I heaved an abrupt sigh as my wolf felt at ease upon hearing the good news. The three of us are safe for now. But that doesn't mean I have to let my guard down. Right after classes, I went straight to the rugby field for an urgent meeting with our coach. We were supposed to have an early rest tonight because our big game is tomorrow. This game will be my first ever big event in my whole life. "What's going on?" I asked Razel as soon as I grabbed my seat next to him. "Did I miss something?" Everyone was already in their respective seats when I got to the field. And most of them were murmuring to the person next to them including Razel. "Don't know. I just got here too. Perhaps Coach will brief us for tomorrow's big game like he always does." he replied. Right. I almost forgot Razel did not come to class the entire day. Whatever his reason is, I believed, had something to do with Lance's disappearance. Perhaps their pack was already in a mess searching for his
I could not help but heave a sigh as I could not believe the number who knows about what exactly happened to Lance was increased with one. The worst part is that he was someone loyal to Lance's dad - to the pack. We were supposed to keep it hidden, just the four of us, Mom, Felise, and Razel, as much as possible. But now that we were added with one, my wolf started to expect that, eventually, someone gets arrested or worse, get killed. No secrets that can remain hidden forever as they say. But what am I supposed to do? Felise, Mom, and I were also involved in this mess. And there was no turning back. "Mom...," Razel tried to compose his words, "If not because dad stopped Mom at that time-" his knees weakened like jelly as he dropped his butt on the floor. "At that time," he continued, "At that time, perhaps our alpha could have killed Mom with his claws and fangs." Then he lifted his swollen eyes at me. "Brother Ezra, I'm scared." he began crying, "I'm scared. I'm
But from what I understand from the howl, he was signaling the rest of the wolves nearby about us. They were backing out and shifting their point of direction. "Des this mean wolves exist in this forest?" "What else could it be? We all heard the howl loud and clear. And as far as I know, wolves are aggressive types of animals." "Should we go back now?" "I dont want to die a virgin, of course, we must get back now. We could just ask the school to help the searching with the sun above us, not the moon." "Who suggested that we have to find Lance in the middle of the night? None even one of us holding something that can stop if we could meet anything dangerous in this forest." Those were some of their complaints while regrouping. None of them dare move forward anymore. "All right. Let's call it a night," I announced. "Thanks for coming, guys!" My conscience doesn't want to risk their lives for this useless mission so I decided to end the search and rescue o
"A little reminder, Brother Ezra. My wolf was the one who beat that bastard by accident. And we cannot deny that is the fact." Razel continued. "But what I did end there. What about you? What did you do to his car and body?" Razel sharply glanced at me with conviction. It was the kind of glance that tells me I am the real culprit, not him. That I am the one who killed Lance based on the evidence last presented by the cops. But I cannot blame Razel if he will point the blame on me. He had a lot of things and people to lose if the crime will point at him and I have nothing. "It is better for you to know nothing, Razel. For yours and Felise's sake." as soon as he heard mentioning her name, his expression changed. For what it's worth, he knows deep inside his heart and mind that he did something wrong. But the one thing I regretted the most and the reason I cannot tell him about the incident was that my wolf took advantage of it. My wolf used his crime as a free ti
Razel told me that night that Lance was trying to do something awful to Felise. That was the reason she got those bruises on her face and some part of her shoulders. And my stepbrother was simply defending her. But I didn't see her bleeding that night apart from Razel. If Im not mistaken, he stabbed Lance with his claws straight into his chest. The incident was fast. Fast enough that we missed a lot of things from the incident. We did not consider the crime scene. And I only cared about Lance at that time even if my wolf was well aware that their blood was flooding the ground. The first thing that came up to mind at that time was to get Lance's body as far away from the parking lot as soon as possible. On top of that, for Razel and Felise were gone from the parking lot before anyone could see them. "What's wrong, Ezra?" Razel asked without even moving his lips before he slid toward my spot. "Did you see anything?" he then pointed his gaze to the ground where my ey
"I'm not gonna let something bad happens to you and Mom, Razel." I replied, "But right now, we need to get Isadora first. We need her to keep an eye on Felise before we go to your parents' house." "Do you think my dad will cooperate?" he asked. "I mean, can you make sure he will not do anything stupid?" Seeing him that worried and helpless was the first time. I could barely sense any peace in Razel's heart and mind. He can barely think straight and depends on everything on me. "If my instinct was right, Razel, and if neither your Dad nor Mom confesses to your alpha that you were the one who brought this upon Lance, nothing bad happens to your alpha. What worried me is Felise." "Why? What does it have to do with Felise?" he throws me some questions again. "Earlier at the parking lot," I cleared my throat before I continued, "my wolf did not sense your blood. And I know your pack members already have their assumptions about the one who killed Lance." "Aren'
"Do you think Isadora manage to hear everything we discuss earlier?" Razel asked. Similar to me, all our unified attention was focused on Isadora. I fixed my eyes on the steering wheels with several thoughts running wild inside my feeble brain. After all, Isadora was also a werewolf like us. Razel was right. Considering the distance between the house and the car, she could have heard everything we discussed earlier. But the one thing that intrigued me the most, was why would she run away instead of inviting us to come with her if she plans to save Felise. Isadora, despite a few months of being with us, my wolf still had no idea what she was up to, what kind of wolf she really is, what is her mission coming into our lives, and why would she claim to be her great great grandmother. Her story was completely ridiculous and too good to be true. Helping us fulfill the prophecy? Fuck this prophecy. We heard nothing such thing existed. Perhaps she made up that kind o
"This is not the best time for you to argue with me, Razel. Go home before anything bad happens to you." I insisted, this time, my voice demanding and scaring him as his big stepbrother. "You heard it yourself. My loyalty belongs to Aric and his pack now. In everyone's eyes, you are our enemy. And I cannot defend you from them anymore." I glowed my eyes to scare him even more. Sharp enough that he received the message in an instant. He hopped back into the car and drove away. Aric already knows that my stepbrother was the real culprit of Lance's sudden death. My wolf cannot afford to risk him from getting involved in whatever Aric and his men are going to do with me. "Before you could penalize me for what I did, Aric, I would like to ask if Felise and Isadora visited you here." I continued. "My stepbrother and I went here for that same reason - to look for Felise. And since I stepped foot into your den, my senses could not trace either of them." That I didn't infor