Do you think they are making the right choice, what do you think happens in the next chapter
Alexandru Point of ViewI say nothing, just stare at them, then see Adaline walking over."Hey guys, what's up." Adaline says, when she reaches us."Ash was just telling Luc she wants to move here." Fran says, taking a bite of beignet."What?" Addie exclaims, and I am glad I'm not alone in this feeling."I thought you'd be on the next flight to New York, If it's money, I could lend you some of the money I got from the rent of my Apartment.""Aurora," Daniel smiles"It's not money, we are comfortable financially, to an extent. However, we will like to raise our Family here, like to grow old together, I don't know if you understand, but there's just something about this place."Addie leans against me, and my hand finds her waist. I stare at her, and she nods, we're in sync."If you are sure this is what you want." I say, and Ash gasps in joy."Yes, but anytime you have the urge to leave, you can." Addie says, and Ash gets up, hugging her, excitedly talking about getting her belongings f
"Certain animals, including snakes and spiders, have killed a lot of people throughout human history. Because doing so would provide them a survival advantage, some experts think that men and women may have evolved to carry this urge. According to some research, it's simpler to make people who don't seem to have any animal phobias dread snakes and spiders than it is to make them fear dogs or other "friendly" animals." I say, staring at the crowd of students."Despite the fact that they are not everyone's favorite feelings, fear and anxiety are essential for keeping us secure. If the dog down the street bites you, the terror that follows will help you avoid getting bitten again the next time you see the dog, but what if the reaction is excessive? Instead, if you start to dread all dogs, not just the one who bit you, your behavior could be significantly affected, which would be detrimental rather than helpful." I glance at my wrist watch."Shmuel Lissek, PhD, an associate professor of p
Alexandru's Point of ViewI growl, my fangs, my claws, reminding me of what I am, who I am, a person I'm proud of. I breath in, calming down, and I watch my fangs and claw go back in. I grunt, I can feel it, something is coming, something bad is coming, and we have to be ready. I get up from my bed, it creaks beneath me, I need to get a stronger one. I walk to the bathroom, and I stare at my house's makeup. I feel a sense of pride, I built this house, with my hands. I stare at the mirror, Alina insisted I put it here, at least for her sake, I stare at my face, I'm a Lycanthrope, a Lycan, which is basically like a Werewolf, but better, stronger and faster, I'm one of the ones left, my father is a Werewolf, so is my mother, it was unexpected to be the only Lycan in my family's bloodline in the last hundred years. I am the Beta of The Blue Moon Pack, I grew up in New Orleans, so did my Father, and so will my child. New Orleans is my home, the Pack is my family, and I'm sensing threats,
Adaline's Point of View"Daughter!" He yells in glee, and I feel relief, my paranoia fading away."Hi." I smile, relaxing. I've missed him. "How's Mom?""She's here, wants to speak to you." He says, and I wait for her "Adaline, come home." She says, and I freeze."Is something wrong?" I say, but she laughs."No, Adaline, It's our Anniversary next Saturday, and this year, I don't want a delivered gift and video call, I want my daughter, my only child." She says, and I sign."I miss you Mom, but I haven't being home in almost ten years. I left for a reason.""I am not asking you to come back fully, just visit your mother, am I not enough reason?"I roll my eyes "Enough with the guilt trip Mom.""Excellent. I'll see you on Wednesday, bring me a huge cake, and your daddy wants a baseball hat. Love you, bye." She rushes out and cuts the call.I groan in frustration. I don't want to go back, I don't want to go home, but it's been eight years, and it's time to return to New Orleans, just for
CHAPTER FOURALEXANDRU'S POV"I found you a mate." Rick, the Alpha says, clapping me on the shoulder, and I try not to stiffen.I ignore him, taking a seat, and he laughs. Pack hierarchy is by power, strength and bravery, but I am the strongest member of the pack, well one of the strongest, but being a leader is not something I crave, I'll rather follow, but I was made the Beta. Despite being stronger, I am pretty docile when it comes to matters of command, even on the ones Rick and I contrast, he's the Alpha. "Trouble is coming." Rick says, with his wife, Faye, on his right."I felt it too." I say, my voice hoarse."We all did." Zach, the Omega, nods."We've got to be ready, for whoever it is." Faye says."Camille, can you gather the witches and make another protection spell, no one gets into New Orleans without our knowledge, and no one gets out." Rick says, and Camille nods."It won't be enough. Guards should be situated everywhere. We all know who is coming." I say"Romania?" Pet
Alexandru's Point of ViewI feeling anger radiate all over me. I stare at her, and I see a stranger, I don't know who she is, I don't know who I'm staring at. The Adele I know is no longer here, she's gone, and it breaks my heart but there's nothing I can do."I am not your fucking mate Alexandru!" She yells, and the sting of rejection slams into me.I stare at her, she looks furious. "I am tired and done with this, with you. I'm not your mate. I've never been, you need to get it out of your thick Lycan skull, I am not yours, and you're not mine, you've never been.""Ah." I muse.The party has stopped, everyone is looking at is, paying attention, everyone is looking at her.I stretch my hand, urging her to take it "Let's talk, away from everything, just you and me.""No." She yells, and I grit my teeth. "Don't you understand? Listen to me! There's no you and me. I don't want to speak with you. I don't want to be near you, be with you, I want nothing to do with you. I need to be left a
ALEXANDRU'S POINT OF VIEW"I'll move to a bigger place, maybe a condo, with Cyp and we'll spend our honeymoon in Paris, then France, and I'll have children in a couple of years. I have a life. I have a plan, and I'll be damned if I let you ruin it. Who do you think you are? I don't even know you anymore, trying to ruin my life because it doesn't fit your description of my supposed family. Damn you, all of you. I have come this far. I, not you, I was alone and I toiled and I worked really hard to get here, and here you are, trying to belittle it, belittle all I've worked for because it's not what you wanted. How dare you?"She's heaving, angry, and I'm staring at her, feeling sympathetic, but angry nonetheless."You want to build a life away from us? From your actual family?" I say, furious."Oh my God! You are not my family, Cyp and Zoe are my family." She yells, and I take a step back, casting my eyes skyward."Tell me if this sounds familiar." I say, and she stares at me. "You feel
Aurora Point of View"Perhaps you don't know why you feel like this, or you've always been like this. Chasing the notion of a home, not knowing where it's supposed to be, you think you're supposed to find it in yourself, but you feel a mess. The loneliness is everywhere, even in the midst of people as they blur into one. It's a sadness that always return. A familiar grief that has made a home in your ribcage. You are lonely, torn between who you are, and who you want to be -- you want to be a Wanderer, want to fleet and drift, but you want to be loved, you want to have a home. You don't know how these two can work together."How dare he? Talk to me about loneliness, about emptyness, how dare he?I pull my black hair into a bun, shaking my head, trying to get rid of all the thoughts of Alexandru. I shouldn't have gone back hom -- to New Orleans, it brought nothing, but pent up thought, I still can't believe I exploded at him, but he had it coming. I can't believe I kissed him, but that
Alexandru Point of ViewI say nothing, just stare at them, then see Adaline walking over."Hey guys, what's up." Adaline says, when she reaches us."Ash was just telling Luc she wants to move here." Fran says, taking a bite of beignet."What?" Addie exclaims, and I am glad I'm not alone in this feeling."I thought you'd be on the next flight to New York, If it's money, I could lend you some of the money I got from the rent of my Apartment.""Aurora," Daniel smiles"It's not money, we are comfortable financially, to an extent. However, we will like to raise our Family here, like to grow old together, I don't know if you understand, but there's just something about this place."Addie leans against me, and my hand finds her waist. I stare at her, and she nods, we're in sync."If you are sure this is what you want." I say, and Ash gasps in joy."Yes, but anytime you have the urge to leave, you can." Addie says, and Ash gets up, hugging her, excitedly talking about getting her belongings f
EpilogueAdaline Point of ViewI open my eyes, a beautiful smell all over my apartment. I pull the sheets, covering my naked body, as I drag myself to the source of the smell.I swoon at the sight before me, Alexandru. He is moving his body to a beat only him hears, as he scrambles egg."Am I interrupting?" I say, with a smile.He says, nothing, keeps scrambling the eggs, then turns off the gas, because he probably felt me before he saw me."Yes, my solo performance." He says, smiling at me."I could leave." I say, in a teasing tone."Oh, no," He shakes his head."You already interrupted me, you will have to pay for it, one way or the other." He drawls, deliciously, making me close my legs, a certain ache between it.He smirks at me, and I roll my eyes, holding the sheets firmly. Nothing passes him, and this mate bond has heightened everything we feel. Now, that we have consummated our -- well, our -- now, that we have consummated what we are supposed to, we are much more in tune. How
Alexandru Point of View She left, went back to New York, My Mom said. I am confused, because who goes from telling me what to name our first daughter to dissapering without as much as a goodbye. Who the fuck does that? "Luc, are you with us?" Rick says, drawing attention back to the room. "Yes." I say, but it comes out harsher than intended. "Romania is defeated. Zayd, Federico and Zach took a Lycan army, and Coven of Witches there, to clear everything that remaining vampires, and take the people that might be there." "Luc and I will go to Asia to speak with their Packs, reassure them of our pisistion and how it it at the top, we are at the top, and if they want to challenge us, they can, we will win either way." "Asia?" I frown. "Yes, will that be a problem?" "How long will we be in Asia?" I say, looking at them "A week and or two." "Yeah, no, I am not going to Asia." I say, getting up. "Alexandru, I know that when the Pack was at war, you stood up, and helped, I know I
Adaline Point of ViewI stare at the row of houses, the beauty and aesthetics that is New Orleans.It's been a couple of hours since I saw Zoe, spoke to her. It was bittersweet, more bitter than sweet, because when I woke up, my bestfriend was still dead, and now, I have to live with the realization that Zoe is dead, she'll always be dead.I keep wishing to wake up from a bad dream, to open my eyes, and see it was all an expensive prank, I keep hoping to wake up from this reality that has merged into hell.However, I remember Zoe's word, and I love her, miss her more, but at least she was happy, I will forever delight in the fact that she was happy, that is enough for me, and I will carry her with me, till forever ends."Hey," I hear, look up to see Ashley, walking down to me."Hi." I say, then look back to the busy streets, the French Quarters, Bourbon Street."I was told I would find you here." She says, sitting beside me, on the bench."Yeah, Is everything okay?" I say, frowning at
Adaline Point of View."This is called Farewell's Embrace." Lily says, and I nod, standing opposite her."This is what we need." Selena says, and I look at her."A lock of your hair," She says, and I pinch it out, giving it to her."Something that belonged to Zoe." Blu says, and I go inside, bring out her necklace, give it to them."A vail of moonlit water, and a spring of nightshade, which we have here." Lola says and I nod."One last thing," Mom says "A piece of parchment and quill."Alex hands it to her, and I nod at him. We are in Zoe's room, the one she spent her last days. They light candles around the space to create a boundary and invoke protective energies.Everyone walks out, leaving us alone. Lily places Zoe's necklace at the center of the circle, and I sit in said circle, holding a lock of my hair in one hand, and the parchment with quill in another."Close your eyes, and focus on the connection with your bestfriend. Allow yourself to feel the grief, pain and longing. Thi
Alexandru Point of ViewFaster than I can blink. One moment he's holding her, and the next he cracks her neck and daggers her.I freeze, unable to move, wonderin what he just did.Adaline falls to the ground and screams, she screams so loud and potently that Cyprus is torn apart, bit by bit, molecule and atom, he is torn apart, reduced to absolutely nothing.Even then, she doesn't stop screaming, causing insane wind, hurricane, taking every last person from the Romania Pack, tearing them apart, even then she doesn't stop screaming.I fall to the ground beside her, just as Selena carries Zoe's body, even then, she doesn't stop screaming, and I realize she's not screaming as a means of fighting, she is screaming because she is in pain.I try to hold her as she screams, just as thunder wrecks through the sky, letting it pour down. Even in the rain, she doesn't stop screaming.The rain ends, replaced by hurricane, and she is still screaming._____Adaline's Point of ViewI can't breath. I
Alexandru Point of View"It is done?" I ask, and she nods, dragging me up, then jump into my arms."Yes." Mom says, smiling."Okay." I say, relieved."Zayd, Tony and Peter, you will be here, guarding our friends, do not let anything happen to them. Addie and Mom will seal off the door, you will only be able to come out, and the place will be sound proff, so whatever conversation you guys have won't get out.""Mom, Camille and Zoe, you are together. Faye, Catalina, I am sorry if this annoys you, but you have to be in the safe, with Fran and others, guarding them, and protecting yourselves.""Zach, Rick, Dad, you are with me, we will get their attention.""Elena, Alina and Federico, you will station yourselves around this house, but do not make it too obvious, act like you are hiding, but when anyone comes your way, you kill.""Lola and Adora, you will help us draw their attention to ours. We need to capture Ronan, and please for God's sake, anyone get Cyprus, bring him to me.""Adaline
Alexandru Point of View"By the power within me, I call upon the unseen,To reveal all barriers that hide from me.Let the invisible be made visibleAs I try to save my family from Monsters."I watch as she cast the spell, then as a veil-like barrier falls off Rick's house, revealing everyone inside."Adaline!" Camille gasps, and she runs into the house.There's a taste of failure in my throat, how could I let this happen, we thought we were tricking them, but they laid a trap and we fell perfectly into it."What happened?" I say to Rick who has blood all over his face."When we took your friends home, they followed us, and we didn't expect anything, until a couple of hours ago when they crashed on us." Zayd says, his hands on Zoe's shoulder."Before we could act, they threw grenade-like substance at us, but this was filled with Wolfsbane and Vampire venom. The witches were trapped in, because they were all at Adora's, delegating, but when Romania came, they trapped and. . . killed th
Adaline Point of ViewIt has begun, could be the end of the world, or a new dawn for us all. Be careful who you let inside your home, open your eyes to the reality of the world, wake up from the dream you've concoted to keep you safe. Wake up, and be true to yourself, embrace the darkness in you, wield it, Adaline Vulkov, or they will kill you."I need to speak to that Seer one more time.Now, I see that everything happened the way it was supposed to, most of my step were predestined, but I forged my own way. She told me to embrace and wield the darkness in me, which is what Alexandru also said, but I did the opposite, I went to seek for darkness, for an external one.I didn't know I had everything I needed in me, how insane to find my equilibruim in my enemies' dungeon.I have found a way to banish the Ancestors, because for one, they are self appointed, two, we have actual Ancestors, dead and consecreted witches, New Orleans witches, I just have to find a way around it."Do you und