TERRA WOLF

by laaazybones

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SYNOPSIS

Eighteen-year-old Nathalia Hague was an Ilwani and a Lupus, a sorceress and a wolf, something that was considered taboo in the world of Vulgari.

To uncover the real identities of the assassins who murdered their parents, she and her twin enrolled to Mesina Academy, a school for the five Vulgari races.

Lia was not prepared to meet her mate. But Luna had other plans for her. Will she accept the fate that the goddess imposed upon her? Or will she create her own destiny instead?

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EXCERPT

I knew they could tear the roots easily but their surprise granted Cassy an escape. I sent in waves of vines to distract them and keep them rooted in place. I watched as Cassy ran to an opposite direction. Staying behind, I tightened the grip of my vines on the wolves, ignoring the blood that was slowly dripping from my nostrils. When I was certain that Cassy had a good head start, I ran as fast I could, aware that my vines won't hold any longer. 

I only stopped when I reached the highway, coming down on my knees and gasping for air. I could feel my mana draining, I haven't used a lot since a long time ago. It took me a moment before recovering enough to walk back to the inn, dreading the amount of lecturing I would surely receive from my twin. 

As I trudged closer to the inn's entrance, a memory flooded my mind, like a tsunami of fear and pain, my subconscious whisking me away to the night that changed everything.

Fire.

A burning house.

It was sizzling and blazing, eating the timber of my childhood home. I could remember the smell of thick smoke polluting the air with charred whispers of memories lost, the taste of my smoky tears mixed with soot as it fell down on my cheeks, and the feel of my twin's hand gripping mine, as we watched our sanctuary smolder in the night sky. 

That night, I vowed to myself and to the stars above that I would avenge our parents. I would see to it that the perpetrators who took everything away from us would pay dearly. 

And no one, not even my mate, could erase the seed of hatred that I have grown and nurtured in my heart. 

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