SIENNAThere was something dark about the fire that invited death to the scene. It was alluring to me, maybe it was because I didn’t want to lost Sylvester just yet. He and I haven’t even had time to bond and I hated the guilt that lingered in my chest. Was I wrong to have lied about my feelings for him and even why I was doing everything possible to avoid him?I stared at the fire with tears streaming down my face. The only entrance I knew of was gone and destroyed by the fire. How was he going to make it out alive now?“Somebody help him! He’s stuck inside the building!” I screamed like they weren’t already looking in the direction of the fire. But I needed to find him. If they weren’t going to help him, I was going to do it myself.I rushed to my feet dashing towards the fire. I reckoned if I ran fast enough, I could make it in without getting burnt and even if I did, I was certain my wounds would heal. But was I ready to put myself through that torture for him? I barely made it pa
SIENNAI watched as Sylvester was carried with blood still dripping and his wounds fresh. He was rushed to the hospital and I wanted nothing more than to be by his side. I was left in the corridor with a few guards that followed. I didn’t care that they had brought him in, if they had helped him a little bit early, he wouldn’t need to be here.I stared at the ground taking in the design choice of the titles. It was bright white like the walls’ pain job. I tried to focus on it, to find meaning to the reason why hospitals chose white as a colour for most of their designs but I couldn’t.Where I wanted to see bright lights that represented peace and hope, my mind decided on its own that blood dripping on it was far a better sight to behold instead. I blinked a few times in an attempt to clear out the images. Tears I didn’t know I had in my eyes dripped on the floor, tainting them.When I couldn’t stare at it anymore, I averted my gaze to a much darker colour. I could feel my veins pulsin
SYLVESTERMy mind was alert but darkness was the only thing I could see. It was so dark I wasn’t sure if my eyes were open. The last thing that I could remember was Sienna’s worried eyes staring at me as I handed the little girl to the guards down below the window I stood at. The fire was literally eating the building away. I tried to get out in time and I almost did but then parts of the building collapsed on me.My body should have healed once I started to get burnt but it didn’t. In a way I not only felt the fire burning my skin, it was eating at me from the inside. I started to lose my vision and darkness took over. I heard a voice call out to me in the dark. At first it was faint, then a second later it became demanding. I tried to move, the pain that should have shot through me didn’t come. I peeled my attention away from the voice and tried to search my body.My wolf’s vision couldn’t see a thing either so it was no use trying. I was confused as to why I couldn’t. Where was I r
SIENNAThe door swung open and a woman walked in. She was stuck between being graceful and hurrying towards Sylvester. I didn’t know who she was and I didn’t know if it was appropriate to stay or leave but I didn’t want to leave. I stared at her as she stalked closer only to start comparing myself to her. She was undoubtedly beautiful and she could pass as an elite model if she wanted to. It was so weird how her eyes held warmth in them and she didn’t have the usually smug look that other women of her class did. She breathed warmth whereas I was just plain old me with the most boring look ever.“Sylvester, thank goodness you’re okay.” She said in a soft voice that could melt the coldest heart. She had her arms around him and she was hugging him like they has something going on between them. My heart tugged in my chest.There was instant resentment building up in my chest. I could feel my wolf getting angry and I didn’t blame her. Another woman was hugging her mate and he wasn’t even
SIENNAMy eyes were as wide as saucers, I was sure of it. Did she just say that he was her fiancé? He was going to wed a woman who was nothing like his mate?“I’m sorry?” I couldn’t help but ask her. I knew I heard what I thought I heard, but what if it was the wrong thing? What if she meant that they were engaged but since I was now in the picture, they were no longer going to be married?She looked taken aback at my question but remained composed as much as I tried to. My chest was hurting, and it felt like my heart had been pulled out of it and smashed on the floor.I kept my eyes away from his, sure that I was going to break down if I had to meet his gaze. He and I were meant to be together but we were poles apart in nature. This should be something I shouldn’t mind happening. I shouldn’t feel hurt that he had someone else if I had to reject him just because our kinds hated each other. Tears pricked my eyes, trying to force their way out but I held them down. I bit my lip and bli
SIENNAI hadn’t worked with Benjamin for the longest time. But I could tell about him that he was thorough with his searches for information. He wasn’t only good on the battlefield and so far he has shown his knack for sourcing out whatever he was searching for.With folded arms to the chest, I could hear the sound of my heart rapidly beating as I waited for an explanation from him. What did he mean by sabotage?Too many questions ran through my mind faster than I could really think about them. I instantly became worried about Sylvester as it seemed as though someone was out to cause trouble in his pack.“Maybe we should go sit for this one plus I’d hate for someone to hear us right now.” He voiced, peeping through the corridors to make sure that we were indeed alone.He pulled me out, with my hand in his and hurriedly led me to my now parked car. All my thoughts about Sylvester and Tamara vanished at this point.After driving up to a secluded area, he pulled out a document from his j
SIENNA Tamara’s demeanour had changed. She literally dragged me out of the room to go with her for the drink. As we walked along, I couldn’t help but wonder why she was acting this way. My mind also stayed restless through the walk. Sylvester was vulnerable and weak at the same time, so what if the person behind the fire sneaked in behind the backs of the guards and he was attacked while in his sleep?Once we got to the lounge where Sylvester and I usually had a meeting in, I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I just had to speak up.“You really don’t think that what I have to say could be really important and Sylvester would want to hear it, do you?” I asked her. My chest was already rising and falling from the fast paced walk I had to go through.But Tamara looked unfazed by what I just said. A small smile appeared on her lips instead and she poured out a drink into a glass and then she took a seat right in front of me. While she was relaxed, my wolf was restless, knowing 2her mate could
SIENNAMy anger resurfaced as I thought about all the ways Tamara was trying to intimidate me. Trying to plunge me back into my misery and to rub it in my face that she had Sylvester. Tamara had clearly told me that there wasn't any need to see Sylvester but the whimpering and the whining of my wolf made it impossible to obey anything she had to say. Maybe I was imagining it but a part of me believed that even though she acted stoic and unbothered, she was intimidated by him. She didn't show it, infact, if anything, she acted like I was beneath her shoes. But if she wasn't intimidated by me, If she claimed to be oblivious to the pull between Sylvester and I, then why the hell was she doing everything in her power to keep me away. Why go through all the stress of trying to prove a point to me, trying to make me feel irritated and trying to push me away from my mate. She had told me that seeing him was unecessary but she had been very clear about it and if I obeyed her instructions, w