Kierian-“I would ask why you called me here, but I think I already know. It is about Aryan, isn’t it?”Connor was wearing sunglasses, so I couldn’t see the look he was giving me, but I was sure he was glaring. His expression was unreadable, but I didn’t care if he was mad at me or not. If it weren’t for Aryan’s safety, I would send him away as well. Also, unlike with Brianna, I had nothing against him to convince him to leave.Clenching my fist behind my back, I wanted to hit him in the face for putting his hands on Aryan. Liam warned me before Connor arrived, that if I didn’t keep my calm, I wouldn’t be able to convince Connor to help us. Right now, Connor might be the only one that can protect her.“It does.” I nodded as I stepped aside to let Connor into the house.“I think I will stay outside.” Connor looked around for a moment before returning his attention to me. “It might be safer out here, as opposed to going inside where you might kill me and stash my body.”The idea did sou
Aryan-I couldn’t believe what I was about to do. Since I went to Kierian’s, I have been pacing my room for the past few days. While I was supposed to focus on discovering what happened to my Pack, I was too wrapped up in thinking about Kierian. Everything was messed up.I thought I could give him time or whatever he needed. If I was being honest with myself, going to his house the other day to confront him for following me was just an excuse. Knowing he had followed me, I thought he might still care.Of course, I could have handled myself better, but I wanted to see his reaction. His aloof behavior was enough to get me not to make it worse for me. Now, I was standing behind the bleachers at the football field, trying to build up enough courage to make a fool of myself.Maybe what I needed to make things right with him was to create a grand gesture. I could be wrong, but I had to try. If it didn’t work, I would know there is no hope for reconciliation.“You know, the longer you stand
Kierian-From the moment that Aryan stepped out onto the field, I had been stunned. I didn’t know what she would do or why, but I hadn’t even realized she was there until she stood beside Sylvie. Typically, I could sense her, but not tonight.It was like she wasn’t her. There was something different about her, especially her scent. I hadn’t been able to figure it out. When she started talking, I had to focus on what she was saying, as I was distracted with figuring out why she was suddenly different.Only after she started explaining what happened to her was I able to hear her. As she talked, I wanted to go to her, to comfort her, but I had been too immersed to move. The more she spoke, the more I felt like an idiot for my behavior.I didn’t know what to say, to do, how to react, nothing. As I watched her run off the field, it was like my entire body had become as frozen as she described in her recollection of watching her family die. If I had experienced what she did, I would have li
Aryan-I knew I should turn around, but it was too late. I was almost to my destination. Since crossing the state line, I have had a bad feeling. I couldn’t describe it, other than that. All the way to the pit of my stomach, something was urging me to turn around.On the plus side, I have almost forgotten about how I made a fool of myself, once again. Almost. This was at least giving me something else to think about. Turning down the road that would take me closer to the Pack that I was going to, I checked the time on my stereo to see that it was just after eight in the morning.On the drive here, I already set up a hotel for two nights, just in case I couldn’t find what I was looking for, in one night. Seeing a gas station, I realized I should stop to get a few things and a charger since my phone was dead. I am sure my Godparents were freaking out, so I needed to check-in.Pulling off the road, I parked the car at the gas pump so I could also top up my fuel. Turning off the car, I gr
Kierian-I almost didn’t slam on my brakes when I drove into the parking lot of the hotel. Tires screeched as I stopped just a mere foot away from a woman holding a child in her arms. As I got out of the car, the scent of burnt rubber filled the air.I didn’t even ask questions as I felt the beast inside of me come alive. My body began to crack and stretch as I shifted into my Lycan form. The fear on the faces of the crowd in the parking lot satisfied me, but not fully.I sensed that Connor, Sylvie, and Liam also followed my lead and shifted into their Lycan form. My body vibrated as I let out a deep growl that was enough to cause the car alarm to go off. Taking a step forward I lunged out to grab the closest one to me, but he backed out of my reach.“Fall back!” Another man shouted and soon everyone started running away.I wanted to chase them, but something else caught my attention. The strong aroma of lilacs and blood was coming from the room that Aryan’s car was parked in front of
Aryan-I felt strong, powerful, and like I could do anything in the world. I didn’t know what was going on with me, but honestly, it didn’t matter. I was no longer a wolfless girl, even though I never could have imagined I was a Lycan.Both of my parents were werewolves, so I didn’t understand how it was possible. If what the witch said was true, that I was blessed by the Goddess, then I suppose that would be the only thing that made sense. I was curious why I was chosen by the Goddess, but I knew that was a question I would never be able to know the answer to.“Tell me what happened.” I waved at the man to follow me into the room.As I reached the door, I stopped and saw the destruction that I had caused. Spinning around, I faced everyone with my face growing hotter by the second. So much for thinking we could sit down to talk about everything.“On second thought, why don’t we just stay outside.” I laughed nervously.It wasn’t the damage that prevented us from going inside, it was th
Aryan-Sitting on the couch in the living room, I sat between Kierian and Liam. Sylvie and Connor were still in Lycan form. The house was large enough so they could move in and out of the house without trouble. Now that Liam has shifted into his human form, it is easy to guess that the other male Lycan was Connor.Although the couch was oversized, three witches were sitting on chairs they brought from the kitchen table. Things were a bit tense, as I was sure they didn’t like that there were more Lycans involved than just me. One of them asked if it was necessary for there to be four of us.“Let’s start with when this happened.” Kierian led the discussion.“It started a month ago. At first, we thought that one of the kids just wandered off. It happened in the morning. The first child was sixteen, and she just received her license. She has a boyfriend a few towns over, so we thought she went to see him. It wasn’t the first time, which is why it didn’t raise any flags for anyone. It wasn
Aryan-“What do you think we should do?” After reviewing the files for the past few hours, I asked the others.“I don’t think what we do matters, but we need to do it quickly.” Connor sighed.“Why do you say that?” I pulled my brows together and focused my attention on him.For the last hour, it could tell something was bothering him. He won’t tell anyone, even when I have asked if he is okay. It seemed like he was on edge.“Tomorrow is Halloween. If something is going to happen with those children, it will be tomorrow. There is a chance that I am wrong.” Connor leaned back on the couch and crossed one leg over the other.“You don’t think they are waiting to do anything with the kids until Halloween, do you?” I jerked my head around as I looked at Kierian.He paused before answering, which didn’t bode well with me. “It is possible. It might not be true as well. We don’t know why they took the kids. Other than they are all children, born from a witch family and the same coven, I do no