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AURORA“Drink.” A single word but yet, a powerful command. I looked at the glass of water-like liquid in my front and swallowed hard. I was seated in front of a dressing mirror that wasn’t mine, it was his. There wasn’t a fingerprint or a speck of dust on it and I wondered if he ever even used it.I would be surprised if he wasn’t because if I were Adrian Storm, I wouldn’t be able to look away from a mirror. The glass was so clean and the frame was so wolf-representatively beautiful in its clashing colors of orange and black. On his high dressing table, a bit too high for me, was a brush with some strands of his hair in it, another small hand mirror with a similar style, a box of unused cigarettes, and a bottle of tequila at the far side. I was afraid it’d fall if I shook the table even a little bit.But the most intimidating of everything present… was him, he was just behind me, grabbing the ears of his chair, almost pressing his body close to mine and I
AURORAMind-links can only be formed when two wolves—they don’t have to be blood-related or mated in any way—have formed a bond with each other. It makes the brain comfortable enough to form speech without movement between those two wolves. If it works well, you can connect with more than one person, as long as you all know each other, and once the bond of friendship, love, siblings, is broken, so is the mind-link.I spent the next two tiring hours searching the entire forest for wildflowers. Though the forest wasn’t as thick and bushy as Azonos—with my feet feeling the soft safe fresh grass unlike rustling of leaves or hard ground—it was still hard to navigate. Another security measure.I climbed trees to get a better view, dug through bushes, went through the forest twice, and had already seen everything in here at least twice… I got so desperate that I searched under big rocks and logs of wood but there wasn’t even any other flower with a hint
HILDAI’ve never been strong like my siblings, especially not Aurora. I have a lot of non-academic trouble at school and it takes very little to break me. I’m not bold like her and it’d be a miracle if I don’t collapse and cry at least once every two weeks.I don’t share everything with everyone and mask my pain behind a smile. Aurora doesn’t see what I have to hide inside, she hides nothing and lets all her feelings out, but I keep and bear. If only she knew… how much I adored her as my sister.I wasn’t sure how to feel about her anymore, when she said those words to me. I tried not to but I fall into tears anytime I hear them. I wished I could hate her for it, I wanted to, but then I thought about all she must be going through back there. I’ve heard awful things about that Alpha and it’s only ill fate that Aurora ended up as his mate. I didn’t want to tell mom and dad about the call because it didn’t make much of a difference but then… I was being selfish because it might give me an
AURORA“You must have learned at least one thing from our last week of studying Lunas so I suggest now is the time to study yourself and see what makes you stronger or weaker as a Luna.”I gave a weak nod. Sometimes, I had to remind myself that she was sitting anterior to me, teaching and training… my only hope was for her not to ask me what I recollected from everything she’s said in the last hour.The room seemed brighter than I liked this morning and my sunny dress wasn’t helping either. My hair had been pinned up in a ‘delightful’ style and decorated in jewels that some maids had also taken ‘delight’ in fixing. Even with my disapproval, I knew it was pretty because they had used the stubbornness of my curls to their advantage and tucked in complementing ornaments that gleamed with a slight shift of sunlight.Maids had been coming in to prepare me more and more often, and though I wondered why, I appreciated that it was now rather than when I first came here. They would’ve freaked t
AURORA“A pup shouldn’t be in the lion’s den.” It’s been a while since I heard that deep unfeeling voice. Made me wonder where he’s been all this time. I faced him as he took his hand off my shoulder. His head as bald as ever, his face as rugged and tough, and his heftiness just as sturdy. His dark skin was smooth nevertheless and his eyes always rang a warning. At first, he intimidated me with… all that… but when I listened to that man-whore and stopped judging people by appearance, he didn’t look much like a big bad wolf anymore.“Neither should a coward. You can get your head bitten off for it.”At first, he just looked at me, like he was trying to process something then a crushing laughter broke out of him. The vibrations of it made my tendons melt. “Remember pup, there’s a difference between a coward and a fool. Thankfully, the Alpha called me here. I can’t say the same about you.”I frowned at him, turning to the hallway that led to his room. I don’t know what that tug was abo
AURORASeconds after the information was conveyed to me I dashed outside, in proper battle wear this time so Adrian wouldn’t have any advantage. I was happy to miss a morning lecture on ‘How to be an amazing Luna’ from Lizra even though I secretly enjoyed our talks.Slowly, it got easier to navigate the packhouse and I was slightly getting used to it—against my wish anyway. I may not have the best eyesight but it was clear why the Sigmas and aides of Silverclaw wear battle leather. This was not like any ordinary leather.Afar it looks flexible and rubbery but when met with force, it hardens and sends every weapon back. The harder the impact and the greater the force, the grander the bounce and repel. For the enemy to cause damage to one wearing Claw Leather, as Dylan called it when he gave it to me yesterday evening, they’d need time to reel it in.But time is sparse when we’ll always be at alert and striking length. He gave a short introduction of how amazing it was and his contributi
AURORAShe smiled. Not like the ones she forced or those that she made to cover her anguish but she genuinely smiled. She was happy.“Oh yes, I remembered that day quite well. The first day I ever stepped in here, the packhouse was on fire.”I peeled my eyes away from the image of the packhouse’s mini-forest that I was sketching. Lizra ‘borrowed’ me—but I’m not going to give it back—a sketchbook for tonight and though it’s been a long time since I drew anything, I delved into it and liked the way it came out.I used to draw a lot as a kid but I could never sit down long enough to finish one drawing. I always got bored and eventually found something better to do.‘Sadly, you don’t have anything better to do now.’I wished I could drag her tail right now. ‘Must you ruin every moment, Ev?’But it was nice outside. We were seated at the entrance of the packhouse, my eyes glided down the stairs we wouldn’t cross today then ro
ADRIAN“You see her as a threat, Alpha?” my Beta asked, with arms folded on one of the seats opposite mine. The one next to him was still empty. That monkey can’t arrive early to save his own life. “He will arrive soon, Alpha,” Roger said, noticing where my eyes had strayed. “He overdrank last night.”‘That must have been like ten bottles,’ Fox scoffed but my attention was far from Dylan’s tardiness and bad drinking habits.I had wanted to be there. I can hear things from miles away but I can also shut them out when I pleased. Their laughing and jokes, her laughing, I couldn’t shut them out. Not when she sounded the happiest she had been since she arrived in the packhouse.Though I wasn’t there, I was watching, listening, and more than all things at the moment, I wanted to grab a chair and join them. See her laugh physically and at least try to smile for her but I couldn’t get off my sorry ass. I couldn’t move from my drunken state on the bed.