Alpha Damian steeped into the pack house clicking his boots rhythmically against the polished floors, his mind turning with questions and possibilities. Before he could even take a few steps further inside, Marisa eagerly came practically running towards him. Her heels licked too loudly as she outstretched her arms with a false sugary smile plastered on her face. “Damian! My love, your back.” She cooed throwing herself against him, her arms looping around his neck as she pressed a kiss on his cheek. But Damian’s body turned rigid, his jaw clenched and eyes narrowed in cold distaste. He didn’t touch her back, or even blink.Instead he pulled away slowly, his voice a low growl “ Don’t ever do that again.”A suffocating silence fell instantly.Two guards by the entrance exchanged smug smiles behind their stoic expressions, their eyes twinkling in excitement. A couple of maids by the stairs nearly choked on their laughter, quickly covering their mouths and slipping away.Marisa’s fa
The silence after the clanking of the tray was short lived. The door slammed open with a hiss of pressure and Enforcer Fay stormed in, flanked by Frok, tall and grim alongside the doctor. “Laura!” Fay barked narrowing her eyes as she approached Laura. “What was that? That trance?”But Laura didn’t answer immediately Everything was sharper. Her vision seemed to slice through the room with unnatural clarity, colors more vivid than she remembered. The air itself thrummed with energy, raw, ancient and alive. And through it all a voice, soft and steady purred inside her mind like a velvet wrapped thunder. “Your not alone anymore Laura. I will always be with you.”A deep, inexplicable joy rose inside of her. She had a wolf. Finally. She looked up to the group of persons surrounding her, but their voices were distant echoes compared to the warmth blossoming in her chest. Fay stepped closer, pushing for answers, but Laura met her gaze and whispered, voice thick with exhaustion and ser
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, a soft counterpoint to the rhythmic beeping of machines surrounding Laura’s still form. Three days. Three whole days of unbroken silence, her breathing even and shallow, her expression blank, her eyes unmoving and open.Enforcer Fay stood at the edge of the ward, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, concern etched across her face. The scent of antiseptic hung heavily in the air but it could not cover the stench of guilt crawling up her spine. “I wonder when she’ll come back….” Fay muttered under her breath. She knew that Laura wasn’t any ordinary trainee. She was The Weapon. Alpha Damian’s weapon.With each tick of the clock,the pressure mounted. Alpha Damian’s words rang in her ears like a warning bell, his orders precise and absolute. “No harm. No distress. No trauma. She is not to faint beyond six minutes. She must be protected above all.”And here Laura lay, unmoving for three days straight. Trance–induced, the
The mist had thickened in the forest,curling around the blackened trees like waiting spirits. The moon above shone brighter now, bigger and casting everything in a silvery glow. Laura stood in the clearing with Elara,the great white wolf, her fur gleaming in the moonlight.Laura took a shaky breath, the heaviness in the truth she just learnt settled like heavy stones in her chest.“You said I’m the Mother of Shadows… that Melody is the Evil one. Then tell me everything. The prophecy. I want to hear everything.”Elara’s glowing amber eyes met hers,there was both sorrow and depth in them. She took a step closer,her tone rising in a slow melodic tone echoed through the forest like wind over water: “Twins shall be born, One of Good, the other of Evil. Two halves of a coin. Good that cleansed us being destroyed by Evil that reigned. But fate isn’t easily manipulated. Good will rise. A Child of
Laura fell to the ground with a thud, as her eyes rolled to the back of her head. “Laura!” Enforcer Fay’s voice cracked with urgency.Frok stood beside her, hand already on his comm.The pressure in the room dropped like an invisible weight had been lifted, and a chorus of gasps, shudders, sighs of relief swept through the cadets. Fay knelt beside Laura and gently turned her over. Her eyes–were unblinking. White. Void of iris and pupil.“She’s….her eyes won’t close.” Fay whispers slightly tapping her cheek.“Laura! can you hear me?”No response.The girl lay unmoving. Blank. Mouth slightly parted. But faint words–mumbled in a strange language. It was rhythmic as the language escaped her lips. It wasn’t gibberish. It was something ancient. “She’s speaking something.” Frok said his brows drawn. “Not English.”——————Hours passed.Laura had been placed under a monitoring in the medical ward, hooked up to a drip though her vitals were stable. No wounds. No broken bones. No visible or i
Ace grinned “That horn means the trials are about to begin.”Tomas leaned in “The biggest challenge of the year. Combat,stealth, and Wolf fights. The Best and Most exciting part is we get to let out our wolves. “Winners get consideration for Elite guard training.” Shiela added“Looks like you return just in time.” Kim smirked.From the Rensik mansion……. Now The trials. When she just felt she belonged.——————Evening settled in the barracks, like a veil of mist and the hallway took on a quiet more solemn air. Laura went to Alpha Damian’s study where a guard waited for her as Alpha Damian was absent. He gave Laura the Tab she’d use to communicate with Hope. Laura made the call and immediately it connected. Hopes face lit up at the sight of Laura. She had the biggest smile on her face. Hopes hair had grown longer. Her raven black hair was braided back, she signed. “Laura…your back.”Laura nodded smiling “Yes. It’s good to be back.”“I called and was told that you had been se