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The Rejection
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2025-04-19 12:42:22
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Scent of Betrayal Acceptance
Kaidën Her scream is loud enough to wake the forest. I'm surprised she can even make any sound with how she looked when I left her. But I don't have the time to think about all these, before I move in the direction I hear her from. She rejected me too. Just like my mate, except Piper didn't even deem me fit to reject. She just moved on to a new mate. An Alpha. My shadows billow around me when I stop in front of the girl-Aria. Her leg is being pulled by a huge man, while another grabs her hair. The pale blonde hair catches in his hands, pulling some strands. I grit my teeth in annoyance. I promised myself I wouldn't do anything else for her, but here I am. Why do I even care? Is it because she can help me by becoming my mate? "Let her go." My voice takes the men by surprise, and the one grabbing her leg drops it. She lets out a small sound when her feet hits the ground. "This is the Alpha's orders. Stay out of it." The one still holding her hair says. How despicable that
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Pain
Aria I'm running. But why? All I can hear is the sound of heavy footsteps behind me. Someone is chasing me. "Help!" I let out a small squeak when I fall to the ground, tripping on a rock in front of me. The footsteps get heavier, and suddenly it feels like someone cloaked in darkness descends on me. "Help? You're an abomination! A shifter without her wolf. A shame!" The voice closes in on me, and it sounds like it's coming from everywhere around me. Please, no. I want to scream out but my tongue feels heavy in my mouth. Why can't I speak? I push myself back, away from the person crowding me. It's not just one face, but a mass of distorted faces, morphing into one. "Kill her!" "Behead her!" They're all shouting, screaming at me. Yet my voice remains trapped. Have I lost my voice too? One face finally pushes through the rest, and comes up in front of me, so close I can feel her breath on my cheeks. "You killed your grandmother, Aria. You deserve to be killed." It's Piper.
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Rogue's Queen
Aria My hands instinctively wraps around Kaidën's neck when I see the man pointing a spear at us. "It's just us Riven." Kaidën replies casually, too casually at this man who looks like he wants to kill us. His hair is dark brown and disheveled. And his eyes look vicious, like he hasn't known sleep all his life. Thankfully, the man puts down his weapon, and a tired half smile appears on his face. Immediately, he drops to his knees in front of us. "Alpha, welcome back. I'm sorry for the greeting. I was just being cautious." He sounds apologetic. "It's okay. Go and prepare a healer for my guest." Kaidën replies, for the first time sounding tired. He had to fight those men who wanted to take me away, and he's done nothing but save my life since we met. "Alpha, is she..." The man he calls Riven trails his eyes over to me, and I realize I'm still in Kaidën's arms. I struggle to get down, but Kaidën holds me tighter, and nods. "Yes, this is my mate, Aria. She's wounded and needs a h
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Hope
Kaidën There's not been a pack attack in days, and that's a good thing in itself, but it's odd for the pack shifters to be so quiet. When I first became the rogue king, sometimes we'd be under attack for multiple days. Guards would flock in and kill my people. The continuous slaughter is a pain I am familiar with. The more we fought back, the lesser the attacks came. And before we knew it, we were going days without being under attack. Yet, going this long without an attack is quite unfamiliar, and worrying. I can't help but wonder what the pack shifters might be planning. "She's beautiful." Riven's voice pulls me out of my reverie. If only he knew where my mind had been. Ever since his brothers death, I know it's been hard for him to cope, but he's been managing well. He's like a brother to me, so I can't imagine how I'd feel if I found him slaughtered in such a manner. The cruelty. But I know who Riven is talking about now-Aria, lying peacefully on the bed. Her eyes clos
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Girl Eliana
Aria The girl in front of me surprisingly doesn't look as vicious as I imagined. From here, I can tell that her hair that's supposed to be a dark shade of blonde, has been dirtied to the point, it looks more like muddy brown. She's braided it into two rough braids that fall behind her shoulders. Her wide eyes are a shade of brown that twinkle in the light coming from the door. But other than that, the scowl on her face is the only thing that spoils her features. It's obvious she doesn't like me, and I immediately wonder why. Two girls are standing behind her by the door, one with extremely short black hair framing small features, and another with auburn braids like Eliana's. I'm taken aback by the shorter hair of the other girl, and barely notice them make their way closer to me. "Why is your hair so short?" The words are out of my mouth before I can stop them. Why did I ask that? The three girls pause, and stare at me like I'm a strange creature on their land. The short-h
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Council
Kaidën Aria looks like she's just seen a ghost when Calais speaks, like a deer caught in a trap. "Um, I-" "That's my mate you are speaking to, Calais. I'll consider the tone you're using if I were you." I respond instead. It's one thing for the council members to doubt the existence of my mate, but disrespect towards her, means disrespect to me. Thankfully, he takes the warning for what it is and bows his head. "I'm sorry, Alpha. It's just that," he pauses and looks around at the council members then back to me. "We don't perceive any scent from your mate." From here, I can hear how Aria's breath catches at his words. "Then I can explain that." I say, my eyes darting to hers briefly. She gives me a disbelieving look. I won't deny that it is strange to find a Shifter without her scent, but unlike the pack shifters realm, trivial laws like that don't apply here. Whether or not Aria has a wolf doesn't concern the council members. I can see this as what it is-a ploy to question my
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Marking
Aria "A wound to the heart, but it seems like she was the one wielding the weapon, Alpha." A young man reports on the dead woman I'm staring at. Seeing her lifeless, ashen form in front of me has me clutching my chest in panic. She killed herself? Just so she doesn't have to return my scent to me? How can another person be so cruel? I mutter to myself as tears threaten to fall. Kaidën comes closer to me and places a comforting hand on my shoulder. Unconsciously, I lean into his hold, like it's something familiar. Like it's always been there. "What do we do, Alpha?" The man asks him. The stench of the place we're in has me struggling to breathe, and for a moment, I wonder if Kaidën knowingly threw a person into this filthy dungeon. Just what kind of person is he, then? "Prepare a burial for her." He doesn't say anything else, and pulling me along with him, we both walk out. He doesn't take me in the direction of the council members, and I have to take it that the meeting is over
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Scent of Betrayal The Prophecy
Aria The head band around my head feels both restricting and comforting, and when the girl trying to tie the accessory tugs again, I let out a tiny, "oomph" sound. "I'm sorry, Luna. Is it uncomfortable? I can adjust it." The girl dressing me is nearly half my size, which is peculiar in itself because I'm considered quite lean back at the Shifters realm. Her fingers feel too delicate, and too thin. I almost want to ask if she's okay, if she didn't have such a wide smile on her face. "No, thank you. It's fine. The head tie is very beautiful." I answer. It's no secret that when I'm not around Kaidën, I suddenly don't know how I should act around these strange people. It's almost amusing how I am still a Luna, yet the circumstances are so different, it feels like I'm not even one. The girl pauses again, and flashes me another one of her bright smiles. "Thank you very much. The best for our Luna." She sounds very excited to be doing this, and I furrow my brow in confusion. From t
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19
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Scent of Betrayal The Imposter
Kaidën Finally feeling a different type of soil under my paws, I shift back. Stretching and groaning to ease out my stiff muscles. It is safer to do this as often as I can, so my body can get used to it, but I don't care. It will be better if I lost the ability completely, than shift anymore behind my camp members back. When I'm done stretching, I walk down a further path, trying to find the exact spot I'm looking for. It takes me more than a while, due to the darkness-even though every time I come here, it's under the cover of darkness. Maybe my mind likes to believe meeting up here is something of a make believe. Something I can't possibly be doing, but I'm desperate. I hate that after seeing Eliana's slumped body, dead and without life, my first thought hadn't gone to her killer. No, I had shamefully been more worried about who was after Aria's life again. I shake my head, and clench my fists in annoyance. "This is even worse than a mate bond." I mutter to myself, sudde
Scent of Betrayal The Shifting Rogue
Kaidën "Alpha, where are you going? Is everything alright?" Riven tries to step in front of me, but I shove him out of the way. A surprised look appears on his face, but he resumes what he's been trying to do. "Did Eliana tell you something? Please talk to me," he pleads again. I stop, finally realizing myself. "You were down there for six hours. Did you discover something?" My eyes shoot towards him when he says that. Six hours ago, Riven had come down to the place Eliana was locked up to find me. My eyes had been shaky, my breathe coming out in ragged breathes, my body as stiff as stone. He hadn't been able to tell what was wrong, and I'd been too dazed to explain to him that the woman in front of me was dead. Riven hadn't noticed, and I hadn't told him. Those empty eyes still feel like they're haunting me even as I walk as far away from that place as I can. She's dead. My only remaining family is gone. I'm not too surprised by the guilt I feel-maybe if I hadn't locked
Scent of Betrayal The Massacre
Aria There's something my grandmother always tells me-Aria, being a Luna isn't all you're meant to be. The first time she said this, it was because I had lashed out at her, complaining about going for my Luna training. In my words, "my life isn't just made to be a Luna. I'm a person too, grandmother." Ironically, I wanted to escape my duties to hang out with Piper, and learning to be a Luna felt too stifling anyway. It isn't like some people don't get thrown into the position, and have to work with what they have. That is a natural possibility. Grandmother was just someone who didn't like being thrown into things. She always believed we must take our stand for what we wanted-that was the way of the Flynn women. A long standing line of strong Luna's, who had ruled beside equally strong alphas. Her words that day had been, "it isn't all you're meant to be, but it's a great honor, and something you should not take for granted." Then she'd taken me outside, "Look at
Scent of Betrayal The Dungeon
Aria The smell of body waste is the first thing that greets me when I realize where Piper has brought me. There are a few torches burning about. But none of them seems to shed much light; it is as though they are empty, sullen things. "No," my voice is a broken whisper, and I take a retreating step back. I won't let her lock me up in here. She'll have to kill me first. There is no way. People don't come out of places like this. I know a few people grandmother has sent here, and I don't think a lot of them are part of the living now. This is a place for criminals, the worst kind of people. The people who have committed crimes considered unthinkable. I haven't done anything! Why is she doing this to me? Why? What did I ever do to her? I loved her. I cared for her. She was a sister to me-my grandmother's second daughter. The girl I've always looked up to, and listened to, and now she's turned into this. This monster who wants to drag me through hell, and laugh in my face. E
Scent of Betrayal The Insider
Kaidën The dungeon has dark dim walls that don't allow any light to come in. Anyone trapped in here would lose a sense of time. It's like being trapped in perpetual darkness. Only the most horrible crimes deserve that. Surprisingly, the woman who kidnapped my supposed mate and Luna isn't locked in here. Her crime is worthy of it-no doubt, but she's not just a common criminal. No matter what, I have to remember that she's Eliana Greenleaf too. The daughter my father never had. The girl I grew up with in this place where family is a fleeting memory. In a separate cell, not too far from the dungeon is where I have Eliana locked up. Because whether she's like family to me or not, it doesn't excuse the crime she committed against her Luna. And that's where I see her-her mass of familiar dark hair falling over her face, as she holds her head down. Her hands are bound by chains connected to opposite ends of the wall. When I arrive in front of the cell, she doesn't rea
Scent of Betrayal The Plans
Aria "Get up!" Someone roughly drags me up as I groggily look around me in confusion. Where am I? For a moment, I'm deeply confused on my location, as everything around me doesn't exactly look familiar. "Bring her with me." Piper's force jolts a feeling of familiarity in me. Yes, I followed Piper and Cassius back to the pack shifters realm. I wince when I remember that I'd passed out after Piper ordered that man to hit me repeatedly. As if she knows I'm thinking about it, Piper gives me a smug dark look, and folds her hands over her chest. "Don't expect any warm welcome. The people still hate you for touching their Luna, and the ones who don't..." She trails off with the most vicious look a person can muster. I manage to look up at her, slightly worried for what she might say. It's no surprise that members of the pack still want me dead, but the ones who don't? I don't believe those even exist. Piper finally turns her back to me before she continues. "The members of the Fl
Scent of Betrayal The Shadows He Gives
Kaidën "Kaidën," the voice is like a breath in the wind. Aria. She's calling out to me. I can feel it in my bones. The pain she's feeling, her jumbled emotions. The way she's trying to breathe in roughly, but barely. I want to reach out to her, and hold her, but deep down I know I can't. Something is holding me back-my present self. Because it knows we're far from each other. Around me is what looks like a room covered in white walls, and I turn around, taking in this environment in front of me. My eyes widen when I notice the blackness creeping up onto the walls. Like flames spreading over a house on fire. The black shadows fill up the entire space of the room, until the once white room doesn't exist anymore. It's all just darkness. "Kaidën," I see a tear drop. No, it's not a tear drop. It's blood. My veins throb painfully. And it feels like someone has hit me. My knees drop to the ground forcefully when I feel the blow again. It happens again, and again, and again. U
Scent of Betrayal The Reason
Aria The ride to the pack shifters realm is oddly calming, and quiet. No one says a word to me, not even Piper who's not taken her eyes off me since we started moving. The barrow-like truck I'm inside jiggles a few times, and when it does, my body is aggressively thrown to the side. During these times, Piper's face darkens with a small smile, and her mood gets lighter. She's clearly glad to see me suffering. I want to glare at her, but the force keeping me sane has decided to force a serene and calm look on my face. I can feel the flickering movement inside me, as the truck moves. It trails from my finger tips, and doesn't stop till I can feel it wrap around my slim neck, and flicker all the way to my nose. The tickling sensation nearly forces a giggle out of me, but I sneeze instead. "Stay quiet, Wench!" Piper spits at me in annoyance, and I only stare at her oddly. Ever since I found out what a lying conniving person my best friend is, I've always wondered just one thing.
Scent of Betrayal The Caged Bird
Piper I almost want to laugh at the spectacle in front of me, even I'm not so pissed. Aria is clutching her chest, as she screams, and takes quick steps backward. All her false bravado is gone, I guess. I knew that fake bravery was a sham. The cut of the blade Kaidën held at my throat still stings slightly, and I grit my teeth at the memory. Why is he so protective of her? And why am I even angry? It's not like I care what the worthless rogue king does. As far as I'm concerned, he's nothing to me. The mate bond we had was just a senseless farce I had to get rid off, and I won't deny, I've been living the best life ever since I got rid of it. In fact, I'll be fine never seeing either of these miserable people's faces in front of me, but for some reason, Cassius wants me to bring Aria back. I don't know what he wants with her, but as his Luna, he's never failed to do whatever I've asked of him, so what's this little thing I can't do? Especially if it's for the man I love. C
