เข้าสู่ระบบKaelThe door to my room slammed open once more, the vibration coursing through the entire room and pulling me from my slumber. My eyes snapped open, but the world didn't sit still. My head throbbed and buzzed with the same uncertainty and confusion that was there a few minutes ago."Kael! Get up! What the hell is wrong with you?" Drew’s voice was a roar of pure panic. He was over me in a second, ripping the heavy blankets off my body. He pushed at my shoulders, the consistent movement pushing the drowsiness off me.I tried to sit up, but my head felt like it was filled with lead. My tongue was thick, and my throat was parched. "What... what time is it?" I croaked."It’s nearly dusk, Kael! You’ve been out for twelve fucking hours," Drew shouted, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me. Twelve hours? That’s…how did it take that long?"The duel starts in less than thirty minutes. Silas and the elders are already at the field. The entire pack is waiting. They think you’ve tucked tail and ru
KaelIt was almost like when I finally closed my eyes to sleep, the bright light tore through the blinds, soaking into my eyes. I winced and rolled over to the other end. I could barely get any sleep last night every time I closed my eyes, I saw the needle piercing Darius’s skin or the pale, convulsing mess he had become on my floor.A sharp knocking at my door made my head throb. Before I could even growl out a command to stay away, the door swung open.Elena marched in and the scent of food filled the entire room. My eyes fluttered open just a bit and I caught her carrying a silver tray laden with eggs, toasted bread, and a steaming cup of coffee. She had traded her emerald gown for a silk robe that whisked behind her, and she carried a soft smile.What does she want again? I groaned and shoved my head into the pillow, I’m in no mood to entertain her and her tricks this time around."Good morning, Kael," she said, lowering the tray just beside my bed, "I thought you might need your
KaelThe hospital smelled of antiseptic and lingering death, a scent that usually didn't bother me because the amount of injuries wolves could incur in a day, but today it felt like it was choking me.I leaned against the wall, trying not to pace the hallway when my min was already in the room with the doctor and Darius. I wanted to move across, barge into the room and demand for answers.Adrian was a mess of grief and rage in my head, pacing just as I was, his claws metaphorically digging into my consciousness.Why the fuck were they taking so long to deliver the answers? A reason popped into my head and I swallowed it down, no, he can’t leave now. There will be signs right? I won’t feel this comfortable, there will be some sort of severance from me, right? I sighed and sat down, maintaining the blank look on my face.“How much longer do we have to wait here? We have other important things to do,” I said, trying to keep up with the fact that I was uninterested in being here.When the
KaelSleep had become an illusion, a foreign concept that my body didn’t understand. I stared out of the large window in my office that over looked the pack. All I could see from the pitch black windows was my reflection. The image of someone who was spiraling into a territory he never thought was possible.I never ever assumed that a man would make me lose sleep, talk more of someone who murdered my family. I sighed and shook my head, trying to focus my attention on something else. I wanted to let everything take its course, there was nothing going to happen to Darius. They would find him and bring him back safely.“And if they don’t?” Adrian asked for the first time in hours. He only popped up to make the guilt more intense and severe.“We should only hope for the best now,” I said. But what was going to happen after they found him? The realization that I had become too attached to him was frightening. It would affect the dynamic of our relationship.Relationship? I couldn’t even ca
DariusA bucket of freezing water slammed into my face with such force that it felt like a physical blow, stealing the air from my lungs and leaving me choking. I sputtered, my head snapping back against the wooden frame of the chair as the water soaked through my clothes and the gag in my mouth.My eyes snapped open, flickering around the room once more. My eyes stung as the water burned them. Through the blur of wet hair that pressed against my face and stinging eyes, I saw him once again. The hooded figure was standing there, the empty bucket swinging slightly in one gloved hand.The room was still dim, lit only by that same sickly, pale light from the hallway. He didn't say a word. He just set the bucket down and the metal sound echoed in the room before he reached into a small bag he had brought with him.He pulled out a plastic container and a spoon. He stepped toward me and untied the gag, but I didn't scream this time. My throat was too raw, and my heart was too heavy with a s
KaelThe sun had since dipped into the horizon, letting darkness enveloped the earth. Even with the fact that nighttime had come and it was time to sleep, my mind continued to race with questions and thoughts. There was no way I was going to be able to rest when I had not gotten word from Drew yet. It had been more than ten hours since he left and not one whisper had come back from him. Did something really happen to Darius?Or did he run? A thought crossed my mind. I had never wanted to entertain the thought that he had decided that it was better for him to be anywhere else but here. Darius wouldn’t run, he had nowhere else to go. He would become a rogue if he left the pack and he couldn’t go back to his pack because they would kill him.As each minute flickered by, the guilt that raged in my heart increased tremendously. I had been pacing the length of my room for hours, my boots scuffing against the heavy rug. My mind was a chaotic storm of "what-ifs" and half-formed prayers to the







