Trapped in her mind: Saving the forgotten Lycan

Trapped in her mind: Saving the forgotten Lycan

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In the enigmatic realm of supernatural creatures, Josephine Adams, destined to assume her Alpha role, faces the impending eve of her 21st birthday. As the mystical ritual of power-transfer approaches, blessed by the Moon Goddess, Josie - born of a pure Alpha and a witch-werewolf hybrid - grapples with the weight of her impending leadership. Having meticulously prepared for this moment, she excels academically and physically. Yet, the abyss of her unmet mate casts a shadow, arousing suspicions among the pack. Unlike her mated siblings, Josie's focus remains unbroken…still. Haunted by recurring dreams of a mysterious male, Josie's silent struggle intensifies. With the advent of her 21st birthday, a chilling nightmare unravels a revelation – her dreams are a telepathic connection with her trapped mate. A revelation accompanied by her mother's startling truths – a curse that shackles their family, put by her evil aunt. Josie's destined mate, Leviathan, lies trapped in another realm, and the death of her father can break the curse. In a world where acknowledging a mate without sealing the bond risks mental decay, Josie embarks on a mission to save her mate and break the curse. On the parallel thread of destiny, Levi, last scion of the royal Lycan family, deals with the malevolent witch's schemes. As secrets unfold, Levi's cursed Lycan emerges, bound by dark magic. Josie's grandmother, the powerful Helen Rose, is the key to unlocking their fates. Having sacrificed contact with her family, she aids Josie from the Goddess's realm. Unknowns to her family, Helen trades decades of service to ensure Josie's chance at happiness. "Trapped in her mind: Saving the forgotten Lycan" is a saga of curses, family secrets, and the pursuit of love and power in a world where the past and present collide. Will Josie succeed in a timely manner?

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1. The shadow

Josie POV

My name is Josephine and I have a secret.

I am not willing to share it though with anybody in my life. They would consider me insane for it, and I could be risking my future for this. Since I turned 18, 3 years ago to be precise, I began having weird dreams, of a male shadow, both creepy and intriguing at the same time.

First, I thought it was a coincidence to see the same shadowy presence the first 3 nights. But then... it became regular. So regular that I'm not even considering it to be such a big deal anymore. It didn't do anything in particular… it was just there… sometimes moving left-right but that was it. I became so used to it that I usually forget about having this happening to me. Who knows... maybe it's normal this way, maybe my wolf has an entertainment program for me in night-time, although she denied having a hand/paw in this. It doesn't bother me anymore... Oh well, for now I have other things to take care of.

3 days left until my 21st birthday. 3 days left until everyone in this pack will look at me with compassionate puppy eyes and more or less hidden pity that I am the mateless future Alpha of the pack, being the first-born in our family.

Most of the female shifters in our world meet their mates starting with their 18th birthday and very rarely happens for someone to reach 21 and not to encounter their mate.

Well, apparently, you’re looking at one. Although the mate-bond is something I secretly long for, I’m not letting it be the sole purpose of my existence, therefore I will not support or tolerate anyone that feels sorry for me for this reason, especially my younger sisters.

They both have already met their mates shortly after their 18th birthday, and they don’t live in the packhouse anymore. Angie lives nearby, only a 10 minutes’ walk till her house and Sera lives in the neighboring pack’s territory, her mate being the Alpha’s son, thus preparing for the role of a future Luna. As sisters, we are very close, despite the hint of envy that blasted me every time they’ve received something from life and I didn’t...

 From the fact that they both received their spirit wolfs when they’ve turned 16 until both encountering their soulmates with 18. I felt like I was purposely left behind by the Goddess herself.

But then again, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and I could focus on other aspects of life such as Alpha training and my studies.

My wolf, Flame, woke up when I was 19...ooh I felt so so happy then, that I’ve spent that whole day in my wolf form just running, hunting and playing with whatever and whoever, I found in the woods. Most of werewolves receive their wolf sometime between 15 and 18.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my sisters. It’s just the fact that considering we are triplets, I was expecting that we would be treated almost the same from destiny's point of view…but it’s clearly that the Moon Goddess had other plans... or simply forgot about me and these kinds of events where just...delayed in my case.

I sniffed out some secret planning of a surprise party to mark my 21st birthday, but I am not at all in the mood for this. Maybe because it is a constant reminder that I’m mateless, although nobody mentions this being an issue, but my heartache says otherwise.

This is why in the last 2 years I concentrated on training and my studies. I was always keen on study; therefore, I could graduate high school at 16, and now I was heading towards graduating Medical School for shifters. That is something very similar to human Medical School but with the unique features of pathology and healing of our species. I would very much prefer studying for the final exams than losing 2 days to celebrate my birthday.

Plus, the fact that my sisters won’t be here to celebrate it with me, definitely won’t help... It is their birthday too, but this milestone is significant in a life’s pack only for the 1st born, the future ruler as the heir receives a surge of power from our lady Goddess herself, in a complicated ritual. I feel that is more important for the pack members than for myself but I will comply... I still wonder why my sisters told me that they won’t come.

Soo...studying, training and... uhm...daydreaming…yes...I do that too. When your friends are actually your study group colleagues because you don't have the time to actual befriend anyone, you end up daydreaming too about socializing…. just for a few moments, and then back to business.

Sometimes I imagine that my "shadowy friend" is my soulmate. Or at least I imagine it. Or maybe I’m just projecting and I have to find myself a man. The odd thing is that he always looks the same. Lately, I can distinguish more of his looks. Not that I saw refined details of his features but his silhouette, posture, ...chiseled body and broad shoulders even, the way he moves and walks are enough to quickly turn my dream into a wet one. Urgh...definitely in need of a man. It makes it somehow unbearable.

I keep telling myself I will not let myself be defined by that, because I’m strong and I do not need a man to validate myself. It sounds nice though... My parents are telling me that I push myself too hard...they don't know that this is just my coping mechanism...

Today I woke up breathing and panting hard and not even remembering what I’ve dreamed of exactly...as it comes slowly, together with a throbbing headache, I remember glimpses of a wall of fire that covers a garden in which somebody moves calmly watching the night sky like the wall of fire didn’t even exist. I'm trying to pass through it, but pain ripples with every tendril of flame that licks my skin in my attempt to pass through.

Suddenly the surroundings change, as if it sensed somebody was trying to break through, the fire vanishes and the wall transforms into one made of a powerful hurricane, in which leaves and branches are blown from right to left and from top to bottom, forcing me to narrow my eyes to catch a glimpse of what lies ahead.

            Pleading black as night eyes seem to occur between the slices of furious wind to which my body responds in stepping forward followed by sharp stings of pain, all inflected by the raging wind wall. The silhouette is slowly approaching the wall as if it was for the first time, he noticed that someone would be here with him. He turns towards me, trying to approach the wall, but as I am almost blown away by the powerful flow of air, his hair barely moves, as if the wind is non-existent near him. After slightly touching the wall, he suddenly bends in... pain?? What on earth is happening??! Who was he...?! Where was I?? I see him kneeling while he's shouting clearly in pain and...

Knock Knock Knock

'“What the fuck just happened??” I yelled, jumping out of bed, down on the floor breathing hard.

‘I don’t know girl; I’m just as confused as you are...that.... I mean...that never happened before’ said my wolf, Flame, trying to piece it all altogether to find some kind of an answer around my peculiar dreams of lately.

Knock Knock Knock

“What?!” I snapped, gathering myself from the floor annoyed that I was rudely interrupted from sleep... although it was beginning to be dangerously uncomfortable with all the weird sensations I was experiencing.

“May I come in dear?”, came the sweet voice of my mother, “I would like to discuss something with you”.

“Yeah, sure, come on in” just rubbing my eyes and lingering my hands over my face, trying to wake up properly.

“What is it? can’t it wait until after shower and training?” came my muffled voice between my hands, supporting the weight of my head without looking at her...too disturbed still.

“I’m afraid not dear, I wanted to talk to you alone lately but you’ve been so busy with your schedule that I hadn’t had the chance to catch you alone in a quiet...environment. Firstly...uhm...how are you feeling?” she asks somehow with a worry expression on her face.

“What do you mean?” I asked her leaning on the top of the bed wall. “I’m...ok, I guess” I answer slightly reluctant, remembering bits of my surrealistic dream I’ve just had. Maybe I should tell her. As a hybrid werewolf-witch, maybe she has some insights about my dream. I’m feeling a little embarrassed to be straightforward in relaying that in the last 3 years I was dreaming almost every night a male that caught every inch of my attention, never caring about real men, neither of them resembling my new and improved standards of a man. I could tell her though some of it, what harm could be done, right?

“Did you experience something out of the ordinary lately honey? Like ...I don’t know…anything?” She asks peering into my now clear chocolate-brown eyes, almost looking for an answer in them.

“Weeeellll, actually...it is something bothering me lately, maybe it’s something stupid, hormones or something, but... I... kinda' have these weird dreams lately” I say trying to sound as light on the matter as I could, I didn’t want to freak out anybody...especially me.

“What kind of ...dreams?” She asks raising one of her perfectly shaped black eyebrows, with an expression like she was expecting this answer somehow.

"It's like I constantly observe someone from afar, a shadow of sorts, taking a walk, or just sitting in some blurry environment... I don't see him clearly, but in the past few weeks I could tell that the shadow belongs to a male…a fine one I guess" I say as a small smile creeps up on my face.

"What do you mean with the past few weeks? how long have you had these kinds of insights? Ahm... I mean dreams, sorry..."

"Oh, the first 2 years and a half it was just a shadow!" I blurt out carelessly, waving it off.

"WHAT???!!!"

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I'm still waiting for an update, dear...
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I saw that the ML is named Levi.. now I'm here reading this
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20 Chapters
Chapter 1. The shadow
Josie POV My name is Josephine and I have a secret. I am not willing to share it though with anybody in my life. They would consider me insane for it, and I could be risking my future for this. Since I turned 18, 3 years ago to be precise, I began having weird dreams, of a male shadow, both creepy and intriguing at the same time. First, I thought it was a coincidence to see the same shadowy presence the first 3 nights. But then... it became regular. So regular that I'm not even considering it to be such a big deal anymore. It didn't do anything in particular… it was just there… sometimes moving left-right but that was it. I became so used to it that I usually forget about having this happening to me. Who knows... maybe it's normal this way, maybe my wolf has an entertainment program for me in night-time, although she denied having a hand/paw in this. It doesn't bother me anymore... Oh well, for now I have other things to take care of. 3 days left until my 21st birthday. 3 days lef
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Chapter 2. “Just” a story
Josie POV "WHAT???!!! two and a half years?? And you didn't find it strange at all?? Oh, Josephine…you should have told us! Your father and I are here for you, whenever you need us, why would you hide this? We would have more time to...” when she suddenly stops. “I do trust you! Both of you, it’s just…wait, what do you mean with more time? More time for what???” She is hiding something from me. Something big. That I can tell. “What are you not telling me??” And then she sighs, starting to fidget with the end of her dark green skirt looking down at her feet, trying to find her words. After what seemed like forever, she finally begins her storytelling. “I inherited my mothers’ powers as well, not only the wolf part from my father”. Oh wow, I knew that her mother was a powerful witch but I was always told that she took more into my fathers’ side, therefore she is more werewolf than witch. “And from a small age, with 8 to be precise, I managed to even control them, which for a youn
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Chapter 3. Discoveries
Josie POV “How much time do I have left after my birthday...?” I ask her balling my fists, my anger rolling off me now in silent waves. She looks me in the eyes with a mix of love and guilt. “I don’t know exactly, depends on how strong are your inherited wolf genes... Flame is a powerful wolf. I think she will be able to support you...” her words were strained and she couldn’t speak freely, tears threating to spill from her concerned eyes. “How long mother?” I ask. “6 to 8 months...maybe 1 year...” she whispered looking defeated and tired. “How did grandpa manage it?” I ask, feeling a touch of hope in all this weird situation. “How did he survive all these years without his mate? I mean...there has to be a way” I say deep in thoughts now. He told me that he felt the bond was severed but it didn’t break. “We have a theory. It might be because he is a pure Alpha. His mother was born Alpha, and his father came
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Chapter 4. His existence
Levi’s POV I hate her. I thought she cared for me. I really believed she loved me. Who wouldn’t, when all my life I stood by her side, listening to her, abiding her sick ways of living, getting beaten and bullied for no reason, in hopes for some affection and love only a mother could offer. She was no mother. She was a monster. My anger rises every time I think how she tricked me all these years until I heard her talking to her demon, realizing that she was actually the one behind my parents’ death. The agony I felt...the pain...the fury... I’ve heard her speaking to herself many times, but somehow, I couldn’t decipher what she was saying, or who she was speaking to...until the day before my 18th birthday, when everything changed.Her demeanor and the way she acted towards me. I wasn’t her adoptive son anymore, the one who she rescued from the bewitched rogues who supposably killed my family, no... I became instantly her enemy. Therefore, she had me
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CHAPTER 5. Hide and seek
BEATRICE POV I shut the door quietly behind me, exhaling a long breath I didn’t know I was holding. I did it. I told her finally. Closing my eyes, leaning on the wall next to her door, I let my tears fall. She doesn’t deserve this... she deserves to have a beautiful, happy and fulfilled life...not tainted by my mistakes. ‘You didn’t do anything wrong!!’ ‘Maybe I did, I don’t know anymore..., maybe I could’ve paid more attention to Susanne and her feelings…maybe I would’ve seen her pain...’ ‘Humph...pain! She is a pain in the ass!!’ says Lotus, clearly pissed off. ‘I know it’s hard, Josie is my pup too! So... crying time is over, get your shit together, we have to find a solution, and fast!’ I know she is like this because she disagreed from the beginning of our plan to hide this fact, and not involve Josie. Lukas and I, we thought that in all these years, we will come up with something and Josie will never need to find out...she would just live her life like a normal kid, enjoyi
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CHAPTER 6 Stepping up
JOSIE’S POV “Hey Sarah, how are you girl?” I ask my best friend and desk mate as casual as I can. “Oh-oh…what’s wrong?” her speaker-voice sounds worried. Damn, she knows me to well. “Well...how? what…? I…urgh…never mind. I swear you have some fortuneteller genes in you.” “I can read you like a book. Even over the phone. Ha-ha, perk of being around you so many hours per day, per week etc. So, tell me, what’s up?” “You should come over. Can you call Steph and his brother?” “You sure you want Zane to come over…?” she asks not sure of my decision. Zane is Stephen’s older brother, and my ex… we ended up nicely; still things changed in time and our interaction was never the same as before. But whenever we are all gathered, the group energy was as beneficial, and positive as always. Half nerds, half the youth power that everybody in this pack will rely on in the future. “Yeah, I’m sure, I need smart brains, with useful hands and eyes.” “Hmm… should I contact Tanja and Marco as well
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CHAPTER 7 Friends or foes
JOSIE’S POV Feeling strong, I left the room and just as I approached my father's office, I heard them both whispering. They were sitting on top of an old book I had never seen before, looking for something. When I saw the outline of the book something felt weird. I had the sudden urge to touch it like it was calling me. They were so engrossed in what they were doing that they didn't even notice me standing in front of the door. “Ahem!” They looked up at me, startled like I’ve caught them red-handed. “Gotcha’!” The first emotion I saw on my mother's face was fear, as if she had been caught doing something truly forbidden. In the next second, with my father's hand on her shoulder she relaxed and motioned for me to enter. “What is…this?” I asked trying to mask my need to get close to the book. Things look to be serious, so I dropped the playful note. Just as they were about to answer, they both widened their eyes and rushed out of the office. Probably a mind link. “Come down with
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CHAPTER 8. Hello...magic!
BEATRICE – POV I rush downstairs alongside Lukas, and right before we stepped into the packhouse’s kitchen, we heard screaming and shouting coming from the hallway leading to the maid’s chambers. “Help!!! Someone!! Alpha!! Luna! She’s can’t breathe anymore!! Do something! We cannot touch her!” yelled a panicked Oliver, as soon as we reached Diane’s room, pointing towards Mrs. Clark whose face was slowly turning blue due to the lack of oxygen. Lukas swiftly went to her to help her, but as soon as he touched her arm he was zapped by a black jolt of electricity. “I can’t touch her! What the hell is going on??!” I reach to her, putting my hands on her arms while she was watching me with terror-stricken wide eyes, as if asking for my instant help. “You can touch her….” Lukas murmured… “Quickly Bea, see if she has something in her mouth, try Heimlich!!!” Before I try to de-choke her, I have to see if there’s something on the outside that can be seen and I struggle in a second to peel h
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CHAPTER 9. Meeting again
JOSIE POV I’ve never felt so alive. So… ‘Complete?’ Flame added in a owe. ‘Exactly!’ I confirmed while staring at my half-enraged mother, her expression now mixed with fear and surprise. Hearing her saying something about my eyes, I turned to the framed mirror on the wall looking at myself, stunned of my own reflection. Bright lime green eyes were peering back at me, as strands of hair were dancing around me like being blown by the wind, all while a semicircular white silver energy field was emitted from my own hand. I felt good, powerful…confident. Who was she to tell me what to do? I felt myself looking back at my mother, tilting my head to the right, a mischievous grin appearing on my lips. Hmm…I like it, actually...I love it. It should scare me, but this raw feeling of almost omnipotence engulfs my mind and... ‘That’s enough, child!’ a soft, yet stern voice inside my mind ordered, and just like that my shield dropped. A blazing headache started violently, and I had to clutch
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CHAPTER 10. Hope
LEVI’S POV No. I refuse to let her win. For the first time around, I feel that I have a reason to really defeat her…I’m not alone anymore… Looking around me for the 967th time, give or take, the same bewitched walls surrounded me, the same cups and furniture pieces were staring back at me in mockery. She thought of it all. Even the plates, knives and forks were engrained with magic… the plates won’t break, the knives won’t cut - unless is something I eat, otherwise they bend like a rubber whenever I try to do something else with it. Also, 2 times a day a warm meal just appears on the table, fruit basket is always full and a carafe filled with fresh water is always on disposal. She wants me to be well fed apparently. If she needs be to be physically strong then I will use this to my advantage... All my environment is an endless space and time loop. I see from time to time a crack of lightning on the night sky, but it’s not frequent…it’s odd though, because there is no storm aroun
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