Aurora. One second he was sitting there beside me, looking at me, and the next he was gone. I watched him run from the car and embrace the small woman in the driveway. They held each other for what felt like forever. She had her back to me so I couldn’t see her face, but I could see Gunner’s. His eyes sparkled as he stared at her, his mouth flashed a full toothy grin. He never looked that way around me, he never looked at me like the way he did her. The more I watched, the more I burned. He picked her up and spun her around through the air. Her long hair covered her face, but I can only assume she looked as sickly happy as Gunner did. There was so much joy and happiness. I admit I felt envious. As she wrapped her legs around him, they just about consumed each other's faces. I felt myself growl before I knew it was coming. I hate her. I don’t know her, but I know I don’t like her. This must be Zee. His elusive Mate. I’m excited to kill her, and

Aurora. What the fuck. What just happened, how did she age so quickly. I don’t know what is going on, but I don’t like it. I want out. I looked around the basement, it was still the same, a few extra piles of crap, but otherwise unchanged. I walked forward and looked down at Zee more closely. This can’t be right. The Zee I saw before, in the driveway, she was different. I saw her, she had not a single mark or blemish on her porcelain skin. This one however, is covered in dark bruises, open wounds and aging scars. There is no possible way this is the same girl. No one can heal scar tissue. Something strange is going on here. As I gazed down at her unconscious body, I noticed it, an item that I am very familiar with, something that I could never forget about. It was a shock collar. The same kind of one that the hunters used to use on me during my training. How did her father get one though? I know all about this device. Pasha used to tell me all about it as he used it on me. A device

Aurora. The sound of crunching snow under heavy boots echoed through the trees, and hunters slowly began to emerge from the trees. They encircled the beast, trapping it in. Two figures stepped forward and I recognised the both of them immediately. One was an officer, I don’t know his name, but I heard them call him the General. He was a regular at my lessons. He never participated, but he came to watch all the time. The General would stand there and shout orders and yell at the men, he was one of the higher ups in the organisation. The other man was a younger and stronger looking Hank, Zee’s father from the basement. What would he be doing out here with hunters. As the two men stood side by side, it became abundantly clear. They were brothers, maybe twins. They looked just like one another, the General was maybe a little shorter than Hank, but their faces were the same. Hank laughed wickedly and kicked the dog in the stomach. He grunted and whimpered, but remained where he w

Zelena. “Gross” Nat scoffed, “And here I was thinking you'd want to meet your...” Nat started but Gunner quickly cut her off, “We’re coming” he said with a wide smile. His skin smelt strongly of desire and excitement. I didn’t want to let him go yet, but the vibration of pure joy coursing through him was strong. It made me excited too, the thought that he was as eager to meet them as I was to introduce him. Even if I still haven’t told him that there are two babies. He is going to flip. At least I hope he will. “Come on then, I've got stuff to do you know” she jeered playfully and walked back to the nursery. I laughed and pushed his chest back so that I could crawl out of his arms. Then we marched quickly up the stairs and to the door of the nursery. I jumped in front of him before he could go through it, and stopped him with a hand on his chest. He looked down at me with a quirked brow. “What’s wrong?” he asked, “Try not to freak out” I said slowly. His eyes went wide, and

Zelena. “Where are you going?” he asked as he stepped in front of the door.  “Away” I answered and tried to push past him.  “Hold the fuck up, what just happened?” he snapped,  “I won't leave, not without my kids, if that’s what you were thinking” I said angrily.