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"Jack, honestly now is not a good time," I say as I want to walk past him but he doesn't let me. "Kaya, please." He pleads, keeping his voice low knowing how sensitive Sofia's hearing is. "I know that what you heard that day came to you as a shock, and that is not the way I wanted you to find out but..." "But nothing Jack, you are my brother. That is how I see you and that will never change. You saw me grow up for crying out loud, dont you think that is just a tad bit creepy." He takes a step back, looking as if I had slapped him. "Honestly I dont know what you think your feelings are for me but I really hope you figure it out, for the sake of our parents." I move aside to leave when he puts his hand in front of me, and I let out a breath of frustration. "Do you want me to take a look at your friend? Maybe I can help." He offers. "He is good at medicine, maybe it wouldn't hurt." Saf suddenly lets out a voice after being quiet for hours. "Yeah, that's a good idea. Just wait f
"Would you guys mind waiting outside for a minute, I'd like to have a moment alone with her?" This is going to be difficult enough without the audience and Thalia might be a bit more comfortable with just me."Sure, we will be downstairs if you need us," Sofia said as she opened the door and basically told them to leave, but Atlas came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder. His touch is getting more and more comforting each time he does so."I'll be just outside the door, in case... you need me." His hand remains on me as Sofia watches amazed, I put my hand over his and nod my head as they all provide to leave while Thaila watches them confused."Who are all of these people?" She asked as the bang of the door made her bring her hands to her ears again. I gently take them down to her lap as she struggles to open her eyes."Thaila, look at me please." I rub her hands until she brings herself to open her eyes."I was so stupid, I should have called the police the minute I found out what
"Who is he again?" Thaila asks as she goes to stand behind me as Atlas steps into the room, and Shaun follows in his steps. How do I introduce him? As a fellow werewolf, a future Alpha, like that would mean anything to her, or my ... whatever that he is friend or soulmate. "This is Atlas, and the one behind him is Shaun." She watches them carefully, inspecting every movement and the way they breathe. "Are they... like you?" A long answer to that would be no, there are layers that differentiate us. Atlas is of Alpha blood, born to be a leader. Shaun is a Beta, second in command. And then there is me, an Omega. If it weren't for the soulmate bond Atlas claims we have, the two of us would never co-exist in the same space. But in the end, you could say we are all in fact, werewolves. "Yes, we are also werewolves," Atlas answers as they shine their eyes and Thaila takes a step forward, the curiosity must have gotten the better of her. "Where are we going? I thought we would stay here u
"I can't believe you have to leave already, I was really hoping to talk with you, sweetheart," Mom says as she fixes my hair, moving it from my face and tucking it gently behind my ears. I loved my mother's kind blue eyes, they were always filled with love, no matter my circumstances I know I'm lucky to have them as my parents. It's like even if I wanted to be mad at them I can't deny the fact that they raised me as one of their own."I know, mom. But right now there are other, more urgent things I need to deal with." Jake looks at me from the corner of the room and Atlas notices him as he stands close to me."You can come to the pack mansion, our doors will always be open whenever you want to visit Kaya." He says as he puts his hand on my lower back as Sofia comes running down."Wait, I have something for you." She comes carrying a little box that she hands over to me. "To say thank you, for the earrings you got me." I open the small box and reveal the beautiful violet crystal that wa
"How could you be so reckless Atlas? I explicitly told you to stay on the grounds and you took the first opportunity to run away again. You are not an Alpha yet, you are my son and you listen to me as not only your mother but as your Luna." Atlas just stood in front of his mother as she was lecturing him, he didn't say a word and let her talk while I stood here. "Do you think about my reputation in front of the other wolves? Why should they listen to me if my son disobeys my orders?" I dont understand why is he not trying to defend himself, the only reason he left the pack was because of me. To help me. "Turning a human into a werewolf is the dumbest decision you could have made, you are about to take the role of the leader for your pack and you should be one to set an example for others. There is a reason why humans can't survive the transition, the fact that this one made it so far doesn't mean she will live past the full moon and then we will have a dead body on our hands." What doe
Atlas asked a question that had a rather complicated answer, but I promised him I would talk to him about the situation I'm living with my family and Jake is a big part of that. After all, it was his indiscretion that led me to the truth even if it was unintentional. I want to be truthful with Atlas, but it's hard to do so when I can't predict his reaction. "Why dont we sit down and talk, please." I push at his warm, hard chest, and by doing so I can feel his heartbeat against the palm of my hand, it is beating so fast while his eyes don't even give a single blink. "Talk to me now," But talking pressed against him, feeling him, smelling him wasn't easy and I was desperate for some air as the only thing I could feel was his hot breath against my cheek when he pulled me back in by the waist. "Who is Jack to you?" Atlas insists as he uses his hand to brush the hair from my face while tracing my cheek with his finger. The closer we are to each other the calmer he gets, his features rel
"You can go now, Shaun. I'll take it over from here." I say as I walk over to my room door and Shaun gets up from one of the chairs. He obviesly needs rest, just like the rest of us. And a shower, driving next to a cat with a bloody girl in your lap combined with the sweat from the fighting was giving him quite the reek. "Jeffrey got her something to eat, I didn't go inside so you should check if she ate anything." I nod my head and he looks at me with a question on his mind. "What is it? I can tell you want to ask me something." Shaun looks at Atlas's door as he doubts if he should open his mouth. "It may not be my place to meddle, but after everything Atlas did for you, helped you rescue your friend, stood by you even against his mother... dont you think he deserves a little affection from you? I mean not everyone can offer you the title of the next pack Luna. Especially to someone as ordinary as you." He says it with such a straight face that I just dont know how to feel about hi
"You are telling me that the Moon Goddess decides who is supposed to be the love of your life and creates a soulmate bond that compels you to follow the other person no matter what." Thalia is trying to get the hang of some of the details that make the werewolf's life different from what she is used to in the human world. She finds everything to be unreal and yet at the same time fascinating. "That's great, you basically get to avoid many unnecessary dates and mixed signals from the other person." But I want the dates, it's there where you get to meet the other person, learn their likes and dislikes. Get to know little thing that makes them who they are and how they affect you. Getting to know the other person is also a good way to get to know yourself. Like what if I hate the way he chews his food or the way he breaths at night? Or what if he doesn't like burgers as much as I do and is allergic to chocolate when my favorite cake is a Rafaelo Roche flavored? "I never minded that I did
"I dont know what to do. I lost control over everything in my life." I say to Thaila and she gives me a side look. "At least you are still you. I can't say the same." But am I still me? Lately, I think I dont even know myself. I feel lost, even more so now that Cole is back. This is not how I imagined our reunion at all. And then there is Atlas, even if I dont feel the same thing he feels for me that doesn't mean I want to hurt him. "I think we talked enough about me," I say as I push the plate away and rest my hand on the table. "There is something important I need to discuss with you." Thaila sets her plate aside and sits straight up in her chair. "You dragged it out enough, Kaya. Just go straight to the point." Actually, I was looking forward to dragging it out but I guess here it goes. "The full moon is about to happen and you are going to shift, quite painfully but dont worry you are going to make it. We are sure of it." I would have tried and put it out a bit more gently but
"This will be interesting," Saf says as it seems she is amused with the situation while I stare at Cole's surprised eyes. "Your soulmate?" Cole asks as he takes a step back. I dont know how to interpret his shock, maybe... maybe he cares... about me. "Yes, and soon your future Luna." This can't be happening, not now. Not now that he is finally back. "Congratulations on finding your soulmate, I hoped that by coming back to the pack territory I would have found mine as well." Cole looked at me, it seemed like his eyes wanted to tell me so many things. "The pack's territory is big and now that you are back you'll have nothing but time to find her," Atlas says, his behavior toward Cole is cold and he insists on keeping my hand in his. "Yes, well... We'll see what happens. If you excuse me, Luna is waiting for me." Cole slightly bows his head but his eyes find mine as he raises his eyebrows before heading into the living room. I take my hand out of Atlas's hold and he looks at me long
"Who is Cole?" Thalia asks. I must have said his name out loud. Cole is here, I can't believe he is actually here. It's been years since I last saw him but there was no doubt it was him. I would recognize that man anywhere. "Cole... Cole is an old friend of mine." This is technically not a lie, we were always just friends. His father worked at the hospital where Jake and I used to volunteer. That's where I met him, and there is where I fell in love with him. We would spend entire days together, and he would make me laugh all the time. Cole is now twenty-five and since he was twenty-one he got the order to go into the human world and take over the position of the CEO of one of the Alpha's most profitable companies. It was a high honor that he couldn't possibly turn down. The day he had to leave the pack was the day he gave me this necklace, he made me promise I would never take it off and I haven't. I promised it to him but I swore it to myself. I was nineteen then, it seemed reasonab
After I recovered from the little moment between Atlas and me I was on my way back to the room when I saw Thaila in the hallway studying the paintings on the walls. "Hey, did you find anything interesting?" I ask. "Yeah, why do you guys have so many paintings of the little red riding hood?" Thaila asks as she points to the wall. "That is not Little Red Riding Hood. It's the Moon Goddess." Thalia shakes her head in disagreement. "My mother told me the story about a million times, that is exactly how she appeared in the pictures." The story isn't entirely how it was written down, but then again what story is? The best proof of that is the many different versions written by people with different perspectives. It heavily depends on the narrator."Not everything is what it appears to be. The little red as you call it was once a human and her cloak was white. The story that we know is that she was a woman who couldn't have children, and for that, she was unmarried and later outcasted
"A blessed wolf?" I have never heard of that, but then again the latest events have proven to me that I need to brush up on my history. "You know how when a werewolf is born it doesn't have a wolf, it takes years after to gain it. It's because it becomes attached to the person's soul and becomes an extension of one's being. In the case of your friend, her soul is now the extended part of the wolf within." Samuel tries to clarify but all of this is so new that it takes me a minute to wrap my head around it. "So she will be okay? She will be able to turn and live her life like the rest of the werewolves?" I ask and the conflicted look on Samuels's face tells me that the story doesn't quite end there. "If... If she manages to get her gift under control, maybe." Gift? Why do I feel like it's gonna be one of those gifts that dont come with the receipt and you can't even exchange it for something better? "What kind of a gift are we talking about?" Atlas asks as he leans over the table t
"But she seems ok. You should have seen her today, there is not a scratch on her." I thought the worst had passed, I was confident that everything would be alright. That is what I promised her. "Her body healed, yes. But once the full moon starts and the shift begins her bones are going to break... without a wolf..." Atlas had a hard time saying the words but I knew what he was implying."Without a wolf, all that is going to be left of her is a sack of crushed bones." And everything we did up until now would be worthless, none of us can give her a wolf. To make matters worse, the full moon is tomorrow. "Wolfy, I really wish I could do something about it, but right now the only thing we can do is hope and pray that the Moon Goddess finds her worthy." The Moon Goddess, she already saved her once. Why would she do that if she would want to let her die by the full moon? No, Thaila will be alright, I refuse to believe otherwise."How did you come to that information?" I ask Atlas. Maybe h
When I left the bathroom the breakfast was already delivered but Thaila was out on the balcony talking to her mother. I could hear her mother's joy all the way to where I was standing, after all, her daughter was safe. I wasn't about to interrupt her, the breakfast can wait and I can use this time to go and find Atlas. When I got out of the room I noticed something strange happening outside the windows, all the royal guards were assembled in front of the mansion. Were they here to make sure I could leave, it wouldn't surprise me that Luna put stronger measures to retain me this time. Or... they were waiting for someone."Are you looking for someone, Wolfy?" Atlas asks as he appears from behind. I dont know how he manages to sneak up on me so many times. I turn around and give him a full look at the outfit, it seems he approves."I see I managed to get the right size." So he did pick it out."And the right cup size," I add just to be funny and it seems he gets it. Atlas is wearing his
I heard a knock on the door and my initial thought was what do people have against sleep in this house but when I saw it was almost eleven a.m. I figured that my exhaustion got the better of me. The last time I slept in so late I was still in school. Thalia was already sitting in bed as I rubbed my eyes while the sun came through the window. "Who is it?" I ask as I cover my legs with the blanket. "It's Jeffrey. May I come in?" What is it now? Does the Luna need me again? She can't very well yell at me in front of Atlas so maybe she wants to do it in private now. "Yes, Jeffrey. Come in." The door swiftly opens and Jeffrey strolls in with maids carrying shopping bags and boxes and placing them on the couch and the little table on the side. "What is all of this?" I ask. "Master Atlas ordered we get both you and Miss Thaila some new clothes and anything else you might need. If there is anything you might not like just say the word and our staff will exchange it." Atlas told them to g
"That is not what they looked like before," Thaila says as I turn my gaze to her. I'm not saying she has a reason to lie, and given everything that has happened, she could simply be confused. "What is happening in here?" We all turn to the door where we see our Luna with Jeffrey standing close by. This is the first time she sets her eyes on Thaila, and she doesn't look pleased. "Nothing mother, go back to sleep," Atlas says as he stands in front of me as Thalia comes to stand by my side. "I was trying to do that when my sleep got interrupted by your friend here. And is that a cat in my house?" She asks as she turns to look at Jeffrey who simply looks at the floor. "I allowed it," Atlas spoke while making sure to make it clear that no matter what came my way he was ready to block it. "I see." Luna said as she looked at her son and then at me. Maybe she was regretting her decision to force me to stay here, especially with an unexpected guest. Yet no matter the price, she would do