Barely Breathing

"A war has just begun." Luna Fae finished.

Her jaw tensed up while staring at me with mixed emotions different from the motherly care I'm used to. It's like she was unwrapping on her mind the little pieces of secrets that I am, not that I can blame her though.

"Soon, blood will shed and lives will be taken. It's just a matter of time before the council will know what transpired here. They will know. They always do." She spoke.

"But the war has stop years ago. It can't be. No way there is a war coming, just…not possible." I shook my head, unbelieving and pondering the ordeal we've got ourselves into.

I was expecting everyone to soon agree with me but no one did. The others took their time looking at the ground or elsewhere and it seemed everyone knows something I don't.

"Willow..." Tash hesitated.

"Luna, what Jasper has to do with the war?" I asked, determined to cross understanding of why his death meant something other than what supposed it was.

"You know the boy." Alpha Caden stated perceptively.

"Yes..." I hesitated, finding the right words to say. Observing everyone as to what I am about to reveal. I had been keeping this my whole life, maybe this is the right time to let go of the past.

“Fourteen years ago, his father, the alpha of Darkwood pack, attacked us and made us all slave, what was left of us," I confessed.

Tash gasped. "I - I... you never told me that. Y-you even lied! You said you're an orphan and a rogue ever since."

Hurt flashed on my best friend’s face and guilt instantly washed over me knowing I lied to her about my past. Of all people, after all she has done for me. I should have told her but I was so coward to do so.

I supposed to defend myself from lies? But she already turned her

gaze shifted from mine to whoever was on my back. "I do wish to tell you but it

a hard chest slightly touching my back, so close that I could smell his rich alluring scent. Xyrus buried his nose in my hair, inhaling my scent just above my ear,

at all yet him burying half his face on my hair made

princess?" He whispered in my ear, making

"Y-yeah" I stuttered.

My breath caught up in my throat as he suddenly spun me

fitting his perfectly in a tight, comforting hug. This time, he buried his nose in my neck, his breath tickling my exposed skin creating a tingling sensation that spreads through my body making my knees felt wobbly. I stay still, not daring to move as I was succumbed

you?" He whispered; his deep voice laced with something

I ran from," I

I could feel his muscles tensed up just by the way his body felt rigid and arms tighten more

"N-no."

me goosebumps on how hot his

need to tell her." Alpha Caden intervened. There's a finality in his tone which left for no

cannot shield her forever to what she is supposed to know the moment you chose her." Luna

am I supposed

they hiding

these years with this pack I thought I was the one keeping secrets. Truth be

our hands like I was to disappear any moment and holding my hand will keep me