Phoenix
I stay by Donovan when Violet walks away to talk to Cora. I’m hoping Cora will even be able to help, I know that our situation is well, unique.
Honestly, I’m surprised how kind Donovan is toward me considering whose son I am. He doesn’t seem to care and instead asks me questions about myself and my relationship with Violet. I tell him anything he wants to know, wanting him to feel comfortable with me, wanting him to know I would never do anything to harm her.
We fall into silence for a moment and I ask, “Do you not care who I am?”
The corner of his mouth twitches up in amusement and he shakes his head, “I don’t care that you’re Xavier’s son. That doesn’t mean that you’re bad. And I want my daughter to be happy, if you do that then you’re good in my book.”
VioletI feel stuck, frozen. I don’t know what to do now that Xavier Black is now standing in front of me. I knew that the time was coming that I would face him, but now that it’s here… I feel unprepared.All this time, the years I put into planning to take him down because now that he’s actually here in front of me, I feel like cowering and hiding in a corner the same way a child would.His gaze locks onto my hand that’s gripping his son’s arm tightly. His eyes move up to meet his son’s and he glares at him, a gaze that is so menacing that if looks could kill Phoenix would be decimated. His voice is surprisingly calm, “So, either the rumors are true or you’ve been deceiving her and brought her as a gift to me.” Xavier pauses, tilting his head just a little to the side as he tells Phoenix, “I would make your choice wisely.”Phoenix barks out a laugh and says, “If you really think that I would just hand over my mate then you’re delusional.”He slowly shifts himself in front of me, not
Violet I rush into the room of souls, leaving the door open knowing that soon Charlie and Magnolia should join me. I feel Charlie’s presence when he enters the room. I question, “Mags?” He hums an ‘I don’t know’ sound. I huff, focusing on the chamber in front of me. We can’t release the souls, not until Cora gets here. What am I supposed to do in the meantime? Just guard them and make sure that Xavier doesn’t get a hold of them? The chamber looks like it’s connected to the floor and ceiling what if he’s able to access them from another room. My stomach churns, full of anxiety at the thought of him having this kind of power. A chill runs down my spine and I turn to see Beatrix walk through the door. She gives me a wicked grin as she asks, “Did you really think your novice level of magic could trap me.” Charlie tense beside me, ready to attack if he needed to. But I tell him, “I’ve got this, focus on the chamber. We can’t let her get to it.” He gives a nod before stationing himse
Magnolia I rush toward the soul room, but by the time I get there smoke is clouding everything. I feel on edge because I know the only way that Violet or Charlie would use these vials is because of danger. I breathe out, trying to focus through the haze as the smoke begins to clear. I see Beatrix in the room and watch as she rushes towards Violet. All of Violet’s training really has paid off because she fights beautifully against her. If you didn’t know any better then you would believe that Violet grew up in a pack, learning how to be just like us. But one wrong move sends her sprawling across the room. I growl as I rush over to Beatrix shifting into my wolf as I move to knock into her. But she waits to the last second to move out of the way, all the while dragging a hidden knife she had down my side. Ada lets out a loud whimper, but it feels like a normal cut which provides me some relief. If it was laced with wolfsbane then we would’ve been in some big trouble. Already, I can f
Violet Everyone freezes seeing the position that Xavier has my mother in. He stands tall, a smug smirk on his face knowing that no one here is going to risk her life. My mother’s blue eyes find mine and they widen upon seeing me. Xavier’s eyes roam around the room, trying to assess the damage and when his eyes land on his daughter, still unconscious on the ground, his eyes narrow and he growls out, “Who?” Phoenix surprises me as he moves forward and states, “Me.” He pauses for a moment, looking at his father’s position and he crosses his arms as he asks, “Do you intend to hide behind that gun forever, father? Or will you fight like a real man?” My head snaps to Phoenix, my eyes wide. He does realize that Xavier has my mother, right? And that he has a gun and who knows what kind of bullets could be in there. They could be laced with wolfsbane or enchanted with some other kind of poison. Xavier growls, angered by his son’s words, and he moves the gun from my mom’s head and waves it a
Violet Xavier tries to make a run for it. He rushes to the soul chamber, cutting his hand as he does so, confirming Charlie’s suspicion that it needs blood to activate. If he has the power of the souls on his side then he might be able to take us. I don’t know how much power those souls can give, but it has to be a lot if he thinks it will give him a shot. Instantly, Phoenix and my dad are on his heels, prepared to kill. My dad’s wolf crashes into Xavier, making his face slam into the glass chamber and as Xavier body slides to the ground, my dad’s wolf puts his throat in his mouth. Still aware of everything going on, the wolf looks up to Phoenix, waiting for Phoenix to confirm the death. Phoenix presses his lips together and gives him a single nod, confirming the kill. Without hesitation, his wolf’s teeth pierces through Xavier’s neck and rips it out. It’s like the weight in the room is lifted as this death officially ended Xavier Black’s reign of terror. There's a lot of us in th
VioletI sit criss cross, Cora’s hand on one of my legs and her other hand touching the crack in the soul chamber. Phoenix sits across from me, his knees touching mine, and I try not to focus on anything else, knowing that I needed to fully commit myself to this process of losing myself so that way I can guide these spirits the way that I need to.I can feel the shift in my body as my spirit separates. It’s a very odd feeling coming out of your body. You can see your physical form and everyone around you and recognize that you’re not there anymore. I breathe out as I look at my hands, my spirits is the same blue-ish white as the other souls, but I have a hint of yellow to myself. I wonder why that is.I look around the room as souls continue to pour out of the crack in the chamber and take form. When you’re in your physical body these souls have no rea
MagnoliaI don’t know what happened, but after Violet’s body got in it’s meditative state it’s like the tension in the air just grew thicker. I don’t understand why though. Xavier’s finally dead, isn’t that what everyone in this room wanted?Yet, Penelope is pissed that her daughter has accepted Phoenix as her mate. She views Phoenix like an enemy even though he hasn’t done anything to make her think poorly of him. I think she’s so lost in the fact he’s Xavier’s blood that she can’t see him for who he truly is.Donovan recognizes this. He tries to argue with her, standing up for Phoenix, and the whole time that she says things like how the goddess must’ve made a mistake, Phoenix remains quiet. He stays focused on Violet the entire time.You can tell that he’s listening to them because occasionally Penelope would say something that would strike
PhoenixLeaving Violet when things still seem unknown is absolute torture. On top of that, she just marked me. Like… she literally just marked me. All I want is to stay with her, to mark her as mine and to know that I don’t have to worry about her leaving ever again.The fact that she is off in the spirit world terrifies me.Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to have such a kick ass mate. She is absolutely phenomenal and didn’t even seem scared of this endeavor. That should make me feel better, but it doesn’t.Charlie is on my heels as we walk down the main staircase where I see Carol’s body on the ground, her blood staining the white tile floors. Bile rises in my throat, I glance back at Charlie to see that he has paled a little at the sight of her. But the
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.