GRACE
Midday, of all the times these assholes could have asked me to meet them they chose midday; the time where the sun was at its highest peak in the sky. If I were any ordinary girl or werewolf, I would not have been fazed by such a trivial thing. Unfortunately, my skin was more translucent than anything else and each time it made contact with the sun, it would burn to a crisp. My entire body would get so red, even with an entire bottle of sunscreen lathering it.
If that wasn't enough to vex me, the fact that Silas was mad at everyone around him including myself was enough to push me to the brink of insanity. I had to tell him the truth that everyone else hid from him. He didn't take it well, exactly as his mother had warned. First, he was silent, staring at me with bewildered eyes. That slowly shifted into guilt and hurt. He too felt guilty for judging her so quickly, especially since they were mates. Then the anger f
SILASCalvin and Lana were both being kept in the cells. There was an underground bunker on my territory, far enough away from the pack house. Over the years, the bunker had been expanded into underground tunnels that eventually led to our cells. We hardly ever used the cells since crossing a packs territory without permission was grounds for death, but having cells was mandatory for times like these; times where I needed to interrogate the imprisoned before ending their life.Xander silently trudged beside me. I wasn't mad at him anymore. My anger had faded a while ago. What I felt was more along the lines of disappointment and betrayal. Xander was meant to be loyal to me and to my pack. As my Beta, I should have been able to trust him with my life but at the moment, I didn't trust anyone.My mother had allowed me to believe that Lucille betrayed me all those years ago. She allowed me to believe that the
***TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual abused mentioned. Continue at own riskGRACEOne second I was standing in front of Monica's cell about to talk to her and the next I felt something cold seep into my veins, instantly weakening me and bringing me me to my knees. I could feel the strength of my beast vacate, leaving my limbs feeling weightless as I slumped to the ground and lost consciousness. Silas' voice calling out to me had awoken me but I still felt too weak. I could barely process my thoughts. There was a vague memory that fluttered in my head of me telling Silas to find me but that was as far as I could remember. I had a splitting headache, worse than one of those headaches I would get after a wild night out with Monica. My eyelids reluctantly peeled opened and I groaned as fire licked my wrists and the lower half of my body. I hissed when I attempted to move but ended up making
SILAS I was watching a horror movie and I had front row seats. Disgust flowed through my veins like lava spewing out of an active volcano. It was her disgust combined with my own. I was seething, watching through her eyes what that fucking cunt was doing to her and feeling exactly how she felt. It made me stop in my tracks, my men doing the same behind me. We were tracking her, or I was tracking her through the mate bond — a mate bond that was weakening as the seconds passed by. I could feel her life slipping away but I could also feel her will to live still burning within her soul. I was proud that she still held strong, I just prayed that she could hang in there long enough for me to get there. "Silas?" She whimpered and I could feel the bond pulling me forward to finally be with her, to save her. My paws hit the ground faster than before, causing it to vibrate beneath me. I pushe
GRACEAfter killing Darius, all hell broke loose. I left the room, stumbling into two guards that I guessed patrolled the halls. I managed to kill one of them but in that time, the second guard somehow informed everyone else through a walkie-talkie. That left me little time to find Monica and get the hell out of here.I continued straight down the corridor until I reached another room with a metal door. The door was ajar, the two men that had escorted Monica struggling to subdue her and stick her into a cell. As much as Monica thought she was broken, this moment proved she still had plenty fight in her.A feral snarl that left my mouth caught the two men off guard. Monica used that to her advantage, claws extending from her fingers and slashing one of the men's throats. Blood sprayed from the wound, the man bringing his hands up to his neck in shock as he fell to the ground.I lunged
GRACEBy the time I had woken up half the day had already gone by. The spot beside me where Silas usually slept was both empty and cold — signifying he had left long ago and left me to sleep in. Sticking to his usual self, there was a pink sticky note stuck onto the lampshade on my bedside table. The bright color caught my eyes almost instantly as the the midday sun reflected off it. I grabbed the note and read the words written in his immaculate handwriting.'Had some work to take care off. Made you something to eat and kept it downstairs. Silas.'Leaving the bed, I leisurely strolled into the walk-in closet and sifted through Silas' shirts. I found a slate-gray graphic tee with a hammer on it and the words 'This is not a drill' printed beside it. I snickered at the use of the bad pun but decided to adorn the shirt nonetheless because his scent was strongest on tha
GRACEI didn't expect the Luna ceremony to be so soon after my return but I guess we pushed it back for as long as we could. We needed to get it done and over with so I could officially take my place in the pack but I couldn't help but wonder what that meant for me. Being a Luna of a pack — even if it were the largest pack known — was something I could deal with. The idea of it had just began settling itself into my brain when the truth was unleashed. Now, completing the ceremony didn't only mean I would be ruling over one pack alongside my mate but every pack ever created under the moon.The Luna of Luna's, did I even deserve such a title?For the past couple of years my faith in the Moon Goddess swayed. I had questions that only she could answer and no way of getting those answers from her. So much bad had happened that I couldn't imagine a sliver of good seeping through to make itse
GRACEI had gotten Sydney dressed in a beautiful royal blue ball gown. The entire dress shimmered when rays of light bounced of it, giving her an ethereal glow. She resembled a princess, a little silver crown sitting on her head full of luscious light brown curls. The radiant smile that graced her face had my heart swelling in my chest. I loved this little girl more than I loved life itself. It wasn't difficult to fall in love with someone as innocent and bubbly as her.When we were done, I made my way downstairs with her on my hip. I didn't care that she was creasing the delicate material of my dress or that my make-up would potentially smudge thanks to the shower of kisses Sydney pressed against my cheeks. Once Lucille got here I knew I had to let Sydney go and the thought alone was difficult for me to deal with. My stomach churned in anticipation of what would happen and deep down — an instinct I was trying my best to ign
GRACESilas ushered me toward the stage, helping me up the steep steps so I wouldn't tumble down them. He positioned us in the middle, facing the massive crowd of onlookers. My social anxiety decided it would make itself known. I had never been in front of such a massive crowd before. I had never experienced having every single pair of eyes in a room on me before. Some looked at me with hope shining in their eyes, others with confusion riddling their features, and some looked between Lucille who stood at one corner and then at me with anger. They still believed that I was running after a mated wolf. A home-wrecker.Lucille's face contorted in anger, Sydney in her arms. They were inseparable from the moment they met and where Sydney went, Victor would follow. That calmed my raging emotions. Having Victor close to Sydney meant that if anything happened, he could deal with it. Silas was onto something when he decided to issue