Raven’s P.O.V. Two weeks of agony, two weeks of absolute hell.   At night my chest would close in, sitting with paperwork all around me, contemplating on what was happening in the valley of death. Were they okay? Nothing had been heard from them all throughout and I had been reassured by Stern that it was normal. When they were away, they concentrated on fighting and nothing else.   The pack itself was actually doing better than I would have imagined. All were helping each other with chores.   The warriors trained. The ladies cooked, cleaned and washed. I was usually in the mix if not busy. Their liking of me did not change yet none paid attention to me. Everything was going so smoothly.   The sun was hot, bent over outside with so many ladies. The water cooled me down a little as I washed the clothes before us. There was a whole pile and I had took it upon myself to do the laundry for the ki

I knew I had been out of it for so long and I fought so hard in panic because I knew my pack needed me but no matter how much I pushed there was just nothing but darkness pressing me down. The same darkness I loved kept me hostage in my own body. I screamed in my heard, punched and pushed with all I had but it seemed I could not negotiate my way through the darkness that trapped me down.Nothing was happening, I could hear nothing, just absolute hell. I cried over and over in my head yet it helped no one until I felt the darkness swirl inside me.The ache was what I felt first, deep to my bones then the softness of the sheets and the cool air on my skin. I knew it was happening and all I could do was push it even further away until my eyes flickered open to close. The room was dark, the ceiling coming to view to be whisked away again until my eyes went steady and I was just staring at the ceiling.I stayed there for I don’t know how long. I knew I had done something terrible and I was

“Hello.” A voice came from the front door then footsteps that had my head snap to the opened door of the kitchen. I walked closer to it until the footsteps got louder. A girl appeared. She wore a black dress that fell just under her knees. Her hair was tied back. Her eyes were blood shot, dark under eyes so heavy. She stopped where she was, seeing her eyes go wide with her chest moving up and down I thought she would faint.“Hello, sorry for just intruding. I am Luna Raven from the royal pack, future queen.” I greeted with her going so pale then I recalled that I looked nothing like they were used to.“Please, don’t be alarmed, I won’t cause any harm.” I said with her taking a step back. I let her be, a second passing with another. Her eyes snapped to the side, me turning to see that the women I came with had emerged.She calmed down then bowed.“Forgive me your royal…highness….” She seemed to not be sure what to say. It was actually the first time someone addressed me that way or b

I was getting trapped in my body way more than I would like. Just swerving away to a point where I did not even panic, I just lay there until my eyes flickered open to the ceiling staring back at me. Everything came hard on me, pouring and all I could think about was all the time I was losing. It was not the time to drift away, it was not the time to waste away because it seemed our world was burning.My eyes narrowed with me frowning.The ceiling was white yet seemed unfamiliar. The whole room seemed too large to be my room. Was I in the king’s bedroom? The excitement was too much, thinking of the way he had held me then in that moment, I felt it. A very warm hand was holding so firmly to mine. It was a man’s hand. I could tell with how big and firm it was.I nearly died of excitement but took deep breaths.Wait.Sparks?It hit. The man was definitely not the king. Was it Brum? The excitement shot up again. I missed him, I had not seen him since he walked off to war. I did not care

I couldn’t rest. My mind was everywhere. I cried and cried until I stopped, tossing and turning in bed. As much as I knew Brum was alive, his near death experience had me imagine a life without him and it was so painful in such a way as if he had passed. Everything was confusing. How was it even possible? I did not know seriously and thinking about it had my head ache in such a way I could not take it. I got off the bed as soon as I saw the first light of the glorious sun hit my room. I made my bed, walking to take a shower. I had so many things to do I did not even know where to start. Since the king was back, I did not even know if I was allowed to still work in his office but at the same time I did not think I could bare being in Brum’s office. All I needed was to see him and until then my heart was sore in ways I could not state. I walked to the king’s office, knocking twice with no answer coming so I nervously opened the door, peeked in my head, finding it empty. A breath was l