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Return of the rejected white she luna CHAPTER 107
Sienna POVSienna walked forward and backward in the faintly lit study, her psyche dashing with clashing feelings. The heaviness of her past offenses draped a weight on her shoulders as she wrestled with the choice that currently lay before her.Only hours prior, she had wound up pushing into the center of a frantic fight against the considerable sorceress, Selene. Remaining close by her previous foes, Athena and Sebastian, she had battled with each ounce of, not set in stone to safeguard the pack and make up for herself. However, presently, as the residue settled and the adrenaline blurred, Sienna was confronted with a decision that took steps to unwind the delicate trust she had started to remake.Selene's deal reverberated to her, an enticement bound with dim commitments. The sorceress had hung the chance of Sienna recovering her legitimate spot, of turning out to be more incredible than she had at any point envisioned. All she needed to do was deceive the very individuals she had
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Sebastian POVSebastian paced the faintly lit passage, his heart beating with a knot of feelings. The heaviness of the choice that lay before him took steps to choke out him, and he felt like the very walls were shutting in.On one hand, he got the opportunity to save his pack, and his family - to safeguard his loved ones generally on the planet. Yet, the expense of that salvation was inconceivable. How is it that he could try and consider forfeiting his girl, his valuable Anna, to Selene's contorted plots?Sebastian ran a hand through his hair, the ordinarily formed Alpha inclination completely lost. He had committed to continuously putting his pack first, to go with the hard decisions when important. In any case, this... this was a line he had never envisioned crossing.A delicate sound drew his consideration, and he went to see Athena remaining in the entryway, her blue eyes flickering with unshed tears. In a flash, Sebastian was next to her, his solid arms encompassing her shaking
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Sienna POVSienna's heartbeat in her chest as she remained before Selene, the sorceress' frigid look puncturing through her. The heaviness of the choice that lay before her was almost choking, and she could feel the shaking in her appendages as she attempted to stay under control."Indeed, my dear," Selene murmured, an evil grin spreading across her lips. "Have you settled on your decision?"Sienna gulped hard, the memory of Liam's words reverberating to her. _"We're with you, Sienna. Come what may." _ The glow and truthfulness in his voice had shaken her, lighting a flash of trust that she had since a long time ago. However, presently, as she gazed into Selene's working-out eyes, that flash took steps to be snuffed out completely. The sorceress was offering her an opportunity at power, an opportunity to transcend the remains of her past and become something else. The allurement was practically overpowering.Sienna faltered, her look momentarily glimmering towards the entryway, a piec
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Sebastian POVThe recognizable scent of jasmine and winter's fresh nibble attacked my faculties the second Athena cleared into the review. It exploded something profound inside me, releasing a deluge of recollections and feelings I've gone through years carefully covering. Her fragrance alone revived reverberations of the more joyful times when Athena was mine - tangled appendages and messed sheets, her luxurious braids spread across my pad like a corona. The sort of holy closeness a wolf just at any point encounters with their timeless mate.I pressed my eyes shut and dug gruff nails into my palms, taking up arms against the assault of clear memories. Opposing the basic desire to just get Athena and restore the bond I'd cut off through sheer foolishness such a long time prior."You great, Seb?" Liam's blunt tone snapped me back to the present. I constrained my covers separated to find my beta looking at me with a concerned grimace, obviously getting on the noticeable strain distortin
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Athena POVI went after the ring plan with a determined force, utilizing each ounce of concentration to overwhelm the reverberating tumult Sebastian's presence had awoken inside me. A large number of sketchbooks was loaded up with circling graphite lines as I attempted to catch Sienna's vulture vision for a definitive superficial point of interest."Make it shout 'costly' and 'selective'," she had murmured during our last gathering, crimson lips bent into a saccharine grin that didn't contact her eyes. Those misleading emerald irises had sliced to Sebastian then, at that point, improperly savoring his virile extents with undisguised belonging. As though engraving her future domain for all to see and regard like a threatening claymore in the ground.I still strikingly reviewed how his strong shoulders had maneuvered into a subtle jump at her bare-faced showcase. How those extraordinary jade eyes had wandered imperceptibly toward me with the barest gleam of...something I couldn't exactl
Return of the rejected white she luna CHAPTER 112
Sebastian POVAs I proceeded through the dimly illuminated hallways of the compound, I felt as though a weight was weighing down on my shoulders, and the air became heavier. There was a continual restlessness beneath my skin that caused the fine hairs on my scruff spring up.Something was approaching a dimness that was permeating the boundaries of my area, excluding me. I could taste it on the back of my tongue every time I inhaled too deeply. It was faint, cloyingly sharp. An ill omen that made my wolf instincts uneasy.I moved the corner into the main cave area and used a simple eye to filter the gathered essences of my inner circle. Slumping against the rear wall, Liam's loose limbed indifference barely concealed the wounded hunter lurking just underneath. His icy gaze tracked my movements, no doubt cataloging the subtle surge of pressure running through my shell. Opposite them, slouched over a dispersed group of guides, were Stefan and Rux, doubtless plotting watch courses and sec
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Athena POVAfter his dark disclosure, Sebastian's diversion hung over the cave like an oppressive mist. His strong shoulders stayed taut, his chiseled features etched into an unwavering frown, as he studied maps and gave more and more orders regarding security. He was radiating waves of anxiety that hung over the room like a thick cloak, contributing to the unsettling tension that hung over everything. The air itself seemed to be holding its breath in nervous anticipation of something.Every time I got closer to him, my own discomfort increased. It was an odd, irrational sensation, a foreboding of disaster. Whatever it was that was making Sebastian so nervous obviously alluded to something more sinister than a simple territorial dispute.I opened my most recent jewelry sketchbook and sank further into the recliner of the cave, enjoying my third cup of chamomile that morning. Sebastian's increasing fervor was causing me to feel discordant, so I turned to my craft and engaged in the pain
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Sienna POVThere seemed to be a tangible energy circulating through the hallways these days due to the hectic undercurrent of barely controlled mayhem rippling through the ranks. I could taste the acidic flavor of fear and bewilderment woven into the air itself every time I breathed in too deeply. Similar to the blissful prelude to a magnificent multi course tasting that whetted my desire for the main dish.My lips twisted in wicked satisfaction as another heavy and stifling tremor of heightened tension swept through the den. With an air of power and stern purpose emanating from every fiber, Sebastian marched into the epicenter and gave orders to his collected minions. No longer the harsh, unyielding ruler keeping a cruel façade of control over his realm. Well, his emerald eyes were haunted by the weight of whatever unknown horror had started to encroach on his cherished domain, and his jaw was clinched. He now appeared tantalizingly disoriented. The erratic movement of his large che
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Hendrix POVI stood gravely before the large ceremonial fire, the flickering flames creating dance shadows on the old stones around me. For my family history, this hallowed place carried decades of power and memories. Tonight, I could sense the weight of that legacy heavy with respect and feeling.Raising my arms, I started the hallowed rights passed down over innumerable years. "We come here on this holy equinox to pay tribute to Athena and Sebastian, the fabled founders of our family. Along with building this wonderful family, the mates whose unwavering love and unbreakable friendship shaped the entire path of our lives.As the gathered members of my pack listened with great concentration, my words rang across the quiet forest grove. We gathered together as one on this night, mothers and fathers with babies in arms, wizened elderly with lined faces, raucous younglings hardly able to contain their excitement."Their story is one of huge hardships faced with far more fortitude, of dar
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Athena & Sebastian's POV Athena's povI sighed contentedly as I savored the brilliant glow of the fall sunset streaming over the large den windows. I curled in my beloved overstuffed chair while ribbons of blazing orange and crimsons bathed the old timber beams in warm, nostalgic colors.Though my face showed the wrinkles and lines from a very busy life, I felt an ageless tranquility cover me like a gentle, reassuring blanket. Once so brilliant and strong, my piercing blue eyes now reflected a calm ocean of earned knowledge and fulfillment.A faintly familiar smell of cedarwood and spice floated around as two strong, worn-out hands gently rested on my thin shoulders with learned sensitivity. Sebastian bent down to tenderly kiss my forehead, and I reached up to grab his palm. "You look so wonderfully calm, my eternal goddess," he said softly, his voice rasping but preserving that virile tone that still made my heart flutter after all these years. Looking up at him with a gentle smil
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Hendrix POVAs I looked at the young people fresh-faced before me, the crackling fires covered the ancient lair in a warm, flickering brilliance. Though soft in years, I could already see the marks of great leaders in their controlled poses and focused eyes.These dogs stood for the birth of a new age to be developed on the hard-earned ideas and visions left to us by my heroic parents, therefore reflecting the future of our combined packs. It was now my great responsibility as Athena and Sebastian's son and Jax my younger brother to educate this new generation those revered values and ancestral knowledge."You all know the significance of why we've convened here this night," I began, letting my rich baritone carry the whole weight of the occasion. "The holy ceremonies to raise you from students to sovereigns over the continuation of our civilization's enlightened precepts."A handful of the younger ones seemed uncomfortable at the gravity of my words. I wore a forced smile on my worn
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Anna POVAcross the sandstone walls of the den, soft candlelight danced shadows that appeared to bring the old etchings to life. Scenes of great wars, somber ceremonies, and the otherworldly visues of the ancient ones danced in the dazzling light. I inhaled steadying, letting the holy aura envelop me as I dropped myself onto the soft fur before the ceremonial fire pit. My fingertips gently stroked the strong wood lovingly white oak blessed by Luna Amara herself, drenched in berries. Its airy, cleansing tendrils brushed my flesh like a phantom mist.Since I had formally adopted Alpha's mantle, today was the first full moon. A fresh moon cycle was breaking through a fresh era. One whereby I would guide our unified alliance into an unparalleled period of peace and illumination. No little chore for a young person two decades old. But my spiritual background and the iron will have passed on from my ancestors inundated my very cells with blessed power and conviction. Little footsteps' gen
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Athena POVTen Years A flickering in the lifetime of an eternal, but eons appeared to have changed all around me. From the roots of conflict and hardship Sebastian and I had lived, so much had blossomed.The den bathroom mirror flashed back a mature beauty, residual youthful brightness now enhanced by a royal, almost imperial posture. Laugh lines framed whole lips, showing a ten-year history of great happiness. My small, toned body nevertheless turned alpha heads. Sebastian most definitely never gets bored with destroying me every night as lovesick newlyweds do.As I turned the diamond encrusted wedding band around my finger, I felt a gentle satisfaction. Now the perfect unity symbol I had created for that terrible Sienna embodied the purest spousal loyalty. The great light of our love had sterilized her deadly daggers of betrayal and evil. A high pitched shriek pulled me from dream. I grinned, adjusting my summer tunic as tiny feet pounded closer. The door opened and a tiny tornado
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Sienna Mother POVMy tending tools' regular clunk against the hard-packed mud floor offered a calm cadence. Every careful cut of root vegetables and herb mixing functioned as a little ritualistic offering to drive out the demons of past misdeeds.I still felt the weight of that darkness weighing down on me, an inky, stifling miasma of sadness, wrath, and misplaced vengeance almost corrupting me beyond redemption even now. The road I had begun down in the name of exacting revenge for my daughter Sienna was one tinged with terrible crimes and sins. But I had been spared completely giving my soul to those horrible depths by the kindness and intelligence of the Nightwalkers and allied packs. My life had been given an improbable continuity, a chance atonement I knew I could never merit.Sometimes even the basic tasks of attending to the spiritual and medical needs of our new haven felt like an unjustified privilege. The mother of a deranged, homicidal monstrosity, how could I be given r
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Athena POVOur caravan reached the last mountain pass as the first rays of light were barely peeping over the horizon. A collective silence descended over the worn-out procession of wolves as the jagged forms gave way to the expansive views beyond.This was it the rich valley Hendrix had sought with every deliberate step of our exhausting journey. Virgin and pure like the earth before the embrace of civilization's development, a real paradise unspoiled by human efforts. As we first viewed the panoramic sight, Sebastian's calming presence at my side helped me. From this distance, the promise of refuge emanated from the very ground itself - a rich, earthy scent that piqued my increased lupine senses. Hendrix signaled for the packs to make camp just inside the pass, clearly understanding the need to gather before setting off into our fresh starts. Though tired to the bone, the assembled thrumming masses carried a tangible pulse of relief and expectation."Well!" The austere rumbling of
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Sebastian POVOur large pack was leaving the gathering grounds as the first rays of dawn just peaked on the horizon. Though my body had long since given up the vitality of youth, in those first moments an almost electric stream of energy surged through me. This was it, the start of our magnificent journey into hitherto undiscovered territory.My eyes strayed over the line of wolves walking solemnly beside me. So many well-known people, generations of bloodlines and kinships entwined under those lupine pelts. It was a humble sight that sent off a reflexive protectiveness right down in my core.Whatever paths forward, whatever dangers we were destined to face, I would make sure our people came out on the other side intact. Too much had already been given up to let this desperate endeavor fall apart before it could start."You're quite reflective this morning." As Athena dropped into step next to me, her little voice caught my attention. " EVEN for you."I sensed the rueful half-smile of
Return of the rejected white she luna CHAPTER 157
Hendrix POVI waited in the hole for the packs to react to my suggestion in great silence. The choice of whether to leave our ancestral house felt like a millstone around every lupine throat. It was against every strand of our beings to uproot our whole lives and to turn our backs on the places that had protected us for ages. Still, the hard fact of cold could not be overlooked the human world was invading far too much of our land. If we stayed, exposure and the carnage that would surely follow seemed like an increasingly certain fate. The alphas started nodding their terrible assent one by one. First was Drystan, with his sharp but firm rugged features. The grizzled warrior understood the great need of this circumstance after seeing enough cycles of violence and death. "You make a good point, Hendrix," he rumbled, his rich baritone booming across the hollow. "Much as it hurts, we have to give our packs top priority. If moving is the only way we can guarantee our ongoing safety and
