Ares. “Are you sure I’ll change to a wolf on a full moon?” I asked the boy who I had met in the forest a few days ago. He was the same age as I was, and we spent the rest of the day hiding in the cave so the pack guards of the Blood Moon Pack wouldn’t find us. “Yep.” Seth answered and I smiled, lying on the rocks that pieces my skin but I didn’t care. The moon glowed above us as the cold ruffled my hair and made me shiver. “We have the ability to change to wolves on a full moon. But that’s until we reach sixteen years old.” Seth said and I turned to him, resting my head on my joined palm as Seth continued to stare at the sky. “What do you think my wolf would look like?” I asked excitedly as Seth sighed and turned to me, his grey eyes blending in the moonlight and his scar at the right side of his face was covered by his black hair. “This is the millionth time you are asking me that.” Seth chuckled and I shrugged before he continued. “You look like a scaredy cat, it would prob

Alora. The line went dead and my hands trembled badly as the phone slipped past my hand and fell to the floor. I shivered, as I collapsed unable to hold myself anymore and I started to cry. I didn’t cry, I wailed. My parents were dead, they were gone. For years, I had prayed for their death, cursing them for selling me to Jax. Someone who was only one step away from totally killing me. I hated that they neglected me when I was younger, leaving me to wander the woods all alone where I could have easily been hurt or worse attacked by a wild animal. Everyday, they made me feel like an outcast. I already was one but I wanted my parents to accept me when no one else did. But they hated me and kicked me at any chance that came. And when I had met Jax in the woods, a boy who was only a few years older than I was. He was cruel too and hit me when I acted stupid. He insulted me any chance he got. But I couldn’t let him go. I had no one else so I clinged to Jax any chance I got and bor

Ares. I looked in the rear mirror at the boy who had fallen asleep in the back seat, his hands clasped under his head as he snored silently. I drove carefully and pulled up at the estate gate before driving in. Looking at the house, and at my watch. It was already past twelve so I figured Alora was already asleep. Coming down from the car, I walked to the back seat and pulled the door open before reaching for Alex who mumbled and reached for his thumb before sucking on it. I forced the smile off my face as I pulled him to my chest and he rested his head against my shoulder. “Make sure the gates are locked properly.” I said to a guard who nodded as he came to get my car keys to take to the garage. I went to the house, pushing the door open before closing it behind me. It was dimly lit inside and Lana always left the hallway light to the kitchen turned on so I didn’t trip on my way up the stairs. Alex slept peacefully and I turned to the chair where Alora usually sat and watched

Alora. I ran to my room, slamming the door behind me before running to the bathroom and splashing water against my face. My hands trembled as I washed my face before I looked at the mirror. My reflection stared back at me, my orange hair from its root as if I had been born that way ran through my face and back, falling at my waist. It had grown longer over the days and my violet eyes were scared and confused. Looking down at my hands, I wondered what had happened earlier. One minute I was looking at Ares’ curse mark, and the next minute I was touching it and blanking out. Even going to the past and seeing what had happened. I didn’t know what to think, nor what to do. Every time I took a step with Ares, something drew me back, something about him didn’t make me trust him fully. Finding out he killed his parents made me look at him differently. And the look he had given me when I had called him a monster, those cold blue eyes stared back at me with hurt for only a second. I s

Ares. My door burst open with Victor and Seth strolling in immediately with Isabel’s brother behind them, tapping furiously at his iPad as I shut my laptop close, hiding any evidence of me watching Alora. Victor didn’t look very well, he wore a black suit with his tie loose and shirt unbuttoned as his eyes lacked any emotion as he rushed to my desk with Seth beside him looking angry as usual compared to how I had seen him a few minutes ago. “What is it?” I asked casually as Isabel’s brother, Zach worked in my I.T department, walked forward first as Victor stood behind him peering down on his iPad. “Someone sent a video to the company’s email and is trying to breach our servers.” He said and I frowned looking at Seth with disinterested eyes. “We get that every time. How is this any different?” I asked as Seth sighed before stepping closer. “This is from Jax.” He said and I frowned, rising to my feet. Zach stepped back from me. “What?!” I growled angrily. In all the years th