Luna Sienna

“Si!” A girl shouts from somewhere down the hall. The sound of the front door slamming shut, and then hurried footsteps running up the stairs following shortly afterwards. “Iv got them Si!” The bedroom door is thrown open to reveal a very bedraggled and out of breath Chantelle puffing in the doorway.Chantelle, or Elle as we called her in the orphanage, had been my friend for as long as I could remember. We had both arrived at Blue Valley orphanage around the same time, both a similar age, and both completely unaware of where we came from. She was like the sister I never I needed. A bit like chalk and cheese in every way you can be. Not just in looks, but personality as well. I guess it’s true what they say, two opposites attract. Her outward, fun personality made up for my inwardly quiet one. Together we brought out the best in each other, and more times than not, Elle had my back, while I simply encouraged her to not let anyone bring her down.Elle was beautiful and confident in an

The pain radiated around my body, working its way through every recess and ligament. It didn’t stop at my hands, moments later every bone in my body felt as if it were breaking and repairing itself, and then repeating the process again. I could feel each and every joint moving in and out of its socket, rearranging the very fabric of my skeleton.Falling to the floor with the sheer agony of repeat breakages, there was nothing for me to do to try and ease the pain. My body convulsed as an ear piercing scream ripped through me, too loud even for my own ears.I barely even noticed the sound of the bathroom door opening once more, or the sounds of the lock being opened from the outside, or even the shuffling of feet outside my stall. Nor did I register the kindly face of a woman hanging over me as she pulled me out of the cubicle and over to the basin.She splashed water onto my face which did little to cool. In fact, it did nothing at all. As soon as the water touched my skin, it had alrea

Setting me down next to a blacked-out SUV, he begins to unbutton his shirt before handing me the garment.“Put this on.” He instructs.I did as he asks, if nothing else, because I was cold and naked. The fact it smelt like him was just a bonus.“Do you know what you are?” His question surprised me. So much so that my hand still as I did the buttons up, allowing just a little too much cleavage to be on display before him. But I was no longer thinking about my modesty. Just the two hazel eyes gazing down at me, willing me to answer his question.I mull over his question. I didn’t. Honestly, I had no idea what I was. Or how I came to be what I am. But the girl from before had told me. And based off of everything had happened afterwards, there was no reason to disagree with what she had said. So, taking a deep breath, I say; “A werewolf.” The words seem to stick in my throat as I speak them.“Tonight, it was you first shift?” He asks, his voice had returned to being soft, and I could tell

“Ours, hopefully.”The moment he uttered those words, panic rose from my stomach, burning through my oesophagus and into my mouth.Pulling open the door and tumbled out onto the sidewalk and threw up everything that was left in my stomach. And at this point, there wasn’t much left at all. Bright bile burnt my mouth as I tried to take steadying breath and calm my raging mind down.It was too much. All of this was far too much.“I can’t be here.” I mumbled more to myself than anything. But it was loud enough for Mason to have heard it.As if my body was controlling itself, my feet shuffle forward. I had no idea where I was, or even how to get back to the orphanage from here. All I knew was that I needed to get away.Get away from Mason.Get away from the stifling confines of the car.Get away from the nightmare I seemed to be living.My feet moved forward blindly. I barely noticed the direction I was travelling, much less to where.I barely noticed the sound of the car door opening and t

Sienna It was morning. The sun filtering through the window had broken my sleep. And now I lay in a state of not wanting to open my eyes. But at the same time, knowing that I shouldn’t fall back to sleep.It was like my brain was wading through thick sludge as I did my best to draw myself back into the here and now. The remnants of strange swirling figures and distorted faces of people I had no idea who were had plagued my sleep, and still danced intoxicatingly before my closed eye lids. And now, lying in the soft sheets of my bed, it felt like had been caught up in a whirlwind. My brain semi-registered that I was not where I should be, but it couldn’t quite work out where that was.My body ached. More than it had done since my early years of track and field. I ache din places that I had no idea could ache. My head thumped painfully as I prized open a single lid, only to slam it back shut with the blinding light found beyond.“My God, Telle!” I moan, twisting my body into a soft pill