ZADOK “Is this a joke? What do you mean I attacked her?” Ithra spoke immediately, causing Sollel to shrink. “Fix your tone, Ithra.” I warned, not enjoying the sight of Sollel looking scared of her. “She is lying!” She pointed at Sollel, “why would you lie against me?”“Enough.” I muttered, already feeling an headache.“Why on earth would I charge at a wolf in such a public place? I might be anything, but I'm not stupid to curse you out in the face of your people, Zadok.” The entire room got three times hotter than normal. I knew she didn't just address me by my name, and that in front of my subjects. “ENOUGH.” I hit the handle of my throne, causing a reverberating sound to fill the air. “Henceforth, you only talk when you are spoken to. And this is the last time you utter my name with such disregard. Am I clear?” Silence. Oh this witch wanted to test me. Kir was at the brink of my skin, ready to take over at the slightest provocation. “Yes Alpha.” She finally said, breathing h

ITHRA I need water. That was the only thing I could think of as my eyes fluttered open. I felt like I hadn't drank water for a thousand years. My eyes adjusted to my surroundings and I couldn't tell where I was. White light, white covers, soft mattress, but no water. I need to find water.I forced myself up the bed, scanning the room for any transparent liquid that could quench my parched throat.Instead, I feel a prickly pain in my wrist. An IV drip was placed on my hand, hindering my free movement. I tried to remember how I got here but came up blank. The last thing I remembered was pledging my life to Zadok. With that opened up memories that flooded my consciousness. I was set up. And then, strangled. My hands instinctively go around my neck. And immediately, the doors open. Zadok walks in and our eyes connect. A paralyzing chill spreads through my body as I remember how he tried to kill me. He put me in this condition. I disconnected the IV drip on my wrist and prepared

ITHRA.“Come on, Ithra. Tell me what you want.” Zadok spoke into my ears. Hiccup.We have been in silence for the past few minutes. My gaze fixated on Athaliah, and the deepest part of me wanted to see her head bloodied on a golden platter. However, I chose to be diplomatic and make good use of the opportunity. Like it or not, I was now a member of this pack, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't change my genetic composition. I was a witch. Whether or not I had powers didn't mean anything to these people who lived the better part of their lives believing witches to be a scourge that needed to be cleansed. Killing these people would only solidify their terrible opinion of me. Zadok's expression was unreadable, he had a glint in his eyes as he watched me, thoroughly enjoying my dilemma. I strongly felt like it was a test. And for some reason, I was determined to ace it. “Let them go.” I finally spoke, eyes focused on Zadok. “What did you say?” His eyes widened a bit, he di

ITHRA“Why do we have to go this early?” I walked behind Azriel, trying to meet up to his pace. “Don't think that because you are now a member of this pack, you have permission to idle away.” He said without a glance back. “We are disciplined, and in order for you to fit in, you must be disciplined.”“I wasn't trying to fit in.” I sneered behind him, “Zadok- I mean, the alpha said I would be introduced to the pack. It's been two days and there's been no word. Forgive me but I don't feel like getting attacked by your people.”Azriel stopped, and turned around. “My people?” he asked in an incredulous tone. I stared back at him. Surely, he didn't expect me to refer to them with anything dear. Not when they were all after my life. When he realized I wasn't planning on saying anything, he sighed. “Today is your first day of training. Zadok will meet you in between. I have been assigned to oversee your training.” He took a long look at me, “which unfortunately for you, begins in the earl

ZADOKShilhi, Azriel and Zadok were seated round a wooden table in the greenhouse. “She suddenly became powerful, like she wasn't weak and complaining some seconds ago.” Azriel narrated to Shilhi, speaking about the training session with Ithra. “She took off his hands like it was nothing.”“We can't take that for a fact, who knows, perhaps the alpha didn't use as much strength?” Shilhi opined, her gaze flickered to me, and I answered. “I obviously didn't use as much strength, but I am certain she shouldn't have been able to get out of my hold that easily. I didn't exert much strength, but it was strong enough to hold her.”“Maybe your hand slackened a bit during your interactions?” Shilhi said with her eyes focused on me. “The alpha was angry.” Azriel said, “From my point of view, he was seconds away from strangling her. He couldn't have slackened his hold in that mind state.” It was good he answered her bizarre question because I doubted my answers will be anything but lethal. “