"I won't go back"Mr Gregory stopped what he was doing and looked back at me. We were both hiking, having started since morning and were on our way back. It was currently mid afternoon but still pretty cold in February. We were dressed quite snugly in our tracksuits He stared back at me for a second before he resumed walking. He didn't say anything for a long time"Can you live with the decision?" He finally askedI said nothing the whole way home. We were now back at home and I stood on the other side of the kitchen table as he took bottles of water from the fridge and passed one back to me.Our gaze clashed and held, feeling a shift in the atmosphere. This was an important moment for both of us"I can. I have to live, and I won't if I go back. I can always find the answers another way. And I will, not just the way I wanted. But I would find them alive" I repliedI had really thought long and hard about it. It was the right thing to do for myself. I had wanted to be at the Academy f

The six hours flight to Brittania was...quiet. The passengers had been all quiescent and nobody had made a ruckus, I didn't even remember hearing anyone say anything. It could have been because I kept listening to music on my phone or the sleep I had on the later part of the flight. But now that I remember it, everyone has just been...quiet. it was oddI met the same man at the terminal with my name written on a board. He took me on the same car through Brittania to a hotel. It was...huge.I was currently standing in front of the same receptionist who went ahead to register me. Then I was escorted again to my room.It was now midnight and had been told I would be conveyed to the arena when the time was right. Maybe later tonight, or maybe early tomorrow morning. All I knew was that I needed to be close to let that happen.I wore my training clothes and walked from my room to the quiet hallway. It was midnight and hence most players who I now knew were in the other rooms were all

The sound of someone making a phone call in the background woke me up. I startled awake trying to remember where I was.The room was stark white. Everything from the sheets to the curtains to the hung paintings on the wall. There was a balcony with the doors open and a wind blew the curtains here and there over and over again.I slowly sat up, registering that I had a slight headache. That was odd, wolves hardly ever had headaches, that must have been a shit ton of tranquillisers."You are awake," a voice said.A young man I had never seen was standing beside me, it was his voice that had woken me up. He nodded before walking away, and I heard his voice again as he made another phone callIt wasn't long before the doors bustled open and in walked Mr Gregory and a man had never seen before.Their eyes were trained on me as they walked closer till they stood next to me on the bed."You look okay" Mr Gregory broke the silenceHis gaze searched my face and features, almost as if he was

A car came for me late that same night. There was no time for me to prepare or fully rest before I was on the way. I couldn't help but think that it seemed I could never get a handle on anything before something else came up. I was out of bed and dressed when Mr Gregory told me and I was in the car in no time. It had all been fast and there had been no time to say a proper goodbye to him and the others.I closed my eyes and leaned back on the car seat, trying to catch my breath. I and Mr Gregory had gotten back from training a few hours earlier and I had gone to bed. Only for me to be woken up and now this, I needed a moment to calm down or I felt like I was going to break into many tiny unrecognisable pieces. This particular period was beginning to seem like the most taxing ever. It was one thing after another, and each of them was trying to break me down."Here" said the only other person in thecarI opened my eyes and I could see a hand through the visor as the driver passed w

My wolf was behaving weird, even weirder than before. She was hyper and super active, jumping around inside of me. My body immediately went tense in shock and fear, she only ever did this when she really thought I was in danger, and the next thing that usually occurs right after was for her to take complete control, and then she turned everything to ash. Literally."Miss Cassie. King Jade has told us many great things about you. The work your parents did for this pack. The sacrifice that they made years ago, we would never forget. We chose to place you in that environment, we watched you grow and we wanted the society to train you, to make you the greatest warrior wolf that ever lived, and look at you. Your specs during all the fighting was....outstanding. Your mental strength and skills are the one to beat. You truly are in this moment on your way to becoming the greatest commander ever" Said the old Alpha.It was dead quiet, everywhere. Especially inside me. My wolf and I had go