Ellie Jill Hendrix happily brushed her chestnut brown hair before the mirror.
There was a joyous glint in her emerald green eyes. There was also the existence of a dreamy smile plastered on her face.She was happy.She never knew her life could get even better than it already was. Especially because her father had finally rid them of her evil twin sister.She had waited for years to dissociate herself from that evil twin she had as a sister and just being able to breathe different air from the one Aria breathed made her satisfied. The one who murdered her mother was finally gone.She rolled her eyes at the thought of Aria. Thinking of that woman always brought a sour expression to her face. She wasn't going to let Aria ruin her day. She went back to brushing her hair.Ellie had finally gotten all that she ever wanted. She was living in the paradise she always dreamed of. She had found her mate— Alpha Gerald and this had automatically made her the Luna of the Moonshadow Pack. Her mate was all that she wanted. Loving and caring.As she thought of him, Ellie caught his scent entering the room. Her smile only widened but she didn't turn to face him. She pretended as if she hadn't noticed him. Then again, it was hard to pretend since she was a werewolf. Werewolves always smelt or heard people coming even before they got close enough.Suddenly, warm hands found their way to her waist and remained there. Then his body got closer until Ellie could feel him behind her. His warmth scattered throughout her body and she wanted to remain in his protective hands like this forever."What has my baby been up to?" Alpha Gerald asked as he planted a kiss on her neck. He lingered there as he waited for her to reply to him.Ellie giggled at the action and placed her hands over the protective hands that rested on her waist. She always enjoyed Gerald's kisses. The warmth and electric sensations that always followed each kiss were something that she would never get tired of."I have just been spending some quality time with my hair brush," Ellie answered and tried to stifle a giggle. Gerald easily got jealous and she teased him with her answer.Gerald abruptly looked up at her reflection. He pouted his mouth and made a sad expression."Is that so? When you should be spending quality time with me? I am your mate remember, not that brush. Your hair brush can never compete with me," Gerald stated and a small smile crept up his face.Ellie burst into laughter at his response. He always amused her every time. She turned to face him and looked up into his deep blue eyes."Of course you're my mate. No one can ever take your place," Ellie whispered as she closed the distance between them.Gerald let out a low growl as he moved his lips against his mate's lips. Gerald moved away from her lips and started to trail down her neck when his phone rang, ruining the mood.Ellie hissed in irritation and Gerald threw an apologetic eyes at her. He was also trying to seek permission to take the call."Answer it already," Ellie finally said and rolled her eyes."I'm sorry," Gerald whispered and took the call. "Gerald speaking," He began.Ellie folded her arms. This was the part she didn't like about having Gerald as her mate. He was always busy with work. Each time they tried to have their own alone time, something always came up and it was irritating Ellie. Yet she had to get used to it for it was going to remain like this for the rest of her life."Donald? What's wrong?" Gerald asked as his expression morphed into worry.Ellie noticed it and began to pay attention. She used her werewolf hearing ability to eavesdrop on the phone call. She didn't mean to eavesdrop but she had no choice. She did not like seeing Gerald so worked up and worried."You need to come down here and see it yourself. I can't even explain it," Donald was saying.Ellie knew Donald as the Pack's Beta. If the Beta was also this worried then something terrible must have happened."Alright, I'll be there soon," Gerald said and put an end to the call. "Baby I need to go. I'm so sorry for ruining our moment again," Gerald turned to Ellie."I'm coming with you," Ellie stated.Gerald shook his head in disapproval. "No Ellie, it could be dangerous. You should stay here where it's safe," Gerald protested."I'm safe wherever you are because I know that you will protect me," Ellie retorted. She gave Gerald a firm stare and refused to back down.Gerald gazed into those determined eyes. She could be very stubborn when she wanted to. He couldn't deny her wish. He had to satisfy her."Fine, let's go," Gerald accepted defeat.They both found their way out of the house and drove to the spot Donald had told him to come to. Gerald parked the car before the many trees that led into the woods.Donald was already standing there waiting for them. He had light brown skin and eyes brown as honey. His hair was cut low and he stood tall clad in a pair of jeans and a white shirt. His boots made crunchy sounds on the surface as he walked to them.Gerald helped Ellie out of the car and turned to Donald."My Luna," Donald gave her a short bow and turned to Gerald. "It's over there," He said and began to lead them to the place.They followed him into the woods through the trees. Before Donald could say his next words, Gerald and Ellie spotted what the problem was.A werewolf was hanged to a tree. His throat had been slit and dried blood was visible on his neck down to his chest. His head was bent over. There was a huge cross sign covering up most of his chest. His skin had been cut open to create the symbol.Ellie immediately threw up as she registered the sight. Flies were hovering around the man's body and he had already begun to let out the stench of death.Gerald gritted his teeth in anger as he registered the scene."Who could have done this and why?" Ellie asked.Donald turned to her and said; "That symbol on his chest means only one thing; the wolf hunters are back.""Wolf hunters? Inside werewolf territory? Normally, I know them to operate on the outskirts because they are too scared to infiltrate our territory," Ellie responded."It may seem that they have gotten more guts. They have probably become more powerful too," Donald answered."This action shows how clear their intentions are. They don't want peace or negotiation," Gerald finally said after being silent for a long time."What do they want then?" Ellie asked."War."Ellie ran her hand over her hair as she stared at the blood that dripped from the body. The cross sign was neatly carved on the wolf's body. The person was probably an artist, his or her main goal was probably perfection and they might have achieved that. The view was quite gruesome but she was less concerned. Apart from the fact that her eyes had already adapted to the scene, her thoughts were somewhere else. Her eyebrows were squeezed together, so were her lips. She stared intensely as her mind went back to one person.It had to be her, Ellie thought to herself. After all, she's the only one who got banished. She wanted revenge that was why she was going through all this, Ellie concluded by herself. She had to inform Gerald. Besides, she knew how her sister could be."I might know who caused this," She said absently before she clicked her tongue. Gerald and Donald stopped talking and stared at Ellie. The cold forest breeze hit her face and sent some of her hair on her face. Ellie
"Oh, just for one simple reason. I hate twins," Damien's words resonated in her head.She was also a twin. Everything was becoming worse by the seconds, if she told Damien she was the evil twin he was going to hate her. He would probably send her out of this place.Aria felt her heartbeat increase as she walked toward her room.Why would he hate twins? She asked herself before she got to the door of the room. She unlocked it silently and stepped in. Aria was placed in the most comfortable room in the house. The room was neatly decorated, and the walls had designs that were painted by hand. The moon illuminated the room, and the lights were switched off but she could still see the paintings that were hung on the wall. One of them happened to be a painting of the moon goddess as imagined. Aria moved to the bed and climbed on top. She stared up at the moon before she heaved a sigh.Her entire body basically was not at peace. She just discovered something disturbing, her supposed ma
"Our father was a twin, and he had an evil twin," Camille's words resonated in Aria's head. Aria could not understand why the world hated twins this much. Whoever tagged twins as evil anyway? She had heard that there were rarely twins in their werewolf world but she had never really lived seeing any other twin evil or bad Although, their history claimed that all twins to ever exist had an evil twin. They always ended up causing disaster in the end. What if they turned out that way because the world branded them as evil in the first place?Aria looked back into Camille's eyes. She wanted to say a lot but she didn't know where to begin. She could see how tense Camile looked just mentioning the thing about the evil twin. What if all Camille's kindness faded away the moment Camile realised she was a twin too?"Did he. . .ever hurt anyone?" Aria asked with hesitation.Camille gritted her teeth. Aria saw pain flash before Aria's eyes. She immediately regretted asking her the questions see
Voices plagued her dreams.Harsh whispers, loud screams, painful cries. Aria tossed in her bed. She was uncomfortable. She was sweating all over. Memories from the past plagued her. She could feel the burning rage and hatred radiating from her father. She saw his angry face every time she tried to please him. She heard his scolding screams each time he rejected her. She heard his voice again, from the night of the ceremony.“I hereby cast you Aria Jean Hendrix out of the Blood Moon Pack. From today, you shall be a rogue and you shall be severed from the pack connection. You are no longer Hendrix, and you are no longer a member of my pack!”Those words cut through her heart and she felt herself drowning in a darkness that was beneath her. Suddenly, the images melted away and Damien's face entered her dream. She saw his warm amber eyes. His eyes seemed to convey a message. It was a message that she understood clearly. Safety.There was safety in Damien's eyes and she wanted to remain i
The ray of the sun sipped behind the curtain and rested on Aria‘s face. Two days had passed since the nightmare from that night.She turned around to escape from the warm light. She was already awake. She ran her hands through her hair which was scattered all over the place before she gave a loud yawn.She placed her hands on her trousers and straightened them. Aria moved away from the bed and headed for the toilet. She freshened up quickly, she came out and wore one of the clothes that were given to her. Damien had also promised her that he would take her out shopping. She needed more clothes."Hey," Damien's voice echoed throughout the room, startling Aria.She turned around almost breathless and her eyes met his. "I'm sorry for startling you," He apologized as he saw the fear in her warm eyes."No, it's nothing really," Aria replied and smiled at him."I just wanted to tell you that I may not be around this morning, I'm leaving just for a few hours," Damien said as he searched fo
"Aria," She heard someone whisper her name.Aria stared at the picture with wide eyes. Aria wasn't sure if it was in her head or if she heard the picture call out her name.Aria could not tear her eyes away from those cinnamon eyes.Was this Damien's mom? Aria thought to herself.But the woman was young and looked nothing like Damien. She looked the same age as her.Her black hair was placed up in a bun and the ball gown she wore hugged her body to the perfect size. She had full lashes and the perfect plump lip, she had a round face and the most delicate smile she had ever seen.Aria's eyes strayed to her chest and she saw something she had seen somewhere. The crescent pendant. She stared intensely at the necklace until she remembered where she saw it.Damien's tattoo. It was the same thing."Aria!" Damien's deep voice called her name and she gasped in shock.She turned around to see an angry Damien approaching her.“Damien? You're back?" Aria asked in a startled voice. One of her han
As much as she was angry with Damien for yelling at her, she also wanted to know who the woman in the portrait was.She still couldn't tell if she had truly heard someone whisper her name or if it had been in her head the entire time.Whatever the answer was, she really wanted to know who the woman had been.Aria sat up from her bed and stared at the door warily. She didn't want to see Damien but she was curious and curiosity they say, kills the cat. She was the cat. She let out a heavy sigh and got on her feet.Damien who was still standing by the door rested his head on it. The guilt he felt could burn down his soul. He was beginning to give up. He didn't think Aria would open the door at all for him. He had succeeded in making Aria hate him.Just when he was about to walk away, he heard the door unlock and it came open. He stood upright immediately and stared at his mate. The sight he saw broke him even further.He could see the sadness in her emerald green eyes. He noticed that th
Damien stared up at her in disbelief. He could not believe his ears. She had said it out loud. He could not believe that he had pulled it off. For the first time in his life, he had succeeded in getting through to a girl without his sister's help.Aria stared down at his shocked warm amber eyes. She didn't know what had pushed her to do it. Maybe it was her wolf— Keera who kept pushing her to forgive him. Or maybe it was because she felt entitled to forgive him.As she stared into his eyes, she felt the fear that she had felt earlier disappear from her heart. The nervousness that had been sitting on top of her heart like fear had also disappeared.The anger she felt earlier was gone. She no longer hated him. She was no longer angry. Maybe it was because he had explained himself. It was because of his uncle.Suddenly, she remembered that his uncle was an evil twin just like her pack had declared upon her. She broke their gaze and looked away immediately."You really forgive me?" Damien