Donovan StoneFlashback- 3 years agoThis day never should’ve come to past. We’ve worked so hard to give our Violet the best life that we could and more than anything, we’ve worked so hard to not get caught.She’s running as fast as I am, Penelope got separated from us, but my duty now it to keep Vi safe. I push on her back as I urge her to go faster, “Keep going, Vi.”Her head bobs up and down and she tries to do as I told her. The hairs on my body stand when I hear Penelope’s voice cry out in pain and Xavier’s sadistic laugh follows her cry. I grab Violet’s arm and yank her back. She gasps, her eyes wide, and I brush her hair from her face and tell her earnestly, “Listen to me, Violet. You need to keep running. Do not stop, no matter what! And no matter what you hear, do not look back. Okay, baby?”I try not to cry in front of her as I take this moment to memorize every inch of her face. Her safety is all that matters. But I can’t let Xavier have Penelope, not alive, he can cause to
VioletMy heartbeat is thundering so loud, so violently inside of me that it makes my ears hurt. I stand in front of my dad, this ghost of a man from what I remember.Everything hurts right now, the roaring in my head, the sob building up inside of me, the guilt eating me alive knowing that this is what he has turned into and… it’s because of me.I said his name out of shock, “Dad?”He stares at me, emotions swirling in his eyes as he tries to figure out if I’m truly who I said I am. Suddenly, it seemed to hit him and his voice is panicked and he looks around the room, scared something will jump out and ruin everything. He asks, “What are you doing here? You have to get out of here! Our sacrifice, it can’t be for nothing.”I blink back the tears, forcing myself to be the steady one right now. I put a hand on his arm and force myself not to shake even though right now, all I truly want to do is crumble. I tell him, “Dad, calm down. I’m here. I’m here to save you and mom.”He frowns, I
Violet“HELP US!” The scream echoes in my mind. I thought it was Magnolia, but I quickly realized that it wasn’t, it was her wolf. And if Ada was the one screaming for help, they truly must be in deep trouble.Every hair on my body stood up from the sound of her voice, I feel like my heart dropped to my stomach. My dad notices the change in my body and asks, “Is everything okay?”I focus on him and say, “I need to leave for a few minutes. Just stay here and stay quiet. The only people that should come in here are Magnolia, Charlie, or Phoenix.”He nods his head and says, “Okay, I’ll stay put. What about Henry? Is he not here?”I press my lips together, not wanting to talk about him, not right now. Realization hits him and his shoulders sag as he nods, “Oh, okay, I understand.”As I walk out the door I say, “I’ll be back soon.” I shut the door behind me and take a deep breath. I have no idea where the others are at in the pack house. I just… I need to find them. The fear in me is getti
MagnoliaThe moment that Violet stepped into the room it’s like the whole world slowed down. She rushes over to Phoenix, wraps her arms around his neck, and she jumps up to wrap her legs around his waist, trying to be as close to him as possible and not worried about the harm it may do to her.He falls to his butt, but she doesn’t even squeal. She just holds on to him and buries her face into his neck. I know that Phoenix’s power is lethal and yet, she seems unfazed by it. And slowly, the blackness covering his body retreats, going back to the way it normally is where it only occupies his hands. It’s… magical, watching them. I can’t tear my eyes from them as I wonder is this the power of the mate bond or just her ability as the white wolf? Or… is this the moon goddess giving her some divine protection.I didn’t realize how distracted I was by then, until Charlie runs out from behind me towards them. As he runs past them, my eyes flicker up as I realize his target. He charges after Be
PhoenixWe were right. It is souls in there. How… how is this even possible? I don’t understand what my father must’ve done in order to gain such an ability.Violet turns towards me, worry shining in her blue eyes, as she asks, “How is this possible?”I look down at my sister and say, “I don’t know. Perhaps you’d like to share with the rest of the room?”Beatrix narrows her eyes at me as she looks up and hisses in response. I roll my eyes and Violet shakes her head in annoyance and says, “We should put her in the room before the rest of the house wakes up.”I nod in agreement, we only have a few hours left until daylight breaks. I look to Magnolia and Charlie and say, “Stay here, we’ll be back soon.”I pull my sister up and then wrap some rope into her mouth and I tell her in a low commanding voice, “Don’t get any smart ideas.”I see panic shining through her eyes, I never thought there would be a day that she feared me like this. I never wanted her to fear me like this, but she shoul
VioletWe run back up to the room where Magnolia and Charlie are waiting for us. When we walk into the room I notice Magnolia is standing very close to the soul chamber. Her arms are crossed as she stares at it. Charlie glances over at us and I walk over to him giving him a hug and tell him, “Thank you.”He hugs me back and says, “Nothing will happen to you on my watch. I can’t help but smile at him as I say, “I believe that. Thank you, Charlie.”Phoenix walks near the soul chamber and Magnolia notices us and it’s like it triggers her. Anxiety consumes her and she starts to pace the room as she asks us, “What are we going to do? People will notice that Beatrix is missing! And this whole thing with souls is so out of our capability!”Phoenix says, “Relax, it’s not uncommon for Beatrix to go away without saying anything. We have at least a day before people are hard core looking for her.”As Phoenix gives her that explanation, I frown as I take in what she just said. What does she mean
MagnoliaWe all walk back into Phoenix’s room. Violet’s dad, my uncle, Donovan is lying on the couch and he pops up when he heard the door open. Phoenix talks in a soothing yet respectful voice as he says, “Sorry sir, didn’t mean to frighten you.”I freeze as Donovan stands up, he looks so fragile. I don’t know why I expected him to look any different, but it’s certainly alarming seeing how small he looks with his bones so obviously showing. Violet walks over to him as she asks, “Why are you lying on the couch when you could be in the bed?”He shrugs, “Don’t worry about it, Violet. This is better than I’ve had in a while.”I notice Violet’s face is pinched with worry, but she doesn’t say anything especially now that her dad is up on his feet and is bringing out his hand to shake Phoenix’s and saying, “Donovan Stone, thank you for allowing me in your room.”Phoenix smiles politely and says, “It’s not a problem, sir.”I notice that Phoenix doesn’t say his full name and for a moment I wo
PhoenixI rush down the stairs to the kitchen because I know I don’t have much time before the omegas will be awake and starting their day. I know that everyone will be hungry, but I can’t help but feel worried for Violet’s dad. When is the last time that he ate? How little has he been allowed to have and for how long?No person should look as bad as he does. I silently pray to the goddess that Penelope Fox won’t look the same way. I grab out a tray and haphazardly throw things onto it, chips, fruit, cheese, bottles of water, crackers, a jar of peanut butter, it doesn’t matter we just need stuff we can eat.I’m so focused on what I need to do and how fast it needs to be done that I jump when I hear a startled gasp. My eyes instantly move to the clock and I inwardly groan knowing that I took up too much time. I turn with a forced smile and I see the head omega.What was her name? Normally, the omegas don’t talk to me much… too afraid of my power. Carol! That was her name, it’s Carol!I
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.