RILEYMurmur fill up the space as all facial expression begins to change from shock to confusion, then finally to happiness.They look happy for him.They all look like they are celebrating something.That same thing that is making me to wither from within. I can feel my chest folding from inside out and I have forgotten to breath.Okay. Once Jude had seen Claire getting slapped by me, and had called for an emergency meeting, I had known it will be about me. Probably to give me some kind of punishment or task to do for hitting his guest or resorting to violence as Luna.Very much expected.But this, I didn’t expect.I know my mouth is hanging agape while I fix my focus on Jude. I know the moist k feel on my face might not be sweat, but tears. I know I might look funny to the pack.I know all these. But at this point in time, I don’t care.“Yes, I know what is going on in your minds.” Jude continues. There is a proud smile on his face for, probably, how well they are taking the news.
RILEYI had tried to speak to him. But he wouldn’t listen.I had tried to catch his gaze. But he has been avoiding me like the plague.After he had interpreted what he had of the scene he walked into, he had given me a hard stare, then moved to Claire, cupped her cheek to assess the red part of it that had been slapped.By me.Then he muttered. “You won’t go through such humiliation again, my darling.”Humiliation?Humiliation?!I have gone through humiliation all my life that I now feel uncomfortable when I am in the midst of people and they don’t do anything to humiliate me. It makes me tensed in anticipation that they were planning something bigger than I have ever experienced. Because I learnt early that that is the only way people relate with me.By humiliating me.And what? She just gets slapped once and he’s talking about humiliation?I fought back tears as I watched the love of my life take Claire away in his arms, whispering sweet inaudible words into her ear. That injured ea
Stanley's neck seems stiff as he turns to face Johnny "What is going on? What have you done this time?" His harsh voice make the round man instantly turn white. But, of course, as Stanley turns his gaze back to me, the hardness in his face disappears, replaced with a persuasive forced smile.Now, I am curious about what this man has heard about me. "King Ryan, I think there have been a mistake somewhere. No sane person would try to summon you for no reason. And of course, I am part of the sane." He chuckles to his own joke, but the smile immediately dies from his face when he notices that no one else in the room is in such mood.I don't laugh.And at the moment, I am too cranky to be pleased by his eye service."Phil." Is all I say.I am done talking to this man."Sure my king." Phil replies, then takes a long stride, to come stand beside the couch I am sitting on. "Greetings to you Alph..." He begins."Skip the pleasantries." I order. If he wanted that, he would have been here ear
RYANJust as expected, those trespassers came again.Right into the place where we were waiting.And as planned, when they retreated, we followed, diligently, as quiet as we can be in our Lycan form. With how sensitive those wolves can be, we were careful to not step on any branch or leaf, just avoiding all that can make a noise.And our shadow was another thing. We were scattered about the place, all surrounding them, in case we get noticed and they decide to fight, they would be greatly outnumbered. But following in such slow pace, and at such close proximity, and how big our frame was in our Lycan form, hiding our shadow which the radiance of the moon has cast right before us, from the view of those wolves.But long story short, we followed them through the far distance, till we finally got to their home.Home is no other place, but this godforsaken place where I am seated now. Stanley pack.We had followed them almost all through the night, their pace so slow I got bored out. It
RILEY Everything stands still. All go still. Nothing moves. My heart doesn’t move, my pulse stops, my breath pauses. Even the things around me stops moving as I register what my eyes is beholding. My garden, my happy place has been destroyed. Intentionally. My eyes move to the perpetrator, seeking for a reasonable explanation. Oh, with how tense and angry I feel now, it had better be a very reasonable explanation. Or else…even I don’t know what I will do. Theresa stares back at me, wide eyed, like a rat caught right in the act of stealing meat. Her hand is still clasped in Gerald’s grip, but right now, she couldn’t care less, as her whole attention is on me. Did she think I wouldn’t catch her? Okay, even if I didn’t catch her right in the act, did she think I won’t find out sooner or later? “Uhm…I …” her gaze shifts to stare at a silent Gerald who has his eyes on me. I notice this from my periphery as I put my focus Theresa. I refuse to look at him. Into those assessing
RILEYI feel good.So good I could break into a happy dance.Don’t be too surprised that I can dance. Pa had held my hands multiple times and broken into a drunken dance on several occasions.He had been good at it so his quick and steady moves hid slurry ones of my two left legs.Well, I can’t brag that I’m good at dancing, but I sure can move.It’s a bright morning and the pleasant memory of my Pa plastered in my mind, already reveals the promises of a good day.Last night’s fight seemed like a dream. It had happened so fast and I had been so bold, I could hardly recognize myself.After giving the wolf its souvenir- a tiny nip on the ear that might seem like a small cut on it in its wolf form but might be a large wound on its ear when it finally shifts back to its human form- I stalked off feeling pleasant within myself.My wolf must left that injury on her to both warn her and to give me the opportunity to find whoever it is before the wolf’s quick healing sets in.I had felt like