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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Eight
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2024-10-24 00:05:30
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One month later. It is strange how time flies. The hours turned into days, days into weeks, and a month had gone by. Not a single day did I stop thinking about Thane and Axel; not a single day had I stopped crying. I was a mess. I thought I could heal from this pain, but I couldn't. Once, I dreamt they came for me; oh, how real the dream felt, and then I awoke, and here I was, in the Raven Clan. They say time should heal all wounds, but even time couldn't heal this. I woke up with a start. It had been another dream about Thane. Another dream that felt too real. I sobbed silently. I had been here for a whole month and I had never left the room. I was a shell of the person I one was. I should fight this. Thane might be out there, with another woman standing in my place, and I would remain here, a total mess. I deserved better, yet I couldn't find the strength to walk out of that door and meet new people. My mother walked in, a tray in her hands; she didn't bother looking
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Dinner was nothing like I expected.Back in the Nightshade pack, meals were a subdued affair — there could be a few occasional chatters but nothing as loud and carefree as this. It was the complete opposite here.Nick joked and laughed with everyone; the table was so loud and strangely comforting, but what was even more comforting was the fact that there weren't people staring creepingly at me. Sure, a few glanced, but not with the curiosity members at the Nightshade Pack did."Does she speak?" one of the men asked, referring to me."Yes, I speak," I answered, and many paused their chattering."She does speak," another said out loud, seemingly surprised."You thought I was... mute?"Many nodded, and for some reason that was funny. My mother had a smile on her face too; that's the most I had said the whole month. I did feel comfortable here, these people... there was something about them; maybe it was how welcoming they were or how very carefree and relaxed everyone was. Damn, even th
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I spent more time with Nick, not only because it made my mother happy, but because I discovered that I could easily distract myself from thinking about Thane when I was with him.Nick was interested in agriculture, and I did admire him, but today we sat on a three-branch together."What did it feel like?" he asked. "Being with the Alpha King."I was silent for a long while; I hadn't talked about him since I came to this pack, but maybe sharing what I felt would make things better. Nick was close; he had become more of a family friend, and my mother loved him; she loved the fact that he was 'bringing me to life', but she hoped too much. I didn't love Nick, not in the way she thought, and I didn't think Nick felt that way either; he was just a free person."It was beautiful at times, painful at other times, scary sometimes, exciting at other times," I answered."I can't understand why exactly he made such a decision," Nick says genuinely."I don't know either; maybe he is trying to ‘pro
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"What?" I demanded, my eyes narrowing at him."That didn't quite come out how I planned, I'm sorry. It is not a demand; you are free to refuse.""I can't marry you; I don't even like you," I said blandly."Love is never a big part of many marriages," he says."So then why would you want me as a wife?""Your influence; you don't seem to notice it, but you are the werewolf queen.""Not anymore""Many would always see you as that.""And so you plan to do what?; Use me to increase your pack status?”"If you want the truth, then yes."He didn't hesitate; I should be irritated by his request, but strangely, I wasn't. At least he was making his intentions clear from the very start; he would only let me attain power capable of making me his equal if I agreed to be his wife, and this way benefiting the pack. Thane never did this.Still, his request had caught me by surprise. "You can take as long as you need to think about this," he said."There won't be any need for that; my answer is no.""I
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I couldn't explain it all to my mother. She wouldn't understand; no one but Nick would; he understood what it felt like.The thought of hurting her saddened me."Riley, are you alright?" she asked. This was the third time she had asked that question."Yes, mom, I am alright," I answered, trying to put on a smile, but I couldn't fake that, not with her."Okay, tell me what's going on." she asked, taking a seat on the cushion opposite me.I inhaled deeply. "We all have to take risks to get what we want, you know that, right?""I do, but not all risks are worth taking," she said; it was almost like she could read me. "Something is wrong, I can tell. Does this have to do with... Nick, did he say something to you?""Yes...No""What did he do?" she asked, her expression turning grave."Nothing""Don't lie to me; what is the risk you speak about?""I and Nick are getting married.", This was only a part of the truth, but I knew I wasn't going to get past my mother's curiosity so I had to tell
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It wouldn't make sense for Thane to come here after everything. Yet, maybe I've been wrong all along; perhaps, just like me, he couldn't stay away.I never bothered to think about the fact that Gabriel wouldn't refer to the Alpha King as 'someone’, I didn't want to think, my heart seemed to have a mind of its own. I followed Gabriel down the stairs, and all the while, I imagined scenarios of what it would be like to see Thane again. Would he be sorry for what he had done to me? Would I forgive him?The answer was; Yes. Call me pathetic and foolish, but I knew that would be my answer if he pleaded genuinely. A part of me knew he would come for me, and that part of me 'waited' each day for him. Was it possible to hate and love a person?Yes, it was. I hated Thane, but also I loved him. Finally, I walked into the living space, and there I noticed...There was no Thane.For some reason, that hit me so hard. I should have known better, but I didn't.I never realized how hopeful I really
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"As much as I want to help you, you must have heard by now that I am no longer the Queen Luna," I said to him."Titles like that cannot be taken away by mere words," he insisted. "We need your help; an attack is coming soon, one bigger than the previous; we cannot fight that off."I still didn't think Thane would do this, not if these people haven't done anything to start up the war, and yet the man sounded so sure, and from the look in Nick's eyes, he seemed to agree with the man's opinion."I cannot help you; I am not the savior," I admitted, and with that, I walked away because I couldn't stand and watch the disappointment in their eyes. What did they expect me to do—talk to Thane? fight against him?I couldn't do that..I sat down alone in my room lost in thoughts until a knock at the door drew my attention."The door is unlocked; come in," I called, and Nick walked in."Can I sit?" he questioned, and I nodded. He took a seat on the bed while I sat on the cushion. "They were not
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I always knew something was off with Thane's statement. How could I be so foolish? How could I have ignored such a huge clue? I remembered Thane's words when I confronted him about the pictures. 'Not everyone is happy about the new changes,' he had said. As the Alpha King, he claimed he was only monitoring them to stay one step ahead and remain on a safer side.' Then, I did feel like they were hiding something. What if they were? Still, I found it hard to believe Thane was behind this, those packs many believed he attacked committed no crime against him, many people had died, children too and all for what? Power is a deadly game, but Thane was all for the dangerous stuff. How could Axel agree to this? That was the most shocking of them all. I had long forgotten about the secret room, till the dream, and maybe I didn't want to believe this as the truth but the evidence was all there, how long would I keep denying it. Once more, Thane never fails to surprise me. I had
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