He pulled me into a hug immediately, wrapping his arms around my waist. "What do have to do today?" I mumbled against his chest, breathing in his fresh familiar scent I tried to push away before."Trying to know Hezekiah's next attack and be better prepared for it, or probably send an attack first." He replied, this time around a tired sigh in his voice. I don't think anyone would ever be ready for war."I could help you know? I get good ideas sometimes, besides I'm Luna. You should learn to understand that." I spoke, looking up at him."Then we better start now, Lucas has been waiting for me already, to know our next move." "Is he in the house already?" I asked, disengaging from the hug."Yes, I told him to wait at the living room while I..." He scratched his head nervously, avoiding my gaze."Hmm." A smile formed on my lips and I hit his arm lightly, allowing a chuckle escape my lips. "Come on, let's go. It's not good to keep people waiting." He nodded and entangled my palm with hi
"No, she doesn't." My brows immediately knitted in confusion when she suddenly replied as if listening to my thoughts. Maybe she was actually listening to them. "Erm, but, I thought, since she's just like me?" There was absolutely no point asking how she knew. I just wanted answers. If she was a stealer, then she could have such powers. "No, she doesn't. Unlike you,she is gifted with such powers. She is just like every normal stealer out there.""Excuse me, what is going on?" Damien asked, staring at the both of us in confusion, totally oblivious to what we were talking about."You are specially gifted Bella, and there's a large difference between a normal stealer and a Stealer Luna." Mrs Kennedy continued, ignoring Damien's question."We were talking about Linda." I said, trying to help him out of his state of confusion."What about her?" Damien asked, still having no clue about it."Well, Linda's a stealer wolf, somewhat just like me. But now with the special abilities though." I k
I knew she was right when I heard the loud sounds of explosion, around the packhouse, quite far away though. The packhouse is a mess, women and children scattered around, cries of children echoing around the house. I could clearly feel their fears. I turned around and headed back to my room, pulling Taylor with me down the stairs again. I pushed through the crowds, trying to see if Linda was there."Bella!" I turned around when I heard her familiar voice, rushing to meet her."Is this true?" I asked, looking around the crowd of just women and children."It is, Bella, we've been dealing with it for days." She replied, heaving out a frustrated sigh, carrying a sobbing Linda into her arms."Days? What- How long have I been sleeping?""Three days, Damien ordered no one disturbs you.""What? In the midst of all this? Is he cra-" I paused, bending slightly when another explosion ran out, causing a wild vibration around the house."I don't think they were able to hold them." Linda said, hol
I’m awakened by a loud thud coming from above the room I was in. My surroundings are quite unfamiliar, the high stench of blood sending an irritated feeling done my stomach. I tried to move but my body felt really numb and my arms wouldn’t move at all. It took a few seconds before it registered in my mind that I was chained to the wall, in both arms and legs. I close my eyes, trying to pull myself out of my unconscious state completely. The sounds of chains hitting against each other echoed around the as I yanked my arms, trying to set myself free. Knowing it would end up futile, I stared across the room, trying to figure out where I was. It was a dirty dungeon with a bright light shining above me. On the walls are stains of dried blood, like this place was used for some kind of execution or torture.My fists clenched tightly when I remembered what happened back at the basement, Linda? If I was suspecting anyone to be a traitor then it definitely wasn’t Linda. We went through all of th
He did not waste another second before rushing to the girl and pulling the restraints out of them quickly, it would only be a matter of seconds before they had the noise and would be here soon. I felt a bit of relief when Damien untied the chain around me, pulling me up to my feet. He untied Zoe also, although she was weak and had the least chance of escaping. "Come on, let's go." "Taylor, Heather!" I tried to wake them up, shaking their shoulders. "Come on, you have to wake up!" It only took a few seconds before Taylor's eyes went open and fear consumed them immediately. "Shhh, it's okay. Let's get out of here." I carried Heather in my arms and held Taylor's, following Damien out of the room. "Bella," I looked to my right, pushing my nervousness aside when Zoe called. "Promise me you'd take care of them, of my daughter if anything happens to me." As much as I wanted to convince her everything would be fine, nothing would happen to her and we would get out of here safely, I knew I'
I stopped to catch my breath along with the children when we arrived at the city, quite safe now. I ignored the stares of the people, holding the girls tight, and walking deeper into the city to make it harder for them to find us even if they tried looking for us here. "Shit." I cussed when I looked down at my feet, the reason why people wouldn't stop staring at me like some mentally retarded person. I was barefooted and my feet were really dirty. I must've been focused on escaping and filled with adrenaline that I hadn't realized I had no footwear on. Thankfully, the girls weren't barefooted like me, they still had their shoes from school on.The big problem here was how to survive, how to get out of this country. If we stayed too long here I was sure they would find us again, and I heard no money even if I wanted us to run. I guess I'm left with no choice but to beg for alms. The twenty-seventh woman did not even pay me attention but walked away, without even sparing me a glance.
Bella's POVFive years laterAfter dropping the girls at school, I hurried off to the mall where I worked. Unfortunately, I was five minutes later, not much though, but enough for Silas to rant all day. "Laura! You're late again!" I held back a low groan when I heard his voice as soon as I stepped into the mall. "I'm sorry." Would I bother about trying to make up excuses? Absolutely not, he never keeps talking so I just let him be. I wonder why he has problems with me though, he doesn't yell at the other workers unlike me."Keep your apologies to yourself." He barked and walked off. With a sigh and a shake of my head I walked over to the counter where I was positioned to work."Good morning Laura." Luigi, my co worker, greeted, leaning against the counter."Food morning Luigi." I replied, not even sparing him a glance, busying myself with some other work."So... Have you thought about my request?" He asked, nervously tapping his fingertips on the counter."Yes." "So, you have an ans
I closed my eyes and leaned back into the seat when the announcement of the preparation for the landing boomed from the speaker. Five years and I'm back in Russia, only this time around, I feel like a coward for running in the first place. The kids were quite excited for different reasons though, Marilee was happy she was going on a plane for the first time, and Taylor was happy she was away from school for a while. Heather showed no form of excitement, just staring outside the window before she asked the question that made my heart clench. "Are we going back to the pack now?" Her small tiny innocent voice came through. "No, baby. Not yet." I replied, hiding my emotions with a smile on my face. "I do not like Australia." She heaved out a tired sigh, shaking her head. I knew right from the start she never liked it, but chose not to complain about it. "We'd talk about that later baby." I planted a small kiss on her forehead, wrapping my right arm around her shoulders, and pulling her