As the distance between us and the soul witch decreased, a really bad feeling started growing in the pit of my stomach. It was the same sort of eerie chill I got that morning when Callan's house caught on fire. Cold shivers of dread were going up and down my spine and something felt...off."How far away are we from the Witch?" I asked. I didn't really know the way to her hut since last time when I was here, I fell asleep in the car."The sign board should be coming up in just a few" Sam said and turned around to look at me."Are you okay Anais?" She asked and I shook my head no."What's wrong Ani? Do you feel sick?" Apollo asked."Something...doesn't fell right" I said. It was like I had the spidy tingle or the wolfy itch to be biologically correct because something felt really off...."What do you mean?" Sam asked but before I could reply I felt that same tug on my body, the one I felt back at Blue Eclipse when Harrim transported me to the Quiche.It didn't take me long to understand
Callan's POVTo say I was terrified would be an understatement. I got Anais's mind link but before she could finish saying what she wanted to say....she was gone.Her link with me was literally gone. It wasn't blocked off but like it never existed before. That chilled my bones because I instantly knew she was in trouble and the trouble was caused by Paenoe."ALPHA! ALPHA ANAIS IS GONE!" Sam screamed at me through the mind link."Gone? Did she mind link you as well? GONE HOW SAM?" I growled back at her."No Alpha...she- she was with us in the car and then she vanished" Sam said, her voice weak and scared."In the car?? Vanished??! Where are you right now??! Get to the pack house right now!" I said."Dad Anais is in trouble, we need to assemble in the conference room" I mind linked my father."What happened?" He asked."I'll tell you later" I said and cut off my link with him.Within the next 10 minutes, My father, my mother, the commander-in-chief, my Beta, Alpha Freya and I were all i
Anais's POVThey left me alone...for what felt like an eternity. I was trying to keep myself...sane.Every now and then I'll see something move in the darkness...but I knew that was in my head. So every time that happened I would have to tell myself that it was my imagination.It wasn't so hard to figure out what the brothers were trying to do, keeping me here like this.They wanted me to go insane...not totally but enough so I wouldn't fight Paenoe when he marked and mated me and then finally drained me of my blood.And I was sure their plan was working because ever so often I heard a faint whisper in the darkness. It was becoming harder to tell myself that it was my imagination. I wanted that whisper to be true...I was scared and I didn't want to alone. I slapped myself again...hard. So hard that it made my ears ring."Anais..." Isis said through the mind link, worried."We have to protect our senses Isis...the pain helps. Keep talking to me, keep howling and pawing and jumping. Do
I looked around at what appeared to be a hut but was made out of bricks and concrete. It was small, with nothing but a simple futon in one corner and a table in the very middle with two plastic water bottles on it.I quickly leapt towards the water, goddess knows how parched I an right now. I broke the seal and smelled the water before taking a swig. When I was sure nobody had tampered with it, I downed the whole thing in one go.I went to the futon and inspected it. Wasn't anything special...the frame was made out of simple wood but the bedding looked worn out.I went up to the door and gently pulled it by the handles towards me. It was locked...so bad that I couldn't even giggle it if I wanted to. I felt along the wall to the left of the door...feeling for anything, any sort of pipping or fitting in the walls I could use as a weapon.But seeing as there is no bathroom in here, I wouldn't find any plumbing.There were not light bulbs in here...just very small holes at the very top of
"NOOOOOOOO" I grolwed. They were here! They were here unprepared! they're rushed into a war against hybrids because of me!I instinctively ran back into the main pack lands. Loud siren went of and I heard the sounds of fighting...the screaming and the growling."LUNA!" I heard Melina call out but nothing could stop me now. They have to go back! They'll all die!I jumped and shifted mid-air. I didn't even need to run a mile to come across wolves and hybrids fighting each other."GO BACK!! NO! GO BACK! RUN" I screamed through my mindlink but I couldn't reach the fighter in front of me. They all had their walls up. I ran through wolves and hybrids tearing each other apart.In a matter of second, everything had turned into a mess. There were bodies of...mainly werewolves lying on the ground. Pieces of shattered glass, broken doors and blood everywhere.The once deserted place that I just walked out of had transfomed into a battlefield."ANAIS" I heard Callan call out to me through the lin
Callan's POVAnais told me to find Paenoe's office but I had no clue where that was. I'd seen the map her team made but I couldn't spot any buildings they described which is why I just aimlessly ran around for hours.I was running down an avenue when a hybrid jumped on me from my left. It took me a minute to finish her off. I was annoyed, these creatures kept me from my search for my mate.Once I had finished the hybrid that attacked me, I changed into my human form to catch my breath. I looked around but everything was still strange to me.I ran down the avenue in my human form, breathing heavily, covered with blood and sweat. Where was she??But then her scent hit me all of a sudden. A wave of relief washed over me like pouring rain and without wasting another moment I ran towards it. I turned right from the avenue, expecting to find my battered mate from her fight with Kajokh but the scene in front of me rendered me motionless.I couldn't believe what I was looking at. Anais, half
The heat was going to kill me. I could feel it consume me and burn from within but I couldn't stop it. It was like someone had set me on fire and all I could do was scream in agony and pain. It was this feeling I felt at first, the only thing I could sense but soon came the darkness and the light figures. The sound of howling and claws digging into flesh. I had no idea what was going on but I could feel everything yet I didn't know why was I feeling all of this. Where was I? Was this a dream? Am I dead? I had no idea. I couldn't feel my body but only the pain inflicted on it and heat coming from within me. And then it would be gone only to return again. Callan's POV"HOLD HER DOWN!" I screamed at the doctors and nurses as I tried to keep my writhing mate under control. Just like all the other times, the fit died down soon. I panted as I settled back down on my seat next to the hospital bed. I dismissed all the doctors and nurses, who were covered in beads of sweat. No one had a
I woke up from my sleep panting deeply and drenched in sweat."Anais" I heard my mate's voice and turned my head to look at the same worried expression I saw every morning since the day of the war which was exactly 3 week ago."I'm fine" I breathed out but clearly I wasn't fine. This has been going on for way too long and I could see that even Callan had stopped believing my 'I'm fine'."What did you see?" He asked gently...maybe he was trying not to set me off."It was the same...flashes of my fight with Paenoe" I said and sighed. I was getting tired now. Paenoe dying should've brought me peace but here I was still troubled and not being able to get back to normal life."I-I saw the moment when I ripped his head off...I grabbed his limp, almost unconscious body and bent down to wrap, what felt like my wolf jaw, around his neck" I slowly recalled the dream...I felt bile rise up my throat as for some reason I could almost taste his blood in my mouth."My fangs dug into his skin and the