NIC: After taking a nice long awaited shower. I jogged back downstairs and towards the kitchen where chattering could be heard. I sat down between Seth and Gabe. Gabe- who was on my left -is busy stuffing food in his mouth. I looked over to my right, at Seth to find him silent and staring blankly into space. Frowning, I gently nudged him, successfully snapping him out of his daze. He raised his brows in question. "You okay?" He nodded and gave a weak smile then returned back to his dazed state. A plate was placed in front of me and I smiled at Zannie as thanks and he returned one. Zannicus truly is more beautiful when he smiles. Everyone is beautiful when they're happy. I immediately dug in and moaned at the taste. "Ronan, are you going to train tomorrow?" Zannicus asked so casually it left us stupefied. Even Gabe put a halt in demolishing his food. Especially addressing Ronan by his given name, wow. "Yes Zannie. Will you be joining us?" Everyone gaped at Ronan's smile, the fo

RONAN: Who's ringing a bell? I can't hear anything. But I do feel my heart has stopped for a moment when I saw my Zannicus standing in the middle of the field; doused in blood that I am unable verify if it belongs to him or not and two bodies of rogues around him. One; whose back was ripped open and the other headless. The second he fell to the ground, before my mind could comprehend anything else, I found myself sprinting towards Zannicus. Sound popped back into my ears the same way after coming down after a long flight. As panic ensued my entire being, I didn't let that stop me and carried my mate bridal style all the way back to the house. Nic and Seth ran alongside me, calling out his name but there was no response. Upon arriving, everyone inside skidded into a halt upon seeing a bleeding, unconscious Zannicus in my arms. One of the women fixed up a couch and gestured me to put him down. I gently set him down, grimacing upon closer inspection of his arm and shoulder. Then he

ZANNICUS: The familiar chime slowly brought me from my peaceful slumber. Once my mind had fully been roused awake, I blindly reached out for my phone and turned it off. But then a rather familiar ringtone caused me to pick it up again and placed it against my ear only to pull it away as a voice blasted from my phone so loud my entire arm vibrated. "ZANNICUS!!! OH GODDESS!!! Are you okay?! I heard about what happened weeks ago and I'm so sorry if it was strange that I only knew now because with all these attacks and rogues and training day and night, aside from your birthday, I barely got time to just f*cking breathe and relax!" I blinked as she took a loud intake of breath, "The Luna and Alpha were worried because no one was answering their phone and like I said, because of everything that's been happening, and the fact that the lines were down over here, even Alpha Ryder couldn't check on you guys." "Wha-" I moved to tell Nica to slow down and sat up. "The lines were finally f*cki

NIC: The day went by quickly and before we knew it, it was already night. After honoring and burying our fallen ones, we retired to our rooms. Hearing the mournful cries of our pack members broke my heart. Isaac is still clearly upset of Tyler's death. He's basically our second father. But I'm more scared of Isaac right now, because he's quiet. He's out for Dylan's blood. I'm sure of it. Gabe and I were heartbroken upon finding out that there were pups involved. Their life barely started and they died a horrible death. I'm currently comforting Zannicus. I'm sure if Nica's here, she would be bawling. She loves pups as much as Zannicus does. Speaking of that girl, I wonder how she is. I miss all her nagging. After the meeting, we were still waiting on Alpha Ryder's call but no one was answering. All the members are upstairs while we were in the living room. No one spoke as we were still in mourning. Then I remembered something, "Ronan." The man glanced at me, "I forget to inform

ZANNICUS: Terence lunged at me in a flurry of movement but I had anticipated his attack and merely side stepped and watched as he stumbled and skidded to a stop. Just as he turned, I grabbed his arm and flipped him over my shoulder, dry leaves riding along with the movement and fluttered down my head. The harsh impact elicited a pained yell. He grabbed his shoulder as I circled him, "GET UP!!" I growled loudly. He flinched but immediately got to his feet. He lunged again; both arms extended- which was a mistake. Before his hands could grab me, I extended my right hand again, shot inbetween his open arms and grabbed his neck. He choked as I lifted him up in the air then slammed him down on the ground. Terence whined as his chest released hacking coughs. ______ Those who bare witness to the fight winced and hissed as if they were the ones who was hurt. Zannicus deliberately allowed his opponent to recover and stand up. There was a look that flashed through the Omega's eyes but it