-Angelica-“What were you thinking?” Ethan shouted, waking my senses. “You were almost mauled over by those newborns!” Of all the times I had been in his pack, this was the first time that I heard him shout at me. In the five years that I have stayed with him, this was the first time he had lost control of his temper. Despite all the teasing and bickering that we had, he never shouted at me the way he was shouting at me now. “I’m sorry,” I said trembling, not because I was scared of him but because I knew how close I was to dying.“Hey, man,” the guy who saved me said as he placed a hand on Ethan’s shoulder. “You gotta chill. Can’t you see she’s trembling with fear?”Ethan turned to face him, the anger on his face was something I had never seen before. “Sebastian!” Kristoff shouted, his voice booming and echoing inside the room. “Don’t interfere with something that isn’t in your jurisdiction.”But instead of following Kristoff, Sebastian moves in front of me hiding me from Ethan.“S
-Angelica-My head hurt so bad that it took me a hard time opening my eyes. “Don’t move too much,” Raja ordered. “Or else you’ll break a lot more bones than you already did.” I stopped moving but opened my eyes. I let my eyes roam around but since I can’t move I can only see the ceiling.“Where am I?” I asked. “In a place you don’t need to know,” Raja replied before touching my leg, twisting it in a way that I ended up screaming. “What the hell, Raja?” I asked angrily as the pain lingered on my leg.“Oh, I’m sorry,” she replied. “Does it hurt?”I bit my lip to avoid talking back at her for fear that she would just hurt me more. “What’s wrong with you?” I asked, “Are you mad at me?” I waited for Raja to answer but instead of answering me, she took a very deep breath. “So, are you just going to pretend I don’t exist?” I asked trying to prompt her to answer me.“You, Violet, no longer exist,” her reply was soft and sad but even so, this time I remained quiet. Once again Raja rele
-Angelica-“I know that it’s hard to lose a home, a family member, a friend,” the pack leader of the Wave Water pack said. “But what has happened these past few days made me realize a lot of things. I would rather lose my position just to make sure that I would be keeping you safe.”The murmurs of his people became louder and louder by the second. “I have thought about my next step long and hard. This decision isn’t something I made without thinking about all the possibilities, all the options, and all the consequences I could come up with,” he paused as he looked at his people one by one. I continued to hide behind the tall bulky guy in front of me as I let my eyes roam the stage and never stopped until I saw who I was looking for. Behind the Alpha of the Water Wave pack sat both Stefan and Ethan. Stefan wears his usual poker face but Ethan doesn’t even try to hide the fact that he hasn’t slept in days.On each side of Stefan and Ethan sat the leaders of the vampire clan in their
-Angelica-As my truck passed by the entrance, I was expecting that it would bring me straight to the pack house but I was wrong. That’s when I realized that there were a lot of things that I didn’t know about Stefan’s pack. All new members of the pack were not brought directly to the center of the pack but how they had their own specific place where they would stay.In my years in this pack, I never knew that such a place existed. Still, I was glad that I was able to come back with no hassle and that no one knew who I really was.We were asked to gather near what seemed to be a small square within the pack. Another thing that I didn’t know existed. A man stood on top of a small makeshift stage and started to make an announcement.“Welcome to Blue River Pack,” the man shouted. “We are all happy to welcome you here and be part of our pack.”Everyone around me cheered, some were even excited to be acknowledged and be part of the pack. “Now, to know where you will be staying and to ma
-Angelica-Martha had given me a tour of the place where I will be working. And that’s when new information has arisen. I found out that there are three levels in the Blue River pack. The third level is where I am located. At this level, every new member of the pack is trained for the usual tasks that everyone in the pack performs and at the same time their loyalty is being tested. It is also the level where the new ones are not asked to swear their loyalty for a reason that they might change their mind. Martha said that joining the pack should be done freely, it was what their Alpha wanted. She said that he wanted everyone in his pack to want to be in his pack, and not by force.“So how’s the Alpha?” I asked as we sat at the corner of the kitchen peeling potatoes, one of the tasks that was assigned to me. “The Alpha?” Martha said looking up, “You know, the Alpha is one of the best people I have known. Did you know why I am here?” I shook my head as I picked up another potato to pe
-Angelica-Leveling up isn’t easy. And I can’t really show them all my cards at the same time. Since my arrival, there are so many things I have noticed and one of them is that Stefan doesn’t usually go to this level. The usual faces I saw were Clarisse and Elias. Lina and Martha, who became close to me reveal that the only reason Elias visits at this level is because of all the complaints that he receives from the people staying here because of Clarisse.I also found out that Claire was now the Luna of the pack, although it didn’t really surprise me because I already predicted that it would happen the moment that I was out of the picture. What I wasn’t expecting was how a lot of people didn’t like Claire. “Why don’t people like the current Luna?” I asked as I took a bite from the strawberry in my hand. “Because she doesn’t deserve to be the Luna,” Lina said angrily. I looked at her, one of my people, and yet when I was here, how come I didn’t know that she was here and that the
-Angelica-I never knew that the reason Stefan went to our pack was because of Lina. Even though I can’t remember the exact moment when I helped her. All I know was that I did help someone and by helping her, my father cast me away to the dungeon as he prepared to sell me to the highest bidder. “How did you know that your Luna needs your help?” I asked out of plain curiosity. Lina smiled. “Remember my position here now?” Lina asked and I nodded yes. “I am a groomer then already. When I started, I was assigned to someone from our pack who was able to escape, yet again, because of our Luna’s help. She was the reason why our Luna’s father finally decided to sell her at that moment before she could let more of our kind escape.”Lia…I never told anyone why we were so close and why we bonded so easily. I wanted to keep her secret but I never knew that someone else knew about it.“Who did she save this time?” I asked as I tried to see if Lia’s secret was safe or not. “Unfortunately, I c
-Angelica-I only have two months before my year is almost up. A year that Raja gave me. I know that Raja and I have discussed an extension but I need to know just how long I need so that when Raja and I meet once again, I will be able to bargain with her that two years is not enough. Or better yet, she could make the change on my face permanent so that I wouldn’t have any problems. But for me to know that I know I need to have an interaction with Stefan first. But how can I do that when Elias was always with him or Claire? Another thing, I have always looked for a chance for me to see my son and spend some time with him but he was so well protected that I don’t even get to see him. When I asked Martha about the young heir but never told her that he was my son, she said that the Alpha was overprotective of him at times to the point that no one was allowed to be with him except for his trusted men, and Mrs. Smith. She even revealed that even Claire isn’t allowed to be with him alon