Rowan's POVSelena walked towards me, and I could feel the inner fire burning in her from a distance. Her face was twisted with a malevolent grin, and I clearly understood what it meant. It was the 'glad I'm ready to end this piece of shit' type of grin. Her claws, still extended, gleamed greatly in the moonlight."What's the worst the could happen?" I whispered to myself, trying to stay strong in the very face of death, but I could still feel my heart pounding in my chest, albeit on it's own accord.But as she stopped just a step away from me, she paused, her expression softening, angry but just a tiny bit softened."Now tell me why I shouldn't kill you Rowan?" she asked, her eyes narrowed and her voice more like on a cold, calculating tone.I thought to myself for a moment. Maybe I should just give her the remark of her life and let her kill me as she intended.But I thought otherwise. "I'm sorry," I whispered, but in a clear voice, my face turned away from her."Rowan," she called
Rowan's POVI looked at them, my mind racing with thoughts of what I would do. I knew that I had to make a decision, and fast, as this kind of opportunity doesn't stick around forever."Yes, I'll do it," I said. trying to keep my voice firm and resolute. "I'll lead you all back to the pack, and together we would build the pack back to it's original status."I would surely get back at Selena, and I knew it. But first, we had to prepare a ritual for Raven. *******************Selena's POVAs we rode in the chariot back to mysticshadow pack, Zane's anger was palpable and I felt it. His jaw was clenched and the silence was consuming. "What were you thinking Selena?" he asked in his usual bass voice, low and menacing. "You let Rowan go? After all he did to us?"I turned to look at him, his fists were balled up tight and his gaze far outside the window. "I know it seems that way Zane, but I surely had my reasons. He won't cross again, he's not a fool Zane. He
Selena's POV"Karen?" I called, taking steps towards the figure. I couldn't mistake the voice, the excitement and all."What are you doing here?" Zane, obviously wanting to take charge of the situation asked. She smiled, taking steps towards us. The flicker of moonlight that found its way into the room now made her very visible. The moonlight danced across her face, her features being more defined. Her long and curly black hair cascaded her back like a waterfall, making it obvious that she took extra effort in looking admiring. Her eyes sparkled in excitement as she failed to recognize my presence and authority. It was all on Zane, her attention."It's good to see you Zane," she said, walking over to him and stretching her arms for a hug."I asked, what are you doing here tonight? You couldn't even wait for permission. What if the battle had stretched to this pack? What if.... "I couldn't bare it anymore. Clearing my throat, I took steps closer to Karen."Oh Selena.... Alpha Selena
Selena's POVI just couldn't stand it. Not Karen walking around in my affairs. "Alpha Selena," the worker called again, as he repeated his initial report. But I wasn't listening, not to him for sure. My attention was fixed on Karen, my anger brewing as I imagined how intimidating she was.She walked past me, ignoring my presence in general."I'll deal with this later," I said curtly turning and walking away from the worker." But Alpha Selena..." the worker began to call, but I walked on, knowing for sure that the day had started in a bad note already. I thought of storming back to the park house, but then I decided to spend just a little time in the stream.The sound of the gently flowing water and the warm sunlight filtering through the trees had a positive effect on me as it compelled me to have a reflection on my thoughts. Making my way through the dense foliage, I had a rethink. Perhaps I was too hard on her, maybe I was the one wrong.But the thoughts of her actions against
Selena's POV"What's that supposed to mean?" I growled, my wolf rising to the surface to defend me. "You'll regret the day you ever crossed me!!"Before I could do anything else, Karen's voice cut out loud, a shrill pitch. "You're just envious Selena. Your jealous of my relationship with Zane, and you're trying to sabotage it!!"Relationship? What relationship? I asked myself this questions as she ranted on and on.Her voice of course attracted the attention of pack members nearby."Greetings my lady," the greeted, walking towards Karen and grabbing her without and order. "Hey,let me go!!" Karen roared, struggling with them as they held her arms behind her back and dragging her away from me.I opened the my mouth to order them to let her go,but on a second thought, I let them be, watching them as they took her possibly to the infirmary.Just as I seemed like the situation was getting quite under control, Zane appeared from nowhere."Let her go this instant I say!!" he thundered, grow
Selena's POVI stood alone outside the pack house, the full moon hanging big and low in the sky. I has looked forward to this night almost every time, but this had changed since I had a fall out with Zane. It was the last night I expected to take place, and somehow I wished it was shifted, but it clearly wasn't. Earlier on I had imagined that our wolves would run together in the wild, and he'll protect my vulnerability at this crucial times, but things just got sour. I was all alone. I looked up to the sky, the moonlight low. I observed the changes in the crescent, noting that it was indeed time to shift. The stirring of my wolf within me grew more intense. I closed my eyes, letting nature to take it's cause. My body began to change, my senses growing sharper and more accurate, just for the moment, as it would later turn completely blank to all feeling, making it necessary for someone to stand by my wolf form in times like this.Opening my eyes, I realised that I was surrounded by
Selena's POV"Lies Selena, you tell lies!! " She roared, taking slow and imperfect steps towards me. " I trained almost all my life to become the next seer of our generation, the chosen one!! And yet you came around and messed things a great deal!!?"That's false," I said weakly, already in my human form. " I never chose my fate Karen, the moon goddess did."She wasn't ready to believe what I said. "I've not brought you here to speak lengthy with you. Your healing powers, they're now mine, forever!!"" No, that can't be," I whispered to myself, reality finally dawning on me. She had indeed stolen my powers from it's core, taken it during the full moon which would make it quite impossible for me to have back."You've manipulated for quite a long time now Selena, you took my powers, my place, love, and it's time you pay dearly for it," Karen threatened, her claws shooting out fiercely.I was still weak, and i know I'd lose in a fight with Karen, but she did mention something. Her love?
Selena's POVA jolt of pain passed through my body as I hit the water, my life slowly leaving me as the icy coldness enveloped me like a terrible shroud. Disoriented, I struggled to move, but I was weak and unabled. A the mercy of the currents, my body bobbled up and down like a lifeless doll.I was carried further and further away from the riverbanks, trapped and unable to escape. I was at the mercy of the water currents and I could help it.Slowly, I felt life being zapped away from me and I looked up to the sky, praying for the moon goddess to accept my soul. *******************Zane's POVStanding in the riverbank, I scanned the horizon waiting for any signs of Selena. I sent a search crew, the best warriors in the pack to scour the entire forest and all sides of the river in search of her, but so far, there had been no positive result."This isn't the best place to start the search Zane," Karen, who had walked up to me stated, her voice laced with concern.
Karen's POV"Well spill it you!!" Rowan roared, already getting desperate.The guard stammered. "Getting to the gates I saw another letter the same paper making with the last... "I pulled it from his hands and glanced through it before he finished."Meet me at the Crescent valley of blood or I'll expose you all!! You stole her powers Karen, now your wolf is insane. If you want to get back to your r former state, meet me there by dusk. Perhaps the healing power would return... just perhaps."I read it loud." The powers Karen, think about it!! We'd kill the bloody messenger as soon as we get what we want, and this all would end!!" Rowan exclaimed as soon as I dropped the letter." Then what about the attack? " I asked him. Something just didn't feel right about all this, and I couldn't point it out.Rowan scoffed, a cloud of desperation hovering around his eyes. "What damn attack Karen? With the healing powers back we would rule the werewolf world and beyond!!" he roared, his claws sh
Karen's POVHaving been in Redmoon pack for five days, hunting and eating with them, I was beginning to feel sick of it all.I waited, day after day and night after night for news from the party of packs that attacked Moonstone pack, but nothing was coming forth."Battles take days, sometimes weeks," Rowan would always say. " Give them time Karen. Moonstone pack would be in our palms in just a matter of days, Selena dead!!"I always felt relieved whenever he talked about the death of Selena, but on the morning of the fifth day, I couldn't take it anymore."We need to get to them Rowan!! I can't stand this anymore," I said to him as soon as I got to his chamber.Still with his pipe, he turned his attention to me and puffed."Tell me Karen. What chance does Moonstone pack have to win the war waged against them? " he asked, taking in some more from the pipe.I shot a gaze at him, trying all I could to restrict the joyful smile that tried to form on my face."They have no chance Rowan...
Karen's POV"You have no goddamn right to attack any one here!!"That was the first sound I heard, my head spinning like a canon ball had hit me hard.I slowly opened my eye, me head throbbing with a a dull headache."You heard me right you bitch!! Never must you attack anyone here in Redmoon pack, " the voice repeated, louder than the last. I was still trying to open my eyes but I felt a surge of confusion as I did so.The voice was familiar, and as I struggled to make out who it was, I finally looked up.It was Rowan. What was he up to this time, I wondered within me.His face was twisted in a snarl and as he raised his hand, my eyes dilated."You!!!" he started to roar as his hand descended towards me.As if in cue, my wolf stirred almost immediately and before his hand could get to me, I had already grabbed it in a quick reflex.Fully awake, I roared at him. "Don't you dare!!" I got up from what I figured out to be a bed and stared at him, wondering where all that came from.My
Chapter 206The battlefield was filled with chaos. The entire place was filled with the cry of my men as they fell to the ground, bloodied, bruised and some dead. Growls and the sound of flesh being cut tore through the thick air and the scent of blood and churned earth filled the entire atmosphere. My gaze swept over the field, my claws withdrawn from my hands as I watched the rest of Rowan's deserters close in on us, large swords, axes and arrows by their side, the sharp metal gleaming in the weak light of dawn. That was why they seemed endless. They were just dying, but more were diverging from the war with Zane go come here. A low growl escaped my lips, my face squeezing into a deep frown as I jumped down from my horse. One of the warriors rode towards me, a bow and arrow in their hand. The arrow was shot towards me but I quickly grabbed it midair and threw it back at him. Before he could register what was happening, the sharp metal sunk into his head and he dropped down dead.
Selena's POVBefore the sun had even begun to rise, I had already rounded up the warriors who had pledged to fight with me. The morning air held a stale scent that seemed fresh of combat and blood, a harsh reminder of the war that still laid ahead of us. I stood at the center of the packs training fields, and with me were the warriors—men and women who had previously been divided but now were with me. They had a mixture of determination and skepticism in their eyes. I knew there were those who still doubted, but I could not allow skepticism to take root among us."Mount your horses," I commanded, my voice firm. "We ride out now."They took their places, marching to the stables where our horses already waited saddled and prepared. I had ordered the stable lads to ensure that each horse was in prime order for the forthcoming long ride and they had toiled all through the night to do so. Fresh hay mixed with morning due, the sound of waiting hooves, and the sweat of warriors fastening
Selena’s POVAs we approached, the guards stationed at the gates of Mysticshadow Pack immediately tensed, their hands tightening around the weapons they held by their side. The lit torches hung on the wall flickered in the night, casting ominous shadows on their stern faces. I could see the hesitation in their eyes. They seemed like new guards as I didn't recognize them, but from their scent, I knew they were one of us.I knew they recognized me, but there was some underlying tension in their gazes as they stared at me. I knew something had happened since I had last stepped foot here.But they still knew better than make a move. “Halt!” one of them commanded, stepping forward, his claws half drawn. His sharp gaze scanned me from head to toe. “State your business.”“Are you dumb?” I muttered through clenched teeth as I walked towards the guard. “I came to gather alliances. The Moonstone Pack is under siege, and we must unite to stop the war.”The guard hesitated for a moment when he
Zane's POVIt was a scene from a battlefield, the packhouse transformed into a killing ground. And I, Zane, was powerless to stop it. All I could do was watch in horror as my pack, my friends, and my family were slaughtered before my very eyes.The flaming arrows seemed to come from everywhere, a relentless barrage of fire that seemed to never end. It was as if the very stars themselves were falling from the sky, each one a deadly missile aimed straight at our hearts.And I, Zane, was the only one who could stop it. But how? The question echoed through my mind, a desperate cry for help that seemed to go unanswered.I wished at that point that Selena would just walk in with her warriors.We desperately needed them. I sighted a flaming arrow travelling towards an elderly werewolf who used his back to protect his offsprings. It was travelling towards him with speed."Look out!!" I roared, but he was too old to move, to weak to. Rushing towards him, I stretched my hand and grabbed the ar
Zane's POVI took a step forward, my eyes burning with intensity. "We will not go quietly into the night. We will not roll over and surrender to our enemies. We will fight, with every ounce of strength we possess. We will fight for our pack, for our families, and for our very lives."The crowd erupted into a chorus of cheers and applause, their faces set with determination and their eyes burning with a fierce hunger for battle. I smiled, feeling a sense of pride and purpose wash over me.We would fight, and we would win. We would defend our pack, and our way of life. We would emerge victorious, or we would die trying.I was still filled with such encouragment and purposeful passion that I hadn't felt since I was a young child when a warrior from the borders ran up to one of the elders.I knew that something wasn't right, and as I waited for words to reach me, I looked up to the sky. My mind suddenly drifted to a distant past,very distant."You can tell it all by looking up in the nigh
Zane's POVAs I watched Selena walk away from me, I gasped softly, my heart palpitating. Karen was no longer considered as a sister, and she would dearly pay for all these,but first, I have several battles to win.I walked back to the large hall, and I watched as the healers tried all they could to revive the fallen warriors."We're nothing without the seer," one of the healers said softly as I approached her, her eyes fixed pleadingly on me."What's the situation?" I asked, squatting beside her and paying a dead ear to her earlier complaint."I've found his pulse Alpha," she said in a whisper, placing her hand on the guard's wrist and shutting her eyes slowly. "His wolf is fully alive!!""So?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows as I stared at her. " What stops you then?"She looked down dejectedly, her face long. "We all have tried, but it just doesn't work!! It's a strange art of healing to trigger his wolf to charge a pulse in his heart. "I let out a breath, glancing at the guard and