Chapter 1

Prologue

When I was born, they said I would not survive, my soul left me before I even took my first breath, my mother Luna Alania Winter, who is half wolf and half-witch, the last of a great ancient lineage of witches, a descendant of the Vellentys, had to make the ultimate sacrifice to give me life, she gave me her witch soul and her powers.

By transferring her soul to me, and now she is just another wolf, everything she was, she sacrificed for me. Still, I never thought what this would mean and what it would bring to my life. It was not only her soul and her powers but also a destiny marked before she or I was born.

A destiny that was already written centuries ago and that binds me to him, body and soul; my parents hid the truth from me, they knew it, he knew it, and yet I let myself fall in love, he seduced me, he conquered me and made me believe that I was the only one in his life when I am just one more replica in turn of his past.

He really loves me, or he only loves the memory of what I represent, but I refuse to be one more, and I deserve to be valued for who I am; I was not born for him; I am the daughter of an alpha and a princess by lineage, he is the one who has to prove to me that he is worthy of me and until he does I will not be his or anyone else's.

I am Hannia Winter, princess of Vellentys, daughter of Alpha Hansen, and Luna Alania, princess of Zanaerys. I am not a simple wolf or witch waiting for his mate; I will not give myself to him; for me, he will have to fight as he has never done before.

Chapter 1    

FLASHBACK 5 YEARS AGO

I still remember it as if it were yesterday, I was sitting in the garden, and little Maximo approached me. He reached out his hand and touched my belly, instantly lit up in bright white light.

It all made sense when I saw my baby's tiny hand reflected on my belly; I was touching Maximo's hand, felt some electric touches all over my body, and understood the meaning of this special moment.

I was having the privilege of witnessing their first encounter even before my baby was born, tears fell again on my face, and I smiled with joy.

I looked at Maximo and caressed his face. He turned his head, and his beautiful sky-blue eyes stared at me with a happiness that he could not contain. His smile captivated me; it was tender, innocent; it was him in all his splendor.

—Maximo, there will come a day when she will be important to you. You will have to commit yourself to always be by her side, to protect her, to love her, and to take care of her above all things, — I said, smiling at him.

—You will, Maximo, my little prince, — I said with a smile on my face; while I saw his little hands touching each other across my belly, Maximo moved his hand, and my little princess followed him.

—She will be my whole life, my princess—he said, looking at me and his eyes were bright red. Red flames were reflected in his pupils, that's when I saw him (Maxon), and tranquility covered me; my daughter would be protected.

END FLASHBACK

—Alania, you must push hard; the baby can't breathe, — said Elena worried.

And I could see in her face the anguish and fear took over me —No, no, my baby, Elena, do something —I said desperately. At the same time, I pushed with all my strength and saw my baby coming out of my belly, but she was not crying, and the delivery room was in total silence.

I watched Hansen and Elena took my baby and lifted her to my arms. She was so small that she looked like an angel sleeping, and tears started to come to my face with her white hair silver.

—Alania, I'm so sorry, — Elena said between tears.

Hansen looked at me disconsolate, I didn't know what to say, and I looked at him. We both knew that this would happen, the dream I had five years ago was coming true, and I knew perfectly well what to do, but that could cost me my life, and I was willing to pay the price.

I held my princess in my hands and looked at her face, and I gave her a tender kiss on her little face; I lifted my head and said to Hansen, —I love you-, he looked at me confused and said —Alania, don't.

I raised my hand and placed it in front of her little body; a white light covered my body. I focused all my magic, everything I am in, giving life to my princess, even if it was my life.

Transferi mia alma

Mi sere into tis pequeñi sere

Os convoki magie blanchi

Dua vida denle

Os ofrezcari mia

—I didn't hear Elena say, as she came closer to me, took my hand, and held my little daughter's hand, and said a spell I will never forget.

Tuo dividare dea alma en dos

Bruji y uno loba

Transferi tua bruja almi

Into tua niña

Alma y poderi into ella

Os convokare

My body was covered with white light, and that light passed to my little daughter. My body vibrated and trembled with a shiver that I had never felt before; I looked at Elena and Hansen. We both looked at each other and then at my daughter.

—Come on, beautiful, open your eyes, — I said, praying that whatever Elena did would work in conjunction with my magic, and it did.

My little girl opened her eyes, reflected blue flames in her iris, and started to cry. Her cry was the most beautiful music I had ever heard in my life; I looked at Elena, and she hugged me, -Thank you, I don't know what you did, but thank you.

Hansen came closer to us and kissed me on my forehead. He looked at our daughter, and a beautiful smile was reflected on his face —Elena, thank you, without you, I might have lost them both tonight— I said thankfully.

—Elena, what did you do with that spell, — I asked her.

—Forgive me, Alania, I knew you would sacrifice for her, and that's why I talked to Silvana; we both prepared a unique spell. Which I could enchant with my magic and yours combined, only if it would be possible — said Elena, very shocked.

—Elena, I have nothing to forgive you, my life is alive, and so am I, now I will be able to see it grow and Xander, next to my husband, who could blame you, — I said, confused.

—No magic can bring a person back from the dead, and you know it, the only way is ......, but before she finished that sentence, I completed it.

—Transferring a soul inside the deceased person, I know that that's why I was willing to sacrifice myself. I had always known that I would have to do it when this day came; I just thought that maybe I wouldn't have to do it.

—Alania, you shouldn't have; your life is not yours to give; you are my life. I couldn't go on without you, my beautiful, — said Hansen approaching me and kissed me on the forehead, hugging me with affection.

—Yes, I must ask for your forgiveness because what I did, what Silvana and I did, saved my daughter. The cost was huge for you.

—What are you talking about, Elena? Explain yourself, —said Hansen very seriously.

—I couldn't transfer the soul of your wolf to the girl; she wasn't strong enough, — said Elena looking at them.

—But my witch soul was pure magic, able to revive someone and give them life itself again, — I said with a smile on my face, looking at my daughter. She would have a life, thank you, goddess, of the moon, thank you!

—That's right, you know what that means, right.

—Yes, and I accept it, — I said smiling and took her hand in mine, "Thank you.

—I know you are witches, and you understand everything about magic, but could you explain this to a werewolf, who still counts with apples and fingers? I don't understand anything, and my daughter is alive. She looks perfectly fine, just like my wife; what was the sacrifice, Elena?

—That I am only a wolf my love and our daughter, although she is a wolf, her witch side will be more dominant, now she has my soul and my powers, with all the blessings- I said, looking at her.

—And the curses that this brings, — said Elena; Hansen and I looked at her thoughtfully.

—We don't know that yet, Elena, —I said.

—We don't know it, but you know the destiny that she will carry on her shoulders, she will have the same fate that you once lived, and she even has the moon-shaped mole on the back of her neck, you know what that means- she said looking at me and from her mouth came out the words, that I once heard from Maxon's.

 —If my life is over, please don't forget me, whatever my death is, if there are more lives, I promise to look for you in all of them, and I swear that I will find you in all of them".

—You remember those words, — said Elena looking at me.

—We don't know if that will be true; if those two souls meet again, we can't be sure that my daughter will be the one chosen for him, — I said, confused and surprised at the same time.

—I still don't understand anything. Can someone explain this to me with a demon?— said, Hansen.

Maxon has the reincarnated soul of Maxon; he even has the same moon-shaped mole on the back of his neck. They both have it, Alania; now we know, if your soul is now in your daughter, it is the most logical thing that she will be my son's muse someday.

—Those two souls have traveled for centuries together; maybe they are just mates like werewolves. When Maximo touched my belly when I was pregnant, so we don't know what will happen.

The only certainty is that there will be something between them. Still, we will wait and be patient; for no reason, my daughter should know about this, about their souls and their destiny.

— Alania, she has the right to know, someday you will have to tell her the truth., — said Elena worried.

—And when that day comes, we will tell her, not before, let her have the life that I can't have.

I think I understood, and I agree with Alania that we will tell her when the time comes, said Hansen.

—Ok, it will be done as you say, meanwhile, congratulations, you have a beautiful little girl, Alpha congratulations, — said Elena congratulating us.

We both looked at our little princess —Welcome to the world, my beautiful Hannia, welcome-—and that's how it all started.

16 YEARS LATER

—! Hannia! Hannia! Where is she? This is the last time my father sends us to look for her; for God's sake, I will be the next alpha of the pack, and I am still the nanny of this rebellious girl, — said Xander, extremely angry.

—You better calm down; it's not that big of a deal, — said Maximo.

—That's what you say because she's not your sister; Katerina is quiet, and you don't have to take care of her; I'm in deep shit, I have to scare away all those assholes who want to seduce her.

–Xander, you're exaggerating, I know I haven't seen her in years, but I don't think she's changed so much that all the wolves without a mate are after her.

Xander looked at him and raised an eyebrow in displeasure, and Maximo just raised his hands in surrender to him.

—Oops, I'm sorry, relax, she must be around here, we already know she likes to come to this lake; you take a right, and I'll take a left to the waterfall so that we can cover more territory.

—Please, if you see her, don't let her go; she has a convincing power with my parents; I think I'm the only one immune to that,— said Xander.

As I walked to the waterfall, I could see a silhouette coming out of the water. I was completely shocked by the beauty of that woman; her long platinum white hair was falling over her breasts, my gaze was totally running over her; she had curves in the right place that would drive any man crazy, was the most beautiful and exquisite creature I had ever seen.

She was bathing in the waterfall and smiling, she had her eyes closed, and I could see that she was enjoying the water falling on her body. Her smile was breathtaking, and I could not stop looking at her; MINE! was the only word that was heard as a sigh coming out of my lips, without anyone else hearing it.

She was MINE.