“That is bullshit and I think you know that already because Cathy is right at the center of all of this! This is her father we are talking about. The circle of violence started from her family so she is just as involved in this as her brother is and if you can work with her brother then there is nothing stopping you from working with her too. If you can still talk to her brother after everything that happened with Arielle, then you can still talk to her too” Bennie said to him.Alexander looked at him and sighed. He knew that Bennie has a very valid point and he rubbed his forehead. The bus started to move and he looked out the window. He saw Carson and Cathy get into their car and he looked away. He pulled out his phone and decided to drop her a text but he didn’t know what to say so he sighed and tossed the phone away. He hoped that she would be willing to talk to him after the way he acted earlier today. All Alexander could do was stare at his phone. When the bus stopped at his jun
“I can’t answer all of your questions because you have to leave now. If Carlos senses that you were here, he would hunt you down and he would kill you and I can’t let that happen. You can’t die without fulfilling your destiny. If you do, the world would be just like that house, nothing but ashes. It would be a waste land and your own people would not survive it. It would not be able to inhabit anything living again so I can’t risk you staying here longer but I can grant you one wish. What do you want?” she asked him. “I want to be able to come back and get answers to my questions. I need all the answers I can get!” he said to her. “I was hoping that you wouldn’t ask that. I thought you would be ask to get your sleep back, your sanity, your peace of mind” she said to him. “I guess you can say that somethings are more important than others” he said to her. “I would try my best to keep shielding you every time you come but there would be sometimes where I wouldn’t be able to do that a
“The second time?” Arielle asked him.“It doesn’t matter. We need to go to school. The last thing we are doing is going late to school. Mom would freak out if she finds out that we were late to school” Alexander said to her.“No, I want to hear it. We can be late to school for all I care. This is way more important than whatever the school has to offer us. Besides, we already missed the bus. We might as well take out time or stay home. Nobody really cares” his sister said to him.“Miss school? Mom would kill me” Alexander said to her.“She loves you way too much to even hit you. All she would do is let me off this stupid punishment before you but you already seem unaffected by the entire thing so it shouldn’t be a big deal for you” she said to him.“No. We can talk about this when we get back but for now, we need to find a way to get to school. We would get a cab to take us to school and if they ask why we are late, you would tell them that your brother was coming down with a flu” he
“So what do you plan on doing about that because he is definitely going to be at the phasing ceremony. There is no way he is not going to find out and if I don’t phase, I would draw a lot of attention to myself. That is the last thing I or my family need” Alexander said to him.“You would be transforming. I would keep my father here until the entire transformation is over. Cathy and I decided to act sick and make him stay here. When my father can’t attend to something, he sends his general. This is a bracelet that I had someone make for me. Nobody would be able to see that you are a burning flame wolf except for those with the knowledge already so be careful about who you tell that you are a burning flame wolf” Carson said as he handed him the bracelet.“I don’t understand. Why are you doing this for me? Why are you being so nice to me even though you are aware that I hate your family?” Alexander asked him.“You don’t hate my family. You hate my father and that is okay. I hate him too
“Confronting her wouldn’t get it solved either. Look, she has the upper hand here. The last thing we want is you getting expelled for rude behavior. Mom would totally kill you even though she loves you. Besides, we need to get home before mom freaks out because she is looking for us. The last thing we need is to get in any more trouble before the next full moon” she said to him. He nodded at her and they headed for the bus. She was silent through out the ride to the house. When they got back into the house, they could smell the aroma of their mother’s food. She was cooking lunch already. Alexander wondered how late they were if she was cooking lunch already. He stepped into the house and he could feel the presence of another person. He walked into the living room and a smile appeared across his face.“Dad” he yelled out before walking to him and giving him a hug.Arielle ran down from the stairs that she was already midway on. She ran to the living room and she jumped on her father.
“Yeah, two days and some hours. What are you going to do now? I mean, what is going to happen to you?” she asked him.“I don’t know but I am hoping that mom would have some answers for me” Alexander said to his sister.“How can you still call her your mom? She literally lied to you!” Arielle said to him.“Arielle, until I hear her side in all of this and get the answers that I seek, she is still my mom. Whether she gave birth to me or not, she has looked after me since I was a kid. That is what a mom does. So her not birthing me is not going to change the fact that she has been my mom right from the very beginning and she is always going to be my mom” Alexander said to her.She scoffed and she shook her head. There was no way she was going to put up with all of this. One thing she hated was lies and secrets and it was starting to look like their entire family was built on them. She shook her head and she headed out of his room.“Ari?” he called her.“What?” she responded.“Tell me if
“How do you know this woman? Where did you meet her?” his mother asked him.“She has been in my dreams. I have been having these dreams where she comes and she stares into my soul. The dreams, there is a burning house there. Hold on. Let me see if I can make a sketch of it” he said as he grabbed the notepad and started to draw in it. It took a couple of minutes and that seemed to be like forever but he was done soon enough and when he was done, he handed it over to her and she looked at him. She shook her head. There was no possible way that could be possible. This woman was dead. She was known to be the last burning flame wolf and there was no way Alexander knew her because he was barely a month old when she had died. She didn’t know what to think or how to feel. All she knew was that he was the last burning flame wolf. The woman in the picture was the last female burning flame wolf. If she was right about everything, the woman in the drawing was his mother, his real mother. “Mom
“You cant give giving me that attitude, Ari. I am not the reason he is leaving. If you have an issue with him, stop giving me that attitude” her mother said to her.“I have nothing to say to you because all of this started because of you. He is just what? Eighteen and we both know that if he goes out there all by himself then he is going to die! He wouldn’t survive out there and it is all your fault. You caused this. If you had just been honest with him right from the very beginning then none of this would have happened but no, you decided that it was best for you to keep it a secret just because you were too scared to tell him the truth. You might as well just pack his bags and kiss him goodbye” Arielle said to her. “Ari, I think you have said enough” Alexander said to her.“Really? Because I don’t think I have said half of what I need to say. We keep living with the consequences of her own actions and I am getting tired of that!” Arielle said to him.She looked at him before headi
Alexander laid back on his bed that night, unable to sleep. He kept tossing and turning from one side to another. He has been getting stick on the whole leadership assignment but this was the first time that he had questions that couldn’t be answered because the answers didn’t exist. He wanted a way out, a way that would get rid of the bloodshed. He didn’t want any more blood but it was looking like an impossible task. Everybody wanted Carlos dead. Alexander wanted him dead too but he wasn’t sure that was the way to get things done. If he killed Carlos, another person was jus going to rise up and take up the mantle, building on whatever legacy that he left behind. Alexander sighed and he turned to lay on his side. He couldn't believe that he was having sleepless nights over someone that didn’t deserve it. Maybe he should just go with the crowd and let them have his head for all of his crimes. Alexander wasn’t sure if that was the way though. He closed his eyes and decide that it was be
“What is going on with you?” She asked him, dropping her fork to look at him.“What are you talking about?” He asked her back.“There is an unsettling storm, raging in you. It is like a ticking bomb, ready to blow up. What is eating you up so bad?” She asked him.“Something in all of this story doesn’t add up” Alexander said to her.“What story?” She asked back.“Why Carlos wants be dead so much. I am not trying to ward off my responsibility or my duty to end his life but why does he hate me so much? I barely even know him. I haven’t done anything wrong to him. I need to find out why. That may be the reason to all of this insanity” Alexander said to her.“Carlos has killed more people than I can count. Why he did it wouldn’t make any difference to me. I can assure you. If you insist on finding out why he did it then maybe you should as your grandfather but no matter what sad story there is to why he did it, I am going to kill him, if you wouldn’t do it” she said to him.“And what if t
Carlos knew everything that was at stake. All of the legacy wasn’t going to matter if there was nobody to inherit it. He needed an heir, he needed his heir but Carlos had decided that he wasn’t going to rule. He groaned as his thoughts started to swallow him up. He ran his hands through his hair and slapped his forehead. Things around the house has been a little tense ever since he killed the maid. Everybody has been extra careful around him just so he doesn’t rip out their throats in anger, in his rage. Well, he did want the people to fear him and that was working out for him just fine, only it wasn’t working out the way he wanted it to work out. He was angry at the world, at himself, at his kids. The door to his room opened and his sister walked in.I have had my ears and eyes on the ground for a while. Miguel is dead, he wasn’t the one that broke the curse” she said to him.“That leaves us back at square one. We don’t know where they are or who broke the hex. Maybe you are not as p
“My sight is what I need to be complete. Losing it was both a blessing and a curse but all in all, it was experience. I learned to survive without it. I got the chance to develop my other senses because I had to depend on them but that doesn’t mean that I was okay with being blind. I need my sight back” Carson said to him.Miguel nodded and he started to chant. Carson felt an overwhelming power and he fell to his knees, weak and drained. The voices around him started to fade slowly until everything became silent. He couldn’t hear Miguel anymore then suddenly, light filled his eyes. He hated to use the statement but it was blinding. He closed his eyes and blinked continuously, trying to adjust to the brightness. He eventually passed out. Miguel opened his eyes and saw that Carson was unconscious but Lois wasn’t back from the magical realm. It only meant one thing, she was dealing with something that they couldn’t see in the physical realm.*****She felt s sharp sting at the back of he
They got into the car. the drive so Miguel’s place was a silence one. Alexander had too many things on his mind and it felt like everybody was lost in their own thoughts. Alexander knew that there was more to the story than he was being given by his mum because it made no sense that Carlos was acting out on his own. Alexander .contemplated on asking his grandfather. He knew that if anybody else knew the truth, it was going to be him. Regardless, he was not willing to ask his grandfather in front of people, especially not Carson. Carson might have seen his father as a monster, and maybe that was a good thing. Alexander wondered what Carson would do if he got to find out that his father was the way he was because of the mistake of one burning flame wolf. Alexander shook his head and pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind. He turned to look back at Carson and Lois.“How are you feeling, Carson?” Alexander asked him.“I’m trying not to get my hopes up. We don’t know the outcome of th
“I guess life looks different with Carlos. .Although I was expecting different. I can’t believe he would kill his own wife. The rumors had it that she slipped and fell from the balcony. Hearing that he killed his own wife just makes him more of a nightmare And I really hope that he gets what he deserves” Alexander’s grandfather said to him.“My father thinks he is on the right side of this war. He believes that the burning flame wolves should be eliminated. I have never understood his hate But at the same time, I have never seen him so scared of anything in his entire life. Something tells me that this battle is bigger than any of us. Either ways, it is not an excuse for him to have done the things that he did and for that, he has to pay!” Carson said to him.“And He will when the time is right but now, we have to focus on getting your sight back so that we can prepare for battle. Something tells me that your father is not going to sit back and let the two of you explore the world. I
The woman stopped and turned around to look at him. A bright smile lit her face up and she walked towards him. Her arms wide open as she took it him in a hug. He could tell how glad she was to see him.“Look at that. You are back. I wasn’t expecting you to be back so soon. What happened? The last time we saw, you said you were going home to see your family. I didn’t think you would be coming back anytime soon. I was hoping to see you in three years time, kiddo. What went wrong?” She asked him.“I can ask you the same thing. You look like you haven’t opened this place since I was last here. What happened here?” Alexander asked her, diverting the topic from his miserable experience to hers.“I came here one morning. I found the place all bashed and broken up. Some people said that it wasn’t people from the neighborhood and it was from Southern Crest. Someone said they were trying to warn me. It was better to be safe than sorry so I chose to be safe. I didn’t open up the diner anymore. I
“You look like you had fun” Lois said, turning to look at them.“We took a while, I’m sorry. We just got really distracted with the shopping and time flew past. You already got dinner” Alexander said as he entered with their dinner packs and dropped it on the center table.“Well, at least we have something for the road now” Arielle said as she headed up the stairs.“Someone set your parents house on fire” Bennie said to him immediately he heard the door close.“I guess news do travel fast in the valley” Alexander said to him.“You know already?” Lois asked him.“Yes, Arielle and I started the fire. We did it” Alexander said, dropping on the sofa and taking a slice of the pizza in front of him.“I thought we were supposed to be keeping a low profile! How is that a low profile in any way?” Bennie asked him.“Arielle needed to do it and she did it. Also, according to what you just said, nobody knows who did it. That is the point. We would be out of here in less than ten hours. What do we
Alexander waited until she was in the house before he drove off. He and Arielle headed for their house first. When they got there, he noticed that she sat still, not making any attempt to leave the car. He touched her hand and she looked at him. She had tears in her eyes and Alexander sighed. He didn’t know what to tell her to make her feel better. How could she feel better? The last time that she was in the house was when her mom was being killed. He nodded at her and cleared his throat.“You really don’t have to do this. We can’ always do this another day” Alexander said to her.“There is no other day. We have to do this now. I need to see the condition of the place. I need to know how much damage the did to the memories left in the house. I need to see if mom and dad still have anything in the house, something can take along with me to remind me of their sacrifice” she said to him.“I don’t think you would ever forget it but there are a lot of things in the house. I am sure that yo