Flora’s P.O.V
“Riley! Riley!” I yelled after my big brother as he made his way out the front door.
“What now?” He looked back at me annoyed but I knew he loved me.
“Can I come play with you?” I looked up at my brother with big eyes and I knew he would give in.
Riley sighed and ran a hand through his sandy blonde hair. He was seven and a half years older than me and he was big and strong. He was also a soldier in training and hung out with big boys. But I was eight now! I was going to be big and strong too!
“Alright, chubby.” Riley pinched my chunky cheeks. “Come on.”
“Yaayyy!” I squealed and followed my brother out if the house.
We went near the pack house where he was meeting his friends, but Riley didn’t take me inside. He knew I started to have a headache and I started to cry when I went inside the pack house. Jessica, our pack heal
Flora’s P.O.VWhen a knock sounded on my door the next morning, I was half expecting it to be Daphne and other half for it to be Ezra. However, neither of them stood outside my door. Instead, it was the person I least expected to see anytime soon.“Hi.” Andre gave me a nervous smile. “How are you feeling this morning?”He wasn’t wearing the military like uniform from yesterday; instead he had on a teal coloured shirt and dark grey pants. His midnight black hair appeared a bit wet and he smelled fresh and earthy. I hadn’t been able to get a good look at him yesterday because of everything that had been going on in my mind, but now that he was standing right in front of me, he did appear to be quiet handsome.“Better?” I said a bit unsurely. Although I wasn’t a big fan of Malachi right now, I was still certain he wouldn’t be babbling to Andre about Clay. Especially since he w
Flora’s P.O.V “There! You look absolutely gorgeous!” Daphne stepped aside so I could look at myself in the mirror and I had to admit, even I couldn’t recognize the woman staring back at me. I was dressed in a mint green dress that reached my knees and Daphne had styled my blonde hair into loose curls that hung around my face. The material of the cloth was light and airy and everything was just perfect, but I just didn’t feel the colour. Ezra told me that these clothes were given to me when I first arrived at Lindersay, before I decided to be a Lunar Maiden. But now, after two years of donning white…they seemed out of place. “It’s so weird seeing myself in color…it’s feels like an eternity since I wore anything like this…” I looked up at Daphne, hoping she could relate. “That’s why I chose the lightest colour in your clothing pile.” Daphne straightened out the pearl necklace I was wearing. “To be honest…I feel the same. Wearing
Clay’s P.O.VThe clothes I was given fit me perfectly, although they were not mine.I returned back to the abandoned house I had been living in for the past years, but now everything was different. I needed a room to sleep in and raw food wasn’t that appealing anymore. My pack was trying to make sense of how I was standing on two legs now, just as much as I was.I was a rogue now, that much I understood. But what caused me to change back to my human form? Rogues couldn’t do that. Once we become rogue, we embrace the feral life of the wolf and there’s no turning back. Then how was this possible?My memories were hazy, but I had knowledge. I understood and I learned, but not as fast. I was weaker; my brain didn’t work as fast as it was supposed to.With confusion swirling in my mind, making the fog inside even heavier, I was standing in one of the many rooms of this broken house and looking for a place t
Flora’s P.O.V“Thank you for calling me here.” I smiled up at Andre as he poured me a glass of water. I didn’t like alcohol so I had opted out when he had offered me some.“I’m glad you accepted my invitation.” Andre smiled and took the seat opposite to mine.The cool night air was a welcome feeling against my flushed skin. I didn’t know why I felt so nervous, but it probably had to do with the fact that Andre was a powerful wolf; his energy was a constant hum on my senses.But to see how this wonderful and powerful man had made all these arrangements by himself…it made me feel glad that I had accepted the invitation.We were at the balcony of one of the residential complexes inside the castle and this was one place I didn’t often frequent, so I had no idea exactly what I had been missing. The balcony overlooked the front gates as well as a major part of the Shrine and se
Flora’s P.O.V“Hey! Looks like I’ll be your babysitter tonight.”“Yay!” I squealed in delight as I jumped up and down. I had been waiting for this all week! Clay and I would be alone all evening while mom and dad went out to a restaurant and Riley was going on a date of his own once mom and dad left.“Someone’s excited,” my mom smiled down at me as she ruffled my hair. She was looking so beautiful in her red dress. She never dresses like this; she’s always wearing shirts and pants. She even had her hair down!“Thank you for looking after Flora.” Mom told Clay before turning to Riley. “And remember what I told you, young man?”“Treat every woman like your dad treats your mom.” Riley recited the lines like he was in an exam. “I know mom, I’ll behave and have her back at her parent’s before eleven.”“Goo
Flora’s P.O.VLarge chunks of moonstones were brought out into the open as Ezra stood watch.They were big and heavy, but only us maidens had the permission to carry them out. Daphne and I walked out in a line, followed by Emma. We all held the moonstones in different shades of green and all shaped in perfect rounds, but their size was bigger, like boulders.A faint circle had been drawn on the land behind the Castle and we placed the stones on the line, marking the circle and took our positions in front of the stones. Each stone was placed at least half-a meter apart.At the centre of the circle, there as a large cauldron filled with clear water and the reflection of both the sun and the moon had fallen on it for two nights. This was moon water and it was to cleanse or mind and body and centre our thoughts. We were to drink this water at the end of the ceremony.There were also flowers in different vases around the circle, a
Flora’s P.O.V“Ezra will kill us if she finds out!” Emma warned in a hushed whisper as we made our way to the library.“If she finds out.” Daphne shrugged confidently, making us believe that this wasn’t the first time she had done something like this.“It’s the middle of the night.” I offered. “Wouldn’t it look less suspicious if we came in the morning?”“Do you think I can last till the morning?” Daphne turned to ask me the question. “Will you last till the morning? I’d rather have a good night’s sleep than wait eagerly for morning to come so I can find out about some forbidden ritual.”Well…she did have a point.“Ezra will kill us!” Emma repeated once more.“Oh, hush, pussy cat!” Daphne scolded Emma. “Ezra hasn’t hurt a fly in centuries and she isn’t about to st
Flora’s P.O.V“Flora…Argentine? ReedStone Pack?” Emma looked at the paper then towards me, before turning her attention back to the papers again. “They knew?”I felt my hands and feet go numb from the shock of it all.Yes, Malachi knew, that much he had made clear to me the night I got my memories back. But this room? This section? These all fell under Ezra’s jurisdiction.She knew! She had known all along!My knees gave out and I fell to the floor at an awkward angle and if it weren’t for both Emma and Daphne’s quick response, I would’ve fallen onto the files, crumbling the fine paper.“Flora!” Both women said at the same time, settling me down properly against the back wall so I didn’t risk falling over once more.“They knew…” I whispered to my friends, once I was able to speak past the knot in my throat. It was difficu