No one would have dared to think for a moment that the entire human race would be subjected to, and through such a menace. It beggars belief to think that they would be taken hostage and into servitude by creatures they barely knew lived and existed among. This is simply because they had managed to stay aloof and off the raider for donkey millennia. Only now, over the last century had they been ruled and dominated by the wicked beast. His regime had been one of terror mingled with fear and uncertainty. Strict laws were enacted that must be adhered to by all and sundry. Violation of any of the laws would be met by a harsh punishment, much more terrible than death for such a person.These beasts have been known to be able to transfigure themselves between beastly and human forms. They are the shape-shifted beast. They are the wolves.Their nature had been gifted with such immense powers such as heightened levels of speed, strength and sense, much as they had the ability to facilitat
You see, in the beastly Kingdom, there were basically five levels of position. First was the lowest rank of beasts. They were not nobles, not even a hint of nobility in their bloodline, but they were assigned to work pari passu with humans, yet gifted with more privileges than the humans.The second rank was the rank of the average beast. They were regarded and treated like the commoners. This is largely because they had only one noble parent, whose bloodline they carry. The third on the ring was the Upper level ranks. They are the ones with the upper hand and are always the preferred in matters of politics and the likes as opposed to their junior counterparts. This is so because they were born of parents who are both nobles, making them to carry the bloodline of nobility.Then, we have the fourth level of authority in the kingdom. They are regarded as the chosen ones. They were specially selected by the moon goddess and have been elevated to the position of the Alphas of their pack
Many nights I had sat up thinking and reminiscing about the ordeals that had befallen me. I couldn't help but imagine what lay ahead. If this mishap could happen to my family, what more was I expecting? What could be worse than death? I asked myself. Suicidal thoughts had at different points crossed my mind. I wanted to end it all. I wanted to bring an instant end to all of the misery and suffering I was experiencing as a lonely person, so that I could be reunited with my family wherever they may be.It was at this point that my path crossed with Helena. Helena came into my life at a time when I least expected. She came in as a friend and over time, grew to become a family to me. Helena met me at the verge of drinking a suicidal potion. I had held the potion with tears dripping down my eyes, asking and begging to be forgiven of what I was about to do. I had come to my wits end. Life mattered nothing to me. As I stood there with the potion of death, flashes of my father and mother'
The room was becoming dimmer. Some of the maids who had finished their meal were beginning to get up to leave. I simply sat there taking one at a time horrible bite at my porridge, slowly eating my food in order to gain more time that would enable me to feast more on their conversation. It was getting more interesting as well as scary considering the subject of their discourse. 'But how could Sasha wish such for herself. It was totally nonsensical to me. Who wishes for death on a silver platter?'. I thought. 'Such a fellow as the king whom I feel is a psychotic bastard is totally undeserving of any form of human companionship'. I reasoned as they continued their conversation. 'To think that Sasha would wish to be in the same perimeter with him simply beggars belief'. I mused, taking the last nite of my porridge.Just then, Madam Fegor walked in and quickly have us two minutes to be dissolved and dismissed for the night. Then she stepped out again. I shut off on their conversation a
I was served a breakfast of tea and bread, and as usual, I found quite a comfortable spot to eat my meal in peace. The kitchen, like the hall of summon was filled with chatters and conversations of varied sort.Pockets of maids continue to form at different cross-section of the room. You could literally tell they were still bothering their heads over the issue of the reassignment, making guesses amongst themselves over who might or might not get selected. I decided to keep myself away from such discussions and concentrated on my meal. In a few minutes, I was done with my food, and quickly commenced my day's task. I was never gonna get bothered by that which bothered again. I was confident I was never going to be selected for such reassignment. I was already at my desired place, and I would simply concentrate on my duties.My task for the day was to work as a kitchen assistant alongside the rest that had been assigned to the kitchen too.I joined in doing the dishes while the others w
My heart beat pounded with the thuds of a hundred pestles. Panic gripped my throat, my feet wobbled tensely and my palms became sweaty."Hey Latifah!.. Stop being dramatic and move out from there so the rest of us can check our names". Sasha's cold-hearted voice hit me from behind.Without a moment break, she shoved aside forcefully, and without balance, I tripped and fell, smashing my ass on the ground."Arrrh''. I howled. I felt like a bruise had occurred somewhere on my skin, as I began to ease off the pain. There was not a word of sympathy from anyone. I guess they didn't even think of confronting Sasha in any way. She was the queen bee of among us.I managed to remove it from that spot, and tried lifting my body off the ground. I had only undertaken a little bit of that exercise when I heard a loud shriek. With a stronger push, I hit the ground again.I clenched tightly my teeth, a groan escaped my lips as I felt a figure mounting over me, and grabbing my dress tightly at its co
I had opted for a small, nice and plain room with a tiny window located at the side of the wall. Though small, it afforded me my space which I considered more than enough. My eyes spotted where my uniforms were kept and I made for them. Quite decent and better designed than my previous.I decided to take a bit of rest if not a nap to reminisce on a few things still bothering my mind. Whilst I laid there staring at the ceiling, drowsily, I slumbered and slept off.I couldn't tell for how long I must have slept, but I figured it was pretty long until I was startled to my feet by a big bang on my door. I jumped up abruptly wide-eyed, wondering if the Palace was on fire. Quickly, I dressed my hair, and walked hastily to the door.Swinging it open, I saw the other maids, with their hands clasped and their heads bowed submissively. I needn't be told before joining the trend.'What could be the matter right now?'. I wondered. 'I had thought it was supposed to be our day off..So, why an abr
I sat close to Sharon at the table as we ate our breakfast. Eva then walked in to meet the chief cook. She began to whisper something into the ears of the chief cook.I guess something caught Sharon's attention about Eva that she couldn't wait to give voice to. Her face had already turned sour at the sight of Eva."This Eva lady is so fake and superficial..Hmmm". Sharon said, with a chuckle.I was shocked to hear that, and with a raised brow, turned to her at once, quickly gulped in some tea."Why would you say such a thing about her?.. I already concluded that she was nice and ofcourse much different from the others". I responded, with a mystified look swiped across my face."Good heavens Latifah!". She chuckled. "Don't let appearances fool you.. Learn to see beyond the surface". Sharon said with a raised brow."Honestly.. I am trying to make sense of what you are saying.. What's your point?". I inquired, still looking confused."The point is Ava is just being nice and easy going rig
My eyes.They were glowing.And they were gold.I mean, in the reflection in the water they seemed to gleam yellow like the sun, but I'd like to believe it was golden.I blinked once. I blinked twice.Nope, still there.My wolf.She actually came out.***I successfully got back like two hours later since I didn't really know where I was Okay, two hours may be an exaggeration but I was suddenly so tired it felt like forever.I literally felt drained.I even tripped and fell and no doubt opened up the cut on my forehead again. One minute I'm so coordinated and the next I'm just a tripping mess. Guess it's just me again.When I entered the house I heard arguing voices coming from Latifah's room. Which was probably my fault.I should have just done the wise thing and gone to my room.But of course I didn't. I never do.At this point, I don't even think that you're capable.I held the door knob and entered Latifah's room."Damon listen to me wh-"The voices stopped and their heads snapped
I turned to look at him with a probably stupid expression on my face.What does he mean by that?"Huh?"He rolled his eyes and sighed.He has nice eyes ...Shut up."My mother obviously thinks I'm being unreasonable, so I'll try and be reasonable. Maybe you have some hidden skill or talent, sincerely, I highly doubt that. But I'll give you a chance, prove me wrong. Feel free to show me all you got. We're out in an open field ... " He gestured towards the wide plain of field.Oh no.This was worse than dying. He wants to ...Train.You lazy idiot.Hey!I didn't really know how to respond to his statement so I went with the most ladylike and appropriate response I could muster."Huh?" I was still trying to take everything in. How'd he go from kicking me out to this?He narrowed his eyes at me and shook his head.He looked up to the sky for a minute before turning back to look at me."How many miles can you do?""Miles?""Yes, how many can you run? Top speed, no break?"He said it like h
I didn't say anything.I had run out of words to say.For about a minute.'Fine." I looked him dead in the eye as I said that one word.I was sick of all of this nonsense.I had no plan, but all I knew in that moment was that I was going to leave at once."You have absolutely no right to talk to her like that." A familiar voice scolded.We both turned around to see Latifah sitting in a wheelchair at the door frame.Damon's features immediately softened.He quickly walked over to her and started examining her face."You shouldn't be out of bed now, you know this, why are you here?""It gets very boring when you're couped up in your room all alone." She said seeming annoyed."Wait don't try and change the topicDamon, why were you speaking like that to her?"Damon's features immediately hardened again."That's none of your business.""Look Damon I get you are angry but there is no need to take it out on her. We all suffered this attack together."Damon didn't say a word, he just clenche
Fire crackling.I distractedly watched on as the burning embers danced around in the fire place, having their own little party.The wind was blowing harshly through the windows, singing it's own sad song and rustling the curtains.People were crying.Memories were flashing.A cold shiver went up my spine. But it had nothing to do with the temperature of the room.I shuddered."Are you cold? Do you want me to shut the windows?" Mavis, who had already gotten up to close the windows, asked me with concern etched across her features.I didn't respond.But she shut it anyway.It felt like my life had had no meaning ever since the day I was born.I was doomed right from the start.Latifah wasn't dead but was badly injured from the attack.Anastasia was not dead either but in critical condition.And Damon ...Damon was unconscious.He has been for the past one week.Doctors said he was injected with far too much wolfsbane.Any normal wolf should have died but he hasn't.But he isn't safe yet
It didn't make any sense to me when he first said it, the following events though made it crystal clear.Beta Shawn didn't say another word.He didn't need to.He just turned to the opened door and whistled, short and curt.Footsteps were heard echoing in the corridor until they reached our room. Everything in that moment seemed to go in slow motion.My heart was beating very slowly and heavily in my chest. Each footstep knocking it's pace down even further until they finally arrived.And then it just stopped altogether.Two men stepped in, one stood bythe door and the other walked to the center of the room holding something in hand.He threw it on the floor with a loud thump. The thing rolled a bit and was now lying two feet away from Damon.Damon's smirk fell completely, and he looked at the thing with quizzical eyes. He looked up at Shawn who just had a straight face on, then looked back down at the thing and sniffed it slightly. The blood drained from his face.Maybe its a bomb?I
He opened a door and started walking down a long brightly lit corridor.He just kept taking cool strides even though I was screaming and trying to wiggle my body out of his grasp."The less you protest the easier it will be for us Princess."I heard him kick another door open and he entered and just threw me on the ground.Yes, the solid concrete ground.Inconsiderate b*stard.I hit the floor with a loud thump and I think I felt my rib crack."Arrgh, my. Spine." I moaned trying to touch my aching back, but I couldn't, my hands were fricking chained.Instead of hearing an 'I'm so sorry, I forgot the floor was made out of concrete', I heard a loud growl from the other end of the room and a lot of chains moving.The light in the room was switched on.I turned to look at Jax and saw that his eyes were beginning to glow a faint yellow. They were fixed on something and obviously begining to get irritated.I turned my head to the other end of the room and there he was, practically drowning i
The rest of the week kinda followed the same pattern.I saw Mavis a few times but not as much as I wanted to. I hardly left the house, mainly because there was no place for me to go.Damon is constantly not around and Anastasia has been screaming the house down which is slowly driving me to suicide.Trust me, a pitch like that should be illegal.So, today, I decided to have a lazy day. Isn't everyday a lazy day for you?No, today's a real lazy day. I'm going to just while away time in the backyard.Even though it hurts me that I left myPercy Jackson books back at the cottage I was able to find some books here in the bookshelf by the dining hall.So, here I was lying on a sun loungeratthe backyard with the sun warming me a cool breeze cooling me at the same time. The backyard was huge and it had a large pool right at the centre. It had been covered though, which made me believe that he hardly ever used it.Maybe I will use it one day. Just not today.I had a glass of lemonade in one h
I don't know how but I managed to fall asleep last night.And let me just tell you it wasn't a peaceful sleep.Far from it.I could see that the sun was already high up in the sky because of the light that shone through the thick blue curtains. I was in Damon's room.I think I woke up like two hours ago but I was still lying in bed.I couldn't find it in me to get up.Utterly confused is not even close to how I feel right now.I just couldn't make sense of anything.Everything that happened last night and the past month feel like a blur.What on earth is happening to me?Scenes from last nightkeep flashinginmy head.Why was he chained?Why did he come here? Why did he kiss me?But more importantly why did I kiss back?Oh you know why you kissed back.Shut up!It felt like a dream at this point.If it hadn't been for Marcus last night, Damon would have marked me.Actually marked me.He probably would have come to his senses this morning though and killed me.So ... maybe its a good thi
It's actually really sad when you think you're about to die and you realize that there's no one in the world that would actually miss you.I mean, Mavis would cry a bit, but she'll get over it and so would Rose.But then what?Hate to admit it but my life's actually sad.My real parents are supposedly dead, my other parents whom I have known all my life kicked me out, I do not have any other known family member. I am literally alone.Oh and I have a mate who wants to kill me.You know what, I think I should welcome death.Maybe it would be a relief from all this hassle.I had nothing to loose. Absolutely nothing.I think I would have been ready for death if he did in fact come here to kill me.What I was not ready for, and I don't think I would have ever been at that moment was what he did instead.At inhuman speed, which was literally so fast that my eyes couldn't catch it until it had already happened, he was in front of me.He grabbed the back of my head and then he leaned in.It w