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TAYLOR POV4 months later Time has never moved faster for me. When I lived with Nathan I constantly felt unmotivated and unfullfilled. I wanted more, but I didn't know what. I thought it was the forest calling to me or the sense of adventure, but I was wrong. Now I have everything I could want and time won't slow down long enough for me to enjoy it. I have a ton of friends. I have a group of people who respect me and an amazing mate who pampers me everyday. But at the end of every day I wish I had more time. I wish I had smiled more at someone's story or talked with someone longer. Dom keeps telling me it's because I am still on human time, but I just feel like my time is limited with all of these amazing people. "Taylor, we can't postpone. We have to visit the cities and packs. The Creator wanted us to spread the news of our bond," Dom says as he sets done a dinner plate. I sigh loudly and Guilia rolls her eyes as she helps set the table with my mate. "The pack will survive
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TAYLOR POV "Dom, this is pointless. We should stick with packs," I say quietly as we leave yet another tense situation. Dom only glances at me for a second before pulling his t-shirt off and slipping his worn denim down his muscular legs. He shifts and I sigh before undressing as well. The cities we have visited have all responded with open distrust and apprehension about our bond. Some of the communities have asked questions about our bond and asked me to demonstrate my shift, but then they act as if I were never human. They seem to believe the lycans are trying to trick them into something and that our story is a lie. We travel through a sparse forest for a few hours in silence before I catch a whiff of Lycan in the air. Dom slows and I can't help but smile since we have finally arrived at a pack instead of a city.Dom- Cora didn't visit hereTaylor- Good. I am excited to actually be welcomed somewhere.Dom- We might not be. Lihua didn't like the thought of human mates.
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Taylor POV The group is nothing but tense as we travel back toward the city Pleck. Chris and his daughter are staying close to one another and their members are flanking them tightly almost as if they expect an ambush. Dom and I are traveling behind them watching their behavior closely.Cora told us she would meet us at Pleck when we contacted her earlier which made me both excited and anxious. I missed her and my other friends so much, but the fact that Dom insisted she came worried me. Dom- Cora is an hour from their walls. We are about three. She will stop and rest so we meet one another at the same time.Taylor- Do you except violence? Chris and his pack are acting as it it is inevitable. Dom- I suspect this city is on the verge of refusing help from Lycans. It has happened in the past. But it never ends well for the humans.Taylor- history seems to repeat it's self.Dom- No one likes to feel controlled. We don't and humans don't. Freedom is something we all want.I nod in a
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Sleep has once again alluded me. My mind won’t stop thinking about leaving the walls. With each birthday I have felt more and more drawn to the lush greenery just on the other side of our protective barrier. I have ached for the freedom to explore. Just knowing there is a big world out there that I am not allowed to see is torture.The sounds from the street below begin to get louder so I glance at the clock to see if it’s time to start yet another mundane day. Sure enough it’s 6:44 and my alarm is seconds from going off. I groan as I turn over and position my hand over the off button. When the blasted machine erupts my hand drops like a weight and Nathan groans like I did moments ago. “Morning,” I mumble and he rolls over to wrap his arms around my naked body. “Morning,” he replies groggily and I grin despite the mood I’m in. At least Nathan get it. He understands my dislike for the city and the routine we call life, but most importantly he agrees. Ever since we were kid
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"Good night, sleep tight...," Nathan whisper sings, and the guard twitches. "Shhh," I hiss aggressively, and Nathan holds his hands up in surrender. He smiles at me, and I roll my eyes at his silly nature. I look back at the gate and watch the guard closely. He has been drifting in and out of sleep for the past five minutes, but he hasn't truly konked out enough for us to slip through the only gate not hooked up to the alarm system. A few more minutes pass, and my legs scream out in protest. We can't stay crouched here anymore. Someone is going to see us soon. It's now or never, and I refuse to let it be never. "Ready," I whisper as I look back at Nathan again. He nods, and we slowly creep forward. The guard doesn't move as we slip past him and lift the thick steel locking arm. Nathan pushes the door forward, and I squeeze past eagerly. He follows after a second, and the door clicks closed. "Did you place the stone," I ask, and Nathan nods. "Yeah. The arm won't
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She carries me away from my savior swiftly and directly into a cave. I don't see much of the landscape around me before everything goes dark, but there isn't one tree in sight, just flat earth. I guess they are aware of the dangers from above, unlike we were. "Simple rules. You will never learn," she grumbles to herself as she walks in the dark. I tense up as I feel her annoyance being transferred through her grip. She is angry about my actions, just like he was. But we didn't ask for them to save us. We knew the rules...I knew them. Nathan wasn't saved, but he knew what could happen. They chose to save me. I didn't force them or even ask to be saved. They could have let me die with him. My heart wouldn't be shattered right now if they had. This crippling pain and grief wouldn't be twisting my stomach. "I knew what going outside meant. Your people didn't need to save me," I snap suddenly, and before I can react, she drops me on the floor. I cry out as my butt-bone rams the compac
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"Human, come," Giulia says, and I follow behind her in silence. We haven't spoken since she left me in the room with the underground spring. I have been too upset to speak. Even when she handed me new clothes, I was silent. I didn't thank her for the clean clothes or even ask how they acquired them. I honestly don't care. I am too emotionally drained now.Being alone in that water only allowed me to think. I thought of nothing but Nathan and the leaders of our city. By the time I knew I had to get out of the water, my heart was in tatters. I follow behind her as she travels down the hall as best as I can, but the tunnel is dark. I am constantly tripping and bumping into her back to catch myself. She doesn't utter a word when I bump into her, and I don't, either. After about five minutes of blind torture, I walk straight into her side. For some reason, she stopped without even warning me. She quickly steadies me by placing her hand on my shoulder and turns me to face something. "Th
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The Oracle...man, our teachers loved talking about that beast. The connection she supposedly has with their creator lets her do impossible things. Like foreseeing the future and causing enemies pain. She is supposed to be as old as the world, which isn't surprising since the Lycans are immortal. Nathan used to joke around and say the beasts like being heroes and that's why the Oracle hasn't gotten rid of the bloodsuckers herself. Oh, Nathan. What am I going to do without you? You kept me grounded in the world. You were the person I knew I could depend on after we lost our parents. You were my safe place. I am alone now, all alone in an underground Beast den. My chest begins to burn, and my eyes sting, but I fight back the emotions that threaten to unleash again. I have cried so much that I am exhausted, but I can't sleep. I know it is almost morning, but I still can't close my eyes. "Human," Giulia says softly, and I look over at her. She has been studying me the past few hours we
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