KAYAHow was I going to tell him about this?How would I bring up this issue in front of him when I already know how he would react?As he sat beside me, I kept opening my mouth to talk but the words refused to come out of my throat.“Just say what you want, Kaya. I won't bite you.”“You aren't even looking at me!"We were at the beach. We'd had lunch at a beautiful restaurant and we just took a walk back and ended up on the beach, just sitting in silence and watching the sun go down.He laughed.“I don't have to look at you to sense you. I know you're looking at me. What is it?”I took a deep breath and sat up.“I don't know how to say this. I've been thinking about it for a while and I don't know what to say or rather, how to say it.”He sat up too and turned to me.“What is it? Are you sure you're fine?”I tucked my hair behind my ear.“Yeah, I am. I just- I need to go back home."“You don't want to be here? Is it too cold? I can ask for the car to be brought around."“No, no Adr
THIRD PERSON POVThey had been walking all night through the thick forest. At first, they'd been elated to be out of the cells. The conditions down there were terrible and they never thought that they would actually be treated like that.Naya was surprised when she saw Luke opening up the gates for her. How on earth did he get past all those guards and come down here?It was a very risky thing for him to do and if he had been caught, he would have been put to death. She knew how much Adrian hated imposters.Serena didn't know much though. She didn't know who this strange man who had broken her out of prison was but she didn't say anything either. She just followed as he led her and Naya out of prison..She had been down there for at least two months and it was like she had been forgotten. To her, she was going to run down there and no one would ever remember her. She wanted to think that her father would come save her but when she thought about it and concluded on the kind of person t
THIRD PERSON POV“What’s going on? Why are we here?”Nobody said anything and Naya was freaking out. Who was this old man who was staring at them like this?“Luke, say something! You guys are creeping me out! What the hell is going on?”“Relax, child. You're not at risk, if you were, you won't have made it here. I brought you here for a reason, the both of you and I hope we can discuss better.”Naya and Serena looked at each other confused at what was going on and who the hell this man was.”What do you want to talk about?” Naya asked.“No! We don't even want to know so save it . Thank you but we'll be on our way now." Serena countered .No one moved and she knew that she was alone.“Wow, really? You want to hear what he has to say? If we die out here, my spirit is haunting you forever."They turned their attention back to the man who was waiting for them to process all the information. He knew that it could be a lot for them to agree with at first he made sure to be patient and wait.
KAYA“Kaya, I don't want to talk about this. Please, just drop it.”He started walking out of the room and I had to stop him because I knew that it meant that was the end of the discussion.We'd been on this topic for a week and we have made no progress whatsoever. Everytime I brought it up, he ended up walking away and eventually, that would be the end of that.I could see that he was avoiding but then at the same time, I understood how he felt.”Adrian, please just listen to me. Why can't you just let me do this? I mean, I'm fine now. The only thing we were worried about was that man and he's dead now, isn't he?””The only thing? Do you think your dad was the only scary thing out there? Kaya, your dad was just the first of many more to come after you so how can you say that he was our only problem?”I was just trying to sound positive. I knew that there were many more issues at hand to face but I didn't want to bring them up right now for the fear that it won't end well.Adrian worr
THIRD PERSON’S POVIt had taken her a lot to come here. I mean, she had walked out on him years ago and abandoned her sick son who had become nonverbal. She hadn’t been in any contact whatsoever and she didn’t want to be.But now, she was dying and she needed her only son, the only thing that reminded her of who she actually was. He was the only thing that reminded her that she had family. After her husband died and she left her son, her family chased her away, telling her that she had betrayed her family by leaving her son.So she left that pack and moved down south to meddle with a group of rogues who seemed calm and accommodating so they didn’t mind that she came to join them. She barely had anything to eat since she was new to the area so for the first few days, she just walked around, receiving odd stares from people who wondered what pack she had come from.After the first few months, things seemed to ease up because people around the pack seemed to know her and she found a job
KAYAShe looked familiar.I knew I'd seen her before but I just couldn't place my mind on where exactly. However, it seems like I was the only one in the room who didn't find her presence bothering me.Allister, Nora and Adrian all stood very alert looking at her and I could feel the tension in the room very strongly.“Can I come in?” Her voice was very silent and she sounded fragile.She's sick, it was obvious from the way she looked so pale and seeing that she had lost so much weight, I'm thinking it's severe.Also, I could smell that there was something wrong.I'd never seen Adrian look at someone the way he was looking at her. Gosh, I really need to remember where I had seen her from.“How dare you come back here after what you did?! Don't you have any shame? Aren't you scared that I might kill you where you stand?! “Woah, okay so I see she's not a friend.“I know I've messed up and there is nothing I can do to make up for my actions.”Adrian didn't even let her speak.“You’re su
KAYA“Don’t tell me you don't plan to leave any more just because Milo's mother came around.”I couldn't even answer her because it was like she already knew the answer. How could I leave the boy to deal with all this?After seeing his mother that day, he locked himself in the room and cried. Adrian and I tried to get him to open the door but he refused. The fact that he couldn't speak made things worse.That just made Adrian angry and he was about to tell his mother to leave the house but I had to stop him.“Listen, I know you're angry but please, don't do this. She's trying to make amends.”“Make amends?! She put him in that state in the first place. She's the reason why Milo had to go through everything he did and it's obvious the boy doesn't want to see her so she might as well leave.”His voice was loud and I was very sure that she could hear him from downstairs.I had to drag him to my room and force him to sit.“Relax okay? I know you're just trying to look out for him but rig
THIRD PERSON POVThey were sitting in his living room. Naya and Serena were looking around them living room like it was a place they had never seen before..Actually, they had every reason to. There were little to no furniture in the living room, strange objects hung from different parts of the ceiling like it was some private ritual.They felt very uncomfortable about this place. I mean, it was in the middle of nowhere and if they died, no one would ever know.They wanted to signal Luke to get them out of there but he wasn't looking at them. He had been acting very strange and it bothered Naya because she knew it wasn't like this.Either way, they pushed their troubles aside and decided to listen to the old man who had broken them out of their cells.When they were done talking an hour later, the entire room fell into silence.“So you're saying that you want us to kill Adrian so you can get to catch the wolf?“Not just any wolf, the special wolf. I can't go into details about all tha
KAYAThe three day interval between the trial came very quickly and before long, I was getting up before the sun came up and entering the court just as soon as the sun was up in the sky.After today, I was going to be dealing with a lot of very angry people because despite being presented with evidence, a lot of people still won't see the true side of things.They'll always see what they want to, which is fine. If they had any issues with Damien's release, then they could take it up against me.The first thing that we'll do today is to bring the boys to give a testimony of the same thing that they had told me last week.I'd told them not to be scared because they were doing the right thing and I'll do everything I can to protect them from that man.“Chief, I recently got information that the boys want to recant thei
KAYAWhen Nora finally came back, I told her everything that happened and she just sat like that for ten minutes straight listening to me narrate everything to her and then ask questions and then answer them myself.“Nora, say something. What do you think?”“Maybe if you had let me say something during your soliloquy, I would have been able to do that.”I rolled my eyes.“But then again, this is all appalling. You mean, those kids are brothers? I would never have guessed. But with the information I've given you, we can't exactly do anything about it.”I could hear the twins running down the corridor and it interrupted anything I wanted to say.“What do you mean?”“Well, we can't exactly go over there and start
KAYA “Miller, who did this to you?” He looked down at his chest. “I don't want to talk about it.” I'll ask Kyle about it. “Can I get that necklace you're wearing?”He touched it. “No, Kyle gave it to me. He said that I must never take it off.”“That’s okay, Kyle won't know. I won't tell him. I just find it very pretty and I need to take a picture of it. I'll take care of it, I promise.” He slowly took it off and handed it to me. “Are you really going to kill me?”“Oh no honey, I won't. I just said that to get Kyle to give me what I want.”“He’s a really good brother.”They were brothers?! “Miller, is Collins your brother too?” He nodded. It made sense now why there had to be a leader in the pack and why they were all so tight knit. “Thank you for your help, Miller. I'll return these to you as soon as possible.”I told the guards not to take him back to the cells because I didn't want Kyle to see him yet. “Soak these in blood and bring them back to me. We have a show to put
KAYA While Nora was gone, I had to do something for myself. She was out there trying to gather resources and I needed to gather mine too. The only resources at my disposal right now were the ones down there in the dungeons. I'd decided not to go ahead with the executions because as much as they annoyed me by not saying anything, I needed them. Those kids were the only ones who knew who had sent them and who was the person behind the red crown. Milo wanted to come down with me but he hadn't been down here before and this wasn't the place for kids to come. Eventually, he would get the chance to come down here but not yet. I didn't think I would be coming down here any time soon but here I was. The guards led me to their different cells. I'd separated them so they won't have the chance to corroborate their stories. I didn't need them ganging up against me. The first stop was at Kyle's cell. He seemed to be the stronger one between the three of them. He was going to be the hardes
KAYAThankfully, we finished setting up the decorations last night. Everything was in place by the morning and I went with Milo and Nora to wake the twins up with the happy birthday song. I knew they were already awake because as we entered,I saw Lorian moving and Adrian giggled. After the song, they hopped off the bed and ran over to blow the candles. “Happy birthday, my little princess. I can't express how much I love you and how much joy you bring to me.”Of course, Milo has to interrupt the moment. “You're finally ten, which means I get to chase you around the house with knives and mum can't say anything about it.”I didn't understand where that was coming from. “Even when they're old and wrinkly, no one will be chasing anyone with knives. There's no age limit for that.” Of course, they had to use my own words against me. “But you said that Milo can chase us when we become ten. We're ten today, mum.”When did I say that? I don't remember saying that but with these kids, I
KAYA “What is the meaning of this symbol, Collins? What are you not telling me?”He looked like he was trying to fight with himself. “I was supposed to burn that.”It was meant to be a whisper but since the court was quiet, it was audible. “Why should you have burned it, Collins? Were we not supposed to see this?”“It was none of your business. You're going to get us killed!” Well, that's what I wanted to hear. “Not before I kill you first. Listen to me, do you think that I can ask the guards to throw a dagger at you and kill you on the spot? Do you think anything is stopping me?” Who were they working for that made them so scared to even cough? He didn't say anything. “Very well then, schedule their execution to happen tonight. If they don't want to be useful, then I'll do away with them. Get him out of my sight.”As the guards dragged him out, an unsettling question rested in my mind. Who was behind all this? The person had gone through a whole lot just to set things in m
KAYA“Go on, Damien. You have my full attention.”The court was quiet as he rubbed his wrists, obviously happy to be free from the chains.“I can not believe the accusations waged against me. Never for once in my life has it crossed my mind to rebel against Alpha Damon or the King. Even when he took what belonged to me, I took it as fate.”I wanted to ask him about that but I didn't want to interrupt him.“I do not know how those items ended up at my house. I've never even heard of aconite before. All I know is that they came to raid my house and arrest me, saying that I was planning against the Alpha. I got to his house and was still trying to plead my case when they walked in with those items.”So there was no proof that any of those things actually came from his house?
KAYAJust like yesterday, the trial started as soon as the sun came up. I was the last one to enter the court since I'd woken up rather late.Milo and I spent more hours delving into the dynamics of my relationship with his father.Adrian wasn't only my husband, he was my best friend. Which means that we trusted each other with everything.That included administration.I'd only gotten there hours but I had to forget about sleep for now and make it to the throne room.In Alpha Damon's best interest, he was already in the room when I entered.“Things are moving rather speedily and I hope that I could round this up as quickly as possible. Now, I'll be hearing from Alpha Damon about the events that happened in his pack. I think a first hand account won't hurt. Just as it happened.”
KAYA I was going for the letters like a hungry lion trying to gnaw at their prey. I could see that the pile of letters was reducing. “Have you found anything yet?” “Not at all. Do you think it's here?” From the look of things, I didn't think it was here. “How could this happen? We sent the letters out to everyone. And this is everything right? You're sure none of them went missing?”“Yeah, I'm sure. I asked the guards to put them all in a bag and deliver them together so everything will be accounted for. They didn't lose any.”How then was this possible? I sighed and sat on the chair. I had really high hopes for this plan. This was the only way we'd know who had the symbol. “Or maybe we're not dealing with an Alpha. Maybe we're dealing with a noble man. We didn't send letters to them because we thought it was an Alpha.”No matter how much I thought about it, my mind didn't just lean towards it being a noble man..“I don't know about that but we can try it. I'm not in the mood