VIOLET
“ Where is my brother Elias? ” I ask the black haired woman when I see her standing close to the stairs, talking to an unfamiliar man.
“ Last time I checked, he was somewhere close to the pond. ” The black haired woman replies without a delay and without asking me any questions.
“ Thank you. ” I say quietly and climb down the rest of the stairs.
Moving past her and the man with her, I make my way out of the mansion and straight to the pond.
My mind is foggy and everything is blurry to me. I don’t know if it’s because my eyes are teary or if I can’t think straight anymore.
My mother was not human? My father was not my father? I am someone they kept as a leverage?
I don’t want to believe it. They were my family. They ARE my family.
And I am a human. No matter how many times I have wanted to be someo
VIOLET “ Were you eavesdropping? ” I question as I get near Wolf. He shrugs his shoulders and pushes his hands inside his trouser’s pockets. “ I was just making sure you didn’t end up hurting Elias. ” This pushes a frown up my forehead. “ Do you really think I will hurt my brother? ” Wolf holds his breath and his shoulders tense up. I fold my arms on my chest, cocking an eyebrow at him. “ No. I don’t believe you want to hurt him but you can do it accidentally. ” He vocalises his doubts and rakes his right hand through his hair. My eyes move with his hand, getting caught in his soft hair. “ What does this mean? ” I shake my head in confusion. “ You were angry. At him. And at everyone. ” He explains in a careful tone. I nod my head and meet his gaze slowly. “ And? ”
VIOLET“ And how did you do this? Like I saw just now, they can not fight against their leaders. ” I frown and my eyes drop to his clothed chest.“ You might not believe it…but many of the werewolves hated what my father was doing. As I told you before…Our emotions — when they get too strong — they start to control our actions. ” He starts in a serious tone. “ they hated me and my brother too but I convinced them…they knew they needed an Alpha, someone who could fight against the King. They pledged their loyalty to me when they realised I wanted to change things…That I wanted to fix what my father and I and the rest of the werwolves have ruined. ”The stone over my heart slips a little down and allows me to see the slight goodness in Wolf. Although I don’t want to acknowledge it, but he has tried.I nod my hea
VIOLETI come back to my room and this time, Wolf doesn’t follow me. He can sense emotions right? Then, he must have sensed I was embarrassed and angry at myself so he made a good choice by staying behind and letting me walk away.As I close the door to my room, the heavy weight of all the revelations and of all the burdens comes crashing down on me. It hits me hard and I slump down on the bed.I just went from not knowing who I was and what I was…then to knowing that everything in my life — everything small and everything huge was an absolute lie.It’s gut wrenching. Of course.But, it feels like something has been freed inside me. I finally feel a little familiar with myself.Although, I am not sure what I want to do with these powers. As Wolf said, an Orpheuns had the power to kill the greatest of werewolves — a king then doesn’t it mean
VIOLET“ THAT…I will tell you later… ” Gysla picks up the fork and goes back to eating her food in silence.Cora snaps out of the daze and continues to eat like nothing happened and as if she was not sitting still like a statue just now.I glance at everyone, one — by — one.Then, I look at Wolf who is glaring at the table, his eyes lost in some deep thoughts. The silence is heavy in the room and no one is actually addressing it.Suppressing the unanswered questions, I pick up my fork and begin to eat the fried egg that Elias placed in my plate only God knows when.*****When we are done eating, everyone gets up and leaves but I stay seated and think about Gysla’s words. The images, the reflections, the voices…they are all evil? Did she mean this?I am glad the reflection which continued to repeat that it was in fact me, was not me. The girl in the mirror must be
VIOLET“ Okay. You already knew that, didn’t you? Then why are you worrying about it now? ” I step inside the office and slowly walk to the table.“ You are right. I thought we will still have a lot of time even after you turned eighteen but now I am realising that we can’t wait until you learn to master all your abilities. ” Wolf sighs and looks away.I take a seat on the chair in front of Wolf and relax back a little.“ Something must have happened to make you think of all this so sudden. ” I voice out my thoughts, not wavering from the original question.It’s scary to me that I can now easily talk to him and I can force myself to push all the memories at the back of my mind so they never resurface and interfere with these peace—making path we are walking down.“ Just like this pack…” Wolf starts and looks me straight in the eye. “ I had m
VIOLETI look at Wolf for a while, my eyes fixed at his.“ What relationship did you have with Katrina? ” I can’t help but ask the question which was struck in my mind for a while.Wolf’s eyes harden. I might have crossed the line.I nod my head to myself and get up from the chair. “ I understand. It’s one of the things you don’t want to talk about. ”“ Yes. ” Wolf is quick to reply.I feel disappointed. It won’t be wrong to say that I still expected him to prove me wrong and tell me about this too like the many things he had revealed to me.“ What is your plan exactly? ” I lift my head and my eyes collide with his again.A moment of silence passes between us. I watch him thinking the question through.“ Once you master all your skills, I will
VIOLETI wait for Cassius. Time seems to have slowed down. The eerie noises of the frightening, dark forest cause my hair to rise on their ends many times, but I continue waiting for Cassius to come and take me back to the town.But as more time passes and the forest begins to seem more terrifying, I start to lose the hope that he is returning any time sooner.Still, I wait for him, my knees pulled to my chest, my arms wrapped around my knees as I scan the surroundings.To my surprise, my vision has cleared a bit and I can now make out most of the things around me. Perhaps, my eyes adjusted to the darkness after spending too much time here.I inhale deeply and place my chin over my left knee.‘ He is not going to come back. ’ The male voice whispers in my head for the uncountable time.The spirit’s voice has been saying the same thing to me from the time Cassius has left me behind. This voice is the
VIOLETA loud growl makes my eyes snap open. My heart jumps in my throat and I jolt up.Goosebumps rise all over my skin when I scan the surroundings with scared eyes.Another growl pierces the air, making my heart tremble in my chest.Is it Cassius? Or someone else? But did they have to take their wolf form?I gulp and try to calm my rapidly beating heart by placing my hand over my chest.Slowly, I get up from the hard ground and look around me to find out where the wolf is. Everything seems dark once again. It’s hard for me to make out everything.I hear the twigs breaking from behind me and instantly turn around to see what’s there.I can make out the silhouette of the animal stalking towards me. I breath deeply.It must be someone from the pack.A voice snickers in my mind all of a sudden, confusing me.“ Are you…” Is it stupid of me to try to talk t