SAGE"Are you sure you're not going with me?" I asked for the nth time.I heard Val breathed out on the other line. "Dad strictly said that it just you and him.... alone."I pouted even though she couldn't see me. "Can you at least catch up later, please?"Val chuckled. "I'll try. Once our training is done, okay? And don't worry, Dad is cool and I'm sure you'll enjoy his company.""It's not that. It's just he is literally your Dad. Not to mention, he's the leader of your pack and one of the important person in this town. What will people say once they see him with an ordinary girl like me?""That you're gorgeous and lovely. Just relax and enjoy yourself. Don't think about what people are going to say. They better mind their own business."Hopping off my car, I stared up the new building ahead of me while the guest around walked in through the entrance one by one. "I'll be expecting you later.""I can't promise but I'll try," Val responded."See yah," I exclaimed, closing the door of m
SAGEA recurring clang of a metal stirred me awake from dark oblivion. Once I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was my dirty hand in front of my face. The hard surface I was lying on slightly hurting my back so I got up, rubbing the back of my neck to soothe the pain away. Blinking my eyes from haziness, I looked at surrounding and the fire torch attached on the murky wall lightened my sight a bit. In an instant, a flash of memories ran through my mind like a film in fast forward. My eyes roamed around in panic, realizing that I was inside a jail cell made of stone walls and rusty metal bars. The place didn't even have windows so I couldn't event tell the time right now.Where the hell is this place?!"I'm glad you're awake," a voice from a man startled me, causing my head to jerk to where it came from.As my eyes eventually adjusted in the dark, I was almost relieved that I wasn't alone in this filthy place, seeing Mr. Irvine across my spot——chained behind the bars of his own ja
SAGEI didn't how long we were here already, in this gross and dark room full of prison cells. The place looked like a part of dungeon made to detain high-rated criminals centuries ago. I was getting worried about my Mom but I wouldn't be able to know about her well-being if I was stuck here. I just hoped she was okay because as I remembered, she was shot on her shoulder before Sarah knocked me out.Mr. Irvine kept on smashing his chains against the solid wall but they wouldn't budge at all. He suspected that maybe it had some witchcraft in it along with its silver function to dwindle his strength and senses. He even tried to communicate through their mind link but it was all in vain. That Dana, or rather Sarah was telling the truth when she said that this place wasn't in town."What's Aria like?" I asked, glancing at the father of my girlfriend.We were both facing each other from our cells. To occupied ourselves from hunger, thirst and exhaustion, we decided to rest for a while and
VALKYRIEI'd been pacing around the living room of the squared barracks for a while now when my Mom arrived at last. Her eyes scanned the busy place as everyone's hands were full, tending to the injured warriors we just brought here minutes ago."Where's your father?" she questioned the minute she approached us."He's gone," Vance answered, gripping his hair in frustration. "As soon as Val answered Sage's call, she quickly grasped what was happening so we drove there so fast with the others who were present during the training awhile go. But when we arrived there, we were already too late.""They took them to god knows where," I cried out, sitting down on the chair in defeat. "Not only they took Dad, they also captured Sage along. Dammit! I should've been there, Mom. If only I accompanied her——""Val, it's not your fault. Set aside your regrets first. We should talk about what to do instead," Mom stated and it astounded me how she was able to keep herself organized, knowing Dad was in
VALKYRIEThanks to our durability, we were able to keep ourselves up all night while we waited for Vida's team to finish up with the injured while she was tending to Mrs. Sullivan. Gwen told me that Ava was so worried about her wife and daughter and Ingrid was the one who went to her to support her. The shootout at the Mayor's villa was the most trending news in the town, especially when the mayor itself just died while the rest of the police who were there barely survived. The media even announced the disappearance of my father, Flora and Sage but what shocked me the most was Primrose——that she'd been missing since Friday all along. Hence why I didn't see her at school at all.For some reason, that revelation made Gwen and Cayde more agitated. There was a lot going on under our watch and that proved that the enemies were controlling the situation so well. I couldn't even predict what they really wanted from my father. Particularly, from Sage and Primrose.While we waited, Vance and E
VALKYRIE'Hey, are we sure about this?' Vance asked through our mind link. Peeking through the rear-view mirror, I stared at Iris briefly who was sitting between Cayde and Gwen in the back seat. Unfortunately, Oliver wanted Esther in the territory to supervise the guard duties so she didn't come with us.'No, absolutely not. We just met her yesterday but this is the only leads we have,' I responded, shifting my gaze back to my brother. He quickly swerved his Jeep into a shortcut, avoiding the main road. The pack made this path all over the town for this purpose anyway.Vance gripped his wheel hard. 'I hope this is not an ambush or——'"I know what you guys are thinking even if you won't say it out loud," Iris suddenly interrupted, her eyes locked on mine through the rear-view mirror this time. "I'm not going to convince you otherwise though. Just listen to your gut.... or whatever."I narrowed my eyes at her, scrutinizing the tedious expression on her face. Among all the Wolf Grave I'd
SAGE"Get up, grime!" Lucas' scream distraught me in alarm.Pulling myself up, I looked at Mr. Irvine in dread while Sarah's freaky goons opened his cell and unlocked his chains from the thick ring metals that were attached on the ground. "Where are you taking him?!"The hybrid smirked at me before unlocking my cell too. "Not only him, poor girl. You too!"Once he entered my cell, I gathered all my strength then punched him on the face. However, it felt like I struck the hardest wall on earth, causing me to yell in pain. I bent down on my knees, gripping my damaged fist while they laughed me."This one is a fighter," Lucas exclaimed, then dragging me out of cell.I stared at Dimitri and he had this deep burden in his face while they held him both in his arms. We got out of the room, only to be towed into a single path. Apparently, they loved walking in the dark or it was just me because they were creatures of the night. No amount of light touched the place, just pure darkness holding
SAGEThe fervor scorching to my soul never faltered since it began to consume all my thoughts, burning me from within. Its heat crawled to my skin, eating my flesh into nothing and crushed all what was left of me. As I continue to scream in tremendous pain, my teary gaze moved towards the cause of my suffering.My hand tried to reach out for them yet they were too far away. Sarah glanced at me first before she joined her underlings, going for the approaching battle. I blinked my eyes to the wicked witch who was standing over Dimitri with a sharp dagger in her hand. She began to shout ancient words as her voice echoed all over the place like a hang drum playing with stone.'Embrace me,' a familiar voice materialized along the swelling ache in my mind. But I couldn't even respond, troubled by the desire of wanting to save Dimitri and Primrose from their deathbed.The wind howled and the torches sung with it as the fire within me seemed to want to burst out. All I wanted was for this to