Seraphine's Point of View "Alright there, Sera?" I offered Leilani a small smile. "A bit." She offered the other half of her triangle sandwich as she claimed the empty space beside me. I raised an eyebrow at her even as I took it. "I noticed you still haven't eaten, and break time's gonna end soon. I'm full already, so you can have it," she explained. "Thanks," I replied. "So. You and Maximus aren't on good terms?" Of course, someone else would notice. It was obvious that we're not fine, seeing that there's no Maximus clinging to me like an overexcited puppy. The said puppy is currently drawing on the sand using a stick he picked up. He's at the same place where I befriended him. He has been ignoring me for three days. Not even a glance at my way. He didn't attend the nighttime play out with the other kids, he didn't walk beside me as we went home after classes. The guilt I've been feeling since I realised how harsh I have been to him continued to grow, yet I couldn'
Cassius' Point of View "Try smiling, you know? You won't lose anything if you smile." I looked up, arching an eyebrow at her. "I know. I just don't feel like smiling. Besides, as much as you look hot when angry, I'd rather avoid making you jealous. You're as scary as you're hot when mad with jealousy." She scoffed and lightly smacked my arms. "As if I'd get jealous over a swooning girl just seeing you smile when I'd already seen you naked and moaning?" I spluttered inelegantly at her blunt remark. She laughed at my expression. "Hey! Where did my demure — go? She would never speak plebeian remarks like that!" "Oh come off it, you blubbering idiot of an Alpha. I was never demure; we both know that. Besides, I'm just countering your point earlier. You haven't properly retaliated, so I'll ask you again: why would I be jealous of girls when they see you smile and start giggling like teenagers, when I have been your bedmate for more than two years already?" My heart skipped a b
Seraphine's Point of View "Seraphine Wildfrost, why aren't you up yet? Your guest is waiting downstairs!" My eyes went wide, just remembering that Forester would come to our house today. I immediately stood up and went to the bathroom to wash my face and then changed my clothes. I lazily tied my hair into a bun and ran downstairs, where I saw Forester sitting comfortably at the couch, talking amicably with my father. "Forester, I apologise for my tardiness," I greeted him once I approached them. He raised an eyebrow and appraised me for a moment before nodding his head. "It's alright. Your father entertained me while I was waiting." "Have you eaten?" I asked. "I just drank some milk. My parents were not around so no one cooked breakfast." "Then we should eat first. Mom prepared some. Come on, we shouldn't study with an empty stomach." Forester looked like he would decline, but decided against it when my father led him to the dining area. My parents asked him questions,
Seraphine's Point of View “Hello, Sera!” I glanced up from where I was rinsing my clothes to look at Leilani. “Hi.” “So still not in your best mood, I see.” I raised an eyebrow. “What?” She took a seat on the large rock just in front of where I am crouching. “Sera. Everybody knows you’ve been feeling off ever since the announcement. No one bothered you because Maximus’ stopped us from approaching you.” “I’m fine.” “Look, Sera. I know we’re not as close as you are with Maximus— but I’m still a friend. Alright? If you need someone to talk to, I’m here. I’m pretty sure there are some things you can’t tell a boy best friend. My ears are all free to listen to your worries.” I completely disregarded my clothes as I turned my full attention to Leilani. She’s right. Even in my first life, I wasn’t very close with her, nor anyone else in fact. But now... I could use another friend that is not Maximus. And I do need a new set of ears in the future. There are things I really
Seraphine’s Point of View I crouched on the forest ground, breathing heavily. It took me a few minutes to catch my breath before I took a sip on my wooden flask. Sip turned into a full-blown drinking until not even a drop was left. “You need more exercise. I didn’t know you had such low stamina.” I shot Maximus a glare. “Low stamina?! We just walked three kilometres! Not to mention the river and steeped hills we had to go through! I am fairly certain my stamina is quite high if I endured that long before drinking.” Maximus chortled at my indignant expression. “You’re so easy to wound up! I’m just joking. I refilled my flask twice already, so you have better stamina than I do.” “I got to help you exercise more once we’re relocated then,” I stated. “You will need it.” I suppressed a grin at the hesitant look in his eyes, as if he’s already listing out all the procedures I’ll have him do. He’s not exactly wrong, because I do have pretty hard procedures when exercising. “Did
Seraphine’s Point of View “Welcome to Silvercrest Town,” the Alpha’s deep voice welcomed us, his tone soft and there was a smile on his otherwise stony features. Alfred took a step forward. “I, Alfred Warrington, spokesperson for our village, express our gratitude for the offer of Adoption. Words cannot fully capture how thankful we are.” “Our Scouts have seen qualities in you that are worthy,” the Luna replied. “If they are firm in their observations, we will not refuse potential additions to the pack.” “And for that, we are eternally grateful, Luna.” “For now, we know all of you are exhausted from the trip. Your residence had been finished earlier than the time my Scouts had told you, so I do apologise for your abrupt escorting,” Alpha Eros said and inclined his head as a small gesture of apology. “You can find the names of your families in front of the house, and you have tonight and the whole day tomorrow to rest before we proceed with the ceremony. Come, I will lead you
Seraphine’s Point of View “W-what?” I asked in a breathless tone. “I think I know you,” Cassius repeated. “I think I saw you already...” “You might have mistaken her over someone else. You just met her today, or you might have caught a glimpse of her last night when we arrived,” Maximus interjected, pulling me towards him. But Cassius still hasn’t let go of my wrist. So I was stuck in an awkward position between them. “No. I’m pretty sure I didn’t notice her last night,” Cassius said, shaking his head. Well, damn. “But she really, really looked familiar. Are you sure we haven’t met?” I swallowed the lump on my throat, refraining myself from yelling: 'Yes, we met already! In fact, we’re mates and married’, but that just sounds delusional, and I don’t want that to be their impression on me. “No, we haven’t,” I firmly answered, lying through my teeth. His shoulder sag in dismay, yet the narrowing of his eyes indicated that this will not be the last time I’m hearing about th
Cassius’ Point of View I looked at the slowly increasing crowd of people nervously waiting at the Assembly Hall. My eyes wander around, looking for a certain hot-headed blonde. Much to my dismay, there’s still no sign of her. “Looking for the girl you pissed off?” “You go and piss off, Luster.” Luster barked out a laugh as he settled himself beside me. “Right, you pissed off a lot of girls on a daily basis.” “Not my fault they can’t accept a simple ‘no’,” I said, shrugging. Luster shakes his head, completely used to my attitude. “How is a ‘I have no interest in associating myself to people who just want to leech off my name and status’ a simple ‘no’?” Luster rolled her eyes. “That was a mean way of rejecting people, just so you know.” “That’s how I simply reject them, man. You would not want to hear the mean way.” He dissolved into laughter at that as he playfully shoved me. “You are such a big jerk.” “I know,” I said, sticking up my chin. “There she is,” Luster s
Seraphine’s Point of View“Do you play this kind of game?” I shook my head. “I played hide and seek and other chasing games with the kids back in our previous village, but not any ball games.”Josiah smiled charmingly at me. If I wasn’t so in love with Cassius, and if I didn’t know him from our previous life, I would probably fall for his charm.“Do you like playing tiring games?”Despite being cautious of these guys, I still tried my best to be polite and friendly with them. So to avoid being miserable the whole time I spend with them, I might as well try to enjoy it.Smiling, I nodded. “I prefer it to mind games.”Josiah laughed heartily, throwing his head back. “Who the fuck even likes mind games?”“That guy over there,” I responded at the same time someone behind me said. “Maximus, that swot.”I turned around to see who it was.Augustus Ferrell. The youngest son of the Ferrells, who were members of the Council and Circle. An old family too in this town, so they’re well known in t
Seraphine’s Point of View“I can’t believe we’ll find out about our mates next year,” Leilani mumbled beside me as she sipped her grape juice. “We just met our wolf last year! How time flies so fast.”“It’s been just a few weeks since New Year, Leil,” I said.“Am I wrong? It’s still last year!”I shook my head, not bothering to counter her words.“I don’t want to be eighteen yet...”I turned to Leilani, eyes wide in surprise. “What? I thought you were looking forward to meeting your mate?”“That was before Luster confessed to me,” she flashed a wistful smile. “I wanted him as my mate. I’ve liked him for so long, Sera. I thought I liked Clove, but Luster’s just different.”“Are you afraid that Luster isn’t your mate?”She nodded. My heart clenched at the thought that they really weren’t mates. But... she could still reject her mate. I feel so bad thinking about it, but Leilani and Luster are my friends. I want them to be happy.“I don’t want to reject whoever my mate will be. I can’t d
Seraphine’s Point of View“Are you an enemy... or an ally?”George blinked his eyes multiple times before he burst into laughter. “What are you talking about, Sera?” He asked after he recovered from his laughter.I raised an eyebrow as I crossed my arms on my chest. “Cut the act, George. My wolf is smart, and I know your wolf is aware of it too, that's why you didn’t attend my birthday celebration yesterday.”I just realised it right now as well. For the past few birthdays I had, George is always present. Aiah also told me that George wasn’t really sick. Wolves can smell that. So the only probable reason why he didn’t attend my celebration is because his wolf had told him about my wolf. It seemed his wolf had recognised my scent, I just didn’t know how they knew it was me.He was avoiding meeting me because he knew I’d found out about him being a time-traveler.George paled, but he quickly masked it by chuckling and shaking his head. Unfortunately for him, he’s obviously nervous. “I
Cassius’ Point of ViewSomething changed in the air between my brother and Seraphine, but I couldn’t determine what it was. I just know something shifted the day Seraphine went to the Homestead with me, looking for George. She came to my room after talking with my brother, looking dazed and rather distracted. They became closer, for some reason. They don’t hang out as often as we do but Seraphine would visit him in his room before she visits me when she comes to the Homestead. She hasn’t done that before.It sparked the burning jealousy inside my chest. I don’t like feeling this way, but I couldn’t help it.Especially because my confession plan for Seraphine’s birthday was a massive failure.First, the banner I made was destroyed when I spilled my coffee on it the morning of her birthday. I wasn’t able to redo it again, so I decided not to do it anymore. So I focused on baking a cake for her— chocolate truffle cake. Daniel taught me how to do this when I visited their house. I didn’
Seraphine’s Point of View ‘I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.’ I put the book I’m trying to read down on the table, groaning at my wolf’s incessant rant in our mind link. ‘Stop it, Aiah. You’re giving me a headache.’ ‘Because I hate it, Sera! He doesn’t remember you at all! That just means Azi doesn’t remember me either!’ I sighed, feeling bad for my wolf. ‘I’m sorry, Aiah.’ ‘It’s not your fault. It’s that stupid Maximus and Jax’s fault! They’re the reason why our mates don’t remember us anymore! Why we have to suffer these one-sided memories!’ ‘It will be alright in time, Aiah. There’s a lot of time for you to get closer with Azi. Don’t let the past ruin your chances of being with your mate again. Just do what I did, alright? I’ll help you, Aiah.’ My wolf seemed to calm down at that, though I could still hear her growling in displeasure and anger. At least she stopped her whining, because I couldn’t focus on what I was reading. Aiah got to meet Cassius yesterd
Seraphine’s Point of ViewTwenty fucking minutes.I still have to wait for twenty minutes before my birthday comes. Twenty more minutes before I meet Aiah again.Just like in my first life, I wasn’t able to sleep properly as I waited for my birthday to come. It’s like the first time all over again. But can anyone blame me? Meeting one’s wolf is one of the most important events in our lives. The memories and feelings during that moment your wolf manifested are something no one can forget anytime soon.“Sweetie, will you sit down here and drink your tea before I tie you on the chair?”I pouted at my mother. But before I could respond, dad came to my rescue.“Let the child feel excited, Cecil. You’ve been in her place once. Surely, you’d remember the restless excitement everyone feels while waiting for their birthday.”I nodded in agreement while mom glared at the two of us. “Fine, but don’t do that in front of me. I’m getting dizzy from all your back and forth.”Saluting my mother, I he
Seraphine’s Point of View“Welcome back!” I smiled while watching Cassius as he was greeted and welcomed warmly by our classmates. It only faded when I noticed most of the girls taking the opportunity to cling to him.My brows furrowed, lips pursing in displeasure. These opportunistic, two-faced girls! “What got you frowning so early in the morning?”I didn’t deign an answer to Luster’s question. I just slumped on my seat, closing my eyes. I could feel him and Leilani exchanging glances, and I knew for sure they were talking again using their eyes.Cassius wasn’t supposed to attend classes again until next week, but he told his parents he felt like he'd already lost so much time. And also because he’d be bored to death if he stayed alone at home for another week. I started attending classes again a week after Cassius woke up. I visited him two hours before I went to school— which means I woke early— and after class until before dinner.His mother cried when she heard the word ‘death
Seraphine’s Point of ViewThe hidden falls was something that I didn’t want to share with my other friends, even though Luster and Cassius knew about it. I only showed it to Leilani so she knew about its existence, but I didn’t want to hang out with them there. The lake is our preferable place to hang out.For me, I feel sentimental about this place because Maximus and I reconciled here years ago. We rarely come here, but when we do, it’s always memorable.“Let’s go up there,” I said, pointing at the humongous rock. Maximus nodded and he went there first, helping me as I climbed up. “Go there at the other rock,” I told him.His brows furrowed in confusion. “What? Why?”I sat down and pulled the painting materials out of the paper bag. “I’m going to paint you.”His jaw dropped, a look of utter surprise on his face as he looked at the materials I was holding. “I... I didn’t know you could paint.”I shrugged. “Because I never told you about it. I rarely do these, so you should feel hono
Seraphine’s Point of ViewI don’t know how long I was staring at the moon from the balcony of my room. I just came here to clear my mind, but the moon above caught my attention and I couldn’t keep my eyes away from it anymore.Lady Selene... are you watching over me? Can you see what I’ve done to the timeline? I couldn’t recognise it anymore because of all the changes I brought. If you’re watching me right now, I hope you could at least give me a hint if I’m doing things right...But no, she’s not allowed to do that even if she wants to. I huffed softly. I miss Aiah. I’m so excited to meet her again. If she still remembers our first life, I hope she’s happy that Azi remained the same. Though she might get annoyed at the fact Cassius considered another name for his wolf.I can already imagine her non-stop admonishment. I used to get so annoyed at her whenever she did that before, but I just miss it so much right now.“Raph.”I turned around to face Maximus. When did he enter my room?