ADRIANThe anger with which I had walked into that house could be felt for miles. I had no time to play around.“Hank! Come out here, you bastard!'' I marched deeper into the house, the guards trying to stop me.“You can’t just barge in here. The Alpha isn’t around. yYou have to come back.” I didn’t want to but I just had to punch that guy out of the way.“Hank! I know you’re here. I can smell you. Come out here you bastard.”I walked around the house, following his scent. The maids huddled in one corner and I looked at them. One of them slowly pointed towards the closet and I followed her hand.The bastard was there. I reached in and grabbed him by the hair, throwing him on the floor.“Were you hiding from me, Hank?”He was shaking but he had been the one to report me to his cult of little wizards and they attacked my pack. He was a coward on his own but when there were people around him, he seemed to forget that he was nothing.“No, I wasn't hiding. I forgot something in the closet
THIRD PERSON POVThat bastard thought he could beat me up and get away with it. He didn't know who I was and what I was capable of.It seemed it was time to show him what I could do.He thought that I didn't have the power to bring down strong people like him but I did.As soon as I knew that he was out of my house and my lack, I got up and ran to my car, with one place in mind.He will pay for embarrassing me and taking away Kaya From me. She didn't complain that she hated being here but he still took her away and I was sure that he was abusing her just as much. Even worse than I was treating her.By the time I got there, it was night fall and I knew that they would all be there. It was a full moon tomorrow and they needed to go over the materials for the sacrifice and ritual..He was naturally supposed to be here tonight and then Adrian came along. He was going to make sure that he went down for what he did to me today.I entered the room and they were all already seated. They were
KayaI woke up late that day. I had no idea why because I knew that I slept early. Which meant I had missed practice again.I couldn't remember how many times I'd missed practice this week alone. And I didn't like it because it just made me look very unserious.The fact that Nora hadn't spoken about it made it somehow because I wondered what she was thinking. I needed to attend practice more.I got up from bed and dashed into the bathroom. Practice would be over by now but if I went quickly, I would be able to catch her there and explain things to her.I didn't want her treating me differently because of Adrian or whatever I had with him. If I actually wanted to earn respect and earn a place in the army, I had to do things myself.As soon as I came out of the room, I saw her coming out of Adrians office and I quickly ran down to meet her.“Nora! Wait up!”She looked up at me and smiled.“Hey, what's good? I missed you today at practice, is everything okay?"“Yes, it is. I'm so sorr
LUCIANI had a raging headache that was about to burst through my head.I'd been in this seat for almost ten hours, from one meeting to another and I'd been talking and talking and it felt like it would never end.With the recent actions of the Argan Cult, I had no other choice but to start thinking of ways to protect my wolves.“So what are we going to do if we can't fight them with weapons?”“We have to ask for help from the witches, Alpha. We can't do this on our own."That was something I didn't want to hear.“Don’t even bring that up. Why can't we do it on our own? They're just men, aren't they?”I knew that they weren't just men but then I didn't want to ask for help from those people.“Alpha, I know you have reservations when it comes to the witches but then you have to think about how they could help us. I mean, we can't fight them on our own. What better way to fight people who have powers with their kind?”I knew that they were making sense but I didn't want to hear it.“Wha
ADRIANI couldn't hear anything behind the door and it was like she wasn't in there.“Kay baby, please open up the door. I need to see you.”I could hear some movement and I thought she was going to come open the door but she didn't.“Please, talk to me. I need to see you.”I knew she wasn't going to come to the door but I had to try. How long had she been in there? Had she eaten at all?Gosh why didn't Nora tell me this as soon as it happened?I was about to walk away when I heard footsteps coming towards the door and she opened it up..There was nobody at the door so I just entered.Milo was in bed with her and she climbed in beside him, bringing him closer to lay him on her chest.He was sleeping and I could see that she had been sleeping too.She didn't look too good. It looked like she had been crying for a long time and it broke my heart.“Hey” I didn't want to be too loud so that I won't wake Milo up. “How are you?”I genuinely wanted to know.She didn't answer but she just no
KAYAI felt better when Adrian came to me. He was the last person that was expecting to see.Nora had been knocking on the door but I just couldn't open it up. I had been seeing those pictures when I closed my eyes and I felt like I was losing it.I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat and I couldn't leave my room. It was like they were right outside, waiting to drag me to the grave with them. Why did they have to do?Why hadn't it been my father that died? That bastard.When he came and hugged me, I felt like my problems had been taken away. He hugged me and told me that he didn't hate me, that it was going to be okay and that it wasn't my fault.My main fear was that he would hate me for everything that happened. I knew how much he valued his pack and he didn't play with any of them so what my father and his people were doing was ruining things.I finally left my room the next day so I could meet with practice. If my father really wanted to fight this war, then I was going to be the one t
KAYANaya came to me after the first break when I was drinking water out of my leaking water bottle.Damn Naya.“Hey, it really broke. You'll have to get another one.”“Sure.. what's going on? Is everything okay?"She laughed.”Yes sure.. I actually just wanted to ask you if you wanted to join us for our midnight run. It's going to be a full moon tomorrow and we like running then because that's when adrenaline pumps the most.”I couldn't even say anything to her because there was nothing to say. I knew that she didn't know anything about my wolf situation and since she was asking me this, it was obvious that Adrian hadn't told her about it.It's not like I was hiding it. Nora was one of the people I trusted in this pack and I wouldn't mind if she knew even though I had trust issues but I just didn't feel like talking about it right now.“A run? Um, are we shifting or running with our feet?”She laughed again.“You’re so funny. You think a pack of wolves would run with their feet?"Yes
KAYASo maybe I didn't think about how boring this was going to get..After a while, maybe about thirty minutes, the only thing I could hear was the chirping of the birds in the trees and the crickets.The kids were playing a few feet away from me and that was the only sound that could be heard.Milo pulled on my hand and pointed to them and I immediately nodded my head. It was getting easier for me to understand him these days and I was so happy.I watched as he smiled and ran in their direction and they made space for him. If Adrian could see him right now, he would be so happy.He was becoming more and more open lately and it made me feel so relieved. Even though he wasn't speaking yet, I knew that it was a gradual process and it wouldn't be long before he said his first words.Well, not his first words exactly but…I liked how connected I felt to him. He now felt like my son and it was like in everything that I did, I had to consider him. When I was sleeping, the first thing I th
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
KAYA“When he approached us at the bar, he told us that the job he had for us would make us rich and we immediately agreed to do it. He said he needed us to keep secrets and that we have to never tell anyone what we’re doing. Then he said that we had to kill the King.”Nora returned to the room and stood beside me. “What happened after that?”“We didn’t want anything to do with it but he said he’d kill our families if we didn’t do it. So he asked us to meet somewhere and he’ll take care of everything else but we just had to be there. But it neve happened and we were caught.”I was still waiting for him to fill me in but he kept quiet. I was surprised. “Is that all? That’s all the details you have?” He nodded. That’s odd. For a plan as big as killing the King, there should be specifics. I asked that the next person be brought and Miller said the same things. I even had to look through my notes to make sure that I was hearing right and there was nothing new to write down. When Coll
KAYAThe next day, the court opened as soon as the sun was up. There was no sleep for Nora and I last night since we were trying so hard to put forward an argument. Since she was now representing him, I couldn't help her directly because I needed to remain unbiased and uninvolved in all the dealings of both sides. But that didn't mean I was free to sleep. I needed Damien to be free which meant that I had to raise my own questions too. The letters hadn't returned and I was thinking of telling the Court what happened with the prisoner and the letter and all the ways the coincidence just matched up. However, I didn’t know who was the real culprit which meant I couldn’t trust anyone yet until I found answers for myself. Nancy, who was restless , bumped into me when I went to drink water in the kitchen. ‘My Queen, you’re still awake.”“Nancy, I've asked you to call me Kaya and stop bowing to me. Come, let’s go to my waiting room.”I shouldn’t be speaking to her either since she was