Luckily for me, it's been smooth going so far. I haven't encountered any trouble yet today and hope it will be like that for the rest of the day.
I quickly get myself ready for school.
On getting to school, I hoped and prayed once more for today to be normal for me.
I keep my head down as I find my way to my classroom. My stomach keeps grumbling because I haven't had my breakfast yet.
I check my phone for bank alert, as today is the last day of the month, waiting for Mrs. Johnson whom I work for as a library assistant to give me my salary.
So I keep checking my phone as I sit down on my seat....in the far corner of the classroom near the window. I pretend to be looking out the window while at the same time being alert, listening to everything around me. And I rather sense that my classmates are busy today, as they gather in groups talking among themselves.
I horn my listening ability to hear what they are talking about properly.
"Did you hear Steph, he is coming tomorrow. I'm so curious how he looks. I can't wait to see him". I hear the pack's slut Chloe, says.
"I heard he is so handsome and that he thinks his mate is in our pack that's the reason why he is coming. I really hope I'm his mate". She adds. I wonder who they are talking about. Who is he, that he got every one of them worked up.
"The pack is so lucky to have him chose our pack to transfer to and will surely be happy tomorrow, most especially me". Chloe continues.
I'm beginning to get more curious as to who is coming tomorrow.
Usually, visitors from other packs do come to our pack for a visit but there's rarely a case where they attend the school. It's actually very difficult to transfer schools between packs. Only very few people are privileged with the power to do so. These people are the royalties and those special cases where the royals and the wolf councils agree to transfer an individual with a special reason. So definitely the person coming will be either case.
" I'm so excited too Chloe.... I've been wanting to see him up close. I only got the chance to see him from a very long distance and that was just thrice when I followed my parents to the council meetings". Stephanie one of Chloe's friends replied.
My curiosity got the best out of me when I moved slightly to the side, making it very obvious I was listening to them.
The next thing I know was that I saw a book flying my way. I was able to avoid it at the last minute by moving to the side and the book fell with a thump on the floor.
I heard loud gasps as most of the students present were surprised I could avoid it.
I think mostly because first, the speed at which the book was thrown wasn't normal and it was with the intent of causing damage. Therefore I shouldn't have been able to avoid it so fast since it was believed I have no wolf.
And also my head was lowered when it was thrown so they didn't expect me to avoid it since I didn't see it coming.
"How did you do that?" Chloe demanded coming to me with angry steps. I chose to ignore her and kept quiet.
"Answer m....." she said as she slapped me
This time I didn't avoid the attack but braced myself for it....but who would have thought that the moment she slapped me, her bones were heard broken and following that was the scream of Chloe's voice.
"Ahhhhhhhhh.....my hand.....she broke my hand...." she shouted dramatically. What a drama queen....isn't she a werewolf with her wolf intact and also has d ability to heal faster than humans. Serves her right anyways. Right now I believe the whole school heard her voice and literally speaking, they did. The moment she screamed a large group of students and teachers rushed into the class.
"What's going on here?" The moment I heard that voice I visibly shudder. Leon the pack's alpha to-be asked as he walks in. He is mostly the instigator of the maltreatments I face and there's no length he has gone to make my life a living hell. That's why today has been feeling so unreal for me because it was going just too smoothly to be true.
Well, it seems I've short-lived my smooth-going day so far. Now I prepare for the misery that's about to happen.
His gaze scans the class before landing on me. He growls out as he notices me looking at him sneakily. I quickly lowered my head.
On seeing him, Chloe ran to him with tears running down her face.
"Leon she broke my hand"
"Really.....how did it happen. As far as we know she has no wolf and is nothing less than a human." He said as he walks towards me. He stopped in front of me and said with venom laced in his voice " freak answer me....how did you do it".
I chose not to answer and kept my head down.
"Answer me" he demanded using his Alpha order on me (AN: she was born into the pack as a werewolf but not bonded with the Alpha making her not having any mind-link with the pack. But she's still a member of the pack. An alpha's command can still be used on her). I notice that it doesn't work quite well on me...I just feel it slightly. I was shocked. It should have total control of me like it usually does before....but now it's just slightly that I can choose not to obey it. I think he also felt it because I felt him being shocked for a bit before he covered it up with his viciousness.
Wait a minute... I felt...like I seriously felt his feelings just now.....how is that possible.....how can I feel his feelings and him being an alpha to-be at that. I tried feeling his feelings again and all I feel coming out from him is anger at not understanding and controlling me right at the moment. I also feel his wolf trying to gain control because he could not tolerate disobedience. I sigh and chose to obey his alpha control
"I don't know, " I said in a small voice but every one of them can still hear me because of their high hearing ability
"You don't know..." he roared losing control to his wolf. He raises his already clawed hands and was about to attack me with them.
"Leon.....stop" his mate, Ever quickly went forward to stop him before he does. She gave me a sad look before dragging him out.
Well, that was close. God knows what would have happened had his mate not stopped him. I sit back in my seat as everyone else dispatched and the teacher also entered right at that moment. I think it's high time I left the pack. I've been thinking about leaving for some days now ever since the changes started. I can only hide them for a while. I don't know what will happen once they are discovered. Today was a close call and I can't afford them to know. It could lead to my death once discovered. Luckily for me, I was soon forgotten because of the excitement in the air. Mrs. Johnson even added a bonus to my salary because of it which I was grateful for since I can now add more to my savings. The day went by quickly and classes were over before we knew it. When I got to the packhouse, everywhere was filled with preparations and I know for one that I would definitely be ignored for the rest of the day and mostly tomorrow also hopefully. I quickly went dow
ZEID "Zeid....come to my study right away" the king, my father mind link me before cutting the link once more. Ever since my 20th birthday, my father has been wanting to pass over the throne to me but couldn't because I haven't found my mate. He has been persistent in helping me find my mate to the extent of inviting almost every female werewolves in the whole of North America to the palace daily. Despite that l still couldn't find my mate. I keep telling him that when it's time I will find her but no he wouldn't listen. All he wants is for me to find my mate so he can pass the throne to me. His excuse is that I'm fully ready to take the throne and that he fully trust my ability to lead the werewolf kingdom. Anyways I'm actually the one in charge of mostly all the affairs of the kingdom all he does is for him to put his approval On the necessary documents ....so I wonder why he is still in a hurry to pass the c
Zeid "You can both leave to prepare for your journey," my father said as he dismissed us. *** We got to my mate's pack, the blood moon pack at exactly 12am of the following day. When we got there it was the Alpha and the elders that came out to greet us but at the same time, we could hear the sound of music playing from inside. "Welcome Prince Zeid, Prince Brice" They all greeted us bowing their heads. My brother and I acknowledged them with a nod and followed them into the packhouse. On entering, my wolf started becoming restless and I knew my mate was nearby. I tried to calm him down as I tried...take note "tried" listening to the Alpha as he introduces me to all the elders one after the other. God knows I can't remember a single person's name among all of them. All my concern right now is to locate my mate. I mind link my brother to keep the Alpha and the elders occupied while
Ashley I ran as fast as I could to my room and picked up my already packed bag I know no one will be after me right now because they will want to leave a good impression on the Prince's mind. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't hurry up. I know the moment they have the opportunity I won't be left untouched for what happened. I heightened my hearing to check if any hurried footsteps were coming my way and truly no one was coming. I take a deep breath and whispered to myself "now or never". I opened the basement door quietly and checked the corridor once more to confirm if anyone was approaching. once I confirmed it, I heightened all my senses to help me leave without being noticed. In no time I found myself at the boundary of the pack. I take one last look at the pack before turning around to walk away not regretting my decision to leave. Not even after finding out my mate was Prince Zeid.
Zeid On walking into the restaurant, my gaze moved across the room as it landed on her. I move to walk towards her when I felt a hand on my arm stopping me. I growled in warning at Brice "Calm your ass down bro," he said rolling his eyes "you don't want to scare her away again right, remember how long it took for us to locate her. You wouldn't want to look for her for that long again or longer even," he said pulling me to sit in one corner of the restaurant. " prince Brice is right your highness. It wasn't easy locating your mate. It's better if we don't rush things and take it one step at a time" my gamma Rye said agreeing to Brice. " Why not let me walk up to her and make our order to see her reaction first" I nod in agreement to Rye and sat down. It took all my willpower not to stand up and walk up to her. I can't help it. Looking at her now, she looks so different from how she looked when I saw her in her pack. The d
Ashley "What...what do you mean 'by I'm not coming back.." he walks to the driver's side and hopped in "it means what it means.....you know what I think I prefer it when you don't talk or ask questions " he said driving out of the parking lot. I shut my mouth and turned back to see Prince Brice and the rest enter the other vehicles I failed to notice were there before following behind us. I look at the restaurant where I work fade slowly as we move farther away from it. My heart becomes heavy as I wonder where he is taking. Is it to my old pack or the palace? What is he going to do to me? Is he going to punish me for running away? Many questions keep coming up on my mind as I twin my fingers together trying to calm myself down. I take a look at him and couldn't help being drawn to him. He is just what you call perfection but I won't let his look distract me from my current situation. I need answers
Ashley "Alpha," she said suddenly bowing her head to him. I was surprised by her action and widen my eyes. wait a minute my eyes were opened but I remember closing them before, when did I open them without me realizing it. ok hold on, that's not important, how did she know what I'm thinking can she hear my thought? but how?. I widen my eyes more as I realized she just greeted Prince Zeid. can she see him? can he see her? but how is that possible. Am I going crazy here? no, I'm not crazy that I'm sure I slowly turn my head to look at the Prince to confirm my thoughts. seeing his shocked expression and his train of sight that was definitely wasn't looking at me but past me, confirmed my thoughts that they can see each other. "you can see her?" Still, I asked him to confirm it fully. That was when he finally looked at me with questions written all over his face. "what's going on here," he asked me confused. I turn to
ZEID "what's going on here," I asked my mate in which she turns to look at the woman for explanations to which she explained. the woman whose name She later said was Hera, explained the situations to a certain point to the both of us but despite the explanation, there were still some things that left me confused like was it not only the royal family that had the privilege to own special powers but it could still be understood that because she's my mate that she also could be entitled to a special ability just like my parents but according to what Hera said, she has more than one abilities in which I can also have access to whenever I'm in close vicinity with her. On hearing she has the power to restrain my access to her abilities, I was filled with a heavy heart. Why would she want to block my access to her powers as I am her mate? Except she doesn't want me as her mate, would she think like that? Was that why she ran away when she first s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI want to use this medium to say a big thank you to all my readers for taking their time to read TSW and patiently following through to the end. You guys are the best. Despite the delays on uploads at some point, you were still patiently committed to TSW.Writing TSW has not been easy as it is my first novel to write. The researches that were needed for it to come out perfect, the construction of words, and the implementation of the right emotions were something that I had to take my time to put down in order for it to meet your satisfaction.I also want to say a wonderful thank you to my editor, she has been the best support system I could ever ask for during this journey. Even when I was stuck at some point in the writing she was there to help me out. Thank you Rosa for everything, I wouldn't ask for any other editor. You are the best.Lastly, I want to say a very big thank you to my family. They were also a big support
It’s been years since the war happened, and ever since, things had changed drastically. To be precise, it’s been five years, four months, two weeks, three days, eight hours, twelve minutes, and eighteen seconds, since the war.Yeah, I’ve been keeping count and during those periods, things have drastically changed.After the attack, we were able to locate where Lady Anya and the rest of their groups were hiding and annihilated them immediately. We made sure that there will be no more uprising from them or any other forces.And after the clean-up, we moved further within the walls of the forest where it will be so difficult to locate the palace and where no arms could befall my unconscious mate.She has yet to regain her consciousness after so many years, leaving us to only hope for a miracle to happen.The first few months were heart reeking for everyone as her life kept slipping away several times but mother and her team worked th
Walking into their room, I saw two of the most adorable pups ever, lying down in their cribs, sleeping peacefully and not having a clue of what was going on around them. I walk quietly towards them and saw that they weren’t only adorable but they looked so much like her. Even though they were just given birth to, the similarities between them and their mother were so obvious. My heart suddenly tightened in severe pain and went on my knees as I held my heart tightly. This only indicated one thing, and that was my mate struggling for her life and slipping away. I stood up to run towards the infirmary but came to a halt as my pups suddenly burst out crying at the same time and I knew instantly they also felt what I felt just now. I turned around and walk back towards them, ignoring the pain I was feeling. I can’t let them go through it. They are too little to be feeling this much pain. I need to do something to stop them from feeling such
She finally showed how she was feeling and I understood at that moment what she meant.“Can I see her?” I asked her and diverted my eyes away from her and towards the operating room.“Yes, once she is cleaned and taken to the ward.”After hearing what she said, I ignored her and went back to my previous position. I could feel her looking at me and wanting to say more but right now, I’m not in the mood to hear anything from her.Right now all I could think of is my mate, and the more I think of how she is lying down there on the bed, helplessly, my anger towards Mother Increased.An hour later or so, she was finally pushed out of the operating room by several medical aids and into the room they had prepared for her. I walked towards them and maintained a close distance as I follow them to the room. I waited for them at the entrance to get her situated and when they were done attending to her; they all bowed at me and left the room one afte
I closed my eyes and waited for the brunt of his sword to descend on me while with the last hope in me; I reach out to the mother goddess for a last-minute miracle.After waiting for what felt like hours to feel the brunt of his sword against my skin, I opened my eyes gradually to see what has stopped him from doing so.Only to see him convulsing on the ground before me with blood gushing out of his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, literally every part of his body was bleeding, and within seconds, he bled out dried, and died. I was taken aback at the sudden change of event as I watched him dry up to bones in front of me. I hadn’t gotten out of my shock and confusion when I suddenly felt the presence of my mate beside me.I quickly turned to face her direction and just in time, saw her losing consciousness. I ran towards her and caught her before she could hit the floor.Not knowing what was going on and why she was here covered in blood, I tried to shake he
ZeidI braced myself for what was to come as I watch him gradually make his way towards me.It felt like hours before he got to where I was standing, whereas it was just a few seconds.I took a shaken step back when I finally saw who it was."Surprise!!!" he said with his hands spread out wide and a huge smile on his face."Un... Uncle Maxwell. Y... You are the mastermind behind this." I stammered in surprise."Hehehe, of course. Who else has the power to do so if not me? Besides Zeid, It is very obvious that someone with ability is the one behind it all. Besides, you had me thinking of how dumb you could be by not thinking outside the box to find out. I mean who else apart from the Royal families can display an ounce of ability. Considering the fact that I'm also a royal, you should have discovered me a long time ago. Tsk"He mocked.“But why would you think so? To you and my cousin, I was anything but a royal and hardly anyon
I quickly contemplated on what to do as the pain gradually set in. From the distance at which I saw them to the palace, it will take them approximately five to six hours to get here if I’m not mistaken. Therefore it gives the palace guards and the warriors enough time to prepare for their arrival if I contact my mate and inform him about it. After making up my mind, I open the mind link between my mate and me and informed him immediately but left behind the news of me going into labor so as not to distract him. Not long after I told him, all the warriors around the palace were summoned to prepare for the upcoming battle and the war bell was rung as a warning to everyone that we were under attack. While my mate opened a general mind link to all the pack members that the women that were not warriors, with all the children and the elderly were to retreat to the safe bunk immediately. Seeing that everywhere was in an uproar, I walked gradually into the cham
I let out a heave of disappointment as I thought she might know who it was.“Rest assured my dear, that even though we don’t know his identity and the length of what he is capable of doing, we have you to save everyone. You are destined to do so and you will succeed in doing so.” She assured me.“Yes, mother. That’s why I’ve come to seek your guidance.”“Alright child, enough talking. Let’s begin. Oh, before I forgot, I will summon Zeid to…”Hearing this, I panicked immediately because I didn’t want him to know about any of this, and interrupted her saying, “No mother, please don’t. I don’t want him to know about this.”She was slightly surprised at my outburst before shaking her head and saying, “Of course child, knowing how my son can be, I wouldn’t dare. The reason why I want to summon him was to tell him to move your coronation forward.
“What…what do you mean by that?” My mate asked him. His voice deepened in anger.“What I mean to say was that Lady Anya vanished into thin air immediately after the dungeon was attacked. No one knew how it happened because she didn’t escape through the entrance. We only knew of her disappearance when a guard went to check if any of the inmates escaped, and she happened to be the only one that did.But bro, what baffled me was that she escaped with her cell gate still intact. There was no forced entrance or damage to the door. It was also still locked when we got there after the guard came to report to us. It was as though she disappeared just like that. It doesn’t sound logical but that was what happened.” He explained to my mate.To say I was surprised by the turn of events would be a lie. I knew from the moment I heard that there was an attack at the dungeon, that this would be the result.My mate kept quiet fo