The day seemed to be just any other day. They woke up, hugging each other in bed. She had to beg Eon to let her go so that she could get up and use the toilet. And just like usual, he had to make things difficult for her as he spent his sweet time kissing and squeezing her like he didn’t already last night.
Now, after they took a shower together, which also quickly became a morning routine, Eon went down first to cook. Lina still abhors the kitchen and won’t ever try to do anything in it. She started to like baking when she was with Beatrice. Her thoughts float to Beatrice and wonder how the old woman was. She didn’t ask Eon about her or what was her reaction when Eon packed everything she owned in her apartment and moved it. She should ask Eon what excuse he said to the old woman. Besides being nosy, she was nothing but good to her. She put a mental note to contact her one of these days and if everything settled down, maybe, she could visit her.
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The wind howled in the distance and Lina pressed herself to Eon’s side trying to make herself small. It is one of those times when she doesn’t want to be seen. She just wanted to disappear but she can’t.Masaya had already prepared the room that she would use for the ritual. The room wasn’t really a room. It’s more of a corner at the far end of the room. There’s a divan under a huge glass window and from what she heard, the moon can be seen rising from it. A low round table is in front of the divan. There are a lot of things on top of the table that Masaya is currently cleansing. She had lit incense and other dried leaves and the smell of it burning floated in the room.Eon and Alpha Aaron were with her as she waited for Masaya to finish what she was doing. She no longer wears the clothes she wore when she left the cabin. She was given a white long dress that looks more like sleepwear. Her hair was hanging in her shoulder unrestricte
“Stop pacing!” He told his son who was like a top that won’t stop spinning in front of the door. They were told to step out for Masaya to start the ritual. Eon halted his steps when he heard the annoyance in his father’s tone of voice. “I can’t help but worry!” “Son, there is nothing that we can do but wait. Lina is the one that will journey inside her inner self. We can’t do anything to help her.” Eon looked at his father but didn’t say anything. He remembered the last time they were waiting in front of a closed door. It was the day his Luna was born but took the life of Auntie Lyka, the wife of Uncle Elaron, the Beta of his father. That night haunted his life. The pain of Uncle Elaron that he lost his mate and the mother of his children. The howl of mourning that Uncle Elaron did that night was something that stayed in his young heart. And later on, he understood the pain on his own for his Luna—Elara died because of cancer. He heaved a deep sigh an
“Close your eyes, Lina, and dream.”When she heard the word dream, she remembered her nightmare. She opened her mouth to call Eon but his back was already on her. She screamed but no words came out of her mouth. Her scream was just trapped inside her head and when the door closed behind Eon, a tear escaped from the corner of her eye.She was opening and closing her mouth and no matter how hard she tried to speak, she couldn't. And then all of the sudden, she found herself gasping for air because her lungs were filled with cold water. Terror paralyzed her body when she realized she was underwater. She kicked her legs as hard as she could to reach the surface and when she did, as she expected, she was in the murky water of the swap.“Hah! Hah!” She vomited the water that she swallowed when she reached the surface. She looked around and saw that it was high noon. The gnarly branches of the dried trees were like some arms that were about to g
“Hey, wait!” She ran after the brown wolf who sprinted away from her. She looked over her shoulder straining her ears if she could hear any sounds from the copper bowl. When she didn’t hear anything. She ran faster. “Uncle Briare! Where are you going? Please, wait for me!”She didn’t expect to see Briare here. She was expecting to see Galan but not her uncle. She knew it was him. A brown wolf wasn’t common, at least in the Deep Forest pack because she didn’t see anyone with brown fur among them.She ran and ran but she no longer caught up with Briare. She hugged a tree as her knees buckled and lost their strength. She was gasping for air but she kept her eyes peeled, searching for Briare. When she was able to breathe normally, she shook her bracelet. She was straining her ears to listen to the copper bowl when she heard a familiar barking.“No, no…please, not now!” She ran back in the direction s
[Lina, I can see that you are doing good.]She cocked her head to the side in confusion. She can hear Eon's thoughts but not the other wolves. It seemed that she was only linked with Eon. But right now, she could swear that she heard Briare’s wolf.[This is a dream, Lina and yes, you can hear me.]She collapsed as her knees finally gave in. “Thank god, you’re here. I thought those angry wolves would tear me to pieces. I don’t know why they are mad at me.”[It’s my fault.]Lina creased her brows and for the first time looked at the wolf next to Briare’s wolf. Her heart hammered in her chest when she looked straight at his eyes. She felt an unexplainable feeling in her chest. Her eyes stung and not a minute after, tears streamed down her cheeks. “Who are you?” She sobbed.[My name is Rorge and I am your father.]Lina wailed and opened her arms.[We cannot touch you in this sta
Lina sat down behind a tree and her father sat beside her while he sat a few away from them, giving them a bit of privacy to talk, yet, he didn’t want to put too much distance between them because he wanted to hear the story that Rorge would tell his daughter.He left Lina earlier than expected because Rorge sent him a message telling him that he needed to talk to his daughter. It was the first time that Rorge even talked to him after so many years. The last time he saw him was when they were both stomping all over Europe, together with their other cousins, enjoying their early twenties. To receive a message from him came as a surprise that he had to go and know by himself. A lot from the family believed that Rorge had died for no one heard from him since the news of him impregnating a girl that wasn’t their kind was known.[I have a special ability to suppress someone's wolf. This skill was mostly to stop aggression. You see, our skills are mostly to prote
“What’s keeping them?” Eon paced the small corridor that was extended from the door a few feet away from where Lina was. He had been cracking his knuckles because his anxiety had been built up because Lina had been locked inside the room with Masaya for over twelve hours!His father left because of some important business that he had to deal with, thus, he has been alone, waiting for Lina and Masaya to finish the ritual for over four hours. The wait is driving him insane. He raked his fingers over his hair—the action that had been done so many times for he couldn’t do anything while he waited.This area is off-limits to most members of the pack. He wasn’t even allowed to be here but he begged his father. This place is just for the elders of the pack and the Alpha. Those who have to undergo a ritual were being blindfolded and given something for them not to find this place. He had taken some medicinal tea when he came here with Lina.
“Uhhhhghh!” She flapped in the water and heaved a deep breath. She was about to panic when she realized that she was back on the murky water of the swamp when Masaya hit her forehead and said. “Wake up!”Lina sat up from the divan and her eyes darted across the room before it landed on Masaya’s worried face.“Are you okay? I lost you for a long time! What happened?”“Huh?” She looked at her, creasing her brows. “I didn’t go anywhere. I was right at the swamp.” She didn’t know but those words smoothly came out of her mouth without much thought. She tilted her head to the side in confusion on why she just lied to Masaya.“I was so worried. What was in the swamp?” She asked, helping her drink some tea that tastes like citrus and wild flowers. The combination was so strange, she almost gagged.“The wolves. They were not after me to hurt me. They are my ances
Lina woke up from the feeling of warm water gently splashing on her skin. When she opened her eyes, she saw Eon in deep concentration, washing her naked body in the tub. She looked to her right and noticed that they were in their own cabin. “Hey, welcome back.” He grinned, caressing her cheek. “What happened?” She asked in confusion. Eon had the audacity to smirk and arch his brow. “Well, sweetheart, I could remind you what exactly had happened,” he said in the soft tone of voice, flicking her nipple that was peeking on the water. “What a jerk!” She cupped some water in her hands and threw it to Eon’s face to wipe the smug expression on it. “You were asking,” he chuckled, wiping the water off his face as he stood up and started removing his clothes and without a word stepped inside the tub with her. He took the other end, opposite from her. He had his knees bent but his legs were wide open. Lina swallowed, and the thought of crawling in between his legs, to settle in the comfort
The murky water of the swamp rippled and then became calm again as if nothing had happened. The silver moon was high in the night sky and the gentle breeze blew as they all stood at the bank, watching the swamp in silence.The wedding bouquet that Lina threw in the water could no longer be seen in the dark. She stepped closer to Eon’s side who automatically opened his arm to enfold her.“Eon, Lina, we have to go. Thank you for inviting us to your wedding.” Briare’s voice broke the silence between them.“Thank you for coming for such short notice,” Eon replied, extending his hand for a handshake then realized that Lina was like a small chick under his right arm, that he had to move to his left and again offered his hand for a shake to Briare. “Hope to still see you at Luna,” he added.Briare smiled at Eon’s invitation but in his eyes was sadness that Eon could not help but wonder what this man had been
“Lina Baptiste, today, I want to take you as my wife,” Eon said, kneeling in front of her.She gasped, covering her agape mouth with her hands as she stared at the kneeling Eon in disbelief. She lifted her gaze away from Eon for a few minutes and glanced at Elyon, Edina, and Ehann. They were all smiling at them, standing a few feet away from them.“I-I don’t know what to say. I couldn’t believe that you’re going to pull this kind of shit!” She slapped Eon’s shoulder as her eyes looked around the familiar path to the cliff that was decorated with white flowers. She wondered when Eon prepared all of it.“Baby, please, say yes and hurry because we are running after the sunset,” he laughed in amusement with the disbelief on Lina’s face.“Okay!” She laughed. She handed Eon her right hand then her left. She was confused about which hand to give.Eon took her left hand and slipp
“Holy shit! You’re getting married!”Elyon won’t stop grinning as if he was the one getting married.Eon scoffed but an equally wide grin was on his face. “Ask Edina to come because just as I’ve said…if you’re even listening, you jerk! Lina needs another woman to be her maid of honor and since you’re already my best man, your mate would be just perfect.”Elyon's glee was abruptly wiped off his face. “Dude, this mate thing…is quite—” He cocked his head to the side because he was lost for words and helplessly stared at Eon. “Was it really this hard?”Eon glanced at Ehann before returning his gaze to Elyon. “If you’re asking if it was really that hard to breathe without her next to you…then the answer is yes.” He laughed. “You’re screwed big time since it includes always wanting to be inside her.”Ehann, who was
Surveying the waffles, the scrambled eggs, and the fresh fruit on the breakfast tray that Eon put down on the bed, she glanced up at him in wonder.“How did you make this breakfast?”He smirked. “You don’t have confidence in your husband that I can give you whatever you want?”Lina rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue at him for two things. Because of how overbearing he was with a smug look on his face to be able to catch her in surprise with her breakfast request, served in bed and the second factor was him, calling himself her husband.It does tickle her fancy. She definitely likes the sound of it. ‘Her husband.’ However, they aren’t married and they haven’t talked about marriage at all. They talked about children but a wedding was a topic that they haven’t touched. She didn’t know if it was avoided or just that they didn’t think about it. Thus, now that Eon is calling himself her
When Lina came out of the bathroom, Alpha Aaron was no longer in the cabin. “Where is your father?” She asked, scanning the room. She came out of the bathroom wearing lounge pants and a sweater. She had no idea whose clothes she was wearing but they were comfortable. The perfect wear for the cold mountain night. “He had to leave because the Alpha of Lykanthos was caught and brought here.” “Oh,” she said with a sharp intake of breath. “You aren’t going to—” She had no idea what Eon should or could do. He shook his head and opened his arms and she strolled inside them and pressed her cheek on her chest. “We are just guests here. Whatever business they have, they will settle them on their own. Besides, why would I want to meet another egoistic Alpha when I have a beautiful woman in my arms?” He whispered over her head, rubbing her back. The slow movement of his large palm, rubbing her back in a small circle is giving her soft feelings. Sh
When Eon returned to the small receiving area of the cabin, Alpha Aaron was quietly drinking his tea. If he didn’t know that the Deep Forest pack was attacked and his father’s pack successfully defended his pack and his position as an Alpha, he would have been able to draw a strong alliance with the two packs in his borders, and a successful Turning ceremony. Eon would not know that his father was bone-tired. That he was just keeping it together but he had to take care of a lot of things and be able to make a sensible decision for the well-being of all the wolves of the Deep Forest pack. He has never been so amazed and admired his father than today.And now, he had to make another hard decision. He had to give a punishment to his own daughter.Eon took the only chair left on the table and without a word poured himself a cup of tea.“Lina won’t sit with us?”Eon met his father’s eyes. “No. I’d rather not.&rdq
“When are you going to tell her about Larissa?” Ehann nodded in Lina’s direction, who was talking with Alpha Tomas.“Later…”He said with a sigh. It’s something that he doesn’t want to discuss with Lina as much as possible. She doesn’t want to tell Lina what will happen to Larissa after she was known to conspire with the pack that attacked the Deep Forest pack, resulting in some members of the pack being heavily injured and one dying.Larissa, together with his two half-brothers were confirmed to connive with the Lykanthos pack to attack the Deep Forest pack. Her two brothers were killed by Laurence with the help of the wolves from the Rising Sun pack. Larissa was caught escaping with the Alpha of the Lykanthos pack but the coward Alpha of the Lykanthos used her as a trap and escaped on his own. Larissa is not held prisoner in one of the secret dungeons of the Deep Forest.And it’s something that she do
After the chaotic mess that happened at the end of the Turning ceremony where Elyon jumped down from the viewing deck, claiming the unmoving new she-wolf, Edina while the rest of the young wolves were scattered all over Deep Forest and the adults who were tasked to follow the new wolves. After Eon and Ehann had a really good laugh because their premonition of Elyon having a mate twenty years his junior just happened. All the while the two were splitting their sides with laughter, she just watched them in amusement. It’s another side of Eon that she had witnessed. And in a few moments that she was watching Eon laughing at his friend's supposed misfortune, she had a glance of what Eon was like as a teen with his friends. When they finally stopped laughing, they all went down from the viewing deck because they were the only ones left. “Where did the other go?” “At the after party of course,” Eon grinned. “Are we going there too?” He cares