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99. Burn It Down
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Winter 100. Patience
I sat on the edge of my bed, or what used to be my bed. My room hadn’t been touched by the attack on the house. Between all of us, the whole house was empty now. I’d gone the extra mile in taking out the kitchen tile since I didn’t think I needed to have another moment looking at it.The floor creaked and I looked up to see Caspian leaning against the doorframe. He was the only one left now. It was getting dark, but the fire was still active outside. It probably wasn’t good for the environment with all that we were burning, but it felt good. Nothing was left but this room.“Did you not want to get rid of this stuff?”Sighing, I shrugged. “None of this did me wrong. It kept me sane. Kept me safe to some extent.”“Maybe donate it?”“Yeah. Maybe.” I frowned. “Did you want to stay here? Instead of the hotel? It would cost less.”Caspian stepped into the room and sat next to me on the bed. “It’s up to you. I can go either way. We will need to at least have dinner here. The fire needs to go
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I stood in front of the training center. I had been in it plenty of times, especially after Damian tore down the old one and built this huge gymnasium center. The old one was an old crumbing building built in the seventies and it was a hazard itself. Now, the training center was one of the largest buildings in the territory.There were rooms on either side of the center open air grounds. It was about sixty-five yards across in the main fighting area. It was big enough to do mock battles against multiple opponents. That and we could host challenges for anyone within the pack. Separate rooms lined the halls on either side that were full of equipment or one-on-one training areas. Today though, everything would be empty. Maybe for the first time since it was built five years ago.Everything seemed so real now. I could see some of our pack mulling about inside, a few glancing at me standing out front like an idiot. This morning, Councilor Augustine and Councilor Estella came by the house.
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“Dad!” Principal Miles raced up the stairs. “I went to pick you up at the house and you were gone!”“I am perfectly capable of driving myself, Miles. Winter was nice enough to help me to my seat. You make too much of a fuss.”He sighed and ran his hands over his face. “There is too much going on for you to be pulling this now. Everyone is on high alert. They are jumpy and there are a few fights breaking out over the territory.”“So? They should be here if that’s the case. That little shit Galen could only make them party in the town square. Now, we have a real challenge and the whole pack falls apart. Goes to show how strong this pack really is.” Mr. Anderson grumbled.“Something we hope to change.” Maddox stepped up the stairs to us. “Isn’t that right, Winter?”I rolled my eyes. “Stop looking to me. I’m not the one fighting today.”“Where is the Alpha in question?”“Councilor Augustine and Councilor Estella picked him up this morning. I haven’t seen him since.” I sunk my teeth into m
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Over the next half hour, more and more of the pack filled the seats. I thought that Damian’s side would be packed to the brim but it was surprisingly more evenly split. I didn’t stand with the Councilors too long, instead, making my way back to everyone. As the arena got louder, I got quieter. Krista shot me smiles when she caught my gaze. Dee came over and put his hand on my head, keeping it there.Everyone hushed again and I thought maybe more of the other Councilors showed up. I was partially right. Councilor Morel and Councilor Dommik stepped in, followed by Damian, Ember, Caleb, Hannah, and Rebecca. We watched as Hannah and Rebecca headed up and took seats in the front row. Neither of them looked good. Dark circles, disheveled hair, and wrinkled clothes; it was my first time seeing either of them like so unkept.Damian, Ember and Caleb stayed down, walking over to the seats that were against the wall at ground level. All of them exuded anger. Councilor Morel and Councilor Dommik
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Both of them were breathing heavily as they continued to match each other. The fight was dragging on and I winced when Damian landed his first real hit on Caspian. It was to the side of the head with his fist. Caspian had been expecting a kick, but at the last minute, Damian switched it up and his fist flew at an incredible speed. There were times that I could barely keep up with their movements.Caspian stumbled back, having to set his hand down on the ground for a moment as to not fall back. I felt myself coil up as Damian smirked. He didn’t say anything and there was barely a second taken before he launched into another attack. This didn’t throw Caspian off at all. Instead, when Damian got close enough, Caspian shifted into his wolf.Smiling, I was happy to see the sweet wolf who protected me against Galen a few months ago. I’d never realized it was him until much later. Until one of the times he left a note and raced off in wolf form.He didn’t stay a wolf long though. As Damian o
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This was fine.This was okay.He wasn’t even really mad today.Nothing had forced him over the edge today.Today wouldn’t be bad.I could deal with this.I closed my eyes tighter as his boot pressed into my back. He leaned over and flicked ash from his cigarette on me. Dad never smoked in the house. Hannah hated when he smoked. She refused to let him in the house if he smelled like it. So he had other ways of getting his vice.“How did I get stuck with you? You useless wolf. I’m so glad that I had the forethought to bring Hannah into the mix.” His boot lifted off but connected with my side. “You really are the most useless thing. You were supposed to be a ‘great miracle’ that your mother begged me to take care of.”Curling up into a ball, I reached up and held onto the only thing left of my mother’s. Her locket never left my neck. It was the one thing that survived. Outside of me. I survived. All I did was survive.My muscles tightened as the cigarette butt burned into my skin under my
Last Updated : 2024-12-23Winter 2. Do It Yourself
“Correct.” I sighed. “I have my own homework to do. If you did yours, then maybe you wouldn’t be failing.”With how she carried herself, you would think that Rebecca was the oldest. She was a bully and the true delinquent in the family. However, she was three months younger than I was. Hanna, my mother’s younger sister, had her three months after I was born. When the news broke, the scandal nearly tore two packs apart.Our pack, Dawn Claw, was neighbors with another pack. Usually packs didn’t stay too close to one other but there was the huge river between us. It was nearly a lake in certain places but the river was the territorial barrier. On the other side was the Moon Shadow pack. A lot of times, our packs were interwoven and wolves would find mates from either side of the river.Mother and Hannah had been from Dawn Claw, their father being the Gamma of the pack. Dad had been the second youngest son of Moon Shadow’s Beta. My mother and Dad were fated mates. So, since the position of
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Slamming my locker shut, I glared at my best friend, Krista. “What do you want?”“Maybe…it would be your face on Friday?”“Absolutely not.” I walked past her.Krista had been by my side since we were eleven. Her family had been part of the Moon Shadow pack before it was absorbed into our pack. They weren’t leadership but they were one of the original founding families. Alpha Damian, and his father before him, made sure that when the packs were combined that many of the families were given similar status.She transferred into our school when we started Middle School and somehow I became her best friend. I had no control over it and I still didn’t. Krista was the one person who I could rely on no matter what and sometimes that got her in trouble. She’d run her mouth a little much and we’d both end up in deep shit.“But Winter, come on. Hunky Jackson is having a party at his house. Everyone is going. Everyone. And you can’t say everyone if you’re not going. I need my wingman! Wingwoman. W
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Both of them were breathing heavily as they continued to match each other. The fight was dragging on and I winced when Damian landed his first real hit on Caspian. It was to the side of the head with his fist. Caspian had been expecting a kick, but at the last minute, Damian switched it up and his fist flew at an incredible speed. There were times that I could barely keep up with their movements.Caspian stumbled back, having to set his hand down on the ground for a moment as to not fall back. I felt myself coil up as Damian smirked. He didn’t say anything and there was barely a second taken before he launched into another attack. This didn’t throw Caspian off at all. Instead, when Damian got close enough, Caspian shifted into his wolf.Smiling, I was happy to see the sweet wolf who protected me against Galen a few months ago. I’d never realized it was him until much later. Until one of the times he left a note and raced off in wolf form.He didn’t stay a wolf long though. As Damian o
Winter 103. Fighting To Not Lose
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Winter 102. Coming Together
“Dad!” Principal Miles raced up the stairs. “I went to pick you up at the house and you were gone!”“I am perfectly capable of driving myself, Miles. Winter was nice enough to help me to my seat. You make too much of a fuss.”He sighed and ran his hands over his face. “There is too much going on for you to be pulling this now. Everyone is on high alert. They are jumpy and there are a few fights breaking out over the territory.”“So? They should be here if that’s the case. That little shit Galen could only make them party in the town square. Now, we have a real challenge and the whole pack falls apart. Goes to show how strong this pack really is.” Mr. Anderson grumbled.“Something we hope to change.” Maddox stepped up the stairs to us. “Isn’t that right, Winter?”I rolled my eyes. “Stop looking to me. I’m not the one fighting today.”“Where is the Alpha in question?”“Councilor Augustine and Councilor Estella picked him up this morning. I haven’t seen him since.” I sunk my teeth into m
Winter 101. What It Means
I stood in front of the training center. I had been in it plenty of times, especially after Damian tore down the old one and built this huge gymnasium center. The old one was an old crumbing building built in the seventies and it was a hazard itself. Now, the training center was one of the largest buildings in the territory.There were rooms on either side of the center open air grounds. It was about sixty-five yards across in the main fighting area. It was big enough to do mock battles against multiple opponents. That and we could host challenges for anyone within the pack. Separate rooms lined the halls on either side that were full of equipment or one-on-one training areas. Today though, everything would be empty. Maybe for the first time since it was built five years ago.Everything seemed so real now. I could see some of our pack mulling about inside, a few glancing at me standing out front like an idiot. This morning, Councilor Augustine and Councilor Estella came by the house.
Winter 100. Patience
I sat on the edge of my bed, or what used to be my bed. My room hadn’t been touched by the attack on the house. Between all of us, the whole house was empty now. I’d gone the extra mile in taking out the kitchen tile since I didn’t think I needed to have another moment looking at it.The floor creaked and I looked up to see Caspian leaning against the doorframe. He was the only one left now. It was getting dark, but the fire was still active outside. It probably wasn’t good for the environment with all that we were burning, but it felt good. Nothing was left but this room.“Did you not want to get rid of this stuff?”Sighing, I shrugged. “None of this did me wrong. It kept me sane. Kept me safe to some extent.”“Maybe donate it?”“Yeah. Maybe.” I frowned. “Did you want to stay here? Instead of the hotel? It would cost less.”Caspian stepped into the room and sat next to me on the bed. “It’s up to you. I can go either way. We will need to at least have dinner here. The fire needs to go
Winter 99. Burn It Down
Sure enough, as if by clockwork, Hannah was dressed and slammed the door open. She ignored all of us, her head held high as she grabbed the boxes out of the truck. Taking them into the house, she slammed the door. There was some more shouting but for the most part it quieted down.Maddox showed back up at around eleven-thirty with a drink and a smile on his face. We came together, all of us leaning against the cars. Our police were nervously talking amongst themselves. They were worried that they would actually need to arrest their Beta if he decided to make a stand.The front door was thrown open and Hannah set out multiple boxes onto the porch. Maddox groaned as more and more boxes were stacked. Caleb came out and picked up the boxes, angrily throwing them into the truck. This continued for about ten minutes. Rebecca carried her own box out and she looked out at all of us.Her eyes landed on me and the box dropped out of her hands. “You fucking bitch!”Stalking across the lawn, she
Winter 98. Coffee and A Show
I felt giddy as I watched the police move forward. Mr. Vaughn also went with them. One of the police was actually the head of the police for our main town. I knew he was called specifically because Caleb would probably fight this. However, this wasn’t a matter that leadership could take care of. This was all legal.“Anyone bring popcorn?”I chuckled, glancing at Maddox who was pulling a shirt of his head. “No. I’m not trying to make a spectacle out of this.”“Too bad. I brought some, but I need a microwave.”For a moment I thought he was joking until he held up a packet of microwave popcorn. I laughed, letting all the tension out of my body. He smiled and I didn’t realize how much I needed that. It was interesting because even though he joked, Maddox was still what I considered his normal self. Personally, I liked this better. It felt more like him, rather than the facade he put on.“Here they go.”The chief knocked hard on the door, and I sucked in a breath. Grabbing Caspian’s hand,
Winter 97. Checkmark
“Winter.”I groaned, shaking my head. “Five more hours.”The deep chuckle resonated through me, and I felt a hand brush my cheek. “As much as I would like to give it to you, we need to meet everyone at six.”“Who chose the time so early when the entire pack was out until one in the morning?”“You did, my sweet little mate. You chose the time. Also, I don’t think anyone outside of us were up past one. I think we might have killed the party and everyone went home early.”Chuckling, I peeled my eyes open. “Maybe that’s what we will be known for; party killing.”“I think we need to ruin a few more before we usurp Mad from that title.” Caspian smiled.“For someone telling me we need to get up, you haven’t even gotten out of the blankets yet, Mr. Mate.”His eyebrow rose. “Mr. Mate? How dare you.”Leaning over, he kissed me. It felt so incredible and I leaned into it. He, however, pulled back too quickly. Shaking his head, Caspian got out of bed and stretched. I enjoyed him shirtless, but he
Winter 96. May the Moon Goddess Curse Your Soul
I stood next to Gamma Maddox. We were both in the rear of the room, by the fireplace. I’d never seen this many people inside the Alpha’s office before. It was a miracle that we even fit. There was also a clear line drawn in the room itself. All four Councilors were in the room, but they were standing in front of Alpha Damian’s desk at the moment. Being the line that was drawn between our two sides.Caspian was off to the side by the windows, his eyes glancing at me every so often. I gave him a small smile when I caught him. Mr. Anderson and Principal Miles were here as well, both sitting on the couch. Mrs. St James was standing behind an empty chair, but Mr. St James had taken Krista and Dee home. All of them were mulling about on this side of the room.On the other side, were Caleb and Hannah. Both of them argued in hushed tones every so often but I didn’t think it was about this with how Luna Ember glared at them when they did. She was standing right behind Alpha Damian, who was sit
