Hovering spirits

Ever since the departure of Emandra, Mirrod, and Paris have been going at each other like there is no tomorrow. Yes, it was a good thing to watch the lovebirds bond and express their feelings. While everyone was happy, and waiting for the Luna ceremony, Luna Henrietta shared another view. 

She was not happy, she felt something was not right with everything that was happening. With the sun giving way to the moon. Luna Henrieta sneaks into the Alpha’s office. She had a hoodie over her head and her scent disguised.

 ‘’You know we should let the alpha know Luna" her maid tells her. It was not the first time they were making use of the secret passage hidden within common view and known just to royals. 

" He doesn't understand my fears, '’ Luna Henrietta sighs. She loves Paris, and she would want nothing more than to have her as a daughter-in-law, but the Absence of Emandra has made her weary of the looming danger slowly blowing within the horizon.

 They walked within the night, the secret passage led to the outskirts of the pack. The rogue territory was not someplace an unprotected Luna should be with just a female assistant. However, that did not border Henrietta, the raging rogues charging toward her only made her smile wider. 

‘’Luna, we should head back, they would kill us”’ Mara cried. They have done this a good amount of times, but she was never let to accompany beyond the pack territories. 

‘’Be still and watch’’ The rogues got closer but rather than attacking as they ought to or Mara had expected them to, the 3 rogues bowed paying homage. 

‘’Greetings princess, your brother seeks your presence’’ they said together. Mara could not hold her shock. How did Luna become the princess of the rogue kingdom? The legend was clear. Lone wolves were conquered and ruled by an alpha born of the dark one. 

Seeking for the one born for the redemption of all, the daughter to the goddess. Mara stared at Luna Henrietta with mixed feelings. Her body shivered with cold only she felt. The weather was not chilly nor was it cold. It was a warm night but she felt cold. 

All her life she pledged to serve the alpha and protect Luna with her life. The woman she has served all her life is the one prophesied to be the doom of their kind. 

‘’Mara, a word out of your mouth and it would be your last’’ Luna Henrietta’s voice sounded foreign and held so much power. She knew better than to speak of what her eyes would behold of this night to another soul.

 The walk to the rogue kingdom was a short one. The closer they got the scarier it became. A huge castle soon came into view, it was said to be well hidden behind a maze, and no one who got in has ever escaped to tell the story.

 ‘’Sister, welcome home’’ A young man with long waist-length hair walks to her with open arms. They shared a striking resemblance aside Luna had short blonde hair barely hovering over her shoulders.

 ‘’I have greatly missed home dearest brother but that's not what brings me home today’’ Luna walks over taking the throne, while her brother stands his head slightly bored. Mara could feel their power, the aura most especially coming from the luna was not only dark but very powerful. She could not hold herself, her knees went weak, and she fell into submission.

 ‘’Oh, poor Mara, she is just as weak as my pathetic husband’’ Luna Henrietta hiss. 

‘’Bring the witches, I need answers’’ Henrirta ordered. Alpha Kendrick was quick to do the bidding of his sister. 3 witches brought in all dressed in rags of black and in shakles. They looked too frail. 

‘’So the monster still wants blood?’’ one of the witches spat.

 ‘’Oh sisters, she feels she knows better, why dont we break her bubbles’’ another laughed. Luna Heneitta was in no mood to listen to their chatters and rantings.

 ‘’You know me better, one more unuseful word and I will have your tongue’’ she threatened but it did not move the witches. 

‘’Our tongue is what you need the most, take it away and your son will be the next you bury’’ the third witch snapped.

 Henrietta knew them better, they may be her captive but she sure knew they were not held against their will. It was meant to be, fate was at a game with her and she sure wanted to win. 

‘’In the crossroad of life and death, a gift was given, a child of the moon was blessed upon you. A life of beauty and undying youth…….’’ the first witch chanted. 

‘’But, greed and lust, let it go. Henrietta, his future is untold, their path will cross again and what has been written for years before now, would be fulfilled.’’ the second continued. 

‘’Remember, an alpha without his fated mate, is like a warrior at war with himself. Be Careful, time is of the essence’’ the third witch concluded. Harrietta was furious that the prophecy from 20 years had not changed. 

‘’Why did you lie to me, I did everything I was told to, I got her on time and she was treated with so much love. She was given everything she ever wanted so why did my son not get her, why did she not turn to be the one he chose?’’ the witches laughed maniacally. 

“You were warned ahead of time. A moon child was to be born, she would be the way, the path to your redemption, the path to your desires, and the path to your death. You were given options. Rescue the child born under the full moon from the dying wolf. 

Take her home and wait for the second new moon birth, both girls are to be trained and raised in the same home, one of which is the moon child’’ the first witch answered.

 ‘’Yes…yes, I did the damn fucking thing but now I fear my son is in danger. 

‘’Harrietta you should have known better that bringing a dead soul back from the brink of the afterworld comes at a great price. He needs her to survive’’ the second witch holds hands with the third. 

‘’A late bloomer or she wasn't, a special one deserves time, he followed his dick and not his heart. The pain inflicted shall return just like the hands of fate, his death would be your dumb’’ Harrietta stared witches and her brother not sure of how to react.

 ‘’You were warned, a life tight to yours, means his death shall be your doom. Harrietta, must not be marked against her will, the love must be mutual’’

 ‘’begone,’’ the guards escorted the witches away. Henrietta could not hold her fears. What she feared the most was beginning to manifest in reality.

 ‘’Brother, I need her back’’ Harrietta smiles like the devil she is, caressing her brother purrs like a kitten. Under the touch of his sister.

 ‘’Anything for you sister’’

‘’I want her back where she belongs, be a good kitty and get on it’’ Alpha gotta work rallying the Rogues, while Harrietta sets back to the pack with Mara. Mara could not utter a word, she felt as if something got her tongue. The sun would soon be out and they had to hurry before the spells over the guards wore out.

Mara could not believe she just walked into the lion's den alive. She wanted to tell them that the one they feared the most had been their ruler for the past 20 years, but how was she to convince the pack that their Luna, the most beautiful and pure of all, was the sister to the rogue Alpha? 

They soon arrived at the queen's chambers and Mara turned to head to her quarters, she needed a good sleep to be able to figure out everything.

 ‘’Mara…’’ Luna Henrieta called, making her halt in her steps. 

‘’I shouldn't say this, but I figure I must. A word and everything and everyone you have known and loved would go down before your very own eyes’’ 

‘’Understood mistress’’