"Your home is cozy." Diana commented as she lowered herself into one of the plush couches in Jasper's living room.Jasper's home was at the edge of the forest, the last building before the long expanse of trees and grasses. It was a little cottage befitting a lone wolf."Thank you," Jasper smiled at her as he dropped a tray holding two cups of tea. "It needs a few feminine touch though.""I guess it does." Diana agreed and laughed softly. Jasper's place indeed needed a little bit of decoration. It was too bland. Too lonely. "Maybe when you find your mate."Jasper sighed heavily. "I have given up hope of ever finding my mate.""Jasper, you can't do that." Diana said, her voice filled with concern. "You can't just stop searching. I'm sure you'll find her. Unlike me, I haven't even found my wolf. There's no chance of me ever finding my mate."Jasper stared at her quietly, his eyes filled with some strange emotion."What if we're both wrong?" He said suddenly.Diana carefully placed her t
Alpha Alaric watched the sun slowly crawl out from the horizon. He stood in his chambers, staring out the window. He hadn't been able to sleep a wink the entire night.The mating ceremony was over. And he knew.He knew Diana didn't shift. Everything was clear now.She wasn't a werewolf. She was a shifter with no wolf. It broke his heart just thinking of it. They had all hoped her eighteenth birthday would change everything. Now everything was clear. Diana couldn't be mated to his sons. As she had no wolf, she would be seen as an omega. People might not say it to her face outrightly, but the thought would always be there.How can he let a wolfless omega be the future Luna? He loved Diana as any father would love their daughter.But when it came to the pack, he had to push aside his fatherly love. The pack needed a powerful Luna, one that would be able to lead with his sons. If word got out to other packs that the Luna of the Bloodmoon pack was a wolfless omega, it would be dangerous
The rogue wolf tore through the forest, eyes filled with darkness, darting around to make sure it was not being followed.Diana was thrown over its shoulders, one furry arm tightly wrapped around her frame."Let me go!" She screamed, trying to wrench her arms free so she could defend herself."Be quiet." The wolf snarled at her. "If you don't want to be killed, do as I say.""HELP! HELP ME!" Diana screamed, despite the threat she just received from the wolf."You leave me no choice." The wolf growled and skidded to a stop. Before Diana could open her mouth to scream again, she was thrown on the ground.She groaned as her body hit the earth painfully. The wolf towered over her and she slid backwards until her back was against a tree."Who are you? What do you want from me?"Before the wolf could take another step towards her, a large brown wolf slammed into it, knocking it away. Diana's eyes flew upwards and she almost cried from relief when she saw the three identical wolves.Her bro
The rogue Alpha let loose his rage as he stormed about deep inside the forest. "I gave you a simple order!" He snarled, eyes totally furious. "Take the girl away from the pack! Once you're out of the pack, the werewolves would find it hard to trace her. How dare you disobey my orders?"The leader of the rogues that had kidnapped Diana bowed further until his head was touching the ground."Forgive me, Alpha," he pleaded. "We almost succeeded. We were so close to the borders of the pack, but then a dark witch attacked us."The rogue Alpha froze and whirled around. His eyes blazed with rage. "What dark witch?" He asked coldly."We've never seen her before," the rogue continued in a shaky voice. "We couldn't fight against her. But, in the split second before she used her magic on us, I caught a glimpse of her face. There was a scar on her face. A large scar."The rogue Alpha's eyes widened with shock. It couldn't be, he thought. She couldn't still be alive after so many years."Alpha?" T
"A Moon Spirit?" Catherine repeated, her eyes round with disbelief. "We always thought Diana was a shifter.""Diana is more than a shifter." Freya explained. "But she isn't a mere werewolf. Her father was a powerful lycan, and her mother, a powerful sorceress, chosen by the moon goddess. And with the power of the moon within her, she is the strongest and most powerful creature in the entire realm. Just as Selene told us.""Goddess above," Alpha Alaric shook his head in disbelief. "This makes everything clear.""Please go on, Freya." Catherine urged her on."In Moonstone, we thought we would be safe," Feeya began again. "But we were far from safe. We didn't know how word got out about the child Wanda was carrying, but suddenly, dark creatures began to attack the village, intent on kidnapping Wanda and her unborn child. They wanted the power of the moon. "We did the best we could to protect them, but everything fell apart when a pack of rogue wolves attacked us. It was the day Wanda wa
The entire study room was plunged in silence after Freya finished her story.Seeing that they were still trying to take in everything she just narrated, Freya smiled softly."I know this is sudden, and I had no right to leave her here, but I had no choice." She said. "I was hurt from the battle I had with the rogue. I couldn't risk taking Diana with me. I needed a way to protect her.""Did the rogue do that to you?" Alpha Alaric asked, pointing to the scar on her face.Freya grazed the scar with her finger tips, remembering the day of the intense battle she had with the rogue, years ago. She had been lucky to escape with her life."Yes," she nodded. "The day I left Diana here, I was half blind. My eye was damaged, and I was losing a lot of blood. I knew this was a werewolf pack, so I used a spell to hide my presence. I had to stay as far away from her as I could, so he would not be able to find her.""But he still found her." Alden said."I have no idea how he found her here, but that
"I heard everything. Every word." Diana said coldly.Alden was the first to move towards her, his hands outstretched to hold her."Don't!" She stopped him. "Don't come close to me. I can't believe I've been living a lie all these years. My entire life has been a lie.""Diana that's not true." Luna Catherine said sadly, but she didn't try to go close, because the moment Diana started speaking, her eyes began to change color.Diana turned sharply and she pinned her mother under her cold gaze. "You took me in and raised me as your child, and for that, I'm grateful. But why? Why lie to me? Did you think I would leave to find my real parents if you told me the truth? I never dreamt I would be deceived by the people I call my parents."Catherine could not utter a word. All she could do was to look away."Diana, don't say such hurtful things." Alpha Alaric tried to reason with her. "We did what we thought was right.""What you thought was right?" Diana asked incredulously, and her eyes flash
Fortunately, Diana's lightning didn't do much damage. Alden's wound slowly healed and he regained his strength.As for Freya, it took a while before Luna Catherine was able to revive her. Then the sorceress healed the spot where she had been struck with her magic. It wasn't a deep wound, and as her magic flowed into the spot, it healed."Do you feel better?" Alden asked, squatting beside her."Yes, I do." Freya nodded and carefully climbed to her feet."Good. Now we must go after Diana." Alden straightened to his feet and turned. "No!" Freya grabbed his arm. "You can't go after her. None of you can.""You don't expect us to sit back and relax while Diana is gone," Asher growled at her. "We caused this mess by keeping the truth from her. It's up to us to fix it.""Asher..." Luna Catherine tried to cut in but Alden didn't give her a chance."No mother, not this time." He said. "Diana already blames herself for hurting me and Freya. We have to find her and let her know it wasn't her fa