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I sat on the couch in my room, staring blankly at my phone. If I saw another legal document or heard another charge, I was going to scream. My wound had closed, but it still ached. My heart was beating steadily, but my head was a mess. The guilt and desperation I wanted to feel about Lucy wasn’t there. I kept thinking it was because we didn’t have a bond, but it felt like a lie the more I thought about it.I had to face it. We had to face it. Lucy didn’t leave because she didn’t feel safe. She left because she didn’t want to be here because she wasn’t our mate.I got to my feet, pacing back and forth. My thoughts were turning and turning. The weight of knowing that, feeling that, and being unable to tell Tony that felt like it was crushing me. We had been looking for Lucy and lying to the pack for too long, but we didn’t have a clue. The lawyers were here every day to talk about the case, but there still wasRelated chapters
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TonyMatt turned and stomped out leaving me reeling there alone with his words. The anger in me was still boiling, but I couldn’t block out his words. He was…. He was right. We didn’t know. How could we know that dad would come back even remotely sane? How could we know if we weren’t just a few steps behind him in sanity?I shuddered and sank into my seat. The silence of the study felt so heavy that I couldn’t move. The pain potions faded and the pain returned. The exhaustion of having waited up all night for Matt, flipping through the journals was dragging at me. A knock sounded on the door. “Come in.”The door opened and our nanny walked in with a tray of hot chocolate and most of breakfast. She entered the room with a gentle smile. There was also a stack of bandages on the tray.I couldn’t help but smile weakly back at her. "Tony, my dear, it's time to change your bandages," she sai
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Lucy“Are you Lucy Graves?” I looked up at the official looking woman. David grew stiff beside me. “Who are you?” David asked. I looked between the two. She lifted her chin. “I work for the Council.”“Then you should know that you have to formally introduce yourself: name, badge number, and position.”She scowled at him. Her eyes flashed, and I drew back. I realized that she had to be a werewolf.“She won’t be talking to you until you do,” David said, glaring at her. “I suggest you follow protocol.”She huffed. “Petty Officer Helen Korte, ID L-25809-90. I’m here to deliver an official summons. Now, are you, Lucy Graves?”I glanced at David who seemed to be eyeing her suspiciously, but he met my gaze and nodded. “Yes.”She threw the paper at me and walked off grumbling. “I’m reporting you for mis
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LucyAfter the test was over, things kind of went back to normal. A few days passed and I could focus on my studies again. One day, while I was heading home from the college campus, I ran into David. He was dressed in a three-piece suit. His hair was slicked back and he looked a little angry while he was on the phone. The moment he saw me, the anger vanished and his entire expression brightened. My heart fluttered as he finished his call and walked towards me. “You look… official,” I said. “Is everything okay?”He nodded. “Pack stuff. It’s done now. Done with classes?”I nodded. “They let us out early today.”“Care for lunch?” He asked. “You have afternoon classes, right? We don’t have to go far.”My stomach grumbled and I wrinkled my nose. I nodded. “Sounds great… We don’t have to get on a bus, do we? I’d hate for your
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LucyI turned around to look at the woman who was trying to yank away from David. The people passing by had stopped to watch. They murmured between themselves as the woman kept screaming for David to let her go.“David, what’s going on?”“She was about to grab you by your hair,” David explained. “Who are you, and what do you want?”She shoved at him and snarled. “This is none of your business! Stay out of it if you know what’s good for you.”“I’m not going to just let you attack someone. Who are you and what do you want?”“It wasn’t enough that you stole Tony, now you’ve picked up someone else, huh?” She sneered. “You’re worse than a homewrecker, you worthless, desperate little nobody!”My eyes widened, and I cringed. How many exes did Tony and Matt have?David threw her hand down. “Don’t talk about her like
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LucyAs I walked across the campus, the warm afternoon sun cast a golden glow on the surroundings. I couldn't help but smile, swinging the bag carrying the shoes that David had bought me. The spiciness of the taco was still tingling on my tongue, but I couldn’t be happier. I sat in my usual seat, looking at the bag. My thoughts drifted to a time long ago when David and I were just children at the orphanage. We didn't have much, but we made the best of what we had.I remembered there were days we would play outside, running barefoot on the grass to make sure that our shoes lasted a little longer. When there were new shoes to pass out, David always gave me the better shoes, even if it meant he had to go without.I smiled at the thought and how far we’d come. In my mind, I could still see him as a little boy gluing the soles of his shoes back together or tying them together with shoelaces from old shoes. The day that I had been adopted, I&rs
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LucyI didn’t understand. “Hey,” Duke whispered in my ear. “It’s alright. It’s still just the first assignment. And it can’t be that bad, right?”I turned the page to him and he frowned. “That… can’t be right.” He pointed at one of the questions. “I had the same answer for that question and mine was marked right.”My jaw trembled as a bit of hope filled me. I looked at Duke’s page and saw it coded ‘B’. Mine was coded ‘A’.“Would you mind checking your answers against mine, Amy?” I asked. “You got the one labeled Exam A, right?”Amy nodded and took my paper. We went question by question, but it made no sense. The answers matched up almost perfectly. I couldn't help but feel relieved. I hadn’t done as bad as I thought. Amy frowned. “The T.A. just used the wrong answer key. That’s th
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DavidAs I drove down the familiar streets towards my home, my mind was still preoccupied with thoughts of Lucy. Her infectious laughter echoed in my ears, and I couldn't help but smile. It was just like it had been when we were kids but better. I didn’t have to tape or glue shoes together to give her something better to walk on. I could just provide for her. My wolf growled with a deep sense of satisfaction at the thought. I was an alpha and I was providing for someone I cared about. Someone I loved. When I thought about how her eyes sparkled when she laughed, a wide grin stretched across my face. Things were going well between us. I still didn't have her phone number or any way to directly contact her outside of the school system. I couldn't help but wonder when she would finally share it with me, but I pushed that thought aside. Lucy had been through a lot. She deserved the space to get her bearings before taking on any more stress.P
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DavidWhen I entered the room, the two representatives from the Council looked up with hard expressions. They looked like the wanted to say something. Then, I noticed that they didn’t even have glasses of salt water in front of them. Blue, my house manager and the wife of my beta, looked pissed off. I smiled at her. “Thank you, Blue,” I said. “I’ll be fine.”She glanced at the Council and pushed the cart full of refreshments towards the seat left for me. Trent was grinning and drinking Blue’s lemonade. She left with a scowl in their direction. “I don’t appreciate you irritating my pack members,” I said taking a seat and pouring myself a glass of lemonade. “Makes my job a bit harder, and Blue is our saving grace around meal times.”“She’s rude and disrespectful,” one of them said. “It’s a wonder she hasn’t been put in her place.”
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LucyThe morning sun, a mischievous wink through the blinds, painted golden stripes across our bed. I snuggled deeper into the warmth of David's embrace, the rhythmic rise and fall of his chest a soothing lullaby. He slipped his hand across my lower back. The warmth of his bare skin against mine set a spark of pleasure through me. He rumbled low and content into my hair. “Wake up,” David rumbled. He kissed my head and twined a curl around his finger. “We have things to do.”“You shouldn’t have kept me up all night.”He chuckled. “You didn’t say that last night.”I nudged him. He dipped his head to nip my lips. “You know, if it’s too much, you can always tell me to slow down.”He’d been saying that for five years now, and I never found a reason to tell him to. He knew that. His eyes flickered between colors. I nipped his lower lip. “Give me a reason.”He smirked and rolled me onto my back. “To slow down or…”“To get up,” I said as he kissed
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LucyI sat on the cold stone, watching her, but she didn’t move another muscle. I didn’t know how long it had been, but it didn’t matter. The spectral glow around her was starting to dim, and my mind was just too stressed to do too much thinking. The light of the ritual, the spell I’d used, the blood on my hands all flashed through my mind, and part of me wondered if it was all just a dream. I looked down at the stained and ruined gown. The armor was as pristine as ever, but most of the embroidered roses were torn or stained. This dress would never be white again, let alone whole. I flicked a piece of the long, gossamer fabric and shook my head. I really liked this dress.“Lucy!”I turned my head toward the sound of David’s voice, wrung out and relieved to hear him. He was rushing through the air towards me. He dropped down a few feet from me, looking so worried I could cry.I smiled at him as he dropped to his knees beside me and threw his arms around me,
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LucyI sailed through the air, landing with a jarring thud within the ritual circle. With a trembling hand, I pushed myself up, my senses on high alert. A figure, cloaked in darkness, appeared in front of me. My blood ran cold. Selene."Well, well, Lucy," her voice, honeyed yet laced with venom, slithered into the darkness. "Thank you ever so much for making this easy at last.”I grit my teeth. I wouldn't go down without a fight. Straightening my shoulders, I met her gaze, my voice shaking but resolute. "You underestimate me.” “No, Lucy,” her voice dropped, and a cruel smile twisted her lips. "You underestimate me.” The chanting grew louder around me. I lunged for the necklace, my fingers grazing its cold surface before Selene snatched it away, a triumphant gleam in her eyes. But that touch, fleeting as it was, ignited something. I felt her pushing at my mind. I felt her shoving me back until I could see the forest from before, and we were fighting in a ci
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MattMy vision pulsed and flickered, a strobe light of pain blurring the edges of reality. Tony rained blows down on me, slashing with claws. Each hit chipped away at my resolve and my control, leaving behind a raw desperation to end this quickly. My armor protected me from most of the damage, but still. He was always the stronger of the two of us. I thought it was just because he was the older of the two of us, but this was different. I thought for sure he was going to bite off my head. Then, a flash of golden light arced through the air, and a spear lanced past my shoulder, catching Tony square in the chest. I turned back to see Ginevra hovering in the air. Her golden dress glowed as she passed me with a glowing winge spreading from her back. What the absolute fuck?Tony staggered, falling to the ground, and Dad darted forward, encasing Tony in a shimmering web of light. The wave turned to chains. He thrashed and howled, straining against the magical bonds, but t
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LucyPeter's breath hitched, rasping, and shallow, then deepened into a cough that wracked his battered body. His eyelids fluttered, eyelids so pale they were almost luminous in the dim torchlight. He struggled to get up, leaning on his Spear and on Michelle. The light pulsing through the Spear rippled over his skin. He let out a soft sigh and stumbled a little. “Peter?”“I... It’s gone.”“What?” Michelle gasped as his hair started to change, losing the gray color and growing dark. His face turned younger until I was sure that he was all of twenty-something. He grew a bit taller, too, bigger until his shirt strained against his chest and his buttons popped. He flushed. “Well… that’s not…” He cleared his throat as Michelle smiled up at him. “So this is what you looked like in your youth?”He scoffed. “I’m much younger than you think.”He grunted, pressing a hand to his side. “Wish the Spear would heal the wound, though.”I winced. “Sorry… it’s a
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PeterMy feet pounded a frantic rhythm against the uneven earth, branches whipping at my face, thorns tearing at my clothes. How long had I been running? How much further did I have to go? I didn’t know, and it didn’t matter so long as I got there. My lungs burned, legs screaming in protest, but still I ran. The trail of blood behind me and the patchwork of wounds across my body, chunks of missing and regrowing flesh, weren’t my concern right now. The creature—the wolf was after me, and unlike before, it didn’t seem willing to back off or slow down. It was going to kill me, and what happened after that was anyone’s guess. Behind me, the guttural snarl of the wolf echoed through the trees. Too close to be comfortable. Too close to make sense. This was too much like that dream, but worse. So much worse. The sky was a kaleidoscope of images I could barely make out. They flashed in the sky and in my vision, making it hard to see. I saw Lucy. I saw Michelle. The long
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LucyAdrenaline surging, I grabbed Michelle and pulled her after me deeper into the inky depths of the tunnel.“Quick!”She panted. “What’s going on? Peter—”“He’s possessed,” I said. “Just keep running for now!”I saw my Allison up ahead, leading me down another tunnel. Behind us, I heard Peter's guttural snarls, the rhythmic thud of his feet echoed eerily in the confined space. We had to lose him and the other one quickly, but we didn’t seem to be putting enough distance between us. Panic coiled in my gut, urging me to run faster and push my body beyond its limits. Michelle kept up relatively well. We twisted and turned, navigating the treacherous path by torchlight and the spectral murmurs of White Moon's fallen. But the passage seemed to twist back on itself. When we were back at the forked path, the faint light that had been illuminating the tunnel went out, plunging us into darkness.Michelle shuddered. She drew closer to me and tightened her grip on m
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LucyI was back in that house with that couple that adopted me. I felt the floorboards creaking as I went downstairs. I saw the men in suits. I shrieked, turning. Not again. I couldn’t be back here. Where was David? How had I gotten back here? I looked down. I wasn’t… wearing the dress or the armor. I had no daggers. My hair was just as uncombed and dry as it had been then. When I looked in the mirror, the skinny young woman who had barely had anything more than ramen and school lunch stared back at me. My stomach lurched. The door opened, and I turned to run, knowing what was about to happen. I dug my heels in as dark shadows pulled me towards the door. I felt myself being lifted onto someone’s shoulders. I fought and kicked, but all my training and all my strength were gone. I saw the calendar on the wall, but the date was different. It wasn’t my birthday. It was the day of the Crescent Moon Festival. I screamed, grabbing anything I could manage. Then, Sele
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DavidOren's head arced through the firelit air, landed, and rolled. His body dropped to the ground, still spurting blood. Then, all hell broke loose.The shimmering barrier around the Ball faltered, rippling like a pond, before collapsing entirely. Hunters poured into the arena, their snarls blending with everyone's shocked gasps. “Defensive measures, now!” I yelled, my voice carrying over the sound of the attack. A group of dragon shifters took to the sky as my blade clashed with the first hunter. How had they gotten through the barrier? I saw a flicker of a ghost and growled. “Selene!” I shoved the hunter back, slicing through him before sending out a shockwave of air. She’d been behind this, and maybe she’d been planning this for years, using the werewolf virus to spy on the preparations. It would make sense to try and get rid of me. I was the direct descendant of Fenris. More than that, it was their movements. Each and every one of them moved e
