Chapter 2

The story begins now...

(One Year Later)

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

Marcus, why don't you leave me? Why? It's been a year, why do I feel like you are everywhere... Why do I feel like you are alive? I have seen you dead. I have seen you lose your last breath. 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 I ever thought... This is making me go crazy. I will go mad. She closed her eyes to sleep, but she saw the same eyes.

His eyes... 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 gets up from her bed. She takes out her clothes from the 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 moved towards her room 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 silent. Everyone was sleeping. She moves forward with measured steps so she doesn't wake anyone up... She was sneaking outside. Isabey came downstairs, moving towards the front door. She was going to unlock the door when someone grabbed her arm.

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

"Where are you going?" He questioned.

"Nowhere, I just want to take 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 to bother asking?" She clenched her teeth.

"Isabey, how far will it go? Stop behaving like a maniac." He warned of tightening his hold 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 seen. It's been a year... He was the only family I have but in that stupid attack of yours, I lost him. I don't know if he is alive or not... So 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 didn'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... or I say 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 like that? We were having fun..." She put her hand on his shoulder in a sultry way. Isabey raised an eyebrow.

"LUNA!!! Right... I don't know about Luna, but I am the best warrior of this pack, and you know it very well..." Isabey said disgustedly, looking towards the girl.

"Have fun Alpha..." She said, then opened the door, moving out of the house.

"Isabey..." Louis called her, but she banged the door on her back; she was fuming with anger. It was so cold outside that the cold wind was making her cheeks and nose red. She was moving towards the forest. Isabey runs inside the woods at her werewolf speed. She was running and going in one familiar direction she used to go every night... She stopped in the middle of the woods, then changed into her wolf form. She again starts running towards the claimed territory of Louis, or she remembered it 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. The council was aware of the attacks on other packs, but they didn't know it was Louis. 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 has announced the Alpha King and Isabey as his Luna Queen. Louis has got everything he wanted but for Isabey...

But everything changed for her, she didn't feel the same way... The urges for power were fulfilled, but the hopes 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 is it there, but ours also... All the warriors came back, but I am afraid Reuben didn't... 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 did you say? 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 is 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... One constant feeling was that she felt like Marcus was alive.

So, she went to the same place every night to find some unknown things... She didn't know the reason for her lost search, but she wanted 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 starts walking on the barren ground, she sees the burned fence of the training ground that reminds 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 is someone around here. Isabey turns around and glances all over the area.

"Who is there?" She called but no reply came... Isabey walks towards the woods. She needs to search the area for anything that can 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... It is someone 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, cautions...