3.SAVING THE MOTHER OF HIS MOON

He shouted at the top of his voice, in front of Enril's surprised eyes. Enril had never seen him behave that way before. Aren took two steps back and, as his brother remained silent, turned around and asked,

"Don't you understand, Enril? They will follow me everywhere until they find her, and they will kill her. They will kill my Moon just to maintain control of the herd." Says the annoyed Aren Alpha.

"It's true, you're right, my brother. I'm sorry I didn't think of that. I'll get everything ready, then I'll pick you up." Enril immediately retracts.

"Don't let anyone see you with those secret books, or they will suspect that we're up to something. Remember how our parents always hid what they truly were." Aren reminds him very seriously

"Don't worry, no one will see me." 

He watched him walk away and slowly transformed back into a wolf. His paws ached a little from the long journey he had undertaken just to see this beautiful little person leaning out of his window and smiling at him. She had grown up; she was truly beautiful. He still remembered the day she came into the world. It was a usual scene in the forest, with a full moon shining down. He sat on his hind legs and contemplated it, unable to recall how many years it had been since he last performed this ritual - coming to beg the mother moon to send a half, to set him free.

Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to run towards a specific point. He ran with all his might until he left his territory and entered enemy territory. There was a fierce battle underway; they were under attack. Stealthily, he followed his scent until he arrived behind the alpha's house. There, hidden among the vegetation, he saw the Moon, frightened and in the company of a woman who was assisting her.

He realized that the scent was coming from the woman's womb and understood everything. His half was about to be born from the womb of that enemy moon from his pack. But that didn't matter to him; he turned his back on them and stood guard, defending her from all the wolves who discovered her.

When he saw that it was going to be impossible to defend her from the enemies, and feeling that his Moon was struggling to come into the world, he turned to the woman who was guarding her and ordered,

"Mount her on my back. I won't be able to hold on much longer. They must know by now that your Moon is in labour, let's go. If we don't do it now, they will find her."

The woman looked at him hesitantly, she peeked out of the place where they had taken cover and saw that it was true, they were losing. Neither the Alpha nor her husband, who was the Beta, were nowhere to be seen. She turned around when she heard her Moon speak:

"Nara, he has been defending us, he is our only hope to save Gil."

"We'd better wait for Serafin, my Moon," she insisted, fearing that it was a ploy of the wolf to steal her Moon, or her daughter.

"There is no time, they are losing. We have to leave now or we won't escape."

The Alpha Aren urged them as he attacked two wolves that had discovered them and killed them, then returned to them and asked the same of them, placing himself in front of them on alert. He could clearly hear his little Moon's heart racing and scared.

"It's true, Nara, come on, let's go."

The Moon stood up with difficulty, holding her belly and taking a few steps towards the wolf that approached. He bowed in a clear invitation for her to climb on his back. The Moon, without thinking twice, did so, helped by Nara, who looked frightened towards the back where they had left everyone fighting fiercely. They left stealthily without anyone seeing them. As they walked away, the screams could be heard. Suddenly, the Moon clutched her chest and fell fainting to the floor.

"My Moon, my Moon!" Nara cried.

"You have to get the baby out of her or she will die," said Aren. "The Alpha must have died and she will too soon. You have to save the child."

"I will do no such thing! My Moon, my Moon..."

"Nara, Nara," the Moon called her. "You have to help me to give birth to Gil. You will escape with her, you will take care of her as if she were your own, and you will never tell who her real parents are."

"But my Moon..."

"Nara, you know very well that when our mate dies, we do too. Call your husband through the link, tell him to abandon everything and come, I command him." The moon insists.

"But Serafin is the beta, he can't do that!" Nara reminds him.

"Nara, stop arguing! She is scolded by the moon squeezing her belly. “Someday they will recreate our pack. I need you to take care of Gil. Open my belly with this knife and take her out of me, save my daughter, Nara! Promise you won't let anything happen to her!"

"Do it now, or the child will die," said Aren, who sensed the exact moment when the woman's heart grew weaker and weaker. "Call your husband now."

Nara, with tears in her eyes, did everything her Moon asked her to do. While she hugged her with love, she communicated through the link with her husband, asking him to leave the Alpha and come for them. It was an order from her Moon, and to her surprise, he was already looking for them.

"We must leave now, they are following me!" he said in his wolf form when he came, turning menacingly against Aren. "Who is he?"

"He's someone who helped us escape.” She asks. “What are you doing here?"

"We lost. My Alpha sent me to take care of his son. It was his last order. We can't waste time, we have to go." He steps forward to help the moon.

"You go with the Moon, I will delay those who are chasing you," ordered Aren.