Selene took one last look at the cell she’d been staying in, making sure she had everything back to its original state.From removing the covers, she placed over the pile of logs, curtains, and make-shift vases. She removed all of it, including the pieces of flowers. Though she had cleaned up most of the place, she’s positive it wouldn’t be an issue, considering she didn’t touch the other rooms since they remained locked.With nothing else to do, she hastens upstairs, carrying the remaining stuff she had brought there. The head maid greeted her the moment she emerged from the depths of the lower floors.“Are you certain that’s the last of it?”Julieta raised a brow, seeing the lump of tattered fabric sewn together.“Yes, mistress. I’ve done everything you’ve told me to do.”Selene gave a curtsy, copying the other maids’ action whenever they answered the woman. She was becoming accustomed to it after observing quietly for the past few days.“And those are the remaining curtains, corre
Selene couldn’t keep her eyes straight while walking through the halls of their campus. Her entire situation only became much worse. Instead of only getting ignored and given condescending glances, she now received murderous gazes and whispers from the students passing by.If it weren’t for Lucas’s group hovering by her side, she wouldn’t have had the strength to walk into that place at all.She didn’t really have any plans of going back to school after finding about her aunt’s debt, since she did not think they’d allow her. But when she told the head maid about it, the woman had no problems with it whatsoever.Now, once again mingling with the masses, it gave her the chance to ponder and consider things. What was the reason she got into that situation in the first place? From what she can recall, she was supposed to go home after work and then parts of her memory became blurry, and then she turns up in that room, naked and all. Then came the sudden revelation of her aunt’s obliga
After waving goodbye to Lucas’s group, Selene hurries to the cafeteria. Being in a different house, she didn’t have the luxury to pack her lunch. So she’s left with buying food. Thankfully, her aunt gave her some money during her last visit.As she was making her way through the field between the main building and the canteen, she gets stopped by a sudden strike on her head. She nearly loses her balance, if not for the trees nearby, which she immediately grabs hold of.Shocked and daze from the surprise, she touches the part that got hit, feeling the sticky, gelatinous liquid flowing through her hair.Her face wrinkles, catching a waft of the rancid stench upon sniffing her palm. Most of the shells became stuck. She tries to wipe herself clean, but most of the goo had gotten to her shirt, causing the smell to spread all over.With trees nearby, she search for any nest where it may have come from. Afraid some poor bird had lost its home and babies.But then, seeing a few laughing girl
Not wanting to go return to class, Selene left early, but instead of going back to her place of work, she went straight to her aunt’s house, needing someone to talk to.All the weight she carried from the conflicting emotions in her was making her distraught. Unable to focus because of all the confusion. Adding to all his frustrations were all the unanswered questions she had, which continued to bother her since she got to school.Eager to release some of those burdens, there was only one person she could talk to about it who came to her mind, the only individual who would understand her problem.Once again, seeing those picket fences and flower filled garden brought about this warmth and calmness in her, lightening the load she’d been carrying since this morning.“Aunt Pen?”She couldn’t help herself, having this sense of need to call unto the woman.Though it had only been a few days when they had gotten separated, yet the homesickness truly got to her.As Selene was opening the gat
Is it an animal? No, it cannot be, though it moves on all fours, had fur all over its body, along with those fangs and glowing red eyes. Its entire figure still resembled that of a human.Even within the darkness of the night, the memories crash into her mind thanks to the silhouette appearing before her. It made it easy to make out the being in front of her.All those missing pieces of memory she worried about came piling up one by one.The pain of being bitten, torn, and dragged into the forest. Blood gurgling from the trying to breathe, and the lonely touch of death seeping right through her every being. All of this returned to her in an instant, filling her with an extreme dread.Terror crawled into her, like vines creeping throughout her body, causing her to lose all sense from her arms down to her legs.She could no longer tell past from present, experiencing everything all at once. Shock and fear had now taken over her, numbing her entirety, because of all the recollection of p
After his brief outburst, Duncan and his two trusted subordinates let the maids handle Selene and the mess he made while they went back to the main mansion, straight to his father’s office.Anger remained swelling up inside of him, all the while glaring into the other house just beyond the hedge maze. He could not calm himself, sensing that there was something wrong.“We caught the culprit, and she was no alpha. She was a freaking omega. Which means she couldn’t turn her. So how does that explain her healing herself?”He continued biting his nails, heart racing from all the emotions rushing through him.Now that they captured the reason for the problems they were facing, he could not stop thinking about how to deal with it.He was certain the evidence they had was strong enough, but he also became sure it would not matter, especially since they were up against a rival that equaled their influence and power.It irked him so much that a recently risen pack manage to gain such strength i
Selene couldn’t stop her sobbing, no matter how she tried. Because of what happened, all the terrible memories she had been keeping inside burst forth, flashing before her eyes.All those walls she’d put around her heart to protect herself turned into dust, crumbling into nothingness in an instant.Dark silhouettes of people surrounding her, all of them with those frowning angry faces, shouting, screaming, and throwing insults at her.‘Get away from us!’‘You’re nothing but bad luck.’‘Don’t ever show your face here again!’‘Are you crazy?’These were but a few of those words repeatedly ringing inside her head, things she had thought she had forgotten, buried deep within the confines of her subconscious.But it brought all of those repressed memories, along with the sudden and confusing attack from Duncan.Old doubts and self loathing emerge again, bringing forth all the hatred she’d been harboring.She curled into a fetal position, hugging her knees in sheer panic, wanting to have th
After what happened, they gave her an entire week off, allowing her to leave and do whatever she wanted in order so that she could cool off and relax. They even provided her an allowance for the whole time she’d be gone.It seems they had forgotten she had no other place to go, leaving her with no choice but to return to her aunt’s home. She didn’t want to waste her money to stay in some hostel, somewhere.It would have been all good, if not for that one reminder the head maid told her, which she couldn’t get out of her mind.‘Don’t come back until we call you.’These words repeatedly whispered through her thoughts, lingering within the depths of her subconscious, curious and baffled by the reason the woman would say this. But in the end, she did not have the courage to ask.Before leaving, she tried searching for Duncan because of the voice at the back of her head, telling her to at least say goodbye and inform him of her whereabouts. But only Julieta faced her, telling her she did n