I gradually stirred from my sleep.I shifted my arms and I turned a bit.+Then I fell right off the bed."Ouch." I grumbled, fully awake now from the fall.I stayed on the ground, which was very comfortable may I add, and held my throbbing head.How did I land head first anyway?I sighed and sat up after my limbs started working again.I looked around a bit until my eyes fixed themselves on the window that was revealing the dark midnight sky with shimmers of moonlight.It must still be dawn then.I stood up and looked at the bed I just fell from and the still form of Damon who was lying very close to the edge I just fell from.I looked at him and I had a small smile on my face as I noticed the mark on his neck.My mark.I made that.Wait, I made that?I moved closer and regarded the mark with a slight frown on my face.My mouth is not nearly that big. Surely.You'd rather it be someone else who marked him?No, of course not.I looked at him as he still lay there, very still.Unmoving.
She wasn't here.I've been standing around for almost an hour waiting for her incase she just went for a stroll, but she wasn't back.+And her place was not entirely locked up as if to show she wasn't going to be out for long.So I waited.And waited.And after almost three hours, I gave up and got up and headed for the elders division in the pack house.She had to be there.I got up early today. Probably before anyone else in the house got up and headed for Evelyn's. I didn't want anyone to see me leave.I had a series of strange dreams the night before that made me a bit uncomfortable.I needed some reassurance."Dearie." I was engulfed by one of Rose's bone crushing hugs followed by her new man whose name I always forget.Was it Ferdinand? Gerald? Geraldo?? He looks more like a Jefferson to me though.I need to remember to ask, when he isn't around."How is our lovely Luna doing this morning?" Her friend, let's just go with Jefferson for now, asked me.I still wasn't used to hearin
I thought you wanted noise?Normal noise.Not creepy stalker sounds.But for some reason my curiosity got the better of me and I stood to see what was approaching rather than to run.Which is what the sane part of my head was telling me to do.Footsteps? Could it be Evelyn finally getting back from her stroll? But why would she be walking like that? Unless of course she's hurt.My wolf stirred inside me, steadying herself. I need to be careful. I called out to her and she didn't respond, so it might not be her afterall.The leaves rustled further and the sounds were now getting louder as if it was getting closer. And as they got closer I could hear the disparities in the steps.One step sounded loud and crunchy on the leaves, the other step sounded lighter though, with a little drag to it but surprisingly to leafy crunch to it, at all. They kept alternating in that manner. Consistently repeating like that as they got nearer.I began to crouch down a bit, getting ready to spring if I h
I stood there, still. I actually had no idea how I was supposed to respond to this.Golden moon pack? The same pack I'm from?My Golden moon pack?+How was this even possible? I thought everyone died in the fire.And even if someone did survive, what will they be doing here of all places?At this time?What's even going on?"Where is she being held?" Damon spoke after a momentary shock I suppose."Interrogation room, L2-underground." Marcus replied.Then Damon nodded at him dismissing him.He nodded 'Alpha' 'Luna' and left.I still wasn't used to that title but I didn't have it in me to be perturbed by that fact, I had more pressing things on my mind.We stood there in heavy silence.Very heavy.I didn't even know what to think.An elderly woman from my pack.She was from Golden Moon pack? My pack? Is she sure?My mind had been closed off to the fact that I could ever see anyone from my birth pack, because I thought I'd been the only one left.But was I really?I turned to look at Dam
I sat at the edge of my bed, staring at the picture.Not sure of what I was feeling.Not knowing how to feel.I was in some sort of haze. I wasn't fully aware of myself at the moment.I feel it's easier to deal with loss when you don't know what it is that you have lost.This, this just makes it all so real.It makes the loss real.I know it isn't much but just looking at the picture, of a happy family, it was... a bit distressing.That was me.Little clueless me.In the arms of someone I can't even remember. My father.My father. Alpha Gordon.He was an Alpha, running an entire pack.And now it's all burned to the ground. Turned to dust.They've both turned to dust.I couldn't help wondering, had that dreadful night never occurred, would we all still be living happily in the golden moon pack?With my parents, my family and no knowledge of who the Clarks are?My father at the helm, running things, me following in his footsteps, my mother at my side, just being there for me.She would
Once I opened my eyes the shadow moved back and I got to see that it was just the lady.Uhm, Sarah. Yes, Sarah.The sun was shining brightly as she was looking down on me on the bench making her appear like a shadow.I was just getting paranoid now.+I sat up.She was sitting beside me, humming a soft song to herself."Oh you're awake." She smiled at me.And you're out of jail, how?But I didn't say that out loud, obviously.But I couldn't hide the surprise on my face at the apparent fact that she was out here, free."What are you doing here?"She chuckled lightly."I'm sorry if I gave you a fright, I was let out this morning, I assume my interrogation is over. I just really wanted to see you before I leave. So when I found you here I was so glad, but you were asleep, so I decided to wait. It's not like I'm in a hurry or anything."She finished that off with another chuckle.She likes laughing.Says the girl who has known her for about two minutes.I'm good at deducing characters.Sur
What?I thought I hadn't heard him properly.I have been known to have selective hearing once a while but this, this wasn't selective hearing.He said it.And he even repeated it."I told her before we left the pack house that she can stay, there." I pulled back to look at him.Was he being serious? He spoke to her? He told her she can stay? Just within the three seconds I took the lead to the patio?It doesn't really take an hour to say, 'You can stay' you know.Shut up."For-, for how long?" My voice was quiet."For as long as you want her to."It was dark out now and even though we were close to the house, it was still dark around us since all the lights in the house were still off.The moon had come out already and was giving off a little light, but that light was blocked out by the roof of the trees on top of us.So where we stood was pretty dark.But he still kept his eyes directly on mine."Really?" For as long as I want?He was giving me that choice?He stood there in silence
I smiled as I looked at the kids having fun, but when I turned to Sarah, all I saw was bitterness. For a moment I almost didn't recognize her. It quickly cleared up though and I saw that she was indeed bitter, bitter with pain.She misses her son. Matt.After a while of silence as she watched the children she spoke up."The night of the attack," she started and immediately my heart sunk. I knew whatever was coming wasn't going to be pleasant."I didn't escape alone. My mate wasn't at home with me, but my son was. So I run and escaped with my little boy, Matt." His name brought a small sad smile to her face.They escaped together?"Those of us that could get to the opneing on time used the tunnels to get out of the pack unseen. But d o much was going on that night, everyone was frantic and panicking. And in the midst of all that chaos, Matt got injured." She paused and looked down."It was my fault, I should have never let go of his hand. But he was so small, his hand just slipped out
And just as I felt the pull increase, it stopped suddenly. Slowly I looked up to see wide blue eyes staring at me in shock. As quickly as it happened he pulled his hand out, thankfully spine-free. This however still led me to collapse on the ground. I was going to heal, yes, that is, if they gave me time to, but for now, I still couldn't feel my limbs properly. I felt a crack that made my body snap, my spine was realigning itself but it was excruciatingly painful and slow. All I could do was lie and watch Damon. Damon who for some reason was still just standing and staring at me. Sarah though, had apparently had enough. "I said for you to take her spine out!" I could see the blackness in his eyes trying to to return, and with all he had he fought against it. So much so that when his eyes started changing colour again I had a sickening feeling it was blood. And I was right.With a grunt he fell back to the ground, blood oozing out of his ears, eyes and mouth. He was spasming on
I had heard the words.Loud and clear.Yet they rang in my mind like I had imagined them.'Take her spine out.'A very dangerous command uttered against me. And yet I still couldn't move.I had heard those words and I was still frozen in shock.Unfortunately, Damon had also heard them, and was ever willing to oblige.I could feel his fingers and claws pushing past my flesh, tearing muscle and sinew along the way as he continued to inch closer and closer to my spine. The pain was searing and numbing at the same time.I gasped and could only let out silent screams and breathless grunts. My body was still not functioning the way it was supposed to. My motor nerves were defunct but my sensory nerves were working overtime. I could feel every ounce of pain and then some.So when he finally made contact with my spine I felt chills all over my body. From my scalp straight to my toe tips. His hand slowly wrapped itself around the girth of my spinal column, the gaping hole in my back causing
No."Attack her."I didn't even have time to register what she said because I was focusing on what was happening to Damon. In an instant, he had pounced on me while the other minions started to become visible around Sarah again.I've fought with Damon before, but we were training, and he was still him, and he didn't want to kill me.This time was totally different. I wasn't even fighting with Damon, I was fighting Sarah. I saw this because her eyes had turned as black as his, and she was focusing all her energy on me. She's entranced him.She's fighting me through him.Damon lunged at me, and I ducked and kicked him backwards. I tried to think hurriedly between rushed breaths and movements. How do I fight him? I can't hurt him. Will I hurt him if I fight him? Will it hurt her? He came for me again and bit into my shoulder, I reached my arms back, grabbed unto his shoulders, and yanked him off me, slamming him hard unto the ground. He grabbed my ankle and pulled me down to the
All of a sudden, I was left alone. They'd stopped attacking me.They're trying to leave.I was scared that they'd do that.If they escape today, we might never get them together again to end this.I really hope Damon and Evelyn were able to pull through.Just then, from around and above me, I felt surges in the atmosphere.Simultaneously walking in, there was Evelyn with Damon and Marcus right behind her. I heard them before I actually saw them.Evelyn's hair was all loose, actually levitating around her as she muttered some words and kept her hands up in the air. In twos and threes, people all started filing in from the hedge entrance at the far end of the clearing. This was way more than we agreed upon. In a short amount of time, there were almost sixty to seventy people here, all looking ready to fight. I even saw Mavis and James line up behind Damon and Marcus.Evelyn's voice got progressively louder as I caught my breath, looking all around and feeling all my wounds close up
I was in shock.When she was done doing whatever she was doing to the bubble she smiled. Because she knew what she was doing. She was distracting me. But I didn't even care about her anymore.I was frozen, staring at the woman. The woman who was still seemingly unconscious, fading fast and almost lifeless.The woman I would be replacing.The woman who sent me back when I almost died. The woman whose picture lies in my drawer with her brown long wavy hair, her hair that was not white because of age or even for the fact that she'd been overused or drained. Her white hair that was so in her wolf state. In her white wolf state. I'd stared at this face a million times in my worn out picture. I'd stared at this face even in the mirror. I knew her. I know her.It's her. It's really her."Only fitting that you've come to replace your mother isn't it. Generational blood is always the strongest." Sarah cackled.She was distracting me. Trying to throw me off. "One wolf supplying an entire t
There was no one here.Nothing here. And there was certainly no matter right in the air where my fist just was.I stretched my hand forward but there was nothing there. Like I'd just imagined it. But I've been through too much to just overlook things.I closed my eyes and punched the air around that spot again, but nothing.Stop. Breathe and feel the surge.I directed my rage and energy again and let it out in another punch. My hand bounced back again. It felt like I had hit some sort of jelly. Some thick invisible sturdy jelly.What is this?This time, keeping my focus I placed both hands on where I thought this jelly was, and I held it. I could feel it. And it wasn't just a little blob. It was huge, like a whole wall of the stuff. What is this? Are they in here? Keeping up with it, I tried to focus more of my energy on it to try and get through the barrier but I couldn't break it. It was literally exerting the same amount of force pushing me away as I was putting on it. "Ahh!
I'd committed the place to memory. I knew exactly where they were. And even if I didn't, they'd find me. They were expecting me. But they certainly weren't expecting me in the capacity in which I was going. And even if they were, they were in for a ride regardless. This ends today. It ends now. Walking further I started to notice the trees with the strange markings again. This was it, I was approaching dark woods territory. The etchings were barely visible, probably wearing away over the years or in their case probably decades, the bark protesting against this violation to its skin. I've known for a long time how I act under pressure, and I've known for a shorter while how my wolf acts under pressure. Right now I wasn't acting like anyway I've acted before. I wasn't shaking with apprehension or nerves, and I didn't have a rapid heartbeat filled with determination or wild aggression. I was just calm. Still. But I was blazing with fury.I could feel the ice cold flames wrap themse
Fight day.It was today.A week later has felt like a year.But it's finally here. I lay awake in bed staring at the ceiling.I didn't want to sleep, but Damon insisted, he said I need rest to be at my best today.So I'm here at 2am trying to rest since sleep has inadvertently evaded me, while Damon paces all over the house, doing goodness knows what.He's restless, I know.We all are. Even though we don't actually leave until 4pm, it's been impossible to relax. I haven't slept for almost two days now, but sleep was so far from me.I was going to take the lead. Locate the 'sanctuary' as they call it, by myself, and then have Damon and the rest follow my trail a little while later. How was I feeling right now? Scared?No.Anxious? Yes. I want to get it over with.Angry? Well, let's just say that whatever we have planned for them, they've got it coming.I spoke to Sorayah on the phone yesterday, she's already trying to make it back but I'm not sure what time she'll get here.It's
***A few minutes had gone by and we were still deep in conversation, regarding the sisters, what was happening, well the main gist of it and how we had to move forward.Even though I completely engrossed in the conversation I caught his footsteps before he even stepped on the lawn.I glanced over at Aliyah who had her eyes trained on Evelyn as she spoke of healer capabilities when they are in full bloom.I could sense him approaching. He was now outside the door. And by the way he lingered there for a whole five minutes I'm sure he knew who was in here. He was here to go over some things with Damon, something I would have to sit in on as well at some point.When I had planned this earlier I didn't think that it would take so long. I didn't even consider them running into each other. Is it going to be awkward or is it actually a good thing? To clear the air maybe?He finally stepped in, Sam, the head guard, in tow. They walked up to us and then greeted me."Alpha." They both said a