L u c i f e r F u r v u s - C a e r u l e u s

"What do you think it'll be like?"

Ivory's voice was barely louder than a whisper. That question has been asked a million times since we were children. The night was quiet and peaceful, the moon was covered by the clouds. At a glimpse, it seemed to have gotten rounder than yesterday.

We were lying on a sheet over the snow, Pierre, Ivory and I, our heads together as we watched the night sky, snow falling on our faces and brows.

"...According to Uncle Ardus, we'll smell them first. Increased heartbeat, increased adrenaline," I recounted.

Uncle Ardus was old and wise, and his mate had died 243 moons ago, ruining him. He had been an enemy for years, sacrificing our kind to Lupa in exchange for his mate. He got her back, but she was different. She needed human blood to survive. It took him two years of murdering humans and draining them of blood that he realised what a monster he had made. It wasn't until ten years ago that he killed his mate, made peace and rejoined our family.

Like Pierre had said before, Lupa had a plan. While bringing his wife back was cruel, it ultimately saved Uncle Ardus and brought him back to the pack.

The stereo played James Arthur's 'Say You Won't Let Go', and for a fleeting second, I willingly chased Elliot's image from my mind. But as I listened to the lyrics, a face morphed in my mind. A face with platinum blonde hair, pale, haunted, icy blue eyes, bruised lips, sharp cheekbones....Drei Candor....I closed my eyes, imagining the touch of his soft hand, cold fingertips...the song ended, but the image stayed, glued to the bottom of my lids.

I never thought of boys that way.

I sat up, frowning and rubbing my eyes, but not before I saw Ruby pull his hand away in one sharp movement, and turn on his right, away from Ivory.

I wasn't blind. I knew how he felt about Ivory. After all, she was the only girl he had a crush on for ages. It was obvious when we were younger, and now, it pained me to see him hide it. But selfishly, I didn't want Ivory and Rubeus being together. It made me disgusted, and the thought of it made me feel hollow.

The wait moon was coming in two weeks, and I dreaded the result. If I didn't choose Hayes, I would fail my pack, duty came first, my Father would say. But I didn't like Hayes. I didn't like any of this. If I had a choice, I would choose no one.

Little did we know, that there wouldn't be a Wait Moon. Not for us. And if we didn't take action, there wouldn't be a Wait Moon for an eternity after.