VIOLET
After we all make a row outside, they lead us up the stairs. They assign everyone their duties in the pack-house. The duties include scrubbing floors, cleaning rooms, gardens, backyards and all the area around the huge pack-house.
I am asked to clean the staircase of the great hall so I get to work and I am glad that Cora is nearby, scrubbing the floor and making it slick clean.
I clean the spiral staircase, going up a stair as I wipe the Golden railing with a cloth. My eyes move toward Cora occasionally and I always sigh in relief when I find her busy in her work.
I walk up some more stairs, the great hall disappearing from my sight. Cora is working and I should get my work done too or someone might come to haunt me again.
I inhale deeply and wipe every speck of dirt from the railing. It takes me at least half an hour to make the railing sparkling clean.
When I am done, I place my hands on my sides and lean back, loo
WOLFFinally, I think I know what I should do to prevent this whole situation from falling out of our hands.I inhale deeply and sign the papers that are placed in a file in front of me.I am currently sitting in the old Alpha Samuel’s office. Father sent me here to investigate him, but when I arrived, he tried to threaten me.He did make a grave mistake by doing so. Considering that he knew too much, I had to rip his head off his shoulders along with his Luna’s head.He is gone and with him, secrets are gone as well. He took the blame for most of the things and Father’s trust in me has re-established.I can’t make anymore mistakes now and I can never let the Alpha King doubt me again.“ You are thinking about all of it again. ” Cassius yawns from across the table.“ I don&
VIOLETI am floating in space. Everything is dark out here. It only gets illuminated when I see people - the dead. My mother, my father, Izel, Mario, Samantha.I keep seeing them but I can’t talk to them because there is a transparent wall between us. That wall contains me from communicating with them. I know it’s all in my head so I don’t understand why my brain doesn’t allow me to have a conversation with the people that are in my subconscious mind.Slowly, everything begins to disappear. My mother. My father. Izel. Mario. Samantha. They all disappear and everything becomes dark.Then, I see a ray of Golden light softly travelling towards me. I don’t know what kind of nightmare it is this time, but I get attracted to the Golden flame.When it gets near me, I push my hand forward, wanting to touch it in an awe-struck daze. I gasp when it starts engulfing my figure and illuminating everything in the da
VIOLETCassius doesn’t waste any time in pushing me inside the dungeon and locking the door just as we arrive. I stumble inside and barely manage to catch myself before I fall face first.My eyes wander off to the rest of the huge dungeon. There are humans everywhere, some groaning, some sleeping and some talking to each other.My eyes miserably search for Cora. She has to be here somewhere around here.As I look from my left to right and then right to left, I almost give up on trying. My heart drums in my ears as blood rushes towards my brain, making it throb.I cast my eyes down and my shoulders slump. Tears rush to the back of my eyes.I fought back for the very first time in my life and it seems like I have failed to achieve what I fought for.This is the worst feeling in the world. It feels like time has come t
VIOLET “ What happened after I fainted? ” I question quietly as I glance at her. My eyes slowly move down to her neck and I notice something which I didn’t notice earlier. The collar around her neck. Tremors run up my body as I sit straight, placing my hand on her head and pushing it off my shoulder. The letters are imbedded in the collar in silver writing and it was supposed to be almost impossible for me to miss, but I did. I gulp my saliva and try to see the name but she wraps her hand around it, restricting me from reading it. I lift my gaze to hers and purse my lips. “ What happened? ” I rest my back against the wall, my eyes fixed at Cora. “ He came after you fainted. ” Cora sighs and removes her hand from around her neck. My eyebrows pull together. Is she talking about Wolf? I lower my gaze and glance at the name engraved in the collar. A lump gets stuck in my throat right away an
VIOLETI don’t understand what Wolf is trying to do, but I can feel my own anger and fear appearing.My feet don’t stop and I get closer and closer to Elias.All of a sudden, Wolf pulls Elias’ head back and I finally come to a stop. Wolf’s eyes meet mine.What are you doing?He gives a jerk to Elias’ body and it goes flying to the left, disappearing from my sight.“ ELIAS! ” I scream not caring that every single human in the room and Wolf is watching me.My body is thrown forward in shock and I sprint towards the door, but before I get to it, Wolf closes it and locks it afterwards.My hands land on the closed door and I feel the metal stinging my skin.“ What are you doing?! Elias! ” I scream through the door as I begin to bang on it.“ OPEN
VIOLETMy mouth falls half open and my eyebrows shoot up instantly. All my muscles tense up as I stare at the fire burning the building which was the pack-house before.What…Happened?“ Come on. We don’t have time for this. ” Stefan takes my hand and gives it a light squeeze.I force my gaze to meet his eyes. He is not surprised or nervous even one bit.The pack-house has went up in flames. All werewolves and…and humans inside already possibly dead and he is acting like we have far more important things to do than to see them die in the fire and turning into nothing but ashes and coal.‘ He has probably seen this a lot. ’ The voice inside my head intervenes in my thoughts and makes me realise the fact.Stefan is one of the monsters in the end. No matter if his touch is soft and almost human like…He can never feel pity, sympathy and empathy for anyone.I squeeze m
VIOLET Surprised, I look at our left. I thought she has died. Like I thought Kane has died. Veronica. I sigh and turn to look at Wolf. To my shock, Wolf, Cassius and Stefan look equally baffled. They have their eyebrows pulled up like they were not expecting to see Veronica here. My eyes shoot toward Kane and Cora who are standing too close to Veronica. Kane sneakily pushes Cora behind himself. This is an unexpected move coming from him, but I am glad he is not all too ready to throw his slave in front of that Veronica. I take in a shaky breath and steal a glance at Veronica. “ You tried to kill me. ” She accuses Wolf, ignoring everyone else altogether. My eyebrows pull together, forming a frown on my forehead. Wolf tried to kill Veronica? Why? Tension rises in the air as no one says anything for a while and Veronica seems to be burning in fire, w
VIOLETWe wait outside the cave. I don’t know why we are not moving anymore or who are we waiting for and I don’t have the courage to ask either. I know I have already tried my luck enough.Cora is often looking at me, probably wondering how I can look around so leisurely when we are standing too close to these monsters.After ten minutes pass, footsteps sound from inside the dark cave. My eyes are drawn to the cave immediately. There is a turn just a little further in the cave so it’s impossible to see who is coming unless that person rounds the corner and reveals their face.I feel my heart beginning to thump loudly in my chest. I am scared and I can’t help but feel a little curious as well. With all these confusing situations thrown my way and with a lot of questions unanswered, I am eager to find out what’s happening in this werewolf world which is too different from my simple human world I used to live i
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VIOLETI met everyone. Gysla, Cora, Elias, Viktor — my sweet, supportive friend, even Edward who turns out to be the newly appointed Orpheuns.Now I know what Leena meant by restoring the balance. It all started when Edward’s powers were snatched away from him and Katrina escaped before Edward could get to Orphena, and it is ending with him getting his powers back.I don’t feel bad anymore because Edward has a good vibe. He is nice to me and he loves Gysla.By the way, Gysla kept apologising for stabbing me and then Wolf but I have told her that if she hadn’t done this…Wolf and I would have lost each forever. Besides, it is all fate and we are pawns in this dangerous game — I don’t even feel salty about not having control of my life.I have…everything. Like the old man said.The happy faces around me only assure me of that everything that I needed and now, have gotten.Another thing has happened in a mere hour. With Edward’s arrival, everyone has found out that I am not the Orpheuns,
WOLFOne.Two.And three.The bathroom’s door bursts open on the count of three and Violet stomps out.Contrary to my over expectations, she has actually taken a bath before she has come stomping out. I don’t have to turn around and look at her to know this. She smells like her usual self and me.Her eyes try to drill holes in my head. I know why she is angry. My mark over my neck tells me all I want to know.Serves her right, I must say. She tricked me into getting marked and I have done the same, now we are childishly equal.“ You marked me. ” She states the obvious.“ I did. ” I nod my head and pick up the black dress shirt I had thrown over the bed earlier.“ How can you do this to me? ” She complains.I smirk, buttoning up my shirt. Turning around, I glance her way.Her small body looks cute wrapped in a towel and her red face only adds to the effect. But the love bites on her neck and my mark on her only turns me on, which is not helping my situation.I button up my last button
VIOLET“ If you are done feeling my presence in silence, you should get up and take a bath now. ” I speak after a while.“ You are right. ” He hums.His hand releases mine and I inhale sharply. Now I wish I hadn’t asked him to leave my hand.I shake my head internally and fold my arms over my chest. Wolf gets up from the bed and before I get the chance to say anything else, he picks me up, throws me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and begins to walk.My world turns upside down and I gasp, hitting his back with my fists. “ Put me down! ”“ You insisted on taking a bath. ” He continues to walk.“ I mean…you need to talk a bath. Not me! I already smell like flowers. ” I say, staring down at his back and his butt.“ I don’t like it. ” Wolf shakes his head and sighs.“ What? ” I question.My head is beginning to spin while my body sways with each step that he takes but I don’t really want Wolf to put me down.“ I like your natural scent. I don’t like you smelling like all these w
VIOLETIs this what ceasing to exist feels like? I am not sure.I can only focus on the fact that he is right in front of me, his lips pressed against my forehead and his breaths warming my hair.It feels surreal.I thought everything has ended but now I am here, hearing Wolf say that he loves me and I am his world. He is not acting overly excited or miserable either so I don’t know what’s going on.Although, I feel weak and this loss of energy makes me feel alive. Given that I spent so much time at Orphena, a year must have passed here since I died.“ Are you…not… ” I choke on my breath, trying to say something.One moment I was the most powerful being turning to dust and in the next, I am here, a weak girl lying in the bed, clueless about what is happening.What went wrong…or should I say right?“ Wolf…” I say his name and he separates himself from me instantly.The torment finally shows in his Golden globes and my breath gets knocked out of me.“ Don’t say anything. Stay silent fo
WOLFI should have known by the way she looked at me. I should have known that she was planning on taking my place all along. I should have known that she was silently reaching out to me, telling me about the future.Yet, I didn’t know until it was too late.The moment I stepped inside that portal, I felt a trigger going off in my head and I knew. It felt like a piece of me was breaking away, chipping away. I looked at her, tried to reach out and yet failed.After a while, my body jerked awake and a gasp left my lips. ‘Violet’. That’s all I could think about as I searched for her frantically and found her dead body lying close to me a week ago. What would you do for a loved one? I have known killing others was the only answer when it came to protecting and then avenging the people you loved.That’s why I instantly went into the killing mode the moment I heard my mother died. Years went by and I didn’t recover from that state of mind. The truth is…I never even considered everything
KANEI am sure I saw her lips part and then press together as if she had mouthed a word.Squinting my eyes, I lean closer to her face while my ears unconsciously search for her heartbeat.Just a hint, Violet. Give me something. I silently pray staring down her at her motionless face.My hands reach out to her face, touching it to feel the warmth, a spark of life in her.“ What happened? ” Cassius comes to me, questioning and looks over my shoulder.“ Her lips moved. ” I whisper dumbly.“ That’s not possible, Kane. ” Stefan comes on the other side of me, squeezing my shoulder.I shake my head, still touching her cheeks and listening in for her heartbeat. She is not breathing, her heart is not beating either but I…I saw her lips move.“ Kane. This is affecting you. Why don’t you go take some rest? ” Cassius suggests, getting worried about me.I don’t know what expressions they are seeing on my face right now to be wanting to send me away at a crucial time but I know what I saw.“ Her li
KANEIn my whole life, I have never truly believed in miracles. But I saw one happen a week ago when Wolf came back to life, when his dead heart started to beat again, when even the wound of silver healed on his body, when he opened his eyes and said only one word ‘Violet’.Then, he went silent. Didn’t say anything at all. Although he came back to life, his soul had died.I hadn’t really gotten over this miracle when I came to a realisation that even miracles required sacrifices.He came back and she left us.Was this any less horrible, any less painful, any less heart—breaking? No. When her heart stopped beating, I began to feel the exact way I felt when I saw Wolf die.I didn’t know what happened to her. I didn’t know how she suddenly died. She was not gravely injured and even her wounds had healed, then what happened to her? How did she die?I got the answer to that when Viktor’s mother came and then Edward came. She was dead yet she cared about the living and all the promises she
VIOLETGetting summoned to Orphena is a different experience than that of last time. Last time, I was so desperate and bothered that I didn’t even pay attention to my surroundings that much.This time, I can pause and admire the black ceilings, the black floor, the vast black table placed in the middle of the room and the same people sitting around it, because I have no fear, no desire, no tension. I am ready for whatever they have in store for me.Isn’t ceasing to exist far more better than staying stuck here for the rest of the eternity anyway? Hell yes, in my opinion.“ What excuse do you have this time? ” The boy yawns as if he is bored.I purse my lips before marching towards them and plumping down on the only empty chair.All the higher ups make it their job to glare at me, but refuse to say anything.I glance at the boy first. I don’t know his name — never asked.Then, I look at the old man. I don’t know his name either and the old lady who supported me last time…I don’t know