*SEFF*“The only reason I agreed to it is because you wouldn’t quit whining,” Lycia said huffing as she jogged along the road, her face sweating from the heat of the afternoon sun. I was captivated by her beauty. Her cheeks were tinged in redness, and her hair held to the slopes of her neck with wet tendrils.“Why are you staring at me? Do I stink?” she asked suddenly aware of the condition she was in. It was natural after a run for people to work up a sweat. Almost a week had passed since we last went on that walk and had coincidentally met her aunt. Since then Lycia had made it a point for the two of us to be locked in her room all day and although I didn’t hate the time we spent together the wolf part inside me was starting to miss the outdoors, feeling claustrophobic in that room.“No, you don’t stink at all,” I chuckled when I saw her stare at me in disbelief while wiping away some sweat from her forehead, “In fact I quite like your smell right now.”Her natural brightness and he
*LYCIA*Fuck!Why was it Alora that had to find us?“Are you going to take us inside to tell Mom about everything?” I asked, finally finding my voice although even then my brain was working on overdrive.Of course she would tell Mom why would she leave this chance to bring me down?“Your mother isn’t home right now. So how about we have a talk alone first?” she asked and with no other option but to agree I walked in after her with Seff following close behind.“I am sorry,” I heard him whisper and even though I wanted to shout at him, to tell him that this was exactly what I had been fearing for the last week I couldn’t blame him.Knowing Alora, if she had put her mind to it then she would have found one way or the other to barge into my room and find the truth about Seff.Walking through my house I noted that it had been especially quiet letting me know that no one was home in reality. At least it meant I still had a few minutes of peace before any bloodshed took place and that I need
*LYCIA* My heart skipped a beat when I sensed my mother’s familiar and strong aura approaching the house. At once I panicked, snapping out of the strange conversation that I had with Alora. I still didn’t exactly know where exactly Mom had gone and why was Alora home but I couldn’t trust her yet to actually keep her mouth shut. For all I know she might be waiting for me to lower my guard so that she could rat me out to her. Rushing out of my room I motioned for Seff to hide inside and into my closet. My palms felt wet as I pushed him in and worked my magic to clear the air of any of his scent while replacing it with the smell of roses. I had to cover up any evidence of his presence. There was concern in Seff’s eyes as the huge Lycan crouched and sat in the cramped space. With everything that was happening I was relieved to know that he wasn’t questioning me and simply following what I silently guided him to do. “Please just stay like this and if you hear that my mother is angry an
*LYCIA* I knew I shouldn’t have trusted her! I am a cent per cent sure this is Alora’s doing but why did she have to bring Seff into all of this? I knew she didn’t like me but to play with Seff’s life- "Aldith, I have something to tell you," she suddenly said, taking me by surprise, her voice low and serious. “Not now Alora!” My mother shouted at her, in her anger she could rarely control the viciousness in her tone and I could see Alora visibly shaking from her tone. "I did it," She blurted out just when my mother had turned to leave. With a twinkle of guilt in her eyes she rose from her seat with some difficulty. My mother’s magic hadn’t had her under her control but the radiating effect had still been strong enough to affect her as she struggled to walk and block her way from leaving the kitchen. "It was a prank I played on Lycia." “What kind of prank!” My mother boomed this time taking her in her hold as she let go of me and I finally fell forward sitting on my knees trying
*LYCIA*Rushing inside my room, I was surprised to find Seff in his wolf form, howling in pain.He was writhing in pain, scratching at his beautiful silver fur, trying to relieve the itch that had taken over his body. I approached him cautiously, trying not to startle him where he rubbed his back against the carpet. His eyes were closed and with the pain that he seemed to be in he didn’t seem to realize that I had entered.“Seff, can you hear me?” I asked, noticing the redness on his skin from where some of his fur had been colored with blood. Oh my goodness, I hadn’t realized just how bad this allergic reaction could have been.“Ma-” he started to say but another whine made him stop and roll over on his back rubbing his back against the fur carpet.It seemed like the allergic reaction had cause d him to be itchy all over but if he continued to do this then he would surely chafe off more of his fur and bring out blood. I need to stop him before he hurt himself. The thing with that her
*LYCIA*Seff still hadn’t woken up from the tiredness and infusion of magic in his body. Just checking on him enough to know that he was still breathing I slipped out of the room quickly, nervous and afraid to face him.His teary eyed wolf face, whimpering and whining from the pain while still striving to somehow maintain the facade of a strong Alpha was constantly flashing before my eyes making me feel guilty.I knew I had been hurting him emotionally already by rejecting him but to also become the cause of his physical ailment didn’t feel good at all.No, I am sure it was Alora’s fault.Walking into the kitchen I found my mom pacing back and forth, her arms crossed tightly across her chest and looking at the time I realized that she was late for work. Did something happen?“What's wrong, Mom?” I asked, feeling a knot form in my stomach at her unusual behavior.“I'm just frustrated,” she said, letting out a deep sigh. “Your dad's been working so hard day and night since the last tw
*SEFF*As I lay there in my bed, I couldn't shake off the feeling that I was being watched. I had felt this way before, a few months ago.Was she here?I wanted to open my eyes to look at her but I couldn’t pull apart my lids as darkness continued to shroud me.“What is it about me that attracted her? Why was she only after me?” I thought to myself. “Is it something in my essence? Or am I just fated to be unlucky?"Realizing that Lycia must be in the same room as well, I felt panic start to kick in. Was she safe? I couldn’t let that evil spirit hurt her.When I was a kid I had always been fascinated by dark magic, but I had never wanted to be a part of it. I knew I was a taboo that I shouldn’t ever get into it. I had stopped researching about it soon when my brother had scolded me and although I didn’t sought out these kinds of experiences they seemed to seek me out. It was as if I was a magnet for all things vile.Pushing out these thoughts out of my mind I tried once again to open m
*LYCIA*Why the fuck did I do that?The sight of Seff’s fallen face just wouldn’t get out of my head. The way his sparkly hopeful blues dimmed and turned darker than the midnight sky, how the shadow of his hair covered the hurt inside them when he avoided my eyes to stop me from seeing it.What must he be thinking right now?But when I saw that Esme had seen him I panicked. She knew me better than anyone else and even a small action of mine towards Seff would disclose the fact that Seff was someone closer than just a stranger who got lost in our coven.“...cia …Ly…cia …Lycia!”A hand shook me making me look at two faces peering down at me weirdly.“What?” I asked, shaking myself out of the trance I was in as I sat up straighter to look at them properly from where I was seated on a bean bag in Travis’s room.“Nothing much Travis was asking if you’d like a beer?” Esme answered looking at me suspiciously while Travis gave me a smile.Alcohol definitely sounded like something I would nee