Jacob's POV"Why haven't we thought of that?! Congrats Club! Sometimes you do make sense!" Ramirez beamed through the link."Thanks for the compliment, Miss Crabbypants." Henry just scoffed."I'll surely tell Zero when we get back. Even if you're one of the council!" she responded after kicking some silver shurikens away. She used her pheromones to minimize the damage to her feet.I thought hard about what Henry said. The situation right now is unideal to confront or sneak upon them. We were too busy and hung up with the forest's mysterious structure. Because of that, we almost forgot that the answer is right in front of us, hiding. Or it's much more accurate to say they're always above us.Three of them are here, but there are only two groups of Moonlight class present. Ours and Kevin Guerrero's. Even if we managed to catch three of them, one would be useless. I couldn't just give free information to other groups; they obviously had to earn it. My brain was formulating some plan while
Jacob's POV"What's so deadly about that trail? They were just mere flowers! The only advantage it has is that those goddamn plants are giants!" I slightly raised my voice. Fully aware that my gestures are rude. Again. But hey! I can't just let him underestimate us!"Looks like you are now okay. Seeing your vigor is finally back." Sir Payne smirked, obviously avoiding my queries."How many days has it been?" I asked, hoping it hasn't been days or worse, a week like what that nurse said. But she did say something along those lines, so I estimated it hasn't been a week yet."A day. You all passed out yesterday. The others are already starting their mock mission again." With what he said, I was about to stand up but he quickly stride to stop and hold my chest. Forcing me to lay back."I know you may want to go home as quickly as you can. But no. Rest first. You need to get your strength back. I feel the same way too, believe me.." he calmly stated."I think we want to go home for differen
Jacob's POVWe heard stifled laughter above us. Two of them, to be exact. It looks like they are the other two."You even made our target laugh? That is quite a record, Henry." Xander chuckled through the link.We all tried to evade the bushes, but they kept on following us. The smoke figures were just that. Merely figures. But the fog is really making it hard for us to see where we are going. Thankfully, all of us could rely on our heightened senses. Well, everyone from Moonlight is special, but I'm still slightly worried for the others. At the same time I don't give a fuck about them. They can take care of themselves for all I know. A confusing contradiction as I'm well aware.The bushes were still chasing us. I commented that we should let them tire themselves out so that we could reserve our energy and strength."Ever heard of running bushes that get tired, anyone??" Henry asked, and we all tried to stop our laughs."Pffft. Please stop it already, Henry! You would be the death of
Jacob's POV"You mean.. wolves' blood is the reason why this forest is alive?" Ben questioned."Maybe. I am also not sure about it," I answered.All of us memorized the paths that we should be taking. Sinking and drilling into our brains all of the confusing patterns and rhythms."Let's not hurry. If we fall here, we will surely die," I reminded them, and they all agreed. My paws were about to take a step to lead the way, but the ground pulled us away from that place. We were tossed out of the forest, and we are back again at the entrance."What the hell!?" Henry hissed. Sir Payne walked in our direction to welcome us back. He stood in front of us before saying, "It is already night. Why did you only get back now?""What do you mean, nig---" Ramirez didn't continue her sentence as we looked around and up to the skies. It really is already nighttime."It feels like it was just a few minutes and, at the same time, decades in there," Xander muttered. All of us were bewildered once again.
Jacob's POV With the help of my grumpy groupmates, we opened the advanced link once again for everyone. I cannot open it by myself; in the meantime. My mental strength was pushed to its limits. 'Told you we should pack more of her things so that we wouldn't be this exhausted and irritated.' Luke howled at me, and I just replied that we are ending this now, so he should cooperate. Thank Goddess, that was effective. I was getting weary of having to repeat to him, that how on earth could we pack more of her things when we don't have them in the first place!? "Everyone.." I called out through the link. "Wake up and get ready." Lots of yawns and groans were passed to the link. And even if all of us were beyond drained out, we dragged our feet to the canteen just to eat our breakfast. Before going, I left her scrunchie by my bed. So that I wouldn't have to bury it in the ground. We talked while filling our stomachs. After thirty minutes or so, everyone was done. For the first time in th
Jacob's POVI caught his leg, and with a strong force, my hand pulled it just to whip his leg sideways. Due to my unfiltered strength, he crashed into the red-haired she-wolf."You should've dodged Sarah," Leo commented, to which she replied, "You shouldn't get dragged away in the first place!"Both of them were circled by half of my classmates. And three of them attacked Leo, while two of them attacked the other one. Like a sparring match in a movie. Leo just defeated everyone he came across. Although he did encounter some minor scratches and bruises,Left and right jabs were also thrown at his companion. Sometimes it did hit her face, but she always came back with a counterpunch."Is your little miss okay? I saw blood earlier," the red-haired girl asked."She's not mine! Besides, she can heal herself; it was just a surface wound." Leo grunted."Pffft. That makes it more frustrating then. She whined with just a surface would." She chuckled while turning a whole 360° to kick and punch
Jacob's POVFinally! At long last! We are going back to Woodhill. Today is Tuesday, and we were supposed to go back yesterday. But the Bloodbury teachers and staff won't let us go, as they insisted that what we did was unfair. Teaming up as a class.Sir Payne argued that it is his decision whether he'll let us pass or not, and Bloodbury University shouldn't have a say about it. Turns out, that was also their mock mission—keeping the information and not letting spies infiltrate the forest. They failed, of course, as our group saw the flowery path and that bloody secret of theirs. We wondered why only five of them were taking the mock mission. Sir Payne told us that their system is different from ours.They were filtered out, and those five were the finalists. But yeah, again, they failed with their mission and maybe got a low mark regarding it. Nevertheless, we don't care about them.Their one main goal is to keep the information and us for at least two months!! As Sir Payne shared wit
Sophia's POV"Pia, just.. tap out, okay? You can just make up for the lost grades later," Lia asked as me and Dexter circled each other. "No," I stubbornly said. "I refuse to back down without a fight.""But it's Yarrow! He's mad at us! At me!" She whimpered."Hey, calm down, Lia. You got me. He's the one being unreasonable!"I comforted my wolf, who is still anxious about fighting the man she rejected last year. On the last day of school. The only thing was that at least I was decent enough to reject him in private! Geez, lucky of him right?!Lia was scared to go to school this year. She was afraid of the gossip that we had rejected someone. But Carter dropped a bomb in front of everybody. The attention of the whole school shifted to us. I don't know if I would be pleased or pissed about that. One thing's for sure: I freaking need his scent right now. Or else I might go nuts. It was a random thought, I know, and I was also irked by the idea of it."Are you talking with her?" Dexter
(NSFW content) Jhoanna’s POV “Jhoanna,” Hans sweetly coaxed as he held my hand and guided me to his room. “I can hear your heart, you know..” I gulped and looked around. “Is it okay for me to be here?” “What are you talking about? You’re Midnight’s future Luna and it’s not like it is your first time here.” He paused and glanced over his shoulder. “Don’t worry, my love. I wouldn’t do anything you wouldn’t want to.” “I know. I’m just.. scared.” He darkly chuckled, and that made me even more concerned, but at the same time, I’m honestly anticipating what he’ll do. Especially when he grinned, “You have all the reason to.” We stopped in front of one door, and he pushed it open. Then, his intoxicating scent greeted us. Greeted me. Didn’t even notice that I grasped his hands too hard until he told me, “Love? Are you okay?” I nodded as he pulled me into his arms. Then he moved backwards until he laid down on the bed, dragging me on top of him. He didn’t say anything but just hugged m
Jhoanna’s POV“Where?” My mate quickly asked as he gave me one peck before looking in my eyes for answers. Held his hand and ran back to where the others were. I had asked mom to teleport us to the demilitarized zone so that I could preserve my powers. She was surprised but didn’t ask further as she chanted and snapped her fingers twice. By the time we opened our eyes, we were at the ancient ruins of the demilitarized zone.Then.. We saw them. The man and grandmama, as she wanted me to call her that. It was quite a groteseque scene, actually.She broke his limbs from all places, full of wrath. Like it was something personal. Then, she must’ve felt some presence as she glared at us in hostility. But softened her gaze once saw it was only me and Hans.“Hi dearest! Didn’t want you to witness your grandmama being this mean. Sorry ‘bout this.” She spoke in such a light and bright tone that if I ever shared this with someone and they saw her in person, they wouldn’t believe that Naia played
Hans’ POV The moment Jhoanna told me about Hannah, I instantly wolfed out mid-game. Rio immediately understood as he took over as vice captain and let someone else sub in my stead. Could go over to the men’s volleyball team since Samuel’s their captain, but I don’t have time right now, so I just mind-linked him while I’m sprinting my way to her. ‘Hannah’s in pain again. I’m gonna go there now.’ ‘I’m coming.’ It was the only word Samuel replied. Tried to contact my mate, but she wasn’t responding until I could feel her slowly slipping away after feeling her agony through the bond. That’s when I truly panic and hasten my pace. The moment I arrived, everyone who knew me was beyond shocked. They know I had an important game, and yet I’m here. Just quickly passed by them, even when some were asking what on earth I was doing here. Didn’t even have the luxury of pleasantries to deal with them as I sprinted towards where Jhoanna is. Where her scent lingers the most. It was in one of t
Jhoanna’s POVOur friends and even my brother let out a loud and overacting gasp when Hans told them I’m his mate. If only we could record their reactions. Samuel was terrified, while Rio was the happiest. The rest only laughed at my brother’s frozen state.Dad reprimanded the life out of me for his car when I returned to Blood Moon during one weekend. Mom just giggled about it. She was quite pleased and, well, ultimately teased me regarding the ‘Hans is my mate’ thing and dad, well, dad is being dad.“How dare he be mates with my daughter!?” He growled. His hands formed into a fist.“My Alpha..” Mom cooed. “Do they have a choice?”“He’s been fighting with Jhoanna ever since!”“We’ve been at that phase too. Besides, even if they’ve been at it for years, your reason is even deeper than their fights. You know that, right? Yet, here we are..”Dad clicked her tongue and turned away. Mom looked at me and winked, like telling me that she had won. Well, she always wins the arguments with dad
Jhoanna’s POV“Bye Mom. Dad.” Samuel and I said as we hugged them both.“Take care and have fun, both of you,” Mom pouted. Still sulking about the fact that it’s unfair for her to have her son spend time at the dormitories for two years. She can really be petty at times.I drove dad’s car. Fast. So fast that even Samuel is now praying to the Moon Goddess.“My goodness, Jhoanna! Could you please slow the fuck down!? We are even a week early!” He groused. I only shrugged and revved the engine two times faster. He cussed and cussed as I laughed. We are now nearing the University’s gate.Until I saw one car driving in the opposite direction. I tried to slow down, and the car did too, but it was too late. We crashed into each other.Oh, no one was hurt, alright.EXCEPT FOR ME WHEN THIS NEWS REACHES DAD.“Dad will literally kill me.” I overdramatically mumbled as I hopped down the car and ran in front to see the damage. My hands automatically went to my mouth as I loudly gasped. Samuel grun
Jhoanna’s POV A peaceful and relaxing afternoon, only to be ruined by one Hans Martin. The man–no, boy, was the correct term as he was two years younger than me, seems to love to annoy the life out of me. As do I to him. Though, my little brother always teased me than he is much more mature than I ever was. Which is, of course, not true! Arching my brow, I asked, “And why pray, tell, are you here?” He groaned the moment our eyes met. “If I knew you were here, would rather come in a little later..” He grumbled to which Dad growled. Hans apologized although he clearly seems to be unapologetic enough. “This is my pack, Hans. Where else would I be?” I shot back. In the corner of my eye, saw Samuel smirking as if he knew we are starting yet another one of our fights. “In your room? Or the training grounds? Practicing so that for once you could beat me?” “ENOUGH!” My father roared. “I’m very much aware of your skirmish with my daughter but I would appreciate it if you won’t do it h
Sophia’s POV“Y-you’re insane,” I mumbled, and he smirked. “Yeah, only for you.”Sucking in a sharp breath, I tried to say something, but this man, this freaking man!PLACED HIS THUMB OVER MY LIP!That very same thumb! Just to stop me from speaking..“Don’t..” he muttered. “Don’t say anything else, Sophia.”As if he read my mind that I’m about to say something along the lines of us being together. I was stunned; even that word itself might be an understatement. Still cannot get over the fact that his thumb is over my lips with his index finger holding my chin to keep me from looking away. “You already did it, and I cannot have you tell me first the second time around, baby..” He slowly leaned in, never breaking any eye contact. “I love you, Sophia Addison.”Then our noses touched. Could feel his lips pressing, but I could not feel it entirely. His thumb was still in between.I saw the corner of his eyes beamed, seeing me so flustered. Thus, he pulled away. And before I could ask or
Sophia’s POV“I will kill him!” I growled and rose from my seat. Made big steps to get to where he was. “Hey stoneface!”He lifted his head from his arms as he was taking a nap. He lazily yawned and looked at me. “Yes, baby?”I snorted and glared at him, “Did you just burn my rejection letter meant for Aunt Ma and Uncle Frank!?”“I’m the one you are rejecting, right? So I have the right to deny your rejection, my baby.”“Stop calling me that! Aside from it’s so fucking cringy, I’m not yours!” I roared and placed both of my hands in his seat.“You’re mine, Sophia. You’re my mate.” He seriously stated as he stared at me with his pitch black eyes. I was speechless and was about to back out. But he pulled my waist with his right hand and threw his table away with his free hand. As if switching places. I ultimately landed on his lap. Tried to get away, but he only tightened his grip on my waist. This fucking bastard!Henry shielded himself because he almost made contact with the table. He
Sophia’s POV“That asshole!” Jhoanna punched the nearest wall the moment she came inside our pack mansion.“Jhoanna!” I slightly raised my voice with a warning tone.She looked at me and gasped. The irritation and fury in her eyes instantly gone, “Sorry, mom. It’s just.. just.. Ugh! That Hans, I swear!”She gave me one quick kiss on the cheek before storming into her room. Samuel, who, a moment later, came after her, greeted me with a warm voice. “Hey, mom.”He gave me a half hug and kissed my cheek. My head moved a little bit sideways, motioning to his sister, “What happened to that one?”He smirked and slightly tilted his head down with a little shake. “The usual Hans and Jhoanna mayhem.”I sighed. Seasons came and went. And just like that, seven years had gone by. There were problems here and there, sure, but we always managed to solve them all. But not Jhoanna and Hans’ unending fights.Fights.A strong word, indeed. Only, that’s literally what's happening. We couldn’t even call i