mate, seeing them together is not helping me. Instead of thinking of wa
Another sleepless night. Sleep didn't visit me no matter how tired I was last night. I just lay down on my bed looking at my ceiling with thoughts of Anya. This has been slowly becoming my daily routine ever since the day she announced her Chosen Mate.Every day is a new day and yet I feel like I was stuck in a neverending suffering.I slowly got up and took a shower as I prepare to go to the training academy. I have to admit that I was both excited and irritated to start training again.Excited because I will be able to see Anya every day in training. Irritated because the douchebag will be there. I took one last look in the mirror before leaving my house. The drive to the training academy was quiet and smooth as I enjoy the scenery that passed before me. I was so busy settling in that I haven’t had a run with Hades around the border like I used to. And even if I wanted to do it now, I won’t be able to because my stupid mutt and I are not on speaking terms right now. I parked m
Last night I was pretty shaken up after my interaction with Mikey. I know that I still love him and there was no doubt about it. I was just surprised that even with all my pain and anger my love for him overpowered them. And because of my overwhelming emotions, I was so scared that my wolf would suddenly show up and turn into a rampage again so DK and I decided that I would stay in one of the rooms of the guesthouse that he was staying at to keep guard of my wolf. I was relieved to know that DK always has my back. “Well, good morning,” he greeted, “Were you able to rest?” DK asks as I walked out of the room and saw him preparing breakfast.“Yeah,” I replied as I took the seat at the breakfast counter in front of him, “I didn’t know that you can cook,” I said honestly. “There’s a lot of things that I am good at, Miss Anya, would you want me to show it all to you?” He asked teasingly. “Stop it,” I said in an irritated voice but with a smile on my face. “Are you going into training
Everywhere I turn all I see is darkness…“Mikey!” A voice I know so well shouted, “Stop it, please,” the voice begged.But when I turned to see who it was, all I see was darkness. And yet the sound of her voice soothes my broken soul. “Aren’t you friends?” Someone in the dark shouted. I wanted to answer back but no voice came out, and once again I was surrounded with darkness. “Why is he not healing himself?” The voice I know asked. I can feel the panic in her voice and the way she worries about me makes my heart flutter.I turned to look for that person but then darkness surrounds me once again. “We need more blood!” A man shouted.“Why is he not healing on his own?!” A woman asks.And once again darkness enveloped me, as I drifted to sleep.I don’t really know what happened earlier. All I can remember was the match that I was having with Uncle Calvin. I never knew that he could fight the way that he did. He has a very different fighting style than my dad, Uncle Leon, and Uncle D
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