Freya I held my head as I went down the stairs. I was having a horrible headache. "Grandma," I called. I needed Advil or any pill for a headache. The pain was too much to bear. My head felt like someone hit me in the head with a baseball bat, hard. I didn't hear her answer. "Grandma," I again called. Still, no answer. I started calling for Zira. I, too, didn't hear her as well. I went into the kitchen expecting to see them both preparing breakfast, but the kitchen was empty. And there wasn't any breakfast prepared; the stove felt cold. "Grandma, Zira!" I searched everywhere in the 2-story house. They were both nowhere to be found. I ran outside to check to see if the car was in the garage; it was gone. They had gone out. As I was about to return inside. I heard a car. I spun around. My puffy eyes squinted, blocking out the morning sunlight. Two cars were coming towards me. I knew the first car. It was Grandma's, but for the second car, I didn't. I went back to the step that
Freya Why does time fly by so fast when you don't want it to? It was already Monday, my first day at The School of the Forgotten. I closed the door of my new car, laying my backpack next to me. I soon heard a tap on the window. It was Zira. I rolled down the window. She handed me a lunch box. "You didn't have to," I told her. "What if you don't like the lunches there?" she worried. I took it and thanked her. She and Grandma waved goodbye as I drove from the house and onto the road. It took me 10 minutes to arrive at the school. A large school that looked like a century-old Catholic building. The school was dark brown, and the sides of the glass windows were painted white. I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before exiting the car. I was going to be the new kid, and I felt uneasy. I fixed my curly hair and walked straight into the building. I had my file from my previous school to help me settle in. "Excuse me, can you show me the administration area?" I asked a security
Freya History class went on for 2 hours, and as it ended, I noticed him rushing from the classroom as he couldn't stand to be there any longer. "Hey, I'm Dolly; you must be, Ms. Zoey and Zira relative, aren't you?" A red-headed female with green eyes and freckles came up to my desk as I packed my bag. "Yes," I retorted. "They and my grandma are very close friends. Do you want to have lunch with me and my friends?" she asked. I scanned her from head to foot, noticing the design of her purple, yellow, and white cheerleading uniform along with her white Nike sneaker. I couldn't believe a girl like her, who seemed popular, wanted to have lunch with me. "I'm sorry if I seemed too much, she said as she grabbed her bag, assuming I had no interest in her. I was just surprised by the fact that she wanted to be my friend. I'm a nobody. "You're not; I'll have lunch with you," I told her. She smiled and took me by the hand, leading me from the classroom. I had never really had someone to
Jurius "Hey, Jurius!" I heard my brother from behind. I kept walking, knowing what he wanted. He gained on me next to my car. "What did you say to that human girl that made her cry?" he asked, concerned. "None of your business," I told him angrily as I went into my car and drove off quickly. From my rear mirror, I noticed dust rising from my speed. Tate coughed, fanning it away. He stood watching my car until it was out of his sight. I didn't feel like going home, so I went to one of my favorite spots. A place that always seemed to give me peace. I sat on the large hill looking down into the ocean, and a thought of jumping in came to me; everything would have ended. I wouldn't have to kill my soulmate, and no one would know about her. I couldn't do it. I couldn't dare put my family and my pack through grief. Tears of anger and frustration emerged in my eyes. "Why her!" I yelled to the sky. I cried. I shouldn't be crying, but the pain of disappointment was too much. I thought
Freya I poked the steak, not feeling hungry. "You've seemed so distant ever since you've returned from school," grand aunt Zira said as she studied me from across the table. "I'm okay," I said. "I'm going upstairs to do my homework," I told her, not having the appetite to eat anything. She nodded. Again, I lied; I never got any homework. I just felt the need to be alone. I closed the door of my room and went to sit beside the window, leering into the forest. I didn't understand why he was so mad at me when I had done nothing wrong. Hot tears formed in my eyes, rolling down my cheeks, remembering that for many years my mom had wrongly blamed me for Dad leaving her. What if he, too, mistakenly vented his anger out on me as well? I feel as if I was born with a curse—bad luck for taking someone else's blame. I was starting to believe it. I heard a knock on the door. "I'm coming." I quickly wiped away my tears. I opened the door. "Your grand aunt and I are going to a friend's
Jurius A tree tumbled down with one punch. I was so angry. I'd decided to kill her and bury her body where no one would find her, but seeing how broken she was, I couldn't. It was too difficult to Instead, I felt a strong urge to protect her, to take away her pain, and to make her happy. I despised it, but I wanted to. My father must be worried about me. I went for clothes I had hidden under the tree in case of emergency. I was naked; I put it on and went home. As I arrived home, I saw the entire pack leaving. "Dad is allowing us to sleep in the forest under a bonfire tonight," Kathara said excitedly. Being partly wolves, we loved being out in the open, around Mother Nature. I wasn't in the mood to attend this time. I walked past everyone entering the home, heading upstairs to my room. "Jurius," I heard my father say. I didn't stop; I just kept walking. I slammed my door as I got into my room. I was filled with so much rage. My eyes kept flashing uncontrollably into my wolf's.
Freya I couldn't stop thinking of Jurius saving me and how fast he ran into the forest right before I could turn back around to look at him. He was so fast. His speed didn't seem human at all. I also couldn't figure out why he was at my house. I was worried. He knew I was committing suicide by jumping from my window. What if he tells someone? I couldn't risk anyone finding out. In history class, I looked at the seat where I first saw him. He wasn't there. At lunch, I didn't see him either, just his brother and the others. Throughout the day, all I could think about was him. The memory of him catching me in his arms, how close we were as we stared into each other's eyes, and the feeling of the comfortable warmth of his body. Every time I'm reminded of him, I feel butterflies in my stomach. Was I truly falling for him? I've never fallen in love. I am too scared to, seeing how bad-lucked my mom and her family are with men. I didn't know whether to think of it. The last class for
JuriusAfter discovering who my cursed human soulmate was, Dad stopped me from going to school for a while. He didn't want anyone within the pack to be suspicious of why I had done so, and so he made it seem I had more training to help me prepare to one day take on the pack.I'd been in the packs' gyms for hours for the past few days I've been absent from school, working out. I worked so hard that I felt I had overworked myself. My dad would often tell me to take it easy; it is so hard. Every time I sat down for a rest, all I could think about was her. I was starting to become worried about her. I wanted to put that feeling aside. It was not good for me.Dad was returning to the gym.I stopped working out and grabbed a towel to wipe away the sweat from my face.He was not alone; Uncle Lennox was with him as well."How many push-ups have you done?" Uncle Lennox asked. I could sense sadness within him as he tried to lighten the mood, as he always does.At that moment, I knew Dad had told