There was blood everywhere, bodies on top of them. I didn’t know which was which. There were humans, vampires, werewolves, and even witches dead on the ground.“Nobody is safe. How is that the first instance?” I asked as I turned to the goddess. She looked back at me with a sad face as she showed me the second image.“This is how it’s going to be,” she explained as I saw the number of dead people in the second image she was showing me and was trying to differentiate between that and the first one she had shown me.“People will die. A lot of people. And it doesn’t even matter if it’s one group of people. Werewolves will die just as much as humans will. But you have the chance to make those bodies on the ground less and less if you make the right decision.”“How?” I asked as I turned away from the image in front of me, unable to stomach it for even another second. “How am I supposed to make this work? How do I sacrifice people’s lives when I don’t even know which instance my decision is
“I know you can see me, and I know you can hear me,” I said later that night as I was alone in the bedroom. Darius had gone out to the witches’ coven, and Aaron was lying asleep just a few feet away from me.And I was trying to get the Moon Goddess to speak to me.“And you should know that I won’t be trying to get a near-death experience just to get you to talk to me,” I said. There was nobody in the room but my child. If anyone found me in that position, it would seem as if I was out of my mind.“I want you to talk to me now. I know you have the power to alter reality as it is. Come down and have a conversation with me. This has gone on for far too long.”I sat there in silence after everything, met with even more silence from the goddess.I crawled all the way to where Aaron slept and laid by his side with my arm around him while I patted him gently as I waited for any sign that the Moon Goddess wanted to talk to me.Before I knew it, the lights started to dim. I sat up almost immed
“We were attacked last night.”Darius and I shared a look with each other after Smith made a report to us after we let him into the pack after he had begged us for it, claiming he had something important to tell us.“A good chunk of people know that vampires are occupying the pack now. Why would anyone want to attack a group of vampires in the night when they’re at their strongest?” Darius asked, seeming more in wonder and amazement than in doubt.“People who had assurance that they could beat us, Darius,” Smith replied. “These people were more powerful than I had ever known. It was like they were all…”He paused as he stared at me as if he was too worried to say it out loud. Was it something he believed would offend me? All the more reason for him to say it then.“Spit it out, Smith. The sooner you tell us, the sooner we get to figure out who attacked you.”“They were like you, Zara,” he said.There was silence in the room as Darius and I shared another look. This time, we were both
Sarah walked in front of us, a single vine holding on to her wrist which I held in my hand to control the outcome just in case she decided it was a good idea to run away.“Do you think she’s telling the truth about being the only person who survived?” Darius asked me in a whisper that he tried hard to make sure only I heard.I looked over at him with a shrug. I didn’t know if she lied. All I knew was that he was the one who offered her a place to stay in the pack and if my child was in any form of danger, I wouldn’t hesitate to let them all feel the pain they had put me through but in the physical form.“Here,” Sarah finally said after we walked for a little while.There was a boulder in front of us with nothing more. I looked at Sarah and wondered if she was trying to get me angry and see what I would do. Instead, she rolled her eyes.“Are you going to let go of my hand and let me take the boulder off the hiding spot?” She asked me with a tired sigh.“Come on then,” I encouraged her
“Darius, please talk to her. I don’t think I can do this anymore.” I turned around, leaving everything to Darius.Sarah had just threatened that Aaron would be in danger and looking at her any more would have me even more eager to hurt her.“Hey,” Darius said to her as he stepped in front of her, blocking her out of my view. “You know where he is. And we’ve already established that. Now, would you like a child who isn’t even a year old to suffer for what you believe his mother did?”Sarah was silent, but I could feel her glare and the hate in her even from where I stood.“His mother is right in front of you now. If you have anything to hash out, why don’t you do it now? If you have anything you would like to sort out, maybe now is the perfect time to do it. Wouldn’t it be better to hash it out with her rather than punishing her child?”“Would it really be that much better?” She asked, cocking her head. “She punished my family. My brother is dead now because of what she believes Gray d
“You killed them all, Zara,” Darius reminded me for the umpteenth time as we walked through the woods and headed for the hideout where Gray had raised me as one of the rogues.“That’s what I believe happened, but what if someone managed to escape?” I asked him. “What if the person waited all this time just to strike me at the best time? I mean, these are people who know me very well. Whoever took Aaron probably targeted me and knows me very well.”“But we’re not sure about this, are we?” He asked with narrowed eyes to confirm. “I mean, that’s why we’re going there together and not with soldiers.”“I’m not sure about it, but I do have a bad feeling whenever I think about this possibility. It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to knowing where he is. You have to trust me on this, Darius,” I pleaded with him.“You know I do,” he assured me with a smile as he took my hand and we got closer and closer to finding the truth.If someone escaped the massacre that I had brought upon them, then not on