Masuk~Celina~I stared at Derek, thoughts churning inside my mind. My memories… Was something really wrong with them? I had never thought much about it before. My past had always been something distant, but never something I felt the need to question. Now, it didn’t feel distant anymore. It felt… missing. I tried to think. Not casually like I always had, but pushing myself to go further back than I ever had before. To reach for something that existed before that moment I had always accepted as the beginning. The day my mother had brought me to Mike. I closed my eyes briefly, concentrating. That day came easily. Too easily. Her hand holding mine, the unfamiliar path, the quiet exchange between her and Mike, the way she had looked at me before she left. And then nothing. No fragments or flashes. No blurred pieces of something just out of reach. Just emptiness.I opened my eyes slowly, a frown on my lips as realization dawned.“That’s the first thing I remember,” I said quietly. “The day she
~Celina~By the next morning, the unease from the previous day hadn’t faded. If anything, it was far deeper than before. It wasn’t the kind of feeling that I could ignore or brush aside as imagination. It stayed with me through the night every time I let my mind drift back to Amanda’s words and the ritual she had described. And the more I thought about it, the harder it became to dismiss the connection that had begun to form in my head. Clara and the dark witch who had been with her while performing the ritual to summon me back to Logan’s pack. Early in the morning, I stepped out of my room, ready to meet Derek. I simply couldn’t wait anymore. Derek would already be working, and if there was even the smallest chance that what I was thinking mattered, I wasn’t going to hold onto it any longer than necessary. The walk to his office felt longer than usual somehow. By the time I reached the door, I had already gone over it more than once, questioning whether I was overthinking it, wheth
~Derek~After meeting Amanda, I went back to my office. I sat on my chair and let out a sigh. Amanda’s words and their implications kept ringing inside my mind even as I tried to ground myself. Right under my nose, someone had the audacity to kidnap people, and they even had the audacity to kill them as sacrifices. That too young maidens who hadn’t even begun their lives. How dare they?I couldn’t get that girl’s terrified wide eyes out of my mind. When I find whoever was doing it, they will wish that they had never even been born in this world. I will make sure of that. This is a promise to the poor girl who died so unjustly.I leaned back in my seat before mindlinking James.‘James, come to my office.’‘Alright. On my way,’ came his swift reply. In just a few moments, I heard a knock on the door.“Come in,” I said, and watched as James walked inside, his gaze meeting mine with a mix of anticipation and nervousness. “Did you find anything after seeing the body?” He asked right away
~Celina~The moment I stepped back inside my room after coming back from Amanda’s place, I closed the door behind me. Leaning back against it, I closed my eyes as thoughts raced inside me. My mind kept circling back to what Amanda had said. Seven sacrifices. If it succeeds, it would result in them gaining power that couldn’t be contained. Just the thought filled my mind with dread. And the most troubling of all, the peculiar feeling I got in the midst of listening to her words.I moved further into the room, lowering myself onto the edge of the bed, my fingers resting absently against my stomach as I tried to make sense of what I had felt. It hadn’t been pain. Not even discomfort. Just a disturbance. A ripple that had passed through me so quickly I could have dismissed it if it hadn’t felt so wrong. Was it just a normal reaction to those chilling words? I mean anyone would feel something after hearing about a ritual like that. Death, sacrifice, something dark enough to rattle even so
~Celina~It was only after Derek left the pack that I received the news that he had gone to see the body. For a moment I felt bad that he hadn't asked me to tag along even though I was the one who suggested that the missing girls were kidnapped to be killed as ritual sacrifices. But then I snapped out of it. In fact, I felt grateful that he spared me from seeing such a scene. I was a warrior who had seen many things in my life, but now it was different. I was carrying a life and I shouldn't expose myself to such negativities.A few hours passed by, and I stood waiting outside. The moment Derek stepped out of the car, I felt his energy just call out to me somehow. I walked towards him even before I made the decision to do so.Even though his face didn't look any different, just the usual blank expression there, I knew he was tense. Something about the body had shaken up even the unshakable Alpha King.As if sensing my stare, Derek looked straight at me. Then he paused for a moment befo
~Derek~The moment the guard spoke of finding a body, the energy in the entire room shifted.“What?!” Fiona was the first to blurt out, her eyes wide in shock.Even though I was also taken aback by the news, I didn’t react outwardly. Instead, I stared at the guard calmly.“Details,” I said.The guard straightened immediately. “Yes, Your Highness! A group of students were the ones who reported the body first. They said they were hiking near the northern forest border, just beyond the Royal territory. There they stumbled upon a body accidentally.”He paused for a moment before continuing. “They fled the area in panic and ran into one of our patrol units. The guards secured the location and confirmed the sighting before sending word back.”“Identification?” I asked, staring at him evenly.“It has been confirmed, Your Highness. The body belongs to Yana Harlow, one of the missing women.”Not just one of the women, but the one who went missing first. The very first victim too turned out t
~Celina~I wiped off my sweat with a towel and sat back on the bench, panting heavily. “Good match, Celina!” Rachel said cheerfully, plopping next to me, looking fresh as a daisy compared to the sweaty mess that was me. It was moments like these when I missed my warrior powers and envied the warri
~Celina~The air felt like it froze for a few seconds as I stared at Fiona, expecting her to make the realisation at any moment. As I stood there with my nerves coiled like a spring, Fiona raised her brows at me.“N-no! There is nothing like that!” I yelled out, flustered, and seeing Fiona blink at
~Logan~“I think this blue gown makes my eyes look bluish rather than gray. But then again, this red one is stunning and goes well with my dark hair. Logan! Which one do you think I should wear to the Alpha Summit?” Clara asked excitedly, raising two gowns, and I gritted my teeth as I stared at her
~Celina ~I stared at James, my mind full of confusion. Derek had been so busy these days that I hadn’t even gotten a glimpse of him. Now that I knew the Alpha Summit was coming, I knew he was probably dealing with its preparations. After all, a meeting where all sorts of Alphas, probably even those







