AURELIA~~Since I found my mom’s journal, I have been reading it every day. I got to know a lot about my parents and how they loved each other… how they loved me but one of the topics I haven’t been able to read about was my ability as a Seer. Unlike other abilities that I could learn and master as my father’s daughter, I didn’t have anyone to teach me how to handle, control, or use my Seer abilities because I was the last living Seer. But the letter that was placed neatly at the back of my mom’s journal was about to answer my questions and act as a guide. Of course, I didn’t know that until I broke the red seal on the envelope.My breath hitched and my fingers trembled as I pulled out the long piece of paper within the envelope. My ears scanned the content before I started reading from the top;“A war is coming your way, Aurelia, and I can only pray that you would find this letter before the war rip your soul apart like it’s about to do to me… your father… your family… your pack…
ELORA’S LETTER~~“When I had that vision, I immediately thought I was the one in the middle of that strange battlefield. I thought we would survive the first wave of the war and have to fight another one but things became clearer when I saw the strange man dying in your arms.I realized that he was your mate. I realized that the war was a different one… not the one knocking on the borders of my home—and I wouldn’t be able to stop it. Not the one that would kill everyone I love and make my daughter an orphan in a world without white wolves–Pardon me for digressing again. What I have to say to you is important and any moment from now, Black fur warriors will break into my home. Trust me, Aurelia, I tried to stop the war. I am the only Seer in the pack who wasn’t affected by whatever evil the Black Fur used on us and Tamia believes the reason I’m immune is because you are in my womb.Simply put, those visions that I could see after every Seer in the pack lost their powers were your
AURELIA~~I ran. As fast as my legs could carry me, I ran.I tried to dry the tears on my face but even as I ran, it trickled down my chin as I cried even more. That letter broke me. As much as it gave me hope and answered my questions, it broke me, and I found myself wishing for a life I would never have—a life where I could get to know and hold my parents. I may get that in my next life. For now, I just have to be grateful for this life because I got to hold and know my children. “I’ll make sure my kids get to know, love, and hold their father for a very long time. I won’t let him die.”My wolf agreed with me as she felt every bit of emotion that coursed through me. The wind carried my hair as I zoomed right back to the white wolf's building, looking for the best Mender I knew. “Lori….” I called out as soon as I entered the building. I caught the attention of a few white wolves who were still relaxing after a long morning of training. Tamia was also in the living room and
ALPHA RAIDEN~~Those eyes… Those lazy and dilated blue eyes were doing things to me as Aurelia licked her spoon in a very suggestive manner. She wanted me. In a physical way. Or was I–“Her scent tells it all,” Lex affirmed, groaning within me as Aurelia’s scent became more dominant in the room. I couldn’t even perceive the aroma of breakfast.I mean, for someone who drained herself yesterday while trying harder than usual, Aurelia woke up stronger and with just as strong needs. It became difficult for me to breathe without causing my groin to tighten.But just as sudden as that happened, Aurelia’s desire evaporated. I blinked rapidly as I realized that I could no longer sense her. Even Lex was stunned but I pulled it together and watched her finish her meal. Aurelua muttered to me, “Thank you for breakfast.” “My pleasure, Relia,” I replied, holding a smile on my face. “I need to talk to you about training,” Aurelia muttered again, this time, holding my gaze and speaking ca
AURELIA~~I was killing myself, he said…Well, yes. I needed to kill myself to save him. I was fighting for our future but he was standing in my way. Goddess knew I was angry. Or cranky because I was exhausted and having Raidem yelling at me wasn't helping me. I just needed to get to the purifying lake and tap energy from the water. “Have you seen yourself lately? You are tired—”“Yes, I'm tired but this has to be done. You said you would support me, Raiden. This isn't support. You are draining me by yelling—”Raiden snapped, “I'm not yelling. I'm simply telling you to take a break from training. You need to rest.”No. What I needed was a way to become a Mender. Despite training hard for over five days, I still haven’t been able to close a single wound. Lori has been allowing me to try healing the warriors after their morning training but I have failed to heal them. I didn’t know why it was so hard but I knew I needed to train more. I have to pass the stage of being a Healer
ALPHA RAIDEN~~I didn't expect Aurelia to be this scared. Since our argument, I perceived that she knew something but wasn't telling me because that was the only explanation for her reaction and stubbornness. I took another look at Aurelia’s face before shifting my gaze to Susanna who was also looking at Aurelia. I voiced, “Please stay here with her and the kids while Andrew and I go to the borders.”But as soon as I mentioned the borders, Aurelia stiffened in my arms and interjected sharply, “You can't go anywhere, Raiden. I'll go with Andrew. You should stay with the kids.” Seriously? I wanted to snap but the way she was looking at me calmed me instantly. She was looking at me with fear buried in her eyes and my heart clenched. “You have nothing to worry about. I'll be back soon and please stay at home for the day, Aurelia. I'm begging you.” I uttered, holding her gaze as I put space between our bodies despite Aurelia’s struggle. She opposed, “How about I stay at home but
AURELIA~~ They all looked beat up. They looked like they had been through hell and back. I told Katie and Kyle to go back indoors before Alpha Clinton collapsed and I couldn't be more grateful that the kids didn't witness the frenzy that caused.His pack members that have been transported into the pack ran over to him despite their obvious exhaustion and wounds.My heart wept for them not just because I knew this was Tristan’s doing but also because no one deserved to be forced out of their home. “Please get a healer. None of ours made it out of the pack.” The man who was holding Alpha Clinton cried out. I noticed the resemblance between them as I rushed forward even though I could see Andrew running to get a healer for the fallen Alpha since he was too weak to be transported to the pack hospital. “Well get a healer soon… hmm…” Raiden said to the people of Moon Dtone but directed to the man holding Alpha Clinton.“Benji.” The younger man supplied his name. “I'm his second son.
ALPHA TRISTAN’S POV~~My eyes fluttered open slowly. The ache in my head caused me to grunt as I rolled on my back, finding myself in a dark room and my eyes failed to see a thing in here. It was too dark—Or more accurately, I was too weak to see anything despite being an Alpha. Not just any Alpha but the Alpha of Black Fur Pack.It felt like I had been asleep for ages and my wolf wasn't living within my consciousness. It felt like Dolf had finally left me and even my confused mind understood what that would do to me.“Where am I?” I groaned in pain, flexing my eyes so I could get a better glimpse but all I saw was darkness and my head threatened to combust. My mouth was very dry and my throat felt itchy as I tried to call out for anyone. I should be in my room, right? Someone should be outside the door I couldn't see at the moment and I should get help—“Fuck…” I whispered, holding onto my head as thinking made it hurt even more. My breath hitched when I touched something sti
AURELIA~~“Why can’t we spend the night here at home, Mama?” Kyle asked with an attitude that he definitely got from his sister.“Yes, mom. Why do we have to spend the night at grandma’s? I want to stay here with you and Dad.” Katie backed up her brother. Iris who was standing behind the twins placed one hand on her heart, “Ouch. Grandma has feelings, you know?”Together, they muttered an apology to Iris who stared at them with the same love she had in her eyes the first time she saw them. Despite Raiden’s state, Iris had maintained her confident aura. Although we all knew she was struggling, she didn’t let it consume her like I once did. I gazed at my kids, thinking of a better and less 18+-rated explanation– something that doesn’t say “I’ll be having sex with your daddy tonight in hopes of waking him up so we can all live happily ever after.”I eventually settled for telling a white lie to protect my kids' innocence. I told them, “Grandma miss having you guys over for the night
AURELIA~~Today makes it eighty days since the war and eighty days since I failed to wake Raiden up. Today also made it five days since I found a way to stop blaming myself for Raiden’s condition. I had gotten to the stage where I accepted and affirmed that I did all I could to save him and his beating heart was evidence. Heck, I gave him more than half of my own soul and didn’t recover for weeks after the war. Heck, he was the one choosing not to wake up and I was so over blaming myself. “Say something, Lori,” Iris stated, urging Lori who had come into the house to examine Raiden after I cleaned his body and dressed him up.I had given the responsibility of examining Raiden to Lori. After all, at some point, I thought he wasn’t waking up because I was doing something wrong. Lori sighed, her gaze shifting from me to Iris and then to the other people in the room– Andrew, Susanna, Tamia, Seth, Otis, Benji, Jeremy, and Pheobe. She looked at every one of us before she chimed, “This
AURELIA~~“I thought we would take it all out on him?” Inara etched into my mind as I slowly made my way home after seeing Tristan. She was referring to the anger still very much alive within me. “You have so much left. I suggest we visit the witch tonight–” I stunned myself and Inara when I said, “I think I’d rather stay at home with my family tonight.” Usually, or more accurately, most nights, I visit Larisa’s cell and our at my anger on her. But I didn’t have the will to hear her cry tonight, not that she has suddenly become less deserving of torture but my kids deserve to see me before going to bed tonight. They deserve their mama.“They do, don’t they?” Inara affirmed sadly. I knew my wolf was worried I would break down when I saw Raiden just lying in bed again but I was determined to be with Katie and Kyle even if that meant I had to stare at Raiden– evidence of my failure. A part of my consciousness pumped these words into my mind, “Doesn’t Raiden deserve to feel your p
ALPHA TRISTAN~~“You should take your leave.” The he-wolf who smelled like a strong gamma seethed at me. “She doesn’t want to see you.”Although I had been standing by the border of Dark Moon Pack for hours, I intended to remain there until I got to see Aurelia. “C’mon, Gamma Seth. You know we mean no harm.” Louis, who had officially resumed his duties as my Beta after I was reinstalled as Alpha, said to the strong Gamma. “This is a peaceful visit.”I simply listened as my Beta negotiated with the Gamma, feeling more like Louis was the Alpha. I would be lying if I said I haven’t felt useless these past few days. After regaining consciousness, I found out that Louis had become more influential, not only in my pack. Obviously. “Your ego is bruised?” Dolf mocked me. But his assumptions weren’t exactly the case. I just couldn’t wait to get back my strength and become myself again. “This isn’t about your intention, Beta Louis. It’s about my Alpha and Luna's wishes.” The Gamma answere
AURELIA~~Perhaps it was anger or hate, I couldn’t tell. Or maybe it was both. I was angry that Tristan was back to his feet even though I permitted Lori to send some Mender to Black Fur Pack to help him after Beta Louis took the oath, signed the peace treaty, and pleaded for help. I was so angry that my mate had to fall and Tristan got to rise again even though he didn’t deserve it.And for the hate, it was simple– I hated Tristan.Although my hate for Larisa was greater, Tristan wasn’t far from being another Larisa to me–“Talking about that bitch. She has had enough peace, don’t you think? It’s time we pay her another visit.” Inara snarled into my mind, fueling the hatred in my heart. My wolf had taken a hobby in tearing Larisa apart since she had become our prisoner– one that I wasn’t ready to kill just yet. Each time we pay her a visit in her cell, we torture her until death flashes before her eyes, leave her to healers to heal her, and return to start the process all over
AURELIA~~Life was different now. Before the war, I simply trained to get better and increase our chances of winning, but now, I am the leader of two packs and have more duties than I could have imagined. Life was different but one thing remained constant– my life was difficult.“Are you with me, Luna?” Andrew’s voice called me out of my self-pitying thoughts. I blinked rapidly, composing myself despite my desire to just go home, be with my kids, and–“Do you want to take the day off? I can handle the pack affairs while you recuperate.” Andrew offered and Seth who was sitting on the chair beside him nodded in agreement.But to be honest, I have rested enough. It’s been two months after the war and while a lot still needed to be fixed, the pack was recovering better than I thought it would, thanks to the help I have gotten from both sides– White Shade and Dark Moon.Andrew and Seth have been helping with Dark Moon’s affair and the elders of the White Wolves have been very helpful
ALPHA TRISTAN’S POV~~As my eyes fluttered open, I could have sworn that my body had forgotten what it meant to be alive. Opening my eyes was harder than it should ever be for anyone but adjusting my eyes to the brightness around me was way harder than opening them. I let out a groan when I tried to lift a finger and pain consumed me. My entire body ached. I felt so heavy.“Alpha. You are awake.” Louis. That was his voice but it sounded more like noise to me as his voice sent a sharp ring through my aching head, making me groan again. At the moment, I didn’t feel like an Alpha. It took forever before I could see clearly and Louis's face was the first thing I saw. He was hovering above me, looking at me like he was scanning me for damages. “Thank the Goddess. I was beginning to worry that you might never wake up–” Louis stated, smiling. But seeing him so close to me sent flashes of what I knew was the past through my mind. I recalled everything. How he joined forces with Larisa
AURELIA~~“We can’t give up like this, Relia. You shouldn’t give up like this. Mend him. Do something.” Inara uttered, urging me even though Raiden was gone. Do something… I couldn’t count the number of times I had heard those two words today and I hated the sound of it, mostly because I couldn’t do anything. “Yes you can, Alpha.” Tamia’s voice echoed in my mind. I didn’t know how she managed to reach me despite the turmoil my mind had become but she did and her voice would have given me some sort of peace if I wasn’t mourning my mate… My teary eyes found Tamia and Lori beside me, making me wonder how long I had sat in the dirt with Raiden’s body. For how long has his heart been crushed right there in my presence? For how much longer can I keep this devastating news from my kids–“Oh, my kids.” I cried out, undiluted misery settling within my being, making itself at home. They just got their father. How do I tell them it would be just us from now on? How do I manage this rea
AURELIA~~I knew I screamed. I felt my lips parting and my lungs pushing out air as my mouth widened. I knew I screamed but I heard nothing. The world went still while Raiden kept falling. Faster than my brain could register. Faster than my body could react. Although I was still standing, I fell with him. Although my eyes were still open, they closed the second his eyes did. I saw the same darkness he saw when he closed his eyes. I felt the same pain he felt when his heart was engulfed by a strong force and maybe I screamed because I knew there would be no going back as that force crushed his heart before I could even blink. “No!” Inara’s cry burst through my crushed soul as she exclaimed, “Do something, Relia.” But what could I have done? After draining Larisa as my wolf suggested, I didn’t expect any sudden movement from her. Heck, she was as good as dead and when Louis screamed those warning words, I was too tired to react quickly. Converting Larisa’s dark energy to pure