LOGIN***~~~RORY ANNE~~~***I still can’t believe what’s happening. The revelation I’ve just had feels like some kind of cruel joke.Nearly three weeks ago, on my eighteenth birthday, I discovered I was chosen to kill the Wolf King. I was driven out of my home and brought into this strange new world. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that. Now, after a single touch with Chase Parker, a mundane, a human boy, I’ve discovered he’s my fated mate.Why him?The prophecy doesn’t joke, or so I’ve been told. But I can’t shake the feeling that I’m being tested. Maybe I’m supposed to fall for this bond, only for the prophecy to hand the baton to someone else to finish the race.And if that happens, what becomes of me?Adrien Sage warned me that mating with a human would leave me cursed and weakened, jeopardising the mission. That I wouldn’t stand a chance against Cain Orion, the Wolf King. And if I failed to stop him, the human world would fall just like the Shadow World.The only crime I’ve
I close the door behind me and walk to the couch, settling into my usual spot.Dr. Taylor picks up my file, leaves her chair, and settles into the single seat opposite me. She crosses her legs, adjusts her glasses, and looks at me.“How are we feeling today, Chase?”I’ve been in therapy since I was seven years old. I’ve seen different therapists over the years, but the results have always been the same. Dad believes Dr. Taylor can finally cure me.Whenever I come here, I talk about my nightmares. How real they feel. How the monsters I see keep trying to escape my dreams and reach me. And how I always wake up before they can get to me.The feeling stays with me even after I wake. It crawls beneath my skin, making me wonder if those creatures are really trying to reach me.Dad says it’s all in my head. That’s why he started taking me to therapy.I’m not allowed to miss my appointments. If I do, apparently, I’ll be back at step one, starting all over again.I’ve been doing this for eleve
***~~~CHASE~~~***Seeing her makes my heart flutter. I can't look away. It’s insane, I know. It’s like seeing a fragment of my imagination come to life, standing just a short distance away from me.“Chase, you don’t know her. You’re seeing her for the first time. You can’t fall in love with someone you’ve just met.” That’s what anyone would say if I told them what’s happening to me.But the crazy part is, I’ve seen her before.In my dreams.She keeps appearing in them, so often that I finally started drawing her. I can still picture the sketch tucked away in my room, the face I couldn’t explain and the eyes I somehow remembered. And now she’s here.She exists.I’m not sure whether that should comfort me or scare me.I’ve been having those dreams for months. At first, I thought they were random, the kind of nonsense your brain makes when you’re stressed. Then they kept returning. Same face. Same eyes. Sometimes she was standing in a forest; sometimes she was reaching for me, but I
I gasp awake, breathing heavily. I look around and see that I'm inside the room they assigned me when I stayed over a few days when we got here.The door opens, and Adrien Sage walks in. He takes the stool from the corner and places it beside the bed, sitting down. "We saved you just in time, Chosen One. Nothing is damaged in your body." He leans in. "But I have a question. Didn't you know it was a full moon? Why did you stay outside?"It skipped my mind."I didn't tell your mother. And with some sleep, you'll be fine.""You told me to blend in with humans, and that's what I did. I found out about ice hockey for the first time. A brutal game. It stirred Annie awake.""You'll get used to it. I told you last week that things about the human world will fascinate you more than you think." He stands up. "Don't be reckless the way you were today." He starts to walk away when I call out to get his attention."And where are you going?"He stops by the door without looking back at me. "I'll be
Our stares linger.“But the two of them are on and off,” Lynn continues. “In two days’ time, they’ll break up again. It’s like a tradition…”Her voice fades into the background.The bell rings, making me break my gaze from him as I try to figure out where the sound is coming from.“Time for first period,” Lynn says.I don’t know why I keep staring at him. I don’t even like humans, and humans and werewolves aren’t supposed to mate. It’s forbidden.Adrien Sage made that clear.If I become mated to a human, the bond will curse and weaken me, leaving me unable to kill Cain. He'll then claim the human world just as he did the Shadow World.I close my locker and look back, but Chase is gone.“Ready?” Lynn asks.“Yeah.”She smiles and leads the way.We stop in front of a classroom. She opens the door, and I see all eyes turn toward us. I follow her inside, and she points to an empty seat beside the window at the back.“That’s the only vacant seat. I’ll be right in front. If you need anything
I'm standing in a bright, completely different world. Barefoot, I see unfamiliar things moving all around. I flinch as one passes by quickly, and I press myself against Father's side."This is the human world?" Mother asks."It seems it is. It's different from ours. Strange things," Father says, turning in a slow circle."That's a car," we hear someone say, and we whip our heads in that direction. Three men stand beside the strange thing.One of them crosses the road and walks to us. "You must be the savior," he says, giving a small bow. "I'm the head of the council, Adrien Sage. Welcome to the human world, Chosen One. Your family’s house and cars has been prepared. You’ll attend Angeles Academy and begin your training here. We’ll teach you everything you need to know about living among humans. Please, come." He gestures toward the car.I look at him, then turn to my family. My parents nod. I don't know if I can trust them, but I follow him and get in the car.After two weeks of maste







