LOGINI knew we had arrived when we reached the great metal wall. It was a breathtaking view, the wall of the Eclipse pack. Stood almost fifty feet tall. I had always wondered why the Eclipse pack had chosen to build it. We were werewolves, we valued nature and such structures that impeded it were mostly frowned upon. In school, they had taught us that it was because the Eclipse pack were simply scoundrels who went against nature. I mean, why else would they have made a deal with the Dark Lord. But living through what I had just lived through. It now all made sense. I could see our driver's breath catch. I turned to see the four other vehicles behind us. Waiting for my signal. We had decided to go with Dylan's suggestion and just approach the gates. To show that we really came in peace. But I had given all the soldiers the same warning, be ready to shift into their werewolf forms and retreat the minute they sensed danger. The hairs on my skin stood up just at the proximi
"Wait." Lyra gasped. "You've got to be kidding me. So you're telling me King Reagan was the one who wanted Piper dead in the first place?" She gasped. I looked at the ground clenching my fists hoping I didn't punch a hole into the window."Oh my gosh." Lyra pinched the bridge of her nose. "How messed up has our monarchy been?""More messed up than you could possibly imagine." Dylan spoke quietly looking out the window in the passenger seat.I stared at the back of his head. All that went through my mind right now was all the battles we would orchestrate against the Eclipse pack. All the lives that were lost.The fights King Reagan would approve to cripple them. When all this time he knew they had bigger problems to fight.It's no wonder Cameron always played dirty. He had to find an advantage where he could."And all that about him having a white wolf?" Lyra asked. I took in a deep breath before turning to face her for the first time since we had left the palace.I nodded. "All true
I always imagined death would be torturous. At least for me. Some werewolves were lucky to go in their sleep. When I was younger, Celeste would tell me stories about our people in the olden days who would choose to die in their wolf states. "But how would they know?" I would ask curiously. Because how did someone know they were going to die? Was there a big bright light in the horizon? Did our Creator give us a sign? In a vision or a dream perhaps? How would one know it was their end? I didn't know the answer to that existentialism question. But I had always known, since seeing that incomplete mark on my thigh that my end would come sooner than later. Really, reaching twenty five would be a miracle for me. I always wanted it to be loud. Like flashing the biggest middle finger to the Dark Lord. I wanted to go out in a blaze of light amd glory taking out as many dark ones as I could. And for a second, I thought I had. I gasped as I shot up in bed. It felt like
I burst through the double doors of the king’s study.He was seated alone.He didn’t so much as look up from his desk as he seemed more focused on jotting something down.“Thane.” He spoke sounding unenthused.His nonchalance only added to my fury.I marched up to him and swept the ornaments off his desk.They landed on the ground with a thud.I was surprised Miranda wasn’t here to forcefully remove me from the castle premises.He set his pen down and looked up at me. He let out an irritated sigh as he leaned back. “What is it, son?”“Son?” I echoed in disgust. “Son?”“How could you?”“You’ll have to be a little more clear.” He spoke in a bored tone.I flipped over the table.King Reagan didn’t so much as flinch which only infuriated me more.“All this time?” I yelled.King Reagan stared up at me. “I don’t know what you’re talking about Thame but you should be more respectful of your king.”“Screw that!”He rose slowly. “It’s an order, not a request.“I gritted my teeth. “All this tim
“That went as well as I thought it would.” Lyra hissed as we walked out of the castle. It was almost like we had been kicked out with our tails tucked in behind us.As we walked out to the courtyard of the castle, eyes followed us, most of them whispering and I could only imagine the gossip that was starting to spread amongst everyone.Good“Well we knew it wouldn’t work.” I spoke as I stopped in front of our SUV nodding at the guards to open the back door.I turned to Lyra. “Is the plan in motion?”“Our spies are on it.” She spoke with a smile as she jumped into the back seat. I went in after her.We found Dylan looking out the window curiously and as if he was amazed.He turned to us.“So this is what the Castle looks like? I never thought I would live to see the day. Can’t say I’m that impressed.”Lyra rolled her eyes. “Really?”“The Tempest pack’s used to be much nicer. In its glory days anyway.”I couldn’t help but think of Piper’s home. The place she grew up. The place she was a
The Grand doors opened as we walked in.We walked into the throne room and were met with the king’s wives.Evangeline was the first to rise looking serious and angry.“Alpha Thane, you dare to intrude on the royal courts when not only haven’t you boy been summoned but you are also on probation. This is bold, even for you."I could hear Lyra behind me, our footsteps were synchronized as we approached the thrones. We stopped just out of striking distance, seeing Miranda’s eyes darken at the sight of us.I knew if she was here, the king wasn’t too far away. He was never out of her sights for too long.“Apologies, my queen, my ladies.” I spoke. “But there is no room for courtesy in the face of disaster.” I spoke.“We come with urgent news, Queen Evangeline.” Lyra spoke.The air was practically sparking with tension as Queen Evangeline's eyes narrowed.She pursed her lips pursing in displeasure. For a moment, I thought she might order the guards to kick us out, but she seemed to think be
Starstruck, I let him take my hand and plant a slow and soft kiss on my knuckles. My heart skipped a beat that the simple action. “Uh, hi, I’m Piper.” I spoke, feeling ridiculous and stupid for stammering. He grinned. “Believe me, everyone on this camp knows who you are.” His voice was low and
It didn’t make sense that I was jealous, right?It didn’t make sense at all.But then what did you call the searing, burning sensation that threatened to consume me right now?Because it went way deeper than rage. Not enough to be fury.I was jealous.And it didn’t make sense. So what Thane was scr
“Your brother is a tool.” I spoke as I stormed into Landon’s room. He immediately looked up at me from his desk where he was playing a video game. He took off his head phones and set down his controller as I walked over to plop down onto his unmade bed. Landon blinked at me and I’m sure a part o
“Well that was… uhm, something.” Vanessa spoke laughing as she tried to straighten out the skirt of her dress and made an attempt to straighten her hair.I chuckled watching her breathing heavily against the tree she was leaning against.“Well, making love to you against a tree wasn’t my first choi







