KATRINAI hadn’t moved from this position since I had gotten back from the search mission. As much as I wanted to be out there, scaling through the forest, barking orders at Sigmas, and doing everything I could to find my daughter, the truth was… that I had already done that.All day. Me, Kane, the Beta, and the Gamma led search troops and we searched everywhere. I searched everywhere. Yet, we found nothing and I forced myself to return because it was getting dark and rogues would take the chance to attack us.We were lucky to not encounter some in broad daylight but everyone knows that rogues like it best when the moon is out.‘How long have I been sitting here, Mel?’She sighed heavily. ‘It’s one am in the morning, Kat. We need some sleep.’‘Sleep?! I don’t know if my daughter’s sleeping now. She may be shivering under a rock somewhere in the middle of a rainstorm. She might be stuck in a ditch, crying out for help and I wouldn
KATRINAElder Sesan has been trying to wear ‘normal’ clothes for the past few years but he was never successful in pulling it off. His baggy trousers and long-sleeved brown shirt were just… a terrible combination. He had tied his beard and though he looked older, it was not as obvious as if you knew Penelope almost ten years ago.Penelope was a woman now. A full-grown woman. She had long wavy coal black hair and her extraordinary confidence had never wavered. From what I last remembered, she had a harder voice and always held her head upright.She wore a small black dress and tied a matching ribbon around her neck. They walked forward and Kane stood beside me, folding his hands and flexing those muscles.“I hope you’re the only ones here. You know I don’t approve of the others,” I said, expecting to see the rest jump out.Dan died a year ago, but Fraser and that prick, Madeline, were still alive—unfortunately. “Of cour
AURORALizra dropped a humongous thing on my lap.“This is a history book with detailed explanations of the most famous and high-ranked Lunas that the territories have ever had. I made some small notes in most chapters and I’m sure you’ll find it useful.”Wait… it’s a book and… was she kidding me? “How many pages is this thing?” I asked, dusting and seeing nothing but the plain shabby leather brown cover of the thickest thing ever.‘Well, you haven’t seen a lot of books.’‘I don’t plan to.’‘That explains why Hilda is smarter than you.’‘I’ve blocked you off too many times this morning, Ev. Don’t make me do it again.’The cover had been recently changed—obviously. I wondered how many times it had to get new… clothes.“A thousand and three. You’ll be reading that after each of our lessons.” I looked at her with raised brows. Once again… she had to be kidding me. She turned away from the cup of coffee she
‘Oh, she’s sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho, at night she’s screaming, I’m-ma-ma-ma out of my mind. Oh, she’s hot but a psycho…’‘Stop, you’re driving me insane with that song.’‘I thought you love that song.’‘Not if you keep singing it that way. You’re in my head, remember, and it’s been like an hour.’ ‘I sing it all the time. You’re just noticing because you’re bored and have nothing else to do.’I hissed. ‘Whatever.’The sun was preparing to set and the moon was warming up for duty as it was late evening now. I’ve been inside all day, it’s driving my insides as insane as Evolet’s singing voice made my ears squirm.‘Hey!’I mean, if it were Hilda in here, she’d find a book or two and wouldn’t mind as long as she was allowed to read. She doesn’t leave her room on most days in the packhouse—obviously when she isn’t in school. Dash would be able to cope if he had a computer with Internet access or a play
AURORA The Beta aggressively grabbed my hand and pulled me back with force. On impulse, I tried to twist myself free but his mind was somewhere else and my attempts weren’t making a difference to him. He faced the Alpha with what he ‘hoped’ was a remorseful face.“I apologize, Alpha, she…” Any excuse that included how I ‘begged’ him to let me out for a walk would sound stupid so I understood why his tongue was tied. The younger wolf was smiling and he somewhat reminded me of Dash with his charm and dimples. No one said anything as they were all waiting for the Alpha’s commands. I glared at Adrian and he stared at me. The anger that had once surrounded his prevailing aura was gone and it turned to arousal.Shit, I hadn’t used wolfguise. When the Alpha abruptly stood up, those seated with him—I proposed the older one was the Zeta and the younger one would obviously be the Gamma—did the same—and I’d always known Gammas to be tough and hug
AURORAThis explained why Adrian agreed to let me accompany him to find the antidote. Because he knew how uncomfortable I would be and how comfortable it’d be for him. I couldn’t think of a worse punishment.Imagine me in a giant cage. I know that sounds nuts but imagine a 5 foot 6 inches living person in a silver birdcage. No one alive could imagine my degree of anger when I discovered that I would be transported like this. Like an animal. A freaking animal!‘But technically, you are…’‘A word from you and I’ll block you off for a week.’Evolet never took this threat seriously until I did it once, for two straight weeks—the worst time of my life but I had to teach her a lesson. I wonder how humans cope without these annoying and clear voices in their heads. It’s hard to imagine living without Evolet even though she’s an annoying prick.When times for directions arrived, I hesitated to guide them because I wanted to bar
AURORAI had to blink twice to make sure I was seeing and hearing well. My parents were searching for me?! Of course they were, I’m their fucking daughter!Everyone was frozen and only Penelope was making smirk-ish movements. I wondered what was going through Adrian’s mind… what he was thinking… what he was planning? Two Sigmas behind Penelope had guns pointed at him. Every other weapon that Adrian’s Sigmas held was targeted at Penelope and her ‘army’.For once in my life, the goddess was doing something right and I wasn’t going to waste this opportunity. I haven’t been the luckiest person.‘That’s because you ignore the red flags and do what you like.’“What were you thinking, Alpha? Keeping the daughter of the Moonstone pack? You didn’t really think you could take her from them?”My poor eyesight made me realize that the cave had gotten darker. Everyone present was feeling Adrian’s anger but it looked like it was chok
AURORA My eyes were wide open yesterday but I barely remembered anything that happened. My memory was still fuzzy, even till this morning. The only voice, among hundreds, that I perceived was Adrian’s and there were so many unanswered questions churning in my healed stomach.I guess Adrian didn’t know I was a speedy healer because he looked so scared. I’ve never seen him that way before.Anytime I remembered my failed escape attempt, pricks would stab my stomach. But I should’ve known it was a failure from the start. No matter how big Penelope’s ‘army’ was, one of Adrian’s Sigmas was as good as five. Penelope… I wondered where she was. How could she just disappear? It didn’t make any sense. Was she able to escape, did someone take her away?All this thinking gave me a terrible headache but yesterday’s venture wasn’t a complete waste of time. Lizra informed me this morning that they gathered all the smokegeese and it would be enough for the presently sick wolves, and also for the prod