FREYA'S POV:
The solstice festival is riddled with games of different categories. Students compete to win and winners are honored by the Alpha king.It’s the highest honor one can get as a student and it opens bright possibilities for the future. The various categories included; archery, spear throwing, sparring and tug of war, all of which Xena was participating in — except spear throwing.I still don’t know why and no matter how hard I have tried to pry the information from her, she was adamant about keeping me in the dark, which resulted in more curiosity of course.The first category to begin is archery. I had hoped it would be a long while before I set my eyes on another bow and arrow again but here I am.The participants line up with their gear, ready to begin. From my spot, I see Xena in her attire, hair tied up and looking all badass with her bow. She pulls off the whole Artemis look effortlessly.I want to scream her name out but my whole judge acFREYA'S POV:Xena crashed onto the soft plush bed layered with wool and cotton covers, sighing in sweet relief. The warm bath definitely did a lot of good to her tensed-up joints and generally relaxed her after the most tasking day of flaunting her goddess-given talents.I sat stiffly on the edge of my bed with a small smile — a small forced smile. Behind it though, the various thoughts revolving around her ominous history with her supposed rival and now past ex, swirl endlessly in my mind.I smile nevertheless, because what else am I supposed to do about it? I want to pry so badly that the edges of my forced smile cracks a little but I reinforce it. It’s a delicate topic and I need to gently slide it out of her, like a very greasy baby.“I am so out of it. I think I’m going to call it a night.”“Right now? No way.”“I have to. I’m participating in tomorrow’s sparring category, remember?”Darn it! I had forgotten about that one.“Well… there
FREYA'S POV:I read the message on my phone for the tenth time since I had received it. She had given little to no detail on what we were going to talk about — if she had gotten over our argument, if she was still pissed. Her words had been very curt and simple.‘We need to talk, meet me below the school in the basement.’She proceeded to give a most detailed direction on how to get there, probably imagining that I’d have trouble finding my way. Honestly, it felt a little ominous to me but I’m desperate right now. If she was finally ready to let me in, I would do it in a place she was most comfortable in — even if it was below the school, in restricted areas students were not allowed to walk into.But would she really forgive me? Would we go back to how things were?A part of me begins regretting rejecting Silas’ offer to tag along. I had seen it as an effort to only bother me further but the company would have done well to keep my negative thoughts at
SILAS' POV:“I don’t know. I never texted her.”Suddenly, my wolf is on high alert and I’m standing on my feet. I can’t remain still. I’m overwhelmed with emotions that rattle me too much.“What do you mean you didn’t text her?” I growl lowly. Something’s not right. My gut speaks louder now. My gut was never wrong.“I haven’t been with my phone all morning. It’s been missing from my bag.” She’s shivering now from the menacing pressure of my Alpha dominance, compelling her to tell me everything she knows.I’ve heard it’s a painful feeling, almost like suffocation. I uncontrollably unleash it, forcing her to bow her head and avoid my eyes while she trembles.Freya… Where the hell is she? Always getting into trouble the moment I look away. I shouldn’t have let her go alone, no matter how insistent she had been on going alone. I should have atleast sent someone with her, knowing she’s a walking trouble magnet.“Fuck!” I slam my fist agains
FREYA'S POV:I feel my lungs slowly collapsing.It’s harder to breathe than a few minutes ago. My consciousness goes away from me as my body grows light. I don’t know if it’s due to the lack of oxygen or the silver around me shutting down my entire system forcefully… and then the pain. Pain like fire burns against my flesh as I grow weaker but my light-headedness seems to calm the effect.My vision blurs even more and I wonder, is this how I leave this earth?I think of Xena and I feel guilt and sadness. I had really wanted her to smile at me once more. I really wanted us to get along really well.Adam… Lucas… We could have been really close friends.Silas…His warm smile lingers in my mind. The melodious echo of his sweet laughter resounds in my ear. Had it always sounded so pretty? It had actually. I realize I just never really wanted to admit to myself how much I wanted to hear him laugh over and over again at anything, even at
FREYA'S POV:I don’t have full memory of what exactly had gone down in my near-death dazed state but somehow, I knew that Silas had saved me.It’s weird actually. My whole being just knows that he would never let anything bad happen to me. In a way, even while gripped with fear in those six hours, I knew that he would come for me.When had I begun putting so much faith in him?Seeing him now, I hadn’t realized just how much I cared about him, how much I missed him, how much I needed him next to me and how much it made me so anxious.He wasted no moment walking into the room, closer to me as my heart pulsed faster. It’s like he reads my thoughts and in seconds, he takes me into his arms, gripping me in a tight hug and it's everything I need.I can feel his pounding heart against my chest, pulsing almost as hard as mine. It’s all just so crazy how much I needed this. Tears seek to burst through and I can’t hold them back as they come out in flood
FREYA'S POV: Throbbing swollen lips, pink flushed cheeks, and a rushed breath.I didn’t think he’d look more hypnotic but the mien on his freshly kissed face begs to differ. It’s so tempting that I want to smash my lips to his one more time to feel those maddening sparks.He looks just as flustered as I am. Staring back at me with a burning intensity in his eyes.What have I done?Reality is cruel as it crashes down on me hard. I know what I’ve done, the consequences, and yet I can’t find myself wishing to take it back which makes me feel even worse.“What was…” I can’t find the words.“I mean that was…” He stops midway, battling with his words as well.We needed to talk about the shit we just did, yet my words had chosen this moment to fail me.No.I had to be firm. I don’t understand this feeling blazing within me but that kiss felt anything but normal. I think he knows it too ‘cause he’s looking a little too shocked.I make t
FREYA'S POV:The two days I had remained to recover in the clinic passed excruciatingly slowly, I almost lost my mind. Xena’s presence, however, was the only thing that had made it all bearable, still all that while, my mind fell back to Silas and our kiss. I know it’s stupid for me to ponder long on something that should mean nothing more than an action based on passing feelings, yet I caught myself occasionally touching my lips, imagining the warmth he had given off, how it had spread through my entire being.My wolf is more restless than ever, clawing at the walls of my mind, adding to my torture, brooding on the same reason; why Silas hadn’t dropped by since the kiss.The two days of my recovery passed before I was finally let to return to my dorm with Xena. I didn’t realize just how much I missed this four walls of my plain dorm room till now.I crash onto my more softer bed compared to the literal brick I was forced to lay on for days.“
FREYA'S POV: My heart drops to the bottom of my chest and all that adrenaline pumping through me crashes fast.Of course, he’d be with Elena, his girlfriend. The person he had probably been with the past two days. The worse part is she looks gorgeous in her off-white armless flay dress with a beaded sweetheart neckline.Pain shoots through my chest, stinging harder than ever and I feel stupid with reality crashing hard.Just one kiss and I had already lost all reasoning, looking for him like some love-sick fool. What were we even going to talk about if I brought up the kiss? Compare which was better between hers and mine and the countless other girls he had swapped lips with? Yet despite all that, I can’t help gawking shamelessly at him.Elena leans closer to him, whispering words in his ear. Though he had a poker face on, she giggled, winking at him.I feel the sudden urge to vomit and can’t take the sight anymore, so I walk out the nearest e