~ARET~
Mother sent me back home to wear something appropriate for the event, what she means is that I should put on a dress.
When I stepped into the house, Lorraine and Laurel were already dressed and playing board games in the sitting room, while the heat from the fireplace gave warmth to the room.
“Hey, Freak!” I turned to face the twins, their hair was up in a ponytail and their green eyes, which they inherited from dad, boreholes into my skin.
“Since you're going to be a few feet away at the event, we don't want anyone telling us how bad our little sister's fashion taste is, so we got you this,” Laurel said, handing me a hanger that held a black knee-length dress with a white leather jacket and white boots.
“Oh my Goddess, guys!” I felt emotional as I admired the outfit.
“Oh, please, don't get so emotional, we are only doing this to save ourselves the horror of hearing you're shuffling around looking for an outfit.” Lorraine snaps at me, making me nod in happiness.
“You have ten minutes!” She yells as I run up the stairs and into my room, peeling off my old clothes and putting on the outfit the twins gave me. I pack my hair in French braid style, put a gloss on my lips, grab my minibag, and run down the stairs.
“Now you look less of a freak,” Lorraine smirked, walking out the door with laurel.
“A werewolf would suffice, “I mutter, trailing behind them.
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The sun had set, and every pack member was seated around the fire while I and my best friend-actually my only true friend, The Zeta's daughter, Nova were put in charge of the food stand.
“ Look at how Logan is glowing just sitting by the fire,” she says, staring at the Alpha's son dreamily.
Nova was a nineteen-year-old blonde with gray eyes and a body figure just like mine. We were sometimes called twins because we looked alike, but as always, I was the 'freak twin'.
“You know he is mated, right?” I said
d pointing at his mate sitting a few meters away from him.Werewolves can find their mate once they attain the age of eighteen. My brother has found his, but the twins don't even want to search for theirs because they aren't ready to live a life without each other.
For Nova and I, we haven't found our mates…yet.
“Let me decide on whom I want to crush on, and besides, his mate wouldn't mind sharing him.” She hands a plate over to a pup who smiled, revealing their pearly milk teeth.
“That's disgusting.”
We finished distributing the refreshments and settled on a log of wood, watching the dancers move to the beat of the drums around the fire and the storytellers trying their best to scare the hell out of us.
The trees were still, and the weather was cold, Nova inning onto me for warmth as we listened to the storyteller.
“With a broken hand, she shifted into her-”.
Thud.
A man was thrown at the center of the gathering, his heart had been ripped out of his rib cage his limbs broken, and his bloody bones sticking out of his flesh. It was a horrific sight to see.
I knew this man.
He was one of the werewolves that patrolled our borders. His head snapped towards my direction as if controlled by witchcraft. Blood oozed from his broken jaw, and his eyeballs rolled to the back.
“ Run.”
Screams erupted as wolves emerged from the forests, killing every Night wing tribe member they came across.
“It's the Crescent Hills Tribe!”
Nova and I jolted from our seats, running towards the only place we have been taught to go when we were attacked.
The Safe Room.
Running, I could see my brother and my father behind the Alpha as they charged toward the Crescent Hills Tribe.
We rushed into the Tribe House, pushing the big refrigerator aside and slipping into the secret hallway before placing the refrigerator in place.
“Girls!” Startled, Nova and I turned in the direction of the voice and sighed.
It was just the Luna.
“Hurry in! I'm about to lock the door!” She yelled, making us rush into the safe room where countless females were seated on the chairs all agitated.
The pups and pregnant she-wolves were placed in the room adjacent to where we were, they were safer there.
Nova sniffed beside me, “Nova, are you-are you crying?”
I pull her into my arms as she sobbed profusely, “you know my dad Is the zeta, he is the war general of our tribe, and my brother is the future zeta, that Is to say, they are both at the war front! I already lost my mother A, I don't want to lose them.”
Speaking of family, I look around the crowd of women searching for the twins and my mother, but they were nowhere to be seen.
“Nova, my mom and sisters, they aren't here.” Nova's eyes widened in fear.
I had to go look for them.
“Wait, where are you going?” Holding my wants Nova asked with furrowed brows.
“To find my family,”
“Without me?” She smirked as she led us towards the door where the Luna and the female delta stood.
“Where are you girls off to? There is war and no one's life is safe outside.” The Female Delta asks.
“That's why we are going to find our kin,” Nova responds, the Luna shaking her head in disagreement.
“With all due respect Luna, it's our choice to make, not yours.” As those words left my mouth, the Luna's eyes widen in surprise While the Delta opened the huge metal door for us to pass.
We run out of the safe room, puling the refrigerator back in place. “We have to separate.”
I nod, hugging Nova as we both ran opposite directions. “Don't die,” she says through the mind link.
As I run further, the smell of burning wood reaches my nostrils as I stare at the tribe, half of our land had been burnt to the ground.
Few werewolves, that I recognized as the Night wing tribe fought off the invading tribe. Howls echoed throughout the night while my heart thumped in fear.
As I walked closer, I stumbled upon a body which made tears flow out of my eyes.
~ARET~ Laying on the grass was my father in his wolf form, all bruised and battered, his hind limbs had been broken and most of his skin had been bitten off. There was no way he could shift back, he was too injured. I placed my fingers on his furry chest. No heartbeat. I muffled a sob, burying my head on his wolf head crying as hands pulled me away from him. “Aret! Let go of him, he's dead!” I turned to see Loraine and Laurel with teary eyes. “No, No! Let me be! I want daddy back!” I cry out as Laurel pulls me into her arms, sobbing too. After a while, we wipe our tears rising from the grass, “we can't stay here, the crescent hills tribe have already gotten to the Tribe squa-” Loraine was cut short by a massive snarl, snapped our heads in the direction of the snarl to see a giant wolf with red eyes. Only the Crescent Hills Tribe has red eyes. “Run!” Laurel yelled as we ran into the forest, the wolf was hot on our trail as we ran further into the forest. My sisters ran in the
~•ARET•~ I walked through the forest, and the smell of burning trees filled my nostrils. I was a mile away from the tribe, smoke filling my lungs. Not only that, but I could hear screams and wails through the woods, I trembled running to the tribe. As I got to the tribe gates, a big wolf with red blazing eyes snarled at me. He was of the Crescent Hills Tribe, only they had red-eyed wolves. The wolf growled, running after me as I took on my heel and ran. I could hear his growls behind me as I ran. “Help!” I yelled, but no one could hear me, my voice was weak and little. I tumbled on a tree branch, making me land my butt on the cold grass, sustaining an injury. I hissed biting my lip drawing blood. The wolf had already caught up to me, taunting my every step as I tried to crawl backward, my fingers were intertwined with the grass, so I was stuck. “Help! Lorraine! Laurel! Help! Mom!” “Help?” I could hear the wolf's voice in my head. “No one's coming to save you.” “No,” I shook
~•ARET•~ “Nova! Shut up! You're drawing attention!” I yell as we kept running. It seems the she wolves were right. We were going to get captured again. Silver chains wrapped around our hands, tears brimming from my eyes due to the contact of silver on my skin. “Stupid bitches,” One of the guards said, leading us out of the castle. “Your mother is a bitch.” Retorted Nova, making him kick her behind the knees as she collapsed on the ground. I bent down, trying to help her up, but the guard kept pulling on the chains, I hissed at the force. “Stop!” A strong and demanding voice said from afar, I could feel the power that radiated from his voice. I can see a figure with some werewolves behind him approaching us, and I know he owns the voice. He was dressed in a red velvet cloak, his boots shined to perfection. My nose caught a whiff of a wonderful scent; When he comes closer, my hearts begins to race. His dark black hair slicked back as if hours were spent grooming it. I watch his
Chapter Six – Know your place~•MOBALI•~I growl in outrage, slamming him to the other side of the room, still tied to the chair, blood oozing out of his forehead.“You don't get to ask the questions, warden,” Kenan says to him, pulling his chair up and putting it in place.“Your Majesty, please,” he begged, it sounded like music to my ears.“So, what did you do to her?”“What?”“Explain it to me,” I demand.“I pushed her to the wall…”“Pushed her? With what?”“With m-my hands.” I stared at the tray of torture devices.“Which hand?”“Huh?”“Which hand was that?” I asked again, “m-my right hand”I hummed, picking up a silver axe and turning towards him.I slammed the axe into his wrists, cutting off his right hand in the process.“Ahh!!!” He screamed, squirming in anguish as the silver seeped into his open wound.I passed the axe to Kenan, who cleaned it with a cloth, placing the axe back in its position.“Your majesty please, if I had known she was your mate, I wouldn't have touched h
~•ARET•~“Know your place,” He says, leaving the room.I staggered, holding the bedpost to balance myself.All my fantasies and daydreaming washed down the drain, I imagined my mate to be a loving, caring yet protective wolf rather I am fated to a ruthless alpha who doesn't even want me.The brass doors creaked open, revealing a werewolf dressed in guard uniform.He looks confused as he closes the door, his shirt getting stuck in between.“I thought he said he was sending a maid.” The guard looks up at me, smiling nervously, pulling his shirt out of the doors.“Sorry, your highness, I'm not who you expected. Your personal bodyguard, your lady-in-waiting, and the maids are assembled in your quarters, waiting for your arrival.”“The Supreme Luna's Quarters is located at the west wing, while the supreme alpha's Quarters is located at the east wing.”My eyes widened in fear, I rubbed my palms against each other as he led me out of the supreme Alpha's chambers and out of his quarters.We a
~•ARET•~Dressed in maid clothes and pushing a trolley of food, was Hawaii and I walking through the dungeons with the trolley in between us.“Your majesty, I feel like my head will be cut off any moment.” Hawaii whimpered, making me place my hand on hers.“Stop!” We halted, the guards walking towards us.“What's in it?” One questioned, tapping his baton on the aluminum tray.“We have brought food for the prisoners,” I spoke up l, watching as the guard opened the food, picking a bagel.“You can go,” he says, unlocking the gates for us to pass through.I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, the air was cold and chilly. I wondered if nova got any warmth.“Hehehe!” A prisoner laughed as we passed by her cell.“They got you too, huh?” Another whispered, Hawaii, clinging unto me in fear.“Guess what?”What?“They got me too.” She cackled, Hawaii, looking like she wanted to be anywhere but certainly not here.As we walked further, we got to a cell that seemed isolated from others.
~•NOVA•~“Thi-This is spectacular,” I say in awe as Dwayne led me into the Supreme Beta Quarters.“If you think this is amazing, wait until you see my chambers,”We walked into the huge bronze doors that were wide open.“This is so beautiful,” I gushed out in amazement, starting at the chambers. “No, you are.” He whispers into my ear, making a blush form on my cheeks.“Oh, please.” I rolled my eyes, hitting his chest, and he chuckled, making his chest vibrate.I cleaned up earlier and was dressed in a blue dress, and I looked just about like a princess.Or as my mate said; 'Dwayne's princess'“There's a sitting area on the balcony, want to go see?” He asked, and I nodded quickly, placing my hand in his as he directed me to the balcony.“Magnificent,” I say, stunned at the view from up here.“Let's sit.” He urges, pulling me down with his arm holding me in place.“Thank you for finding me,” I mutter without raising my head.“It's an honor and besides, I want a bigger thank you.” He sa
~•ARET•~I brought my knees up to my chest, sobbing while Hawaii tried consoling me.“I always knew I was cursed from birth!” I sniffled while taking the strawberry caramel ice cream that Hawaii had brought for me.“I hope this cools your mood, get it? Cools.” Hawaii says pun-intended.I glare at her as she gulps, sitting next to me.“It's okay, Luna.”“It's not okay! I'm so cursed, I got a scary and heartless alpha who doesn't love me as my mate.”I remembered the way Supreme Alpha Mobali had glared at me, giving me that look.The hatred in his eyes made me cringe in fear. He didn't want me, no one did.I walk towards my balcony, resting on the railings as I tried jumping down.“Luna!” Hawaii screamed, making Lincoln burst into the room, rushing to help me get down. "Let me go! Why don't I get to be loved?' I sobbed, yanking my arms away from their reach.“ I never asked for any of this,” I say, crawling up to my fluffy bed and rubbing my eyes as I plopped onto the soft bed.I coul