Kira's ears twitched at the sound of rustling leaves in the dead of night and a faint noise. Laying down in her little spot in her cave, her eyes snapped open. She quickly got some water which she kept aside for thirst and quenched the fire in the cage that was lit to keep her warm. Her heart pounded as she concentrated and strained to hear over the thudding in her chest and to know if someone was truly out there, lurking around. Finally she heard it. Someone was coming! And they were getting closer. Who were they? What did they want? Kira tried to hide herself and it was already too late for her to leave the cave. Whoever it was, was already so close. She held her breath, hoping that they would pass and leave, but the sounds of footsteps and the sound of twigs breaking grew louder. "Did you find her?", she heard a voice ask. It seemed like they were looking for her "Not yet, but I am sure she is here, I can smell her. I recognize her scent", The other voice answered. "Werewolves but Rogues", Kira whispered to herself as it finally dawned on her who they were. She did not think they would actually look for her. "Ummm...", she started thinking, her brain running wild. Suddenly a thought came to her. She always gathered pine needles leaves and slept on them. It was not bad but turned out to be nice and had a lovely scent. Quickly Kira took those leaves and started rubbing them all over her body, wanting to cover up her scent. They were already so close to the cave. As soon as she was done, she went to the furthest corner in the cave, slid down to the ground, her knee at her chest as she closed her eyes praying she wouldn't get found. "Someone was here", Another totally different voice said, observing the quenched firewoods. "She should not be so far gone", The first voice she heard said. Kira's heart was beating as she listened to them talk and when she looked up from her knee, her eyes met with one of them. She just froze, not even blinking. He smiled at her and said, "Peek-a-boo." Before Kira could react, he grabbed her from her hair, dragging her out of the cave. Kira struggled, punching his arm, clawing and kicking, but he was way stronger than her and her attackers were many. "You thought you could steal from us and then disappear?", The man dragging her asked while chuckling, "We will teach you a good lesson not to take what does not belong to you." "I did not steal, I was only hungry, I needed some food", She tried to defend herself, trying to fight him off but to no avail. She then thought about screaming and as if he knew, she barely managed a scream before his hand clamped over her mouth, silencing her cries for help. As if anyone would save her from this. "No, no no no", Kira screamed in her head, "I was so careful, so cautious", she was so scared, "they might kill me, torture me...", tears started rolling down her face, terror surging through her veins as her screams were muffled. The faces around her were covered and shadowed, their eyes glinting with range. She had confirmed that it was them. She tried to plead for mercy but with her mouth covered, she could not get a word out. They tied her hands roughly behind her back, the ropes cutting into her skin as Kira pleaded her eyes, trying so hard to get at least an eye contact with one of them. Maybe they would have pity on her and let her go. "Mmmm...pwmmmsemm", Kira kept on begging but as soon as they were done with the ropes, with a sharp tug, they pulled her to her feet and began moving through the forest. As they dragged her through the forest, she kept stumbling on rocks, stones, barefooted. They did not even care and suddenly a searing pain shot through her foot as a rusty nail had pierced her skin. Tears sprang to her eyes as she forgot everything else, a wave of nausea washing over her from the excruciating pain from her foot. "Not this, not now, please...", she said in her mind while stumbling. Their roughness with her just made it worse and she could feel bruises forming, her body aching. Kira had to bite down on her lip to try and suppress the pain as much as she could. "If I am going to die, well I am not going down without a fight", Kira said to herself. It was like the anger from the pain she was feeling and the way they were treating her just fueled her with so much anger that she started fighting. "Stay in one place like the good girl you were before, unless you want me to slam your head on one of those big strong trees", The man holding her whispered in her ears, only for her to turn and nod him on the head so hard, he let go of her and stumbled backwards. Kira winced, because as much as that felt satisfying, her head started hurting a lot. Before she could register, she was grabbed from behind. Kira managed to turn around while struggling to get whoever it was off her and kneed him in his little baby boy, making him let go of her, hands on his crotch as his face was filled with pain mixed with anger. "Get her", he shouted at the rest, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!" "Such a shame", Someone said out of nowhere, "How many men against one female, it is a shame." Kira turned around quickly, her heart and head pounding at the same rhythm to see who it was but could not get a clear picture of who the voice belonged to. "Why don't you take someone your own size or bigger? Someone like us?", a second new voice said with a chuckle. Kira could feel the confidence from their tones, while wondering who these men who had come to her rescue were. Meanwhile the rogues around Kira tensed, their focus now on their new threats. A low growl escaped one of the men, the leader of the rogue group actually, "If you can really take up, why don't you show yourself?!" "Tsk tsk, silly rogues", one of the new voices said and within seconds, there was a thud on the ground. One of the rogues laid dead, his neck snapped in an unusual direction. The other rogues quickly turned around, bringing out their weapons, knives, spares, getting ready to fight, their hearts beating as they kept looking for these threats. Soon another body dropped, followed by another. "WHO ARE YOU???! SHOW YOURSELF!", The leader of the rogue group yelled angrily as his men kept falling to the ground lifeless, "I WILL RIP YOUR INSIDES APART, FACE ME!", he challenged. The rogue's leader with his knife in his hand, spun around widely, his eyes moving through the dark forest, his breathing quick as he panicked a little. "WHERE ARE YOU?", he hissed, turning around in a circle, slashing at the air. Suddenly a cold and calm voice whispered from behind him. "I'm right here." Before the rogue's leader could turn around or even react, a hand shot forward, plunging through his back with a sickening crunch. Slow and steady the rogue's leader felt a hand wrapped around his heart, squeezing it. The pain was immediate and excruciating. He gasped, eyes wide from shock. With a brutal yank, the stranger pulled his hand back, bloodied and clutching the rogue's still-beating heart, while the rogue's knee buckled, blood gushing from his mouth as he crumpled to the ground, his knife slipping from his grasp. "You didn't have to be so brutal brother", The other stranger chuckled. "He was asking for it, I just had to give him what he wanted", the stranger answered and let go of the rogue's heart, letting it drop to the ground. As their leader was now dead, the other rogues quickly disappeared, running away, knowing that they would have no chance of winning this fight. While the stranger who killed the rogue leader wiped his hand with his handkerchief and disposed of it right after, the first stranger walked up to Kira who was checking on her foot and had just pulled out the nail she stepped on earlier, "Are you alright?", he asked her, his voice low and calm. Kira nodded, not looking up, still trying to catch her breath, "Just some nail", her voice trembled slightly. Kira got up from the floor, putting her whole weight on her good foot as she turned to see the strangers who had saved her, "Who are y-" Her words were cut short as she immediately moved away from them. "Kira? Kira Valen?", the stranger called out, just as surprised as she was. "Mate", the two strangers said at the same time. Kira also felt her eyes flash and bit her tongue to stop herself from uttering that mate word. "Stay away from me!", she said right after, her face scrunched up in irritation as she moved backwards. The strangers were the Alpha Twins Bryan And Aiden, the Tyrell brothers. She knew them very well because once upon a time, she was a member of the Crescent Pack and they were her Alphas, that was before she was wrongfully accused and exiled. "You are coming with us", Bryan the first born twin said with no room for argument to Kira. "I am not going anywhere with both of you", Kira snarled at them. "You are going to come with us Mate, when we get back to the pack, then we can talk about everything else", Aiden said to her. "I said, NO", Kira yelled at them, "I will never go back to that pack, I will never go anywhere with you two, I don't even want to be mated to both of you", she told them and started laughing while cleaning off the tears that rolled down from her eyes, "Do you know what?", she raised her brow at them, "I reje-" But before she could complete that sentence, the Alpha twins quickly grabbed her, each on one side, their fangs elongated and bit down on her neck, marking her forcefully.
The initial puncture was like a needle jab on her neck, quickly followed by an agonizing pain. Kira could almost hear the sickening squelch as their fangs tore through her skin. Her heart pounded violently against her rib cage as her breaths became short and ragged. Gasps from her mouth as her eyes shot wide upon the sudden intrusion.Her hands clawed at the air and at their backs as she tried to push the Alpha twins away, but they were much stronger and at this point all her trails were just weak and clumsy."No! Please, no!", her voice cracked at so much screaming while thrashing against their hold.Kira's screams were swallowed by the Alpha twins' intense growls as they held her tightly in place.She whimpered and clawed at their arms some more, her nails cutting their skin, but it was nothing to them."Just stop! It hurts! Please stop!", she pleaded with them weakly, tears streaming down her face mixing with the sweat that dripped from her eyebrows."Mmm…", Alpha Bryan and Alpha
Kira was literally shaking, her head downcast, "I-i", she tried to speak but was unable to form any word."Answer the question Omega", Aiden growled, "Would you like to be taught about your place, perhaps reminded? We can actually help you remember if you keep this behavior up.""We are your Alphas", Bryan reached out to her and raised her face up with his hand under her chin, "You should be grateful we accepted an Omega as our mate, you should be honored at this privilege you have because many would kill for it."It broke her, the way they spoke to her, broke her, "This…I n-never asked for it, you can m-mate with the many," Kira said softly, her voice breaking.Bryan growled, getting more upset, he took her face in his hands and squeezed it.Her eyes widened as Bryan's fingers closed around her jaw, his grip like a vice. Fear shot through her, making her heart stutter.Kira tried to pull away, but her struggles were feeble as Bryan's grip increased painfully. "B-Bryan", Kira stutter
Kira on hearing Bryan's voice nodded, as she got out of her trance, "Y-yes Alpha", she responded promptly.Bryan started walking again and this time Kira followed him quietly, at his back, while wondering why he did what he did.He also had long white hair like Kira's with black hair, but Aiden's hair was black and shoulder-length. It was like they had shared some things with Kira, Bryan with the long hair like Kira and Aiden with the black hair like Kira.Kira thinking about this, found it funny and held herself to not laugh out loud, just keeping it inside with a shake of her head.It was like they had raided her closet and she wondered if they had shared her hairdresser too.Soon they both got down the stairs and reality came back to Kira. Everyone was seated at the dining table, Aiden, their parents, just them."Good morning Sir and Ma", Kira greeted the twins' parents along with a bow."Good morning Kira", Their mom smiled at her softly."Morning, Kira", their dad said with a no
Kira looked away for some seconds before answering, "There is nothing to talk about the past for, talking about it does not change anything.""I am aware of that Kira, but it can possibly improve things", Elara pressed on.Kira then turned and looked at her, "So where should we start from?", she felt the anger slowly seeping into her, "Three years ago? When the pack accused a seventeen years old girl of conspiring with a rebel pack to kill her parents at night? Or where they exiled her? Or is it the bad treatments she received in the pack ever since she was born? Where should we start? Trust me, I can list so many more.""Kira!", Elara tried to calm her down, reaching out to her, but Kira moved away."Don't touch me," she said, "Do not touch me with those hands, you, everyone, this pack has caused me so much pain and I cannot forget about it, no matter how much I try.""I was just seventeen," she said her voice sharp and cracked as tears yet again began to well up in her eyes, "I was
The room fell into an uneasy silence as the door closed behind the Alpha twins' mother. The tension in the room was suffocating, making it hard for Kira to breathe as she stood motionless, her heart pounding in her chest.She never meant for it to go that far or to speak to the Alpha twin's mother that way, but the woman just kept pushing, and she really did not want to talk about the past, especially with her. Kira felt Bryan and Aiden's eyes locked on her as she tried averting her gaze from theirs. Their hard gaze made her stomach drop."Kira", Aiden called out to her, his voice low and dangerous, but he took a deep breath, trying to hold both himself and his anger back, "Do you realize what you have just done?", he asked her as his fists clenched at his sides, the muscles in his jaw tightening as he tried so hard, struggling to control himself, "Do you want us to hurt you? Is that really what you want?"Kira's hand trembled at her sides as she shook her head quickly, still avertin
Bryan felt the guilt eating him out as he saw how red Kira's cheek was from his slap. He sighed inwardly and wanted to reach out to her cheek, he thought it would be best if he didn't but he just…he just wanted her here with them. If only she would just accept them, then maybe it would help a lot.Kira could feel Bryan's gaze on her and slowly looked away. But still, she could still feel his heavy gaze, and it was causing her to be a bit worried because he was not saying anything, just staring at her.Bryan on the other hand, reached out to her, softly, his jaw clenching at the mark on her face caused by him. Aiden noticing what was happening just chuckled inwardly and also sighed tiredly.Kira flinched slightly and, still feeling his gaze on her and now his touch, she looked up, her eyes meeting his. She tried to read him but could not, she had no idea what he was feeling or thinking, and she hated it, she wanted to see.Bryan brushed his fingers against her cheeks, his touch gentle,
Aiden sniffed around a little before he could also perceive that peculiar scent, "Yeah I do, but where is it coming from?", he continued sniffing as Bryan also joined, trying to locate where the scent came from.Soon the both of them stopped, staring at Kira intensely. Kira quickly got up and moved away from them, standing in the middle of the room, far from the bed."You're in heat", both Bryan and Aiden concluded as they stared at her."N-no, I'm not Alphas…I just need to take an umm shower," she said immediately, thinking of any excuse that could get her out of this position.Aiden got up from the bed, moving to her as Kira moved backwards, not wanting to be close to any of them."Why is this happening right now?", she sighed in her head, fumbling with her fingers.Aiden stopped in his tracks and hummed, "I see.""Perhaps we can all shower together, seeing as you didn't just shower this morning," Bryan said to her, "Go ahead, undress then."Kira bit her lips a bit, getting worried
Warning : *mature content*Bryan and Aiden paused on removing their shirts and looked back at her, "Taking our shirts off obviously?", Aiden said, making it seem like Kira was dumb and blind."B-but why?", Kira asked, "I thought we were just going to lay down together, just that.""Body heat will help a lot", Bryan intervened, "Your shirt is already thin, not too heavy, so no need to take it off."Kira let out a breath and nodded, whispering, "Okay.""Besides, we are only taking off our shirts, so you can relax," Aiden said and she nodded.As she waited for them, she wrapped her arms around herself, trying to soothe the ache within her, but it was no use.As she looked up at them, her breath caught in her throat. She could not help but admire the smooth planes of their chests, the way their muscles flexed as they moved, it was like she was hypnotized.She quickly looked away and immediately felt the rising of heat in her cheeks, "What are you doing?", she scolded herself and forced he
Lucinda raised her hand to blast Kira again, but even as she ran, Kira reached out with her mind and blocked it, but Lucinda was relentless.Immediately Kira blocked it, she tried to hit Kira again with as much force, not letting a second pass by, but Kira was fast and dodged it, using one hand to slam it down as she kept running.Soon, they were close, which was exactly what she wanted."You don't understand!" Lucinda screamed, her eyes wide and angry. "My sister deserves justice, and you are getting in the way of it.""This isn't justice," Kira shouted back. "You are not doing yourself; you're not doing anyone good by holding on to this pain! You need to stop!""You need to die," Lucinda said with so much detest and swirled her arms around, sending another wave of dark energy towards Kira, but Kira moved fast and sent hers back, their powers clashing midair and causing both of them to stumble backwards."You are trying to break the curse," Lucinda said angrily, her voice sharp. "I w
Saying that, Kira stood up slowly and closed the book, her eyes scanning the room for any sign of Lucinda's magic, just in case she had already located them and done something."The witch? Lucinda?" Aiden asked."Yes," Kira answered, giving a quick nod."Why is she here?" He inquired, the confusion clear on his face. "You haven't even started doing anything.""I'm not sure," Kira responded. "But like I said earlier… ulterior motives. I believe she knows I will still go ahead and try my best to break the curse, despite her warnings and threats. So I guess she's here to stop that from ever happening… Like forever.""Okay. Okay," Aiden took it in, already getting ready to spring into action. "I will get the warriors ready…""No," Kira quickly interrupts. "No. It's best if we don't do that. Tell everyone to stand down and stay in their homes. I will try to talk to her again, even though it will end up with us fighting.""Sending our warriors there," she explained. "Will get them all kille
Blinking once, then again, Kira saw that the place where Lucinda had been standing all along was now empty.She turned around in the room, wondering if Lucinda was still in the building, eyes searching, but the whole place was quiet with no sign of her."Seriously?" Kira said, raising her brows while staring at the empty space in disbelief. "How rude.""That is very rude," she muttered again to herself as she left the building, the way Lucinda had just left her standing there, still shocking and definitely rude."It's my fault, right?" She said as she got into her car and started the engine. "It's my fault for coming.""Can you imagine?" She spoke to herself some more as she tapped the steering wheel with her fingers, already forming a plan in her head, although it was a plan that was unrelated to Lucinda disappearing just like that."But it's fine," she muttered one last time and drove back home.Parking the car and stepping out of it as she reached back home, Kira looked around the
Once again, the silence fell heavily on them after Lucinda was done talking, and Kira closed her eyes for a little moment, taking in a deep breath and letting it all out.Her chest rose and fell slowly as she absorbed everything, right from the pain she saw in Lucinda's eyes, the loss, her bloodline, and everything else. She didn't rush to speak. Instead, she let the silence stretch a few more seconds as she grounded herself and also wanted to find a way to reason with Lucinda.After the few seconds passed, she opened her eyes, her gaze locked onto Lucinda's, who was currently watching her with a blank expression. As for Kira, her eyes had no anger, just calm, and a deep, aching empathy.She couldn't lie, she understood why Lucinda was doing what she was doing, but for Bryan and Aiden to suffer for it also didn't seem fair to them."I am truly sorry that you both had to go through all this," she started, her voice warm and gentle. "I know my words aren't enough to heal you from that
Kira's face, which initially had the expression that she had guessed right, twisted to shock and from shock to visible confusion, her brows drawing together and her eyes darting over Lucinda's form as though she was trying to put the pieces together.There was a long stretch of silence between them, which Kira broke as she asked a question slowly and unsure. "I don't understand. Her twin sister?""Yes," Lucinda answered simply, watching Kira's confused state.Kira gave a short, humorless smile, not one out of amusement, but the one that was more like one of those reactions when something becomes too complicated to make sense."Even though you are her twin sister," she said. "I still do not understand how you are here. What exactly is going on? And why are you here?""I know that you know the answer to that question, and what you are thinking is right," Lucinda confirmed. "This is my revenge for my sister."For a good three minutes, Kira didn't say anything and just stared. Then she
At the first light of dawn, Kira's eyes opened, and she got up from her bed.The night before, after leaving the living room, she had headed upstairs, but then remembered she had to go get her weapons, and so, she made a quiet detour and went out to go see her horse."Hey," she whispered as she brushed her hand along his mane, smiling gently while looking at him.Kai responded with a low grunt and nudged her shoulder, happy to see his rider.Tied to his saddle, was a dark leather roll—her weapons pack.A warhorse like Kai didn't just carry a rider; he was also trained to carry a small arsenal for her, and Kira was genuinely grateful that no one had touched her stuff, as she rubbed Kai's mane for a little longer before taking what she needed.The leather roll was fastened to the side of his saddle, just behind the stirrup. It contained her bag of knives, her quiver of arrows, and her sword.Kira unhooked them carefully, one by one, checking each with her hands in the dim, stable light.
Kira folded the small paper and slipped it into her trouser pocket before she took one last glance around the marketplace, which was now busy again.Everything and Everyone had returned to normal, and with nothing much to do there, she walked, leaving the place.The boutique door swung open, the chime sounding above as she stepped inside, her eyes looking for Elara, who she finally saw near a display of long coats, holding up a deep burgundy one and checking herself in the mirror."There you are!" Elara called when she turned at the sound of the door and saw that it was Kira. "I almost went looking for you," she said, half laughing and half worried.Kira smiled and walked toward her, leaning in as she gently pecked Elara's cheek, a soft, affectionate gesture."I'm sorry, Mum," she said sweetly, brushing Elara's arm. "I'll explain everything later. Promise.""That's alright," Elara nodded, although she was clearly curious. "As long as you're okay.""I am," Kira assured her. "Now let's
The first boutique Elara and Kira had gone to was a cozy one in a quiet spot tucked between two larger stores. It was the kind that smelled of fresh clothes, freshly printed tags and soft perfumes. It wasn't too big, but it was a lovely place to shop in.Elara was currently admiring a dress she had found, twirling in front of a mirror, while Kira, who had gotten most of what she wanted from the boutique, carefully folded the items into their shopping bags.As they rounded up, they made their way to the door, their hands full of what they had bought. Taking a deep breath, Kira let the outside air clear her head—the gentle breeze needed.She was about to close the boutique door behind her when something, or rather someone, caught her eye.She noticed that it didn't sit right with her and that someone was watching them, but she didn't let it show and pretended to know.She remained calm, not bothered, and was simply observant of the person watching them as she dropped the bags into the
Kira, who was already done with her meal and was taking the last bite, paused, her expression shifting."He's dead," she said, setting her fork down."But how?" Aiden inquired. "He was old but didn't seem like someone who could be easily killed.""Well, he was killed. Easily," Kira chuckled sadly and then went on to tell them everything from when she first met Baba Razz to how he died, how he was nice to her, and his role in her meeting the elves."I felt strangely comfortable around him," she admitted. "I'm not sure how to explain it, but I don't know. His death was painful, and I did blame myself, but I knew he wouldn't want me to do that, so… yeah.""I'm sorry," Aiden muttered as he and Bryan leaned in on each side and pressed a gentle kiss to the side of her head."May his soul rest in peace," Elara added quietly. "And I'm sure he will be very proud of who you are today."Blowing Elara a kiss, Kira agreed and decided to change the topic, not wanting their happy moments to be sour.