When Max proclaimed that he was going to stay with the humans for a little longer, it didn’t faze me to see that Ajax would be the first one to oppose the idea. Indigo and Lizzen, though, are seemingly considering Max’s proposal. Max proposed that as long as he remains behind the walls, the pack would no longer attack the humans. In return, Max would like to live and check to see if he can coexist with the humans. For humans, the offer sounds like a chance of investment for coexistence between the two races, but for me, I know that it is just a farce so that he can keep an eye on me. Since Max is making it clear that he is physically and emotionally attached to me, Indigo and Lizzen figured that it would be better if I were to watch over him in the academy. If only I am completely on Max’s side, it would be a lost for the humans because I can easily betray them. Fortunately, I am neither a lycan nor a human so I am on the neutral side. Of course, no one knows of this other than
How I manage to sneak off while trying to keep the bandage on my hands clean is news to me. Since I cannot use my hands, I am stuck escaping using my human form. It’s pretty hard to be stealthy with how slow I am running on two legs. It’s a good thing that I decided to run off early, which allows me to reach the meeting point with Midnight. I feel cold and exposed because I am in my human form out here in the woods, not to mention that my hands are still healing. Since the blade that cut it is made of a special metal forged by hunters, it is taking a while for it to heal. It’s such bad timing, really. ‘Are you trying to get caught by coming here in your human form?’ The black wolf that I’ve been waiting to see for the past few days showed itself behind one of the trees. I knew that he was massive, but I never actually knew how massive. Even when I am standing on two feet, he is almost as tall as me. ‘Wait, no…’ He starts to move closer, bringing his nose close to my right hand. ‘Y
It’s not in question that I am in a good mood. Even though I am basically stuck in my room under the pretense that I am recovering from my wounds, I still can’t help but hum to myself. My wolf is happy, and so am I. I can’t wait until I meet Midnight again. I wonder what kind of lessons he is going to teach me. My moment of peace is broken when I hear a knock on my door. So much for my moment of silence. I headed for the door and unlocked it, only to find Ajax on the other side. “Your hand.” He simply states this while carrying a medicine box on hand. I have no idea what he means by mentioning my hand, so I just raise my bandaged hand for him to see. Ajax shakes his head. “That’s not what I mean. I just…I just mean that it is time for me to change your bandage.” “Change it? That’s kinda…” I start to hesitate, already knowing the state that my hand is in. I don’t want him to see that my wound has already healed at a rate faster than a human. “The bandage is fine.” I say stubbornl
I can’t shake off the feeling that there’s something about the scent that I caught on Ajax earlier. I feel like I should know the answer if I get another sniff of that scent. However, I could not smell anything from him anymore. Was it my imagination? “What’s wrong with you? Are your wounds hurting?” When Ajax realizes I'm falling behind, he pauses and turns around to look at me. “I brought some pain relievers with me if you want to drink them.” “Um…is that what you have in your backpack?” I can’t help but wonder while looking at the atrociously large backpack that he has strapped to his back. I have not seen him carrying anything other than his weapon. In fact, I don’t even see him carrying anything when attending classes. “Didn’t you say that we’re going to town with Holly? You look like you are about to go on vacation. What do you have in there anyway?” Ajax purses his lips and looks away. “Just stuffs…” “Stuffs? Stuffs like what?” “Nanya.” “Nanya?” “Nanya business!”
“Bluergh!” “It’s alright. Let it out.” Ajax rubs my back while I continue to spill my guts out to the garbage bin. “You shouldn’t have been so stubborn and ignored my warning about riding the roller coaster.” “What are you talking about? I did not get sick because of riding that…that human contraption! Don’t be ridicu—bluergh!” I could not even finish my sentence before a surge of nausea interrupted me. Humans are insane! They fear lycans and other mythical creatures, but they love to ride death rides like roller coasters. They must be sadists! Why would they build such a thing!? I wipe my mouth with the napkin that Ajax handed me before I straighten up to look at him like I wasn’t doubling over and puking a while ago. “That was a moment of weakness because of the pain in my hands, go it?” I say with confidence. “I wasn’t puking because of the roller coaster.” Ajax gives me a long, expressionless stare. “You hurt your hands, so you puked?” “Exactly.” What I said is obviousl
Even though our clothes are drenched, I still can’t help but feel good. I mean, compared to Ajax, who is so wet from head to toe that he has to change clothes, I’d say that we got the better end of the rope. “Welcome back!” I greet Ajax with an innocent smile after he gets back with a new set of clothes that he packed in his bag. Ajax’s response was a devilish glare—he obviously more than hates me at this point. “Whose fault do you think this is?” He almost growls out the words. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” I say, averting my gaze from him, but still keeping a knowing smirk on my lips. I am fully aware of the rage emanating from him, and quite frankly, I enjoy it. “Your bandage got wet. Give me your hands.” He suddenly orders me and pulls me by the wrist. He carefully removes my bandages and grabs new and fresh ones from his backpack. He even applied medicine before covering my hands. Before he closes the bag, I manage to peek inside and see that there’s a whole me
Max going rogue and missing is giving me more trouble than I could hope for. Because of what he’d done, everyone is on guard at this point, which means that it is going to be more difficult to sneak out of this place when I have to meet with Midnight. Not only that, but we have to conduct a search for the missing lycan. Normally, students like me aren’t allowed to roam around campus, except for Ajax, who always seems to have a special pass everywhere. Since Max is clearly attached to me, Indigo gave me a special pass to be part of the search team after days of having no luck. He figures that Max might probably appear if I am with them—in other words, they are going to use me as bait. Still, it is better that I am with them. With my nose, there’s a high chance that I might be able to track him down quicker. The only thing that I complain about is why Ajax has to be my partner for the search mission. “He’s not here.” I informed him as we were making our way to one of the alleys clo
It is like waking up from a dream—or a very perplexing nightmare—to find Ajax right here. Seeing the human hunter before me change so drastically has left me with conflicting emotions and mind boggling questions. Why are his eyes like that? Why are they glowing? Human eyes shouldn’t be glowing! With swift movements, Ajax leaps and is now standing a few feet from us. He drops his blades to the floor and cautiously makes his way over to us with his hands in the air like he is showing Max that he means him no harm. As he draws nearer, I see that his eyes have returned to normal, and I begin to doubt that what I saw was real. “Let the Belle go, and you can go back safely to your pack.” The calmness in his voice is more frightening than the fact that he is facing a lycan with no weapon at all. The three of us are alone in the woods with no one to stop these two aside from me if things end up in a fight. Having that thought in mind, who would I side with if things ended badly? Normally,
I run into the woods as fast as my four wolf legs can carry me. My run would have been more joyful if I wasn’t being chased by someone. ‘Too slow!’ Ajax’s black wolf form appears out of the woods to come and jump at me. I sidestepped and leaped to my left. In mid-jump, I change my form. My legs grew longer and my back became straighter, elongating enough to support my new form. I bounce on my two legs, jumping high up until I am perching on one of the branches of a tree. I smirk as I look down on Ajax. His cold glare doesn’t even look nearly as scary as when I am standing on the same ground as him. ‘That’s cheating, Belle! You are using your lycan form!’ ‘Don’t be ridiculous. This is just me using my gifts.’ I give him a toothy grin. I feel like my smile is scarier as a lycan than it is when I am a werewolf. ‘Get down from there.’ ‘Why don’t you climb up?’ I continue to taunt him, enjoying the way that his face scrunches as he frowns. I chuckle. ‘Oh, alright. Fine.’ I jump do
I can feel the Lycan soul in my chest shifting impatiently as I follow Ajax and Indigo to the lair. The loud noises of growling and howling were making me antsy. It was so loud that I could hear them behind the waterfalls. Through the noises that they were making, I can somehow hear their fear and anguish. There’s nothing worse for outgoing creatures like us than to be held captive, especially in their own home. “Are you alright?”Ajax pauses when he notices me clutching my chest. His forehead creases with worry. “How long have they been kept in there?”My chest hammers wildly as I anticipate his response. “For as long as you were out.” When he sees my bewildered expression, he adds, “but we do try to let them out as much as possible!” I appreciate what Ajax did, honestly. He also knows that lycans get claustrophobic if they aren’t out and running—they are just like werewolves. However, in their minds, they are prisoners, so I know that they would never step foot outside even if t
About three days later, I return to the academy, much to my mother and doctor’s disapproval. I could not stand being in a sick ward room for so long because of all the smells of sickness and medicines. They give the two wolves inside of me anxiety. Arriving at the academy feels more like home to me than it was before. Getting out and smelling the familiar field of the academy fills me with so much ease that I even want to curl up in the dirt and sleep. However, there is one matter that I need to address.... “No.” Ajax straight up tells me before even hearing me out. I just got into his office after setting my stuff back in my room. “I won’t allow it.” “You didn’t even try to hear what I was going to say!” Ajax looks at me before grabbing my hand and leading me to the sofa, where he sits right next to me. He is still holding my hand. “You just recovered. You need to have a few more days of rest.” “Your idea of rest is based on human bodies. I am a werewolf and a lycan. My bod
My emotions are all over the place, even as I am in my room and fully dressed. Celine is no longer in the room, probably after she sensed that I was out looking for her with a murderous intent. The only one with me right now is Marian, who is helping me tie dry my hair after a shower. “Lay off the grumpy expression, babe.” Marian gleefully tries to cheer me up. “I am sure that Celine only said it as a sort of motivational speech.” “But I am motivated.” I reply. “I do hope that you don’t mean to strangle her.” I flinch, knowing that I was caught red-handed. “Belle, we all want to strangle her most of the time, so you might have to wait for your turn.” She smiles and gives me a subtle wink. “Belle!” The childish scream comes first long before the child behind the door enters. Holly enters, bouncing on her tiptoes as she heads right towards me. Her arms barely enough to wrap around my waist when she hugs me. I fumble with my words. I may not remember much, but I do know that I
I wake up feeling something in my skin. Soft beeping of machines is forcing my brain to wake and regain consciousness. I crack an eye open. My vision is blurry from sleep. It takes a while before my eyes settle, allowing me to see my surroundings. I am in a room that I am not familiar with, but based on the machines and the smell of the place, I am definitely in a hospital. My left hand moves to remove the oxygen mask from my face so I can get a clear sniff of the room. Yep. I am definitely in a hospital. But how did I get here? My head spins as I push myself up. Muscles scream at me for the abrupt movement. It has been a while since I felt sore and stiff. But somehow I sense that this isn’t the normal soreness that one would feel coming from overusing muscles. It comes from not using your muscles for a long time. A click coming from the door alerts me to my incoming visitor. My attention diverts in that same direction at the same time as the familiar scent of someone wafts i
I am a monster. To think that I harmed those I vowed to protect with these hands of mine. What I have aren’t even hands. They’re the hands of a lycan, the very species that I despise. How did it come to this? I am a werewolf just a while ago. Why did I become a lycan? These thoughts swirled in my head as I continued to run in the forest with no destination in my. The sense of smell in this form dwindles when compared to my own form, but I am feeling the physical enhancement on my body. One swing from my arm and I can break a thinking tree in half. It is something that I could never do when I was a werewolf. The immense strength scares me. No other lycan is this powerful—not even the late alpha. I broke another tree. I stare at it for long, feeling troubled when I cause another damage in the forest. My breath hitches as I walk backward to stare at the damages, causing my back to hit a tree. I got startled, and instincts kicked in. I claw at the trunk, sending splinters everywhere
I am filled with rage to the point that my mind is clouded. I am not sure what I am here for, but I want to wreck everything. Strong emotions are driving me to howl loudly. It was a loud howl that could even rival the howl of an alpha. The strong waves from my howl shook the cave and making my ears ring. A movement draws me to the closest target in front of me. He is a bigger looking lycan. I believe that he is the current Alpha of the pack—I forgot his name. Just looking at him is somehow igniting a strong fire of rage in my chest. I can’t remember what he did or what I am doing here. There’s one thing in my mind that was clear, though. It is to get rid of that lycan. I want to see him bleed. I want to see him in pain. A ferocious growl escapes my lips, and I find myself moving towards him. My legs feel heavy. I think I am moving slower than I originally do, but the strength that I carry feels like it is more than doubled. I wildly swing a claw at the lycan before me. The opposin
My ears were ringing when everyone was rendered speechless at my declaration in challenging his position. ‘Belle, what is this about?’ I can understand where Ajax’s confusion is. We talked about me taking over the pack before, and we deemed that it wouldn’t be wise if I am not fully committed to the role. ‘Don’t worry.’ I reassure him. ‘My intention for the challenge isn’t halfhearted.’ I briefly meet Ajax’s gaze, hoping my gaze can convince him of my conviction. As much as I hate the alpha, this is still my home. This is where I grew up. And although I didn’t have the best childhood, it doesn’t mean that I didn’t grow up with love. Not all Lycans rolled their eyes on us or made fun of us. Not all humans and werewolves are bad, just like not all lycans are. If that were true, I would have grown up to become rotten since my dad is a lycan. It’s just a matter of how the leader leads their colony. Ajax steps back. A proud smile seemed to creep on his wolfish feature. ‘You got th
Alpha Lupert gazes down upon me with a steady gaze. Even from where I am, I can feel the brewing hatred from him in his aura. I grew scared at first, but the fear soon subsided when the burning rage ate away all other fleeting emotions I had. If anyone should be angry, it should be me. The Lycan I am facing is the root cause of all of my hardships. He took away my family, my life, and now, he took Holly. “You gained a look in your eye while staying with the humans.” He comments. He was almost growling and chewing out the words while talking in his lycan form. He then snorted. “Though it doesn’t seem to stop you from being a foolish coward. I can’t believe that it takes us to take a human girl for you to show yourself instead of hiding behind human walls.” ‘I wasn’t hiding.’ Unlike the lycans, I cannot speak with my mouth when I am in wolf form. ‘I was contemplating something.’ “Care to share what a traitor like you is thinking about after murdering my son?” He is going to regre