Adira strained her eyes to see through the thick fog around her, it was blurry, but she saw a shirtless man standing in front of her, staring at a tree. "Who are you?" Her voice echoed through the loneliness of the forest. The man slowly turned around. To her surprise, he was a fairly handsome young man. Judging by his looks, he would be no more than twenty two. He was a bit skinny but with well built muscles, one that made him look like a supermodel. His hair was black as coal, while he had well shaved facial beards. He had turned around with a big bright smile on his face, but as soon as he saw Adira, it died. "You're not Shira." His voice, thick and cold, sent shivers down her spine."Excuse me?" "You heard me right, you're not Shira. She's the one I am supposed to see, she is the one I have chosen to be my Luna."Adira was dumbfounded, she remained quiet, just standing there in her white nightgown as she stared at him. "Answer me, my Luna. What have you done with her?" He prote
Dominic's encounter with King Alaric left him shattered. Now he felt the need to desperately prove to King Alaric that he was right, Adira was up to something. But he couldn't do that, not now that King Alaric had warned him to keep his distance from her. However, he still had one last plan, to expose whatever Adira was up to. He furiously walked over to Aurora's room, the leader of the day walkers in the conclave, who also happened to be deeply in love with Dominic. Day walkers were vampires who could walk in the sun like any human, with the help of the daylight ring. As the leader of the day walkers, Aurora's rank was among one of the highest ranks in the conclave, right next to Dominic's. Aurora had just gotten dressed in her room, while the night walkers were preparing to go to sleep, her day as a daywalker was just beginning. Suddenly, Dominic barged into her room. He was furious, breathing heavily like he was about to explode. "I need you to search the library!" He demanded.
"What?" Adira was dumbfounded."We need to get out of here firs-""Are you guys okay……?" The driver of the minivan walked over, to satisfy his curiosity about the people he had almost killed.There was now a large crowd of people staring at them, some were filming the miracle that had just happened with their phones. Other cars had stopped as well, wondering what was going on."Come on, we have to go now…" The man grabbed Adira's wrist, and dragged her away from the crowd over to a quiet alley far from the crowd. Half way through the alley, "Stop!" She pulled her hand away from him. "I will not go any further with you, unless you tell me who you are?" "Fine…" He sighed. "I am Theodore, and what might I call you?" "Adira…""Adira, you my friend, is a person of interest as of right now. So you need to come with me." He took a few steps closer. "Stay back!" She exclaimed, gesturing with both hands in the air. "What do you mean a person of interest?""Last night, I was supposed to see
Adira opened her eyes, and all she could see was the dark sky above her with twinkling little stars. It was night already, she had passed out during the struggle in the river."Ahh.." She wailed as she slowly sat up, the pain she felt was excruciating. Her body was bruised, her head bleeding. She tried to stand up, but the pain in her left leg was too much to bear.So she sat there, at the shore of the river, staring at the river which was gently floating. The river had floated her deeper into the forest, she had no idea where she was. Every tree looked identical to the next. In her moment of rest, she started hearing the trees rattling, something big was coming. She looked around and saw a broken branch a few inches in front of her. She stretched forward, picked it up and strangled to stand up with it. She then stared intensely at the woods rattling, till suddenly a huge wolf slowly walked out. It was more than five inches tall, standing on its four legs with its fangs five times b
The sun was slowly rising, sharp rays passing through the window went straight into Adira's eyes. She yawned, stretching both her hands and legs like a hungry lion as she sat up on the soft bed.Her face looked pale, and her hair all messed up, like she had a tug of war in her hair. A little souvenir of the effects from the treatment she had the previous night. She glanced around, there was no one else in the room but seeing the luxurious items in the room she was surprised. Adira had been so stunned last night, she had not noticed them. It was like the room of a five star hotel, only without a TV. Figments of the events of the previous night suddenly poured into her head, she abruptly touched her body, searching for her injuries.To her surprise, her bruises had all disappeared, healed overnight, like magic. She was in no pain, there was no scar, not even a single scratch on her. Excited, she called out into the room, "Theodore, I am healed!" Her face slowly drowned in disappointme
As Adira and Shira were walking through the various hallways of the castle heading to Laura's workshop, it felt like Adira was back at the mansion. Everyone they walked by, was staring at her, and murmuring to themselves. Just like the mansion, except this time it wasn't disgust she saw in their eyes, it was fear. "Why is everyone whispering about me?" She asked Shira who was walking beside her. Shira glanced at her. "Imagine your father brought a complete stranger into your home to replace your mom." "What?" "That's how they are feeling." "But I'm not here to take anyone's place!" "I guess we'll have to wait and see about that." Laura came to an instant stop, right in front of a door, "This is Laura's workshop." She gestured to the door. "She does most of her potions here, we should find her—" "Wait, isn't that Theodore!" Adira cut her short by gesturing to Theodore and beside him was Liam, the pack's beta, swiftly walking towards them, from the end of the hallway. "Y
"Wh—what do you mean? Listen to me Theodore, you cannot believe anything Aurora told you. She hates me, and would see me dead." "But you are a vampire, are you not?" "I'm a dhampir. That means until I awaken my vampire powers, I will remain as such. Technically I didn't lie, I am human." "Enough!" He bellowed. "It doesn't matter. You are wanted by the vampire conclave. Keeping you here, while they are searching for you, could mean war." "What about the dream, why we saw each other? The theory of maybe you were….. maybe I was destined to be your Luna?" "Are you this delusional?! You are no destined Luna of mine Adira, and you never will be! Shira will forever me mine, not your lying a*s." "What about the kiss last night?" "Kiss? Did you think that meant anything? I only did it, out of pity. To give you something to hope for, so you would live. But it seems that I am already reaping the seeds of my stupid decision!" "Stupid decision!" She held her tears back, tr
Night time at the pack was always Theodore's favorite, it was a blissful time to watch as the street lamps were turned on, and all the little children would gather around playing. Their parents were never worried about their safety, the pack was the safest place they could be. Theodore stood at the balcony outside the throne room of the castle, staring down at the children playing, with a sour look on his face. He should be happy, he had made a decision that was safer for his pack, to send Adira away, which was what an Alpha was supposed to do right? They make the difficult decisions that others will shy from. Then why did he feel so much regret, and pain. He walked back into the throne room, then his eyes caught the picture of his now deceased father. It was hung on the wall, behind his throne chair alongside his brother's and mother's. He glared at the picture for a while, his hard hearted father, a middle aged man with brown hair and hazel eyes. I guess you need to be hard he