Chapter Fifty-Two

Jasmine’s POV

Our guests from Whitestorm pack dined with us peacefully on the night of their arrival.

Throughout the meal, I was conscious of the silver eyes that watched me intently from the other end of our table.

The only thing that kept me calm was the presence of my mate beside me.

Unfortunately, Lena could not be of much help since she had set eyes on her mate.

To say I was happy for her would be the understatement of the century. It warmed my heart each time I felt her glance up and see her gaze go straight to where her mate was seated.

He in turn could not seem to take his eyes off her and it was obvious to everyone that saw him that he was completely besotted with his mate already, despite not saying even a word to each other.

Though his eyes stayed on Lena, he dutifully remained at his mother’s side throughout the meal and afterwards when Nana showed them to the quarters they would be occupying during their visit.

I watched as Lena’s eyes locked on her mate’s retreating figure as he walked away and waited until he was out of earshot before she flung herself into my arms.

I laughed as she went on and on about how perfect her mate was and how she could not wait to see him the next morning.

I wholeheartedly congratulated her as we made our way home before parting to go to our separate rooms.

Lena’s happiness had distracted me long enough from my anxious thoughts, but when I went to bed that night, held safely in my mate’s arms, I had a strange dream.

In my dream, I was walking beside my wolf in a garden that looked very much like the one Regan had made for me. It was peaceful for a moment before we came upon a woman in a red dress.

Thinking that she was probably lost, I made my way over to her to offer her help.

“Are you lost?” I asked her, confident that she did not belong where she was.

Upon hearing my question, she slowly turned around and I gasped in surprise at the sight of her.

She was not hideous or ugly.

Instead, the woman was so beautiful that if felt unnatural. Her hair was dark and long, flowing in waves past her waist and down to her knees.

Her skin was so pale it was almost white. And for a moment, I stared at her in awe.

Her eyes were strangely familiar, like I had seen them before or recently. Surprisingly, they were silver, and I struggled to remember who they reminded me of.

Before I could recall however, she did something completely unexpected.

She smiled.

Her smile transformed her face from its unnatural beauty to something completely terrifying.

Fangs protruded from her mouth and blood spilled out.

I stared, horrified as she looked straight at me.

“There you are”, her voice came out in a hiss, sounding as though multiple people were speaking at the same time. “Finally”, she hissed with her terrifying smile.

She launched herself at me and my wolf came forward, putting herself before me and the terrifying woman.

With an ease that was terrifying in itself, she grabbed my wolf from behind and snapped her neck like it was a twig.

I screamed in terror and she slowly looked up at me, smiling once more, before launch herself at me.

Again, I screamed.

Before she could reach me, everything turned dark and I felt someone shaking me as the scene of the garden disappeared from my sight.

“Jasmine!” I heard a familiar voice call out my name, the urgency easy to hear.

“Wake up, my love”, my mate said, shaking me once more.

I opened my eyes to see him peering down at me in concern.

For a moment, we stared at each other before in silence before he finally broke it.

“Are you well?” He asked, obviously worried.

I pulled away from his arms before pushing myself to sit.

I nodded but said nothing else.

“Did you have a bad dream?” He asked, sitting on our bed and pulling me back into his arms.

“A horrifying one”, I told him truthfully as I leaned into him.

“Will you tell me what it was about?” He asked.

An image of the woman in red immediately appeared in my beard and I shivered before shaking my head.

“Maybe later”, I told him. “I would rather not relive it so soon”, I said.

He was silent for a while before he finally nodded his acceptance.

“Whenever you are ready to talk about it”, he said. “I will always be here”, he told me.

I turned to look up at his perfect face and breathtaking eyes before leaning to give him a brief kiss.

“Thank you”, I whispered as I pulled away and leaned into him again.

It was then that I noticed that the Sun had risen.

“We should prepare ourselves to meet with our guests”, he said. “As much as I want to, I fear it would not be wise to delay this any further”, he said.

I nodded in agreement.

The earlier the issue was sorted, the better.

We wasted no time in cleaning ourselves and dressing up before heading over to the pack house to have breakfast with our guests.

I held Regan’s hand tighter than o usually did because I knew for certain that I would need his strength.

We arrived on time and sat to eat with the rest of our guests. Nana and the old-seer were missing.

“My mother and Nana excused themselves on important matters they needed to handle”, Alpha Gaius said and Regan nodded, taking the first bite to start the meal.

Lena was not in the conversing mood and I could not blame her. She simply stared back at her mate throughout the meal.

Afterwards, Regan led the way over to the healing house where Nana and the old-seer were waiting for us in Nana’s private room.

When we finally arrived, Nana turned around to watch as Regan, Luke, Lena, Alpha Gaius and I entered into the room and shut the door behind us.

She made her way past us to it and chanted a few words before returning to her place beside her friend who regally sat on a chair and waited.

“Pleas come, Luna”, she invited, not bothering to acknowledge anyone else who had walked in.

She motioned towards a chair placed in front of hers but did not turn her head to look at me.

I turned to Regan who gave a reluctant nod for me to obey before I moved towards the chair and sat, still holding onto my mate’s hand.

As I looked up at her face, a loud gasp escaped me at the sight of her eyes.

She lifted an eyebrow at my reaction.

“You have seen something”, she said plainly.

I immediately shook my head, not wanting to disclose anything to her when I did not even know her.

She said nothing and simply changed the subject.

“May I see your back”, she requested suddenly, and I looked at her in surprise. “That is the reason I am here, or so I am told”, she said with a glance at Nana. “So, may I see it?” She requested.

I looked over to Nana to see her give me a nod and turned back to look at the old-seer.

“You may”, I said to her.

The moment the words left my mouth, Luke and Alpha Gaius immediately turned around to face the walls and Lena made her way over to help me loosen my dress enough for my back to be on display.

Regan still held my hand in a firm grip when I stood and turned around for the old-seer to see my back.

She was silent for a long time before she finally spoke.

“Thank you, Luna”, she said. “That is enough for now”.

Lena helped me fix my dress properly again before I resumed my seat.

“You may turn back”, she said to her mate and cousin as she went back to where she stood.

The old-seer took a deep breath before letting it out.

“You may call me Gaia”, the old-seer said. “And from now, I will call you Jasmine”, she told me.

I nodded, having no problem with doing away with formalities.

“May I have your hand?” She asked putting forth a hand for me to take.

Slowly, I placed my palm on her opened ones and looked at her before looking away.

“No”, she said gently. “Never look away”, she said, bringing my eyes back to her. “You can see all there is to a person through their eyes”, she said and her words sounded familiar.

I glanced at Nana to see a knowing smile on her face before looking back at Gaia.

“My friend has asked me here to confirm if her suspicions are true”, she said, still holding onto my hand. “And I can finally give you all the answer you seek”, she said and I held my breath.

“It is true”, she said to the silence in the room. “You bear the markings of the Moon Goddess”, she told me and went on. “There is more to your story than you know. And most, you will have to discover by yourself”, she said. “I do not know how this is possible. I’m afraid the answer has not been revealed to me yet, but in time, the answers will come”.

I felt her other hand gently grab onto the wrist of the hand she held and apply pressure. Not enough to hurt me but enjoy to feel my pulse.

Slowly, a smile appeared on her lips.

“My friend”, she said to Nana though her eyes never left mine. “There is good news among the grave ones”, she said and finally turned to look at Nana. “Are you growing too old, or has your worry blinded you to the blessing before you?” She asked cryptically.

Nana frowned in confusion at her words.

“Listen, Nana”, Gaia said with a wide smile.

Nana did as she was told, shutting her eyes for an moment before going completely still.

The rest of us in the room watched quietly in confusion.

Nana’s eyes came open with tears in them.

“Oh Goddess!”, she cried with a smile, her hands comical up to cover her mouth in happiness.

“What is it Nana?” Lena voiced out all our thoughts impatiently.

Nana turned to her with a smile, taking one of her hands before turning back to me.

“She is carrying our future Alpha”, she announced and I froze.

At first I believed I misheard her, but the joyful cry from Lena as she threw her arms around her grandmother in a hug, and the tightening of the hand that held mine which belonged to my mate, told me that I had heard her declare me pregnant.

There was a ringing in my heard.

One that drowned out sounds so that I could not hear the words around me.

Something clawed its way up my throat and I swallowed hard before looking back into the silver eyes of Gaia.

All of a sudden, a different set of silver eyes were looking at me.

Not the kind ones that told me to trust them, but ones accompanied by dark hair, fangs and blood.

A shiver ran down my spine.

“Silver eyes”, I whispered, unaware that I did so before I felt a zap course through me to pull me back to reality.

Gaia was looking at me again.

But this time, I caught the hint of fear that flashed past her eyes before hearing the urgency in her words as she spoke.

“You saw something”, she said. “Someone”, she immediately added. “Tell me what you saw”, she urged.

I believe it was her tone and the flash of fear I saw in her eyes that made me immediately tell her the truth.

“I had a dream”, I said, my voice coming out in a whisper. “There was a woman”, I said, shivering as I recalled her face.

Regan wrapped his arms around me before I went on.

“She had long dark hair that flowed past her waist and was so white”, I told her. “When she smiled…” I trailed off before continuing. “She had blood flowing down her lips and fangs”.

“And her eye?” Gaia asked urgently, gripping my hand tightly.

“They were silver”, I told her.

He hands released me and fell limply to her sides as she fell back into her chair.

I heard Nana gasp.

“It cannot be”, Nana said.

Gaia only said one word.

“Arwyn”.