ZEKE.Logan and I are crossing the borders today, as part of our responsibilities as upcoming Alpha, we have to make sure the joy of the pack is met, we are going to be asking the bank some questions regarding the ongoing theft.We grabbed some cans of coke on our way as we stepped into the bank’s restaurant. Logan and I took a seat waiting for the manager.“Right now, I would rather not be here.” Logan says, and stares around; I guess being in a house that stores money can make you a bit nervous.“How are the investigations? Have you found anything yet? Any crest that signifies which pack the letters are coming from?” I ask, staring around.Logan nods indifferently, spreading his arms on the table, he squeezes his face into a frown, another negative response. “Nothing so far, just today, Gus got another letter saying another war was going to start, honestly, I don’t know what’s going on.”My eyes trail him waiting for him to say more.“Zeke. I feel like we should train our soldiers,
ASTRID.The room feels chilly all of a sudden. My eyes search around, my room looks tighter now, something panging at the base of my heart. Sweat trickled down my forehead as I opened the top of the box.I dump the contents on the table, there are a few notes, and some pictures, stickers, books and sorts, and I open the bulky book, my eyes swiping through the content. It’s a spell book, the words written in another language I can’t even read.What’s this? The letters have no words, the paper blank. What’s going on? Where’s the necklace? Why did Madam Yv give me this box when I can’t even make out what’s in the pages? The door suddenly snaps shut and I immediately peel my eyes to the entrance.The air feels colder, I swore I heard retreating footsteps; someone was just in my room, watching me. Something feels so wrong, who’s the person?Breathing becomes so hard, my body trembling. I hear the door creak open gently, oh no.“Astrid?” I hear a voice cold yet soft at the edges, my brain c
ASTRID.The next thing I know, I am running down the hall, clutching the paper in my hands. My heart is beating so loudly against my rib-cage. My mother is alive, my mother is alive. The words are making me dizzy, I can’t believe it. She must be somewhere, oh goddess, I can’t believe this.The heart-shaped pendant dangles between my chest as I increase my speed. The presence of it makes me feel a bit calm. When I reach Madam Yv’s room, that’s when I stop running. I flung open the door, before stepping into the cold room; Madam Yv looked up from the book in her hand.“Madam Yv.” I breathe hard, wanting to know the true answer, she needs to tell me. I need to know. “My parents...A...Luna....Two lives.”She raised her brow at me, and so badly, did I want to shake her for her to tell me the truth, what happened to my mother? To my parents? Please, I just need the answer.I stand there, my posture gilded with sweat, the answer forming at the base of my tongue, the snap of the book is what
ZEKE.I am in the middle of my second can of beer when I hear the sound.It’s like an alarm, shooting through my system. A warning pricking through my skin. Something feels wrong. I push the can aside, the lamps in the streets are already starting to fade out, it sounds ironic seeing an Alpha in a bar.Hurriedly, I place the dollars below the can, after all. I am the only one here, and I think the waiter has been giving me side-glances for hours now. I stood, and straightened before slipping out of the bar. The sound buzzing through my ears.‘What’s that?’ Rochan asks, and I can hear the alarm in my wolf’s voice.I cram my knuckles together, racing down the street. ‘I honestly don’t know.’I have never felt this type of alarm before, as though someone’s calling out to me, is that possible though? Maybe Logan? He’s my other half though. The walk from the bar to the pack-house will take an eternity, fuck. I shouldn’t have even come here, but I needed to clear my head.To fully understan
JUNIPER.“Fuck.” I say, as a twig connects with the hemline of my dress, the curse word feels so foreign to me maybe because I don’t say it often, Astrid always say it whenever she’s working in the kitchen, and accidentally slices tip of her hand with the knife.Cleo says it all the time, it’s like she is used to all those words, but I am just a girl trying to weave my way through this evil filled world. The bushes and trees centre me as I take a step closer, even though I am always here, coming here feels so foreign.A pang of guilt fills me hard, as though oxygen is ripping out of my chest, but I must do this, for my family. I tell myself, but does doing something bad for a good reason makes it all feel better?No.I sighed, making sure my hands are tightened around the bag’s handle; I take a deep breath, before walking more closer, in any minute from now. I will be there, I will face them.The house stood nestled among towering trees, the porch adorned with flowers, she was always
ZEKE.The pack’s lab is quiet today; Gus, Logan and I are waiting for the pack’s doctor who’s in the other room. He’s running the test on the werewolf, while making us wait in this room. I hear the streaming of pale coffee, and the tapping of the receptionist who’s tapping harshly on her laptop.“Bullshit.” Logan exhales angrily, at least, we feel this same level of anger for that wolf that tried to attack Astrid, just earlier this morning, I already told Logan and Gus about Astrid.“You remember her now?” I had crossed my hands.“Holy shit, no wonder she looked so familiar. I knew I felt something for her.” Logan had said.“Excuse me, brother?” I was stupefied.He had kept his mouth shut and didn’t say any more words.“How long does the screening take?” Gus raised a brow, his hands tightening around the white coffee cup that he hasn’t taken a gulp, his nervousness radiating around the air. Poor Gus.The medical pack doctor walks in, the aura of the air feeling suddenly heavy. I used
ASTRID. The kiss meant nothing, absolutely nothing to me. I tell myself as I stride down the hall. Goddess, I am such a liar, the kiss meant every literal thing to me, the way his lips had brushed against mine, those possessive hands wrapped around my back. Those hard kisses in the garden. Suddenly thinking about all of this makes me blush. Is this fate? Does this mean that somehow we are meant to be together? Even if we were, we just can’t, we have barriers holding us back, we have secrets pulling us away, I know that every werewolf’s dream is to have their mate and have pups of their own. But, it seems like the only thing that I am capable of doing is dreaming. How did my life become this? How did all those dreams just vanish into pure hope? “Juniper!” I call out when she enters the kitchen with a hand towel; I race towards the kitchen, stopping when I see her facing the counter. “Juni. What’s wrong?” I ask with a smile, but then she turns towards me with cold eyes. I am taken
ZEKE. I slip away from Preston and his dirty mouth, drinking whiskey and discussing with that guy is like talking to someone who won’t ever keep their mouth shut. He’s been talking about this new girl of his, the Gamma’s daughter, Diva, though my question is how he managed to woo her, but I don’t ask that, instead, I let him run his mouth which by the way she thinks is sexy. She’s special, I swear I feel something with her, damn; she’s so fucking beautiful, I am thinking this will lead to something new. Blah, Blah, Blah, I already slipped away. I connect with Logan through the mind-link. ‘How’s everything? Is everyone acting normal?’ We are going to look out for tonight, because of a letter we received just this morning, telling us to be prepared. Whatever’s going to happen, we are going to make sure it doesn’t. Logan gives me a nod; I see him behind the chairs, casually sipping a glass of wine, the gray suit makes his eyes shine out. Madam Yv moves around with a smile, her hair