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Return of the rejected white she luna CHAPTER 87
Athena’ POVThe air was thick with strain as Athena remained before the social affair of her pack. Everyone's attention was on her, hanging tight eagerly for the news she needed to share. Taking a full breath, she tended to the room, her voice consistent notwithstanding the strife inside."As all of you know, we face a grave danger. The Lycaons have returned, and they try to annihilate all that we hold dear." A mumble undulated through the group, the simple notice of their old foes sending a chill down their spines. Athena stared at Sebastian, drawing strength from his watchful eye."Be that as it may, we won't cringe in dread. We will stand together and battle to safeguard our home, our family, our very lifestyle." The pack individuals ejected in a chorale of thunders, their steadfast dedication clear. Athena permitted herself a little grin, knowing that despite the obscurity approaching not too far off, she was encircled by a bunch of champions ready to set out their lives for each
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Sienna POVThe haziness squeezed in, suffocating and severe, as Sienna gazed intently at the massive type of the Lycaon. Her heart beat in her ears, a wild cadence that matched the adrenaline flowing through her veins. This was all there was to it - her last opportunity at reclamation, a frantic ruse to save the very pack she had once looked to obliterate.Holding the silver-bound edge firmly, Sienna prepared her purpose. "Come and get me, you beast," she snarled, her voice bound with a bluster she didn't feel. The Lycaon's gleaming eyes limited, a thundering growl reverberating through the unwanted distribution center.Sienna prepared herself, realizing that she had just a single shot at this. As the monster rushed, Sienna shot aside, cutting the edge across its flank. The Lycaon wailed in torment, yet its energy conveyed it forward, ramming into the wall with a stunning accident.Sienna didn't squander a second, driving the sharp edge profound into the animal's shoulder. Dark ichor
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Sebastian POVThe air was thick with pressure as Sebastian and Athena hustled towards the safehouse, their hearts beating with a combination of dread and assurance. The Lycaons had returned, an old insidious that took steps to destroy all that they had battled to construct.Sebastian's psyche was a hurricane of clashing feelings. Rage at the possibility of his pack being jeopardized, culpability over the job Sienna had played before, and profound, standing affection for the lady close by. Athena's presence was the main thing securing him, her watchful eye a reference point in the haziness.As they burst through the safehouse entryways, Sebastian checked the room, his Alpha faculties fully on guard. The pack individuals' countenances were scratched with a combination of caution and resolve, their bodies ready for the fight to come."The Lycaons," Sebastian snarled, his voice unpleasant with feeling. "They've returned, and they're working with Sienna." The aggregate pant that followed h
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Liam’s POVLiam's heart dashed as he paid attention to Sebastian's inauspicious report, the heaviness of the Lycaon danger settling intensely on his shoulders. The general concept of those old, pernicious animals getting back to threaten their pack was sufficient to fill him with a bone-profound fear. What's more, the way that they were aligned with Sienna Gonzalez, their previous foe, just intensified the critical circumstance.Liam looked around at the essences of his kindred pack individuals, seeing a similar combination of dread and assurance scratched on their highlights. As Sebastian's ordering voice reverberated through the safehouse, Liam watched the pack's stance shift, their bodies winding like springs, prepared to get a move on."We battle," the alpha pronounced, his green eyes igniting with an enduring purpose. "We assemble our pack, our partners, and we stand against this murkiness that takes steps to consume all of us." Liam felt a flood of pride at his alpha's words, th
Return of the rejected white she luna CHAPTER 91
Sebastian POVAs I remained in the shadows of the backwoods clearing, watching Athena's fragile highlights wake up in the dappled daylight, I felt a natural throb inside my chest. It had been very since a long time ago I'd been this near her since I'd had the option to luxuriate in her presence without the heaviness of our grieved past looming over us just. Connecting, I delicately followed the bend of her cheek, wondering about how her eyes focused on the very lively light that had first enthralled me such an extremely long time back. "I've missed you, my affection," I mumbled, my voice scarcely over a murmur. Athena inclined toward my touch, her hand coming up to cup my face. "What's more, I, you. I've been so lost without you." The words were scarcely out of her mouth before I pulled her nearby, my lips running into hers in a frantic, yearning kiss. All the aggravation, the lament, the long stretches of division everything liquefied away at that time, passing on just the staggeri
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Sienna POVSienna paced restlessly in the faintly lit study, her fingers drumming against the elaborate mahogany work area. The heaviness of her past sins hung vigorously on her shoulders, yet this present time was not the opportunity for lament.She had overcome much to turn around. A delicate thump at the entryway intruded on her viewpoints. "Come in," she called, fixing her stance.Sebastian went into the room, his temple wrinkled with concern. "You said it was critical. What's happening, Sienna?" Sienna took a full breath, preparing herself for what she was going to propose. "Sebastian, I... I want your assistance."The words felt unfamiliar on her tongue, a demonstration of the break that had developed between them. Sebastian's green eyes are limited, his lips squeezed into a slender line. "After all that you've done, for what reason would it be advisable for me to trust you?"Sienna met his look unflinchingly. "Since we have a shared adversary. Selene is hoarding a multitude of
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Athena POVAthena's heartbeat in her chest as she gazed at the unfurling scene before her. Selene, the strong and contorted sorceress, held her valuable girl Anna in a bad habit-like grasp, a vindictive smile scratched across her pale highlights."Let her go, Selene!" Athena argued, her voice crude with urgency. She battled the inclination to jump forward, realizing that Selene wouldn't hold back from hurting Anna whenever incited.Sebastian's solid hold on her arm kept her grounded, his emerald eyes limited with a combination of dread and assurance. "What is it that you need, Selene?" he requested, his alpha tone bound with a scarcely held-back rage.Selene's lips twisted into a vile grin. "Gracious, Sebastian, generally so fast and forthright." Her hold on Anna fixed, inspiring a cry from the frightened youngster. "I have a... suggestion for all of you."Athena felt her blood run cold. Close to her, Sienna stood unbending, her demeanor indistinguishable. Athena wanted to ponder wher
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Sebastian POVSebastian's heart beat in his chest as he observed vulnerably, his mate Athena and their little girl Anna torn from his grip by Selene's dim wizardry. The heaviness of Sienna's disloyalty hung vigorously in the air, a harsh sign of the tangled web they thought of themselves as caught in.He pulled Athena close, her thin edge shuddering against his. "We'll get her covered, Athena," he mumbled, his voice bound with a savage assurance that misrepresented the disturbance seething inside. "I guarantee." Athena gestured, her blue eyes preparing with resolve. However, Sebastian could see the aggravation carved in her elements, the apprehension for their little girl's security. It was a look he knew very much well, having once been forced to bear Sienna's plans.Delicately, he squeezed a delicate kiss into Athena's brow, wanting to eradicate the pain from her eyes. "We'll make Selene pay for this, I swear it." His grasp fixed around her, a quiet commitment to safeguard his fami
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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
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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
