LOGIN“Run... run... run...,” I kept chanting to myself as I sprinted through the streets.My body was moving on pure adrenaline, still in disbelief I’d managed to escape Elliot. Thank the Moon Goddess or whatever that Scarlett was as attractive as she was. There was no way that plan would have worked in my old body.That wasn’t to say all that effort would even ultimately help me though. I could vaguely hear Elliot’s running footsteps in the very far distance, knowing he would catch up to me soon enough. At this rate, I probably wasn’t going to make it to the palace either way.*‘You might as well just give up now,’* Scarlett taunted inside. *‘You didn’t show up at the time I was meant to be meeting Dominic. He’ll have more people out looking for me by now.’*Well, that was brilliant. Because this wasn’t already incredibly difficult as it was. No, we had to add several more obstacles to this impossible endeavour.My goal wasn’t to stop Scarlett from going back to Easthaven anymore since th
Scarlett and Liam were planning to capture the one person with magic, the one person with even the slightest chance at success, and force her into removing me from Scarlett’s body. If that was even possible. They were doing all of this simply because of a theory they had – nothing more.More importantly though, in the book, Liam’s plan didn’t even work. Thaddeus did die, but Liam was quickly caught not long afterwards and was executed. The attempt at capturing Aurora then ultimately failed too.So, unless Scarlett had some grand plan that somehow deviated from the original book plot......But she wouldn’t be able to know what happens... unless she knew.......And it was then that Scarlett couldn’t help but let her overwhelming ego smugly radiate from her thoughts.It seemed the worst possible scenario had occurred....At some point, she’d crossed over the wall I’d put up and discovered the book’s plot.She knew. She knew everything.“...Shit.”“What’s wrong?” Elliot asked. “Why are you
My entire body was shaking, the adrenaline coursing through my veins. I almost couldn’t believe it had worked. I just stared at my hands in front of me, watching as they responded to everything I told them to do – how they clenched into fists, then released... how my fingers curled...*‘You bitch!’* Scarlett screamed at me inside, thrashing herself around.But I wasn’t as tired as I had been a few days ago, now able to put up the wall and stop her from regaining control so easily. It was still difficult to maintain, but not impossible like it had been. For how long that would remain true, I wasn’t quite sure.*‘This isn’t your body,’* Scarlett growled. *‘Give it back.’*“Mum said it’s my turn to drive,” I joked, something that only made her angrier.Carefully, I got out of bed and enjoyed the feeling of my muscles moving. I stretched and breathed deeply, it being so much better than when I’d been locked away. It felt like stepping out into the sun for the first time after being stuck
*‘Scarlett, wait... Let’s just talk about this for a second....’*My attempts at having a conversation with her about it were ignored as she continued browsing around the store. Naturally, I was freaking out inside. Wondering how available magic was in this world and if it would be even possible for Scarlett to get rid of me.In the original book, they’d always made it sound like Aurora was incredibly special for having the power she did. That no one else had such talents, her birth pack being the only ones capable. But they were all dead now with her as the sole survivor. Not that I was willing to put all my faith into that belief given everyone here was able to turn into wolves at will, something plenty magical in itself if you asked me.It wasn’t like I knew how I got here in the first place either. I’d sort of assumed it had to be an act of some higher power. Maybe their Moon Goddess... or maybe some almighty unknown force in the universe that pulled me into this alternate reality.
After leaving the meeting with Dominic, Scarlett managed to find a cheap inn for us to stay at, albeit it was probably the sketchiest looking one in the entire Capital. Using all of the money I had – money I had worked for, not her – she secured a room for the next four days. Somewhere for us to wait out the time until we left.She was thinking of which packs we could go to, the benefit of some over others. Unlike me, she had decent knowledge of many of the territories in the empire and was considering factors about them that I wouldn’t have been able to ascertain from the books I’d borrowed. Things like their reputation and how likely they were to be visited by the royals. Both important when it came to living a new life undetected.I’d assumed she would take some time to relax at the inn once we arrived, maybe get her bearings as we finally had a moment to breathe. But, instead, she immediately left after paying and began walking off somewhere.*‘We shouldn’t be walking around during
“Who is it?” came a gruff voice from the other side.“Scarlett Azalea,” she answered. “Here to see Dominic Vale.”There was silence for roughly two minutes, making me anxious that they were just going to leave us on their doorstep without saying anything further. But before I could speak up my concerns to Scarlett, the sound of several metal latches unlocking was heard and the door then swung open.It made me wonder why they needed so many locks.“No faith,” she muttered under her breath to me, but I could sense she had also been a little worried despite her big talk.On the other side of the door, a shady looking man with several scars ushered us forward into a dark room I definitely didn’t want to go into. “This way,” he said.And Scarlett followed after him.As we proceeded to walk down a long corridor, I noticed how every room we passed by had the door closed. There were strange, muffled noises behind some of them, but my gut was telling me that I didn’t want to focus too hard on w
“You should be in bed resting,” Liam said, holding my hand tenderly in his.I looked down at where he touched me and felt bile fill my mouth. I knew what those hands had done. I’d seen the results with my own eyes now. It was truly disgusting.“I’m fine, really,” I assured, forcing a smile on my lip
Oh... fuck.What the hell was I meant to do? No wonder the poor girl was terrified of me, some of those bruises on her body were likely my own doing. I’d just finished reading how she killed Scarlett in the future and now I was about to get a front row seat to the live action production.Was I just
“What the f....,” I whispered to myself, dropping slowly to my knees in disbelief.It was surreal to see the doll-like girl mimic my actions. When I lifted my hand, so did she. When my mouth moved, so did hers. Like some sort of messed up trick room.She was nothing like the body I was used to. Wit
The darkness only lasted for a moment.When I opened my eyes next, I was in water. Floating slowly down to the bottom of a void as bubbles filled my vision around me. Almost beautiful in the way they moved, dancing in the small light that came from above.Was this heaven? If true, it was kind of di







