ClarissaDacre said the line but I felt as if the ground was slipping below my feet. My hold on his hand tightened automatically. I did not want him to leave.I could not let him leave.Not after I had just begun to know him.The way his hand squeezed mine told me that he did not want to leave me yet too. For a while, I just held his hand, letting my body do the talking as I looked into his blue eyes.“Dad said that he was going to invite everybody to our birthday party.”I said in a small voice.“Yeah someone from my pack will be around to mark our attendance.”He said and I felt that his voice faltered. Or maybe I imagined it.“I want you”I said and I bit my lip.“I mean…I want you to be at the party.”He turned to look at me and placed his hand on my cheek, “My little girl is soon going to be a grown up girl. She is going to awaken her wolf and with all the males in attendance, I know you would soon find your mate too.”I shook my head.“I don’t want to find my mate. I want you to
DacreI had cut off my relationship or whatever it was with Clarissa in the worst way possible. I knew the first time I had kissed her in the pub that she was a mistake.And the second time when I kissed her in the forest while groping her small breasts that she was a drug.I could not get enough of her no matter how much I told myself that she was just another girl, an inexperienced virgin who wanted to be taught.A part of me had known that giving in to the craving would only make her more irresistible to me. But, I had thought that I would just take a taste of her and then leave her. That I would prove it to myself that I was not affected by those dove like eyes and that innocent looking face.A more evil idea had been to make her want me in such a way that she would never again crave someone else.But only now did I realize that I had not been the master planner. The brown haired girl with her gray eyes and petite figure had done that to me.She had made me want her like nothing e
ClarissaI sat back in the car as I kept forcing tears to not spill out. Why did it hurt so much?I and Dacre had not been in love, we were not dating and we were certainly not mates.Yet, I felt as if I would never want anyone else. Maybe, I needed some medication. Talia kept quiet for the entire ride, giving me some time to collect my thoughts.I tried to console myself by saying that what happened had happened for the best. I was going to go back to my home and my people so Dacre would soon become a memory of the past.The car came to a halt and I was snapped out of my thoughts.“Now come on, we have to start packing for home too.”She said with a small smile and I got out of the car after adjusting my hair and taking a few deep breaths to steady my nerves.We went in and I saw that mom had already packed most of the stuff.She looked at us and smiled, “time to go home for your birthday celebration, exciting isn’t it?”I gave her a half smile as Talia decided to cover up for me.“
ClarissaAs we all sat back in the car, I could not shake the thought of those eyes watching me. I racked my brain to recall when was the last time I had seen them.If my memory was not failing me, it had been back at home, when we were in the study and mom had made us draw runes.Then again, I saw those eyes from the window of my room. All these days everything had been silent.With a jolt, I realized that I had also not dreamt of the handsome man burning up in flames ever since I had left home.Instead, another sinful young man had taken his place. But I quashed the thought of Dacre faster than it could take up space in my head again.I viciously buried it and began to think about the events and how they had unfolded over the past few weeks.The eyes that had been tailing me, the dreams about the young man, then meeting Dacre, Miranda being chased by a demon, her pointing her finger at me before her death, then the visions that I saw.Was it really my mind that had been hallucinatin
Clarissa“What do you want?”I asked him the question I always asked him.And as usual, he did not tense or show any indication of me being around or him listening to me.However, this time he took a long time to reply.I knew trying to find out a way from the fire maze was pointless so I just waited for him to speak. The runes that were being etched on his back were finally completed and he spoke.“Your drawing skills are horrific”I was taken aback by his comment. After the fire etching on his skin died down, it left behind a glowing set of sloppily drawn runes on his back.“Different from your mother’s or your sister’s. You are weak”He said and I felt rage boiling within me. “You show up uninvited in my dreams every single night and you have the audacity to call me weak?”I said in a seething voice.He turned his head from left to right and loosened his back muscles before answering.“I thought you didn’t miss me when you were ogling boys and letting him ravish you the way he wan
ClarissaShe said before finally opening her eyes. “So the runes being etched on the demon’s back were the ones you drew on the notebook? That is interesting.”I bit my lip nervously, feeling anything but interested in the discussion.“Come on, we have to go draw the runes”I said as I gobbled up a sandwich and gulped down the juice. I skipped bathing for today as I was not in the mood.Talia hopped towards the bathroom as I finished my share of food and headed straight to the study.As expected mom was waiting for us with a book in her hand and our notebooks were lying open.She had not drawn a rune on the board like usual.I walked in and greeted her.“Good morning, Mom”“Good morning, birthday girl”She said and I blinked, “The birthday is tomorrow not today”“Doesn't make you 'not' a birthday girl”She smiled and I smiled in return.“Where is your sister?” She asked as she lifted a marker fro mthe table.“She went to shower, She will be here any minute”“So, I was thinking of a b
Dacre"That is a freaking achievement and a historical feat. You and dad should be worshipped by the werewolves.”Talia began rambling but mom quieted her down.“Calm down, sweetie. Your father and I don’t want to be haunted by the past life demon. We prefer to live the quite life with you both. Plus, the topic of demons is scary for even grown-up werewolves let alone pups. So we rather not mention it.”I watched the rune that mom had drawn and recalled my dream, the recent one where the rune was being etched on the demon’s back.“But, why do you think we should learn drawing runes? Do you think a demon would come back ever again? After all, you said the Goddess herself killed him.”Mom gave a frown and thought about the answer for a bit.She only replied, “It is always better to be prepared.”I and Talia exchanged confused looks but then mom shooed us away.“Enough of this serious talk. Now go out and get some fresh air. Your father would want you to train a bit.”Mom said and Talia
ClarissaTalia was naturally a magnet who attracted guys to herself. I, despite being her replica, failed at it, quite miserably at that.Jake got down and placed her foot on his knee and rolled up her pants as he ruffled for a pain reliever spray from the first aid kit lying nearby.When he was done, he gingerly placed her foot back on the ground and said,“I guess, you should rest for a while. Join us when you feel that you can walk.”He said with a smile as then he turned his attention to me.I had been staring at him with squinted eyes and the way he had been so careful with her.I somehow imagined Dacre and the rough way he had handled me, pushed me back on the tree, and kissed me until my lips were sore.How would it feel to be loved and kissed gently? Would it be as exciting?I was dragged out of my thoughts as Jake snapped his fingers in front of my face.“Where are you lost?”He asked and I answered, “I was just…never mind. What are we going to do now?”“Let us do some stretc