Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.The sound of her whip cutting through the air resonated in the empty forest. She had a blindfold over her eyes so she could rely on her hearing sense instead. Her mind was occupied as she practised using the silver whip coated in wolfsbane with silver spikes and a scorpion tail tip. Her movement was like a dance, following the rhythm of the forest and her heartbeat. If only her thoughts were as serene as the training.Sapphire sighed and lowered her hand as the training came to an end. She pushed the blindfold up her head and blinked a couple of times to adjust her eyes to the brightness of the day. Once her eyes adjusted, she wrapped up the whip and pinned it to her belt, then stretched on her toes, looking up at the clear blue sky.She smiled as she saw some birds flying away like a happy flock and she couldn't help but wish for that freedom. ‘What's so special about being meat? Scrawny meat?’ Her wolf's voice echoed in her head, breaking the serenity of the

I stayed silent for three days trying to decide. I spent twelve years working on my survival skills, twelve years doing nothing but trying to survive and now, I had to give that life up. Either way, my life would be taken because even if I tried to run, Hendrix would find me. There is nowhere I can run from the world's strongest alpha. His pack might not be the largest but they were considered the strongest and if he asks for the other packs to find me, I would be found.Now, there are three ways it'd turn out. He would chase me because I'm his runaway mate, unaware of why I ran. Or he'd figure out what I am and chase me for that reason. He could easily tell everyone that I was cursed and others would be on the hunt for me. You'll think that the other alphas would take the opportunity to capture me so Hendrix's pack would be destroyed, but you are wrong. The moment the curse is activated, I become a walking epidemic. No one would be safe from me.At the same time, while the disaster i

‘Hendrix! Sapphire has left the main boundary of the pack. Follow her!’ Alaric's only words before I felt it myself and took off. She was running away, she was going to leave and I didn't plan to allow that to happen.I thought she would stay and only hate me for a while then start liking me again. She's been quiet for three days and I thought it would be okay, one way or the other, but she was already leaving. I needed to find her and chain her down if I have to. I never planned to let her go whether she liked it or not.Everett and Cooper were quick to run after me when I suddenly took off and soon, I heard Manchester's wolf howling. He must have felt it too and alerted all the Guard-Gifted. Now it was a chase to capture our luna. She'd have to forgive me. She has to forgive me. She can't leave.“Alpha, she's heading to Ðela Dzĩ!!!” Manchester shouted over the link. My heart sank to my stomach when I heard the name. Ðela Dzĩ was an enchanted but disastrous waterfall. The water from

Young Sapphire hummed as she trimmed the hem of her skirt, occasionally stroking her chin and nodding when she did it right. She was well aware of her mother's intense gaze but didn't want to bother herself. If her mother wanted to speak, she'd speak without hesitation. And as long as her mother doesn't speak on her own accord, she won't be able to get anything out of her. Sapphire knew that fact very well.She continued her work and when she was done, she held the skirt out to the sun with a proud smile on her face. Lobelia sighed, grabbing Sapphire's attention again. She rolled her eyes and rolled the skirt up. "You know, Mother, you can speak if you wish to. If you keep sighing like that, you'll only annoy me," Lobelia sneered at her daughter. She didn't like her sass."Well sorry if I was trying to be considerate about telling you what's on my mind," she retorted childishly."Oh, do tell, my considerate and compassionate mother," Sapphire teased, then giggled. Lobelia tried to mai

I stared at the woman with my eyes as wide as a saucer. What she said kept resonating in my head. The blood wolf is not a curse to those around them? How is that possible when it has been proven that the people they meet and care about, or don't even care about, die tragic deaths once the curse is activated? I knew that couldn't be true because Mum told me herself. My father was a blood wolf. Mum never confirmed it but I knew. She never told me how he died but I'm sure he must have done what I tried to do so Mum would live. That itself proves that we are bad luck to everyone. "You must be trying to justify what you were told, am I correct?" She asked, brushing her hair with her fingers as she sat on a chair made out of some kind of coloured rock. Cordelia crossed her legs and relaxed on the chair like the world was waiting for her. She didn't look perturbed at the very least. "How is it a curse to me and not them?" "I'm not sure but somewhere along your lineage, one of them used a b