ZEKE.Council meeting going fine, Thane standing, serving his punishment, Logan and I already informed him his time was ticking by, he had one more day to come up with his possible suspect, else we are going to look through the books for his punishment.The woman named Diva, the Gamma’s daughter, won’t ever stop running her mouth about a new security system she thinks will boom, her father just staring at her in fascination. No wonder Preston has taken an interest in her.Everything moves on boringly, I want to slip away, then the door opens, and she walks in, squishing all the sanity I had left. Her confused brows met with mine, her sharp golden flecks staring at me boldly.It’s hard to concentrate whenever she’s around. They are talking, mostly yelling at her. Anger consumes me, she’s not an outsider at all, and she has fucking alpha bloodline running through her veins.She has every right to be here, to be in here. So I let her join the council, everyone’s surprised face meets mine
ASTRID.It happens in slow motion. Zeke yelled out my name frantically, the arrow touching me. Pain. Then pain, and more pain, I don’t know when I am falling, huge protective hands catch me before I fall.“Astrid, come on. You are fading, your wolf is getting weak.” He says hurriedly, I can hear the panic in his voice but it’s going distant, as though everything is jumbling, and I am sinking.Aya fights to hold on, I can feel every bit of her strength, but wolfsbane is traveling faster into my system. My eyes are growing dizzy, energy is zapping out of me.“Hold on. We are getting you to the hospital right now, just hold on, you are going to be okay.” I can barely make out the words he’s saying, I am fighting for survival, trying my best not to sink in, but it’s hard to hold on.I can barely see, my body is slumped against broad shoulders, they feel so warm, but my body feels cold, I know this because of the wolfsbane.I try to hold on, to crawl onto something, but darkness consumes m
LOGAN.Oh goddess, the wound fucking hurts, but when you are used to all the pain in the world, nothing fazes you anymore, the pain from the arrow blade still hurts, but it’s nothing compared to the pain of my darkness.The only thing that sinks me in, that makes me want to crawl somewhere and escape. I am stuck in this room- thank goddess, it’s not a freaking hospital room, those made me cringe, the smell of stale coffee, and syringes, never a fan of those white rooms.I am in my bedroom; it’s hard to think of what the time is because I am on the bed, not even moving for a bit, rain thunders outside, tiny drops biting at my bedroom window. The white glass from outside flushes with rain water, a bandage is strapped around my shoulder.I try to roll to the other side of the bed, but I winced, fuck that wolfs bane. The attack is still fresh in my mind, the way the arrow skidded into the forest and down into me, it would take a professional shooter to target that well, even I can’t targe
JUNIPER.Her hand smacks my face so roughly, the pain stings my cheek, and tears gathers at my eyes, but I don’t cry.Instead, I stand there, trembling. My hand still clutching my already swollen face, I muster my voice to say something, but it comes out tiny and weak. “I am sorry, mother.”“Nonsense!” She thunders heavily, she pulls at my hair, the pain at my scalp burns hot. “You kissed him. You kissed the Alpha, why did you betray us like that?” Her voice is a mixture of disdain, and tears threaten to fall out more.Because I like him! I kissed him because I like him so much!Everyone looks at me with pure hatred, ‘oh just look at her, she kissed that damn alpha and she liked it.’ I am standing in front of the house in the woods, the same place I came that day, chairs surrounding me. I await my judgment. Certain dark eyes follow mine, Cleo’s hands are placed on her laps, she’s seated like the others, not even saying a word, it’s hard to know what’s running through those eyes.Hatre
ZEKE.The coffee burns the tip of my tongue; I drop it on the table, and slam the paper works- which are not yet signed, my head banging with a headache. I could use some drugs, but I don’t seem in the mood to be shoving medicine down my throat. The work has been piling up and up these past few days.More letters from that unknown sender. Goddess, who is even doing this? My mind is drifting away even when I am in the room, the familiar interior of my office does not seem to faze me. Nothing does. I could go see Logan right now, but dude seems like he’s going to need all the rest he can get, Astrid’s figure pops into my mind. She’s making me go crazy, I see her every time I close my eyes, and I know that this does not have anything to do with us being mates. Some people might be mates, but they might not even be in love. Harsh reality of life. Damn, it’s hard to work whenever I am thinking about her. Inside, I am messed up, and outside, I am just trying to find a reason to be happy,
ASTRID. I already moved to my room, the book placed on my shoulder. I need more ideas, more knowledge on my Luna powers if I am going to make this work. Diva rushes in with her phone. “Astrid, you have got to see this. It was Juniper, it was her who snuck into Thane’s room and dumped the wolfsbane into his bag.” Hurriedly, I sit up, unsure of the adrenaline pumping inside of me. Fear twists the gut of my stomach. “What?” She sits on the edge of the bed, handing over the phone to me. “Here, watch it!” With trembling hands, I watch the black screen lighten up revealing Juniper in a room. It’s hard to see, to even decipher the figure, but I have spent so many days with her that I know that the person is Juniper. No. It can’t be her, Juniper would never do such a thing, she would never intentionally do that. Right? She’s too innocent for that. My eyes blur as I speak. “How do you know?” “Astrid.” She says with calmness and pitiful eyes, and I want to shake her badly and tell her I
ZEKE.The morning sun gleams from the window down to my face, my eyes suddenly peeling into the room, I crouch my brows before shaking my head. My hands are lazily draped around Astrid’s waist, for a moment, everything stilled.What if things could be like this? What if I could wake up without this whole responsibility on my shoulder? What if it was just me and her, I was a normal person in the pack, just coming home after work.What if things were like that and not like this? I sighed, I stared down at her body pressed against mine, heat vibrating through me. Thousands of thoughts ran through my mind last night about how she would be feeling when she found out about Juniper.That was why I came here to her room, to make sure everything was alright. I would never forgive myself if anything was wrong with her. I would burn the world, and make sure there was nobody except us. I stand up from the bed, gently enough not to wake her up. I perform my morning routines, before putting on a s
CLEO.The horse’s feet grind with the mushy floor when I give it a hard tap.“Hey. Can’t you move a little faster?” I yell, the wind smacking my face roughly, as the horse rattles faster.The horse neighs uncomfortably, I guess it doesn’t like me. The horse gallops faster, while I tap the reins as it goes into the town and down to a particular house.When the horse stops, I descend down the horse and give the white horse a tap.“Now, I want you to stay here and not move until I am done.” Not sure it can hear me, but anyways. “Stay. S-T-A-Y.”The horse gazes at me uncomfortably while flashing me an annoyed look. I sighed, the horses at the pack-house are really damn rude, I turned before walking towards the cottage, and I didn't need to be told before I pushed the door open.Juniper stares up at me from her book, she’s seated on a worn out couch, a cup of whatever that is placed on the table, her eyes are brimming red, looks like she had spent another hour crying. When will this girl u