LOGINArianaWe headed into the grounding room quietly. It was a part of the hospital that was rarely used, and right now, it was quiet in a way that felt intentional, as if the walls themselves knew something was about to happen. “We’re here,” I announced as we stepped into the room fully. I watched as they looked around studying the environment. There were soft moonstone lamps lined around the corners of the room. The air smelled faintly of sage, lavender, and crushed moon petals, a calming herb meant to soothe a restless wolf without forcing submission.“Mrs Wolfe, please sit here,” I said gently, guiding her toward the low cushioned mat at the center of the room. “Cross your legs if you can because for this session, comfort is really important,” I said and she obeyed immediately, smoothing her skirt as she settled down.Adrian however didn’t sit down and just hovered near the doorway like a guard dog unsure whether to relax or stay alert.“You can sit too, Adrian,” I added without l
ArianaThe patients knocked before pushing the door open, and to my surprise, it was Attorney Adrian Wolfe and his mother. They were really visiting this pack all the way from their faraway pack because of me? “Mrs Wolfe. What a pleasant surprise.” I said standing up. “Please have a seat and make yourself comfortable,” I said once she drew closer. “Thank you very much, Luna Ariana.” She said before settling into one of the seats with the help of her son. She looked a lot better than the last time.Her dark circles were no longer there and that was the number one indication that she at least no longer had sleepless nights. She didn’t look so slim anymore either.“Good morning Mrs Ariana.” Adrian greeted me calmly, making me glance his way. He was wearing a neutral expression on his face not like last time he wore a frown all through.“Good morning Adrian,” I replied curtly. Even though our meeting last time wasn’t so pleasant, it looked like he was ready to be civil today.“So tell
Ariana:Was he being serious right now? He liked me? I mean when? Where? How? How could he possibly like me when he didn’t know me well enough? And what did he mean by Allies like him were rare?“Hold on a second,” I said, trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.“How did you even find out about the fact that I got poisoned? I mean it’s cool and not so fishy if you say someone told you I collapsed.”“But how did you find out I was poisoned? I’m really really curious. Did you have someone spy on me or something? Because this is really creeping me out.” I asked.It was like my brain suddenly decided to start working because these were questions I should have asked him since. Why was I only just asking him that now? His knowing all these things wasn't a coincidence anymore. In fact, it was really really weird and creepy. “Calm down. I know you have a lot of questions to ask and it’s only fair if you ask them. But the thing is I indeed heard about you collapsing from someone.” “
Ariana “Uhhhh talk about what?” I asked Asher, my fingers tightening around my phone instinctively.For some reason, I was always nervous whenever Asher was close to me. He seemed to know a little too much and those his eyes…. They seemed to hold some secrets that no one knew about. Now he wanted to “talk”. Those four letters alone were enough to make my stomach twist because I knew with Asher it was never just simple conversation.“Asher,” I said carefully, setting my phone face down on my desk. “If you’re here to tease me, pick another day. I’m not in the mood.” “That is pretty much obvious,” he replied, dropping into the chair opposite me like he owned the place. “You’re tense and very defensive today. Plus you look like you slept with one eye open.” He said with a smirk and I scoffed, rolling my eyes. “You’re imagining things,” I said. “Am I?” He asked, his gaze flickering briefly to my shoulder, then away, polite enough not to stare, but observant enough that I knew he’d no
Ariana I collapsed back onto the pillows, exhaustion crashing over me. The argument had drained what little energy I had left. It was the same every time and I was getting really tired. I barely slept that night as I was awake thinking of all the methods I could make the rejection come faster. When I woke up the next morning, my entire body ached like a truck had fallen on top of me. I could barely lift my hand and I could still feel the dull ache in my head. I tried my best and got up before stretching my bones so the pain could at least be reduced. I slipped out of bed and went into the bathroom. When I stood in front of the mirror my breath hitched. The mark on my back was still there but it had faded. The blackened petals were no longer as sharp, the crimson center was now duller, like dried blood losing its hold. The mark didn’t fully clear but at least it was retreating.Good.At least one thing was healing.I entered the bathroom fully, turned on the shower, and enjoyed h
Ariana After Elder Maelin left, the room became so quiet that if a pin had dropped in that moment I was damn sure you’d hear it fall. Damian kept stealing glances at me like he didn’t know for sure what to say. I lay back against the pillows, arms folded tightly across my chest, staring at the wall instead of at him.I wanted to look at anything rather than him at this moment. How dare he stand there and even defend Lily at such a time like this? Did my life mean nothing at all to him?“Ariana,” he finally said in a very low voice like he was trying to be careful. “We need to talk about this.”“Do we?” I asked softly, letting out a tired laugh. “Because it seems like you’ve already decided what you believe.”Who was I kidding? He only wanted to talk now to still have a chance to defend his beloved mistress and I wasn’t going to sit here and watch him daydream about her.“Don’t say that, that’s not fair.” He said frowning.“What’s not fair,” I snapped, turning to face him at last, “i







