I saw the dirt suddenly come so much closer, but I didn’t feel whole. I lost all connection to my body, lying flat with my arms helplessly stretched out. My eyesight dimmed down, blurred things out, and slowly, everything darkened. The last thing I saw was a young girl; her blue eyes were red and puffy, but she still came closer.There was nothing left in my body now, everything was seeping out, and I could no longer focus, no longer hold my eyes open.As I closed my eyes and felt like I began to sink down into the earth, I used my last breath on two words. A hoarse whisper, with a voice threatening to break: “ I’m sorry…”I knew I didn’t die; I still felt like me, if that makes any sense. I was just wrapped in thick and fluffy clouds. Knowing my own luck, it was probably a pink fucking cloud too! Muffling out all sounds, it was incredibly relaxing, and I felt no fear whatsoever. I just existed here, in this strange place of pink nothing. After what seemed like a too-short eternity,
I grabbed the bottle; my body ached for water, and after a couple of greedy sips, it was empty.Finishing a second bottle, I looked over at the girl beside me.“No, not without a reason, at least. Where am I ? ““You don’t remember me, do you? Do you remember the incident in the forest, then? ““Vaguely,” I admitted.“You are in The Dark Moon pack; this room is in our pack house. Well, let me refresh your memory; you saved my two younger sisters.”“Younger sisters? Hm, is that why your face seems so familiar” the last part I muttered to myself, but she heard it anyway.“I guess the oldest one is quite similar to me. But then I guess you really got to see up close a couple of days ago when you suddenly decided to jump out of a coma and strangle me too.” I’m not sure if it was a huff or a really dry chuckle she let out, but I got the picture.“Well, sorry about that.” Nothing more, nothing less, I saw no need to explain anything, and after a short, quiet break, she just nodded.“But,
Packs were mostly for wolfs and some cat shifters; bears often lived in smaller family groups but never have oi heard of a mixed pack like this, and it piqued my interest.“All these families, kids, grownups, whatever are people with nowhere else to go. The ones left after a war, territory takeovers, hybrids, kids left after parents considered traitors, and so on. The list is long. The point is that they were all left alone out in the cold with nowhere to go. This may be an unusual pack, but we have actually lived here for nearly ten years now. And for about ten years, we lived safe, in peace.”“So what happened?”“We were noticed.”For the first time since we came out, he looked over at me and gave me a sad smile before looking back out on the water. Sparkling under the sun.“Okay, not everybody like changes, I get that, but that would not necessarily put you in danger, would it? ““No, of course not, but the pack that noticed us was a werewolf pack. A pack that decided that they wan
Time stood still.Not that he was bad looking actually, he was incredibly attractive! He had dirty blond hair and looked like he ruffled his hand through a couple of times too much. Sweaty, sun-warmed skin that seemed a little dirty at first glance. His beard was light brown, and from the looks of it, he let it grow freely for weeks.. A sharp jawline, nose, and dark brows framed his godly blue eyes. It seemed like they were shining, like magic, mana shifting between deep blue and bright blue. I swear the color in them swirled around each other like water trying to blend, and I had to snap out of it to stop staring.However, no matter how he looked, how tempting that beasty sound was, it changed nothing. I don’t have a mate!“No.”Silence covered the room like a thick blanket before he lifted his nose in the air and took some deep breaths. A low rumble spread from his body to the floor and disappeared to the walls, and took a step closer.I raised my chin and held my ground.His eyes s
He beamed, a dazzling smile plastered all over his face.“You got to be fucking with me!” I slammed two bags on the table.“And Hondorus really thought that was a brilliant idea? “ Even I felt the venom in my voice as I practically threw the words at him, but nothing seemed to put a damper on this guy´s mood.“ Not yet, but I will, later! “ He winked at me, and it took me a couple of seconds to get it.“In your dreams. let’s just get this over with! Just your eyes on me make me want to scrub myself in a boiling hot shower!”“Yes, in my dreams too! You see, we are a pretty good match! And ill scrub..”Not wanting to hear the rest of that sentence, I threw one of the empty bags at him and walked straight out, just grabbing my jacket as I passed by.The glue guy is named Marcus, and he must be the biggest flirt since Casanova himself. I don’t think he even looked in my direction ones without blinking, and to be honest, it is difficult not to laugh at him. His persistence, that’s for su
Nobody really acknowledged my presence when I arrived; I’m guessing Diva Girl already spread the `she’s a homewrecker` rumors around. So nobody greets me, some look over in my direction, and most of them ignore me, all except one girl. Tall, blond, blue-eyed, and drop-dead gorgeous!She is the spitting image of the girls I wanted to be in my previous life and the exact same girls I avoided in this life, but she seemed somehow different. I can’t really put my finger on it. But I already know I like this girl! She walked straight up to me, shacked my hand, and introduced herself as Jenny. Up close, I could clearly see two significant scars on her neck and upper shoulder. There’s nothing wrong with that, but as a shifter, the fault isn’t that common, and she’s a werewolf by her smell. Werewolves rarely get scars.“We are nearly everyone here, but as you see, no one is here to train today. Just to get a look at you.” She smiled apologetically at me before she continued.“let’s say half
Now I had my own little house, my kitchen, bath, bedroom, and even a little porch where I could look out on the lake.«I can’t cook even if my life depended on it, sorry! But I shit you not; I’m a devil at cleaning the dishes!»Jenny laughed, she continued to surprise me, and I scolded myself for judging her by her looks. I take myself in doing this over and over again. We were now slumped down on my tiny couch with a cold beer each, waiting for my gourmet lunch to finish.Suddenly I jumped out of the couch and sprinted into the kitchen; crap crap! Jenny came right behind me and leaned back on the wall laughing. At the same time, I attached the microheater just in time! Jerking the door open, I sigh and see the red number that shows 0.01! I hate that microwave-biping!So our gourmet lunch is premade lasagna, heated in the micro! What a luxury!But the lasagna smelled and tasted like a little piece of heaven and with another ice-cold beer.There we sat, out on the porch, sipping on c
After this endless night, I felt beaten. Breathing felt hard, and my mind was in a dark place. I needed to see her, needed to talk to her. I needed to understand! We waited for her for so long, searched for her after she disappeared, mourned her; now she was here, and Damian and I needed her.Walking hastily over to her little house, I felt my heart pounding in my chest, and Damian stirred impatiently. I knew very well she might still be mad for some reason, but that didn’t stop the smile on my lips. No matter what, we would see her soon and be close to her again.Knocking on her door, I felt like a little kid. Sweaty in my palms, my heart was working overdrive, and a huge creepy smile on my face that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not hide.But the smile fell on its own after a while because nobody opened the door. I knocked and pounded on the door and nothing. No sound or movement inside. Her smell still lingered, and Jenny´s. Of course, she was here yesterday. Did she stay ov