The mad rogue smirked. He walked closer. “We are going to replace that pretty king you have. And we will bring back what made Vamos so great for centuries past! Which he stupidly put a stop to! The bastard thinks he can still be the greatest wolf without all those markets we made? Stupid golden boy!”He shook his head, as if he was truly disappointed by Titus. ”Which market?” I already have an idea what he was talking about, but I want to double confirm it. I want to hear it from him.The mad rogue laughed at me. “All the markets that made the Andreyevs so wealthy! To be more specific, the ones working underground. How else would make them this stupidly rich? We did all of that! Yet they were the ones who claimed all the money and glory!”The switching of his emotions was so quick it was unsettling. He continued pacing the room, his hand on his chin as he thought of something. I just continued lying on my spot, feeling how the chemicals they put on me were slowly washing away.I di
‘Sabrina... where are you? Please speak to me, baby.’I wanted to scream out. To speak back to the one who has been calling me for days now. But I didn’t know how to. Or more like, I couldn’t.’Sabrina? Sabrina!’The call has been so consistent since I woke up days ago. The ache in my chest from the emotions I was feeling from somewhere the speaker was what got me up from my deep slumber. ‘Please, help me.’ I spoke up in my head. But even that sounded weak. I was weak. I have been weak since I woke up. I don’t know how many days it has been. I would go in and out of consciousness. And as soon as I got enough strength, the same 3-inch syringe would come penetrating back to my neck. Then I’d be swallowed by darkness again.I had no sense of time, even of what was going around me since that day I had a conversation with that scarred rogue. All I know is, they are finally running their experiments on me. And it is utterly painful.”Sixth attempt, failed.””Let’s run it again. Higher t
“Let’s run some tests on her for the meantime while our main subject is resting.””Yes, Sir.”The doctors nodded at the scarred rogue, but I shook my head as fierce tears rolled down my cheeks. “N-No... Maddie...” I cried, wanting to reach out to her unconscious figure on the bed. They continued pushing me towards the room, but I followed Maddie’s sight with my tear-filled eyes, still shaking my head, not wanting to go.She can’t be under the same experiments. She can’t be a rogue like them!I was finally taken inside the cage they put me in for the last several days. I kept my eyes on Maddie as they started inserting needles on her hands, arms and neck for the mixture to get to her system. Fear started overpowering my senses. She might not have the same immunity I have. It’s the only thing that has been keeping me alive and unchanged for the past few days. I have to save her.”Begin.” I couldn’t hear what the people are saying outside of the room, but I could read the scarred rog
My vision became hazy as exhaustion got to me. Sweat dripped on my forehead. I took huge breaths. I watched everyone outside—seeing Maddie getting taken away by the doctor beside her out of the bed as a fight broke inside. A constant ringing blared on my ears. I could see the people outside fighting with another group. I could make out how messy everything has become. But I couldn’t hear them—I couldn’t hear anything besides the sharp ringing in my ears and the compliant whimpers from other wolves inside my head. What’s happening? ”M-Maddie...¦” I mumbled as I saw her getting hauled up by the doctor who had been constantly beside her. After taking out the last needle in her body, he immediately ran out and took her away. Away from me. Where I couldn’t see what they’d do to her. ”M-Maddie...¦” My voice broke as tears fell hard on my cheeks. Whatever remaining strength was left in me was given to the act of just watching everything unfold. The doctors inside the lab, includ
I was fourteen when I saw what the real world was. Waking up with the sound of screams and pleas, I remembered scrambling towards my door to see what was happening. But before I could even touch the knob, the door slammed open, revealing a man so tall and big that I immediately trembled in intimidation and fear. “You’re coming with us, girl,” he said. I could never forget the huge scar across his face. It started on his left brow towards the right side of his neck. I wondered what kind of creature could still live through what seemed like a deep wound in his body. Then I realized he wasn’t just any other man. He was some sort of a creature that could withstand what a weak person like me couldn’t. Seeing that I was staring at his scar, the man growled at me that had me whimpering. His large hand grasped my arm. “Get inside that truck and do not make a sound.” Scared, I swallowed whatever screams I was about to get out of my throat. He pushed me, and with shaking legs, I walked out
Tears fell down my cheeks as I trembled on my spot. “P-please… no! help!” One of the girls with me screamed as she struggled in front of the pole where she was tied alone. I could only watch her, my knees trembling as the cold metal of the pole behind me seeped into my skin. Like her, I was tied tightly, ready to be offered. The entire place was lit with orange-yellow lights from the torches that surrounded us. In the middle was the huge statue of the very first Lycan King that ruled over Vamos. Its stony eyes looked down on us, condescending our weak existence. I could still feel the blood trickling down the side of my face from the slap I got. I struggled from the guard that took me earlier, and he slapped me so hard that my head turned and slammed on the wall; the side of my head getting sliced by its rough texture. Despite feeling dizzy and my vision blurring, I couldn’t stop feeling the swirling in my stomach. The magnetic pull I had started feeling since they delivered us
Growing up, stories about the Lycans were all I heard when parents wanted to scare their children to obedience.They said they were horrible, huge creatures that resemble wolves. That one could see the evilness from their bright eyes that could assault anyone that would stare at them. Some even claimed they could manipulate people.They were bigger, faster and quicker than anyone. And they used that power to dominate lands and conquer territories that weren’t theirs. People called them savages, some even proclaimed them as the devils in wolf form. That they were just another form of Rogues that found their own organization and leader. So when I woke up in a room that was dimly lit, I immediately thought of the worst.I gasped and sat up on the bed, realizing I was not wearing the same clothes I had worn the last time. I was in a silky white night gown that went down to my knees and elbows. I also had patches from the wounds I knew I had from the last beating I got from the House. I
I was tagged as the ‘Remain’ of the girls from the Offering. “As the Remain, you will be assigned anywhere assistance is necessary.” Miranda Grey, the Head Matron of the services in the Vamos pack, told me as I stood alone inside her office inside one of the few mansions I’ve seen in the territory. Hearing so many terrifying stories about the lycans, I thought there was nothing as savage and as disorganized as their territory was. But I don’t know whether I just had prejudices, or I was dumb down by my hatred to their kind—when I should have taken into account how they are the reigning pack, and someone who reigns an entire community should have an organized and wealthy land—when I saw how civilized, huge and wealthy their pack territory was. It looked like an entire rich city. “But for now, since all the Offered have taken on tasks of their own, and we have sufficient servers, I will assign you to the Office Building.” Just like her surname, Miranda had these gray almost whit