Part II.
Amarah opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long while before finally deciding to move. She sat up on the side of her bed, rubbing her eyes gently before looking out the window, and see the rays of the sun peaking through the tree branches.
It has been two weeks since Clayton finally brought her with him to where his pack stays. He got into a heated argument with her father when he expressed his intent on bringing her with him back to his pack, Amarah was scared when she witnessed her father as well as Clayton’s temper clashed.
“You are not bringing her there with you!” Mr. Saville exclaimed firmly when Clayton told him about his plan. “You will be putting her at risk once you bring her to your pack. She is safer here away from us!”
Clayton narrowed his eyes.
“She will be much safer when I am near her!” He insisted evenly. “You will no longer be responsible for her, Alpha Gavin. Fr
Clayton looked up from the book that he is skimming through inside the Lycan Royal Archive, his eyes bloodshot from sleepless nights to be able to get to the bottom of the thing bothering him since he came back from breaking into Gavin Saville’s residence.“Any luck?” He asked, his voice hoarse. He turned when he heard no response from Lily. He saw her sleeping deeply with her head on the table, her arms covering her face. He stood up and put his jacket over her, protecting her from the cold before he walked towards one window and looked out at the starry, night sky.He then looked down and saw wolves from different packs going around the castle grounds. He turned back towards the table he occupied with Lily and looked at the pile of books which contains the recordings of wolves around fifty years ago. The book opened in front of Lily, while she is sleeping deeply is about the history of the Saville’s.“You’re still here, Clay
Amarah leaned back on the tree trunk where she decided to sit down and continued sulking quietly. It has been five days since she attempted to leave the pack territory only to be caught up by Bradley near the border and dragging her back.“The alpha has told you to wait!” Bradley scolded, gripping her upper arm firmly without hurting her. “Amarah, please bear in mind that he has other things to attend to aside from your whining of seeing your family!”“He’s calling it whining?!” She screeched angrily. She stopped on her tracks and looked up at him intently and pulled her arm way. “Is that what he is calling it now?! Whining?”Bradley only let out a frustrated sigh, muttering under his breath.“You don’t have to keep your eyes on me, Mr. Bradley,” she said tightly. “I’m sorry that you have to babysit for me while the alpha is away. I give you my word that I will not leave t
Clayton opened the car door and helped Amarah out early the following night after parking in front of his parents’ house. He closed the door behind her and looked up at the house where he grew up.“Your house looks beautiful,” Amarah commented beside him softly.He took her hand and clasped it gently, bringing it to his lips and kissed it lightly. He looked down at her dress in a casual, denim, ankle pants with an oversized beige, silk blouse and black blazer. She paired it with a low-heeled strappy sandal with thick heels.“Have I told you that you look beautiful tonight?” He asked as he led the way to the front door slowly due to her ankle. “Anyway, I guess I have something to be thankful for with the doctor’s presence here. Though I didn’t like it one bit of him touching you.”“Matt’s a doctor, you know that,” she answered gently. She gently moved her ankle, showing it to him
Amarah sat beside Clayton at the Langston’s dinner table with her hands gripping the napkin she placed on her lap. She was staring blankly at her plate and only was shaken out of her reverie when he placed a hand on her shoulder gently to get her attention.She looked up at him warily.“Would you like some vegetables to go with the chicken?” He asked with a smile.“Chicken?!” She returned and she finally noticed that Clayton have placed a piece of chicken on her plate along with some potatoes. “Oh, yes. Please. Not too much though.”Clayton nodded and served her a spoonful on her plate.“Thank you,” she said calmly.“How do you find living in the pack so far, Amarah?” Mr. Langston asked politely. “Are you adjusting well? Do let Clayton know if you’re finding it difficult, okay? I’m sure it’s not going to be an easy thing for you.”Amarah ga
Amarah opened her eyes at something tickling her on the face. She suddenly sat up straight when she saw that the sky is already light blue and white clouds slowly filling it, realizing that it’s already dawn. She looked around frantically and gathered that she must have fallen asleep when she took a rest from walking back home last night.She braced one hand on the ground and gently stood up and finally taking off her other sandal, holding both on one hand as she slowly walked back the road, clutching her jacket tightly around herself. She then made her way back to the central grounds, limping and stopping from time to time when she felt some discomfort on her ankle.Her stomach suddenly grumbled, and Amarah remembered that she hadn’t eaten well from last night’s dinner due to the hostility she felt from Clayton’s mom.“Stop thinking, Mari,” she scolded herself loudly as events from last night came back. She shook her head to
Clayton nodded as he walked through the crowd, who are going towards the open grounds, which he had previously made a picnic area during weekends on a late Friday afternoon. He smiled as families passed by with the young pups getting excited and bringing some of their favorite toys.He finally reached the pack’s learning center and he proceeded to one classroom and stopped by the open doorway. He looked inside and watched as Lily meticulously arranged the books stacked on the table beside her back in the shelves along one wall.“Hey.” He called out softly and immediately noticed her gripping the book she is holding.Apparently, Lily is still mad at him for what he did with Matt.“Why are you here, Alpha?” She addressed formally without turning to him. She took another book and scanned through the row and inserted it in one section. “If you’re looking for Amarah, let me tell you that Matt is back at my home and cur
“Elise, look at me!” Matt’s voice ordered over the noise. He was kneeling in front of her while Amarah is beside him, ready to assist once he needs it. A chair with a basin of warm water and towels are beside her and a small table with the heating lamp Clayton took from his room. “Listen to my voice, okay? Just my voice. You’ll get to listen to your husband’s irritating voice for the rest of your life but right now, it’s my voice you should follow.”“Why you -,” Liam scoffed but Clayton held him tightly.Amarah bit her lip to keep from smiling. She knew Matt’s strategy and it is to turn Elise’s attention away from the pain she is currently experiencing.“I don’t want this anymore!” Elise wailed.“You can blame your husband after everything is over,” Amarah answered as she gripped Elise’s other hand gently. “Men, right?! They always think they&
Word about Amarah and Matt saving the wife and son of The Night Howlers Pack Beta, had spread like wildfire around the pack and its neighboring territories. Members from different allied packs had started flocking towards Clayton’s territory with extreme conditions, to seek their medical help.“I-I don’t think I can face them,” Amarah said with hesitation on her face. She looked outside the window from Clayton’s office. She saw a huge crowd in front of the health center, clamoring for her and Matt. “They will back off the moment they see me.”Clayton walked around his table and pulled her towards the couch and sat down with her. It was two weeks from the night she saved Elise and her baby together with Matt. Word got around the pack over what happened that night and it didn’t take long for the news to spread. For the first few days, only a few came, and Constance was able to tend to them as well as Matt.Matt, who
Three years later… Clayton watched anxiously as Amarah breathed in and out as she is clutching his hand tightly on a very early Thursday morning in their room, at his house. He watched as she closed her eyes and tried to control the pain that she is going through right now. “Oh, God, that’s worst,” Amarah finally stated. “You also said the last one was worst,” Clayton countered as he wiped the beads of perspiration on her forehead. “Are you just trying to pacify me? It’s not working, I’m telling you that.” “You’re the one who put this on me,” Amarah teased him with a smile. Clayton stared at her dumbfoundedly. “Amarah, if I knew that I will be going through this as well, I would have waited a little bit more before putting that child in you,” he argued lightly. “I am not ready to go through this process.” That earned a laugh from Matt, who is sitting on one side of the room and patiently monitoring Amarah’s condition. Clayton gave him a good glare. He turned back to his wife, w
“Open your eyes, Amarah.”Amarah opened her eyes and turned towards the voice. She slowly sat up and came face to face with the most beautiful woman she had ever seen in her life.The woman looking back at her has long and thick blond hair that is way past her waist. She had clear and bright honey-gold eyes that are currently staring at her lovingly that goes perfectly well with her beautiful face. A long and pointed nose, round firm cheeks and full rosy lips.She is wearing a glittery silver floor length dress and there is something about her that made Amarah realized who she is staring at.“Oh my goodness!” Amarah exclaimed and she immediately got down on one knee on the floor and placed a fist on her heart. “My apologies for not recognizing you immediately, Goddess Selene.”“You did good, my child,” Selene said.Amarah raised her face towards her when the goddess cupped her chin. She smiled sadly. “I could have done more,” she answered softly. “But I guess I overexerted myself that
Clayton with thick tears in his eyes stood, clenching his fists tightly and watched as the fire slowly crawled up and make its way to Amarah, immediately surrounding her body. He breathed out heavily and felt his mother’s hand on his back, gently comforting him.I love you, my Amarah, he thought in his mind intently.Slowly, as if his own feet have their own brain, he took steps towards the platform until he is only a few feet away. His mother followed behind him and stayed behind his back as the heat being emitted from the fire increases.As the fire started to crawl over her body, he felt a strong gust of wind blowing at them. His mother hugged his arm and buried her face in his back until it subsided. He turned to make sure that she is okay before looking back at the fire.Another gust of wind strongly passed by and it passed directly through the fire.“What the heck -?!” He heard Gabriel from behind exclaimed.All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a strong and blinding light shot down
Gabriel, with his hands inside the pockets of his jacket stared down quietly and intently at Catherine’s tomb. His eyes wandered towards the words written on her white, marble epitaph and he gripped his fists tightly. “Life is not Forever. But LOVE is.” He glanced up a bit when he heard a howl in the air, signifying the end of the mourning period. For Amarah. Instead of the tradition’s usual five days of mourning, King Atticus had decreed that the observation of mourning for Amarah will be extended for two more days. This is because of the influx of wolves from all over the kingdom that wanted to pay their last respects to the Saville woman, who had unselfishly given her all to treat those who needed her help. And it has been seven days as well that Gabriel has been visiting his mate’s tomb and would just stand there for hours without saying anything. Gabriel heard some rustling behind and he raised his head up and waited. “Everyone’s starting to gather at the grounds,” Conrad i
Amarah stared up at the ceiling, breathing slowly and deeply. She turned weakly at the sound of the door opening and as hard it is for her, her lips raised upwards into a smile when she saw Clayton entering the room.“H-Hey,” she called out, raising her hand.Clayton immediately went to her side and clasped her hand, bringing it to his lips and kissing it gently. He sat down on the chair by the bed and looked at her lovingly, his eyes red.“You… You look beautiful,” Clayton said achingly.“Thank you,” she whispered. She coughed lightly and then took a deep breath. “Matt said… Matt said that I’m going to be okay. He told me that I just needed to rest so I can recover all the strength that I had lost.”“You shouldn’t have worked hard,” Clayton only whispered.Amarah reached for his cheek with her other hand.“I-I’m sorry,” she apologized gently. “But I did w-what I needed to do. They need my help.”Clayton clutched both of her hands gently.“W-What time is it?” She whispered softly.“It
The howling roar of rage filled the air as Clayton rushed towards Amarah, catching her in his arms before she had completely hit the ground. His eyes burned with anger and fear as blood started to soak her clothing.Conrad, shocked at what had just happened turned towards the direction and when he saw Anthony Madison, with a triumphant smile on his face, transformed immediately to Magnus and lunged towards him, pinning him on the ground and another fight had ensued. The pack members vacated the area, pulling away any injured warriors.They could hear Magnus growling and tearing the enemy apart and a few minutes later, several Gamma warriors had joined him.“Amarah!” Clayton yelled as he reached for the dagger, which he knew for sure has been dipped in Wolfsbane. “No! No! No!”“Clayton, don’t pull it out!” Jacklyn yelled as she knelt beside him. “Let me do it!”“Stay awake, Amarah,” Clayton stated over and over again as he adjusted his position so that Amarah is lying straight in his a
Clayton watched grimly as the fire consumed the dead bodies of all rogues, the orange flames snaking all over the bodies and omitting the smell of burnt skin, hair and blood. He looked up as three more bodies were added to the pile.“Are the bodies of Fullerton and Madison found?” Clayton asked hardly.“Not yet,” Liam answered. “Gab and the Quartermasters are doing the search as well. If they’re still alive, they will immediately eliminate them.”“Their actions just showed the cowardice in them,” Clayton barked angrily. He turned to his left and looked down at Conrad, leaning on a tree and panting heavily as Bradley and Jacob are tying up a clothing around his stomach. “We need to get you back home.”“I’m alright,” Conrad assured him as he finally stood up. He thumped Clayton on the back. “We need to make sure that those two are dead. We cannot be complacent.”“You were good out there,” Clayton commented seriously. “Seems your five years away from here seemed to have made your skills
Amarah opened her tired and heavy eyes when she heard a howl, more like a battle cry in the air. She immediately sat up straight and then stood up immediately when another sound came. She rushed out the office she occupied to rest for a while, her heart pounding.“What’s happening?!” She demanded loudly as she saw the wolves in the center that are strong enough to check, crowding towards the entrance of the building. She pushed her way in the crowd, her eyes straining to see what they are all looking at. “What’s going out there? Is it Clayton? Please don’t tell me it’s him!”When she finally made her way at front, she saw Matt together with Mr. and Mrs. Langston, several steps outside and looking towards one direction, his face grim. Something caught Amarah’s nose and she looked up to see dark, clouds of smoke filling the air as well as hues of dark yellow and orange.Dead bodies, she thought immediately as the sky turned more darker as the fire from afar is getting bigger and spreadi
Clayton transformed back into his human self after Kragen mercilessly ended the life of the rogue that launched at him a few minutes ago. He grabbed his dagger from the ground and immediately hurled it towards the rogue who is sneaking behind Liam.Liam turned and nodded at him thankfully as he pulled the dagger from the rogue’s head, kicking him back to the ground immediately. He handed the weapon back to Clayton.“The Saville’s had broken their inner defense circle,” Liam mentioned to him as they both thwarted a pack of rogues lunging towards them. He spit on the dead body of one. “Bradley was sent to the center a few minutes ago to have the wound on his side tended.”The battle had spread out all over the land as Clayton’s allied packs took each rogue packs to different directions to weaken the defense. He looked onwards and saw Ian Fullerton and his Beta, moving back and allowing the rogues to attack head on.“Cowards!!!” Clayton yelled at them loudly.Anthony Madison heard his sc