Costly Mistake

With the knowing looks they passed, Emma knew the Elders knew something and might not be willing to share so easily so she pleaded.

"Please, I just want to make sense of it."

"There's only one explanation Emma." Eunice, one of the council members answered. "The Moon Goddess. A long time ago, it was prophesied that a human with the soul of a shifter will take on the burdens of the pack and once a while, in the face of extreme danger, she would shift to protect those she holds dear. A curse and a gift, if you ask me."

Emma tried to process it while the council called for a closed session with assigned duties to everyone in order to get to the root of the matter at hand. Lukas, held Emma's hand to lead her out of the hall as she was lost in the knowledge she has just received.

It was indeed a shocking fact for all the parties involved.

Days later and the tension in the air was palpable as Lukas's pack, led by his own brother, Markus, closed in on him as they weren't privy to the infor