“Wake up! Wake up!” Someone tapped me. “What's going on?” I opened my sleepy eyes to see Mascot who looked shocked to the bone. My eyes were still fixated on him. “What happened? Has the rain stopped?” I asked but I got no response. Rather, he made strange movements with his eyes. I could literally see fear in his eyes. “What is wrong?” I sat up slowly and that was when I noticed a presence behind me. I turned sharply. “Whooo.” “Who are you?” I asked the little boy who was simply gazing at me. I looked at Mascot who only shook his head. “I'm supposed to be asking you two that. This is my house, so who are you?” “My name is Naomi and he is Mascot.” I introduced us to the little boy. He wasn't so much but he was cute. “Why do you live alone here?” “This has been my house for such a long time.” He was quick to answer. “Why are you guys here?” He asked. I could notice how smart he was but I was scared for him. “You live alone? Where are Your parents?” “I don't know where they
The woman with white hair talked more.“You're welcome. My name is Diane and I'm glad to welcome you here.” She bowed. “We have waited for so long.”“Waited? Who have you waited for?”“They have been waiting for the person whom they were foretold. Someone who would bring back the dignity of the calm.”“Is that me?” I asked.The guys stared at me, likely wondering why I didn’t get the idea of what was happening.“Please sit down.” Diane offered a seat to me. “Let's bring you some food.”We were ushered in. The environment wasn't the most beautiful place but it was still suitable for people to live.“This must be your husband and your son.” I received stares from the women there. Diane was asking me.“No, no. They're my friends.” I chuckled, not sure if I could refer to the strange boy whom I didn't even now his name as my friend.“Oh wow. You all are welcomed.” She bowed as she greeted again.It made me wonder how respectful they were taught to be. She looked old but she was insightful
“Just tell me who it was.” I asked Diane, coming back from my recollection. “I want to know.”“The truth is that I couldn't see the killer's face but people, after the massacre that night, insisted that it was Alpha-king Magnus who attacked the clan and killed your father.”Was it truly him? Did Alpha-king Magnus kill my father? Was he the one with the tatto that had shot my father that fateful night? It was indeed a sad day for me so I would always celebrate my father every 4th April.It took me years to finally adjust to Palace life and live with the girls. It seemed my mother wanted to be taken away from her husband's land to a new environment. She kept saying that she was looking out for me when she made that decision but I still had my doubts about it. How could she had forgotten about my father so quickly?I wanted to forget it too because it haunted me when I remembered it but I just couldn't. I felt guilty each time I decided that it was all in my past and should be left ther
I felt glad about Laura and Mascot. Whatever I felt I had noticed about Mascot was all a lie now. He had a fiancee he would never cheat on.I went into my chambers to have some rest. It was indeed a hectic day and I was so exhausted. My back ached but I could only take medications.At this point, I wondered where the love ofmy life was. After all, Laura and Mascot were my age mates and they found love. Why could I not find mine?I let it go because it wasn't in my agenda to find love here. I didn't leave ice crest pack for this place just to find love. If I had wanted to get married, I would have done that with Lucas.I occasionally thought about Lucas and the offer he made to me. That man wanted to marry me because of what he would gain from me. It was totally embarrassing but I learnt it the hard way and I hope life was being unfair to him.I laid down on my bed as I reminisced about what had happened today. Was it all my destiny. Was I meant to have met Chad? It wasn't mere coinci
“How about you?” I asked him sharply before he could think of another question to ask me.“Well, I was born and brought up here. I'm a hunter too.” He said and I became glad. He could teach me how to hunt too.“You could teach me.” I responded and he didn't say a word.“I have to go.” He announced.“Now? So soon?” I couldn't let him hear how desperate I was for him to stay.“Yes, I guess we’ll be seeing each other.” He responded, winked at me and left.“Thanks for the orange juice.” I screamed after him.“You're welcome.” He screamed back. It was like those times in the movie when a woman would fall in love with a man. It was like a fairytale and I loved it.“I knew you would be here.”I turned sharply to see Laura standing behind me with her hands akimbo.“You found me.” I laughed, though unhappy that she did.“Yes. I did.” She sat beside me exactly at the same spot, Thorne had sat. “You weren't in your room and whenever you aren't in your room, I know you are here.”“I'm I really th
“What is wrong with you?” I questioned Mascot myself when I had met him in one of our training sessions.“Hi, Naomi.” He seemed so excited to meet me.“What's up with you?” I asked again and I could see his countenance change. He had been asked to teach the younger ones since he was much more experienced than them.“I don't understand what you mean.” He gazed at me, mouth agape.“You do understand me, you don't just want to admit it.” I told him, then left.I was really pained when Laura told me about her relationship with Mascot. Who wants to be treated like trash? I was sincerely upset with him and I needed an explanation. According to Laura, he was not the lovey dovey kind of person, but he always showed that he cared. Now, he doesn't even like talking to her, much more sitting with her. Mascot was a great help to me but I don't like the way he handles and treats Laura.Laura had told me that he would pick offense if I mentioned that to him but I knew I had to talk to him about i
It was so shocking that I lost composure for a bit that I was being proposed to by my friend's boyfriend.I didn't know what to say so I shut my mouth and stared in disbelief. What was really wrong with Mascot?“What's going on? Why are you on your knees?” It was a stupid question because why would anyone go in their knees with a ring if not to propose?“Naomi, I believe you are my mate. The one the moon goddess made for me. Let's get married.” He was smiling that at this point I thought he was just pranking me.I laughed. “Stop it, Mascot, I won't fall for your prank.”“This isn't a prank, Naomi. You mean a lot to me. You're probably the best thing that has happened to me for a long time.”“Stop it please.” I was feeling so ashamed on his behalf. “You can't do this.”“That's exactly what I'm doing.”“What about Laura? She's a good woman..”“Why do you always mention her when we talk? She's not my mate!” Mascot was boiling. “She's just a leech.”I could remember when Laura mentioned t
I didn't know and didn't care to know what happened to Mascot. After I sat with Thorne last night, I discovered we weren't meant to be together. I had important matters to think about and do, so why should I bother myself? I decided that I would go visit my father's clan again. There were lots of things I still needed to know. If I was going to take back my father's inheritance then I knew I needed to get a lot of people on my side to build a strong army.For the past two days, I had been avoiding Laura and still couldn't give her a good reason why I was avoiding her. What would I say to her? That her boyfriend was after me and not her anymore?I was waiting for the perfect time to sneak out of the clan to Shadowcrest, my father's clan, as usual. I didn't want anyone trailing me like the last time as Mascot did. After the incident that happened last time, I didn't bother to know where he was or how he was faring. That wasn't my business anymore.I waited for the sun to fall before le
As the celebration continued, I went over to thank Alpha-king Magnus for his help in helping us gather the warriors even though they didn't do as well as expected.Alpha Logan visited us and celebrated with us.“When we told Lucas that you didn't come into our pack, he didn't believe me and asked that I tell the truth or he'll burn my clan down. I told him everything even though he didn't let me say anything more. He only ran away,promising to deal with me.”“I'm grateful for sacrificing the happiness of your clans just because of me.”“I'm happy to help remember you helped me too.”When Laura's parents later arrived during the day, it was another beautiful encounter with them. They were so glad that we were able to stop Lucas especially when they had tried to do that for such a long time.The whole community was still celebrating when Emily came to have a word with me. “You really outdid yourself. Thank you for bringing peace back to this Park.”She was truly grateful to me and prom
We were all in our positions waiting for Lucas’ attempt to attack us. We were all in our hiding place, no one saying a word or talking in whispers. It was finally time for me to see what I did for my community.“Maybe we shouldn't have kept so quiet and hid like this.” Laura asked, she had been waiting beside me at the tower where we were watching for any sound in the Bush outside the community.“You think so?” I asked Laura. “Yes. Maybe he now knows that we know that he was coming for us.” Laura said. I was about to laugh but I remembered that if I did that I would blow our cover. We sat down there and waited some more. “Maybe they're not coming like he said.” I said while resting my back at the tower then I heard a sudden sound of a man crying with a loud voice. “They're here.” Suddenly, there was a loud sound of a trumpet. It was truly Lucas and his men as I viewed from where I was. “What exactly is going on?” I asked, unable to process what was happening. “It's Lucas and his
Thorne was standing right in front of me, then he approached me and then was about to kiss me but then I jumped up from the bed.It was a nightmare that I didn't want to have again. Laura had put me to sleep after I had told her about Thorne. It was early afternoon and I didn't know what exactly to do with the information about him.I had lots of questions in my mind.“Why was he back? What happened to him? Was he sent by Mascot and Lucas?I knew that the only way to get answers to my questions was to actually talk to Thorne and hear from him but I was too upset to do that. I had trusted him so much and he left me without a word. I left my room to go see how Damien and the warriors were working.“Guess what?” Laura was running towards me all excited.“What is it?”“Have you seen Alpha-king Magnus since we came back?”“Not yet. Any problems?”“Not really. Come on.” Laura literally dragged me down the same route with her. We kept running and running till we got downhill to the house she
I and Damien had decided to go back to Shadowcrest before it got too late to do anything. From the message that Alpha Logan sent to me, I believe that Lucas was already so angry since his own was now against him. I know he was trying to plan against my clan so we needed to gather the soilders we have and train them immediately.“I have sent messages to the Alpha's that we met and they already sent out their regards and then their solders to Shadowcrest so they can began to train.” Damiem said.“And what are you two plotting?” Laura asked as she joined us. She had been spending time with her parents and we didn't want to disturb her.“What are you doing here?”“I came to see you both. What are you both plotting?”“Nothing. We are just planning to go back to Shadowcrest.”“Without me?” Laura asked.“You'll be here with your parents. What did your dad say about supporting us in this fight?” I asked her expecting a positive result.“He's scared because of what happened in the past but he'
Lucas was literally after our life. As we ran into the Bush, we still didn't feel secure.“I think we should run for our dear lives now. Let's go back to Shadowcrest, I believe we are done for our quest.”“I think so too.”“No. One more pack and we'll go back to Shadowcrest and prepare for the war we are fighting.”“What do you think? Let's go find our horses where we left them, it'll simply make our journey as fast as it should.” Laura suggested still staring backwards checking for Lucas.We located the horses and rode on them as quickly as possible. It was too good to be true for me because I sat comfortably on the horse. Damien had told me that we were heading to Blissfall Park, the last on our list.“We don't have to bother about them welcoming us. I hear they are kind hearted people including their Alpha too.”We took Damien's words into consideration and rode into Blissful Park expecting great things from this park. We got there on time to meet the Alpha in a meeting with his el
This was my quest, mine alone and the only people allowed to go with me on this quest are people that are willing and not people who are ordered to go with me.I understood the fact that everyone had their life to live to the fullest so I had no fight to take away life from people just because I have the authority or opportunity to do so.I cleared my throat as I was about to speak. “I really appreciate thirsting with you both. It's really nice to know that you have people who really care, not just because they feel indebted but because that's who they are.” I paused, then continued. “When I started this quest, I was angry, upset and afraid. Angry and upset because I kept wondering why it had to be me, why me? Afraid because I didn't know how to face the challenges. I'm saying this because it's only going to make things worse on my side if you have to order or force who doesn't want to on me. That'll be very unfair.”“You don't have to overthink it. That's why they are warriors and wo
I couldn't decide if our meeting with the wizard was successful or not. Judging from everything he said about me and Laura being strong together, I already knew that there would be many challenges that would come up and we should be ready.“Why do I feel unsatisfied about this?” I wondered to myself and hoped Laura was satisfied with it. It wasn't showing facially that she was happy with how things turned out.I couldn't stop staring intently at Laura's face and keep wondering what was going on in her mind. She was way ahead of us. I was with the Aloha and Damien who was talking about how unclear the wizard was and how it would have been better if he was specific and clear with his words.“What do you think?” Damien asked Alpha Logan after making his point.“Well, all I can say is that he has been doing this for a long time, so he has a good reason for not making anything clear right now but all I can say is that everything would make sense when it was time for it to.” Alpha Logan exp
“Stop!!” It was an intense order from a voice in the hut.I suspected that the voice I heard was the one of the Wizard. His voice was like the earth on its own, trembling and confident at the same time.“Secrets of the olds are not for the faint hearted.” He said when we were now very close to his sanctuary. His words were like gentle breeze going through the veins. I was still trying to understand what he meant by what he had said earlier but I connected it to the reason why we were here, which was Laura's parents. As I walked slowly behind everyone, it seemed like my heart was afraid of who it was going to meet but he came to sight and I could see his face clearly now. He looked like any other normal person just that he was dressed shabbily. His clothes which were once red in color had turned to a shabby pink, with a rope tied to his waist. Immediately, he set his eyes on us, he started his incantation which sounded funny, then he burst out in laughter. His laughter was like lig
When it suddenly started raining, we all turned to each other in shock.“Do you believe me now when I say that he would really help you guys. Don't you believe me?” Aloha Logan asked no one in particular. It all looked like he said it was true but we were present.When we left the Palace, I was so sure that I wouldn't experience any rainfall but now the rain was falling like there was no tomorrow.“Oh, no. We'll be drained in the rain. My dress!” Laura exclaimed.“No. He won't let us walk under the rain.” Alpha Logan replied, confidently. He was speaking of the Wizard and was implying that the rain will stop when we get there. We were literally dancing in the carriage because of how bumpy and rough the road was.There were pathways and cracks on different parts of the road that caused us to dance as we rode in the carriage. I was still trying to understand everything the Alpha has been saying about this wizard but I still couldn't. “How is it that he is as powerful as you say but y