LOGINIt was barely dawn when Damein was up. He was already dressed in plain black, something light and easy for what he was about to go do.Just then.. the doors of his chamber open.“You planned to leave without telling me. Even after I told you not to go…”Grey stepped in, his tone sharp.Damien did not look up immediately when he entered…, he just sighed under his breath.“I planned to leave before you could try to stop me again..”Grey exhaled, stepping closer...“This is madness Alpha! You know this!”Damien finally turned.“Maybe it is. But it is necessary.”Grey stepped farther inside, shutting the door behind him.“You found an old book about something and now you ride into an unknown forest chasing ghosts.”“They are not ghosts.”“It could be a trap.. a lure.”“Either way… they are enemies and I have to deal with them...”Grey’s frustration grew more, seeing how Damein was being right now…Once he had his mind set on something, there was hardly swaying him.Especially when that s
It was night time at the Mooncrest Pack now… the first night since Serena escaped.The security around his room had doubled… tripled, everyone was still on edge about Serena.Sleep didn’t really come for Damein… not out of fear of Serena. It was more out of worry for her…His mind had not left her once.Serena.She was fast enough to kill him in a second's time and still escape… but she didn’t.She hesitated to do it…Why?If she truly wanted him dead, he would be dead.The guards had only entered after the moment had passed. She had enough time. More than enough. Serena had always been quicker than people expected, more dangerous than people gave her credit for. And for the past months that she’s been gone, she’s only gotten better.So why hesitate?His jaw tightened.Because she wasn’t herself… not really.That truth had rooted itself in him the moment he saw her expression. It was like… someone was wearing Serena’s skin while the real her was trapped somewhere inside it.He place
When Serena slipped past the main exits of the pack, she didn’t stop.She ran as fast as her legs could carry her right into the treelines.“Hey!”“Stop there!!”Voices of the guards echoed behind her just before stepping into the thick, dense forest.She ran through the darkness.. right through the branches and the leaves…Some cut at her, but right now.. that didn’t matter to her.Nothing mattered except the noise inside her head.Why did you stop? Why didn’t you finish him?! Why?!She didn’t know why.. or perhaps she hated the answer to it.She had been there in his room. She held her claw to his throat and he didn’t even know.Just one movement then, and it would be over…And yet—She stopped so suddenly the dirt tore beneath her heels.With a savage strike, she drove her claws into the trunk of the nearest tree, splintering bark and sending wood flying into the dark.“Why?! Why Serena?!!”Her voice was tinged with frustration…She yanked her hand free and struck again.And again
There was an underground chamber in the pack.Decades ago when dark magic was more common and well practiced, that was the location…but over the years, the room had grown idle and useless, until now…. The air itself felt different down there, thicker, heavier…At the center of the chamber lay Prince.He lies flat on his back on a slab of cold stone.His arms rested at his sides, his expression calm.He had accepted his fate at this point.If it didn’t work, then he’ll die a proud Alpha, but if it did.. then he won’t make this power go to waste, he’ll kill Damein and take over everything he has.Around him, black candles burned low, their flames flickering unnaturally, bending and swaying despite the absence of wind. Shadows stretched across the walls, shifting like living things, creeping along the stone in silent anticipation.The room was not empty.Several of Death Valley’s highest-ranking members stood at a distance, their eyes fixed on the center. Warlords. Advisors. None of th
The cells and dungeon rooms were dark and cold…The night air rushed in through the open and exposed window.Serena sat exactly where they always saw her, by a dark corner, still and quiet.Her food, stale bread and spoilt milk… they had been left untouched.That wasn’t because she couldn’t eat it, no, in fact , she’s eaten far worse at the orders program.. but she wanted to send them guards a message.If she doesn't eat, they’ll think she’s weak, too weak to do anything, and that’s exactly what she wanted.The hours ticked by, soon into a seat trapped in here…Outside, the guards took their night shifts, now four, doubled as Damein orderedOne of them leaned against the wall.. the other having his dinner right there, two others were in an intense argument over something.Serena started her work then…She began to wriggle at her wrists, trying to force out the chains from her wrists.Again.And again.And again.Until now.They managed to loosen…Bingo! The chain slipped free with a
There was absolute chaos in the council room…Elders, warlords and even warriors joined in on his argument.Serena was seen by most of them as a ghost coming from the dead to haunt them…** here in the werewolf world.. keeping a ghost undead as seen as a very, very bad omen.So for most… they wanted Serena dead!At the center of it all…Damien.He continued to remain still and quiet, just listening and watching, but his own mind on the matter had been long decided…“…this is not something we can ignore any longer,” one of the elders said, his voice cutting through the noise with authority. “She attacked you. Her Alpha. That alone stands as treason.”Another nodded and chipped in quickly. “Not just that. Her presence is already causing unrest among the pack. She’s seen as a ghost! She is a ghost!Most of my warriors are uneasy and on edge and the same dog as the villagers as well…“They saw what she did and some believe she’s back from the dead..”“She is no longer one of us,” a thir
Serene’s POVThe silence in the room felt heavier than armor.Serene sat on the edge of her bed, her fingers curled around the broken pieces of the necklace.Across the room, Damien stood by the window, staring outside.Neither of them had spoken in several minutes.Outside, the academy was awake a
“Why are you packing?”The question hung in the air between them.Serena stared at Damien, her mind scrambling for words that refused to come.For a moment she simply stood there, my mind still processing everything happening right now.She hadn’t expected him.Not now.Not when everything was fall
Their eyes locked in Ike that for a moment x the tension rising up…And then, he pulled off and walked in the other direction to the door.“I need air.” he muttered before slamming the door shut. The silence stretched long in the room after Damien stepped away.Serena remained exactly where he had
The dormitory was quieter than Serena expected.After days in the forest, the twigs, the mud, the blood and the constant hum of danger — the stillness and quiet felt foreign, almost even suspicious.She shut the door behind her and leaned against it for a moment, exhaling slowly.The Gauntlet’s fir







