VioletBy the time I finally get back to my room the sun is already setting. I turn on an alarm so I can get a small nap before I sneak out to meet up with Phoenix again.Today was just completely and totally draining. Magnolia hardly spoke to me outside of criticizing my form during training and telling me that I still have a lot of work to do. Honestly, I didn’t realize how much she knew. She’s always seemed so… prissy that I never really thought about her being a good fighter.But she is and on a day like today when all she’s trying to do is distract herself, she zeroed her attention in on me and made me work hard. Thankfully, no one suspected anything about me being out last night, so I must not have looked or acted as exhausted as I felt.When my alarm goes off I grab a couple of water bottles and a candy bar to bring to Phoenix. I quickly sneak out of my room and start on my search to find him again. I assume that he’s still in the same spot, but I’m more cautious this time as I
VioletMy ears are ringing and I can’t tear my eyes away from Phoenix’s gaze. His eyes move over my face, waiting for my reaction. He’s worried and I am too, because this feels like a trap.I lick over my chapped lips before I ask in a feather-soft voice, “What do you mean my mother is alive?”“Your mom and my mom are hidden in the Black Night Pack. I wasn’t supposed to know about either of them. My dad told us that our mother ran away, but it turns out he kept her hidden from us just to torment her. Your mom… she was or well is, his best kept secret. The only reason I know she’s alive is because Beatrix got attacked. The attackers were after my dad, but when they found his precious little girl that was so vulnerable…” He swallows the lump forming in his throat as he continues, “She was on the verge of death, I remember running behind him as he rushed through the series of locked doors because I refused to let my sister be without me when she was in so much pain. We got where you mom
VioletI get back to the Renegade Pack and it’s still night. It’s hours before the sun will rise, but I know there’s no way that I’ll be able to get any sleep. My mom is alive.The words still go through my head on repeat and I still feel like I’m in disbelief over the realization. She’s alive and doing well, or as well as she can be in captivity. Taking Xavier down is more crucial than ever, but I need to make sure my mom remains safe. I need to make sure nothing will happen to her if I kill him. Like… what if he has some way that would kill her if he died?Even thinking that sounds like I’m insane, but it’s one of the many fears I have running through my veins. Lying on my bed doing nothing just makes me feel worse. My body is itching to move, to come up with a plan and to get my mom out of the Black Night Pack, now. But in order to get there I’m going to need some help.I want to talk to Magnolia, but depending on her mood that might not go over well. The only other person I could
VioletIt doesn’t take too long to get to Cora’s house. For the most part, the drive was spent in silence, or well not silence, we listened to Charlie’s choice of music the whole drive there. I didn’t mind, he has good taste as we primarily listened to rock, punk rock, and the very occasional country. Honestly, I would’ve listened to songs meant for toddlers if it meant seeing him smile. By the time we get to Cora’s house it’s after lunch time and neither of us have eaten. Cora is out in her garden like she always is at this time and she stands up with a furrowed brow as she watches our car approach. Cora doesn’t get visitors often, and it’s even more rare for them to be in a vehicle. A small part of me feels bad for scaring her, but I was in such a rush to get here I forgot to tell her I was coming. She wipes the dirt from her hands as we park and she asks, “Why’d you come in a car, Vi?”Charlie gets out of the passenger side and she raises an eyebrow in a questioning manner at me
VioletCora looks over at us and suggests, “Why don’t the two of you get some rest and I’ll get started on dinner and finish the rest of the potions that you’ll need tonight? I’m going to have to do a lot to make sure you’re fully covered, especially since Charlie is joining on your journey and he doesn’t have a wolf yet.”I notice Charlie scrunches up his nose in annoyance. He doesn’t like being babied and wants to be treated the same way as everyone else. But, Cora is right, we’ll need more stuff to help us in order to keep him safe.Cora noticed the annoyed face that he made and she puts her hand on his shoulder as she looks him in the eyes and says, “I know you are a strong and capable young man. But it would be irresponsible of me to know you’re heading into one helluva battle and not provide you with the proper tools to protect yourself.”He gives a half hearted smile and she says, “Go on and get some rest now. I’ll let you know when that chicken pot pie is done cooking.”We bot
VioletWe had chicken pot pie and brownies that night. The smile on Charlie’s face during dinner and after was perfect. Cora spent so much time giving him one-on-one attention, playing games with him, learning about his interests, and I realize this is exactly how she treated me when my parents were taken and I thought they were dead.She tried to keep my mind busy, focused on the things that made me happy, and was always ready to be there as my shoulder to cry one. I appreciate her more than she’ll ever know.But today is a different day. Today, she is focusing on making as many potions as she can for us that she thinks will come in handy and making different elixirs and things that we’ll be able to keep hidden on us.I find it fascinating, but I notice Charlie has trouble keeping up with what she’s doing. Cora seems to notice this as well so she begins to talk to us while she works. She says, “Do the two of you know much about Xavier Black?”Charlie shakes his head no, “I know he’s
MagnoliaIt’s easy succumbing to the darkness that comes with my grief. I’m struggling to push past this. I don’t know what to do with my life. I turn 18 soon and will be receiving my wolf, but I don’t want to. I don’t have my mate, my best friend, I don’t know what to do with my life.I was always so sure of what I wanted, but now I have no idea. I don’t want to be a part of this pack anymore, not without him. It would shatter my parent’s hearts to hear that I feel this way, but I can’t help it. This is how I feel. I walk out of my room to look for Violet and when I can’t find her I try to find him, but neither one are here. My eyebrows furrow as I continue to walk around the pack house, doing the best I can to avoid the main foyer. I know that’s one of my trigger areas so I’ll do what I need to to avoid it. I walk over to my dad’s office and I was surprised to see that he had his door wide open. My mom saw me first and her eyes immediately brightened as she says, “Magnolia, come o
VioletI fall to my knees in front of Magnolia. She’s having a panic attack, I know these all too well, unfortunately. I gently touch her face and then pull her head up to look at me. She keeps trying to resist and her eyes meet mine, wide and panicked.I wrap my arms around her and pull her into a hug as I say in as soothing of a voice that I can muster, “It’s okay, Magnolia. You’re not alone. I’m here. Just breathe, in and out. It will pass. Just focus on your breaths.”It takes awhile for her to follow my lead, but eventually she does, but her body continues to convulse from her sobs. As I guide her through her panic I can’t help but be aware of everyone around us that are frozen as they watch us. Finally, Magnolia’s shoulders release the tension she was carrying. Magnolia’s voice breaks and in between sobs she tells me, “I’m sorry. I’m-I’m s-so sorry.”I move my finger through her hair, brushing it behind her ear and I tell her, “You have nothing to be sorry for.”My eyes flicker
Five Months Later.QuirinaBryce and I officially became the Alpha and Female Alpha of the Moon Stone Pack three months ago. Annabelle and Franklin became our Beta couple, Hiro and Hazel became our Gamma couple, and Rowan and Winnie are enjoying not having as many responsibilities.All the issues we previously had with Hazel completely disappeared when she finally accepted Hiro as her mate. Because when he marked her, he was able to take away her gift. He holds her power and give it back to her if she ever wants it, but she seems thrilled about no longer seeing when people will die.Mom and dad still live at the pack house, but they are enjoying no longer being in charge and getting to fully focus on Felicity. I don’t know if they’ll ever go anywhere without her again because she has struggled with separation anxiety ever since they returned home.My biological parents have come to visit me and to meet the rest of my family. I talk with them at least 3 times a week, they are perfectly
QuirinaBryce, Charlie, and Harper and I headed home after only two days after the fight. There weren’t many survivors left that were a part of the trafficking ring, but there were tons of kids in the school. My parents along with Magnolia and Hendrix are meeting up with other pack leaders and trying to split up the rest of the people appropriately. There will be no more Supernatural Academy and no more trafficking.I mean, we know it’s impossible to completely abolish all trafficking, but we have done our part and this has helped to take down a huge contributor. I’m ready to be back home, the desire to be some place familiar and to unwind after all the recent events. Bryce had marked me, but I still haven’t marked him, it hasn’t felt right. He’s practically buzzing and glowing with some energy he has now. I don’t know exactly what it is, but I know he received some of the powers that I absorbed.I haven’t even discovered everything I absorbed in that moment. I was so desperate to be
BryceThe door opened and we had been expecting more guards or for more prisoners. But now, Phoenix Stone walks into the room.All the guards that had been sitting without a care in the world suddenly stand at attention. I watch in fascination as dark black swirls crawl up Phoenix’s arms and he smirks, “If I were you, I would lock yourself in one of the cages. Or else I’ll make you crumble like the rest of them.”Most of the guards seemed concerned as soon as he said that. Everyone has heard of what Alpha Stone is capable of, and everyone knows that he would do anything for his family and for the legacy he had created. But there’s a couple of guards who doubt him. And one asks, “What do you mean by the rest of them?”Phoenix gives the most wicked smile I’ve ever seen, it’s almost bone-chilling in it’s ruthlessness as he says, “You would not be my first death of day. Now, I will count to five and whoever is out of the cells, well… we’ll get to have some fun.”After that announcement p
QuirinaI think most people would find it odd if I told them that I actually thrive off of chaos. But the moment that I zapped the cameras and everything went down, I took off running. I could hear the whole mansion as it descended into chaos. Everyone complaining, trying to keep guard of their current prisoners, and trying too figure out what the hell happened to me.I can’t help but smirk to myself as I run. I don’t know where I’m going or what exactly I’m doing, but I’ve caused enough chaos that I have time to search without instantly getting caught. I find a stairwell and run down it as fast as my legs can carry me. The first door I see on my right, I open to turn into only to be instantly met by a group of five warriors. I close the door back and take off running back down the stairs, I hear them behind me. Fear is gripping my heart now as I am more panicked than before.I enjoy chaos, but I don’t enjoy the adrenaline that comes with it. It makes me struggle to think clearly and
QuirinaI have to get out. I have to find help. I don’t know what I’m going to do… they’ll figure it out as soon as I leave the mansion and then I’ll be captured before I get anywhere close to the pack borders.My mind is reeling as I rush from one room to the next hopefully getting further from the danger but honestly who knows? I’m running on instinct here.I need to find my family, all of them. Because regardless if we’re blood related or not, we are all family. I try to reach out through the mind link but I huff in frustration as I realize no one is connecting with me.I let out a low grumble and then focus on my surroundings. I haven’t found a single room with a window for me to look outside, I haven’t run into anyone. This is a little too suspicious, wouldn’t there be a lot of people looking for me? My eyes flicker around the room, trying to uncover some answer that I haven’t been able to figure out yet. And my body tenses when I figure out the reason. There’s a camera, it’s sm
QuirinaThe room is too quiet, too cold, too… unnerving.The headmaster looks at me, I’m currently cursing myself for not asking his name. The fact that he knows mine but I don’t know his makes me uneasy. He smiles at me and says, “I don’t know where your parents are, Ms. Stone.”I narrow my eyes at him and spit out, “Liar.”The corner of his mouth twitches up in an amused smirk, like he is enjoying knowing that he is able to get a rise out of me. I want to punch him in the face for it.He gestures towards the chair and says, “Please, take a seat, let us talk like adults.” The way he speaks to me is patronizing, my hands ball up into fists out of frustration. His hazel eyes flicker down to my hands before looking up at me and he says, “I assume you would want to do things properly considering you are about to take the Alpha position. You don’t want to start off with a bad reputation.”I snap at him, “I think you and I both know that my reputation doesn’t matter. It already isn’t in st
BryceI follow behind everyone as we go into the mysterious Supernatural Academy. I’ve heard so much about this place and yet… I don’t know what to think now that I’m here.Quirina is obviously tense and on high alert. She’s towards the front of the group and a small part of me feels uncomfortable with how far apart we are, but I know it’s for the best for her to be towards the front.We come across a mansion like building and Beta Charlie breathes out, “Welcome to the Academy headquarters.”Quirina look to him and looks around, “The headquarters? Not the building where all the students are kept?”He shakes his head no and explains, “This is for staff to live at when they don’t have a rotation at the school. Gives them a chance to be away from the students.”She nods her head, but I notice her deep furrowed brow, something isn’t sitting right with her. It’s moments like these that I wish we had already marked and mated one another because I would love to know what she’s thinking about
QuirinaThe plane ride was quiet, neither Bryce nor I spoke as we flew to my parents. The entire time he held my hand, letting me know that he is here for me if and when I choose to talk.I don’t want to talk. I want to get there now and make sure that they’re okay. When the plane lands Bryce just gives me a tight-lipped smile. I thank the pilot and we get off. Bryce asks me, “So, how do we get there?”I smile softly, “Leave that to me.”At that moment a car pulls up and an older man comes out and says, “A pleasure to see you, Ms. Stone, Mr. Lake.”I nod at the valet and both Bryce and I get in the car and it takes off in the direction I need it to. I know that we will have to walk a bit later, but for now I just lean my head on Bryce’s shoulder and enjoy the ride. He looks out the window, watching as the world passes on around us. I sit up when the valet asks, “Are you here to meet up with the rest of them?”I frown, “Who?”This causes him to frown and he remarks, “The other ones fro
VioletWe’ve been at the Academy for just over a month now.I was right, there was something fishy going on here.They never quit with their antics. All this time, all these years, I thought we had gotten control of the human trafficking, I thought we had ended it! Only to find out that for the most part we did, but for the kids who show potential to be strong they are never put as available for adoption.Quirina was an exception because they couldn’t figure out to control her, but because she was so powerful they thought her brother would be to. So, they kept her brother’s identity from us so that way if he showed potential they would be able to sell him. My fists ball in frustration, I should’ve known. It was too good to be true. But because we found out about it and they found out we found out, now we’re trapped. We’ve been separated for two weeks now, I have no idea what they’ve done to Phoenix, but it makes me worried. Ever since we met, we’ve never been separated for this long.