~KAELFor some reason, I followed Zira.I told myself that it was because I wanted to show her face that her father was a killer. I knew that it was going to be hard for her to accept that he had committed a crime as grave as this. I wanted to make her understand that her proof would not be able to change the truth that I had been living with for my entire twenty-four years of life.Yet here we were at the supposed doctor's home and the woman was acting strange. My wolf stirred at the turn of events and I found myself questioning the entire situation."Tabitha!" Zira yelled and tried to unlock the door but it was tightly locked.I shook my head as I started developing a bad feeling about this entire meeting. "Zira, let's just go home. Forget her," I muttered.She stopped and stared at me with determined eyes. "I promised to give you proof and this woman is the only person that I know right now that can tell us the truth. Do you think I'm just going to back down after going through al
~ZIRAI thought I had seen it all until Tabitha took her own life.My wolf ached with every beat of my heart. My body shook as I cried angry tears. I had put all my hope in her. I had depended on her to be the one who would change everything. She had been the only card I had to play but she turned the tables around by killing herself."Why would she decide to take the truth to her grave?" I asked in a voice that was beyond broken and angry. I looked up and glared at her hanging body. We were too frozen to bring her down. It was pointless since she was long gone.There was no response from Kael who was still looking down at the note that Tabitha had left. There was a confused expression on his face."I don't understand," he blurted out loud.I spared him a glance and held my tears back. "What are you trying to understand?" I asked him in a pained voice.He looked away from the note for the first time and met his eyes with mine. "How big is this truth that she's willing to die for it?"
~KAEL"Where did the other half go?"Yet I found myself getting lost in the time of death which had been stated in the paper. It did not make sense to me. The story that my father had told us countless times of how she died had happened in the night.This was probably wrong. It could not be the right time. Documents like this were supposed to be accurate.How then was this one saying noon?"Kael?" Zira called and I stopped to look at her with raised brows. "Something has definitely gotten into you. It's Tabitha, isn't it? Maybe it would be best if we left the house of the dead woman. I think we need some air or something. Maybe we could come back later," she suggested.My wolf stirred as I glared at her. Her suggestion was not bad but I was not done snooping around. I needed to find the other half of this document. I needed to find assurance that the time written here was wrong.Father could not have made such a huge mistake in his telling of such a crucial story. If he had made a mis
~KAEL"Who are you running away from?"Tyler smiled. "Can I get something to drink first? I'm beyond thirsty," she requested instead.Zira sighed and went into the kitchen area to go fix up something for her drink. While Zira was gone, I examined Tyler and my wolf stirred with curiosity.I knew that Tyler was lying. She was not telling us the entire truth. Instead of getting pissed, I actually found myself marveling at her lying skills and I wanted to ask her a few questions that would help my own investigation— the investigation concerning my father."Tyler, how do you catch a professional liar?" I asked her.She corked her brows at me as she tried to understand where I was trying to get at. It got her a bit confused since it was not connected in any way to what was going on here. I knew that as she was staring at me, she was trying to deduce the connection and I also knew that she would not be able to find the link. So I waited for her to give up so that I would continue with my que
~ZIRA"Why is the White Cobra after you?"I felt Nala stir within me from the question that I had brought forward. My mind was deducing scenarios and I was seeing a connection but I wanted her to say it out loud.I remembered Arden had mentioned that the White Cobra was after someone. But this person was in hiding and we had planned to find this person first.What if Tyler had been the person all along? What if she knew where the Moon crest was this entire time?Tyler had still not said a word. She was only staring at us with guilt. I cleared my throat and Kael stepped forward."This is true, Tyler. Why are they after you? Is it because of information or do you have something that they want?" He demanded.Tyler swallowed hard. "I took something from them," she answered.Nala came to life as I felt as if we did not have to search further. That thing had to be the Moon crest. This woman knew where it was."You know where the Moon crest is, don't you?" I blurted out as I was unable to hi
~KAEL"They found me."I jerked my head in the direction of the door. The sound had come from the woods. Judging from the echoes. It was going to take up to twenty minutes before they reached us. We needed to round up whatever we were doing fast before it got out of hand."You guys need to leave. Things might get ugly. I— I need to run!" Tyler stated fearfully. Her body trembled as she spoke and she looked like she was going to pee her pants soon if she was not gotten to calm herself."We're not leaving without you. We're in this together," Zira suddenly said and I marveled at his confidence level.I had expected her to be the type who always ran in the face of danger, seeing as she was the daughter of the Alpha King. She had always had everything at her disposal and I expected her to be less but he had yet again shocked me.Tyler shook her head at us. "You don't understand. The White Cobra is very dangerous. They would not hesitate to kill the both of you," She stated as her body co
~KAEL"The Moon crest is right beneath your noses!"Ocean spurred to life at the news and just like that, Tyler was gone. I did not know what she meant. I knew that it was a clue to finding the place where she had hidden it.My heart was pumping as adrenaline coursed through me. We were very close to finding the crest now, we just had to searched deeper.Another roar resonated through the woods and it caused the birds of the air to take flight. They had become too close. The ground began to shake and I realized that we might have gotten ourself into something bigger than we imagined.My fear now, was not just for what was coming but for Zira's safety."Red! Come on girl!" Zira screamed.The horse neighed and I waved the reins hard. It immediately began to race through the woods at a speed that I did not think it possessed. Again, I had underestimated another creature, just as I had underestimated Zira. Yet here it was, leaving me bewildered.The trees started whooshing past us and whe
~ZIRA"And for the record, I am not Tyler. I am Zira Dragon," I said, my voice surprisingly confident despite the pain in my body.The White Cobra stared back at me in amusement. I had been scared of her before, this was mostly due to the large wolves that she had chasing us but after seeing and confronting her, I realized that there was nothing to be afraid of. The worst she could do was kill me. I had already been there.Death was cold and lonely. I feared it no more. If I did not fear death anymore, then there was no reason to fear the woman standing before me. She was only but a werewolf at the mercy of the goddess, just like the rest of us The White Cobra looked from Kael back to me before approaching me and looking into my face. She gasped and staggered back. Fear seized her for a split second and I could tell that everyone was patiently waiting for her to give the order and kill us all.Then she snapped her head toward the nearest man. "You told me that she was Tyler. Your man
~ZIRAWhen my eyes came open, they were met with darkness.I blinked multiple times in an attempt to force my eyes to adjust as quickly as possible. My body was cold and I doubted if I could move. I was trembling and mist kept escaping my mouth every time I breathed. My heart pounded heavily and my wolf kept stirring uncomfortably within. I felt uneasy as I could not explain what was happening. Was I dead?I forced myself to move and succeeded in getting into a sitting position eventually. I looked around the space and as my eyes adjusted, light began to brighten up the space. Sitting had chased most of the weakness away. I got to my feet and took in the space. The more I stared, the more familiar it became and realization finally dawned on me. I was in the same void where I had met the goddess the first time I died. "Hello?" I called. Like that was all the trigger needed, I felt the presence of someone extraterrestrial, of great honor and glory behind me. I instantly turned and
~KAELMy father's scream echoed through the space as thick blue mist rose in the air.I was still fighting with my supposedly uncuffed hands when I saw Arden's eyes go wide with shock. Then he instantly started running toward me as if to shield me from something. That was when my wolf growled menacingly and I looked toward my father just in time to see him launch a spear at me. As if on cue, my hands came free and I stepped forward but it was already too late. Arden took the hit for me. The force of the spear pushed him backward. He hit me and we both fell back against the pole that I had once been cuffed to. "I'm going to set the world ablaze! I'm going to destroy everything!" Uther screamed like he had lost his mind. The blue mist began to clear and for the first time, he saw that I was still fine and someone else had taken the hit for me. My heart sank as I turned a shaky stare at Arden who now had a long spear buried in the lower center of his body. I did not want to think an
~ZIRAI heard Uther's chuckles continue to echo around the space. I felt too weak to lift myself from the ground. I had cried so much that I could no longer stand. I felt numb and broken. I felt confused and lost. "Come on, Zira. The game is not yet over. We still have one more person to kill if you don't tell me what I want to know," he announced. The thought of losing Kael too made me shoot up to my knees. I stared at the man in disbelief. Was he really ready to kill his own son too just to make a point? Would he kill his flesh and blood?I turned a fearful stare at Kael. His blue eyes were filled with pain. "I'm sorry," he mouthed again. I could not remember how many times he had apologized to me in the last hour. He had been doing it over and over again. "Stop apologizing. . .please. . ." I said in a weak voice. "It's not your fault. . ." I said dryly. I realized that I was losing my voice. It was no surprise, given how much I had screamed and cried.Then I turned to Uther.
~ZIRAWas the world always this ugly or all the beauty had been taken out of mine? My mother gasped as her eyes went wide open. Father gasped, Uther laughed before he pulled the sword out of her body. She let out a pained sound that further broke my heart.The world seemed to slow down and all sounds around me began to echo. I did not know what to feel or how to react. I forgot how to breathe. I forgot how to speak. All I did was gasp breathlessly. Nala stopped dancing and I felt tears begin to form in my eyes. My father let out the loudest roar as the pain of losing his mate must have hit him hard. My mother still with her hands handcuffed behind the pole slowly began to slump to the floor. She was staring at me as if she wanted to say something. Blood spurted out of her mouth and she smiled at me. Then her body went still.My wolf sank to the darkest part of my mind and I had gone into shock. I just stood there and watched helplessly as my world had come to an end. "Zira. . ." I
~ZIRAMy heart skipped triple beats as I saw men spring out of the park and pounce on us. Kael let out a menacing growl as he prepared himself for battle. The first man that tried to grab me got struck by Kael's claws. This sent the man flying across the park. He let out another growl to warn them from coming. But the men were determined to apprehend us. Two more came at a time and he grabbed one by his neck as he struck the other man. Yet three more attacked him from behind. "Kael!" I screamed as they hit his head hard.This rendered him weak immediately and he went down on his knees. They used his moment of weakness to apprehend him and I did not try to fight back as they grabbed me. It was all futile and I wondered why Kael even tried fighting in the first place. They dragged us to the stream side of the park. From the distance, I spotted a set of poles arranged in a quite large circle. It was once used to play a dancing game in the old days. The center was where the dance batt
~ZIRAMy heart sank when I saw the note. My wolf continued its dangerous dance a plea to be unleashed. My world was slowly crumbling down before my eyes and I did not know what to do about it. My already trembling body only got more violent as I looked at the note."Do you want me to read the content for you?" Kael offered when he noticed that I was slowly losing it. I nodded and he took the letter from me. "If you want to save your parents, come to me unguarded with the Moon crest as my present. Meet me at the old park closest to Black City by sundown," he concluded. I could feel tears threatening to weaken me but I refused to cry. I needed to be strong. I could still fix things. The goddess would not let any harm come to my parents. Kael suddenly wrapped me in a protective hug. "We'll make it work," he assured me. "What will the goddess think if I give him the Moon crest? The whole point of my mission was to protect it not for selfish interests but for the safety of the world,"
~ZIRAI never expected what Kael did yesterday. But it turned out to be the best way to solve everything. I always knew that I would have to expose the truth to my parents but I never knew how I was going to make it work. I even had the fear that they would still not believe me after showing them the truth. But as fate would have it, the goddess just allowed me to sit down and watch the outcome of things unfold before me. I must have done a great job of planting doubting seeds in Kael to make him take up the job himself. I smiled as I looked up at him. We were now seated together in the packhouse mini lounge. My parents were seated opposite us and dressed in their usual royal attires. While I was clad in a short dress as always Kael wore his usual loose clothes. It was a set of blue this time that complimented his eyes. We had taken the liberty of explaining the entire truth from the top to the current state. Which was from the day I died to how I tried to convince Kael to find o
~KAELArden stared back at me in disbelief. Zira turned to face me and gazed at me with concern. "This was what was bothering you this entire time, wasn't it?" She asked. I only nodded. "I'm not done yet. I know that Arden still thinks that I have been brainwashed. Which is why I took the liberty of bringing proof!" I spat and turned to my father. Uther narrowed his eyes at me as he waited to see what I had on him. I revealed my satchel and took out his journal. "This here is my father's journal and it contains all the evil he has done. It even dates back to where his anger began," I revealed and placed the book on the table. Father widened his eyes and threw calculative gazes at the people closest to him. Then in a swift action, he launched at the journal on the table. But Tyrone was faster than him. He swiftly grabbed his foot and pulled him backward with one hand so that he landed back in his chair."I think that you have done enough! Sit still or I will be forced to take dras
~KAELFather looked as if he was sitting on fire. Eating had become a very hard task for him as he began to stir his potato aimlessly around with his fork. "Come on Father, what are you waiting for to tell us the intriguing tale of how my mother died? The world is listening," I teased him.Father began to grit his teeth but remained silent. He refused to speak. It was almost as if he was ready to sit there for eternity."You're always so eager to tell it. Why are you so quiet now? I wonder what might be wrong? Do you need help telling it? Should I begin so you can finish it?" I pointed out as my voice began to lose the amusement within and it started to turn into anger. Ocean began to dance wildly as my stare turned into hate. The more I looked at him, the more I asked myself if this man was truly my father. How unfortunate Arden and I were to be brought into this world by him. "Say something, Uther!" I roared. Everyone at the table flinched and that was when they realized that i