“Hey baby” someone said pressing a forehead kiss to Arya’s forehead while Arya closed her eyes and allowed herself to relish the sparks that coursed through their body in that spilt second. She then turned to face the boy who had his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
“Where have you been?” she asked repeating the question she had asked before. The blonde haired boy tapped on her nose before wearing a smile that never failed to make Arya turn into a puddle of butterflies.“I had to run a few errands” he replied eliciting furrowed brows from Arya.“And you wouldn’t pick my calls?” Arya asked a frown etched to her face while the boy burst into laughter.“C’mon baby. I left my phone in the car so I didn’t see your calls. Why do you think I rushed down here?” he asked as Arya folded her arms shaking of his arms off her shoulders.“What kind of errands would make you leave your phone in the car,” Arya asked.“Anyone could have called, your mom or your Dad or someone important. Don’t tell me you are helping those druggies run errands?” Arya asked her eyes narrowed while the boy burst into laughter again.“I promised you I wouldn’t hang out with them no more alright. Trust me a little bit more will you?” he asked in reply and Arya unconsciously dropped her arms wearing a relaxed face.“I’m just watching out for you, I don’t want to see you get involved with those suckers. They are dangerous” Arya replied making her boyfriend bend over and laugh again.“Dangerous than vampires and werewolves?” he asked watching as Arya furrowed her brows.“Those don’t exist. Why are you saying that though?” Arya asked.“I and the boys saw this movie sometimes ago about them and it was a really nice watch. We should go and watch it though” he replied while Arya nodded her head.“Excited about the School trip?” Arya asked her eyes twinkling while he nodded at her tapping her nose in the process.“Wait a minute for me; I’ll get something to eat” He said pushing himself to his feet while he walked away. Arya shook her head with a smile while returning to her food.If there was anyone luckier than her in the entire universe; Arya doubted if they were up to ten. The very best of the very best parents, the best of the very best, best friend and overall a handsome and cute boyfriend who loved her to death. They had been dating for almost two years and in those two years; Brad had been nothing but a sweetheart.He had always been there for her, he bought her cute, random fancy stuffs, always encouraged her to do the best, was always with her whenever that shitty monthly period showed up, an overall he was the best boyfriend anyone could ask for. Not to mention that the fact that virtually every girl in school wanted to date him and be his girlfriend.“What are you thinking about that’s making you smile so much?” Eileen asked seating down while folding her arms. Arya turned to her and furrowed her brows slightly.“I thought you were going to get more food” Arya pointed out and Eileen nodded her head.“Yeah but Daniel dragged me along the way so I just ended up finishing the food on his table” Eileen replied watching as Arya’s lips curved into crescents.“I refuse to believe that you and Daniel have a platonic relationship” Arya aid wriggling her eyebrows while Eileen burst into laughter.“I want to think that we are two good friends. I and Daniel?” Eileen started pausing midway before swallowing her saliva.“We are never happening” Eileen finished making Arya pout at her.“How can you be so sure?” Arya asked picking up the hamburger on her tray and pinching into it. Eileen shrugged her shoulders lightly.“Why can’t I be so sure?” Eileen asked in reply as Arya swallowed the last lump of vegetable in her mouth.“Have you guys spoken about it before?” Eileen asked before shaking her head.“I mean, you and Daniel are so close. You do a lot of things together and virtually everything together. There must be something” Arya added carefully watching Eileen’s expression in case the latter was lying to her but Eileen stoic face didn’t waiver in the least.“There’s nothing Arya. I and Daniel are just very good friends. Like you and I. The only difference is that you and I are best friends” Eileen replied putting a smile on Arya’s lips.“Yeah. We are the best of friends” Arya declared after her biting into her hamburger again. She had known Eileen since they were in diapers and they basically grew up together. Eileen’s parents knew her parents and vice versa. There had always been this kind of bond that Arya had felt towards Eileen, like they were meant to be and Arya would have believed that if only she believed in fairy tales and magic.She and Eileen had managed to be best friends for the seventeen years of their lives being each other’s backbone and in her entire life after her parents, Eileen was the one that Arya was the most grateful for. The girl’s incessant support and love, she had always enjoyed it. Having someone like Eileen as a best friend was a privilege that Arya wholly enjoyed and being at Eileen’s back was something she liked doing as well.“So you ready for the school trip?” Arya asked with excitement in her eyes and Eileen’s lips blossomed into a smile while nodding her head.“Why not? I wonder why we are going up mountains though” Eileen asked and Arya chuckled.“I don’t know why either but I’m pretty much excited about it. I’ve never gone mountain climbing in my entire life. I think I will be able to tick that off before my eighteenth birthday” Arya replied excitedly while Eileen nodded her head, a small smile on her lips.She suddenly raised her head and her eyes collided with another pair of familiar pair of eyes upstairs. The other person looked shaken but didn’t do anything except bow his head lightly and walk away. Eileen sighed while rubbing her forehead, she picked her phone and typed something on her phone before dropping it on the table.“What’s with that face? What’s wrong?” Arya asked dusting her palms together.“Nothing. I’m just tired. After all; I didn’t sleep overnight” Eileen replied yawing.“Serves you right for choosing to play games with Daniel all night long” Arya said checking her wristwatch and then looking around.“I thought Brad said he just wanted to get some food. Where is he?” Arya asked picking up her phone. Her eyes continued to search the cafeteria for her boyfriend but not even his shadow could be seen.“Oh, the basketball players are no longer here. I think they have practice of some sort” Arya concluded while dropping her phone.“He must have gone for practice” Arya said pouting her lips.“I don’t think he’ll pick my call if I call him” Arya added with Eileen nodding her head after her with a hard look in her eyes.“I don’t think so too” Eileen said agreeing with her.“Let’s go” she said rising to her feet with Arya following in her actions.“He should have told me he was going before leaving. He’s such an ass” Arya complained quietly while Eileen draped her school bag over her shoulders pretending not to hear the words that Arya was whispering underneath her breadth.“We don’t we go to the rooftop and let you have some sleep before Ethics class?” Arya suggested and Eileen nodded her head.“Oh my sweetheart, that’s so sweet of you” Eileen cooed rushing and engulfing Arya in a hug and dropping kisses on her face while Arya burst into laughter.“Let’s go. We have barley an hour to Ethnics class” Arya said dragging Eileen with her as they walked up the staircase.“Maybe while you sleeping, I’ll read some books online too” Arya said pushing the door open and stepped on the rooftop.“W*****d?” Eileen asked throwing her school bag to a side while rushing to the bed sling she and Arya had made before.“Where else?” Arya asked in reply also settling herself down in one of the chairs.The rooftop was supposed to be a public place but no one came there since they considered it old fashioned so Arya and Eileen had turned to their secret place. After taking lunch or when they had free periods during classes; they always came there to relax. The place had been turned from a dusty open space to a clean, warm and slightly girlish rooftop. They had placed chairs, a sling bed and a small TV there. A fridge containing snack was also there. They had all their essentials there.Eileen yawned while turning in the sling bed; “Wake me up when its time” she muttered while Arya also relaxed in her chair.“Yes your highness” Arya replied and there was a minute of silence before the both of them burst into laughter.“Why am I just learning about this supposed mountain trip?” she asked and Arya sighed turning to her mom while throwing her arms upwards in the air.“Mom, we go for school trips every year; why are you freaking out because I’m telling you a night before?” Arya asked not understanding why her mom was acting so worked up.“You go for school trips every year and this year, it’s some freaky mountain? And you are telling few hours to the trip? You must be kidding me?!” her mom yelled as she walked towards the table and grabbed her phone.“I’m calling your school authorities. They must be crazy to think I’ll let my daughter go some mountain in the same of some stupid school trip” she muttered while Arya’s mouth dropped agape. She quickly rushed towards her mom collecting the phone from her and ending the call.“Mom, what are you doing?” she asked while her mom turned to her with a frown on her face.“Give me my phone Arya” her mom replied firmly.“Mom, are you trying to embarrass me in fron
By the time Arya woke up the next morning, she was quick to rehearse her apology in her head while stepping out of her room. She jogged down the stairs with a smile on her face but much to her shock; the dining room and the seating room was empty. Her eyes flew to the digital clock on the wall and it read few minutes’ past 9am in the morning, her parents were early risers and most of the time as early as 6 in the morning, they would be up.She quickly jogged back up the stairs and knocked on their doors. Receiving no reply, she swallowed her saliva and pushed the door open. The sight of the empty room and well laid bed brought Arya to a pause.Her parents had left the house without a word to her.The realization reeled back and hit Arya in the face. She slowly closed the door and walked to her room plopping on the bed and staring into space. It had never, never happened before. her parents were busy people; her Dad worked in one of the biggest hospitals in Denmark and was also one of t
The journey to Mount Mollejo took approximately five hours; if you removed all the time wasted while trying to pick up snacks and drinks from the supermarket. Arya yawned lightly as soon as the students started getting off the bus. She had always been excited about travelling. Her Instagram stories would be full of the nice environment while she travelled but because of the mentally tasking events that had taken place before’ Arya couldn’t even bring herself to do anything. Not to mention that Brad almost got left behind while searching for his camera and had to get into another bus entirely.Arya lifted her bag over her shoulders and stared at Brad’s bag before trying to lift it.“Babe, I’m so sorry” a very familiar voice drifted into Arya’s ears as the weight on his shoulder disappeared. A small smile fitted across Arya’s face while laughing at herself. It was already a lot of work trying to carry her own bag but Brad had lifted both hers and his very easily. She followed him out of
Arya was sure that anger and irritation had mixed up in her blood because she almost couldn’t describe what she was feeling. While the other gathered around for the bonfire; she refused to join them and decided to go for a walk in the woods instead.Her parents, Eileen and then Brad.What the hell was wrong with all of them? Why did they all have to choose one day to infuriate her or turn their backs on her? They could have easily picked different days so that on every day they choose to go bonkers she would have a backup and someone to talk to.She checked her phone for the hundredth time and there were zero missed calls from her parents. She had sent them both a messages earlier apologizing for going against their wishes and saying mean things to them. They had gotten to Mount Mollejo and seeing the serene; she thinks she’s going to have a very good time. She asked them to call her back and even attached a picture of her and her tent.And that was over five hours before and Arya was
By the time Arya opened her eyes, meeting the familiar room décor and warm feeling, she realized that she was in her room and relief washed through her before she froze again. Memories of the previous night rushed into her head and Arya managed to seat on the bed praying that whatever might have happened was a dream. Just as she was thinking, there was knock on her room door.“Come in” Arya muttered quietly. The door opened and her mother let herself in with her dad behind her.“Hey baby girl” her mom started walking to her to hug her but Arya was quick to shrink away from her freezing her mother in place.“Who are you? Where have you hidden my mom?” Arya shot at her mom and seeing the hurt flash through her mother’s eyes, she swallowed her saliva and turned to her Dad.“Dad, something weird really happened yesterday. Something really weird” Arya started darting glances at her mom.“Things weird as you seeing humans morph into wolves and wolves morphing into humans right?” Her Dad ask
Arya didn’t know when she slept off but when she woke up, there was Eileen seating at the edge of her bed.“Are you feeling alright?” Eileen asked quietly and Arya stared at her confused.“How did you know I was at home Eileen?” Arya asked not wanting to believe the thought that swept across her mind.“Because, I as well, I am a wolf” Eileen replied quietly.“I am a werewolf specifically to protect you” Eileen added.Arya stared at Eileen as if she had grown three heads. She chuckled while trying to seat up on her bed.“So you knew about this all long?” Arya asked and Eileen nodded her head.“Yes, I did” Eileen replied.“That was why you went all freaky when I decided to go for the mountain trip. You even had a big fight with me because of it” Arya pointed out but silence was served as an answer for her.“I don’t even know who to trust again. You who I took as my best friend kept such a huge secret from me” Arya said and Eileen chuckled.“Like you would have believed me if I told you
Alston brows pulled together lightly while listening to what the chief priestess had just said. He had never heard of such child of destiny; how did she appear in the pack?“Why don’t you explain this to me well Nagi? I do not understand what you are saying” Alston said quietly his words bringing silence to the pack that had gathered at the hall.“A child that has been destined to bring woes to our lands? A child destined to be blessed with dark witches’ power greater than we have ever seen? What is that child?” Alston asked again.“Years ago, the former chief priestess committed an abomination, no one knew how she did it or what she did to make it happen but a prophecy came from other priestess that the child the chief priestess was carrying was that child of destiny” Nagi replied bowing her head as she spoke.“If the prophecy came out then, shouldn’t she have been arrested?” Alston asked his brows furrowed twice as before.“The chief priestess was the strongest priestess that the we
“Ready to go back to school?” Arya smiled slightly watching her mom set the table. It had been a week since she last went to school. After everything that had happened and Eileen explaining everything to her, Arya had decided to go back to her normal life before the incident. She couldn’t continue staying cooped up at home doing nothing. Besides as along as Eileen was with her, she was going to be fine so after much deliberation, she decided to go back to school.“Not excited, I feel way too normal for a school day” Arya replied and her mom nodded at her.“I know. Things are not the same anymore Arya, things are different for you now” her mom replied and Arya nodded.“I guess so” Arya replied shaking her head and stretching to pick a pancake.In reality, for some reason she was anxious and nervous to go back to school. She had no idea why but she knew that her mom was right, she had all of sudden realized that her life was not what it seems to be.“Eileen is here” her mom said and Ary
After making rounds and checking everywhere of the pack, Arya's mind was at ease at how she was welcomed amidst them all. She smiled to herself as she laid back on the bed, thinking about the little kids she saw and how happy they were when they saw Alston.Once she thought a world like this never existed, until the world turned out to be hers and she kept on enjoying it. She smiled in her pajamas, rolling back and forth with a lot of thoughts going on in her head.“Arya…. I’m ready.” Alston called out as he walked out of the bathroom.They were going to her house to pack her clothes, if not, she would soon be walking naked in the pack.“You know, I can just keep on wearing your clothes, we don’t have to do this.” Arya called out.“We’ll, we have to. The way you’re stealing my clothes is now quite alarming.” He replied to her, rolling his eyes at her as he walked out of the room.Arya fumbled out of the bed, muttering some incoherent words to herself as she stomped her foot on the flo
“Aren’t you ready?” Alston called out for the umpteenth time.After proposing to Arya and alerting the whole pack about it. Arya had begged him to release the elders since they didn’t know anything about it but not after giving them an earful of instructions. The priestess that were involved in mapping out her mothers death were demoted, stripping them off their titles and making them ordinary maids of the pack while the others were also released.Mrs jenkins and mr jenkins moved back to the human world. Mrs Jenkins was never a fan of being confined to a single pack, and so left immediately after giving Alston a handful of instructions.Alston wanted to take Arya through the pack, show her every nook and cranny of it and yet she was taking the whole day to dress up, or the maids were doing so.“I’m done.” He heard her say as he turned his back to look at her.His eyes roamed her body, his wolf growling underneath him as he begged to rip that dress off her. Even though he proposed and
Arya and Camilla walked a lot of miles through the pack, things were still bubbly, probably because they just left the square not too long ago, Camilla said. Taking her to different places in the pack, and showing her different things of their pack, Arya enjoyed the walk that she didn’t want to leave, and yet her sole purpose of walking still became a void in her heart.By the time they returned home, everywhere was dark already, and eerily silent.“The alpha asked you to sleep in his room, I’ll lead you there.” Camilla said, bowing as she walked in front.Arya smiled to herself, following her gently and quietly as they arrived at the front of a big room.“Good night, your highness.” She said, walking away fast as she could before Arya could even say anything.Arya shrugged her shoulders as she opened the room, her eyes dazed at the sight in front of her. She smiled at the thought of the flowers Alston brought to her the other day, so he was a keeper of flowers himself.“He must have
After his parents death, he never gave up on finding the real killer, having a whole lot of things to do to them and has mapped out for them, and now finding who they are, his head was nothing but a blank page, filled with hurt and emptiness.“Throw her in the fire! Throw her in the fire!” The people of the pack yelled out, making him clench his jaw.They never did the fire killing, they never killed people with fire in the pack. But since they found it as a nice option to kill his mate, he had helped them, while they had to take the first death, it has become something he was going to take up.“Your highness, please, please. Do not do this! This isn’t a wise choice.”She pleaded on top of her voice, tears dropping down her face and falling like the ocean.“Please. Please!”She continued to plead.Alston signaled to the guards,‘matching forward as they dragged her towards the fire, her wails and screams echoing through the area. One of the children of the murdered priestess entered th
The guards pulled each and every of the priestesses and elders out, not minding the way they handled them because that was the instruction the alpha had given them, bringing them out without caring whatsoever. It was Zachariah and one other guard that matched to where ashlynn was placed and brought her out.The bell had been rung for all the pack to know that there was an emergency already, all of them hurrying towards the square and forming a circle, waiting for anything that was to come.The elders and priestess were thrown in the middle of the circle as they brought them out one after the other. Alston appeared after a while, he had sent a guard to Mrs jenkins and mr jenkins, asking them to come to the square if they could come but also not leaving Arya alone in the house.“The reason why we called this meeting here is because the real perpetrator has been caught and now we can all fully rest and be fully aware that my mate is not the child of prophecy. And everything you’ve been t
“Where’s.. wheres.. the alpha.. I.. I..need..” the priestess stuttered, mustering all her energy to say the words that came out of her mouth.“I’ll advise you to save the energy for when he gets back and rest well now. A whole lot of things are happening in this pack that we don’t know yet.” The pack doctor replied, walking away from her as he rolled his eyes.The priestess raised her hand, trying to call him back but he was long gone.•••••••••Zachariah continued to delve into the forest, following the scent of Alston he had for himself to trace him. His pace increased as he felt himself closing in on him, not minding the paths he passed through as he kept jumping on each of the branches.He saw Alston wolf from afar, standing all alone and lonely at the poisoned river. He reduced his pace, walking to him slowly with fear thumping on his heart.“Your highness.” He called out as he shifted to his human form.Alston did not bother to reply to him even though he heard him, staring deep
“Don’t you want to know about it? What you’ve always wanted to know all this while? Don’t you want to know about it now?” Sabrina questioned with a smirk at the corner of her lips.Alston clenched his jaw as he stared at her, wondering if he should believe her or not. His eyes focusing on her at the same time with gritted teeth,“And what would you know about it? Except you’re the killer, which I for some reason, won’t believe you.” Alston said, scanning her and every of her reactions.“You have so much faith in me, your highness.” Sabrina retorted with a small smile.“I was the one who poisoned them, not because I wished to, but because they deserved it.” She added, falling back to her butt as Alston stood there, shock evident on his face as he stared at her.All this while, all this time, he had known his parents death wasn’t natural and someone had to be behind it, almost saying it with the priestess when the killer was right amongst them, sitting there and acting as their leader.
“Miss me?” Samantha asked with a growl as she walked down to meet Alston.“Find Zachariah and you’ll find Alston. I have more pending matters to deal with now.” He added.Two guards dragged ashlynn towards him as he scanned the crowd.He looked at the floor for the stabbed priestess but she has been dragged away already. All he could hope for was that nothing should happen to her.“Throw her into the deepest cell. The deepest cell where nothing can work, either her claws or powers. We’ll await the recovery of the other priestess to know what’s happening.” He said to the guards.“And I want each and every of the elders thrown into the cell, each and every of the priestess thrown into the cell.” He added as he stormed away.He walked yo where his mother was seated on, looking as brutally beaten than he could ever imagine. Yet her lips curled up as she saw him,“Get me the pack doctor!” He yelled out.“He’s treating the other woman!”Clenching his jaw, he carried her angrily and turned t
“And to what do we owe this honor our honorable alpha that leaves his pack for almost a week and is coming back now?” Sabrina asked as she approached him.Alston eyed her before walking to where Arya was placed, noticing she had fainted out of what they’ve done to her as a growl slipped his mouth. All of them whined slowly, bowing down to him till when he stopped growling.“Who did this!” He yelled out.When no one answered, all of them looked at each other without saying anything. He clenched his jaw, gritting his teeth as he tried to bolt his anger in him.“I said, who did this!” He growled out again.“I did it your highness, and the elders were in support of it. She walked..”“And who gave you the permission to do that! The beta! My mother or who!” He growled out again.Sabrina gulped down in fear, taking some steps back away from Alston who kept on approaching her.“All the priestesses and elders would be punished greatly for this!” He shouted at all of their hearings.“And you ha