Another Soul

"Wait a minute..."

I muttered and tried to prevent the man who had helped me from moving. Slowly, he turned around and looked at me in confusion.

"My name is Luciana, Luciana Edith. It would be much worse if I myself didn't even know the name of someone who had helped me. So, what's your name?"

I asked slowly. Remembering that I hadn't even asked about names or even the house I'd been living in for the past year.

The man instantly broke into a small smile there. "My name is Elijah, Elijah Gray. I am a Lycan King. And this is my pack, my kingdom. The Blodlust Moon Pack."

I nodded my head in slow motion. Trying to keep remembering the man's name and also the name of his pack. Elijah Gray and The Blodlust Moon Pack. Both names that felt very unfamiliar to me. Because I had never even met the Lycan King in person before.

"Alright. Thanks..."

"I'll be right back together with Emrys. Get some rest first then." Elijah quickly walked back out of the room.

And I fell silent again. I felt my whole body getting better. But somehow, I still don't feel the presence of my wolf soul inside me now. Is it possible that my wolf soul still hasn't completely recovered like I am now? Can I also still ask for help from Emrys to be able to recover my wolf soul in a while?

Klek

I turned my head towards the open door of the room. There, Elijah and Emrys were both walking into the room. Emrys was smiling with relief when she saw me who was sitting against the headboard right now.

"Thank goodness, you can stand, sit and walk." Emrys muttered as she approached me. I nodded my head slowly.

"It's all thanks to the help you and Elijah have given me so far." I muttered with gratitude and happiness there.

"Alright then. Now, drink this herb first, and yes, don't forget to keep practicing walking whenever you have time. That way, you will definitely recover faster as well. Considering it's been a year since you've been bedridden, you should still learn to walk again to maintain your balance." Emrys explained and immediately passed the metal cup in her hand to me.

I looked at Emrys and Elijah in turn. Then slowly, I accepted the metal cup with the foreign liquid in it. I looked at the liquid inside the metal cup with a feeling of doubt, moreover, the liquid even gave off a distinctive herbal scent that I really disliked.

But, if this could make me recover so quickly, then why not do it?

I slowly brought the metal cup to my lips, and drank the herbal liquid down. It left a bitter taste that felt very annoying in my throat and tongue right now. I paused while frowning deeply, and moved the metal cup away from my lips. I gripped the metal cup quite tightly in both palms.

"It's so bitter..." I muttered to them with a bitter grimace there.

"Of course it tastes bitter. It is an herbal potion to increase inner strength. You should drink it once every day, until you feel much better."

Emrys chuckled as she managed to listen to my mumbled words there. Emrys even started to take over the metal cup from my hand and grasped it.

"I have to drink it once a day?!"

I looked in surprise and disbelief right at Emrys and Elijah over there. I probably looked pretty panicked right now. Especially when it was the first time drinking the herb just now, I could barely even hold back the nausea in my throat and stomach right now. The bitter taste caused by the herbs made directly by Emrys really made me feel that I would never want to drink the herbs again.

"Yes, of course you should. Drinking this herbal concoction once a day is not even close to being able to recover your condition much faster. But remembering back to Elijah's story, if you were able to walk for a while earlier, then there's no problem with only taking it once a day. Or perhaps, you want to take this potion more than once a day?"

Emrys immediately looked at me with a seductive expression on his face. And I instantly found it difficult to swallow my own saliva now. But that made me feel regretful. Because every time I swallowed my saliva, I could still taste the bitterness of the potion there.

"No, nope. There is no need. I'll definitely take the herbs just once a day. I think that's good enough for me. Thank you very much..."

I mumbled in response to Emrys' words there, while shaking my head several times in a very quick motion now. I looked and felt increasingly panicked as well.

That instantly made Emrys laugh quite widely, and Elijah chuckle. Meanwhile, I started to smile a little as I saw them in front of me now. I thought, this is the right time to ask about the possible efficacy of the herbal potion made by Emrys for the recovery of my condition and also the condition of my wolf soul now.

"Then, is drinking this herbal potion made by you, also able to help me recover my wolf soul's condition now?" I asked Emrys directly. I myself began to look back at Emrys and Elijah who were also looking at me there, while stopping their laughter right now.

I blinked my eyelids a few times, and let out my breath slowly right now. "I... since I woke up earlier until now, I still can't feel the existence and condition of my wolf soul. I am a werewolf. It's just that, for some reason I can't directly sense the state of my wolf soul. In the past, I was always able to do so. But, ever since I woke up, my wolf soul has become so passive that I can't identify her." I paused my words and looked right at Emrys and Elijah with a worried feeling.

"I thought, if she, my wolf soul now must also be in a bad condition like me during this past year. And I became very hopeful that if only by drinking Emrys' herbal potion, I could also restore my wolf soul's condition now. I feel very worried about her. My wolf soul isn't even usually just silent and passive inside my body. But, I myself couldn't even feel her presence until now. Perhaps, you know the solution..." I explained about the condition I was worried about regarding my wolf soul right now.

"Elijah... how is this?"

Emrys suddenly looked right at Elijah who was standing beside her right now. That instantly made me start to feel anxious, with all the possibilities. Was my wolf soul really seriously injured too? I looked at Elijah who started to turn his head and look at Emrys.

"Actually, there's still one other thing I haven't told you, Luciana." Elijah muttered while looking at me with that elusive look.

"About what?" I mumbled slowly. It instantly increased the anxiety I was already starting to feel again right now.

"Why do you guys seem to be so tense right now? Is it a very bad thing? About my wolf soul? Is something happened to her?"

Elijah and Emrys simultaneously fell silent there. Emrys who looked very tense. While Elijah who looked calm, yet very stern. I've never been able to easily read the thoughts and feelings of others. Moreover, Emrys and Elijah, both of them are still strangers to me now. It also made things very complicated for me. I myself also became increasingly silent while looking right at the two of them there. Until not long after that, Elijah sighed slowly now.

"Your wolf soul, she won't be able to wake up now, Luciana." Elijah muttered.

"Wh-what do you mean? My wolf soul is still asleep? But why? I've even woken up and am getting more better now. Then why, why won't she wake up?"

I immediately asked in panic and moved restlessly in my current sitting position.

"It's because now inside your body there's not just your wolf soul only. But there is something else living inside your body as well." Elijah muttered again.

"I don't understand. What is that something?" I asked again and demanded an explanation.

"It is something very large. Something more powerful. Something that is almost ninety-five percent in control of your entire body, and the power that thing has even exceeds the power of your wolf soul."

A middle-aged woman instantly walked into the room, and made me along with Emrys and Elijah look at her. "My name is Josiah, Emrys' older sister." The middle-aged woman immediately introduced herself.

"I still don't understand. I'm a werewolf. Then how can a werewolf live without their wolf soul?" I asked with a muddled mind.

"We all know that. But to restore your condition a year ago, Emrys and I decided to give you the power of another soul inside your body. In order to speed up your recovery. Now, that power actually controls ninety-five percent of your body. The other five percent can only be controlled by your wolf soul, which is still asleep right now. Until the time is right, he will definitely wake up and live with you again." Josiah murmured again.

"But... me... my wolf soul... what other soul power?" I mumbled incoherently. Elijah slowly sat next to me, and held my shoulders.

"Luciana, you are no longer just a werewolf now. You are a hybrid. Josiah and Emrys decided to be able to incorporate the power of a witch's soul into your body. Now, you are half werewolf and half witch."