Selene’s POVI stood up from the chair and walked into the room. I had consumed so much information in just a day and my head was starting to feel heavy from all the thoughts going through my mind. If Lucian was going back to Alexander’s pack, then it must be worth it. He wanted to risk being seen in exchange for a moonstone.I would have suspected Alex knew about Lucian's adventure as the rogue king and both brothers had everyone fooled, but it made no sense on a long run and the more I thought about it, the more I saw how false that assumption was.Alex didn’t like to mention Lucian’s name; worse, he even accused me of sleeping with him, just to chase me out.I just hated the fact that I was placed in a constant puzzle, it was like the universe wanted to toy with my mental health.'Estel, please wake up." I muttered beneath my breath.I never really called her by her name except when I needed her desperately , but at this point in time, when everything seemed to crumble, she was the
Lucian’s POVI saw her face, she looked like an angel sent by the goddess to gaze upon me. Even though everything within me hurt, the sight of her in my room made my heart palpitate. I wanted to hold her to kiss every part of her because all along I thought I would never see her again and she would have been dead before I came back from the raid.She came to me, and I held her face. “Thanks be to the goddess.” I said out of desperation the moment she confirmed she was fine, whatever she said afterwards was a mystery; I barely heard her. I was smitten by her presence.I felt her bare skin on mine; it made me go wild. It was the most intense feeling in the world—the feeling of perceiving her pheromones and the sensation that came with being inside her.My body broke down in sweat, and with every thrust I felt my toes curl with the intensity of a lifetime. I didn’t want it to end.My incisors felt the burning sensation to mark her. I knew in my heart that I wanted to mark her, but somehow
Lucian’s POVI stood up from my seat abruptly and I walked toward the door Isn’t it too early to knock? What could she possibly need from me that was so important that she had to knock on my door?I walked over to the door and peeked through the little opening. I saw her standing with her hands held behind as she swung from side to side, a familiar view. I remembered watching her through the window after I missed language class at the pack general school and she came to ask why I didn’t come.I remembered peeking at her through the curtains of my room and just like this very moment, my hands and feet ran cold and sweaty, and my heart began to race again.“Why are you here? Don’t you have other things to do?”"No, because we are supposed to train today. Remember ?” Shit shit shit ! I shut my door and I backed against it. How did I forget about it?***“We would focus on your stamina today, so prepare to be exhausted.” I said as I cleared some of the sharp stones in the field. She see
Selene’s POVI was lying beneath Lucian's wolf, fear struck and anxious about the repercussions of falling before him, and as his wolf leaned closer to me, his breath fanning my face, I shut my eyes tight, scared for my life.Just then I felt his nose nuzzling my cheeks as tears slowly trickled down my face. He nuzzled my cheeks even more, with its soft and voluminous fur. I tried to resist, but then it wasn’t attacking me as it should.A slow yet recurring revelation announced itself to me: if he wanted to attack me, he would, and he didn't need to dry me up before he did. My eyes finally opened and I met his soft and bright gaze full of warmth. His pupils dilate with excitement as our eyes met. He moved back and I sat upright before cleaning my eyes. I watched the tree where I was supposed to run, and I stared at the wall, who was fully aware that I was closer to the tree as Lucian had commanded that I get to and he didn’t act to stop me .I pushed myself up a little to see its rea
Selene’s POVMy heart felt a lot lighter just seeing my second attempt.“You only hit its legs, but at least you caused a reaction." He went over to the woods and pulled out the dagger, then he handed it to me, his lips still stretched in a smile it was a sight to behold.“Now, I want you to do something after this but for this step, you have to throw that dagger seven times at each angle. Do you get that?” I nodded, then braced myself for more.He walked over to the tree trunk, then he moved it to the side. He walked over to me, then stood beside me. He positioned my legs properly before me, and he made me stand properly.He whispered in my ears.“You need to see your opponent as an enemy if you miss one shot, they will retaliate and they will attack you. Never let your opponent get the leverage over you you must always be on the winning side always have the opportunity to win at all costs.”He stood away and he closed his eyes with his hands. He turned to the back and tossed the dag
Selene’s POVIt was the first time I had ever trained with so much dedication in my entire life, and if I had known that training and learning how to fight would have aided my wolf to fully recover from the trauma, I would have done it way earlier than I did.‘How do you feel?’ I asked her.Her voice grew weaker for a second she was getting weaker as the time passed, but I was very excited that I could get to talk to her freely for the first time in a really long time.‘So tell me, what’s wrong?’ I asked her.I could still feel her within me, but she didn’t respond, so I suspected that she was on the verge of disappearing again, so I complimented her for it.‘Thank you, Estel.' I said, then I walked back into the tent where Joan and Emily sat.“Uhm Emily, how are you?”"Fine,” she responded.Looking at Joan, she held a frown she wasn’t comfortable having me in the room. Emily knew this as well, so it was useless talking to either of them, so I walked out after making an excuse for appr
Lucian’s POVI had gone out to cheer my mind up, just to come back and see her right there she was seated outside her hut. I didn’t want to get closer to her, mostly because it had taken me all my willpower to get over the level of obsession Escarno possessed all afternoon.I shouldn’t have let him get close to her; the closer she was to him, the harder it was to control and the stronger the bond he felt because of that. My heart felt a massive bruise, it felt as though I had a scar inside of me, though I was educated enough to know it was the pain that came with rejection and resentment.I had diverted from my goals and her presence had dented my vision. The last person I needed to see was her, but she waved at Escarno, just a simple gesture had wiped away hours worth of calming mantras and recalculation. I could not afford to go back to the same position I had fought to break out of.I shifted back to my human form, and I made up my mind to confront her she should know we were not
Selene’s POVI watched him walk back to his chambers, leaving me in a state of dilemma. The moonstone was a sensitive topic for everyone in the pack and it only heightened my curiosity. What was so special about a piece of rock?If Lucian wouldn’t tell me, neither Emily nor Kyle, then there was no way I would find out if I didn’t seek extra measures like books and seers, but this pack had none of it. I could not outsource it either because, unlike the eclipse pack, I had no power here I could not travel or seek seers to pay a visit.I gave it a little thought before walking back to the room. I could not succumb to their continuous pressure to push me into a state of ignorance, nor would I stop fighting to know why I was really brought here. ••“Mummy, wake up, mummy." I heard Ella’s voice, her little hands cradling my face in her palm. She pushed my face sideways while she tapped on them gently.“What is it, baby? Mummy wants to sleep a little bit more,” I whined as I tried to
Lucian’s POV I had sectioned the pack members into a a group of fifty people each which meant I would be going back and forth four times, I made sure all the trucks were ready and for each truck we would have ten pack members in it.The pregnant ladies and the lactating mothers, then followed by teenagers, the road was bad so I needed to make sure they arrived at safety first, I had an inkling that the movement would raise curious brows but at the end of the day I would do anything to protect them.“You.” I pointed to the former guard at the Far pack, he walked over to me, his daughter wouldn’t leave without him.“Yes chief.” “You and your daughter will drive with me at the front,” I said. It was dnagerous to have a child at the front of the pack but she won’t let her father go and secondly she reminded me off Ella, they were about the same age and they had the same color of eyes.I met Alice who was also preparing her niece for the trip, she looked sane.“How are you doing?” I aske
Selene’s POV It was my second time conquering some of these human challenges, and I felt fulfilled by it. I might not be so far after all. At this point in time. I felt I could get anything I wanted if I put my mind to it, and also with the help of this man because somehow he had made everything easy and was easily the person who had made an attempt to talk to me.I bowed before him, and he did the same too he smiled at me, I would tell Joan about him.“Carpenter” I whispered, he nodded.“Selene Taylor.” We had a basic understanding of things, and it was really good. I didn’t want to let him go now, maybe for today. He was a healer just like me, just different realms. If he doesn’t have a wife then I would like to have dinner with him.I looked around for an object that could represent food but everything around here was sparkling and metallic.I felt uneasy, but the goldsmith walked out with a briefcase.“Cash?” I asked.He nodded, then opened the case, I saw their currencies bein
Selene’s POV If I had known that humans had a way of communicating, I might have not worried so much about language barriers, but then again, it was a nice experience.I walked out of the ward with him beside me, the moment I stepped out eveyones eyes met mine, they questioned me with their eyes, and trust me I would have been worried if I listened to Joan.If I had worn the cloth she wanted me to wear the napkin that our believer target loved seeing on ladies, if people were looking at me suspiciously I would have suspected it was the reason.Now I was fully clothed and elegant as at that too, and if they wanted some sewing advice I would give them.With my chest held high, I walked out of the ward trying to avoid gaze with anyone who tend to stare for too long and when I was done, I was out and the healer who had offered to take me to the goldsmith opened his car for me.I entered and the interiors were classy, I knew most of our vehicles were fashioned from theirs, and seeing the
Selene’s POV Silence prevailed in our midst, just watching each other, and someone walked into the little room and told them to go back, which they did. I already had my dagger in my bag. If they were planning to put me here for any reason, I will not go down without a fight.My daughter was on the other end of the realm and I only came here to make a harmless exchange. And they were making a fuss out of it. It was so annoying and they were making me sick with all this drama.I imagined Lucian in this situation, what would he has be done if he was here, first he would have not entered the car, and secondly it would be bloody already and the thought of him only made me smile.I wanted to go back home, home to Joan, Ella and Lucian.I wanted to go back to where I wasn’t misunderstood, and maybe didn’t have to explain myself.The man before me walked over to the board which I had already damaged, if he wrote one more word on it, I would be convinced that he was slow.Yes that’s it, he w
Selene’s POV Why do humans bear the name of their profession, I am Selene healer, or I am Selene farmer. What else? Hi I am Selene inventor?If this ain’t the most silly thing I have heard all day.My outburst had the man staring at me like I had done something way out of line which in my defense, I did, I just laughed my ass out because his name sounded ridiculous, just like when Joan had said it for the first time.I still had my back against the bed and laughing had removed the max that filled my nose with the calming air.He took the board and he wrote something on it, *what is funny, did I say anything wrong* I didn’t know but with the look of concern on his eyes, I could tell he wasn’t entirely comfortable with me smiling the way I did.I didn’t know how to tell him, but since we were trying to understand each other in any way possible and he was doing a bad job having to write it on the board, I decided to ease the pain for both of us.I sat upright and I placed the mask on th
Selene’s POV I expected them to know right away that something was wrong but they started laughing, I had made a mockery of myself, like it wasn’t already bad enough.I prayed to the goddess to open the floor so I can jump in but she didn’t and they didn’t stop laughing, he took a naked and he wrote on it.*Are you okay? Don’t you have insurance to cover it up. 3ahat you said was sipped awkward.*I don’t know what it meant, and I saw that they were looking at me curiously for answers I melted into the car which was still on the road, “yes.” I said then closed my eyes, hoping that my answer somehow aligns with them dropping me off. I just wanted to find a hotel and then listen to the recording of Joan. Maybe I can learn more than just yea and no.The human sat close to me, he held my hands tight and I glanced back to me, I repelled his attention and closeness, I pulled my hands away.He said something which I didn’t understand, I just kept looking, soon the car came to a stop and the
Selene’s POV They started to gather me, I soon became claustrophobic and it only made my situation worse because they started deafening closer I had never felt this perplexed in my entire life.Confused and worried that I might just hurt someone in panic made it worse but as Joan had said, we were not so different from this people, we were the same beings, we had the same form, two hands two legs one had clear skin.Intellect, if they had anything I had it too, and if there wa anyone who should be at an advantage it’s us, our wolves isn’t a liability but an ability, I thought to myself as I felt someone hands touch me, I flinched but the. I succumbed to it.I saw a box car, it beeped continuously and then people gave way and some people came down from it. They packed a metal things on the floor and the assured me to get on it, as much as I wanted to tell them owns fine and what was happening was natural I couldn’t convey it.So I let them carry me on the thing and they placed me insi
Selene’s POV The next day wa she same thing, the usual loop of having to learn languages, how to say I need this and I need that, places I needed to visit, like malls to get more clothes, observation that is needed to to be made. And thing to do, and then it wa sight time and I was supposed to leave first thing in the morning because in three days the humans would be crossing into a new year in their calendar and I would need to be there in the party to Casper this criminal.Yes, that was his new name.And while Joan and I sat outside with Ella inside we had a heated day and now we were already exhausted from all the things we did all day.She held my knuckles and she kissed it when she noticed I wasn’t talking and she had been doing the talking.“I believe you.” She said, it was her first calm thing she had said all day and it meant a lot to me, I only nodded, and I stared down at my feet.“If I don’t come back on time, find Lucian, and give Ella to him.” “Hey don’t be negative, i
Lucian’s POVI just sat there in disbelief, my hands rested on my chest that was threatening to explode with fright and disappointment, I should have come her instead.If I was just a day esker than now I would have her here, I was pirated with myself, and as I much as I hated to admit this. I blamed the fact that my body was too weak and I needed more rat than I normally did.“Is everything alright?” The Alpha asked.I don’t respond. I needed to set out for Joan, I never thought we would see each other again after the least encounter; but now I was looking for her, if I saw her, I would see Ella and Selene.Or maybe she had returned them to the pack.I didn’t know I was just confused and I needed some sense of liberation. I walked out of the pack and I walked back to the pack, without hesitation I drove out. Was driving back to my pack for two reasons, I was going back home in hopes that if I got back there I would see Selene and Ella.The dues of that little trouble maker running