Claire spends the day following me around at school.‘Boo-boo, I was hoping we could talk?’‘Stop calling me Boo-boo, and I’ll give you five minutes to talk to me.’‘Oh, okay then, B-Magnus…’ she trails off.I lean against my locker with my arms crossed.‘What is it?’‘I was hoping you would reconsider… us? I want us to be together again. Magnus, I miss you. She says and tries to caress my bicep.‘I’m not interested, Claire.’‘But I don’t want to be with anyone else.’‘Claire, you say that now, but you will eventually meet your mate and want to be with him. I’m going to be late for class. I’ll see you around.’Claire’s eyes well up, and she storms off to her class.At lunchtime, I head to the library and pull Pipsqueak aside.‘I heard about what happened at your wolf ceremony. Are you alright?’Of course, the entire school would know about it.‘Yeah, I’m fine, but I need to update you on everything else. Nina told her boyfriend, Moss, about the curse. He has told his friend Hank, and
‘He needs to stop shifting. What if one of these shifts kills him?’ Mother cries as I come down the stairs.‘Mum, please, I had no control over the shift. My wolf wouldn’t even listen to me, even after we shifted.’‘You realise if you have no control over your wolf and you are shifting against your own will and your wolf’s only plan is to kill people, the council will demand you be locked up in the dungeon. Not only that, you may lose your rank as Alpha, and they would then give it to Flint.’ My father says in a severe tone. ‘They have already summoned me to see them today, probably because you almost attacked school students yesterday.’ He says, slamming his fist on the table. He falls back into his chair and rests his forehead in his hand in frustration.‘But I didn’t attack anyone. No one got hurt.’‘You were going to attack someone, though. Students stated you were trying to break down a door to get into a classroom. You terrified everyone at the school. If it weren’t for Nina, yo
It’s 3 am. We have driven through the major city. We have been driving with the windows down to keep track of Nina’s scent. Leon is growing weary and tired.‘Leon, maybe I should drive for a while?’‘No, Nina’s scent is becoming fainter. We don’t have time to pull over, not even for a moment. Last time I came through this city to track down a scent, it was to find your mother after Alice the cook threatened to kill her.’‘Why would the cook threaten to kill my mother?’‘Her daughter Vanessa was in love with your father and was to become his chosen mate and Luna. He didn’t love Vanessa, though. The council was forcing the arrangement onto him, and then everything changed when he met your mother. He was so happy to have found your mother, Astrid. I remember when she wouldn’t believe we were werewolves or that they existed. Jim from the diner shifted in front of her, and boy, did she cry wolf! The Diner was a mess after that. We had found your mother in Shady Crest. Alpha Zenith had bee
As soon as daylight arrived, we hit the streets and showed my ceremony's group photo with Nina in it.‘Excuse me, sir, have you seen this girl?’‘No, sorry.’‘Excuse me, miss, have you seen this girl?’‘No, I haven’t.’We are just about to call it a day when an older lady looks harder at the photo.‘I haven’t seen the girl you are looking for, but I have seen him.’ She says, pointing to Moss standing behind Nina in the photo.‘Are you sure? When and where did you see him?’ I ask.‘Moss, I think his name is. He is the future Alpha of a pack of ruthless, mongrel rogues.’‘He’s a future Alpha?’ I say, in complete shock.‘Yes, his mother is well known around here too, and not for good reasons either. Their pack members are always stealing from all the surrounding towns and villages. They have even kidnapped she-wolves and force mateships between those she-wolves and their rogues.’May, Leon, and I look at each other in shock at what we are hearing.‘We have to tell Alpha Ryker.’ Leon says
We trudge down the left tunnel, holding our magically lit sticks in the air that illuminates the cave. Leon, still in wolf form, grabs a rat and eats it.‘So gross, dad!’ May says.Leon ignores her and finishes his meal. We continue through the tunnel to find another two tunnels.‘We go left.’ I say before May even asks.The tunnel becomes smaller. I have to bend my head down to fit. After what feels like hours of being in here, we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.We can hear yelling in the distance and approach with caution. Peeking our heads out, it is almost nightfall. I touch the end of the lit stick. It’s not hot, so I tuck it into my pocket to hide the glow. May does the same. We follow the sound of people yelling. There are some thick bushes nearby. I signal for Leon and May to follow me. I crawl into the bushes and inspect the commotion.A large circle of stones with sticks and branches in the middle are waiting to be set alight. An oversized stone chair carved
The older woman grabs the younger woman’s shoulder but stares at me.‘It’s over for now, but this won’t be the last you see of us.’ She hisses.I growl and step towards them. May places her hand on my back.‘No, let them go. We need to find Nina. We can worry about them later.’She says as the two women quickly shift and run away. I shift back and yell in pain. After a few minutes, I’m in my human form. Leon shifts back as well.‘Nina!’ I cry out.There are dead bodies everywhere. Gianna is sobbing. May approaches her and unties her from the post and the rope from her wrists. I hear a moan and a mumble and run towards the sound. Pushing a couple of bodies aside, I find Nina.‘Nina, I’m here. You’re safe now.’ I say, untying her wrists. She squints her eyes, letting them adjust. The look of relief shows on her face. She sits up and lunges into my lap, wrapping her arms around my neck, and cries into my chest.‘You came for me. You found me.’‘Of course, we came for you, Nina. I would s
We arrive at the car.‘I’ll mind-link Alpha Ryker and let them know we have Nina and that we are safe.’I open the back passenger door—Gianna steps in, then Nina. May sits in the front. My heart rate increases as I get to sit next to Nina. I unzip the bag at my feet and pass out a bottle of water to everyone. Nina and Gianna scull the water down before I hand them snacks. They moan as they eat the food, especially Gianna. She eats a packet of chips, a muesli bar and three chocolate bars.‘This is so good. I’ve never had food like this before, not even when I was at the orphanage.’ She says with her mouth full of food.‘We will get you a proper meal when we reach the next town.’ Leon says to her while adjusting the rear-view mirror.As we reach the town, we park outside the diner. We raced inside, causing a lot of attention from the diners and staff. We sit at the nearest table and wave the waitress over. She takes the pen from behind her ear and the notepad from her pocket.‘What woul
As soon as the sun rose, Leon came out to the car.‘You look worse every time I see you, Magnus.’‘Are the girls ready to go? I want to get out of here.’ I say, ignoring his observations of me.‘Yeah, I’ll tell them to hurry it up.’‘Good.’ I say and sit in the front passenger’s seat.The girls climb in the back, talking to one another as I stare out the front window. I pull the visor in front of me down and slide the panel across, exposing the small mirror. Leon wasn’t wrong when he commented about my appearance. The bags under my eyes have only gotten bigger and darker. I notice May give Nina a look and gesture her head at me. She was hinting to Nina to say something to me. Nina glares at May, shakes her head no, and looks out the side window, avoiding me.Leon enters the driver’s seat and puts the radio on to break the silence.May sings along to half the songs throughout the day. We stop for petrol and Leon buys snacks for everyone while we are there. The girls tell Leon they are