It’s been two months since everything changed. Two months since her lifeless body has been put in the coffin and put in the tomb.Velkan stood in the Luna chambers, staring out the window and down at his pack, watching as different wolves went about their lives. He seemed to find solace being in the room, because it smelled like her.His dead mate.The door squeaked open. “Velkan, you are here.” Leia entered the room.“Mother, I beg of you. Not today.” Ever since Chanda’s death, his mother had given him the cold shoulder and when she spoke to him, it was only to yell and curse at him. He knew she blamed him for Chanda jumping off the cliff and killing herself.“I’m not in the mood to fight either.” She walked to the window and stood beside him. “I didn’t except to see you in here.”“I was just passing by and the door was opened.” He replied, not looking at her. “I can see her things have been brought back from the servant quarters.”“Yes. I ordered for them to be brought back.” Leia
“I can’t believe how peaceful it is here.” Chanda stood on a rock in the flowing river. She and Jacob had gone into the forest to gather wood for the night’s bonfire and were now taking a little break. “The birds singing beautifully in the sky, the smell of nature, this wonderful river.” She squatted down and let the water flow through her hands.Jacob looked up at her from the river bank where he laid. “You seem to really enjoy the water.”“Because it’s free!” She yelled happily. “Free to flow to wherever it desires.” She smiled at him. “Just what I always wished to be. Free.”“Until someone or something comes around, and then blocks the water’s path or changes the direction of its flow.” Jacob sat up and crossed his knees. “Or even worse, claims ownership of it.”“No, no.” She pointed at him, shaking her head. “No negative thoughts. We are not thinking like Fang today.”“Fang only has thoughts of killing.” Jacob said and they both laughed.“Why is he like that?” Chanda asked. “Alway
Okay! The sky is dark enough.” Fang called out to the three other men selected for the night’s hunt. “Get in your truck.”“It smells in here.” Chanda whispered, pulling down the top of the wrap that covered her body in the back of the truck where she hid.As she expected, Fang hadn’t even let Jacob talk about letting her accompany them, immediately shutting him down.So, Jacob had come up with the idea of sneaking her in to the back of the truck he and Fang were driving in.“Shhh. You have to stay quiet or we could get caught.” Jacob scolded her. “I don’t even know why I’m doing this.”“Because you are nice.”“Yeah, yeah.” Jacob grinned and wrinkled his nose. “It does smell in here. But please stay quiet, okay? Once we are far into the woods, you can come out. Even Fang won’t be so heartless to make you go back alone. Alright?” He asked and Chanda nodded in response.“Jacob!” Fang called out, startling them. “Where is Jacob?” He banged on the side of the truck.“Quick. Go back under t
“It’s settled, then.” Aiden’s voice echoed in the tomb, where he stood with Velkan and his mother. They had gone to check on Chanda’s coffin. “The burial will be done in two days from now.” He said, looking between them.“That’s okay.” Leia said, with her head bowed. “She has gone to a better place.”“Lycan?” Aiden turned to Velkan. Velkan just nodded absently. His mind was blank and he felt empty and numb. He has been fighting this feeling since the day they found her body. Even when his wolf, Rex turned cold to him, he hadn’t cared. But now looking at her coffin and talking about burial, he felt like he just realized it.Chanda was really gone. “Velkan?” Aiden touched his arm.Velkan cleared his throat and turned to him. “Get everything ready. So, we can finally put this behind us.”“Great. I need to prepare the official letter for the Elder’s council. I will be in my chambers if you need me.” Aiden bowed to them and left. Velkan and his mother fell into an uncomfortable silenc
The half-moon shining dimly in the sky was the first thing Chanda saw when she opened her eyes. She was lying flat on her back, hands and legs bound together.She knew she wasn’t exactly moving, but the hard surface underneath her felt like it was shaking and the sky was going by really fast.She was in a trunk of a moving van.“Ouhh.” She moaned in pain when the movement beneath her made her bump her left foot against something dumped in the corner. She bent her neck down to her left side, so as to make out what it was. It was a little dark, so she could barely see that it was the curved outline of a body.Could it be Jacob’s body? she wondered as the horror of the past few hours came rushing back to her.Sweet, kind, Jacob was killed because of her. “Sweet goddess.” She murmured in despair. What do those bastards need with his body? She squirmed on the floor, trying to shift herself closer, but she mistakenly kicked the body again.This time, it groaned and shifted.“Sweet goddess
“Unhand me, Velkan.” Aiden struggled against the shackles on his hands and feet that bounded him to the tree. “Face me like a true Lycan. Or are you scared? Pity.” He laughed.Velkan glared at Aiden, his eyes dead and his body rigid with anger, as the sounds of Aiden’s hysterical laughter taunted him.There were a few people gathered around them, including Trenton who was leaning against a tree, watching the scene.“I should have killed you by myself when I had the chance. You should be thanking me.” He mocked Velkan.Velkan took out a silver blade from his coat and admired its sharp glitz under the dim moonlight. “Why, Aiden?” He asked in a soft tone. “Why?”Aiden spat in his face and continued laughing. Velkan just turned away from him and handed the blade to a guard standing close. “Stab his heart with the blade and throw him over the cliff.”“Ha! Like your mate?” Aiden laughed louder. “You don’t want the pleasure of killing me yourself?”“You would like that, wouldn’t you? But I w
'I have to get out of this pack now,' Chanda panicked as she closed the door to Velkan’s Study. Creeping silently downstairs, she searched for guards, as they were always patrolling the hallway. Yes, Velkan always made sure his wing of the pack house was heavily guarded, even from his beta, Aiden. Probably making sure nobody would discover his plans.Aiden, she thought, she needed to tell him what she had seen, but she also needed to get out now.This was her only chance.“Chanda.” A voice called her name and she jumped in fear.“Ohh, pray the gods, you scared me, Mariam.” She scolded the little servant who stood, staring at her.“Why are you peeping? are you looking for someone?” Mariam asked.“No, I am not. Return to your work station.” She scolded her.“Yes, ma.” Mariam replied and walked away. Chanda didn’t like yelling, especially at the young servants, but she didn’t need any distractions now. She was pretty sure Velkan had seen her and she needed to get out.Ever since Velkan h
SIX MONTHS EARLIER.The air in the clearing was filled with anticipation as werewolves-male and female, alphas and omegas, from different packs, far and beyond, - all gathered as one, chanting and screaming, eager to witness the battle of Alpha supremacy. The Lycan Trial, fought under the light of the full moon, promised the arrival of a new Lycan king that will continue to strengthen and protect the years’ long bond between packs of the West region.Velkan of the Goda pack, stood at the edge of the window, awaiting the rise of the full moon to seal his fate. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, he thought, glaring down at the clearing. His dead father had been the Lycan king, loved and most importantly feared by all. His older brother was supposed to be in line for the position but he too had died on that fateful night, leaving him now , to have to fight and prove he was worthy of the position. “If I didn’t know better, I would have said you were nervous.” He turned to the voice. Ai
“Unhand me, Velkan.” Aiden struggled against the shackles on his hands and feet that bounded him to the tree. “Face me like a true Lycan. Or are you scared? Pity.” He laughed.Velkan glared at Aiden, his eyes dead and his body rigid with anger, as the sounds of Aiden’s hysterical laughter taunted him.There were a few people gathered around them, including Trenton who was leaning against a tree, watching the scene.“I should have killed you by myself when I had the chance. You should be thanking me.” He mocked Velkan.Velkan took out a silver blade from his coat and admired its sharp glitz under the dim moonlight. “Why, Aiden?” He asked in a soft tone. “Why?”Aiden spat in his face and continued laughing. Velkan just turned away from him and handed the blade to a guard standing close. “Stab his heart with the blade and throw him over the cliff.”“Ha! Like your mate?” Aiden laughed louder. “You don’t want the pleasure of killing me yourself?”“You would like that, wouldn’t you? But I w
The half-moon shining dimly in the sky was the first thing Chanda saw when she opened her eyes. She was lying flat on her back, hands and legs bound together.She knew she wasn’t exactly moving, but the hard surface underneath her felt like it was shaking and the sky was going by really fast.She was in a trunk of a moving van.“Ouhh.” She moaned in pain when the movement beneath her made her bump her left foot against something dumped in the corner. She bent her neck down to her left side, so as to make out what it was. It was a little dark, so she could barely see that it was the curved outline of a body.Could it be Jacob’s body? she wondered as the horror of the past few hours came rushing back to her.Sweet, kind, Jacob was killed because of her. “Sweet goddess.” She murmured in despair. What do those bastards need with his body? She squirmed on the floor, trying to shift herself closer, but she mistakenly kicked the body again.This time, it groaned and shifted.“Sweet goddess
“It’s settled, then.” Aiden’s voice echoed in the tomb, where he stood with Velkan and his mother. They had gone to check on Chanda’s coffin. “The burial will be done in two days from now.” He said, looking between them.“That’s okay.” Leia said, with her head bowed. “She has gone to a better place.”“Lycan?” Aiden turned to Velkan. Velkan just nodded absently. His mind was blank and he felt empty and numb. He has been fighting this feeling since the day they found her body. Even when his wolf, Rex turned cold to him, he hadn’t cared. But now looking at her coffin and talking about burial, he felt like he just realized it.Chanda was really gone. “Velkan?” Aiden touched his arm.Velkan cleared his throat and turned to him. “Get everything ready. So, we can finally put this behind us.”“Great. I need to prepare the official letter for the Elder’s council. I will be in my chambers if you need me.” Aiden bowed to them and left. Velkan and his mother fell into an uncomfortable silenc
Okay! The sky is dark enough.” Fang called out to the three other men selected for the night’s hunt. “Get in your truck.”“It smells in here.” Chanda whispered, pulling down the top of the wrap that covered her body in the back of the truck where she hid.As she expected, Fang hadn’t even let Jacob talk about letting her accompany them, immediately shutting him down.So, Jacob had come up with the idea of sneaking her in to the back of the truck he and Fang were driving in.“Shhh. You have to stay quiet or we could get caught.” Jacob scolded her. “I don’t even know why I’m doing this.”“Because you are nice.”“Yeah, yeah.” Jacob grinned and wrinkled his nose. “It does smell in here. But please stay quiet, okay? Once we are far into the woods, you can come out. Even Fang won’t be so heartless to make you go back alone. Alright?” He asked and Chanda nodded in response.“Jacob!” Fang called out, startling them. “Where is Jacob?” He banged on the side of the truck.“Quick. Go back under t
“I can’t believe how peaceful it is here.” Chanda stood on a rock in the flowing river. She and Jacob had gone into the forest to gather wood for the night’s bonfire and were now taking a little break. “The birds singing beautifully in the sky, the smell of nature, this wonderful river.” She squatted down and let the water flow through her hands.Jacob looked up at her from the river bank where he laid. “You seem to really enjoy the water.”“Because it’s free!” She yelled happily. “Free to flow to wherever it desires.” She smiled at him. “Just what I always wished to be. Free.”“Until someone or something comes around, and then blocks the water’s path or changes the direction of its flow.” Jacob sat up and crossed his knees. “Or even worse, claims ownership of it.”“No, no.” She pointed at him, shaking her head. “No negative thoughts. We are not thinking like Fang today.”“Fang only has thoughts of killing.” Jacob said and they both laughed.“Why is he like that?” Chanda asked. “Alway
It’s been two months since everything changed. Two months since her lifeless body has been put in the coffin and put in the tomb.Velkan stood in the Luna chambers, staring out the window and down at his pack, watching as different wolves went about their lives. He seemed to find solace being in the room, because it smelled like her.His dead mate.The door squeaked open. “Velkan, you are here.” Leia entered the room.“Mother, I beg of you. Not today.” Ever since Chanda’s death, his mother had given him the cold shoulder and when she spoke to him, it was only to yell and curse at him. He knew she blamed him for Chanda jumping off the cliff and killing herself.“I’m not in the mood to fight either.” She walked to the window and stood beside him. “I didn’t except to see you in here.”“I was just passing by and the door was opened.” He replied, not looking at her. “I can see her things have been brought back from the servant quarters.”“Yes. I ordered for them to be brought back.” Leia
Chanda stood still in the flowing river, watching the men as they studied her in return, praying to the goddess they won’t send her back to where she just came from.“A lone wolf, you say.” The older man yelled at her. “Never had a pack?”“No.” Chanda yelled back. “I don’t have one. I have been on my own since birth.” She lied.One of the men looked at the older man who gave him a nod, before he started walking towards Chanda. “Pretty strange that we have not seen you around here before.”She stepped back more, hands stretched out to the man. “Please, I don’t want no trouble.”“You are in our part of the forest, surely we have to make sure you are saying the truth about not being a spy.”“I’m not.” She insisted, with fear in her voice.“Fang, leave her be.” The other man who had remained quiet since, yelled out. “We have stayed out in the open for too long. We need to get back to base.”“I’m not leaving her here, Jacob.” Fang yelled over his shoulder but his eyes were still locked on
“So, you are not a dead wolf?” Chanda asked with awe, looking up at Aurora who stood like a full foot above her.“Me? A wolf?” Aurora sounded offended. “Do I look like a dog? No offence to you.” She added.“I assumed you are since… well, you are in human form too.”“That’s understandable. You wolves aren’t known to be smart.” Aurora smiled wickedly.“Why did the moon goddess send you to me?”“Finally, a good question.” Aurora lets go of Chanda’s hand and floats up in the air. “I am Aurora.” Her voice boomed while she twirled around mid-air. “Guardian of the Underworld realm. The place where lost and vengeful souls come to when they die. I am…”“Vengeful souls?” Chanda interrupted her. “I don’t understand.”“Because I wasn’t finished.” She snapped at Chanda. “Uhh,” she huffed and said softly. “My bad. I’m not known for my good manners. As I was saying,” she continued. “I am blessed with the power to return those lost and vengeful wolfie souls back to life to get their revenge.”“Reveng
It felt like I had been falling forever, until I stopped, when my body hit the cold ground, hard. Aiden betrayed me. The one I thought I could love, broke me and left me to die because of a monster. An evil Lycan. But it’s all over now. I will finally have my wolf and be able to roam free in the afterlife under the guidance of the moon goddess. Free from all the pain.That’s all I have ever wanted. To be free. I’m dead. This is what death feels like. Then why do I feel even more pain and hurt than I have ever felt before?Chanda opened her eyes, her body flat on the ground and stared into the dark empty space. She had woken up in this dark void after her soul left her body.After Aiden had pushed her off.She felt light and airy, so she knew she wasn’t alive anymore, but she couldn’t understand why she was still in her human form.She was dead. She was supposed to be a wolf in afterlife.She had assumed when she died, she would ascend into the moon goddess abode and finally rest.