#Chapter214War-02Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonExhaling a shaky breath, Aunt Aya’s face goes hard, fire raging in those soft brown of hers. “A few days ago, we were all summoned to the great hall. Turns out Queen Ophelia had a premonition, but time was short on our hand and their number far greater than we could handle. Within the next twenty-four hour, we were both invaded and outnumbered, and eventually we began to fall.”With eyes pouring with tears, Aunt Aya finally stops to take a sharp inhale, slowly coming out of Uncle Elias’s arms. “I guess to save more life, Althea raised mountains, built these walls to shelter us. We have been here since then. There was no exit nor entrance until you showed up.”Aunt Ana’s gaze shifts towards my father, completely broken. “Lucas. He’s been like that since. He won’t budge. We told him, she lives but he doesn’t hear us.” More tears flow down her eyes and she breaks further into Uncle Chris’ arms. “I prayed that I would never hav
#Chapter215War-03Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonAgreeing with him, I nod my head, following his eyes to her. Finding the courage in Aries’s warmth, I take a step forward, letting his hand fall free, I can only try and be strong for now but first I had to make this right, fix my wrong. “I’m sorry for letting hate dictate my words, blindly accusing you all of a crime that never was yours. I’m sorry for causing you distress in this time.”I look around at the Lycans who had their heads lowered. “But if- if you are strong enough to fight. If you can forgive me enough to fight beside me. Please, I ask you all to join me, help me save our home. Take back our land.”But not a voice sounds from the silence. I look at the herds of Lycans, but their eyes all lowered. A reminisce of the past day. But unlike them, no one here was on my side. “You don’t have to follow me. You don’t even have to respect me. I only ask you to do this for yourself. To save our land. Our home.”Tightening
#Chapter216Sound of the world-01Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonGiving one last look at my father, crouched down on the ground, holding a memento of my mother, I step into the darkness that invites me, leading the army to the battle ground.The warriors joins me, roaring, howling the cries of our unity. And soon those turned Lycans appears from the greens, one after the other, hearing our shriek of affirmation to their barbarity. Already in their Lycan self, they come charging towards us. Even though their numbers significantly reduced, they were still too many of them, but we were stronger, we were one. “Rip all their heads off.” I see the back as I lunge forward, jumping high, landing as I hold onto its throat and pull backward until I hear the soothing pop of the bone breaking. But I don’t let go. Claws digging deep, and blood spilling down its throat, spurting out of its mouth alike, I rip its head off and toss it to the ground. Letting out a deep growl, I march
#Chapter217Sound of the world-02Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonHis face twisted in loathing for the land. He stands there with heart filled only with bitterness, waiting for the doom of our land, hoping to see it cease with his own eyes. My father charges forward, towards him, growling a word, a name unknown to my ears. But the forces of turned Lycans around him stands before my father, building a shield for him with their own life.Detestable. Despicable. That man was.And my hatred for him rises even more as I charge towards them, backing up my father, tearing each and everyone’s head apart as I pray for their soul to find peace. There was nothing more that I could do for them. As there was nothing more for them in this land than the awaiting of their own destruction.From the corner of my eye, I see my father raging his anger towards the man, his clawed hands swinging in the air to tear him apart, but the man was just as strong. Strong enough to fight my father one o
#Chapter218Sound of the world-03Althea Zoella Castellanos SilvermoonA dozen of hands suddenly holds me back, holds me down. “Let’s put it to test, shall we?” He growls as he speeds forward and jumps high up in the sky, to pin my body to land. I watch him as he slowly brings his arm up, my eyes wide motile, but my limps immobile, I watch him as he hovers in the space right above me.Ah, this is the end.I think to myself as I await the piercing of my flesh. As I await death.Giving up the hopes to live, I slowly close my eyes shut. But the moment I do, a piercing blue orb forces them right back open and I inhale a sharp breath. Aries. My mate.I just found him. I just met him. I couldn’t be so cruel and just leave him all alone. He would be lonely. He would be sad. And as the time freezes, I go back in the past to listen to the story of the goddess and the wolf, whose ending I had yet to know. I see all these images in my head, of our first encounter, his messy hair, his
#Chapter219A world with no one-01HarmonyDay. Night.One after the other. A continuous cycle of life. I cannot remember when I stopped counting. Time waits for no one. Time heals no one. And with time comes centuries of loneliness. The kind of loneliness that makes you wonder what you are living for.I guess I was tired of living now. Waking up every morning to the same blue sky, life became dull. The once starry nights became just dark, ordinary, empty. Even the brightest of the stars invisible. The moon just another dot amidst that vast empty sky. All alone. All by itself.Somehow just like me.But somewhere deep within, I hoped for a miracle. For a falling star to make my impossible wish come true. To send me just a little fragment of life. Something to hang on. Something to hold on. Something. Anything.A century became two and I stopped wishing. I now know that there was no deity above. The heaven above was just a place in name only. But even if it did exist, its i
#Chapter220A world with no one-02HarmonyAnd like always, I extend my hand forward, putting the best smile on my face, as I wait for her to take the bait. “It was nice talking to you. But do let me know when you remember though. I would love to hear it.” She looks at me for a minute longer before she finally bites the bait and reaches for my outstretched hand. But upon the contact of our hand, I see someone else through her and I get a little startled, but I quickly pull my lips across into a smile when her eyes start to question. “Too bad, some other time I guess.” I just nod slightly, shaking her hand, forcing my way into her mind. However, unlike others, she still blocks me, unknowingly so. It was hard to pass through her solid defence. She was the only person to ever fight back my gift and almost win. But unlike her, I knew of the power hibernating in her, deep in sleep, unconscious, unaware of it. I saw a darkness in her but something much purer hidden beneath it all. S
#Chapter221A world with no one-03HarmonyI knew the scent of Lycans invades the air too, but something else makes me to take a step back and hold my breath, for my lungs had started to inhale everything the air carried, too quickly, too much. Or was it just a specific scent. For the first time in the longest decades, my heart raced with the fear of unknown. And with the drumming of my heart and the tension in the air, I force myself to retreat away from the scene.Locking myself back in the room, I make full use of the one-way mirror. Aries stands there with someone tucked away in his arm and judging by that possessive hold, I figure, it was her. He had finally found her.And once again, even though unconsciously, something in me reaches out to the non-existent goddess. To thank her for finally ending his misery. Because it was about time, he had his happy ending too, someone had to eventually end his endless heartbreak.I stare at them for a while, admiring, feeling a li