Later that night,
Bella was lost in the thoughts of Odin who didn’t come to see her once in the day nor the night. Her heart was on the verge of breaking up.
She kept turning back and forth in bed out of restlessness. When she faced Bella, she could hear her snoring very much clearly.
‘’ I had been living all my life relying on others. Isn’t this the time I do something by myself?’’.
Bella’s words that Odin came here but didn’t come inside her house is something that she had never expected to happen.
‘’ It may be but….he’s not starting to hate me for some reason is he?’’.
‘’ That’s not the reason right?’’.
She got up from her bed at the end. She searched for some water by her side, but the glass was empty.
So she walked towards the kitchen and fetched a glass of water.
While drinking it, the face of Odin was
‘’ Are you alright Rain?’’ he asked, his voice was cracking up. He panted hard, and was taking deep breaths as well. His grip was tighter around her waist. He held her near his chest, she was able to hear his heart beating faster than ever.She was wrapped by his warmth, feeling secured. ‘’ Rain?’’ he called again. ‘’ Yes…I’m fine….thanks for protecting me. I was feeling scared.’’ He heaved a sigh. And held her even more tightly than before. ‘’ I will protect you from these fiends. Come at me,’’ he yelled taking out his sharp claws, showing them. He held her in his arms and jumped up and down fighting them. Even though he was in his wolf form, fighting against all of those hunters and the wolves, were proving hard to him as he was getting exhausted from dodging also. ‘’ Hey, why are these people after you though?’’ he asked while fighting. Rain gave no answer to his question. ‘’ Can’t you hear
‘’ W-what’s happening?’’ Rain couldn’t grasp a hold of the things which were happening around her.‘’ Odin! Odin!’’ she called for numerous times. But there was no reply.She touched his back, and was able to feel the arrow which stuck to his back.‘’ Is this…..an arrow? I’ll get this out right away,’’ Rain pulled it out with all of her strength and threw it away.But that caused the wound to start bleeding. She touched the wound again only to get her fingers stained with his blood.In a minute they were lying in a pool of blood.The smell of copper filled her nostrils. She recognized the smell right away. It was the smell of blood which she had felt when her parents were slaughtered by a rogue pack.The same feeling is coming back to her once again.That horrible nightmare which she had tried to escape from all her life, is c
Odin’s P.O.VUgh, what’s up with the pain spreading far and across my body?I feel as if something is making my body feel numb. I can’t feel anything anymore.‘’ This is the curse which you are born. The curse which is going to kill you eventually.’’A woman’s voice whispered in my ears.I opened up my eyes to see a woman standing in front of me.She had white hair, just like the light of the moon showering down its rays onto the ground.Her eyes were cold and blue like the sea.The way she stared at me with the darkness in them made me feel cold from inside out.Wait, what is she doing here?‘’Why are you here?’’ I yelled at her.‘’ Have you forgotten what you have done in the past? Have you forgotten what you have done to my daughter?’’.‘’ Your….daughter?’’.‘
‘’ What’s wrong?’’ August asked, seeing Rain not moving at all. She just froze on the spot.‘’It’s nothing.’’Odin started groaning in his unconscious state.His lips were parted and he squinted his eyes in discomfort.He was sweating also.Rain kept tracing the spot where he was hurt.‘’ This is just like the premonition. But why did he get hurt in the back instead of the arm?’’.‘’ Is this because of me? Because I went to see him everything changed? I am the reason behind everything? Or else he wouldn’t have gotten hurt?’’.Rain couldn’t think anything now. Nothing made sense to her.‘’ Hey, are you hearing? Do you see any chance for him to recover?’’.August’s words made her snap back to reality.She flipped him over right away.August sneaked a peek
Someone opened the door right away. It was a wolf from their pack. ‘’ How’s the condition-‘’ August interrupted. ‘’ We are managing. You can leave now.’’ ‘’ But-‘’. ‘’ Leave! Do what I say right now.’’ August’s yelling created a shrill down the wolf's spine. ‘’ Alright,’’ it left the room right away, closing the door behind with a sound. ‘’ Now,’’ he turned to Rain who was shuddering in fear because of the way he shouted in front of her just now. Anyone would be frightened by his yelling. ‘’ Get out of my sight. I’ll see what else can we do about him.’’ He pushed her aside right away. She fell to the ground. Her right leg was hurt. Still, she tried to get up. August started pacing up and down around Odin. ‘’ He’s in a trance state. A nightmare or something is haunting him, not letting him be conscious,’’ her murmuring made him turn to her. ‘’ What’s haunting him?’’
Thereafter, August didn’t come back, and half an hour had passed by.He was at the cellar where they have held captive the prisoners.The one who had hurt Odin was found and he was separated from the rest for interrogation.He was pinned on the wall with his hands and legs tied, restricting his movement.August stood in front of him in his wolf form.‘’ Do you mind speaking up now?’’ he growled.The man with a scar on his forehead glared at him. One of his eyes was black as pitch dark from all the beating he was given.Blood was dripping from his lips.‘’ I won’t speak,’’ was all that came out of his mouth.August couldn’t keep his actions in control and punched him again in the nose.Blood started dripping down from his nose also.The man stared at him and started laughing out laughter.August found it strange. Another wolf came after
Odin’s breathing became even more uneven. He was panting desperately. Seeing this, Rain held onto his hand tightly to give him comfort.‘’ Please don’t die on me. There are so many things for us to see and do. Don’t die on me.’’‘’ I want to tell you so many things, from my very own mouth. So, don’t die. I want to tell you how happy I have been ever since you came into my life. I want to tell you about the pain that I suffer whenever you aren’t beside me.’’‘’ I want to share all the emotions that I feel. I want to share my love. I want to tell you everything. Please give me the chance to share them with you.’’‘’ I want to tell you how much empty I felt when my parents had gone away from my life. I wanted to tell you the excitement in my heart when I had found out that you were the one I was destined to.’’‘’ I
‘’ Is he…dead?’’ the moment those words were past her lips, her mind went blank. Darkness surrounded her and she wasn’t able to see anything beyond that.In a moment she lost her breath, she was able to feel her heart beating faster than ever. It was the only noise she was able to hear in the room.In the space, there was only Her and he and the darkness surrounded them.Odin’s face flashed into her mind.The sad smile he had, brought her back to reality.‘’ No, I can’t let him die. He can’t die on me,’’ she murmured.‘’ Don’t die on me,’’ she began fisting her hands against his chest in an attempt to wake him up.‘’ Odin, don’t die. Breathe, wake up for me.’’‘’ Don’t die!’’ she yelled loudly in his ears.But her efforts were all in vain.She rest
Rain hugged onto her knees even more tightly.“He’s not going just because of me. I’m stopping him from enjoying.”“Even though he was looking forward to the harvesting festival dance. I’m ruining everything for him.”“I can’t do this.”“He doesn’t deserve this at all.”“I need to do something.”Odin waited outside the door. Somewhere in his heart, he was hoping that Rain would come out and join him. But he was unable to say those things from his mouth.Odin hits his back against the door as the door slightly opens.“Get away a little,” Rain said softly.Odin got up on his feet and stood in front of the door.The rain opens the door and came out, looking sideways.He became surprised.“You opened the door?”.She nodded, “Let’s go to the harvesting festival. I want to go together with you.” Odin’s eyes widened.“F-for real?”.She nodded. “I’m sorry for acting mean towards you all.”“I didn’t mean to do that.”“Can you forgive me?” she asked bowing her head.He examined her from top to
“ What’s wrong?” Sherry asked, coming forward. “she seems familiar to me. That’s why I stopped to see her. Do you recognize her?” Simon asked. “Recognize? How’s this possible?”. Sherry stepped forward and came to see the face of Bella who was standing with an astonished face. She couldn’t understand what was going on in there. “ You know me?” Bella asked. “ Are you….with the Solomon family?” asked Simon. He stared at her with a questioned look. "Ah...yes...you are talking about Rain. Yes, I'm her friend. I work under you lord." Bella bowed down holding onto the hem of her skirt. He watched her in awe. Sherry also stared at Bella. Then asked, "didn't your friend come here today?". "Are you alone?". "Ah .yes. she'll be coming later." Simon wanted to ask something more, but then he stopped himself from asking anything Any further and went on. After that everyone returned home. Bella returned home with a smiling face. She looked all around the house to find Rain who di
And, like that, the long night came to an end, and the sun rose up signaling it was morning. Although the villagers were much unhappy about the fact that people were starting to get missing from the village, they still made the arrangements for the festival. The whole village was dressed in pretty colors and arrangements. Ever since Rain’s parents were alive, this festival had been the source of joy for her and her family. During the evening, Rain was recalling about the days which she had spent along with her family during the festive times. Now that they are not here, she’s missing them more than ever. Their absence is making her feel sadder than ever. “Rain, which dress should I wear? What would you like to wear?” Bella asked, showing her the couple of dresses that she had on her hands. Rain was absent-minded. So she wasn’t able to hear what she was telling her. “Rain?” Bella called again. “Why aren’t you listening to me?” her loud voice breaks into her attention. “Huh.
“Ah…because of the rose-“ before she was able to complete her sentence he sucked onto the finger which was hurt. As the blood reached his tongue he had a familiar running down his body. As if he had tasted this before. Then he recalled that time when he woke up to his senses, and she was kissing him which she still hadn’t answered why. She noticed the change in his behavior. “W-what are you doing? Don’t do this,” she was squirming under the feeling he left on her hands. He pulled away when she was starting to feel embarrassed. “ You hadn’t said anything about the reason why you had kissed me when I wasn’t awake after the wound.” His comment left her speechless. She couldn’t utter anything. “I..I…”. Silence followed in between them. His gaze was enough to make her feel nervous. If she could tell him why she did that back, no one would have felt much relieved than her most probably. But there was no way out for her to tell him that. Tell him the fact that she’s blessed by the p
Meanwhile, Rain was cutting up eggplants while thinking about something in her mind. She was in the kitchen.The images of the premonition came back to haunt her again. She was starting to feel cold the moment she recalled them.Bella came from behind her and saw her cutting slowly, without a care in the world.She peeked over her shoulder only to spot that Rain was about to cut her finger off.That’s why she came from behind her, and grabbed hold of her hand, stopping her in the tracks."What are you doing girl? You were about to cut your hand by accident. Where is your attention?" Bella shouted."Uh... haven't noticed. Was I about to cut my fingers? Sorry.""What's the point in apologizing to me? You are the one who was in danger." Bella scolded her."Am sorry I had been careless.''"You go and do something else. I will take care of everything here." Bella sai
“Stella, what are you doing here?” Leah comments, seeing the girl who was beside Odin.She had blond hair and black eyes, with a petite figure.“I….” she lowered her head at her feet.“She had been hiding outside the door, listening to our words. Mind asking her what she was doing listening to us?” Odin asked.August was observing her actions from head to toe.Leah stepped forward and walked up to the side of Stella named girl.“What were you doing outside the door Stella? Aren’t you supposed to be with Sarah at the moment?" Leah's words made Stella look down at her feet.“I….I came to ask about the security within the village. Lady Sarah told me to know whether we will place even more guards at night or not,” she stuttered while replying. Her mouth felt dry, and her heart was beating faster than ever from the nervousness.She was sweating and panti
In a while, they reached the house of Alpha Simon. Guards have surrounded the entire house.The atmosphere was tense. They stood near the gate.“Won’t we go inside?” August asked.“Yes, let’s go.”The moment they walked inside the gate, some people spotted them and surrounded them.“Your identity?” asked one of them.“Alpha Odin and his Beta August are here, inform this to Simon he’ll understand.”In a while they accompanied them inside the house.Grace spotted them when she came downstairs.“Look who we have here, isn’t this The kind hearted Alpha Odin and his Beta?” she compliments in a teasing tone.They were standing downstairs so, hearing her comment their attention turns to her.August hadn’t met Grace so he was confused.She came down, and stood in front of them wearing a pretty smile on her
Meanwhile, Rain and Odin came back to the breakfast table while carrying the basket of eggplants in his hands.Seeing them August and Bella stopped talking.August’s eyes traveled to the expression on Rain’s face. It was sadder than before.Bella spotted the eggplants first and stood up right away.“Eggplants in this season? Am I dreaming?”.“Who gave them to us?”.Rain pushed aside Odin and stepped forward replying, “Aurelia, she came over to give some news.”“What information?” August asked out of curiosity, relaxing back on his chair.Odin went past them to the kitchen, to put the basket down.“Come and have a seat with us,” Bella made Rain sit beside hers.Rain replied,” She came to tell that the missing cases again started. And last night ten people went missing from our pack. I don’t understand why’s this
August and Bella stared at each other and choked in their food hearing Odin’s question.“W-why are you asking that question?” stuttered August, wiping away the sauce off his face.Bella stared at her food, the called, “Fill my glass, I need water.”“Coming,” replied Rain from the kitchen.She brought the glass of water from the kitchen and placed it by the side of the table.“Here.”“August? What’s wrong? Why are you so silent ever since you woke up?” Odin asked again.“It’s not a question to ask. I don’t feel like talking just all. When will we leave by the way?”.