I woke up panting, with sweat all over my body. I had dreamed of that wolf again, my wolf. I hated dreaming about my freedom only to wake up yet again in captivity. Angrily, I picked the pillow underneath my head and tossed it on the wall. That stupid wolf had tried to convince me yet again to give up my freedom for no reason. I wished I could stop dreaming about her. No matter how much they tried to convince me otherwise, I wouldn’t believe she was real. Even if she was, she probably didn’t belong to me and was just a projection to make sure I stuck to their path. I didn’t know what time it was because I had shut the windows and curtains but I knew it was still day. I paced around the room like I usually did, frustrated at having to remain here. After roaming aimlessly around, I decided to leave the room so I wouldn’t go crazy thinking about everything that would annoy me in there. I was still in a sour mood, and all the inhabitants of the house knew why, so I was sure no one woul

Tiffanie: “I’m tired,” I told Victor, sitting on a branch. A sudden wave of fear washed over me that I just couldn’t bring myself to take a step forward. “I think we should go back before it’s too late.” He frowned at me. “This is the third time you’re doing this. If you’re not ready to follow me to find her, then tell me and I’ll go on my own. I’m tired of lying to my family each time. If I go back there and leave again, they’ll start to get suspicious.” I looked away. He had a point. This was the third time we were embarking on this journey once again, and like I did the first few time, just before we could go far enough, I started to have a double mind about going any further. I couldn’t control it. Something always seemed to hold me back each time we came this far. The first two times after I cut our journey short, I had gone home to meet my ailing mother and asked myself why I had given up and disappointed her by coming back without my sister and now I was doing it again. “I

Silver: As I rode on Terah’s back, I kept looking over my shoulder, thinking someone was following us. It seemed too good to be true. I couldn’t believe I was finally going home! Then why didn’t feel as good and liberating as I thought it would? Why did I keep looking over my shoulder in hopes that someone would find us? Maybe it was because I didn’t fully trust Terah. “Ouch,” I groaned when a branch slapped my face with full force. Terah was pounding the ground at full speed and each time I became distracted and looked away, I was always at risk of falling off because I didn’t a branch or something. He was simply doing his job, but sometimes I wondered if he did it on purpose. The second reason why I couldn’t stop looking over my shoulder was because I still felt like I could hear people screaming under so many explosions. I had never heard anything quite like them before. They sounded scarier than thunder, and the fires I had seen before we left the county had been terrifying.

Alpha Damon:“Where do you think you’re going?” Oge called me when I started sprinting out to find my mate. “You just said Silver is in danger,” I said, wondering why she was trying to stop me. “Well, yes, but you don’t even know here she is or what kind of danger she’s in,” she said, giving me a look. “I’m beginning to see why some people don’t think you’re fit to rule.” “Excuse me,” I said, taking offense. She shrugged. “You’re too quick to act, without even knowing what you’re up against first and that makes you end up making the wrong decisions. That’s a pattern I’ve seen with you. You need to stop that.” “You’ve seen with me? How often do you watch me?” I asked, furrowing my brows at her. I had to remind myself she wasn’t a child but a goddess, in order to stomach her insults. “Yes, I’m always watching. We’re always watching.” I shook my head. “Let me get this straight. You’re always watching, yet you allowed all of this?” I asked, pointing at the now frozen chaos before

Silver: I didn’t say anything even when more and more wolves appeared from nowhere and followed us from a safe distance. Terah had assured me they were guards that Rogu had sent to protect me, but I found it hard to believe Rogu would willingly dispense this amount of protectors for me. I couldn’t ask anyway because Terah was in his wolf form and would not be able to reply me even if he wanted to. The other wolves looked scary as they shot me glares that made them look more like predators than protectors. Ignoring them was impossible because it seemed like each step increased their boldness and made them draw closer. At some point, there were ten werewolves around me and I couldn’t tell if others were still lurking behind. I looked straight ahead, deciding to think of the better future of finally being united with my family than to start making up scenarios in my head for no reason. Terah stopped abruptly and squatted so I could slide off him. He shifted back to human and began