Chapter 21

Isabeau's POV

“You are a shame to this Pack and we'll pray that someone like you will never be born again."

"You're a curse to this world, Isabeau. You brought calamity on Stellan and you will do the same to everyone who ever dares to come close to you."

"Do you really think you can run away? You can't escape this fate, Isabeau. You've been marked for death. Your ending is set in stone, you can't escape it. Slowly but surely, the time draws nearer for you to free the world of your existence….."

My eyes snap open, and I gasp for air as I wake from the vivid and unsettling dream that cruelly plagued my mind. I feel a tap on my shoulder and flinch.

"Isa, are you alright? Is something wrong?" My mother asks, her voice dripping with concern.

I look from her to the three other women in the room and I instantly understand the situation.

"I'm fine, mum. I just had a nightmare." I speak monotonously, still trying to recover from the horrors of the night.

"Today is your special day, Isa, it's