ALPHA RAIDEN~~I knew she would be mad at me. I haven’t been communicating with her since we arrived and even though I noticed that she wasn’t in the mansion when I got home this morning for the first time since we arrived in the pack, I couldn’t approach her in the morning. There was something urgent that needed my attention. Being away from the pack for over a month was a good vacation but it did come with consequences that I had to deal with and that hasn’t been easy as I had to interrogate Jake in hopes of getting information from him. Anything that could help us prepare for the war.I haven’t slept in two days neither have I been around anyone other than Andrew, a few elders of my pack, and a very weak Jake. Andrew definitely knew how to make him suffer without killing him–“Why would you want to move in with us?” Aurelia asked softly, looking at the ground to hide her red cheeks from me. I shoved thoughts of the war and my piled-up assignment to the back of my mind and s
ALPHA RAIDEN~~The next morning came with a feeling that I had never experienced before. I woke up with a big smile on my face and the smile became bigger when I opened my eyes and saw my kids, sleeping soundly on my chest. I didn’t know how I got to be in their middle but Katie was on one side and Kyle on the other. Their little fingers were on my heart and never have I felt so blessed. Aurelia wasn’t in the room when I woke up and my first instinct was to leave the bed and look for her but I allowed myself to enjoy the moment with my kids. I held them longer before leaving the room to find Aurelia by following her strong scent. Aurelia smells like a lot of things at the same time. She smelled like love. Like fresh flowers. Like a bowl of vanilla. Like home. Her scent had always had effects on me but now that I was no longer under the spell of you know who, I was beginning to appreciate everything about Aurelia more and her scent had become stronger since she started training
AURELIA~~We met with Iris in the pack’s general dining hall where the pack usually comes together to dine on special occasions such as the arrival of other packs to participate in the games; the reason I returned to the pack in the first place. I thought I was stupid for coming here with my kids after a series of events. I thought I was better off staying in Black Fur but now I knew better. The moon goddess has a twisted way of making me suffer only to make me tougher and happier. I was happier now that I knew better, now that I knew who Tristan really was, and why my journey through life had to happen the way it did. I probably wouldn’t have tapped into my abilities If Larisa hadn’t bewitched my man and made me leave. I most likely wouldn’t have known why Raiden turned out to be a nightmare of a mate if I hadn’t returned to Dark Moon. Also, I wouldn’t be enlightened spiritually if my crazy journey didn’t lead me to the white wolves even though Larisa thought she had eliminate
AURELIA~~The party started well and even though I was tired from planning all day, I was happy to be there. Organizing a party is just as stressful as training either physically or spiritually and for someone new to the task, I did well.Although I intended to learn from Iris not because I was certain Raiden and I would get to the level where I would have to take over and become his Luna fully but because I was willing to try and put all the effort into what Raiden and I were building.When the party started, the white wolves arrived together and they all chose to occupy the empty seats on the right side of the hall, leaving members of the Dark Moon Pack to sit on the other side. But after an hour of fun group games, the two parts were beginning to mix and relate. Raiden was sitting with me. Otis and Susanna were also at the same table with us. Andrew wasn’t here yet as he had to run an errand for Raiden and I had noticed the respectful manner Raiden’s pack members were treating
ALPHA RAIDEN~~Now this was unexpected.The tension between Otis and Andrew was thick enough to resist the sharpness of a sword. It was a miracle that the people were still having fun and relating well or maybe it was all thanks to the delicious meals that the servants served everyone. Aurelia’s magic, if I must say. “There’s no hope for these two. I thought they would be best of friends after the way they related with each other on the two occasions they met.” Lex said to me, keenly looking at Otis and Andrew through my eyes. Andrew and Otis really hit it off and I was scared they would one day gang up on me to pull my legs but now, with Susanna in the picture, that was no longer a possibility. Despite Aurelia’s absence, the party ended well. Aurelia didn’t return to the hall so I had to take the closing address alone before everyone returned to the homes. Otis tried to join the white wolves as they moved towards the exit. “Not you, Otis. we’ve to talk.” I said to him. Jerem
AURELIA~~Susanna and I didn't make it to the bedroom after we left the party last night. Although Katie and Kyle didn't make it home at all. They followed Iris, spending the night with her in the white wolves’ building. I woke up that morning and wasn't surprised to see Susanna sleeping soundly on the second couch in the living room. I had spent the night on the biggest couch.Of course, neither of us had enough sleep since we were up most of the night, discussing Susanna’s situation. I could feel her dilemma in my bones like I was in her shoes. However, regardless of how short our night was, the second I woke up and realized it was morning, I moved over to Susanna, tapping her arm lightly. “Wake up, Suzy,” I called her softly.She grumbled, trying to shake me off, “I don't want to.”“Training starts soon, Suzy. We have to train.” I argued even though I wanted nothing more than to fall into bed.Susanna whined without opening her eyes, “I don't want to leave this couch, Aurelia
ALPHA RAIDEN~~ I haven’t visited the apartment building the white wolves have been occupying since their arrival four days ago. I thought today would be a good day to visit them because Aurelia was going as well.“You are obsessed.” Lex mocked me.I corrected him with a smile on my face, “We are obsessed.”On a more serious note, I needed to be with the white wolves for the creation of the new purifying lake and also know why none of them showed up for physical training like we initially agreed before leaving the hidden pack. The smile on my face fell when we entered the general living room in what I would like to call the white wolves’ pack house and we found almost every one of them gathered to form a circle around someone who I not Aurelia could see from where we were standing. “What’s going on?” Aurelia asked with concern as she struggled to push past the people. No one seemed to notice Aurelia, hear her question, or acknowledge her struggles as they murmured, focused on w
AURELIA~~Mia Lu was down.Before I left the white wolves’ building I got to see Lori dress Mia Lu up in the same flowing green dress that I saw in my vision and she was carried into her room which was decorated just like I saw in my vision.Nothing changed. The future I saw was already happening and nothing, not even a single detail, changed. That terrified me and even as I left the building after leaving my kids with Iris who said she would be staying there for a few days, I felt my heart racing as eight words kept flashing through my mind“The future is here and it’s not changing.” Those words reminded me of my goal. The need to change the future and now that Mia Lu was down, I wouldn’t know how soon the war I saw in my visions would break out. It could be tomorrow or the next week– Raien could die soon.Oh goddess, no! “What are we doing, Relia? We have to have a solid plan. We can’t keep going with the flow.” Inara was also panicking within me. We were both lost in our em