Sisters

**Sekreta**

*” You have to hit me harder than that, come on!”*

Salvi has been pushing me these last weeks to fight, she keeps saying when the time comes I’ll need it. She wasn't wrong when we first got into the ring together. I was completely useless, I still am useless.

Whenever she knocks me down she starts counting loudly how long it takes me to get back on two feet.

*” In those seconds you are lying on the floor, your enemy has every opportunity to kill you”*

I’ve questioned her multiple times as to why this intense training is needed, she always simply replies you never know when you’ll be attacked.

I suppose she isn’t wrong, I was with Arlo for so long that I forgot what the rest of the world was like. I’m not stupid, but I’m not clued in.

I lunge forward throwing my fist at Salvi, she effortlessly moves too one side behind my punch causing me to topple over when it does not meet its target.

The counting starts again, I quickly rise and brush the first of. The next thing I know I’m on the ground again.

*” Eyes up Sekreta. Your attackers won’t hesitate to take advantage of any situation”*

The counting begins again, this annoys me. I’m not a fighter and although we have been training a lot this is all still new to me.

Sticking up for myself does not come naturally, Rising to my feet, I’m up merely seconds before my body hits the ground once more.

We repeat the same thing over and over, each time I stand I do something wrong and she gets the better of me.

As my back crashed to the floor, my head hitting the cold hard ground, it's as though a fire ignites in the pit of my stomach.

I have had enough of this, I stand to my feet and launch towards her. She moves to the side but I catch her with my fist. She attacks back but is too slow and I move out of the way her back now facing me.

I take out one of her legs so she drops to the floor, she rolls over to face me.

*” You fucking Bitch, how dare you lay a hand on me”*

His words shock me, why is she talking to me this way, her words hurt but they anger the wolf inside me, Savea takes over and we shift.

I feel my bones cracking but this time there is no pain, only rage. We tower over Salvi still on the ground watching, a few others from the house have come outside but I growl at them to not come any closer to me.

To my surprise Salvi simply starts clapping, standing to her feet she takes a step towards me still slowly clapping.

*” This. This is the level you need to be at always”*

She points to a window at the reflection of the two of us, I can see Savea’s eyes glowing bright red.

*” You need to learn how to harness that in your human form Sekreta. You do that, and we will be unstoppable”*

I meet her gaze once more and her eyes are too glowing bright red. She orders those around us to turn around as Ildi runs upholding a T-shirt and shorts dropping them at my feet.

*” Shift back. I have more to show you”*

I do as she says but I’m a little confused, why did I have to get so angry to activate this power? I always knew I had it in me but the way Artemis and the sisters used it was more instinct than pure rage.

I shove on the shirt and head inside following closely behind Salvi.

“Where are we going ?”

*” SHH, we will be there in a second I will show you “*

We carry on walking through the house reaching a part that doesn’t appear to have been updated yet, we reach a set of large double doors.

Salvi pushes them open and reveals a bedroom, it looks like something out of a book. Its four-poster bed still had the remnants of fabric laced over the top, the furniture although now covered in dust was still fully intact.

The room reminds me of one of the movies Ildi and I watched about a girl who loved reading and fell in love with a beast. He told me it was a fairy tale made for children but this room looks exactly like those.

“Salvi, what are we doing here? Whose room is this ?”

She sits on the bed and pats it for me to sit too, a light wave of dust rising from the old sheets.

*” This was our mother’s room Sekreta”*
As soon as she mentioned mum my thoughts travelled, back to see her at her worst with Arlo, The way he would push her, take her blood until she was on the brink of death only to dispose of her when she lost consciousness.

Having to help her do simple things like drink water and put on warmer clothes only for Arlo to spot that she was looking better, he’d take her and start the process over again.

*” I found it when I first got here, I wasn’t sure whose room it was but as I walked around I remembered things from our childhood”*

I stand up and begin to walk slowly around the room, taking everything in.

“What did you remember ?”

*” Well I remembered running around the room in the morning when you were small, mum would be holding you and she would be yelling at me to slow down “*

Happiness crosses her face and she smiles, although I notice it doesn’t quite reach her eyes.

“What did you do Salvi?... I mean when we were taken ?”

I have to admit most of the memories of being taken away I have repressed I know I should remember but I chose to forget a long time ago.

*” Well this isn’t the exact room we grew up in, I can only guess this was mum's bedroom. Her room in our house was a replica. She must have thought it was too beautiful to leave behind. When you two were taken she told me to hide under her bed, so I did .”*

“How did no one find you, Did the wolves not smell you ?”

*” No. It was the first time my power manifested Sekreta, I somehow masked my own scent. I was lying under the bed. Scared and angry and I felt a shift in my body and then they just left saying there was no one else here “*

“You were all alone ?”

For the first time in my life, I almost feel happy I was not alone like her, I at least had a mother.

*” Yes, I left when I couldn’t hear any noise outside. When I walked the grounds all I saw was dead wolves and people fighting then I saw dad fighting and he went down, thinking he was dead I ran towards him and Arlo and he caught me with his claw, as I said, then launched on top of me so I didn’t move”*

“That’s when they found you, the other pack?”

*” Yes that’s when they found me and took me in”*

“I’m sorry that happened to you Salvi”


*” You have nothing to be sorry for but this is why it’s so important that you train. So this can never happen to us again”*

She stands and walks towards the large double doors pushing them open and stepping onto the balcony.

*” All of this is rightfully ours Sekreta, our power comes from our rage, We are at our strongest then. You need to learn to bring that to the forefront of your mind so you can switch it on and of”*

She motions toward the grounds and the wolves working to restore it.

*“This was our mother’s packhouse and the decimated it”*

“But doesn’t this mean that this is Artemis mums pack too?”

She scoffs and turns to my hand on her hip her eyes glowing red.

*” Let me guess she told you that you were family?”*


“Well yes she said we were cousins”


She laughs again.

*” Typical. They are not related to us, what they did was vile, they should be scorched from the earth”*

“What do you mean? What did they do ?”

*” Did you not notice the eyes Sekreta, How Artemis’s glowed purple?”

I nod thinking back to the night we took her.

*” She is not a true descendent, neither her nor her sisters deserve the crown that has been placed on their heads. Everything they have they stole. Our Bloodline is strong it is why our eyes are the same colour”*

“You mean they took their powers from someone else ?”


*” That’s exactly what I mean, and you know just as well as I do that’s not an easy process, you lived it, day in day out with Arlo trying to take them from mother, who didn’t even have any. Think of the people they must have killed, a thing of our family members who must have suffered “*

My mind tries to process all this information, Salvi has tried to tell me they are bad people but I just couldn’t see it, she never quite convinced me but this makes sense.

When Arlo would talk about the younger one Selene he would say her eyes were green, they can't be true descendants if their own powers don’t match.

“Salvi, What are we going to do about them? I mean if we want people to respect this pack, the pack of the first we need to ensure there are no threats to it “

She smirks and a glint in her eyes.

*” Now you’re talking like my sister Sekreta. What we must do is simple really, we have to remove them from the picture”*

“But they have mates and packs, it won’t be easy.”

*” Your right it won’t be, but we will destroy them all if we have to, the packs will be a crossfire in this war.”*

“Killing innocent people makes us no better than them Salvi, we can’t do that”


**Sekreta for the love of god do not trust her..**

I push Savea’s voice back down, she is wrong her mind has been tainted. The sooner she realises that the better.

*” We won’t aim to hurt them deary”*

She pulls some hair off my face and lightly brushes my cheek.

*” We will give them a choice if they choose to let their pack fight for them, die for them instead of facing us it shows just how worthless they really are”*

“I’m in, But I have one request Salvi”


*” What is it?”*

“Before we kill the three of them I want to know why.”

*” I'll leave Artemis alive just for you so you can ask her Sekreta”*

Salvi then leads me into another room with Ivar, Ildi and a few others, he gives me a weak smile before I sit.

I can feel the eyes of Ivar on me. I try to focus on what's going on. A few people are speaking about the plan but I know he is still looking at me.

Finally Salvi stands to speak.

*” As you know, I have found my sister. We have spoken and she is fully aware of the situation, she will join our side”*

A few cheers erupt from people in the room but I notice Ildi doesn't seem as pleased.

*” She will fight with us to bring down the packs that hold the power they shouldn't”*

I realise as she continues she is giving them a war speech, Arlo used to do the same although his followers were a lot less loyal when it came to him, they all had something to gain from following him.

A few moments later the room again erupts with cheers and I smile as people turn towards me and clap. Starting to feel overwhelmed, I look over at Ildi only to find he has gone.

Ivar then stands from his seat and the room falls deathly silent.

*” It is settled, we attack in four days “*

With that he turns and leaves the room, Salvi following close behind.

Four days? that's so soon how will I ever be ready to fight in that little amount of time. Artemis and her sisters took down Arlo.

I can't help feeling as though we are greatly underestimating them.