Hello everyone! I know, I know i am too late with chapter. But I had a deadline this week so it's making it harder to continue the book! But here it is! Thank you for reading so far! Till we meet again
Garelt covered his mouth as he yawned again. He lost count of how many times it has been already since he left his room.He was walking down the hallway with Ryan. Garelt barely got the time to wash up and jump into the first denim jeans and hoodie that he found before Ryan half dragged and half carried him out of the room. On the other hand, Ryan was back into his uniform, his deep-navy hair carefully combed to either side of his temples.Garelt always wondered how Ryan managed to keep his uniform ironed throughout the day. They walked like polar opposites down the hallway, heading to the Alpha’s office.“You should have at least let me do my hair,” Garelt whined, stopping by to see his reflection in a window arrayed down the hallway.
Ophelia sat there cautious of herself amid the room filled with adults. It wasn’t the first time she found herself with Bernard, Valarie, the knight commanders Ryan, and lastly their best tracker Garelt. However, it was too much to have all their eyes on her, she wondered why they called her here so out of the blue. But was it really out of the blue? After everything that has happened, they would obviously need a minute with her to set things straight. What were they going to do starting now? It didn’t require a genius to understand that their hands were tied up. They had so little to go on she could guess that Garelt’s search didn’t change much. Deep down she was anticipating the moment the Alpha kicks her out and says that they have helped her to the limit of their power, and there was nothing left to do. The overthinking of what would become of her sent shivers down her spine. A rogue. A big word for a small girl to use. That was what she believed would be her end, howe
Ophelia forgot to breathe as she nodded. “George White,” she muttered, her head hanging low on her shoulder as her mind ran a 1oo mile per hour. “George White?” It was Bernard who quoted the name. It sounded familiar to him. It wasn’t abnormal for each clan to know the influential wolves of another. Perhaps he had met him before? “The Knight Commander of the Crescents,” Ophelia said unconsciously as if someone else answered from within her. “Lord White.” Ryan took a deep breath and shared an uncertain glance with Gaerlt and together they stared at Bernard. The three men in the room including Valarie, were sharing the same disrupting thought. Was it a coincidence? They found themselves wondering what if it wasn’t. It would mean that they knew - that Lord White knew beforehand what was awaiting them, and to save the children, he sent them away. But if they already knew, how was there so much evidence that they were toke off guard? “Ophelia,” Bernard called, dragging the girl f
Noah was still in shock from Ophelia’s outburst. It was the first time he has seen her deliver this side of her. The side she keeps hidden. This wasn’t just momentary anger because Ryan said the wrong words. It was the accumulation of many days, starting from the day she ran away - no from the moment she saw her estate on fire with her brother Luke, till this moment today. Day after day the pain escalated to a degree far from what she imagined, and it went beyond that to the point where she lost track of it. She was faring well so far however, she couldn’t hold back her irritation and burst out at Ryan. It was the force needed to hold back, she was getting sick of it. For once, she desired to break loose. Her eyes shot daggers at Ryan, though deep down she knew that it wasn’t his fault she was so angry but she didn’t care. She was beyond reasoning. Noah hesitated to intervene. The fury he saw in her eyes was one he has never seen before. Behind her lilac-violet eyes, there was
“This will be it for today’s class,” the teacher said as she yanked the glasses off her nose. Ophelia let out a deep sigh as she stretched her arms above her head, feeling the tension it caused in her sides. She has been sitting there for a solid 2 hours. Noah and Hero joined her, sitting on either side of her on the long table. They both seemed just as tired as her from sitting and paying attention. It took more energy than it seemed.“Thank you, Lady Margret,” they said in unison, watching the woman pack her things. Margret was in her 40s or at least that’s what Ophelia heard from Noah. Despite her old age, she was still single without a mate. “Some say that she rejected her mate to focus on her studies,” Hero whispered to her amid class, only to have Lady Margret scold him as he did. Ophelia couldn’t help but feel attracted to the woman. It was hard to tell her age, from her smooth skin. It only seemed visible when the wrinkles form on her cheeks and forehead when she laughs o
With their ears pressed against the door, Ophelia and Noah could hear nothing but the muffled incoherent sounds coming through the thick wood. At first, they believed that Bernard was caught in an argument with someone, but the less heated it become and they were left with incomplete sentences.They pulled back, realizing that there was nothing more to hear. But it wasn’t enough to feed their curiosity. They clearly heard a voice yell at the Alpha. Now it was a question of, who dared to do such a thing.Noah sighed in defeat, his shoulders slumped in disappointment.“There is no way to know now,” Noah pouted, rubbing a frustrated hand through his ink-black hair and turning to Ophelia. “Did you get to hear anything?”
It wasn’t like what Noah expected, at all…This was the first time he saw Ophelia use her strength. She was the level where she could keep up with Ryan, to a certain extent at least. Her movements were delicate underneath her light weight, her feet was quick to evade any straight on attacks.It was all things that Noah lacked. He remembered the last time he sparred with Ryan, it was an utter embarrassment. To the point where Noah swore never to spar with Ryan again, until he is strong enough to do it. Noah recalled that despite Ryan holding back on him, he still had a hard time catching on to his quick movements.Before long, Noah gave up as he lied in the dirt after a couple of hopeless trails against Ryan. Noah realized why his father chose Ryan as Kn
The 1st of January. It was the day of the long-awaited council meeting and Ophelia barely had a wink of sleep. She was staring at the canopy hovering over her bed waiting for Sarah to wake her up. Until then, she tossed and turned to find a comfortable position but nothing seemed to work. She replayed all the instructions Bernard gave her that night a few days ago. “It will be as if you are never here,” he said, leaning forward on the dining table. “I know it’s hard but you will stay within the second floor’s range.” The council meeting will be held on the ground floor. The Alpha reassured her that there was no need for their guests to roam around the house. The meeting usually lasts a couple of hours before everyone departs back to their home. Ophelia’s room was on the first floor. However, the Alpha found that it was better to safe than sorry and told her to stay the rest of the day on the last floor and away from any paths that the guests could take. All 8 clans were goi