SIENNAWe treaded carefully against the ashes as we entered the storage room. My heart plummeted in my chest as I looked around, at the ashes, at the splinters of wood. If Sylvester felt this way now. I really wanted to imagine how he would be feeling later. Most of the cylinders that were kept in the storage room were blown to near pieces, we could see the splinter of woods, something in the room had been burnt in crisp ash. Whoever did this was intentional about sabotaging the room beyond recovery. I wondered who would be heartless enough to do this, to make sure we could never fix anything in this room again. Tamara, Benjamin and I remained silent, each of us tense as we watched Sylvester look at the room. An uncomfortable stretch of silence passed between us as he waited for him to react. He remained silent, with a faraway look in his eyes as he stared at the empty room that had been ruined by the fire. “When did this happen?” He finally rasped, his voice cold, empty. “Around

SIENNAI pummelled my fist into the punching bag. Harder and harder. Maybe I was trying to channel all the pent up frustration that I was beginning to feel. It was still hard coming with the terms that Clara was here and she wasn't leaving anytime soon. It was hard that I would have to come with the terms that she was going to be invading my personal space. I pounded my fist harder and harder into the punching bag. I was certain that there was a possibility that it might burst.“Woah. Take it easy. Any moment from now and I'll be convinced that you're about to exploded,” Benjamin said. My head snapped over to his direction as I watched him. He casually stood by the doorway, watching me intently. My chest heaved up and down not so gently as I tried to catch my breath. I was so exhausted from my whole training exercise but eventually, I'd have to keep moving. I couldn't afford to back down now. Besides, I need to do something to release the tension from my body. My thoughts were in r

SIENNA“You can't possibly be serious.” I stared at Benjamin incredulously. Clara had a smug look on her face as she looked at the both of us. “There's no way that you can possibly suggest that she should follow us.” I glared at him. Benjamin looked conflicted as he remained silent. Maybe It was my glare that made him uncomfortable. If it was, then he should be. How could he suggest that Clara should be involved in whatever we were doing? Why did he think that I wanted to leave the House? I decided not to let my temper get the best of me and I let my eyes flutter close for just a mini second.“Yes. I really want to. I'll get to spend some quality time with my cousin and I'll get to meet new people. Don't you think it's a good idea, Benjamin?” she said as she batted her lashes innocently at him. He looked like he was about to say something but he took one look at my face and decided that it was a better option for him to remain silent. He made the right decision. “Absolutely not!” I

SIENNA My heart skipped a beat as Sylvester leaned against the doorway. I wondered how he even got to follow me here without me noticing. I tried to think past the panic that was beginning to well up in my chest. I was suddenly conscious about how short my blazer dress was and I watched as his eyes lingered a bit longer on the long stretch of my legs.“What are you doing here?” I asked hen I was finally able to find my voice, my voice was a bit shaky and I hated how weak my voice sounded. “I came looking for you. It's obvious that you've been avoiding me,” he said as he looked at me. I didn't know why my nerves were racing and why it was impossible to breathe.“I'm not avoiding you,” I said, but I regretted it as soon as I said it because I knew pretty well that what I had just said was nothing but a lie. He knew too. “I've just been occupied with work. Meetings. I've not really had the luxury of resting,” I said again but from the look in his eyes. I knew he could tell that I was

SIENNAThings were a little bit tense for us at dinner. Clara and I exchanged minimal words and if my father noticed, I guess he was convinced that this was certainly not the right time for him to ask me or her. I was surprised that she didn't see it as an opportunity to rant to my father about how unfair I had been to her today. Clara never missed any opportunity to paint me in a bad light. My father asked about the details of the meeting and how it went and I downplayed everything that happened from the little that I was planning on focusing on and from the information that Benjamin had given me.From the expression on his face, I could see that he wasn't pleased at the new development. He wasn't pleased that the other neighboring packs were slowly beginning to depend on the Lycans for protection, but I guess he didn't really have much of a choice than to accept what was going on, because if we didn't want to lose more people in our pack, we had to make some certain sacrifices, even