“So when sodium and potassium connect with water, the reaction causes the chemicals to explode.” Mr Edwards informed us as he stood before the class, wiggling the alkali metal in his fingers. “Are you going to show us, Sir?” Archie shouted out, capturing the teachers attention. Mr Edwards shook his head. “No, it’s far too messy. Anyway, you understand the point.” Well that was a waste of time. The class groaned in boredom as Mr Edwards placed the rock back on his desk, before removing his gloves. “I’m going to collect the quiz from my office. I’ll not be a moment.” Mr Edwards nodded with a poker face before turning to leave the classroom. Archie groaned loudly as he rested his head on my shoulder. “It’s the last week before summer and he’s handing out another test. What a kill joy. Why can’t we have some fun?” I giggled as I played with Archie’s curls. Then suddenly, an idea came to me and a mischievous smile formed on my lips. “I have a feeling this day is about to get much more
“That bitch.” I muttered.Could it really be her? Yes, she does hate me but to stoop to this level and help Skylar? There has to be more to it, surely.Frankly, I was kicking myself for not putting this together before. Betty was essentially family, whether Nate recognises it or not. Of course the enchantment would acknowledge her and grant access to the dungeons. She shared Nate’s blood.I glanced at Nate. Gone was the flirty smoulder and the seductive smirks I had grown so used too, now he was was wearing his emotions on his face and he looked ready to kill.I placed the iPad back down on Nate’s desk. “We need to talk to Danny, now.”Nate nodded in agreement. “We were waiting for you. Georgina has him outside, he’s waiting to come in.”I placed my hands on my hips, with a determined expression. “Bring him in.” I told Jacques, who nodded and opened the office door.The sound of rattling metals could be heard, before Georgina and Danny came into my eyesight. Danny appeared exhausted,
After around an hours drive, we had arrived at the Blue Crescent Pack. It had been almost a year since I had last visited, yet it felt as though it was only yesterday my mother had sent me here for the summer so my auntie could ‘try and straighten me out’ or so she said. Truthfully, my aunt and I were as thick as thieves. In actual fact, my rebellious personality had likely been influenced by her. When she lived at Lotus, before meeting Bryan, we would constantly play pranks on the pack. It was our favourite form of bonding. I felt it a lot when she left. However, seeing how in love she was with Bryan made it easy to understand why she had to leave. Even more so now I have Nate. Our SUV’s trailed down the dirt paths, being led into the middle of the woods. The Blue Crescent Pack was in the middle of a large forest, perfectly hidden from human residents in local communities. The hidden track went on for miles before you were met with any form of life, or so humans would think if the
I let out an exasperated sigh as my eyes shot open. It was hopeless, the anticipation of whether my plan had worked was causing a serious inability to sleep. It was infuriating, this waiting game. I rolled onto my side whilst reaching out my arm to hold onto Nate’s warm body, only I was met with a cold emptiness. That’s strange. Where could he be? I checked the time on my phone, which was resting on the night stand. 2:03 am. “You’re doing too much thinking, shut up and go to sleep.” Leia yawned. I rolled my eyes as I left the cosy embrace of the bed to go and find Nate. My blonde waves fell down my back as I straightened out my silk, black night dress. There was something about silk against my skin, it felt delightful. I tiptoed down the hall, trying to be as quiet as I could. I really didn’t feel like waiting up a bunch of tired werewolves, that had disaster written all over it. I sneakily made my way to the kitchen as an apparent thirst formed in my mouth, but as I entered the
Within moments I was dressed and frantically running out into the clearing, with Nate on my tail. The feeling of exhaustion had rapidly vanished as a sudden boost of energy had taken over. I felt fearless, invincible even. “Don’t shift. Skylar thinks you’re wolfless, we don’t want that advantage taken away.” Nate’s voice echoed in my mind. “Noted. Which side are they attacking from?” I asked him. I realised in my sudden outburst of dashing outside, I actually hadn’t asked where the rogues had come from. “East boarder. No magic either!” He warned. Well, where’s the fun in that? However I knew it was a necessary sacrifice, that was another advantage we really couldn’t afford to have taken away. We soon arrived at the east edge of the pack grounds. To say the scene was carnage, well that would be an understatement. The woods echoed with painful howls and whimpers, as wolves frequently dropped to the ground. Alpha Bryan’s men were getting ambushed by multiple rogues at once and were
As we sat in the dining room, I couldn’t help but ponder on how complicated everything had gotten. Little over three months ago, I was living in my fathers pack without Leia and consistently getting grounded for acting ‘rebelliously’ or so my mother would call it. Now, I have a mate. Not just any mate, but the Werewolf King making me the future Queen. I have my wolf, Leia- “Who’s awesome, by the way,” Leia chimed in. Alright, correction. I have an awesome wolf, Leia. I’m half faerie, well actually faerie royalty. I have another fae trying to kill me so she can keep my crown, not that I asked for it back anyway. She’s also keeping my mate’s brother hostage as leverage. Oh, and my mate’s pain in the ass cousin is trying to help get me killed. To say things had gotten out of hand, well that was the biggest understatement of the year. Nate gently squeezed my hand, bringing me back to reality. “Alright, we need to come up with a plan. Now we know Betty is working against us, we need to
“How so?” I queried. Nate took a seat back at the dining table as he cautiously eyed Maddie, before gripping my hips and pulling me down on his lap. Joe flashed Maddie half a smile, almost as if he was offering encouragement. An uneasy feeling grew in the pit of my stomach as I anxiously anticipated what was to come. “Alright.” Maddie begun, as she inhaled deeply. “As you all know, I don’t have a wolf.” I frowned as I listened to her, I couldn’t help but consider how off topic this conversation was heading. “The time will come, Maddie. Don’t worry.” Amber gave her a reassuring smile, but Maddie shook her head in response. “No, the time won’t ever come. You see, I’ll never get one because I’m not a werewolf.” I studied her face for a sign that she was joking, but all I found was a stern, determined expression. Nate’s grip around my waist tightened, as his jaw clenched. Archie’s eyes darted around the room, glancing at each of us in search for an indication of what was going on, bu
Nate’s POV After an exhaustingly long morning of training, I finally found my way back to my office. Since coming home from the Blue Crescent Pack, training had been full on. There wasn’t a chance in hell I would allow Serena’s plan to confront Skylar come into fruition if she wasn’t 100% ready. But frankly, I’d never known her take her training as seriously as she had been over the last couple of days. I was convinced I’d woken up in a parallel universe when she was readily awaiting her first training session at 6am yesterday morning. Getting her out of bed is a task at the best of times, yet there she was stood at the bedroom door impatiently tapping away as I was yet to wake up. I had to rub my eyes a ridiculous amount of times to double check I wasn’t imagining things. As much as her safety was an increasing concern of mine, I couldn’t deny how strong she was becoming. She was harnessing her powers beautifully, control was barely an issue at this point. However, as much as I l