Chapter 2

(One Year Later)

Isabey was lying on her bed, she closed her eyes to sleep. She wanted to sleep, a peaceful sleep that could set her heart and mind at peace. But no matter how hard she tried, she was unable to forget it. The scene where she saw him, closing his eyes.

'Marcus, why don't you leave me? Why? It's been a year, and why do I feel like you are everywhere? Why do I feel like you are alive? I saw you taking your last breath. I have seen you closing your eyes. Why do I feel a burden on my soul? As I am stuck in the same place where I saw you last time. Why do I feel as if I left a part of my soul there... These nightmares are hunting me, this suffering is worse than anything I ever thought... This is making me crazy. I will go mad.'

Isabey closed her eyes to sleep, but she saw the same eyes.

His eyes and the pain in his eyes. The blood oozes from his wound. The mark on her neck, it disappeared. It can only mean her mate is dead.

'No, I cannot sleep. I have to go there...'

Isabey got up from her bed. She took out her clothes from her wardrobe. She tied her hair in a bun, then put on the black hoodie and jeans, and she tied the laces of her sneakers.

Isabey walked towards the door and then opened it carefully. The door opened with a mere creaking sound, and she came outside her room.

All the lights of the house were off, it was so quiet. Everyone was sleeping. She moves forward with measured steps so she doesn't wake anyone up. She was sneaking outside like every night.

Isabey came downstairs, she went towards the front door and was going to unlock it when someone grabbed her arm.

"Isabey, again..." Louis looked towards her face in the dark. He can see the disturbing lines on her forehead. She glares at him.

"Where are you going?" He questioned.

"Nowhere, I just want to breathe in some fresh air." She lied.

"Isabey, don't lie to me. I know you are going to that place again..." He said.

"If you know, why bother asking?" She clenched her teeth.

"Isabey, how far will it go? Stop behaving like a maniac." He warned her, his grip tightening on her arm. She pulled her arm from his grip roughly.

"Don't make me remind you. Did you find my brother? No. He is nowhere to be found. It's been a year, and he was my only family. But in that stupid attack of yours, I lost him. I don't know if he is alive or not... So you'd better find him. If you had done some effort finding him, I wouldn't have been doing this on my own..." She growled, looking in his eyes with rage.

" Isabey, that stupid attack made us the strongest werewolf pack in all of history. You are Luna of this pack. This behaviour doesn't suit you at all. I am trying to find Reuben, the warriors are still out looking for him. You don't have to sneak out of the house at midnight like this..." He took a breath then said in a taunting tone.

"Or I assume you have other reasons to go to that place." He smirked, looking in her eyes. She was going to say something when a girl came out from behind Louis.

" Oh, darling, why did you leave like that? We were having so much fun." She put her hand on his shoulder in a sultry way.

Isabey raised an eyebrow.

"Lune, right, this pack's Luna because of you, I don't know about Luna, but let me remind you I am the best warrior of this pack, and you know very well what I do with butches like these..." Isabey said disgustedly, looking towards the girl.

"And yes have fun Alpha..." She said, then opened the door, moving out of the house.

"Isabey..." Louis called her, but she banged the door on his face. She was fuming with anger. It was so cold outside that the cold wind was making her cheeks and nose red.

She moved towards the forest. Isabey ran inside the woods at her werewolf speed. She was running and going in one familiar direction she goes every night. She stopped in the middle of the woods, then changed into her wolf form. She again started running towards the claimed territory of Louis, which she remembered as Black Thunder Pack.

After the attack, she came back to her senses after two weeks. Isabey remembered the first thing was the mark on her neck fading away, burning like hell.

After that, Louis told her that the councilmen came to him, which was the last part of their plan. When Marcus attacked Louis' pack, which showed itself as a peaceful pack in the eyes of the council.

Marcus didn't inform the council before doing an attack on Louis' pack, so they got a chance to counterattack. Louis told the councilmen that it was Marcus who started the fight, so he came clean. The territory was gifted to him as a reward for winning a fight.

Now, they were not a rogue pack but a very powerful pack living in the werewolf world. Louis has powers, and he killed Marcus, so he was announced as the Alpha King and Isabey as his Luna Queen. Louis has got everything he wanted but for Isabey...

Everything changed for her, she didn't feel the same. The urge for power was fulfilled, but the hope for love vanished. Why does she even care about love? Why does she feel a heartache when she remembers those eyes...

"Where is Reuben?" She asked Louis.

"Isabey, there were so many dead people. Not only theirs, but ours also... All the warriors came back, but I am afraid Reuben was not among them. I sent my warriors to search for his dead body. But they found nothing..." He said. Isabey's eyes widened with terror and shock.

"What do you mean? Do you think he is dead? How can you even think like that!" Isabey grabbed him from the collar.

Louis moved her hand away. "Isabey, are you gone mad? What is this behaviour?" He didn't care about her state. He snapped.

"Louis, it was your responsibility to make sure my brother was fine. How can you be so careless?" She shouted. He put a hand on her mouth then grabbed her from the back of her neck.

"Never talk to me in that tone." He growled. She pushed him away.

"I will find him." He said, then he moved out of her room in anger.

After that day everything changed. The light from her soul was extracted at the time she left her mate; the happiness was drenched away from her life when she betrayed him.

The scent of honour was evaded with continuous guilt. She was unable to understand her situation. The continuous guilt was eating her up. She didn't know why she felt like that, but one constant feeling was that Marcus was alive.

So, she went to the same place every night to find some unknown clues. She doesn't know the reason for her search, but she wants to find something that could give her peace.

Isabey stopped when she reached the place. She took a deep breath, then shifted back into her wolf.

Isabey started walking on the barren ground, she saw the burned fence of the training ground that reminded her of the full moon night when she vowed to be a member of this pack when he was singing in front of her, smiling and looking at her with all the love in his eyes. He was looking towards her as she meant the world to him.

The burned pack house. Isabey moved towards it when she felt something, a presence. There was someone around here. Isabey turned around and scanned the area.

"Who is there?" She called but no reply came.

Isabey then started walking back towards the woods. She needed to search the area for anything that could help her find Reuben. She was doing it for a year, but she didn't find anything ever; this place was cleaned as a new slate.

There was nothing left here but a burned pack house and some fences on the grounds. Why did she come here? She didn't know, but she feels a little less stressed. She ran in the woods, she ran till the pack borders, checked all the premises, then came back empty-handed. It was her routine. She remains here till dawn, then goes back to the pack.

Isabey was going to run in the woods when she again heard something... Someone is here.

"Who the hell is there? Come out. Why hide like a rat?" She ordered.

Isabey saw a man coming out from one side of the woods. He is a werewolf. Isabey was very calm, and all her attention was on this man. He can be dangerous. He didn't smell like a rogue.

"Who are you?" She said loudly, looking towards him, in caution.