~Ashley~ As I returned back to the pack, I noticed the dead had been cleaned up for their funeral. Even though the crying had subsided, the families of the deceased still had tears in their eyes. The burial was done around eight and everyone returned to their homes. Like every other night after I turned eighteen, my mother sat on the chair with a grim face. "I haven't set my eyes on you since last night, Ashley. Where have you been?" "As much as I would've loved to tell you, I don't think it's any of your business." I replied walking past her. However, she suddenly got up and wedged me against a wall, her eyes murderous. "I am your mother, you live under my roof so you should answer my questions whenever I ask them!" I stared into her face and scoffed. Then as quickly as I could, I pried her hands off and got away from her grip. "You've been housing me for eighteen years without any complaint. If you can house me for just one more year, I can consider moving out of your house
~Ashley~We stood far from them which made it impossible for Onniel and the other wolves to hear what was being said. But as the vampire that I am, I heard everything. "Your Alpha invites us to war against Thorny Heart Pack? Does he think we've become so weak because of the constant deaths within our pack?" I heard Marcellus ask with a kind smile. One of the messages chuckled and retorted. "A pack whose members die every day doesn't need to remain on its own lest the whole pack members dies. What benefits will that bring to them and to the ones who refrained from acquiring them." Marcellus touched the sides of his mouth as he muttered a thoughtful, "Oh, I see." Maverick on the other hand, had a somewhat ingratiating smile as he tried to ease the tension by saying, "Gentlemen, we can have a talk with your Alpha later. Return back and report to your Alpha about our reluctance to fight one of our own." Then he stopped and turned to Marcellus, "Please lead them safely out of here bro
New Jersey~Rebecca~"Nice place you have here." I heard and raised my head from the neck of the man I was feeding on. I wiped off the blood on my lips with a tissue and turned to welcome the Intruder. "Samuel Tonkins, to what do I owe your arrogant presence?" Samuel stopped just some meters away from me. I looked behind him to see he had come with three of his men, a lady and two men. "If paying an old friend a visit is described as arrogance, then I must tell you, you're the arrogant one." He replied smugly. I stared down at the compelled man who I had fed on and said to him, "You can leave. Be sure to return in thirty minutes, I ain't done feeding." He nodded and stood up. Then he walked away like a robot. "The last time you visited, I buried a dozen of my men who tried to stop you. Now, I hope you didn't do anything funny or I'll happily bestow upon you my punishment." He smiled and sat in the space beside me. "We both know why I'm here." "I don't." I replied and got up t
~Ashley~"My body hurts so bad." Cassie moaned in pain beside me. I turned to look at her and mocked teasingly. "We only jogged. How could your bones be so saggy?" She punched me playfully by the arm before Maverick graced us with his presence. "Welcome to the second day of our training. Those of you who think you can keep up are free to leave now. If you don't, there's no turning back." He announced, his loud voice echoing throughout the empty compound. Slowly, youths began leaving the compound. Half of us left leaving me in surprise. When I looked around, I sighed seeing it was people who loved to bully me. Maverick only continued when he noticed the ones who yearned to leave where gone. "Now, there's a banquet party done every month, whichever of you ace's this test gets to come with us." As soon as he finished, I heard whisperings, people happily discussing the offer. Cassie wasn't left out, after all, it was a great fit to leave the pack at and mingle with humans once in
~Maverick~I watched the white haired pack member interact with her friend and had to turn away from them when I heard the approaching footsteps of someone. I looked back to see if it was my mate, Jenson. She looked towards the two girls and back at me. "Where did you keep your phone? I've been calling." She said. I put on an apologetic look as I touched both pockets in search of my phone. I took it out to see seven missed calls from her. "I'm sorry, I got carried away with the training." I apologized, forcing out a guilty smile. Jenson nodded and walked closer to me. "I thought I'd remind you that the duel is tomorrow evening. How are you doing?" I swallowed forcefully but replied her regardless, "I've been preparing. If I push harder, winning won't be that difficult to attain." She smiled and patted my cheeks playfully, "I wish you the best, Mave. Always remember this will do us both good enough to last for a lifetime." Then she turned and walked away. I scattered my hair a
~Ashley~I shoved Cassie aside and walked ahead of her. Seeing her getting bullied by Claire only made my past memories swarm back. The weak, ugly, defenseless girl. "Come on, Ashley, I know you're hiding something." I heard her groan from behind me but didn't stop walking. Her next move was unexpected as I had my mask yanked out of my face. I stared at her gobsmacked face before reaching out to grab it and fixed it to my face, this time more tighter. "My eyes can't be deceiving me, Ashley. You're no longer scarred." Cassie rambled on behind me. I ignored her the whole time wishing we would get home quickly. However, she suddenly held my hand and threw me to the ground. Again, it was a surprise attack and I couldn't help looking up at her with a frown as I jumped back onto my feet. "If you're trying to provoke me into a fight, then know your plan will not work." I scoffed and turned to walk away again but felt myself being drawn back. Yet again, I got thrown to the ground. This
~Ashley~ "Is the girl awake?" I heard a woman's voice and my eyes snapped open. I looked at the silver-haired woman who stood in front of me. The moment she saw me, she tsked and bent to take a closer look at my face. "She's not so bad." I looked down in time to see my mask at her foot, being stepped on. She followed my gaze and smirked. "Sorry, I found it rather impudent to find your face covered whenever I looked at you." I didn't say anything as I looked back at her. "What do you want with me? And who are you?" "I only want to talk." She chose to only reply to my first question for reasons best known to her, then she sat on a chair which a man pushed forward for her. "I have something very important to talk with you about." "If you wanted to talk to me you could've just asked politely. Why treat me like a foe?" I questioned. "You don't know me and seeing how you treated a good friend of yours hours ago, I didn't think it was a good idea for me to pop out of nowhere and reques
The Other Side Of New Jersey~Rebecca~ "We went through her memory and found out she was asked to sneak into here and steal information regarding the girl we've been working on. "That's what happened." I mumbled. As much as I wanted to give in to my vamp nature by being cruel to the dead witch, I sighed and turned to one of my witches. "Consecrate her." "Yes." She replied and took the ashen body away and the rest followed behind her. Almost immediately, I heard footsteps behind me and turned to look at the Intruder. "Gillies seems to be preparing for war." She hinted and I sighed. I furrowed my brows and walked past her. "We're always ready for war." "He's not warring with us." Celene hinted nervously, prompting me to stop. "He already teamed up with Thorny Heart Pack. He assured them of victory against the Burning Heart Pack." "You've got to be kidding me!" I scoffed and walked hurriedly away. Gillies is too much! In order to evade our scrutiny, he decided to attack Ashley th