SAGE"We're here," Wan declared.We all ceased running. Looking over my shoulder, I held the sight of the Olcan Hill across the Maelstorm we hiked through. Although it was already nighttime, I still could see the lights from the square barracks and the manor from where we were standing. The location of the passage that they were talking about was just near the edge of the hill. The terrain was quite complicated so no ordinary person could climb through the area unless they were like us. We brought a team of deltas with us as this was a rescue mission to retrieve Enzo's family.And to my surprise, Val also brought me along in this mission. Maybe because she was still feeling guilty over what happened yesterday at the Wolf Grave territory. She wanted to make me feel that she trusted me. Needless to say, my best friends also tagged along because it was also their job to protect me. Their parents were also part of the Phantom before, the two apprentices who fought along with Sara to be ex
SAGEContained by intense grief, we all fell into silence. The large tree behind us scorched in fire, portraying hell in the darkness. We all watched it fade into ashes, words hidden in our mouth.Val and I reduced to our human form. And Gwen was quick to cover us with her coat."Hey, where's Vance? Why——Why I can't feel him anymore?" I heard Esther questioned, causing an ache to my chest. If she couldn't sense her mate anymore, then Vance was already....Val hung her head low, her tears were streaming down on her cheeks. Her heart was filled with diverse emotions—— guilt, regrets and extreme frustration. She couldn't face her best friend as she failed her——we all failed her. I hugged her close to me, crying my eyes out. She just lost his father and now this? Why was the world so cruel to my precious mate?"I'm sorry. He——He didn't make it. We couldn't do anything," Cayde was the only one who had the courage to answer her.Esther looked at us, seeking validation. I stared back at her,
VALKYRIETo see beyond the darkness.To overcome the agony of losing those people you'd treasured all your life would be difficult to fulfill. But time would be always on our side. And someday, the wounds would mend to scars— scars that would imprinted in our heart for eternity. And those blemishes were the embodiment of our memories you had with them.But did our suffering truly ended after our victory? Or it would just create another, damaging our lives once again? That——that would be something I wouldn't be able to know as I was just limited to the reality of the moment.One thing was for sure. Blood was shed. Tears had fallen on the same earth where it all began. But here we were, healing each other to achieve peace among our kind. And finally, my father's dreams were starting to build up into something more and definite.In the depths of the Olcan Manor, in one of the prison cells, Amelia was apprehended and yet, she had been refusing to tell us the Illwisch's whereabout or anyth
Into the world of desire and longing, I transpired. I was fused by the curse of the moon, and love emerged in every thread of my being. How could I resist such a connection between us? How could I have let myself be untouched by her touch? It was a tight knot written for centuries, one that only death could wound - never even immortality.The countless daydreams of this inevitable event couldn't even match the reality before me. Inside me, there was a sense of belonging and familiarity, as if I was born to experience this, despite being just an ordinary person in their world. It was as if I were destined to share my skin and soul with a mystical being, shifting into the form of a werewolf. A creature so majestic and fearsome that anyone would shudder at the sight, yet here I was, standing before her human form, feeling a serene surge within me.The Nexum - the ritual union of fated mates under the blood moon.The nocturnal cast an inflamed glow through the cave, enough for me to see t
VALKYRIEAlmost forty-foot down from the bottom of the trunk, I watched my target feeding its own mouth with the moss of the earth. The white-tailed deer had such gentle and soulful eyes I almost felt sorry for it but they were part of the lower chain beneath us. And so as I peeked to its entirety, I gracefully jumped down to slash its neck with my sharp nails. But before I could even rip it apart, my twin brother seized it out of my way and cut its throat too fast it didn't even manage to make a sound.Once I landed on the ground, I crouched down and growled at him which sounded more like a manic animal."Too slow, Sis! It's my win this time!" Vance yelled as he stood meters away from me and I could see the smugness in his golden eyes which turned back to a blue pair in an instant."Ooh, I hope that's not our dinner for tonight. I don't want another venison meal after our first day of school," Esther, one of our Sentinels, said when she scrambled behind me.I sighed, straightening up
VALKYRIEThe Storm Hill High was swarming with one hundred percent ordinary humans, that was for sure. I couldn't tell if that was a good thing because there was really something strange about that fact. Zymir, the Alpha of our allied pack, the Wolf Grave, told us that some of their betas and deltas were attending at the other school, the nearest from their territory so he had suggested that we should cover this area instead. Scouting wasn't really our job but our lookouts couldn't cover up some wide area such as this school where most of the young people go to. That would be suspicious too if the minors of our pack would transfer here altogether along with us. We were just chosen to attend here because school was less dangerous for the reason that it was a crowded place and my mother strictly wanted us to have a proper education. We needed to be put in the education system so that we could support our pack in the future. We weren't like vampires who have all the time in the world to
SAGE There was no doubt about it. I could feel the sense of familiarity on those pair of ocean eyes. As if I'd known her all my life if that was making sense at all. Valkyrie and I were walking down the hall side by side and it astounded me to the core that I was able to initiate a conversation with her which was really rare for me to do. She was like a magnet, pulling me into her and bringing me out of my zone. Her long blonde curtain resting on her shoulder looked so smooth that I nearly ran my fingers through them just a while ago. Her skin was like rare ivory of the world and all I wanted was to touch her. Val was fashionable in her own right as she wore a long sleeve turtle neck, black skirt, and oxford lace-up heels showing off her curves and height. I wanted to squish her cheeks but I stopped myself because that would be too creepy. When I set my eyes on her in the cafeteria, I swore in my life that we had this connection I couldn't figure out. If only Cayde weren't being
S A G EThe quarter moon in the sky set the air in a mysterious dark escape. The crackling sound of the burning timbers and the laughter around the campfire mingled together at the night of celebration. The sweep of the air danced with the leaves to sing a gentle harmony in my ears. Although I wasn't expecting that I would have a guest who hated me almost all her life, so far, my little camp party was enjoyable. Gwen, Cayde, and I were compressed sitting on the tree log with wine glasses in our hands and a plate of foods on my lap."Now that you're seventeen, I'm still not gonna allow you to be in a relationship."My head tilted to Cayde, frowning at his dumb statement. "You're not my father, ginger-wart.""Maybe your Daddy," Gwen hinted, playfully nudging my arm with hers.Cayde and I looked at each other and we almost gagged at that idea. No, that would never happen. Yes, Cayde was sweet and all, totally handsome with her ginger hair and an almost pale complexion and he had these pa