Lola's POV
It was very early morning the next day. Still dawn, and as usual, the alarm blared in my head, cutting my sleep, which seemed to be for a few minutes. It was like I had just gone to bed and the next minute it was morning. Every part of me wanted to sleep back in the bed for a few more hours, but I had no choice. The world is against me here in this pack.I sat up and sniffed my tears, recalling that it was another day to go to school. Yesterday was a day I wished I never had. I won't wish such a day, even for an enemy. Each time I was made to sit on the ground, each time the students laughed and jeered at me, especially those I thought were my friends. It always strikes me so painfully.All my courage and strength are gone, and I can't raise my head while walking because it seems like the entire world is against me. The shame and heartbreak are enough to make me kill myself, especially when I can do nothing to save myself from the humiliation.Sophia's POV.I walked into my father's packhouse this morning and saw him sitting on a stool gazing straight at my mother's phone hung on the wall. The photo was the most beautiful and clear, displayed how gorgeous my mother was. Her glistening blue eyes and perfect jawline with heart-shaped lips were so inviting to kiss.I was standing behind my father and could hear his muffled cry, filled with bitterness and anguish. My eyes went up to my mother's face, and I felt that pang in my heart, which triggered tears from my eyes, but I sniffed it all back. I wasn't going to cry again. It is so painful that my beautiful mother was a victim of rape and brutal murder by the alpha who should have protected his pack members. "Do you know why I called you here?" My father's rough voice broke through, followed by his muffled sob as he bowed his face into his palm."Tell me." I sighed, feeling so pitiful and sad at my father's state. He must have b
Lola's POVA full bucket of water splashed all over my body, jerking me from the sleep that had drifted me away from reality. My eyes fluttered wide as I used my palm to rub off the water on my face so I could clearly see who did it."What the hell are you doing on the floor? Sleeping? " Torian's voice rang in my head, and I quickly stood up in fear, but my brain was hazed at that moment. I could see him all dressed up for school, and that really put me in more confusion about how I ended up sleeping on the floor instead of getting prepared for school too."Are you keeping quiet about my question? You haven't even set the food on the dining table and here you are dozing peacefully?" His brows were all raised as he snorted and sneered at me like trash."I am sorry..." I mumbled and swallowed the lump in my throat while shivering a bit from the chills i was feeling due to the water that had drenched me up."I think you are tired of living.
Lola's POVHot tears warmed up in my eyes again and threatened to fall, but I sniffed and pushed them back while dishing out the food. My eyes glanced around and I hissed in more sadness on seeing the three guards who always stay in the kitchen to watch me cook and dish out food. He was positioned there to make sure I never poisoned the food. He would keep staring straight at me with nothing but suspicion.I had never thought of poisoning anyone since my stay in the royal pack house, but just now, it crossed my mind and I felt the greatest desire and urge to find one and spray in the Alpha's food so he would eat and die.The burden in my heart won't stop making my eyes wet. Every second, my heart would be reminded that my beloved parents were already gone forever and their killer was out there fully alive.I hate myself for being weak. Even the strange beast in me seemed to be asleep too, as it was never going to show itself. Not even when my parents were being tortured. Why didn't i
Jace's POVIt was late in the morning the next day before I was able to gather the courage to go to school. It has been hours since I was done dressing up. But the fear in me wasn't letting me step out of my room. All I felt inside me was anxiety and dread.It wasn't this way yesterday when I met him, as I never had the reason to fear this much since Bella had made me realize it wasn't too bad having the vampire prince enrolled in the school as it would give us the upper hand in setting him up to his death.Why then did my heart pound so much this morning on realizing that he would be waiting for me out there along the road? Even though it was a cool morning and all my windows were open, there was still sweat on my forehead and palms. It seemed to me like I was about to do something so terrible, something that would take many lives and endanger lives.As I thought of the possibility of ambushing the vampire prince after getting him enrolled, I also shuddered at what he would be planni
Sophia's POVMy mind had been away in thought as everything seemed to be so confusing. To make it worse, Lola had refused to say anything to me, and my pride wouldn't let me beg her to spit it out.I needed to know why the Alpha killed her parents so I would be sure of what I read through her mind. Yes, I had used my dark powers to read her mind only to hear her mumble about a certain room, which was the cause of her parents' death. And it just seemed like she remembered I was able to read her mind and had refused to divulge more information both in her heart and voice.She hates me so much and I also do the same to her, but I badly wish she would tell me if all I heard was true and also tell me if she knows anything about the room."Why did the Alpha kill your parent if he truly did it as you claimed?" I asked her for the umpteenth time, but was still faced with silence from her. She had been so sober and morose that not even hitting her could solve it as her mind seemed to be wander
Blake's POV.Never in my life have I been this confused. My eyes were on the girl that was just whipped, and I can't tell why i was feeling concerned about her cries. She was in deep pain and had even fallen off the desk when the men stopped hitting her, showing how exhausted she was. I watched her eyes shut as she lost consciousness. My brows arched when my heart clenched with a little pain, which I don't know where it crept in. It hurt me that the strange girl was beaten to the extent of fainting.Why? Who is she?That was the question I asked myself while gazing at her face."How dare you stop what I was doing?" I heard someone yell, but as much as I wanted to check who it was, I still couldn't take my eyes off the tortured girl who was motionless on the floor with her legs bleeding.She had been flogged so brutally that her skin was torn and swollen. I kept wondering what she must have done. From her appearance and scent, she was a werewolf and not a vampire or demon, so why would
Blake's POVWords can't explain exactly what was wrong with me. It was so weird to me, but yet I couldn't stop. It was like a greater force was pushing me to do it. Yes, the force of attraction toward the poor girl was stronger than my hatred for the werewolves.Jace was shocked when I saved her from Torian's hand, but was more stunned when I told them I would be staying back to check on her immediately after the doctors were done treating her.They had both left me in the school clinic ward and went back to the classroom. After a few minutes, the doctor came out and informed me that I could go in and see her. The way my heart had clenched and thudded in excitement was so strange and beyond my understanding. Without wasting any single second, I had hurried in and sat beside her bed, staring straight into her face, admiring and wondering what magic she was performing on me. I had never met her before, yet it seemed like we had fallen in love before. How else can I explain saving and c
I sat there on the ground watching his receding figure as it disappeared. He really walked out of the ward and left me in the hands of Torian and Sophia. The last words he said pierced my heart so deeply that I lost my breath. There was an intense hatred and rage in his eyes when he said those words...I couldn't see any warmth or pity. It was so clear that he didn't care about me. For real, he had lost his memories and doesn't remember me anymore. I was like a stranger to him. All the sacrifices I had made, which had destroyed my life and resulted in the death of my parents, were all in vain as he couldn't recall anymore.Hot tears warmed up in my eyes as my heart grew heavier in pain, thumping hard as the urge to cry pumped hard inside me. My eyes were still stuck at the door where he had just passed through. My pitiful self wished he would suddenly come back and save me from Torian, but it was all part of those wishes that never came to reality. "Did he just call me a fool? And he