MasukNOAH HARROW His smile had become rare.Reserved for Maria and I. The rest of our friends occasionally got a ghost of a smile. It should make me glad, but it doesn’t, that’s not our Eddie, my Eddie.There has been no opportunities to bring it up, everything is over, but we had to pick the pieces of our pack, quite literally. Only a few buildings remained untouched, and food was getting scarce.Everyone had to be busy, every hand was on deck.First, we buried the bodies. Everyone but Eddie shed a tear.He looked… empty. Felt empty too, like he had completely disconnected himself from reality.Nobody blamed him, nobody whispered. The pack loved him.Then we had to find houses for everyone, the people’s houses that remained untouched had to share with the ones who lost everything. Some moved into the tower, living in his mother’s wing, he allowed it.Nobody wanted to live in his father’s wing, even if they had to squeeze themselves into the maid’s chambers. Millicent’s family
NOAH HARROW “We have orders to bring Noah Harrow to the underground bunker at the tower.”Nathan stepped in front of me, shoulders and spin straightening, he stared at the guards from on top of his nose, like the man in front of him wasn’t towering over him. “What do you want with him?”The guards swallowed, and I almost worry they are intimidated by my brother, then they speak, “The alpha Eddie needs you…”He didn’t have to say anything else, I didn’t need him to.My feet moved fast. He needed me was all I needed to hear.Then I saw his father. “Out! None of you are welcome in the tower!”Where would they go?? People were murmuring, shuffling, but they were more terrified of the missiles than they were of him. They saw what the missiles had done to their families. He was making them choose between death and death. How could he? Was the suffering he already put us through not enough??Rage filled my veins, and I snap at him. When I watched the interview, where he ba
“Why would you think about catching a missile???” Noah asks, sniffing.Glancing at the crowd, they had dispersed, working with Declan and The Saviors, perfecting the strategy they had come up with. My eyes fall on his face again, his face is wet with tears, eyes puffy and red, his lower lip trembling, lip ring glistening. “I didn’t think actually.”“And that makes it so much better? I could have lost you, forever.” his voice drops, his hands unconsciously holding on to me tighter, fresh tears roll down his cheeks and I swipe it away with my thumb. Or what used to be my thumb. My hands are burnt to the point where I can’t recognize them anymore.Noah’s eyes fall on my hands, and he whimpers. The sound breaks my heart.I hate that I caused him so much hurt. “Look at you.” he cries,The rest of me isn’t much better, my healing abilities were wonky because I had been repressed for so long, but with him by my side, the process is speeding up, not as fast as I would like though. We’re
“LOOK OUT!”Kicking my legs as far as possible, pushing myself off the earth, hands outstretched before me, my bad arm hurts, but I don’t care, there’s no way this people would get hurt on my watch. The force and heat of the missile pushes me back,“AHHHHHHHH!!”It is too hurt, it feels like I am burning all over. There’s a blinding hot white pain in my arm, I should let it go, save myself. But it’ll land on them, and I can’t..So I pull my weight.It fucking hurts, using the alpha powers, with a burst of strength, I throw the missile up in the sky, it explodes somewhere above the same time I hit the ground with a loud thud. “Eddie!!!” Eva screams, rushing to me.Everything hurts.Something smells like burnt flesh.My ears are ringing and my vision is woozy. “Is everyone okay?” I ask, voice small, shrapnel must have fallen through the clouds, and I can’t let it hit anyone… Nothing is moving.No part of me is willing to stand up. Come on…“Eddie.. can you hear..” Eva’s voice flo
“LOOK OUT!”Kicking my legs as far as possible, pushing myself off the earth, hands outstretched before me, my bad arm hurts, but I don’t care, there’s no way this people would get hurt on my watch. The force and heat of the missile pushes me back,“AHHHHHHHH!!”It is too hurt, it feels like I am burning all over. There’s a blinding hot white pain in my arm, I should let it go, save myself. But it’ll land on them, and I can’t..So I pull my weight.It fucking hurts, using the alpha powers, with a burst of strength, I throw the missile up in the sky, it explodes somewhere above the same time I hit the ground with a loud thud. “Eddie!!!” Eva screams, rushing to me.Everything hurts.Something smells like burnt flesh.My ears are ringing and my vision is woozy. “Is everyone okay?” I ask, voice small, shrapnel must have fallen through the clouds, and I can’t let it hit anyone… Nothing is moving.No part of me is willing to stand up. Come on…“Eddie.. can you hear..” Eva’s voice fl
“I haven’t seen Stephen yet.” Holls says when she reaches me,I feel so relieved that I pull her into the kind of hug that’s possible while holding a child. She takes several deep breaths against my body. “Thank you for coming back safely.”“Thank you for being safe.”Around us the people are buzzing with a different kind of tension. Royals, Middle class, and Commoners are mixed for the first time. Being close to death might have taken the edge off, but they still don’t know how to interact. Plus, there are in the tower, they associate this place with my father. “This is Maria, Maria, this is my best friend, Holly.”Holly smiles at her, and then plucks her from my hold, it’s a great relief for my arm, but I do miss the weight of the child. “What’s happened with Stephen?”She swallows, looking away from the child briefly. “He asked me to come with Declan, and he would go find other survivors and he is yet to get here.” And so has Millicent, and the Harrow brothers.None of their







