It was three days later yet the Greyhemm pack was still celebrating the birth of the two beautiful daughters of their Alpha who was beyond overjoyed himself.
The pack was filled with music, a feast and dance as the night poured away with laughter echoing all through the air, showing that nothing but better days were coming ahead.
The drinks kept coming, Were-Ale drank as if there was no tomorrow with the music turned even higher. It was the first night the Luna had joined the celebration after having had such a difficult labour. She sat on her high chair next to her chosen mate with their hands intertwined. Her skin was still pale but the smile on her face was nothing but genuine. Many had cursed that they would suffer until death after Alpha Greyhemm rejected his true mate to mate with her.
Everyone had wished nothing but the worst for them yet there they were, in love, happy and having been blessed with two beautiful daughters. The luna picked up her head, scoffing internally knowing that some of the people before them were jealous to no end, cursing over and over but how would that help since she got everything she wanted. She snared an alpha and gave him not one but two daughters that would bring more wealth and status in the pack by marrying right.
Her head tipped, thinking of all the families her children could marry into that would bring nothing but more fortune to them. At the top of the list were the royals but that was a far fetch even for her. No one had seen the three princes since their birth, no one even knew if they were still alive but one could only hope.
Next on that list was the son of Alpha Herbwolf who came from one of the wealthiest packs they had in the area. A smile spread over her face; she had many more years to plan for her daughters because for sure by the age of eighteen they would both be married off. And maybe she was still to give her chosen mate a son. She would, there was nothing that would stop her from opening her legs for her mate and give him a boy, which would carry the family line. It was a good start with the twins but more was to come.
The Greyhemm Luna beamed where she was, nothing but a good life waiting for her.
Her eyes snapped away from where she was staring seeing the nurse run to her with her hair flowing away, sweat coating her forehead. The luna sighed, rolling her eyes for she knew the nurse was coming to bring more stress for her. She did not need that, couldn’t they just leave her alone, she had already given birth, what more did they want seriously.
People turned, seeing the nurse tear through the dancing area with nothing but tears rolling down her face, her skin red.
The alpha and luna seeing this sat up in their chairs with the alpha rising to his feet to hear what had the nurse in such destress. The nurse threw herself at the mercy of the alpha, weeping her heart out with her head bowed down, words fumbling out of her mouth over and over again.
The whole pack went silent, the nurse raising her head with hands clutched together looking at the alpha dead on the face to spill the words that rocked the whole pack.
“Thyra….Thyra is gone Alpha, someone took her and ….and left another baby instead. I don’t…I don’t…” The nurse could not even finish, she could not understand it herself. She had been there, she had been sitting right there. One minute the lights flickered and when she peeped in the crib the baby that was laying there next to the eldest twin was not Thyra. The baby was wrapped in what she guessed was a skin of some kind of animal she could not recognize with her eyes completely dark. Those dark eyes had stared right at her as if a demon coming straight from hell.
The alpha did not have to be told twice, he ran with all he had, tearing through his people to get to his babies. He loved those girls with all he had and ever since he held their petite frames in his arms, he swore to protect them even beyond the grave if that was possible.
He pushed the door to the nursery open, the other nurses there staring into the crib with tears streaming down their faces. His heart seemed as if it would stop for as soon as he walked in he knew something was wrong and could smell the darkness in the air with each step, so much darkness he could taste it.
His eyes closed when he reached the edge on the crib. His eyes opened to find his first daughter sleeping and next to her was a baby he could not recognize, a baby that looked so foreign and those deep red eyes stared at him as if seeing into his soul. His heart shuttered just as the baby smiled and giggled as if laughing at him. His fists clenched only to unclench with his head turned back as he howled so loud all the nearing packs came running.
22 YEARS LATER RAVEN’S POV “Raven!” I jumped as soon as I heard the voice, my head turning right and left, contemplating on just running away to hide. My heart was not taking the situation lightly, beating as if to tear from my chest and fall on the ground for Elissa to step on and crush. What joy it would bring her. I rolled my eyes, sighing with me rushing to meet her before she found my secret hiding spot. My body was covered in nothing but sweat, quickly wiping it away with my t-shirt to pull it over my head, covering my upper body along with my sports bra. My feet were dirty with mud, no time to rush to the river to wash them off. “The fact that I have to walk off this far to come get you just makes me so mad. You better show your face before my shoes get dirty or we will have a problem.” Elissa spoke out, hearing that she was reaching her boiling point. I sighed and moved even faster, dodging tree branches and making sure I was not leaving a trail behind me; stepping on tre
News came with each passing day that the king had still not picked a girl from any of the packs he visited and each day he got closer and closer to our pack. Our pack would be the last after going through all the other packs in the whole werewolf realm. It had been a couple of long weeks for him I was sure but it only meant he was searching for something in particular and he had not met it yet. It only meant what the alpha and luna said was true. Elissa was meant for this because it seemed really impossible that the king could go over all three thousand packs and not find just one girl he could see as his queen, it was impossible seriously. The pack was getting so excited it was too much for me in my wallowing. I spent all my time in the forest. I felt more connected to it in a way, more than the wolves if that was possible and I loved it especially at night. There was nothing I loved more than darkness, in a way it felt like home, in a way it comforted me so much and the darkness in
He was walking all around me, sniffing and I knew it was time before he attacked since I was not one of his people and to him, I would be a threat. I rolled on the ground in all the pain I was in, standing up with my legs shaking as if to snap. The tears were streaming down, washing my face as I held out my hands showing that I meant no harm.My head picked up, walking slowly in circles with him as he also circled around. His face was one morphed into nothing but confusion; dark and serious yet I could see that in a second, he would strike. Wolves did not like things they did not know and their first instinct was to kill and his instincts were kicking in.“I mean no harm your highness please. My name is Raven, I am no threat, I am just a girl that is running away from an undesired life. On the third day of the birth of the alpha and luna’s twins someone stole one twin and left me instead. I am not a werewolf, I don’t
The king and his party was nowhere to be seen. My body was placed down at the very edge of the boarder as the man walked away. The thought of running away did not even cross my mind, having received the deadliest stare and I knew to behave.He went off behind a tree knowing he was about to change. My body went paralyzed with nothing but fear as I shivered where I was. So many things ran through my mind yet none making sense with my eyes wide.Any sound had me jumping, my red eyes looking all around hearing the crack of bones knowing he was shifting. What do they want with me? So many questions went through my head yet no one to ask.The man walked out yet he was no longer a man. The largest wolf I have ever seen stood before me. He was not a wolf but looked more like a hound. Not even Alpha Greyhemm was that large, not even by chance. The wolf was dark grey in color with grey eyes which stared at me with no kindness at a
The fire went out at some point, my teeth chattering in my sleep, my arms all around me as I crawled into a ball. My nose got blocked only to unblock itself with the process going over and over again.I shifted and turned, it not helping at all, rain pouring at some point with my eyes finally opening wide, all of me blue with nothing but cold deep to my bone. My eyes travelled to my right, the man just lying there staring at the sky, enjoying the view as the rain fell on him. I cursed over and over again, my lips as if to fall off. Sleep was not coming back to me, just letting the rain have its way on me.What I would do to be a werewolf at that point. He was warm, I could see with his skin the perfect color. Mucus fell to dry, the rain heavy on us with me getting dirty from the splatter of mud as the rain drops hit the ground. My feet moved, jumping up as I picked up my clothes and folded them. All I needed was his fur, just to bury myself
The door was shut right before my eyes, the impact nearly knocking me off my feet. My heart drummed hard, my feet staggering seeming like the exhaustion taking another turn. I turned, my body swinging as I stumbled away.My eyes could see the large golden pillars with the high ceilings which had painted wolves like angels yet too tired to even pay much attention. There was a dark door which I went through to pause; the breath knocked out of me. It was a garden. It was a very large garden with beautiful flowers and tree climbers all over the black tiles. The floor was of stone pebbles not sure if they were real or fake. It was so beautiful but looking even further in I saw the golden tub that was so large it could accommodate so many people. If it was not for the fact that I felt so faint I would have marveled at such beauty. I already knew I would spend so much time there.My head turned, seeing the large shower that had so many shower heads
I thought he would come back, I prayed for him to come back, begged with all I had in me for him to come back but he never did. He left me alone to die in my pain, with it burying me whole. It buried me so deep I got paralyzed. I could not move, I could barely blink, my body just quivering in pain with it so pale.And it was in that dark night that it happened. I felt it as it happened. My eyes closed, a prayer said out in the air with my heart slowing down until everything went black.Nothing but darkness, my body swirling all around it as it sipped into me. Was I dead? I thought I was but it did not feel like I was dead. Time went on, knowing the days were passing as I swirled in darkness. It was as if I was alive but dead at the same time. I could feel what was happening all around my body yet I could not interact with the living. My body just lay there, still, not even sure if I was breathing. A man kept coming, questioning what was wron
The door opened, my head held high, walking out of there not as a girl, not as a stranger who did not know where she belonged. I was walking out of there as a Luna, as a woman who was willing to fight for the life she deserved. My hair was bouncing up and down, my body swaying side to side with my pumps clicking on the floor, the sound echoing all over the area. I walked to the magical thing and pressed the arrow that pointed down to wait for the doors to open as we had with the beta. The doors finally opened with me getting in. The doors closed and I stood there waiting but they opened again yet still I was in the floor I had been in with it not moving. I frowned, the thing ruining my debut killer bitch mood. I sighed, seeing more buttons that had me frown. I decided to press the number one. The doors closed again, the thing moving. My eyes went wide, looking around the reflective glass seeing myself. The red just