Zoraya"I'll call you Blue because of your eyes," his voice travelled to my ears and I raised my head in amazement. Are my eyes blue? What is blue, by the way? I didn't know what he was talking about, but it felt nice to hear his voice. Every time he speaks, I never want him to stop, but he isn't much of a talker. "Do you like your new name?" He asked and I immediately nodded. I didn't want him to stop talking, and even though my whole body still ached from whatever he did to me, I felt the need to smile even though I was in pain. "That's great," he clapped. "Now, let's name them," he went towards the basket where Zara's pups were laid. He picked one and raised it up, taking a good look at it as if in search of something. "I think.... Bobby suits him," he muttered before putting it back in the basket. ".... We'll call him Bobby."Bobby? What is that? I looked at him and back at the pup in the basket and soon realized that he had just named the puppy. So, that's how naming is
ZorayaJayden didn't come back for a few days after he left. I was starting to think that we would die of hunger when he suddenly showed up one evening.He squatted before me and rubbed the back of his hand on my cheek."I'm sorry," he muttered in his bass voice, making me realize how much I'd missed him.I was so excited to hear his voice again that I didn't realize that I had made a sound until I saw the raise of his brow and the lines on his forehead."I wish I didn't....."He paused and turned away from me as if the words were heavy and wouldn't come out of his mouth."I'll go get you something to eat," he went out of my sight as soon as he said that, leaving me confused about his unspoken words.The look on his face told a different meaning to his words, like he was only taking care of me because he owes me something.I have nothing, so I wonder what it could be."You should clean yourself up and get ....."He paused again like he was afraid of completing the sentence.I don't kn
Zoraya"Why would I know an animal like her?"My heart dropped at his words and a lone tear trickled down my face out of nowhere. Jayden just denied me. He called me an animal. My heart shattered into a million pieces as I watched the look on his face as he said that. I thought that he was different from the others who saw and treated me like an animal. I thought he wasn't like the others who avoided me because of my way of speaking. I thought he was different from the others who treated me ill, but he turned out to be the same as them. Why? Why did he have to ruin this? I was starting to get used to having him around. I was starting to believe that he was a nice human being, the best after Zara, but it turned out that I was wrong. Jayden is nothing like Zara. He betrayed me. He denied me. I held tightly to Annie and Ronnie, clutching them tightly against my chest as if that would change the pain building up there. "Then why was she in your cottage?" Someone asked in response
AxelThree weeks. It's been three weeks since I lost Aaron. I knew that he could take care of himself, but I'm his best friend. We promised to always protect each other. Besides, the people we came down here trailing were dangerous people. The bunch of rogues who had been lurking around in the kingdom spreading terror in the name of the royal family. Even though I knew that a dozen of them were no match for Aaron, I couldn't help but worry, as I knew very well how sleeky those rogues could be, my father was killed in the war with the rogue king many years ago, leaving the Pack vulnerable. But thanks to the King, we were given adequate protection as he brought the Clayville pack under his rule, thus making our pack a part of the great Mallory Kingdom. I went to school in the Palace and there I met my backbone, the Princes. Aaron and Giovanni have become my pillars of support since the passing of my father and I couldn't have asked for more. We grew up together and have been best f
Axel"Mine." My hung in the air as my wolf called out to the girl. I turned around to look if there was someone else there in place of that roguish looking girl, but there was none. In fact, being so close to her made me realize that the flowery scent that filled the forest was hers. How is that even possible? No. The goddess wouldn't choose a rogue as my mate. This must be a mistake, or maybe I heard it wrong. The girl came at me and managed to scratch my neck. Her eyes were bloodshot as she attacked me. Her teeth came all out, and she launched another attack, but I caught her and held her hands so that she wouldn't attack me, but she wouldn't stop. She looked at the dog on the floor and struggled harder. Her mouth opened, and I thought that she was about to call her army of rogues, but instead she barked. What? She barked? Did she just bark? My eyes widened as I watched and listened as she barked again and again. My hands loosened around her, and she ran towards the dog, hol
Aaron"Welcome, Prince Aaron," the man I'd been trailing suddenly stopped and let out a loud chuckle, informing me that he was aware of my presence. I thought I was discreet enough. I was just a few steps away from meeting the rogue leader, the man who took the rogue king's place. How did he know that I was behind him? I had to mask my scent with skunk dung to keep them from finding me out, but still he had me figured out. "You smell like royalty, even the horrible smell of skunk couldn't hide that," he muttered in response to my thoughts. I knew it wouldn't be easy to get out now that I'd been discovered. Especially since I was in their territory. Although I had come to the East Blue with my brother and Axel, my best friend, to trail the rogues who had been hurting and stealing from the people in the name of the royal family. However, I was close to finding their camp and couldn't risk them finding us, so I asked that I go alone. Though, I now know their camp and also got to se
Axel"Don't hurt her!"I looked behind me to see Aaron on his feet. His hands were up as he ordered me to stop. My hands dropped, and I immediately went towards him, pulling him into a tight hug. "She helped me," he said, in a voice that sounded like a whisper. He looked weak. "But she ....." I couldn't believe that the lady could help Aaron. I mean how? Or was it the other way round?"She did nothing but help me," he repeated, making me look back at the lady, my supposed mate, who was full of mystery. How could she help Aaron when she needed help more than anyone I know? "She did?" I asked, confused as to how she could possibly help him. She couldn't even walk on her feet. "I'd be dead if she didn't," he nodded in affirmation. That's surprising. Aaron, the lion of Mallory, was saved by a girl who acted like a dog. What could be more surprising than that?Ignoring my doubts and the confusion going on in my head, I moved "What happened to you?" I held him as he moved to go bac
Aaron"We'll come back," I vowed as we were about to set sail for Mallory. I will come back and when I do, I will make sure to get those sneaky rogues and their leader. "We sure will," Axel affirmed in a tone that was laced with bitterness and a high amount of determination. I can imagine how he must feel to know that the same people who were responsible for the death of his parents and the damnation of his pack still roams free and even dares to scheme. Their effrontery was alarming. They had so much guts stuck in them that they walked into our kingdom and attacked the citizens. They spread so much terror among the people that their trust in the royal family was starting to break.I will never forgive them for that. After the great war between the rogues and the Mallory Kingdom, my mother put in so much effort to rid us of the monster that called himself the rogue king, thus winning her position in the Mallory court as the lady Chamberlain. The first ever. Even though her posit