#Chapter128Raven’s stupid LycanNervousness was taking up my entire body as I climbed the stairs into the cosy but spacious insides of the private jet. It was eating me inside out as I leaned back on the huge comfortable chair. But it did no good in comforting me.I keep zoning out in my own mind as scenarios kept playing in my head. What if his parents don’t like me? What if the other Lycans think that I’m weird? I did literally just come from the woods. Would they like me? Would they accept me? I’m an outsider.Seeing my tense body, Lucas pulls me on his lap. So, now I lay on him with my head on his chest. His beating heart calms me.Thump. Thump. Thump.I close my eyes and let my brain rest. We’ll see when the time comes. Rest for now, Raven. Just close your eyes and let go. And I fall into a warm darkness filled with his scent as sleep takes over my body.I feel myself being lifted but I was too tired to open my eyes. So, I got comfortable in his arms as I heard
#Chapter129Raven – If Only-01The knock on the door and Eliana’s loud voice breaks me out of this trance. I get free of his hold and sit up on him, my legs on either side of his waist as I look at the door. “You know, I quiet like this position. You look good from down here.” I turn around to glare at me, only to find him smirking as he’s eyeing my butt that’s only covered with a black booty short. I gasp in shock at his comment. Then I hit him hard in the belly as an oof escapes his mouth and get off the bed. I hurriedly put on his t-shirt that lays on sofa by the window as I only seem to be wearing a short and a fitting cami top. Not fair, he’s always fully clothed while I’m almost naked. Every time. What is he trying to hide? Not the time, Raven. Then I run for the door.Eliana was about to knock on my face when I quickly pulled open the huge wooden door. She stops mid-air and smiles at me. “Hey, there little beast. I have come to collect you now. Hurry up and get dresse
#Chapter130Raven – If Only-02And there he stood, a man in black shirt and black smart pants and shoe. His brown hair glued back with a black rimmed glass on his grey eyes. I applauded for his sense of style. Given that he had a measuring tape hanged around his neck, I’m assuming that he’s a designer of some sort. Great. Here we go again.“Hello ladies.” He greets us. Eliana finally let’s go of us to greet him, giving him airy kiss to either side. “Hi Liam. Let me introduce to you to Aya here.” She points at Aya who gives a small wave. “My big brother’s mate. And Amara, Lucas’ mate.” She points at me. “Hey.” I say awkwardly. “Hmm. Let’s see. According to the measurements I got from the photo Eliana sent me, I assumed your sizes. Although I might have to tweak here and there. Nothing more.” He comes to me as he pulls out his tape and starts taking my measurements, making me freeze in all kinds of poses. Ha! I’m already tired of this.“There you go, all done for you. I am
#Chapter131Raven ReadyHis hand laid on my bare thigh the whole dinner, as the piece of the dress fell on either side of my legs when I sat down. Sparks danced around where his palm grabbed me. But I was content. Coming here was a good idea. That’s what I think so far.The dinner ended quite late at night. Now I was anxious to get off this dress and the killer heel. Thank god we were sitting down the whole time. Imagine having to walk around in these. Oh, how am I going to survive ball? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.We were all standing by the door as we said our goodbye to their parents. They all retired to their own quarters, might I say. I sigh loudly after I knew they were far enough not to hear me. I lean my back against Lucas’ solid chest for some support as his arms came around me. My poor feet. “Can we just go now?” I was really tired, and I did sound tired too. Very much. I see Eliana go to Aya and take her off Elias’ arms and she came to me to do the same. I
#Chapter132Raven Meets the Royals-01We closed our eyes when the sun shined through the glass window by the bed. We were too tired now that we had stayed up the whole night. I could feel my body shutting itself as the sun rose higher. And I complied to my body’s need.It’s too noisy in here. I turn in the bed and pull the pillow over my head, blocking the sound and the brightly lit room. I don’t want to wake up. I groan clearly voicing my annoyance to whoever was disturbing my sleep.“Wake up little beast.” I hear Eliana’s voice close to me as I feel the pillow being pulled off my face. Then I feel a hand tug me up, making me sit upright. I groan again but I don’t open my eyes. I’m so sleepy. “We only have a few hours before the ball starts. Wake up.” She grabs both my shoulder and starts shaking me.“We need to start getting ready.” She shouts as I finally open my eyes to glare at her. Ugh. “You clearly said we have a few hours. Let me sleep some more.” I try to fall bac
#Chapter133Raven Meets the Royals-02Silence fills the room. It’s so much to take in. But it makes me feel sad. My chest tightens slightly. Why? No matter how strong, a mother cannot bear to part with their children. It really hurts when I think about the mother. The queen. Why? “Raven” I look up to Eliana. Her eyes are filled with emotions that I cannot read right now. I feel my stomach twisting uncomfortably. “Tonight, whatever you do, please stay close to Lucas.” Her eyes beg me. “If she were to truly show up, you need to be with him. Please.” “Why-”But she doesn’t let me finish my sentence. “He will tell you later. Although he should have done it sooner.” She has a very sad look on her face. “He should have marked you before this. But it’s not my place.”She breaths deeply before she smiles and gets up. “Ladies, we are so late for the ball now. I’m guessing that they are already there. Wait, hold on, I didn’t know you had a tattoo. When did you get it done?” She
#Chapter134Raven’s Truth-01Eyes so green looks into my own pool of green. Her footsteps too, halts, as she finally notices me, as does her mates beside her who turns to look down at her. But her eyes are fixed on me. Her intense green eyes turn soft as so many emotions plays across her face. And then I saw relief on them as she let out a soft gasp.This made the king follow his mates’ eyes to look at me. Soon as his eyes fell on me, he gasped loudly, his mouth slightly open, making me break my eye contact with her and look into his hazel eyes. The queen slowly lets go of the hand that rested on his arm and takes few hesitant steps towards me before she stops. A sad but sweet smile plays on her angelic face. The crowd follows our every moment as the hall sits in silence.“Finally, I found you.” Her soft voice breaks the icy silence that fills this crowded hall.“I have been waiting for this day. For you.” Her forest green eyes are glossy with unshed tears, but her fac
#Chapter135Raven’s Truth-02Father finally dismissed the meeting after planning to search for the traitors that sits amongst us. And soon the couple both flew out the room, none of us suspecting anything as it was very late at night. I turned to hug my mother goodnight. She held my face in her hands once again as she smiled softly but her eyes quickly went to Lucas’ who was ready to jump out the door himself. “The earth indeed smells heavenly when the rain falls upon it, doesn’t it, Lucas?”But his eyes were in so much pain as he curtly nods his heads, biding goodnight as he marches out, leaving me dumbfounded. I turned back to face my mother, very confused. “What was that?”Her smile, ever so soft, her green eyes shining bright under the chandelier, holds so much happiness. “Go and talk to him. He needs you right now. He might be a bit… overwhelmed.” My brows furrow further in confusion. “But why?”“Let him be the who tells you everything.” My mother lightly pats my
#Chapter237Forged (4) (Special)Aries BlackwoodLike a magnet pulled by its other half, I walk towards her. “This is where she offered herself to save your soul. You didn’t even know her, yet she was so keen on being with you. I had asked her why she was so willing to love someone that doesn’t even know her existence?” Then she looks at me with a sad smile on her face. “You know what her answer was?”I shake my head, my eyes still on hers as I try to control these emotions wanting to pour out of me once again. “She told me she could hear your soul. That she could understand your heart. Said she would womb your sin and find a place where you both can be together in this loop of infinity.She was willing to sacrifice herself just to hear you laugh. I warned her. But my daughter is too stubborn for her own good.” She too shakes her head and chuckles softly. “I told her that just because she wants to be with you, doesn’t mean that you too would want the same. And you know what sh
#Chapter236Forged (3) (Special)Aries BlackwoodI open my eyes to the darkness.Pitch black darkness was all I could see. And I doubt if my eyes were even open at this point.But then I see something glimmer distance away and so I reach towards my only source of light which guided me to a land, painted in red, soaked in blood. Piles and piles of dead bodies covered the entirety of the land and there he stood, a boy with a sword pierced right through his heart.He holds his ground until no heart beats the land. Then he too falls on his knees. Swinging his sword up and onto the ground, he holds his wounded body upright as if proving the land that he was invincible even in death.And as something in that blood-soaked golden hair spurs my curiosity, I inch closer towards him, studying the lines of his equally bloodied face but his piercing blue eyes stops me from going any closer. For I see a replica of my own eyes. For I see myself in him. Baffled at the image of my younger se
#Chapter235Forged (2)Althea SilvermoonA group of rogues that wished to live in a pack again.With no place to return, no place to call home, they had chosen to remain on this barren land until their bare bone was the only proof that they once lived. And as my father’s words chanted itself over my head for the uncountable time, I had healed the hurt and guided them home as promised. Maybe that’s the reason they could bear to be with me. For they only saw me as their saviour and nothing more.I sigh softly as I feel the warmth of the flames. The only proof that I lived was the light rise and fall of my chest. Although alert, the only melody I was interested in listening to was the soft crackling of the wood as it sacrificed itself and burned into ashes.Thump.All of a sudden, I hear my heart thump loudly.Once. Just once.But it was enough to break me out of my empty thoughts. Lifting my chin higher, I place my palm over my heart to feel that lost sense once more. Sadly,
#Chapter234Forged (1)Althea SilvermoonMy feet digs deeper into the scorching golden sand as I make my way further into the land of dunes. The sun sits hot on the crown of my head, and my forehead beading with sweats, trickles down, dampening the white cloth covering my eyes as I advance further into the land with no direction. With no aim.I don’t know how long or how far I had travelled. I have passed through lands, crossed the ocean. I have even travelled across the universe with Alex always by my side. The essence of my life now engraved on the entirety of the vast universe.Had it been a century? A millennium? Or had it only just been years?I look up to the sky, feeling the sun hard against my face and I exhale tiredly.I don’t know. I don’t know anything anymore.The only thing that I knew was that I was once again back on this deserted land, occupied only with silence and the occasional howling of the wind. But my soulless body preferred its silent words anyways
#Chapter233Free (Special)Third personShe sits frozen still while the rest of the world moves on. Chaos finally gone along with both darkness and happiness. The land sits silent, too quiet to be called alive. And when everyone thinks that she will never come out of her grief, she stands herself tall, although tiredness evoking of her, she moves even though forced.With face as empty as her heart, she carries herself forward, towards the edge of land and Alex comes forth from her shadows. Taking her in the strong hold of his arms, he descends, wings spread wide, down to the land where flowers bloomed beautifully all around. And when he lands, Althea moves out of his hold, her eyes solely to the front as she gracefully glides through the narrow path. Ignoring all eyes on her, she continues to move forward to where her mother sleeps within that vast tree, her pale skin now as white as the snow covering the mountains. She stands before her mother and the man, she once loved as
#Chapter232The goddess of life (2)Third personShe whispers the name of mate as pain becomes too much for her to bear and in a silver flash, appears a man, wrapping his arm around her defeated shoulders, holding her tall. And with a swing of his arm, he dismisses the darkness floating the land, as if it was nothing but a heavy mist.He stands dressed in white and like the goddess, he too holds the brilliance of heaven, the halo in his silver hair, and supremacy on his silver eyes. But those silver orbs remain on the girl, searching for the light, the innocence she once radiated with.He had failed to protect his little girl, one whom he loved before heaven.“My sweet, little Althea.” But Althea looks back with hard eyes, blaming him for her loss as she pulls Aries tighter in her arms, in fear that he too was against her being with Aries. “What has this world done to you, my little Althea?”She keeps her glare on him even though, Randolph, her father, held the softest gaze of
#Chapter231The goddess of life (1)Third personShe lowers her head a little. And finally, the Lycans and wolves could see the light in her eyes that now shines through the world, as those silvers torches the darkness around.But on the other hand, her coal back eyes become one with the so-called darkness. Hatred, it holds all. Slowly making the silver dull which only holds the pain, the sadness. It grieves its loss and gradually the light in them too starts to fade along.“I will destroy this land that does not hold your breath. I refuse to reside in a universe that does not accept your heart. And I will never ascend to heaven that does not house your soul.” Gruesome words roar throughout the land as the war halts, as if time froze still petrified of the rise of the dark goddess. One by one, the creatures starts to dissipate as the darkness touches its core. Until there was none that lived apart from the man called Vyncent. Staggering on his feet, he moves forward, wounds
#Chapter230The dark goddess (2)Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonThe wind blows hard as a loud roar echoes the field. A divine beast soars through the blue sky with his silver wings, beating on his back. The girl chuckles softy as she looks upon the beast and stretches her arm forward. And he lands inches away from her and strides with power, his marvellous wings spread high, until his furry head touches the small palm of the girl. “Would you like to join me on this journey, Alex?”He grunts softly while nudging his furry face against the palm of her hand, making a sweet giggle erupt out of the girl. The goddess walks towards them with a small smile on her face now as she looks at them both. Then her eyes shift on the silver of his wings and she steps forward. Gently stroking the soft feathers, she seems to be deep in thoughts. “I better prepare for the worst then. Who knows when you might need some kind of harmony in your life? I’m sorry to burden you with such weight,
#Chapter229The dark goddess (1)Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonThen I hear the loudest roar of all, every other feeling in the air dull compared to it. I sit numb as I look up at the sky, but my vision far from it. My pitiful lips torn apart, pulled away from one another. It was me. My grief. Echoing to the heavens.Then I’m pulled into a land, heavily filled with green, blooming beautifully with tulips that stretched beyond, meeting the peaceful blue horizon. Then I see a girl dressed in white, her perfectly sliver hair blending into the pureness that she exuded. She sits on her knees as she hovers over the pond. Hesitantly, I move forward, pulled by the curiosity that held the girl’s keen eyes tightly to the pond. I stand just behind her and look over her shoulder at the clear colourless water. But instead of both our reflections, I see a man. One that looks very much like Aries with his golden hair now shorter, trimmed and his face void of the light stubbles. He loo