“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
“I hope you guys settle the issue. I thought he was a man you were interested in.” Diane explained.I was shocked at that thought. Why would anyone think I was interested in Mascot or think we were dating in any way?“I mean he was the one interested in you though, you just had this mutual interest for him.”I was dumbfounded and Diane knew it.“He was simply over you.”“He is my friend's boyfriend so it would never work for us both.”“Maybe he is your mate?” Diane suggested.“Is it even possible that my mate is in a relationship with someone close to me?” I questioned thinking deeply to myself. “I actually think I met my mate.” I said aloud to Diane but she didn't say a word.She only nodded and smiled. “Anything can happen.”I wanted to talk to her about my pains and problems but I didn't know if I could trust her. I stared intently at the old woman. Was she going to turn out like Mascot who I had trusted?She turned to me smiling. “You can trust me.” She stood up to go give the he
I was accompanied to the Alpha's chambers to explain myself and tell them why I had betrayed them.Mascot followed suit, pretending to look somber when he was actually enjoying whatever that was happening. I didn't care about him, only about the people that his lie would hurt.The Alpha sat surrounded by his elders, he couldn't show how hurt he was because he would be seen to have a soft heart and that was a disadvantage as an Alpha he was.“I am truly disappointed in what I heard but it would be unfair to you to listen blindly to other people and not hear you out.”I looked around first before speaking. I couldn't sight Laura when I began to speak but I knew she was somewhere in the crowd.“I'm sorry that it has to be like this but whatever you heard is not true. I am not a spy and will never betray this clan. Remember you accepted me when I had no one so there's no way I could bite the hand that fed me. I would never do that.” I explained.“If you aren’t a spy then who are you and w
I wondered if I was cursed or something. Why would I also have bad luck concerning things like this.Mascot who I thought was a friend was messing with me already, trying to make me lose the trust I had built. Now, Lucas was back again. I didn't know why he was here but I knew he wasn't here all the way from ice crest to joke around.“What are you doing here?” My eyeballs were about to fall from my eyes.“I came to visit my little cousin or I remember, you not my cousin. You don't even have a father.” He scoffed.I was rattled. Anyone could see that.“You don't have to be afraid. I'm not here for you. Have you forgotten that I'm the Lord of all. I go everywhere and anywhere.”I didn't believe him. Truly, he went and went whenever and wherever he wanted but how did he know he would be here.Wooooooh.The wind blew again and I cowered in the cold. It wasn't winter so I wondered where the cold was coming. I wished I had come out with my sweater to prevent the cold but that was not my ma
“You're shocked right?” They laughed in my face. “Well, if you must know, we are in this together.” “This is a plot by you both?” “Actually, it was my plan, he promised to help me.” Lucas jeered with a grin, his teeth bared at me.I glanced at Mascot and I could see he was uncomfortable about what Lucas said. I wanted to know more so I kept asking questions that could trigger that effect on him. “So this was all your doing?” I asked Lucas.“Yeah. Surprised?”“Actually, I am. It was just a pity that I thought that Mascot was man enough to plot all this by himself.” I stole a glance at Mascot.“I did most of the work.” Mascot chimed in.“Yeah but I planned everything.” Lucas retorted. For a second, I knew they weren't on such good terms. One thing I knew about men like Mascot and Lucas is that none of them wanted to be looked down at. They all wanted to be masters and not servants.I was truly scared when I saw they had joined hands together against me but now, I knew their weakness
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