All eyes went to the intruder who had joined them. Emma saw that it was the other twin, Lily. "Hello Emma, Good morning." Lily said, as she took notice of Emma, before shifting her gaze to Prescott. Observing the closeness of the squirrel to the redhead, she was able to tell that the human could also hear the animal speak. She was happy that the animal had found another person to play with. "You can hear him talk too?" She asked Emma, a short smile on her face. "Yeah." Emma replied, deducting from the girl's question that not everyone could hear the squirrel talk. She also noticed that the girl was calmer and relatable than before. "That was because she was on a mission, and you were in danger. She had to put up the façade to bring her job to fruition." She heard the squirrel say. But this time, he wasn't talking. He was communicating with her through a mind path. Wow. She thought, tapping his fur fondly. "It's cool, right?" She asked, smiling and drawing closer to them, when a
At Wind Winders Pack, the same time: Curtis was training by himself, pushing up a weight, when he felt a presence behind him. Turning around, he saw Penny, the girl whom his cousin had rescued during the problem that had ensued during his birthday. "Hey…What are you doing out here? It's still early." He queried, staring at her all over. She was looking very beautiful as usual, but she wasn't his mate. If he hadn't hung his boots on flirting and sleeping around, he was sure that he would have loved to bed her, but since he turned eighteen, he hasn't been interested in tasting any girl who wasn't his mate, to the annoyance of the girls in his pack. He was very handsome, and a lot wanted a taste of him, before their mates came along. He also wasn't interested in her, because he didn't really know her. For some reason, she had refused to go back to her pack, and his father had allowed it. He had suspected foul play, but that had shimmered away, when he saw that the girl was gentle an
Derek watched with a bland look on his face, the flow of activities around him. He had left his room since six am to the training grounds, pulling and lifting up weights. He was tired now, but his mind wasn't. He couldn't stop thinking of his wolf, and Emma.The field now, was filled with members of his pack and that of his cousin's training. He could see Brandon instructing some werewolves from where he sat on a huge rock. He was depressed."Hey Coz!""Derek!"He turned aside to see his little sister and his cousin approaching him. The last time he had seen them, they had been whispering about what to get him for his birthday."Hey little sis…""Hey Coz…"He muttered, attempting to place a smile on his lips, but he ended up scowling."Are you okay, Derek?" Eva asked, as she allowed him to carry her on his lap."Yes, I am. Just tired hon." He said, shifting his gaze to Maya who was staring at him sadly.He didn't want that look."Stop looking at me that way." He said.Maya nodded, bef
Emma stretched on her bed as she opened her eyes for the second time. Raising up her head from the pillow, she checked out the time on the wall clock. 11:25am. Wow! She had slept for more than four hours in the morning, without disturbance. What a rare gift. She couldn't remember the last time she had slept that freely. Sitting up on the bed, she saw a tray of food on the table. She almost made a purring sound to relate her feeling of satisfaction and happiness. She wished she could wake up this way every day. No alarms, no interruptions. Quickly abandoning the sheets, she walked to the table. A normal breakfast. Tea and bread with jam. Not bad. She mumbled, even as she thought of and hungered after Melvina's pancakes. She shrugged, choosing to make do with what she was given, as she picked a slice of bread and took a bite. "You haven't brushed your teeth. That's bad. Tsk Tsk." A deep voice said, and she dropped the bread in her hands, obviously startled. Swivelling around
Emma bobbled her head, obviously pleased with the set of clothes she was wearing. "Now, you are talking…" She muttered, smoothening invisible creases on the dark green polo that accentuated the color of her eyes.The polo and jeans fitted her properly, even though the trousers were a bit tight. She could manage. She thought. Until she got home. At least it was better than wearing the princess gown all around the place. Apart from the fact that she always chose comfortability over the whole classic stuff, she felt that she was devaluing the beautiful gown by wearing it all over the place."You okay with it?" Lily asked, standing up from the sofa."Yeah, It's preferable," Emma replied, glancing at her."Where did you get it?" She asked, noting that the clothes she was wearing would be too big for a twelve-year-old."I got it from Cossy. She is my brother's girlfriend. It took a while convincing her though. With luck and time on our side, we might go shopping today. I don't want to be p
The neat, but bustling streets reminded Emma of the elites' area in Florida. But she thought that the streets here were of a much higher end, and it was for everybody. She concluded that Zipfarah was a good queen. She saw some elves across the road. They were getting a fried snack from a snack shop. Everything and everywhere was just so orderly and peaceful. The air was neat too. She would have loved to stay here for more days, but there was Derek's birthday to attend to. She decided that she would come back here, perhaps for the holidays. She would have loved to take pictures of the scenery but her phone was absent. As she walked along with the little girl, her mind although appraising her environment, still sometimes wandered to the reality of the evil witch being a good witch's daughter. What had caused their separation? The little girl hadn't said a word, except to tell her somethings about the area since they had left the mansion. She could tell that the latter's mood had been
"Emma, this is so cool!!!!"Lily screamed for the second time after Emma had convinced her to open her eyes.When they had taken their seats on the ferry's wheels, she had immediately shut her eyes, following Emma's promise earlier, whilst ignoring the chuckle she had heard escaped from the latter's lips. And when the moderator had made an announcement and had wanted to shut the short gate, she had almost zoomed out of the seat, but it was like the latter had anticipated the move, and had hugged her to herself, whilst whispering into her ears to take deep breaths and trust her.And she had done so.It had taken some minutes of coaxing before she had finally opened her eyes. It had taken more than her own guts to do that knowing that the fun machine had been in its highest level and speed. At that moment, before she had opened her eyes, she had decided that she would cast a spell of time-halt if she wasn't still comfortable, or wanted to disappear.But it had turned out that she hadn't
Emma felt a drop of a cold liquid on her face, then another, until it was dripping. A bit confused, she opened her eyes tiredly and took in her surroundings. It was dark already. Night fall then. She thought, as she did a rewind of the activities of the day, and how come she was outside by this time, sleeping on a bench, under a tree.She jerked up her head from its reclining position on the bark of tree, as the memories infused her back to a thoroughly conscious state. They had slept off, after a long discussion on family and friends.She had learnt that Damon and Daniel were Lily's twin elder brothers. Their parents were dead. Lily hadn't said anything regarding that. She had skipped the issue to how they had met Prescott. They had found the squirrel wounded in the forest when they had gone to look for a particular herb that had been suggested by their grandmother. While there, they had heard the animal talk, or rather curse at certain turn of events. They had communicated with it t