Alec and Thane walked ahead of us as we headed to the dining hall. “Are you sure about bringing me?” I questioned, remembering how divided the pack had been earlier in the courtyard. Half wanted me dead and the other, well, I’m not exactly sure what they wanted. I wasn’t sure if I was up for dealing with a bunch of bitchy wolves. “I promise no one will hurt you.” He answered, holding my hand, “or they’ll have to deal with me.” He finished in barely a whisper. The dining hall overflowed with wolves as Anders led me to his table at the head of the room. Alec and Thane had already sat down. I hate being stared at. I thought as eyes turned to look at me, different variations of emotions lining their faces. Some looked welcoming. Others did not, especially the young females of the pack. After I sat down, I looked at the room and the paintings on the walls, not wanting to meet the gazes I could feel piercing my body. The room was huge, with benches and tables everywhere. People sat and
Flabbergasted, I stared as I processed the fact that the Moon Goddess stood before me in my own hall. The battles and arguments stopped as she looked around the room, looks of bewilderment and fear on their faces. Eyeing the book still in Hemmings hand, she walked over to his table and asked, “May I?” in a musical but powerful voice. He nodded, "Og course Goddess," he replied and handed it to her. Looking at the book, she frowned and held it to show the crowd. “I had sent visions to Elder Zeeb, as well as a few others, to create these books over a thousand years ago. He was told to inform the packs of the intents of the hybrids and to give them information about my daughter. I gave her that birthmark so she wouldn’t be misidentified.” She gestured towards me. “So, she would be protected as she fulfilled her duties.” She shook her head, disappointed. "Instead, Elder Zeeb buried the information, killing the other wolves I had tasked with this, and plotted to kill her incarnations and
"Thank you." I muttered as I looked at my now fully healed hand. As she disappeared, I was disappointed I had so many questions. If I knew how to control my magic, I would, but I haven’t been able to unlock it and the few times I could use it aside from masking my appearance, I could count on one hand. Now I find out that I need to figure it out alone. Why hadn’t she told me of her plan? Let me in on the fact that I was her daughter and a part of this prophecy. My father had mentioned it once when I was little, as a bedtime story, but this is the first time I've heard of someone taking it as more than a story. I have so many questions and no answers. Where do I find Una and Murdina? How long do we have before we are destroyed? Why is Zeeb so important when he’s already been sentenced to death? “She’s hotter than I expected?” Alec noted a grin on his face. Anders scowled. “Really? You want to joke now? Did nothing she say sink in?” “Yes, it did, and I think a comedic relief is need
As we rushed back to the castle, anger bubbled uncontrollably. Whoever let that traitor out was going to have a slow and painful death. Luckily, I had cameras everywhere. Not even the Elders and their minions knew where they all were. I made sure there were some that only I knew about. Reaching the tree we had left our clothes at, we shifted and quickly dressed, rushing back. Isla was looking behind her, worried, probably thinking that the sicko was waiting somewhere to finish what he started. I growled, looking around for him, too. I stopped and looked at her. “He won’t get to you again. I promise.” “I know.” She nodded as she walked in front of me, heading back inside. I walked her back to our temporary room. As I was about to leave, she hesitated and grabbed my arm. I looked at her. “You’ll be fine.” Rolling her eyes, she retorted, “I’m not worried about me. I’m worried about you. He has an immortal scythe, and we don’t know where it is hidden. He could kill you.” “I won’t le
I had the feeling that Ashina wanted to talk to me alone, so after looking at Anders, I got up and followed Ashina from the office. She was quiet on the way to the kitchen. She headed to the cupboards and gathered cups and plates as an omega brought a pot of coffee over and grabbed snacks from the fridge, placing it on a tray. My stomach grumbled. I never did eat anything at supper, so grabbing an apple from the tray and bit into it as I pulled myself up to sit on the counter. "Thank you. You may leave," Ashina told the omega. The omega nodded and left. After looking around, making sure the room was empty, Ashina turned to me. "Why do you look so serious?" I asked, taking another bite of my apple as her frown deepened. She sighed. “First off, I was wondering how you were doing with all of this. It’s not everyday you find out you're related to a goddess. I, for one, am quite shocked.” I nodded. “I was more than a little surprised. My wolf knew everything, yet told me nothing. There
“Maybe I’m paranoid, but Ashina and Isla are taking a long time, are they not?” Thane asked, looking at the clock on the wall. We had discussed a new battle strategy and were about to go over when to attack and decided that night was the best time to catch them off guard. “It has been too long. It's been over an hour.” I tried to mind-link with Isla, then Ashina, but was unable to. It was like they were being blocked from me. I rose and headed from office and down to the kitchen. Two men lay unconscious in the destroyed space, panic overwhelmed me as I looked for her, but she wasn’t here. I grabbed the closet man and shook him. “Where is she? Where is Isla?” I yelled at him. “She… is safe with Ashina.” In shock, I dropped him. Had she betrayed us? I looked at Shaw. “Where would your mother hide someone?” He looked at me and replied, “To be honest, I barely know her, she was never around, and I don’t even know where she stays when she’s here. I’m sorry.” He was right; he spent m
After looking out the window and making sure her henchmen were not guarding the door, I left the cabin, closing the door silently behind me. I headed back up the path, careful not to make too much noise; I searched for the door into the castle and could not find it. Maybe it was a portal. I thought. “Okay, so no door now what?” I spoke to myself. “Guess we get back the old way. We can’t be too far from the castle; I can sense it.” Daciana shared. “It still could be far away.” I noted. “We will run all night if we have to. The fact that Ashina took us now means the Shadow Moon Pack is planning their next move.” I nodded in agreement and shifted. We took off running through the trees, stopping to smell the air to get a sense of what direction we needed to go in. “If that door was a portal, it would make sense that it wouldn’t be there anymore, but at the same time, what witch or witches are helping her with this?” I thought as we continued to push forward into the thick forest. “We
My brothers followed the sentinel into my office. “What’s happening at the border?” Thane asked before I could. "The Shadow Moon Pack is gathering at the northern border, we believe they are planning to attack soon, we saw their scouts and have followed their movements." “Thank you, we will need to prepare as well.” The sentinel bowed and left. I turned to my brothers, “Seems Zeeb has informed them of our plans. I bet he had Ashina take Isla as a way to distract me.” “I know you want to find Isla, but we need to know who is loyal to our pack first, we need to have the pack members swear an oath of fealty or we are putting ourselves at risk in this battle. We don’t know who Zeebs followers are.” Alec advised. “I agree, at least she is safe with Ashina. They are blood related after all.” Thane added. “Blood related or not, she is a threat. We don’t know what her plans are.” I sighed, knowing I had to focus on the upcoming battle. "Gather the pack in the dining hall. We will see wh