#Chapter139The end for Raven“Giving up already?” One.“Not a fighter anymore, are you huh?” Two.“You are nothing without your Lycan.” Three.I felt his arms swing towards me as I let go. The earth beneath me rippled once again, breaking, melting the wall that protected everyone. Only to wave back up in front of me now. It slammed the Lycans hard and they ended up being sent back to another wall that has raised behind them. The earth now lowered down and melted to the ground but not without sinking those Lycans who were on their knees now. The ground hardened itself as it trapped them. Their heads were my trophy. I lunged on top of the muscular Lycan giving him no time. I grabbed his head and twisted it. But he was strong and I was weak. No matter how much strength I used, it was useless on this monster. Slowly the vines sprouted from the ground, laced with sharp thorns. It travelled up his body and slowly wrapped itself around his neck. Blood flo
#Chapter140Goodbye RavenEliana Tessa CastellanosAll we could do as we sat inside the wall created by the rich earth was to listen to the world outside. Growls. Howls. Cries of pain. A war was breaking.And here we stood. All helpless. Defeated.There was nothing we could have done or we could do as this vile toxin still sits in our veins, making us weak, powerless. A Lycan without its Lycan. A gift without its source.All we could do was wait. Patiently.Somebody out there fought for us. Protected us. These walls not only shielded us from the war raging outside but it also shielded our vision. We don’t know what’s going on outside. But all we know is our little beast is all by herself with these monstrous traitor Lycans. There were way too many of them for her to win. One Lycan amongst thousands.I prayed for her safety. Silently. I begged the goddess up there to protect her. My sister. She was the one sister that I never got to have. But now that I finally fou
#Chapter141Raven- A sister’s GuiltEliana Tessa CastellanosGrief fills my eyes. Guilt stabs my heart.Regret shames my mind.I was the one to be blamed. She was gone because of me. If only I had not forced her to come with us. If only I had let her stay back. If only.Then she would still be with us. She would be running about, laughing, being her usual self. Carefree. Innocent. Naïve. A sad smile forms on my lips as I think about her and the tears once again makes its appearance.It had already been a week since then. But the entire kingdom still mourned for her as did the sky. A princess it never got to have. While I sat in my room, locked away from everyone. Hiding from everyone. I was to be blamed for this. All of this is my doing. It was my fault. I deserved to be punished for the rest of eternity. I deserve the worst there is.I’m suffocating here. This place doesn’t feel like home anymore. It reminds me of what I had done. My sin. I need to leave
#Chapter142Raven that smells like Wildflowers-01Eliana Tessa CastellanosGuilt once again ate my insides. But I stepped into the palace building, wetting the marble floor as I walked through the hallway, following his gruesome cries of pain. It broke my heart even more as I got closer and closer.The click of my heel was the only sound that echoed the hallway along with his roars.Now I was back to the entrance of the hall that fully smelled of him. Why? The opened door was heavily guarded with Lycan soldiers, trying to contain him. They were hunched back, ready to shift, attack. Ready for a fight.But I doubt they were enough. When a Lycan mourns for their mate, they are unstoppable. I don’t think even I can stop his raging heart. The only person that could was no more. But I have to apologize to him. I have to let him punish me. I have been left unpunished for too long.The heavy scent of mint gets stronger as I walk towards them. But I don’t make any contacts wi
#Chapter143Raven that smells like Wildflowers-02Eliana Tessa CastellanosIt bloomed beautifully as the heavenly scent roamed the air around us. My heart was beating rapidly as I tried to think of the meaning behind all this. What I hoped for it to be. I looked back to him whose eyes were already staring at the ground that now heavily bloomed with the wildflowers. Even more than the entire hall. I saw him slowly extend his hands to towards the bundle of flowers. His touch was gentle even though his hands were that of a Lycan now. And as soon as his hands touched its petals, it shied away. It melted away within the vines as the vines too started to recoil itself. I sat frozen in my place as I watched the ground in front of us bared itself to us like the day we found her in the park. The only difference was that in the park, the vines uncoiled to reveal her but now there was nothing underneath it but the marble tiles. And with that whatever hope I had, it died along with it
#Chapter144Raven born out of earthI opened my eyes to the vacant darkness that surrounds me. I can feel the cold earth around me. But to me, it’s the source of my warmth. My body is used to this cold earth as it hugs me like a mother. It wraps me in a blanket of its own warmth and shields me from the light. The world outside. Even though I know my eyes are open, all I see is nothingness. Tired of playing with the darkness, I closed my eyes again. But this time I completely got lost into it as darkness took over my brain and my heart. Then all of a sudden, I felt an intense pain. I felt something wet drip down my forehead and to my temples. Whatever it was it burned me like it wanted to awaken me from this slumber. Like it wanted me to feel again. And now my heart was in pain too. It hurts so much. Then I smelt it just a moment later. This smell. I know this smell. I tried to move, open my eyes but nothing obliged to my command anymore. I wanted him. I wanted to be wit
#Chapter145Althea - The Female Alpha SeriesBook FourCastellanos - A Flame That Never DiesPrologue- A flameChristopher ConstantinouI watched her as she cried, holding his face. It broke my heart already, knowing that she was in pain. I knew that Eliana Tessa Castellano herself was my mate. I cannot forget that day when I returned to the palace after hearing about the incident that took place here. I was grateful for the princess who saved the palace and lost her life in the process. At the same time, it somehow made me sad that I wasn’t able to meet this great warrior princess.Regardless, I went to Philip’s office because I was unable to give my condolences to the King himself as they grieved the princess once again. And I also had to report back. I was officially back to palace duty now that we had found the princess. But only to lose her again. It was my utmost priority to tighten the security here so that incidents like this never happened. Not on my
#Chapter146InfernoEliana Tessa CastellanosFrom America to Middle Eastern to Asia. I have travelled across the world. Never staying too long in one place. I never crossed over a month in a city or the country. For my heart feared that if- just if they were to find me again. No. I will not be found. I have promised myself never to return to that place again. I walked away from everything and everyone that I have ever know in this eternity of life I had been living. Even though I faced a lot of struggles during these past twenty years, I refused to break down. All the money that I had was back in Amsterdam where I could never return to. That will be the first place they will sniff their nose on. And they will know if I do return so my only option was to sneak on a ship to get away from there. For the longest time, I was no less than a beggar. A person without a home. I became a stray Lycan. Until I met her.One other person that lived in hiding. Constantly chang
#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