The doctors were surprised at how fast I have healed. I requested to be released from the hospital since I was not seeing any point in staying there. But my manager came and explained that the owner wants me to stay there until the week of rest is up. He said the owner wants to ensure that I get the needed rest and that I am eating right before getting back to work.
The week seems to move so slowly but I did get some time to rest and even went to physical therapy to ensure that my body was working perfectly. Once I was given the “fit to work clearance” I was in a hurry to get back to my dorm. My manager wanted to pick me up but I was already out and had called a taxi.
Once I was at the dorm, I started to clean up my small room. It’s been a while since I was home and my laundry piled up as well as the
We hit the road by the crack of dawn. I was seated at the back which I didn't mind. I looked out of the window as I watched how darkness fades as the sun rises. I placed my earbuds on and let the music swallow the silence that surrounded me. I didn’t know that I fell asleep until Lisa woke me up when we reached our destination. Lately, I find myself feeling sleepy most of the time. And I noticed that it started after I was hospitalized. It’s like all the energy I had was sucked out of my body. I got out of the car just in time to see Lisa’s aunt rushing to greet us. She had the same olive skin as Lisa’s, while gray hair was tied in a neat bun on her head. She was smiling brightly as she gave each one of us a hug. “You girls must be hungry,” her aunt Connie said. “Let’s get inside and
I stood there unable to move and in shock with what I just witnessed. I tried and tried to understand to find an answer to my question, ‘How can a human become a wolf?’ But ended up with more and more questions than answers. One of the wolves who were on my side nudged me, making me move. Is this wolf a human too? A question I wanted to ask out loud but couldn’t. The other wolf on my side lowered itself, it was like it was asking me to climb on its back. I looked in the wolf’s eyes, unable to move. That’s when I felt someone pull me and help me climb the back of the wolf. I looked up at the person who pulled me and found Katie. Katie smiles a lot but this time she isn’t. Her face wa
I thought that we were to stay in the living room but Katie said that we would wait for the others inside Drake’s office. I asked if I could stay in the living room but they did not allow me to. They said that Drake’s office, aside from his room, is the safest place in the mansion. While waiting for others, I avoided looking in Drake’s direction. I know where he was seated and I also know that the goddess earlier was seated beside him. He tried calling my name to get my attention but I pretended not to hear. I also pretended to have fallen asleep to avoid him trying to call for me once again. It took several minutes for other people to join us. When I opened my eyes I saw Leon and Lisa enter the room. Suddenly everything became so noisy as each one of them spoke all at the same time. All of them wanted to be heard but no one seemed to want to listen.&nb
I watched Athena as she left the room. “I like her,” Nikki said as she sat down beside me. “She is fit to be a Luna,” Nikki added. “Did you see how she threw Leon across the room with a slap?” Nori added excitedly. “And to think she did not even exert a lot of force.” “There is something mysterious about her,” Calvin said deep in thought. “I can’t see her past, present, and her future. It’s like she is a big black hole. And that power, that effortless power, makes me curious as to what else she can do.” Leon was leaning near the door deep in thought. “Something you
His sister? Did I just hear him right? The goddess who was always beside him touching him was his sister. I have never felt this relieved and embarrassed at the same time in my life. He was smiling when our eyes met. In embarrassment, my cheeks heated up and I turned to avoid his eyes. “Are you okay Athena?” he asked softly. I enjoy the way he calls my name. The way every syllable rolled off from his tongue and the way it sounded when it came from him. “Uhm, ye-yes,” I stuttered like an idiot talking to her first crush. Well yeah, I am that idiot and he was indeed my first crush. “So you want our doors opened?” He asked. “Uhm, ye-yes,” I replied. What the hell? Can’t I say anything more?
“What the hell was that about?” Leon demanded as he faced Calvin. “Why are you giving our information to someone that we haven’t fully trusted?” I lay down Athena. She looks so confused and exhausted. I am still unsure as to what had just happened but something about our place triggered something in her. She was so shocked that she wasn’t able to speak to her aunt properly. Her aunt on the other hand was not that easy to talk to. Well, I wasn’t even sure that I was able to speak to her because she did all the talking. “Leon, I need you to pick up Athena’s aunt at the border,” I ordered Leon. “Another human?” Leon asked sarcastically. “She is not human,” Calvin re
I thought that losing my wolf and my ability to walk was the greatest shock of my life. I didn’t know that there was a bigger bomb to be dropped on me. I stared at Athena’s Aunt in silence, unable to react to the information that I had just gotten. “You gotta be kidding me,” Nikki said. I turned and looked at her and I saw the confusion in her eyes. “One thing that I am known for is that I don’t lie,” Athena’s aunt added. “It’s true,” Aunt Connie confirmed. Nikki stood up and was about to say something but just like me, we are both lost for words. We are both unable to find the right words to say or even ask. After a long painful silence. I finally got the courage to ask the question that I, Nikki
How much more twisted can a story go? How many of the stories of truth we were told were actually lies? I ran my hand through my hair with frustrations running in my veins. “I’m sorry Alpha,” Athena’s Aunt said regretfully. I looked at her and then at Aunt Connie. I realize that Aunt Connie didn’t know these things until now. “Athena’s Au—” I stopped midway in calling Athena’s Aunt, as I don’t know what to call her. “You can call me Jess, Alpha,” she said with a smile. I looked at Athena’s aunt and I couldn’t help but feel a mixture of guilt, sadness, and anger after finding out what happened to her and her family. Only a monster won’t be able to feel the way I feel especially when the cause of such tragedy is someone from your own blood. And for me, that would be my grandfather. The main reason for Athena’s family is my grandfather’s hunger for power and money and for that I can’t forgive him. Now I understand Athena’s strong urge of saving people despite the danger she puts her