JaylaA hand on the shoulder; that is exactly where everything starts from. A horror movie, a murder story, but apparently and rather ironically, I feel like it is where my life will start to end.I cannot see my face but I am quite certain that all the blood would have drained from it by now. All sorts of negative thoughts pass through my mind. This is too good to be true. I should have known that.But then I remind myself of the promise l made to myself and I tell my heart that I will not expend my time and energy in worrying. Instead, I will expend everything of it in fighting. I will fight for myself and not for anyone else this time. It is just me now.Taking a deep breath, I curl my hands into fists, ready to attack as I turn around to see the very flustered face of my very own Kendra.Before I even have time to register my relief, she grabs my hand and starts to drag me down the hallway."What are you doing, Ken? I was about to escape through the window..." I begin to say but

JaylaVoices from my left make me turn my eyes, and I look there to see that Chase didn't come alone. He also brought a dozen of rogues with him who were trying to follow him and attack him.Jessica moves in front of me as soon as we see them. And I don't want that. I want to fight for myself. I take a quick look around to see that no one else from our pack is in sight. Did they come alone?And at that moment, Jessica's brother, Liam also appears as he attacks a rogue from behind.Another rogue tries to attack Liam, and it is a prompt for Jessica to finally shift. She does and her Auburn wolf doesn't take long before pouncing on the wolf who had been after her brother.And just like that, the fight starts. It is like a dozen of them and just the four of us. And one of us -which is me- is unshiftable."Come with me," Kendra's voice says from behind me and I turn around to see her in her human form, and she is putting on a shirt that she got from who knows where."Oh my goddess, are you

JaylaJessica, Shane and Tyler were with us when Megan and I decided to stay with Kendra's body in one tent.They first protested saying that it wasn't safe but finally complied when we insisted, provided their tent was set up near ours.Megan is a quiet girl and I don't know if she has always been like that or if the recent change of events made her that way. But either way, I feel guilty and responsible for it.I feel as though it is because of me that she is suffering one of the biggest pains in the werewolf world which is the pain of losing your mate.I want to comfort her, and I do but I am a bit afraid that she will throw me off and accuse me for being the cause of the death of her mate. I don't know whether I will be able to take those accusations.Megan still has Kendra's head on her lap as she softly brushes her forehead, and it is just as if her mate is asleep and can wake up at any time. I don't know if she is in denial or just really mourning silently, but either way, my

Jayla We both turn around at the same time to see Megan standing in front of the tent with her hands clasped together in a shy manner, and a tiny frown on her face.The wind makes her clothes stick to her skin, making her bony and fragile body even more evident. It brings pain to my heart every time l look at her."He is your guardian," she says, repeating her sentence and grabbing my attention.We both stand up and walk up to her."What do you mean?" Shane asks, voicing my thoughts.Megan sighs and motions toward the tent. "Can we please go inside and talk? I am feeling cold out here."It in't even cold at this time of the year, but we didn't object because she probably isn't used to standing outside in the nature and bearing the wind anymore."Sure," Shane agrees and I nod my head.We go inside and sit on the bed that I had prepared for myself. I notice that she has covered Kendra's body with a blanket and the sight makes me breathless for a moment, so I have to turn away quickly t

JaylaThings are going to be tough for you, Jay. As soon as we get back to the pack tomorrow, you will have to face all the pack members and you know how they are. They are going to talk about you, gossip about everything, and they won't care if you hear it," Shane says with a severe expression on his face as we sit on the green grass of the forest outside the tent."I really don't care about them anymore. Or anyone for that matter. I don't care about what they say," I tell him. "You know after all that I have been through, if there is one thing that I have learnt, then it is that when hard times come, you are all that you have -only yourself. Everyone ceases to help you, your parents, your friends, your partner. Everyone. Regardless of whether they wanted to help or not. You are only one who can drag yourself up from the dark abyss that you are into bright light. Someone can lend a hand but we have to reach out ourselves first."I don't really care about what others think because I