A phone rings in the background… Ring, Ring.
Sauntering over to her desk Serena answers her phone. “Yes?”
Trying to figure out what is going on Josh and I walk closer to her. Serena has had a lifetime of learning to not give anything away. You can tell she’s disturbed by the time the call ends.
“Well, Adina, while we may have the future playing out on the wall it is only a glimpse into a specific portion of the future. It isn’t everything. That call was from one of my security team that was escorting you home from your outing today. There was a huge ambush. Several of my team were lost, specifically those who were unable to port out of there. And those who could, saved as many as they could. It seems that Augustus’ bloodlust and his desire for you has not waned over the years only intensified.”
“Oh no!”
Josh sensing my terror embraces me while we listen to Serena speak.
“This has gone on long enough. I am growing tired of Augu
Sorry for the long break for the holidays. Hope you enjoyed visiting with family and friends. May 2022 bring you joy and happiness.
Back in the Moon Kingdom…“I don’t care who fucked the mission up Evan! Augustus is going to be pissed he doesn’t have that bitch yet. We can’t keep making mistakes like this. It’s sloppy.” Spews Duke almost foaming at the mouth with rage.Cade and Evan are having no success at calming their elder brother down. Unfortunately, they know he is right. That having her loose in the Witches kingdom will only further draw the wrath of Augustus. Having that failed kidnapping attempt only will piss him off. They had to come up with another plan and execute it swiftly.“It’s not like we didn’t make a dent in the convoy. We didn’t know what we were up against. We underestimated them.” Cade says to Evan.“I just don’t understand how we had eyes on her and then she vanished into thin air. That’s just not possible, unless there’s a vampire at play here and we didn&
Serena’s POVI don’t know why I thought I would be safe being turned from a witch to a vampire and then having a wolf mate turn me again. Time is not on my side and while I age slower than the rest, I have grown weary of these games of men. I wish that Selene had told me these things when my mate and I approached her to be turned into a wolf. She knew what the future held and as my half-sister she shouldn’t have told me. I deserved to know. Not find out blindly like the rest.“Serena, Serena, tsk-tsk, you know better than to try to think I can’t hear your thoughts, sister.” Selene says as her ethereal light warms the room before she appears.“You should have told me. We’ve grown up knowing portions of each other’s futures and what they hold for both of us. How dare you hide the truth. You tell Adina but not me? I can literally feel your life force fading. That little vampire gift of life and healing
Waking up to my body being shaken I hear my friend and personal guard Mada telling me to come quickly with her the castle is under attack by the Lycan Prince Augustus. He was after me for my unique abilities and knew my father the King of Wolves would never agree to his peace treaty terms and hand me over to be the Lycan Prince’s toy and Luna, for destroying all hybrids. The prince knew from prophecy that there would be a child born with auburn hair that would be a powerful uniter of species. Augustus instead wanted to use my abilities to destroy all treaties and make the hybrids submit to his rule. Stamp out those whom he felt were weak, as hybrids, since they were not pure bloods. Taking a look outside I could see the kingdom ablaze from the prince’s warriors. Where was my mother and father? Bolting from my bed I ran down the hall to my father’s office. “Mada, what is she doing here?” My father bellowed. “YOU were supposed to take her and flee the kingdom,
Was it all a bad dream? Did I really have to lose my parents that way? The nightmares keep happening, the same way, every night for the past two years. I keep reliving the day that Prince Augustus stormed my kingdom, robbing me of my parents and my birth right to rule someday as a Luna Queen.“Mada, how much further to my Aunt Serena’s realm?”“Princess Adina, it isn’t much further. I have to feel for her. She keeps her realm cloaked so that she is not discovered. If Augustus got ahold of your aunt, The Witch Queen, he would be unstoppable with her by his side.”There are some downsides to being a hybrid wolf-witch. People want to use you for your abilities like you aren’t a person. My Aunt Serena was visited by the moon goddess Selene when I was born. Which is totally unheard of since she normally only visits those who are her descendants. I guess since
The next morning after breakfast, Mada and I go see my aunt in her office.“Aunt Serena, why can’t I go with you to this meeting?”“Adina, you sound like a whiny child, not a Queen. Stop being so insolent. And you know why you can’t. It is an opportunity to see just how much information is being spread, and by whom. We don’t know if there are spies amongst our friends.”Walking over I lean into give her a hug, and instantly I am transported to the meeting that will take place. My aunt is seated at the head of the table in this long dining room. Kings and Queens of other species also are seated around the table. There seems to be some kind of argument going on, I can’t make out what is being said. Then suddenly, the doors to the dining room are broken down and soldiers are being flung thru the air into the room. Those who can disappear from the room instantly.“Well, well, well… If it isn’t
Damn, wasted all of this time chasing my tail, literally. If I had only gotten to her before she just up and vanished from that waste of a kingdom she was living in. I could have had her as my rightful Luna Queen.Banging my fist on my mahogany desk I get up and go stare out the window.“My Prince is everything alright in here?” asks my friend and Beta Duke.“Yes, Duke, everything is fine. I’m just angry with myself for letting Adina slip thru my fingers when we waged war on her kingdom. It seems that no one can find any trace of her at all. It’s like she has just completely vanished into thin air.”“Augustus, it is widely known that her aunt Serena is a witch hybrid and that that she keeps her realm in the place where time and space do not exist the way we know it.”“Yes, that has to be why we can’t find her.” Sighing I turn around and face Duke, “The timing is what is the iss
Adina’s POV Looking down at this beautiful green satin gown I can’t help but get teary eyed. My parents would have loved to have seen me in this dress. Just as I was imagining how to twirl to see the back of this amazing design, the fitting room mirrors start spinning ever so slowly around the platform I’m standing on. Just enough so that I can see all sides of this regal gown. Even with all of this fabric it still feels lighter than air. As the mirrors go around the back of my dress, they slowly start to angle downward so I can look at the train. What is that stitched in the beadwork, I wonder to myself?As if reading my mind, Rachal and Marie walk over and smooth out the train so the beadwork is visible. As Rachal stands she explains that it is her wolves gift to see other’s wolves and had the seamstress stitch my wolf into the back of my gown along with a tribute to Selene the moon goddess. As she explains the different parts of the
Cade POVSauntering over towards the dress shop where Adina was last seen, I take a whiff of the air and can smell the magic and scent of she-wolves. This is going to be a piece of cake, I think to myself. Almost like there has been a magical trail for me to follow…Jingle, jingle“I’m sorry sure you’ll have to come back tomorrow, we’re closed today for some, uh, remodeling.” Says one of the employees.She is very pretty for a she-wolf, I guess. But maybe I can persuade her to change her mind and not throw me out. Time to work my magic.“I’m sorry Ms. I didn’t catch your name… I’m Cade. I couldn’t help but notice you in here by yourself and how absolutely stunning you were. I just had to come get this movie stars name and see what your obvious upcoming movie was going to be since there was no way such a gorgeous woman like yourself was working in this kind o