Selene’s POVGentle taps on my face pulled me out of oblivion.“Mummy, mummy,” Ella's voice rang in my mind. At first I had mistaken it for a dream—a very realistic dream—but she pulled the lids of my eyes open."Mummy, wake up,” she whispered again.Her little finger slapped my cheeks, then pulled on my lips.“Mummy”Forcefully pulled out of slumber, my eyes fluttered open, and I met her curious eyes staring down at me; her expression held worries and confusion.“What is it?” I asked with a long sigh while trying to sit upright; waking me up from sleep was her new motive.“Mummy, we are not in our own hut anymore! We changed houses,” she whispered close to my ears. The disappointment hit me.“Baby, you were sleeping when we changed houses." I pulled her in, then placed a kiss on her forehead. “You don’t have to worry; we are fine. There was an attack in the pack so your Uncle Lucian said it would be best if we moved; that’s why.”“Attack? What attack?”Cleaning my eyes, I sagged back
Lucian’s POVWe were finally on our spot for the hunt, focused and determined to get it right. Winter was approaching; we needed more fur for the pack and more meat. That was why we targeted bears because they would give us all that.Our eyes were focused on the target, a grizzly bear walking in the forest, totally unaware of the threat. I mindlinked with the wolves by my side; they had their eyes on it as well. We lowered our gaze to the ground, ready to attack, when I spotted another bear by the side, but before I could alarm them, they attacked.The sudden attack caused a tumult: two mighty bears against my wolves; their sharp fingers were fast and furious as they slammed two wolves into a nearby tree.“Confuse it!” I said in a mind-link.We were different wolves with different hunting patterns, so I had to direct them. Now while they focused on the closer wolf, I and Joan chose to take care of the latter.“Take the legs,” I added.And while others took to the path of crippling its
Lucian’s POV“Speak up, young man, what’s your problem? Is it the food or clothing?’’ The blind boy hesitated and my patience was running thin. My legs were hurting.“Uhm, Alpha, I just don’t know if I can say this with everyone in the room…”“This is a safe space; Joan and Emily are the backbone of the pack, you should always feel safe saying things in their presence, in my absence or presence,” I confirmed. I watched his little sister whisper something into his ears, then he relaxed.Whatever he had to say was definitely not food or clothing; I suspected a contagious disease, which he was scared would share with others, or maybe he wanted me to help him bring someone; whatever it was, it was definitely hard to say.“While taking a stroll in the pack, I heard... I heard two wolves talking about yesterday's attack; they said the scent that was tracked was misleading, they are working for the fae queen chief, and they also said something about a precious stone—a moonstone,” he said.
‘Winter’My fingers traced the lines of the word engraved on the mask as I drank liquor from the cup in my hands.Ten years ago, I was still in the pack and was doing my strength training behind the side of the pack when I spotted Selene approaching me. The sight of her caused me to trip and I had broken an arm, but I didn’t acknowledge it. I was focused on making an impression on the lady, so I held my aching hand while feigning a smile. She ran out of a meeting held by her father and mine and wanted to spend some time alone. That day was the first day we had the longest conversation and the day I fell deeper in love with her. She called me summer because it was her favorite season of the year.I didn’t have a favorite season before that day; it was a nickname she teased me with, but it was all a ploy to get to me, but not anymore; summer died the day she betrayed me, leading to the birth of winter.‘You are paranoid, Lucian, she can’t be, she’s smarter.' Escarno whispered, We were d
Selene's POVThe sight of Emily in a blood-deranged cloth almost gave me a panic attack; the sight of the little girl in her arms made me think it was Ella at first until Joan walked in with a boy in her arms. There faces were coated with blood and I only knew who they were when I got the opportunity to get closer to them; it was the blind boy and his little sister. They were murdered mercilessly. While in a state of shock, I staggered backward; my heart palpitated even faster. The first thing that crossed my mind was Ella, my baby. I walked out of the room in search of her, just to make sure she was safe and whatever pandemic was going on in the pack, she wasn't a part of it.I rushed out of the tent, my weary eyes searching through every child in the pack, till I met Ella among the other children. I rushed her, and my desperate arms embraced her in a hug. I thought something must have happened to her.My body quivered as tears slid down the corners of my eyes.“Mummy, are you oka
Lucian’s POV“You are not going anywhere.” I reached out to her hands again, this time with a stronger grip. She needed to admit it—that she had betrayed me again; she had to cover her tracks by killing those people; she must have had help and she didn’t want to say the name of the person.“Let me go, Lucian!” If we stayed here, we were going to wake the little girl up, and I couldn’t afford to do that; her presence would be an easy escape for Selene to leave, and I couldn’t let that happen. I pulled her away from her hut, then towards mine. I pushed her in, then locked the door behind; now she had no excuse and she couldn't escape me.“How much did she offer you? A position in her pack? Gold and luxury? She promised to give your child more than she is receiving here, right? spill it!l” I asked curiously; all she had to do was admit it, but she wanted to make a fuss about it, I was certain she was the one who did it.“Did you bring me out of the pack to crucify me, Lucian? If that's t
Lucian’s POV"Nothing,” she lied through her lips. I had known her long enough to know when she was telling the truth and lying too, and as I watched the staggering lady barely holding on to her emotions, I saw a pathetic liar. She was a bad liar.“Joan, what did you do? I know you are lying so go ahead and say the truth.” “It doesn’t matter; the deed has been done; get over it. Not like it changes anything because she was in your room a while ago, so whatever I did was useless. Leave me alone, goodnight.” She stood up to leave but I pulled her body back to the chair.I saw tears forming in her eyes as she stared into mine; my heart fell into the pit of my stomach, not knowing what else to say. But I was on the verge of losing it; I wanted to know the atrocity she had committed.“I told her to stay away from you; that’s it. A day after I came back, I told her to stay away from you and that you belonged to me... You belong to me... Just me, not her. Why is it such a big deal?”My legs
Selene’s POVI saw myself in the dungeon again, crucified like an assassin and Alex's cohorts fed me wolfsbane. Everything within me felt the terror of the liquid as it burned my flesh; the sound of my bellowing voice echoed in my mind as tears trickled down my eyes.I felt myself being dragged to the pile of dead bodies at the back of the dungeon.The stench of rotten corpses wafted above my nose. And just when I thought everything was lost, I felt strong arms around me.Lucian? I thought to myself before I jolted from the bed.My eyes popped wide open, my heart pounding like war drums. I surveyed my surroundings; everything felt normal. I was totally fine, and not only that, I was far from Alexander’s reach and my baby was lying beside me in good health.I cupped her chin, and I kissed her forehead; waking up to her was the best part of my day.I heaved a euphoric sigh of relief as I fell back on the bed. I wiped the teardrop in my eyes as I stared at the straw rooftop above me. My th
Lucian’s POV I had sectioned the pack members into a a group of fifty people each which meant I would be going back and forth four times, I made sure all the trucks were ready and for each truck we would have ten pack members in it.The pregnant ladies and the lactating mothers, then followed by teenagers, the road was bad so I needed to make sure they arrived at safety first, I had an inkling that the movement would raise curious brows but at the end of the day I would do anything to protect them.“You.” I pointed to the former guard at the Far pack, he walked over to me, his daughter wouldn’t leave without him.“Yes chief.” “You and your daughter will drive with me at the front,” I said. It was dnagerous to have a child at the front of the pack but she won’t let her father go and secondly she reminded me off Ella, they were about the same age and they had the same color of eyes.I met Alice who was also preparing her niece for the trip, she looked sane.“How are you doing?” I aske
Selene’s POV It was my second time conquering some of these human challenges, and I felt fulfilled by it. I might not be so far after all. At this point in time. I felt I could get anything I wanted if I put my mind to it, and also with the help of this man because somehow he had made everything easy and was easily the person who had made an attempt to talk to me.I bowed before him, and he did the same too he smiled at me, I would tell Joan about him.“Carpenter” I whispered, he nodded.“Selene Taylor.” We had a basic understanding of things, and it was really good. I didn’t want to let him go now, maybe for today. He was a healer just like me, just different realms. If he doesn’t have a wife then I would like to have dinner with him.I looked around for an object that could represent food but everything around here was sparkling and metallic.I felt uneasy, but the goldsmith walked out with a briefcase.“Cash?” I asked.He nodded, then opened the case, I saw their currencies bein
Selene’s POV If I had known that humans had a way of communicating, I might have not worried so much about language barriers, but then again, it was a nice experience.I walked out of the ward with him beside me, the moment I stepped out eveyones eyes met mine, they questioned me with their eyes, and trust me I would have been worried if I listened to Joan.If I had worn the cloth she wanted me to wear the napkin that our believer target loved seeing on ladies, if people were looking at me suspiciously I would have suspected it was the reason.Now I was fully clothed and elegant as at that too, and if they wanted some sewing advice I would give them.With my chest held high, I walked out of the ward trying to avoid gaze with anyone who tend to stare for too long and when I was done, I was out and the healer who had offered to take me to the goldsmith opened his car for me.I entered and the interiors were classy, I knew most of our vehicles were fashioned from theirs, and seeing the
Selene’s POV Silence prevailed in our midst, just watching each other, and someone walked into the little room and told them to go back, which they did. I already had my dagger in my bag. If they were planning to put me here for any reason, I will not go down without a fight.My daughter was on the other end of the realm and I only came here to make a harmless exchange. And they were making a fuss out of it. It was so annoying and they were making me sick with all this drama.I imagined Lucian in this situation, what would he has be done if he was here, first he would have not entered the car, and secondly it would be bloody already and the thought of him only made me smile.I wanted to go back home, home to Joan, Ella and Lucian.I wanted to go back to where I wasn’t misunderstood, and maybe didn’t have to explain myself.The man before me walked over to the board which I had already damaged, if he wrote one more word on it, I would be convinced that he was slow.Yes that’s it, he w
Selene’s POV Why do humans bear the name of their profession, I am Selene healer, or I am Selene farmer. What else? Hi I am Selene inventor?If this ain’t the most silly thing I have heard all day.My outburst had the man staring at me like I had done something way out of line which in my defense, I did, I just laughed my ass out because his name sounded ridiculous, just like when Joan had said it for the first time.I still had my back against the bed and laughing had removed the max that filled my nose with the calming air.He took the board and he wrote something on it, *what is funny, did I say anything wrong* I didn’t know but with the look of concern on his eyes, I could tell he wasn’t entirely comfortable with me smiling the way I did.I didn’t know how to tell him, but since we were trying to understand each other in any way possible and he was doing a bad job having to write it on the board, I decided to ease the pain for both of us.I sat upright and I placed the mask on th
Selene’s POV I expected them to know right away that something was wrong but they started laughing, I had made a mockery of myself, like it wasn’t already bad enough.I prayed to the goddess to open the floor so I can jump in but she didn’t and they didn’t stop laughing, he took a naked and he wrote on it.*Are you okay? Don’t you have insurance to cover it up. 3ahat you said was sipped awkward.*I don’t know what it meant, and I saw that they were looking at me curiously for answers I melted into the car which was still on the road, “yes.” I said then closed my eyes, hoping that my answer somehow aligns with them dropping me off. I just wanted to find a hotel and then listen to the recording of Joan. Maybe I can learn more than just yea and no.The human sat close to me, he held my hands tight and I glanced back to me, I repelled his attention and closeness, I pulled my hands away.He said something which I didn’t understand, I just kept looking, soon the car came to a stop and the
Selene’s POV They started to gather me, I soon became claustrophobic and it only made my situation worse because they started deafening closer I had never felt this perplexed in my entire life.Confused and worried that I might just hurt someone in panic made it worse but as Joan had said, we were not so different from this people, we were the same beings, we had the same form, two hands two legs one had clear skin.Intellect, if they had anything I had it too, and if there wa anyone who should be at an advantage it’s us, our wolves isn’t a liability but an ability, I thought to myself as I felt someone hands touch me, I flinched but the. I succumbed to it.I saw a box car, it beeped continuously and then people gave way and some people came down from it. They packed a metal things on the floor and the assured me to get on it, as much as I wanted to tell them owns fine and what was happening was natural I couldn’t convey it.So I let them carry me on the thing and they placed me insi
Selene’s POV The next day wa she same thing, the usual loop of having to learn languages, how to say I need this and I need that, places I needed to visit, like malls to get more clothes, observation that is needed to to be made. And thing to do, and then it wa sight time and I was supposed to leave first thing in the morning because in three days the humans would be crossing into a new year in their calendar and I would need to be there in the party to Casper this criminal.Yes, that was his new name.And while Joan and I sat outside with Ella inside we had a heated day and now we were already exhausted from all the things we did all day.She held my knuckles and she kissed it when she noticed I wasn’t talking and she had been doing the talking.“I believe you.” She said, it was her first calm thing she had said all day and it meant a lot to me, I only nodded, and I stared down at my feet.“If I don’t come back on time, find Lucian, and give Ella to him.” “Hey don’t be negative, i
Lucian’s POVI just sat there in disbelief, my hands rested on my chest that was threatening to explode with fright and disappointment, I should have come her instead.If I was just a day esker than now I would have her here, I was pirated with myself, and as I much as I hated to admit this. I blamed the fact that my body was too weak and I needed more rat than I normally did.“Is everything alright?” The Alpha asked.I don’t respond. I needed to set out for Joan, I never thought we would see each other again after the least encounter; but now I was looking for her, if I saw her, I would see Ella and Selene.Or maybe she had returned them to the pack.I didn’t know I was just confused and I needed some sense of liberation. I walked out of the pack and I walked back to the pack, without hesitation I drove out. Was driving back to my pack for two reasons, I was going back home in hopes that if I got back there I would see Selene and Ella.The dues of that little trouble maker running