#Chapter187Promise-01Aries BlackwoodJust where could she be?My blood was boiling at this point as I walk back and forth. My surrounding an utter mess of broken glass and pool of blood and alcohol. I had been on a hunt since the moment I caught a whiff of that sweet aroma. I had been looking everywhere for her like a crazy manic. But I still couldn’t get a whiff of that presence from that night.The fuzzy image of her that I got from the cctv footage was the only thing keeping me sane at the moment, keeping this rampaging wolf at bay. But he was not a wolf anymore, he was something more powerful, deadlier and he had finally decided that he wanted more than a part of me, he wanted complete control. He seeked the one whom he had lost in time and in return lost himself. All these decades without her had wrecked this monster and made him hibernate deep down, but her presence had called him forth, to push past the fragile glass cell that he was imprisoned into. Any more force and
#Chapter188Promise-02Aries BlackwoodI speed out the door in inhumane pace and across the crowded floor, sniffing, inhaling her. My eyes craved to see those midnight black hair once again. To feel it. I swim through bodies after bodies, hoping that it will eventually lead me to her. My heart hammers inside my chest, throbbing painfully so as I become unsuccessful in finding her. And the more agitated I become, the more I start to lose control and the more I become the monster I am. But just as my vision starts to double in anger, in disappointment, I see a silhouette. That midnight hair, that tall figure and those endless legs-My eyes hungrily watches that body, swaying along with the beat that was now mute to my ears. But when a realisation hits me of that short skin-tight dress she was wearing and the fair amount of skin, she was exposing for everyone, I become blind with rage and even more so when those sick, dirty leeches starts to latch itself on her. On what was mine.
#Chapter189A devil of hellAries BlackwoodI hold her in my arms all the way to the penthouse, unable to bear the separation, the feel of her skin against mine. I needed the reassurance that she was real and not just another mirage of her, created out of my desperation.I dress her in one of my shirts after ripping that piece of fabric that carried the scent of the night. Of other males. And finally let go of her as I lay her down of the mattress.I was rendered speechless as I finally have a look at the goddess that now lay before my eyes. An exact replica of her first form, with hair as dark as the night sky and maybe even those endless black hidden behind the now closed eyelids filled with thick lashes. But regardless the colour of her eyes, she was perfect, and she was mine.Slowly reaching forward, I trace the lines of her face, her skin, soft and smooth under my hard knuckles and the zapping of currents gave me the thrills, the excitement of life, a reason to be alive. She
#Chapter190Forever prisoned-01Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonI couldn’t breathe. The iron grip of his on my waist only tighten as the moment pass. But the reason for my breathlessness was not because of his powerful hold, it was because of the shock I felt, the currents zapping me from every corner. My whole body was lit in this invisible flame, burning me alive, but it only left me with a sweet pleasure instead of the heat, the burn. All my senses now only filled with him, the scent of the fresh mint.Just how did he manage to find me?“Mine…”His voice sends shivers down my spine while his word holds me captive.But the whisper that rumbles from him sounds so sad, so broken. It prickles my heart a little. “Please don’t leave me again…”But I don’t know this man in whose arm I fall. So, I force this unwilling body and thoughts, and try to be free. “Althea.” But just a whisper of my name makes me weak on my knees. My name coming out of him, soft but sad, gentle
#Chapter191Forever prisoned-02Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonBut now it was me who couldn’t open her eyes. Only my lungs function, taking long deep inhales and a short release, filling herself whole with that scent of life it was now so addicted to. That minty scent was all it could trace in the air that was between us and it was all that it needed.Time passes by yet I remain frozen still. My only motive was to just breath, breathe him in, all of him. Everything else now forgotten. Returning home. My memories of the night. Even the darkness found a shade of light and for the first time in my life, I truly felt lighter, freer.A slight tingle on my face brings me to the now. His hard knuckles softly traces the lines of my face and his nose ever so slightly brushes against mine, asking me, or was it begging me, to open my eyes, to spare him a glance. Thirsty for my attention, hungry for my warmth, he waits but impatiently, though he never says a word or forces me to compl
#Chapter192Goddess and her stupid wolf-01Althea Zoella Castellanos Silvermoon“Don’t you have a home to return to?” I ask once again, wanting to be away, alone for just once, to gather these muddled thoughts of mine. But my stranger mate was making it impossible to do so. He even took like a fraction of a second to clean out of his bloodied self. I mean who does that. Insane, he was.“I am home Althea.” And here he goes again. He smiles, eyes twinkling, a bright glimmer now replaced his tired look from hours ago. “You are my home.”And here I thought Alex was bad. But where was that boy anyways? He had been out of my sight since the moment Aries, as he calls himself, arrived, but I know that he was around. I could feel his presence far away but close enough. If I tried harder, I could find him, but this man in front of me was taking away all my patient and hence my focus. Being around him made me feel-I sigh out. I don’t know what he makes me feel. I don’t know this feelin
#Chapter193Goddess and her stupid wolf-02Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonScared, he takes a further step back. His blue eyes flickering in worry. “I will leave, but please don’t cry.” His own expression looks pained as he takes one more step back and another. “Please Althea.”“No…”I finally manage to whisper but it was enough to stop him from taking another step back, I know he heard me loud and clear. “Do you want me to leave, Althea?”No. I did not. I don’t want you to leave me. I want you to hold me. I want you to stay with me. Please don’t leave me.I bite my trembling lips and slowly turn my head side to side. And just like that, I’m engulfed into his warm embrace. He holds me tight and places kisses on top of my head as I bury my face deep into the crook of his neck.“I’m sorry.” But it only makes me sob louder. I wonder when I became this weak. Just pathetic. “Tell me a story.” I lay sideways on my bed, watching his golden hair shine through the night,
#Chapter194Raven’s Home-01Amara RavenKnock. Knock.Two urgent knocks on the door takes my attention off the piles of paper in front of me. “Come in.” I answer, siting straight on my seat as the guard gives a deep bow before relying a royal command.“Her highness, Queen Ophelia seeks your presence at once, Princess. She’s waiting for you in the great hall.” “You are dismissed.” I immediately get off my seat and leave the work for another time. Maybe that’s the reason I was feeling restless the entire day.Sighing I get up and make my way out into the hallway, but the uneasy feeling once again starts to surface, urging my feet to increase its light pace. And in no time, I stand before the entrance of the grand door leading to the summit. I wasn’t the only one being summoned here, Helen, Philip, Eliana, Christopher, Elias and Aya, they all stood on either side as my mother sat on the chair and my father kneeling beside her. And there was this heavy tension floating in the air
#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