LOGINI felt my throat tense up. I waited for him to ask me. To confirm I had indeed been brought up in the human world.But he didn’t ask. And I didn’t offer.“The past is difficult to accept. But it is the past. All that matters to me is that you are here now.”His words were so sincere. I felt tears we
“Lycan’s!” Boomed my grandfathers voice. It carried over the music and chatter and silence fell.The crowd parted and my grandfather stepped into view.“My granddaughter Isla has faced many hardships in her journey back to us. While we could not be reunited with her mother and father, the gods have
This wasn’t like that. I put my hand in Matthias and he spin me around. I spilled my wine as he did so, and he laughed and shrugged, then spun me again.This time, he tugged me into him and his arm wrapped around my waist for only a moment before he spun me back out.I caught his eye in that brief s
I ran to the door and opened it. Matthias stood there with a friendly smile I’ve come to know as his resting face.I painted a smile on too, hoping he didn’t sense my nervous energy.“Ready to go…?” He asked as he looked me over. I realized I was still a sweaty mess from earlier.“Oh uh just a sec.
Matthias in particular didn’t appear hateful or judgmental of others.I scanned the map for a while. Memorizing as much a I could of the landscape. My eyes felt heavy. I decided to take a break. I stood up and shook out my arms.I hadn’t really taken the time to look around in detail. My eyes took a
As we made our way back, it must have been lunch time. Children were running around playing. I saw some women laughing, trying to corral them.Some were sitting down eating. I wonder if this was something we got wrong as werewolves. We had always been under the impression it was difficult for Lycan’
Then there were the times when we’d sneak off to raid the pantry for snacks. The kitchen seemed even bigger back then.Yani and I were momentarily alone in as workers flitted in and out. We took that as a moment to rest. Other workers took breaks, as a slave that wasn’t a luxury I was allowed.Yani
Isla’s POVI found my way to the garden through enormous glass doors. Garden was an understatement. The grounds were vast, filled with flower bushes and trees of so many varieties I couldn’t identify them all. There was a hedge maze hidden somewhere among the sprawling vegetation.I had played in it
He dragged me out of the ballroom. Guests had stopped anything they were doing to watch.Adrian pushed open the door to a sitting room and practically threw me inside. He slammed the door behind him.“You want to be punished?” He spat out. He found his hand out and grabbed the back of my head by my
Isla's POVWhile the werewolf world had always been more brutal and bloody than the human world, the title of slave hadn't been forced on anyone for five long generations in Adrian's pack.We'd all been taught of their existence, as we had learned about the pack growing up. But it had been used more







