KATRINAI breathed out, groaning. “What is that noise?” I removed the pillow from beneath my face and placed it over my head, trying to shield my ears with it. The buzzing sound refused to stop and I pulled my head out from below the pillow when I thought the sound would wake the kids.Then I remembered, they moved today to their new room. The Triplets wanted to give them separate rooms but they refused so they gave them separate beds in a single room instead.Thank the goddess for that.I hid my head under the pillow again, hoping I could ignore it but it seemed to get louder and I gave up, rubbing my eyes and searching for where the sound was coming from. It wasn’t difficult to find it. I pulled the drawer out of my cabinet.I frowned, realizing it was the phone Ian gifted me some time ago. I had forgotten about it and not used it in a long time because of the drama happening.“D*mn it, not now you stupid phone.”
KATRINAI didn’t leave my room since the next day and a new day was up. I only let the kids come in and they knew I was sad, that I was unhappy, it made them sad too but I couldn’t help myself, I was just so… so…‘Sad?’‘I can’t believe that happened, Mel. I’m just so tired of having to go through this.’‘I wish I could give you a hug but as you know… come on, say it.’‘You have no hands.’Mel grew quiet. Once again she was hiding her feelings from me so I wouldn’t be burdened. “We’ll leave now, mummy. Promise you won’t cry,” Hilda said, smiling so that maybe I would smile but if I tried I would end up crying so I rubbed her face instead.“Everything will be fine, right?” Dash asked, softening from the boy he normally was.“Of course, honey. Nothing’s wrong.”Aurora kissed my head and waved goodbye as they left the room. I tried to smile at myself so that maybe I’d feel better but I was right,
KATRINA I wanted her to stay, I really do, but it wouldn’t work out, especially when our getting back together isn’t the normal thing. There were still issues between us but I wouldn’t deny that I was happy to have my younger sister back. At least, a part of her.During the little time we shared, I realized that she had gotten wiser, stronger, and more self-controlled. I’m not very happy with how she’s living her life but she said, she does what she knows best.But things will change—eventually—until then, we’ll continue waving to each other from hand length.“You know I don’t have a problem with you staying, right?”Kendra looked up from the outfit she was wearing—a pink off-shoulder shirt with dark blue jeans. I was rather, in a gold short jumpsuit with singlet straps. My hair was made into a bun but annoying stands still fell on my face from both sides. The exact reason I made a bun in the first place.“I know,” she replied, smiling hardly. “But as Cannon said security reasons.”
KATRINA ‘Those words were deep, Mel.’ She sighed. ‘For the millionth time, yes, okay! Can we move on with our lives now?’‘But…’‘I’m not normally the one to say this but not another word from you.’“Katrina, are you paying attention?”Oh right, the meeting. “I’m more interested in this fork,” I said, throwing and catching it as the Triplet’s watched its movement. “There’s a lot it can do.”I’d been training dart so it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try. I flung it at him and it went directly above his head before its points penetrated the wall and got it stuck there.Elder Sesan tried not to act stunned but the widening of his eyes when that happened could not be ignored. “Nice moves, if you could just tilt your hand a bit to the…”“Shut the f*ck up, Cannon. This isn’t a f*cking training session,” Ian said, unconsciously drawing circles on the conference table.Or were those cigarettes?Sesan cleared his throat and brought our attention back to him. “Now if you would listen to me, I w
KATRINA Why the f*ck couldn’t I sleep? I haven’t been sleeping very well these days so I moved to the kids’ room, hoping it would but it was rather haunting. ‘They can’t take care of kids! What does the council think they’re doing?’Melora groaned. ‘Kat, you’re straight-up annoying me. I’m trying to sleep for the goddess’s sake!’‘This is why I miss Carissa. She listens to me. All you do is complain and judge.’‘You do the same, Kat.’‘No, I don’t.’‘We’re literally the same person in the same body.’Arguing wouldn’t fix my sleeping problem. ‘Fine then. Go to sleep, that’s all you’re good for.’‘Really? Then I better do what I’m best at, shouldn’t I?’Melora locked me out and I scoffed at her childish behavior. But to be honest, I was the one behaving childishly. The kids would be okay, I shouldn’t be so worked up. If I was sleeping, I wouldn’t be worrying about this. Being in the kids’ room wasn’t helping. I stood up from the bed, fixing any mess I might have made along with their
KANENo sexy bitches today, especially not with a kid around.I was slouched on the sofa, my back against the seat cushions, and my left hand wrapped around my head with my phone in my other hand and my fingers sliding quickly through it, as my head rested partially on the arm of the grey sofa.The lights were on because of Hilda. She was reading one of her storybooks but it was uncomfortable to watch her read something while I scrolled through my phone aimlessly.She was engrossed but I noticed she was somewhat uncomfortable too due to her random turning every other minute, giving out sighs. When she did it for the fourteenth time, I had to ask.“Everything okay?” Hilda looked away from her book, pouting. “It doesn’t feel right,” she declared, turning on the bed again.I sacrificed the bed for her and I’m sleeping on the sofa, what else does she want?‘That statement just won you the Worst Father of the Year award.’‘F*ck you.’“What doesn’t feel right?”She sighed again, closing the
IANEar pods on, phone set, smokes ready, nightwear worn and pup stabilized. My night might not be wasted after all.Dash was in his yellow pajamas, his hands furiously pushing the buttons and turning the switches of his gamepad while he bit his tongue. His eyes were focused his video game, playing with it his life depended on it.His headphones were on and he was as passionate with his video games as I was in this p*rn I was watching. I stared at him for a while to be sure he wouldn’t come snooping around then got working on it.Turns out, the little snooper was more interested in me than his game. I was absorbed in what I was watching; licking my lips now and again, while Dash was curious about what caught my interest.What could make a wolf look hungry?He removed his headphones and dropped the gamepad, ideas of how to approach me swimming through his mind. An idea popped in because he got a lucky chance when I chang
KATRINAIt was late when I returned to the kids’ room. I thought I forgot my phone there. I haven’t been using it like normal wolves or ‘people’ but you can’t blame me because I never had one until I left Southpaw. But yes, Kendra did. And even when I was in Seattle, I only used it for communication because Carissa insisted. In the middle of the night, while trying to sleep I thought of trying Carissa’s number for the last time. If it didn’t work, I’d go to Henry’s room and drag it out of him.‘So your lie turned out to be true?’ Melora said, chuckling.‘I hope it is.’Henry’s not that dumb. He would remember something. When I reached their room, I pinched myself because I remembered that I never brought it here in the first place.‘F*ck, my life is a lie.’Heatedly, I left the room but the handle of the door grabbed my pajamas. I tried wearing something other than nightdresses, hoping it would help me sleep.