“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
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“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
“It’s the spirit of your wolf that is living inside of you.” Masaya smiled at Lina.“What does it mean?” Eon pulled Lina down to sit beside him. His hand was clasping her hands so hard.“It's confirmation that Lina is one of us. But her situation is a bit odd since she doesn’t shift and the reason for that was because her wolf has been repressed inside her to be a spirit. It’s like a child that wasn’t given a chance to grow into adulthood.” It was his father who answered Eon.Masaya nodded, confirming what Alpha Aaron said.“Does it have—” Eon in the confusion of the information he heard couldn’t process it.“No. It doesn’t pose any problem.” Alpha Aaron smiled at Lina who was looking pale. “The only difference between us and her was that she doesn’t shift, that's all.” He looked at Masaya to confirm what he said.“Ye
She splashed the water in the tub before answering Eon who was sitting on the edge of the tub, facing her. She looked up and met his eyes. “They were in their wolf form. Father was the one who suppressed my wolf to hide me away from the family.” She swallowed and leaned back her head against the edge of the tub, stretching her legs. “He said he did it to protect me. Our family wasn’t just like any other and they don’t allow half-breed like me. Hence, my father was banished from the family. He’s somewhere serving his punishment.”She and Eon gazed at each other’s eyes, thinking of the same thing. The castle that they visited in Ireland where Lina’s mother was being kept wasn’t just any castle.“He said that because of what he did to me, wherever he goes, death follows.”Eon nodded. He understood what she meant. A family that belongs to a royal pack was mostly born with special skills but thos