“You’re freaking out.”“I am freaking out,” I agreed with my mate.Hours had passed since I tried and failed to heal Sam and I still did not know why my abilities failed to manifest.“Stop freaking out,” Cahir all but commanded. I learnt early that he only knew how to deal with a specific range of emotions so I wasn’t surprised at his reaction.“I can’t,” I responded, staring at my hands with so much intensity, one would think I wanted lasers to shoot out of my eyes. “What’s happening?” My words were choked even to my ears. “I don’t - I don’t understand.” I let Cahir gather me into his arms and move me to his thighs. I let him push my face into his chest and I let his familiar and calming scent wash over me.“The doctor will be here in a minute so there’s no need to freak out,” he assured me but I wasn’t assured.How would a doctor explain the sudden loss of my healing power? In Alpha Blood, there were only two of us who had the kiss of the goddess. Me, and a warrior who was not on pa
I regained consciousness slowly. It started with the sounds around me, the harsh breathing, intermittent cursing and the beeping of a machine. Then I felt a hand clutching mine in a death grip after which I felt the uncomfortable bed underneath me. It took more effort than usual to blink my eyes open and when I did, the brightness of the room almost burnt my eyeballs.“I feel like shit.” My words were broken and raspy, my throat dry – parched, and my body heavy like I’d been pummeled within every inch of my body.“Don’t you –“ I blinked my heavy eyes at Cahir who was crushing my left palm in his. “Don’t ever do that again.” His tone was quiet yet rough, his eyes looking soulless with large bags around them.“I – I’ll try,” I whispered with a throat that burned every time I uttered a word.“Water – I –“ I’d never seen Cahir so out of his elements before. His shoulders slumped forward, his voice was thicker and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he forced words out. “I’ll get you a glass of wat
They kept me at the hospital for three days, and they ran a number of tests on me but could not determine what was wrong. Cahir sent a message to the temple and they asked me to come see the high priestess.When the doctors tried and tried some more without finding any solution to my sickness, they had to let me go. As at then, I’d already become a shadow of myself. Cahir had to hold me up when they discharged me. He’d have lifted me princess-style and carried me to the car if I hadn’t protested.“I haven’t used my legs in so long.” I sighed when he put his hand around my waist as he tried to lift me. “I can at least walk to the car. I am not lame,” I mumbled.“Are you sure you can walk?” My mate asked, clutching my waist.I was the sick one but Cahir looked almost as bad as I did. His usually neatly trimmed beards were now all over the place, his hair was overgrown, his skin pallid and his frame noticeably smaller. He’d lost weight, lost his colour and discarded his grooming routine.
I swallowed the scream but it didn’t stop my hands from trembling. What the fuck just happened?‘Are we manifesting another ability?’ My wolf asked with a yawn. She had been asleep but my panic forced her awake.‘W – What?’ I stuttered, looking at the washcloth in my hand. I wasn’t dreaming. It was hanging out of reach a second ago but now I had it in my hand as if it had always been there. “How can I manifest another ability?” It was unheard of for someone’s gift to change.‘It’s also unheard of for an omega to have the goddess’ kiss,’ Asena reminded me.‘No, it’s not unheard of,’ I corrected my wolf. ‘It’s just super rare.’ And it was. There was a record of an omega in the past who had the goddess’ kiss. He had the gift of invisibility which wasn’t very useful to his pack so he wasn’t considered noteworthy.‘Maybe our ability is to change abilities,’ Asena said with a snort. She didn’t understand the gravity of this situation, or maybe she did. Maybe she wanted to make light of the
Cahir helped me get dressed in one of his old shirts and then he excused himself for a bath. I slept off before he returned. I didn’t know how long I slept but sometime during the night, he crawled into bed beside me and my body gravitated to his in an instant. He said something but I was too far gone to make sense of his words although my lips moved to mumble a reply.When I slept this time, there was no wolf pouncing on me and forcing me to play. I didn’t dream of anything at first but the darkness of sleep soon morphed into something else, first a bright light, and then I saw myself. In the dream, I was a thief. It was like an out-of-body experience as I stretched out my hands and various things flew into them.‘What kind of nasty dream is this?’ I heard the voice of my wolf but I couldn’t tell if it was part of the dream or if Asena really spoke then. I didn’t have time to answer her, however, as I was focused on – taking people’s things and running. Surprisingly, I ran faster tha
The news of me setting myself on fire spread like wildfire. Every hour of the day, guests trooped into the Alpha Castle to check on me. The visitors were so plenty and so solemn and glum that it felt as if someone in the castle died.“Luna,” Tony called from outside the door as he knocked. “You have a guest.”“Who is it?” I asked to hide my groan. A random woman and her daughters just left after spending an hour looking at me with sad eyes.“It’s your friend Felicity.” I flopped back into bed.Felicity visited me twice now since this incident but at every point, I found a reason not to meet with her. Thankfully, with Cahir around, I didn’t need an excuse to send her away. He sent her away by himself but Cahir had gone to his office today.Tomorrow, we would be leaving for the temple to see the high priestess. I persuaded him to go to the office to get some work done since he’d completely neglected his duties as the Alpha since I fell sick.“Alright. I’ll be right out,” I answered Tony
“I – The what?” I blinked at the girl – woman, rubbing her hand on my stomach with a satisfied grin. “What - What baby?” I pushed her hand off my stomach but she put it back.“Why, the one in the oven.” She grinned at me. Her grin dimmed when she saw I didn’t return it. “Oh, did you not know?” She looked sombre for a second before her face lit up brighter than ten Christmas trees. “Then I will be the first to congratulate you!” She pulled me into a hug. “Congratulations, Luna Sihana!”“I – I am not pregnant.” I pushed her away from me, placing a hand on my stomach.… Yes, I don’t want children.Those words danced through my head with Cahir’s cold voice.“Ah, has Asena not picked up the new presence?” The high priestess took my hands in hers and then grinned. “You have such pure energy, Luna!” She hugged me again, pulling back before I could push her off. “It’s no wonder the goddess favours you.” She continued to smile at me.If the atmosphere in the temple wasn’t calming, I would be s
“You don’t look good,” were the first words Cahir said when I stepped out of the high priestess’ chambers.He’d popped open the first button of his shirt, his hair showed signs of being tugged at a little too much and the rug beneath his feet had footprints that showed he’d been pacing.“I’m fine.” I hoped he didn’t notice my shaky smile. His eyes dropped from my face to my stomach and my heart lurched.“What is it? Does your stomach hurt?” He stepped closer to me and I fought to maintain my stance despite wanting to be far, far away from him at that moment. “Why are you holding your stomach?”I looked down and confirmed I was indeed clutching at my stomach. I snatched my hand away before he got suspicious.‘Are we going to tell him or not?’ Asena asked in a quiet voice, my nervousness leaking into her.‘It’s not something we can hide,’ I replied.Pregnancy wasn’t something I could hide yet my mouth refused to cooperate. I couldn’t open my mouth to tell him what the high priestess tol