Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alpha’s Halfling Mate: Branded By My Sister’s Death : Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

Sireen’s POVThere’s a mat spread in the center of Jessica’s living room, right on the floor. Whatever was there before has been cleared out, and if it was just the mat that was spread down, I wouldn’t have been freaking out as much as I am now. “What’s going on here?” I ask, wide eyed, and my heart starts to race because on the spread mat, are cowries, too many to count, as well as candles lit on all four sides of the cloth. There’s something that looks like a burning incense, placed inside a small wooden bowl, and beside that, is a large map. The old kind, made of brown paper. As if all of that isn’t ominous enough, there’s traces of blood on the map, forming a rather perfectly drawn line on it, and an arm’s length away from the setup, is a big book open on the floor too.My heart full on starts to race for more reasons than one, and I turn to meet Jessica’s sheepish smile. “Don’t freak out, okay? Sireen!” She snaps her finger in front of my face when I don’t respond after a few s

Sireen’s POV“Sireen. Are you there?” Camille asks from the other end of the phone, and I nod. Realizing that she can’t see me, I clear my throat and speak. “Whoever did this is just trying to get a reaction out of me,” I say, and I hear Camille’s exhausted and sad sigh. “I’m so sorry, Sireen,” she supplies, and I shake my head.“This has nothing to do with you. It’s fine. I have to go, Cam, I’ll see you later, okay?” Before I can end the call and regard Lily’s curious looks, Camille speaks. “Wait, Sireen. Today is the final day for the Moon Fest, you know? Will you be there? It’s totally understandable if you won’t,” she says, whispering the last part low enough for me to hear, and I bite my lower lip.“I’ll let you know,” I tell her before ending the call.“Fire on the mountain?” Lily asks immediately I put the phone down, and I tell her what happened. When I’m done, she doesn’t look surprised, almost as though she already heard that my video which was already completely off the

Sireen’s POVBeing in Trevor’s presence, I quickly forget everything else. It seems like he does too, so I forget that my life is pretty much in shambles and I’m sitting on a ticking bomb, and that I might be deformed beyond repair. All I can think of is the pleasurable pain I feel when his wolf’s fangs hold onto my hind leg as he tackles me to the ground. We don’t stop Alpha Ocean’s howl gives the signal for the run to begin. He takes the lead, with Elowen’s dark brown wolf a little ahead of him. The couple enjoys their own likely competition, and so do the others.I think of my mom. I saw her earlier. If my dad were still here, they’d be chasing each other’s tails. Is she being chased by the male I saw standing behind her earlier right now? Or was that something else?I feel Trevor’s heavy prints tailing behind me, and I run faster. I feel free, in my own world, and it’s as if nobody cares that I’m a halfling anymore.Soon, we’re all at the edge of pack, rounding the clean lake whe

Sireen’s POVThroughout the day, Camille doesn’t let me rest. I wouldn’t hear the end of it!She called when the sun broke out, in the cool morning, and she kept droning on about how proud of me she was for shocking her and everyone else in pack last night. From what I heard from her, even Alpha Ocean and Luna Elowen were surprised that I’d do something like that.I wasn’t even that engrossed in the conversation as I kept replaying how the rest of the night went with Trevor by my side, the kiss we shared stark naked under the full moon, and how he tenderly saw me home after everything. So when Camille started talking about her also being in support of Trevor and me reconciling, I couldn’t stop the stupid school girl blush that rose to my cheeks, although I'm still not so sure where Trevor and I stand now.At the end of the call, I decide that I’m in a good mood and need to go see not only Lily, but Jessica as well, to share the good developments with them.As I’m on my way to Croaker’

Sireen’s POVThankfully, Trevor showed up right on time to stop Enzo from following me after basically forcing his lips on mine, so that gave me the opportunity to get out and as far away from his sight as possible. As much as I would have wanted to curl up in Trevor’s arms after the traumatic experience, I couldn’t bear to stand being in Enzo’s presence, and the visit to Jessica was automatically canceled, so I ran over to Lily’s estate, seeing as I didn’t want to be alone.Once I arrived, as usual, she knew that something was wrong. She asked, but I had barely even processed the fact myself that someone I considered a friend would do something like that to me, so I couldn’t find the words to explain to Lily.I told her about how last night went though, skillfully avoiding what I did with her grandson, and even though I am not as enthusiastic about the topic as I was mere hours ago, Lily is still engrossed in listening, and when I’m done, I can tell that she’s proud of me.She doesn