Aryan-Relying on pure instinct, I ran through the warehouse. I had no idea where to find Kierian’s sister, but I had to try. It would be easier if it weren’t for how strong the burnt sulfur scent was. The others were in the same predicament as I was.“In here!” Callie’s voice rang out, causing me to skid across the floor slightly as I stopped.Backtracking a few steps, I peered through the small window of a room I passed. I hadn’t seen anything the first time I looked. Pushing open the door, I stuck my head in and smiled when I saw her chained to a table in the corner of the room.Without waiting, I moved toward her to try to get her freed. “I am so glad to see you.”“Me too, girl, now get me out of here.” She tugged at the chain that I started trying to unlock.“Can you try breaking out?” I asked, even though I knew it was pointless.“If I could, I would have already been out of this. They gave me something that is making me weak. Also, they spent four days stabbing me with a hot me
Kierian-Pacing the foyer of the house we were staying in, I kept checking the clock on the wall when I would turn to glance at the door. Aryan was currently in a magical coma, where her body was frozen in time. I didn’t know that was possible until the witches said it was the only way to keep the silver from entering her bloodstream.It has been ten hours since we returned to the house, and everyone has been running around trying to help. The witches were grateful that we rescued the kids, but it annoyed me every time they brought over food. I understood they were trying to help, but we wouldn’t be in this situation if it weren’t for them.Actually, I take that back. We would still be in the situation. If there was anyone to blame, it was me. If I hadn’t been so pigheaded about everything, we would have found a different way to approach this mess. My sister wouldn’t have been used as a trump card, Aryan wouldn’t have been forced to help the witches, and she wouldn’t be floating in th
Kierian-It took another six hours to get more doctors here. All I have to say is that I am glad that private jets exist. The only ones that hadn’t arrived yet were Aryan’s Godparents. They were due to arrive any minute. I haven’t told them what was happening, other than Aryan was injured, and we needed Dexter to help another doctor.I had to lie and tell them I didn’t know anything about what was happening. Now that we were at the hospital, I was waiting outside for them to arrive. We had to use a human hospital, so it hadn’t been easy to get Aryan moved. With the help of the witches, we managed.I hated that I wasn’t beside Aryan right now, but I had to be the one to great Dexter and Maize. When they learn what is going on, I prefer they hear it from me. Checking my watch, I wondered if they were finding the place okay. They said they would be here five minutes ago.“Kierian?” The familiar voice of Dexter had me turning around to face them.“Thank you for coming. I wouldn’t have cal
Kierian-“You do realize that part of the reason I am hurting is because of you, right?” I took a step forward, clenching my fists at my sides.“I didn’t do anything to you.” My father looked at me with disbelief in his eyes, and I wanted to knock him on his ass.“I must admit, I am disappointed in you. My entire life, I have believed that you were the greatest Alpha King ever to take on the role. I decided to take a different path partially because I didn’t think I could do what you do. I wanted to help others all around the world in person. I was ready to give the role to my sister, who I think would do just as good as you. Now, I think anyone is better than you.” I attempted to regain my calmness by taking two steps back.“Hold it right there.” My father glared at me, but I wasn’t fazed.“No. I have kept my mouth shut over the years because I thought there was nothing I could say to you. From the way I saw it, you were the best. Maybe not the best father since I spent most of my li
Kierian-I know we are supposed to wait, but waiting was killing me. It has been four hours since she came out of the operating room. Four hours since the witches left. Four hours since my father left. Four long hours since she was fully healed.After surgery, her accelerated healing kicked in, and the wounds on her disappeared. Dexter explained that even if her body had healed, that didn’t mean her mind had. There was also no telling what other kind of damage she sustained after having silver in her body for so long. Then, there was also the fact that too much time had passed before they started operating on her.“You need to sleep, eat, do something. You can’t sit here all the time. You need to take care of yourself too.” My sister Callie entered the hospital room, where I sat with Aryan.“I am fine.” I only glanced at her momentarily before returning my gaze to Aryan.I was afraid that if I wasn’t watching, I would either miss the chance to see her eyes open or she would slip away
Aryan-This was like a dream come true. Well, technically, I was dreaming, but I didn’t care. This was the best dream I could have ever asked for. My family was with me. I was sitting across the table from my parents, with my little brother sitting beside me. We were having breakfast, but this time, I was happy to be eating.“Stop playing with your food, Trevor.” My mother said to my brother.Looking at him, Trevor pushed a sausage link through his oatmeal. The rest of us were having biscuits and gravy, but my brother was a picky eater. He was making sounds with his mouth, spitting out chunks of oatmeal.I would have been annoyed in the past, but right now I didn’t care. He always liked turning his food into vehicles. Now, it looked as if he were mimicking a boat. Laughing, I took one of my sausage links and started running it around on the gravy on my plate. That also got Trevor to laugh, while he continued pushing his sausage around.“Don’t encourage him.” My mother groaned.Up unti
Aryan-She was the Moon Goddess. Which explained why I couldn’t describe her appearance. Those that might have been in her presence in the past had said the same thing. That they had met her but couldn’t describe how she looked. They said it was like they could see her, but when they tried to explain it, they couldn’t. Like it was magic.“What are you doing here?” I asked.“That should be the question I am asking you. What are you doing here, Aryan? You need to return to your own world.”“I can’t leave them. I need to figure out a way to save them.” I looked back at my family, where continued to act as if nothing was wrong. An idea occurred to me just then. “Wait, can’t you save them? You can use your powers or something.” I returned my attention to her and saw she was now frowning.“What happened to your parents was a tragedy, but I can’t change what happened. I am also forbidden to get involved. I try to, when possible, but I also suffer severe consequences when I do. Like now, I wi
Kierian-I didn’t have time to let myself feel the regret or the guilt over Connor’s death. We might have had a lot of issues, but I thought we would have time to correct it. For all intents and purposes, I still saw him as my friend. It just goes to show that even when you think you have all the time in the world, you really don’t.One minute, Connor was alive and fighting beside me to protect Aryan; the next, he was dead. That wasn’t the only problem. I was barely hanging on. I felt like any minute, I would shift back into my human form. Maybe Callie was right. I should have taken better care of myself.I couldn’t remember when the last time I ate was. If I had eaten and kept up my strength, I wouldn’t feel like I was fighting a losing battle. The worst part was that Aryan and I had only just begun. At this rate, I would die before she woke up. Worse, she would die for real if I couldn’t keep these mutts at bay.“Sylvie!” Liam yelled.When I glanced over, I saw at least ten hounds w