ARIARI“So what prompted this little getaway?”We are in a cozy café by the window. It's raining outside, making the town appear almost gloomy but in a very romantic way. It’s my favorite season.Mimi sits back, pushing her glasses up as she rearranges the sugar holder at the table. “You looked like you needed fresh air,” she says.I smile, feeling warm.“And I am worried about you.”“Why? I am all better now. I have rested well enough. I admit that I was neglecting myself and doing all these crazy things. I don't know what was happening to me, but I am okay now.”She sighs, looking at me guiltily. “It's not just that. I am worried about the relationship between you and Zade.”My smile drops. “There is no relationship between me and him.”The waitress brings us our order, which is a perfect distraction that allows me to recollect myself. Mimi clears her throat once the waitress leaves our table, looking at me.“I know, but I wouldn’t bring this up if I wasn’t worried.”“I don’t under
ARII have never experienced this before.There is a tent that’s lighted with golden and pink lights, fluffy soft pillows and duvets on the floor, creating a very cozy feel. It looks and feels like a slice of our own heaven where no one knows it exists.“What do you think?” Mimi looks at our finished project with pride, arms crossed.“It's…” so wonderful I have never thought this is something I will ever get to do or even be in. “Magical,” I gush out and kneel, peeking my head inside the tent.“I brought snacks, and you have all the things we bought earlier, right?”“Yeah,” I get the shopping bag, dumping everything on the floor. Mimi walks over to the window and draws the curtains so that we can get to watch the rain, the campy mood elevating.“You said someone is coming.”“I did,” she sits opposite me in her pajamas. “And she will. I think she is still settling in.”“Who is she?”“My childhood best friend. She had been away for years, but we still kept in contact. Her parents just c
ZADE“She is so hot,” Cass groans beside me, eyes on the cheerleader gyrating on another girl in front of us.Yeah, they are hot. On a normal day, I would love to watch them go from dancing to playing with each other in one of the many bedrooms in this house.But it's not a normal day. It hasn’t been a normal day for me for weeks.“Wanna watch?” Cass turns to look at me. He is planning on taking his cheerleader for a more fun time.“I have a girlfriend.”“Not that it has stopped you before,” he snickers, getting up to go to his fun of the night.I hate who I have turned to. A constant overthinker, pinning over a girl I can't stand, wondering what she is doing and how I can destroy the little joy she is having.“You look like you are bloated.” Logan hands me a cup, and I take it, not even wincing at the burn going down my throat. “What's going on?”“Just a bug I can't figure out how to crush.”“Olivia or ari silvers?” The jerk is smirking, having fun over my misery.“Both. They are dri
ARIFor a cruel day, the weather is perfect.The cold air hit my skin and I exhale, feeling the weight of my circumstances heavy on my shoulders. I have never considered this to be my home, but the view on my balcony of my bedroom is so beautiful. The vast green rolling fields before a forest line breaks it is so perfect.I sigh when I scent the pancakes that mother is making me for my eighteenth birthday. Every wolf looks forward to this day, the mark day when they will meet their mate.I hear my mother coming in and I slip in my bedroom, jumping in bed and pretending to be still asleep. I am determined to avoid any confrontation today if I can and being absent until I am off to the new school.The thought of the new school makes me nervous but I will myself to be calm when I hear my mom turning the knob to my room.“Honey, wake up. It’s a new beautiful day,” she goes straight to the window and draws the curtain and comes to sit beside me.“I know you are awake, so stop hiding from m
ARIThe limo rolls through the massive gates and a long driveway comes into view, giving into tall stone buildings that look like castles. The school is so massive, and beautiful that it puts to shame all the private top schools I went in the human world.“Do you like it?” Mr. Parker asks me and I nod, while turning to look at them. “I wanted us to stay and meet your new friends and mates but Jacob has a meeting in New York so we are leaving tonight; you don’t mind do you?” my mom asks and I shake my head.“Mom, I will be okay. I will let you know everything tonight,” I wave the gadget I am holding, “I have this thing called a phone, it allows people to communicate when they are long distance.”My parents laugh, my mom rolling her eyes at me. “Look at you, treating me like an old lady,” she cajoles, and I laugh as I look outside the window again just as the limo stops.Some students are mingling at the front and I wonder how I will be received since I am the only one who is attending
ARIStanding 6’5 foot of perfection is looking at me with … hate and murder in his eyes that I forget how to breathe.Dressed in all black, his hands are tucked in his pickets, his perfect body so evidently godly sculpted despite the layers, a sharp jaw, chiselled cheeks, and piercing blue eyes. His hair cropped short leaving the front a little longer, he is so magnificent, insanely beautiful it should be a crime.“If you are done ogling-““I am just wondering why you have declared war on me. I just got here.”The lanky guy who is behind me chokes and I wonder what his deal is.“Don’t ever interrupt me when I am speaking again.”I have imagined my first time meeting the prince so many times and it always involved us wearing formal clothes, and acting cordial even though the only thing that connects us is our parents. I never thought it would be this harsh and unwelcoming.He comes near me, his alpha energy palpable that the lanky guy starts to choke. I try to hold my own but I feel i
ZADEI never expected her actually to come here.She must have been so stupid or deluded because when I saw her getting out of the limo with my father and her mom looking like a perfect family, I knew she had just signed her death warranty.I haven’t seen her physically before, but I have kept my eyes on her all these years since they came to my home. Ever since my father mated another woman and forgot about my mom like she never existed in the first place.Nothing pained me more than when he assumed to be perfect and began being an actual father to her and a loving doting mate to the whore of the mate who then proceeded to come into the house, my mom’s house, and get the title, Luna; the title my mom was proud of.I hated them.My thoughts are cut short when I see her walking towards the ballroom from the balcony I am standing on. I didn’t think she would attend, but she is; walking and looking like she belongs here. I want to show her how much she doesn’t and make sure she regrets i
ARI“What a phony!”“So delusional!”“I don’t even feel sorry for her. Everyone knew Zade was choosing Olivia tonight.”The students sneer and talk about me so openly, throwing me disgusted glances like I am the worst person in the whole world.I do feel shitty but it has nothing to do with the way the students are all looking at me where I am still on the floor, tears running down my face, looking like a mess.I try to stand up but trip on my dress and fall back down again and they snicker, before going back to the ballroom and closing the door behind them.They can’t stand my sight.I have always been alone and I never minded it, because I knew I had my mother. But in this moment I feel so alone in the world when I am left in the hallway. I knew that getting mated to Zade would not end well, but this was a catastrophe.I am still feeling our shredded bond very fresh and I wonder if I will ever heal, or if the pain of being rejected tonight is going to add to the grave of pain that I
ZADE“She is so hot,” Cass groans beside me, eyes on the cheerleader gyrating on another girl in front of us.Yeah, they are hot. On a normal day, I would love to watch them go from dancing to playing with each other in one of the many bedrooms in this house.But it's not a normal day. It hasn’t been a normal day for me for weeks.“Wanna watch?” Cass turns to look at me. He is planning on taking his cheerleader for a more fun time.“I have a girlfriend.”“Not that it has stopped you before,” he snickers, getting up to go to his fun of the night.I hate who I have turned to. A constant overthinker, pinning over a girl I can't stand, wondering what she is doing and how I can destroy the little joy she is having.“You look like you are bloated.” Logan hands me a cup, and I take it, not even wincing at the burn going down my throat. “What's going on?”“Just a bug I can't figure out how to crush.”“Olivia or ari silvers?” The jerk is smirking, having fun over my misery.“Both. They are dri
ARII have never experienced this before.There is a tent that’s lighted with golden and pink lights, fluffy soft pillows and duvets on the floor, creating a very cozy feel. It looks and feels like a slice of our own heaven where no one knows it exists.“What do you think?” Mimi looks at our finished project with pride, arms crossed.“It's…” so wonderful I have never thought this is something I will ever get to do or even be in. “Magical,” I gush out and kneel, peeking my head inside the tent.“I brought snacks, and you have all the things we bought earlier, right?”“Yeah,” I get the shopping bag, dumping everything on the floor. Mimi walks over to the window and draws the curtains so that we can get to watch the rain, the campy mood elevating.“You said someone is coming.”“I did,” she sits opposite me in her pajamas. “And she will. I think she is still settling in.”“Who is she?”“My childhood best friend. She had been away for years, but we still kept in contact. Her parents just c
ARIARI“So what prompted this little getaway?”We are in a cozy café by the window. It's raining outside, making the town appear almost gloomy but in a very romantic way. It’s my favorite season.Mimi sits back, pushing her glasses up as she rearranges the sugar holder at the table. “You looked like you needed fresh air,” she says.I smile, feeling warm.“And I am worried about you.”“Why? I am all better now. I have rested well enough. I admit that I was neglecting myself and doing all these crazy things. I don't know what was happening to me, but I am okay now.”She sighs, looking at me guiltily. “It's not just that. I am worried about the relationship between you and Zade.”My smile drops. “There is no relationship between me and him.”The waitress brings us our order, which is a perfect distraction that allows me to recollect myself. Mimi clears her throat once the waitress leaves our table, looking at me.“I know, but I wouldn’t bring this up if I wasn’t worried.”“I don’t under
ARI“Don’t you have anything better to do other than babysit me?”The food is so good. or, it could be because I am so famished and starving I would eat anything and get the same reaction.No, it's really good.“I do. But I needed to make sure that you ate and did not die in here alone.”“Wow, I didn’t know enemies took care of each other like this, let alone worry.” I don’t even look up from the hot bowl of food as I inhale it.“You have a very smart mouth.”“Thanks.”We fall silent, the only sound coming from me eating before I notice his leg is bouncing. It switches to his foot tapping on the floorboard, the black boots making a tapping sound. It's irritating as hell.“What were you thinking?”That makes me look up. “What?”“Getting rained on, then jumping into a freezing lake, drowning twice, what the hell were you thinking?”Am I … getting a scolding from him right now?“what?” is all I can ask again like an idiot. I suppose my mouth is having ttrouble catching up with my brain,
ARIAn incessant noise somewhere is disturbing me, pulling me out of the deep slumber I am in.“Uurgh,” I pull the covers off my head and squint towards the dark room. Who is looking for me so early in the morning?“Ari, open up! I know you are in there! I will knock this door down if you don’t open now!”With a groan, I pull myself from the bed and drag my tired, sleep-addled body to the door. It's very early for this.“I thought you were dead, that he killed you or something!”“Mimi,” I close the door once the short girl storms inside the room, looking around as if she is searching for someone.“What?”“When you didn’t come that night and continued to disappear the following days, I thought he had killed you. or worse.”I have no idea what she is saying. I am so exhausted that I curl up on the couch as she paces around the room, looking around. “What's worse than dying?”“Kidnapping. Many things, actually,” she halts in front of me as I drag the blanket draped on the back of the co
ARIIt's so sharp, bone chilling that my whole body jolts, a gasp between my lips before everything submerges and muffled.The ocean is so rough and strong, I am oulled under in seconds, and I look up the only light getting further and further away.Did I make a wrong calculation?Something ripples above, heading towards me.I didn't.Zade swims down towards me until he is in front of me, looking at me. The water is making his skin look so pale, almost bluish, but his eyes are so dark here, looking at me.He is looking at me, for what feels like a few minutes before he grabs my hand, and start to push upward. I cant look anywhere else. Not below me, to that dark bottomless ocean I was being dragged under, not on our side, but his face.He is looking up, dragging me with him until his face disappears above. Soon enough, I am above the surface, gasping and coughing. Zade swims us to the shore, dropping my hand once we are safely on solid ground.My knees give out under me, and I cough,
ARIThe first thing I feel is a very cozy warmth surrounding me.The next thing I feel is that I am lying next to someone, the source of the coziness. The last thing I remember is going to the washroom to wash up …I open my eyes, and I am immediately reminded of where I am.Zade’s.I am in his room, in his bed, and I think … he is lying next to me. I look down at my tangled body, which is wrapped in sheets, and I see that I am wrapped in a robe.I can feel my heart start to spike in my chest, and with as minimal movement, I look behind me, hoping and crossing fingers that he is asleep.He is.Gingerly getting out of bed, I tiptoe to the bathroom, get dressed as fast as I can, and peep outside again to make sure he is still fast asleep.I don’t know how I ended up half naked in his bed, how we ended up cuddling at that, but I know that I need to get out of here. Everything is so confusing, my mind is running in overdrive, trying to put all the pieces together, connect the dots, but do
ARIIt might still be a nightmare.I trip and fall on the carpeted floor.“Be careful, mate, you don’t look so well.”A gasp escapes my lips, and I look around the room. I am back in that damned bare room. I grapple for something to hold me up, stilling when I see my hands.Red. Blood.My heart is racing again, eyes blurring as I stretch both of my hands in front of me. when … why …Something flashes in my mind. Me running after the figure that was being carried away on a stretcher. My shaking hands grabbing the swollen, unrecognizable face, covered in blood. A neck that’s unnaturally twisted.I look up at the person looking at me as if I am an intrigue. No, he isn't a person; he is a monster. A heartless, cold monster who killed Sebastian simply because we talked.“How could you?” My voice is trembling, but I don’t care. All I feel is this lodged thing, almost solid, in my throat. “Why did you kill him?”“he was living on borrowed time anyway. Thanks to you, I remembered to complete
ZADEShe is crying again.The figure that’s buried under my sheets, twitching and whimpering as if having the fifth nightmare of the night is whimpering as if in pain.To get to know someone, watch them as they sleep. From the way they curve in on themselves to their movements and sleep behaviour, everything you need to know about them will be revealed.She is lonely. It's so sharp, buried deep inside her bones, a part of her, and I wonder if she even knows how lonely she feels. It's one thing to be a rogue, cast away from your pack.It's another thing for such a thing to happen to a child, forced to live that lifestyle. A young werewolf separated from its pack and lived like that.I am not feeling any empathetic emotions towards her. It's her life, but watching her, seeing it, how she has taken it as her nature, as who she is, part of her personality is intriguing.Something got triggered tonight; that’s why she is in my bed, crying in her sleep, running away from the grip of the nig