The world came to a standstill as Alysia tried to make sense of what was happening. She couldn't believe it, she didn't want to. That the one person who had risked it all to help her, and the last moment too, was suddenly dead.No. No. There was no way that could be possible.It just couldn't be“Serena.” Alysia called out. Her voice shook, and thanks to the emotions lodged in her throat, it felt almost impossible to speak out, but she did it anyway. “Serena! Serena you have to wake up!”Serena didn't move. Her body stilled, and believe it or not, Alysia couldn't help but feel like she could feel every bit of life slipping out of her.“Wake up, Serena!” Alysia shook her harder than the last time. “Wake up. Open your eyes. Please.”Somehow, Serena must have heard Alysia's pleas, because in nothing less than some seconds, Serena's eyes opened, but just slightly.“Aly.. Alysia?” Serena was weak. She looked pale, like she was surviving on the little grace the moon goddess had given her. “
The battle raged on and even though Alysia was doing her best to push the rogues back, all they did was match her energy. Alysia didn't see the war breaking out like this, but now that it had started, she didn't exactly have a choice anymore. A small part of Alysia had hoped that somehow, Alice would surrender or perhaps even try to teach some sort of compromise between them. But even if that happened, Alysia wasn't sure she was going to take it. Alice had taken so many innocent lives, too many to count. She'd spilled so much blood it would be almost impossible to let it go.“Alysia, look out.” Damon yelled beside her, and she turned, just in time to see a rogue rushing at her. His claws were bared, and with the fury blazing in his eyes, it was clear that he was out for blood. Her blood. “He's coming for you.”Damon's warning came just at the right time. Had he been a second later, then the rogue would have been able to secure a blow against Aly
Everything finally made so much sense after Alysia had explained her suspicions to Damon. He didn't want to believe it, but there was no way he couldn't, not with the evidence stacked up against Serena and just in front of him.“Think about it.” Alysia spoke further. “None of what she told us made any sense. Serena is supposed to be on our side. But what did she do? Half of the things she told us, would only support the rogues and the opposition if we listen to her.”“You're right.” Damon was slowly coming around, and Alysia couldn't be more glad. “I didn't think about it that way, but now that you've brought it up, i actually see your point.”“Of course.” Alysia nodded. “She'd told us to take away all the soldiers at the borders. If we did that, we would only be giving the rogues and invotatik to attack us unawares.”“I can't believe she almost fooled us.” Damon shook his
Alysia's POVI should have known peace was simply a mirage, or something that wouldn't last pretty long, especially after the last attack that almost killed Damon. I was this close to thinking I'd lost him that day. In fact, a small part of me couldn't help but think that if I hadn't arrived the moment I did, then he probably would have died. I was so scared seeing him on the battleground wounded. I wasn't sure I'd seen so just blood come from him all at once. Sometimes I saw my excessive training as useless and probably not necessary, but not anymore. Since it was what had saved Damon, then I was eternally grateful to the moon goddess for that gift.I had prayed that the pack would at least experience some peace. Even if it didn't last too long, but long enough for him to fully recover. A couple of days had passed, and when nothing suspicious or serious had happened, I found myself relaxing a bit. But apparently, that had to be the worst decision I'd made.Damon, me and literally eve
One would think that after the intimate moment the couple had shared, that it would finally make things easier for them. To Damon's greatest surprise, Alysia had used her Powers to heal him, and he'd noticed that she had grown more powerful as well. Thanks to the fact that they hadn't been on speaking terms in a long time now, Damon wasn't expecting Alysia to come to him when he called out to her while he was resting in their room. He didn't see it coming either when she sat in his arms, while he adjusted so he could accommodate her weight.Damon had simply tried his luck when he'd asked her what was wrong, and surprisingly, she'd spilled the beans. She'd admitted that despite the fact that they hadn't spoken like they used to, she was still scared of losing him. All that was all the proof he needed to know that maybe, just maybe and probably underneath all the facade she was putting up, the Alysia he knew and loved was still buried somewhere deep inside. All he had to do was reach an
When Damon told himself that he was going to find a way to talk to the moon goddess, he really did mean it. As seconds slowly rolled into minutes and hours, Damon didn't give up on his search for answers. The moon goddess wasn't just a celestial being, the fact that she was selective of whom she chose to speak to or reveal herself to made it all the more hard, but he wasn't having it. He cared deeply for Alysia and since he wanted nothing more than to see her happy, then he was going to do everything he could to find out what the problem was, what she was hiding and what he could do to help her.Damon searched high and low for answers. He went as far as doing the dirty work himself, and appointing men and women who would handle other parts. He spent his days and nights in the ancient library, searching through the archives that held the pack house deepest secrets. Tales and what not had been passed down from generation to generation, so Damon knew he couldn't be wrong by searching the