Luna Sylvia

CHAPTER ONE

A young lady stood outside trying to perfect her skills in archery.

'Pah.' Bull's eye...

"The Alpha is dead." Raven rushed towards her and informed anxiously.

What?

She flew out of the room and headed straight towards her father's room. Lying on the bed with calloused skin was Alpha Devon; her father.

"Father!" She rushed to his side and shook him, gently at first. Seeing he wasn't responding to her touch,she shook him with much vigor.

"What about my mother?" She turned to look at Raven.

He didn't respond but turned his gaze towards the floor.

"Don't tell me...." She rose with amazing agility. 

"I want to see her,I want to see my mother!" She shouted.

Raven turned and led her out of the room. She followed suit as tears cascaded down her cheeks.

What was she to do now? Who was going to lead the Midas pack? She was only twenty one for goddess sake.

She had no experience whatsoever; how was she to lead a whole pack? Worse still a plague was killing members of the pack.

It was an unusual plague; with no cure... Sucking the life out of one slowly...

'Goddess, grant me serenity....' She prayed silently.

Raven finally arrived at a gothic looking hall.

"She's inside." Raven said emotionally.

"Got it."

Taking a deep breath,she walked into the hall and almost broke down when she saw her mother lying face up on the ground. Her face was completely pale and her lips chapped.

Sylvia took slow steps towards her mother. 

"Mother, rest on..." She sobbed heavily as she knelt beside her mother.

"Dispose their bodies according to the rites." She instructed as she came out of the hall. 

"Got it Luna..." He bowed and left.

Luna? Oh,how could she forget? The Alpha and Luna were dead... She was naturally the new Luna of the Midas pack.

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Few years later....

Luna Sylvia sat on her throne with a stern expression on her face. 

"No improvement?" She asked the guards in front of her.

"None at all Luna, the death rate keeps increasing." They bowed respectfully.

Sylvia massaged her temples tiredly. What was this? Same plague?

After the death of her father, Sylvia became the Luna of the pack. With a firm hand,she led the Midas pack. It was all fine, going smoothly...

Until...

Recently,when the same plague that killed her father began killing members of her pack. Alarmed,she tried finding a solution... She tried every means possible; consulted many seers.

Their response was the same; there was no cure for the plague.

Sylvia was torn; what was she to do? Seek help from other packs? But which pack?

Oh yes... The Crescent pack...

But could she?

When the Alpha was rumored to be ruthless? Nolan....

No, she would ask for help from another pack, there wasn't any other option left.

If she didn't do anything,her life was also bound to be taken anytime soon.

"Send words to other packs, see if anyone has the solution to this disastrous plague." Sylvia was already weakened by the recent happenings... Why did the plague have to disturb her reign??

The guards bowed and left the throne room to execute her orders. Sylvia stared at their departing figures and sighed. She was such a pathetic Luna. She did nothing and had watched as her father died.

Now, she couldn't do anything to help her pack. Wasn't she a pathetic Luna? 

'Hah.'

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THE CRESCENT PACK

The Alpha's Chambers...

Nolan sat on his bed with a hardened expression on his face. Had he gone so soft?

How dare that lowly Alpha go against him? He was annoyed when he thought about his fight with the Alpha of the moon pack.

He?

How could he let it go? He had never and will never be a kind person.. A maid came into the Chambers at that moment...

"Dinner is served My Lord." She announced.

"Get out!!!" 

The maid scampered away in fright. As she ran,she wondered what she said wrong. She wasn't surprised though; she was lucky her head was still on her neck.

Growling lowly,he stood up and wore his robe. He would deal with the matter later.

As he clambered down the stairs,he was met with the anxious eyes of other members of the pack. What was wrong with them?

"What is wrong with all of you?!" He barked.

Frightened at his sudden outburst,they raised their heads. They didn't respond but looked at each other waiting for one person to speak.

" I believe you guys wouldn't want me to repeat myself." By this time he was already at the table. He sat on the Alpha's seat as he slammed his hand on the table impatiently.

They remained tongue tied; how were they to tell him the reason why they sat like that was because they were afraid he would do a transfer of aggression on them?

"It's nothing Alpha Nolan." Selena mustered courage and replied.

"Nothing?" He repeated as he stared at their expression one after the other. They shifted uncomfortably on their seats.

" Yes, nothing." She replied with a clearer voice.

The Crescent pack were made up of twenty four members. They were headed by their cold Alpha; Nolan.

Whenever the Alpha was in a foul mood like today,they knew better than to further anger him. He would take it out on the person .

Alpha Nolan was known to be a ruthless leader,cold and without a partner. However he satisfied his urges with Selena; the most beautiful werewolf in the pack. She was a voluptuous and seductive wolf... Due to her relationship with the Alpha, she always saw herself as Luna of the pack.

However,like other members of the pack, she was scared of the Alpha's mood...

Alpha Nolan stopped eating after a while. He stood up.

"Going out for a race." He announced and left.

The otter members stared at themselves; when did the Alpha ever informed them of his whereabouts? 

Maybe it wasn't so bad as they thought after all.... They shrugged.