(AHVI'S POINT OF VIEW)There's something eerie about this night, something chilly and bone-nipping yet my hands are still getting sweaty. There's an unfamiliar feeling inside of me that is relentless and persistent. I can hear my heart heating in my stomach and in my ears. Something is about to happen.I sit beside Vance in the front seat, and he drives the car. Damien and Raven sit at the passenger's seat behind us; Damien with a dark look that's just fixed ahead and his arms crossed over his chest while Raven stares out the window; there’s an unspoken tension hanging between them like a void. Guess everyone has their fair share of problems.“You okay?” Vance’s voice pulls me from my spiraling thoughts. I nod, glancing at the dark road stretching out before us. “There are two cars behind us.” I think out loud and bring my gaze to my hands as I fondle them. “Yes, the kids, they insist on coming. You are safe,” he assures me, but it does nothing to quell the knot of anxiety tighteni
(DAMIEN'S POINT OF VIEW)It's like my whole world crashed when I saw the car stumble, and my body almost shut down when I opened the car door and saw her unconscious form with blood gushing down her head. I gather her in my arms, holding her like an egg in bridal style, yet her body is limp with no response.The havoc around me is like a fading scene; I can't see anything but her, while a feeling of déjà vu courses through my veins.“Dad!” It's Scar. She runs towards me with Zach closely behind her.“We will take her,” Zach holds his hands out. But I hesitates before I nod and let him take her out of my arms.I try to keep my voice calm and firm as I say, “Find Ahvi and leave immediately,” I verbalize, and they nod before leaving.I find Vance having a fistfight with Leonardo. Both of their claws and fangs are out, and their eyes are blazing the darkest red that even the dark night can't conceal, and each of them aims to rip out the throat of the other.A moment later, Vance is flippe
(VANCE'S POINT OF VIEW)“Did you find her?”Damian inquires the moment I staunter into the penthouse, the kids behind me, but I don't answer. Instead, I amble to my room and slam the door shut behind me. I walk over to the lamp sitting on the table beside the bed. I take it, and with a fit of uncontained rage, I crash it against the nearest wall and pull my hair till it feels like my skull is about to be ripped out.I let out a groan of anger and punch the wall. My fist lands on it till it cracks and my knuckles bleed.It has been three days since the ordeal, and Ahvi is nowhere to be found. I let out a pained chuckle and slammed my fist into the wall again.USELESS. USELESS. I AM SO FUCKING USELESS AND INCOMPETENT.I had one job, yet I failed even before I tried. I swore to protect her with my life, swore to make sure she lives happily with or without me, but I can't find her. She left no trace, no scent, and no track for me to follow. It's almost like she has vanished from the surf
(AHVI'S POINT OF VIEW)I stare out through the window of the hotel room I have been hiding in for the past ten days, slowly healing the wounds I received from the chaos that happened that night. That night. Everything is still fresh in my head. Everything makes a repeat of itself in my head almost like a broken record.I remember Leonardo and the rogues. I remember Vance and Damian trying to protect me, and I remember the blood pouring down Raven's head like a waterfall. Everything about that night brings shivers to my spine, and the more it plays in my head, the more I realize I have always been one step closer to death my whole life without realizing, and now my baby's life is also involved.Isleen has assured me that as long as Damian lives and loves Raven, nothing is going to happen to her, but Raven has fallen into a coma, however I still believe Damian would do everything to keep her alive. I have seen the love in his eyes whenever he looks at her, and Vance... Vance. The fath
(VANCE'S POINT OF VIEW)Time flies and in the wink of an eye, and it's been three months already. Three months of living in agony. Three months of continuous searching that have all been unfruitful, and three months of self-hatred that has rooted itself in my chest.I went as far as using witches to try and trace her scent, but their spells have all led to nowhere; no traces; it's like she never existed. And all of this is because of Leonardo and his thirst for an ever-ending life, his thirst for power and wealth. Everything is Leonardo's fault. That's why I'm here to vent my anger.I burst into Leonardo's home with Damian hot on my trail, to find the bastard sipping whiskey with his leg crossed over the other."Ah, look who has decided to show up. Come join me, brothers," he opens his arms as an invitation.I smirk as I march towards him and yank him up by the collar of his shirt and stare at him with a pair of blazing red eyes."This is all your fucking fault!" I grit through my tee
(DAMIEN'S POINT OF VIEW)Three months pass, and Raven still remains in a coma but has managed to shift a finger before falling back into a deep sleep. Even as before, I couldn't dare to go in there but stayed outside and watched through the glass as she breathed through the oxygen with no sign of waking up."I never thought I would say this, but I see how much you love my daughter," Mr. Grey shows up beside me, arms crossed over his chest while watching the pale form of his daughter through the glass."You know I have always thought she was joking when she said she preferred older men, and that's why she never dated in high school and the beginning of college. She said young guys are childish; imagine my surprise when she displayed her interest for you before me. Knowing your status as a wolf, I thought you might find her too childish and discard her off as a weak little human, but you have shown you deeply love her. I wonder how it became like this," he shakes his head and sighs."I
(RAVEN'S POINT OF VIEW)When I open my eyes, it's like being in a new world. I see my mom beside me, looking like she has done nothing but cry her eyes out for days, and that is the weirdest thing I have ever seen in my life. She looks like she was scared out of her wits; the sight is creepy, and when she takes my hand in hers, I nearly flinch because she has never touched me like that before."Are you okay, honey? Do you need anything? Does anywhere hurt? Should I go get the doctor?" She goes on and on with questions as she helps me to a sitting position on the hospital bed I find myself in. Again, I flinch when she tries to help me, and she steps back, I almost feel bad because I have no idea what the heck is going on, and my head feels like it has been run over by a truck, and my mouth tastes sour; like vomit."My head hurts," I tell her. Almost immediately, she grabs the phone from the wall and makes a call. "She's awake." It's also like she can't contain her excitement as she t
(RAVEN’S POINT OF VIEW}Never returning to Chicago? Ah. Why would I need his help to reach Chicago when I make the booking myself?I make them believe I'm never going to leave the hospital, only to steal my dad’s credit card and book the first flight I get my hands on and there I am, on my way back to Chicago.The first thing I feel when I step out of the airport is the rush of cool air, thick with the smell of fuel, and that faint hint of autumn.With a jacket and a hoodie over my head with a face cap, I call the first cap that immediately takes me to Ahvi’s home.Getting there, I knock on the front door a couple of times before it opens to reveal Mrs. Jude looked worse for wear. Her shoulders slumped, eyes half-lidded, and hair escaping its tie in messy strands. “Hello, Mrs. Judes." I greet her with a smile, that she doesn’t return. She looks at me from head to toe, almost like she doesn't recognize me. I am not ready to introduce myself until she says…“I thought you were in a com