Lilith Venerelli heard a rustle in the bushes on the opposite river bank. Her eyes flew open in alert. She quietly propped herself up against the river bed.
Her lips tugged up into a smile when Jayden, her boyfriend, appeared through the bushes. Her wolf growled in displeasure before disappearing to the back of her mind.
He was shirtless. His chest and arms were glistening with sweat. It was obvious that he had been on a run. Lilith shamelessly let her eyes trail the length of his body knowing well enough that he was also staring at her.
“I’m required to guard the pack borders today. Just thought I’d check in on you, babe. I knew I would find you here.” Lilith melted at his simple, yet sweet words.
“You should really get going then.” She said softly, unable to keep the smile off her face.
He ran his long fingers through his silky blonde hair as his eyes glazed over, indicating that he was mind linking someone before he smirked.
“I still have about fifteen minutes to spare.” Jayden said and joined her, sitting incredibly close to her.
Jayden captured her eyes with his once Lilith glanced at him.
He looked deep into her deep maroon eyes, lightly touching her hair with his calloused fingers.
“I love you.” He breathed, bending down.
Lilith gasped, knowing his intentions.
“Jayden, stop it!” She giggled and swatted his wandering hands away from her waist.
“You agreed to wait till the mating season.” She quickly reminded him when he leaned dangerously close to her neck.
They had already planned that they would mate under the Moon Goddess’s blessings at the caves once the clock hit midnight tomorrow night, the time she was born, the time she would turn eighteen and the time she would know for sure that Jayden was her mate.
“Of course” He leaned back; sounding slightly miffed seeing Lilith’s reluctance.
Lilith rolled her eyes before pulling him in for a kiss.
Jayden responded with such enthusiasm that Lilith was taken aback, but she briskly regained her composure and held him close.
Lilith shivered in pleasure when she felt Jayden’s warm hands travel the length of her back. Her wolf growled at Jayden’s wandering hands.
They spent the rest of his spare time kissing and making out.
“I’ve got to go now, you know, prepare for tomorrow night.” Her face was still red from the kiss.
Lost in her thoughts about Jayden, Lilith’s face lit up with glee on her way back home. She was brought out of her trance once she noticed Aria Halliwell, her childhood best friend making her way towards the pack training area.
“Hey!” Noticing Lilith too, Aria gleamed at her and met her halfway.
“How was it?” Aria asked, giving Lilith a nudge suggestively.
“What?”
“Oh spill it, woman, I can see that blush and I can smell Jayden all over you.”
Lilith covered her flaming cheeks.
“We just kissed, nothing else happened.”
“Uh-huh! Someone does not sound quite pleased that they just kissed !”
“Come on, you know why.”
“Yeah, yeah, someone wanted to wait till the mating season. I know.” Aria rolled her eyes at her. She never understood Lilith’s reasoning behind this.
“You’re coming with me tomorrow night, right?” Lilith took a deep breath before spilling out the sentence. She was nervous and would really need some support from her best friend.
“You already know that mated couples can’t attend the mating season.”
“Come on, please. You can bring Chris.”
“Okay, fine!” Aria agreed with a reassuring smile.
Standing by the window in her mansion and admiring the beautiful morning scenery, Luna Mary’s lips quirked up into a small smile when she spotted Lilith strolling back from the woods.
“What is my gorgeous wife doing?” Alpha Cole pecked her rosy lips before glancing down at what caught his mate’s attention.
“She is a fierce she-wolf this one, just like her mother.” She said, feeling proud that Lilith will soon start fulfilling her duties as a warrior.
“What more did you expect from her? She was fated to become a warrior the day she was born in such a high rank family but like her parents, she would lead an ordinary life too.”
“Not all warriors’ lives are ordinary, Cole. Just like our Blaze, Lilith is working hard to be worth of her ascribed rank.”
“As a warrior, she is responsible to protect the pack even when her life would depend on it and think about nothing else but the pack’s wellbeing and benefit.”
“Still, she proved her strength and seeing her performance so far, she would be a great warrior, more so than her parents.”
“How can you be so sure, sweetheart?”
“I don’t know why but I have a feeling that Lilith wouldn’t just be an ordinary warrior.”
“What if the Moon Goddess proves you wrong?”
“Well, everything depends on tomorrow’s pack event.”
Lilith was not the only one nervous about the mating season. Her parents waiting at home were anxious about their daughter’s birthday clashing with the same day as the mating season held every year.
The mating season is organized for unmated werewolves to find their mates under the full moon. It was a night where werewolves who have not yet met their mates, would try their luck to find their other half with their wolves’ instincts.
The entire forest surrounding the Blood Moon pack would be left unguarded for the unmated ones to be free. Their wolves’ sides would be more induced than their human sides.
Since Lilith will turn eighteen while she would be at the mating gathering, it was uncertain whether Lilith would find her mate during the gathering which would leave her unmated among all those unmated males in the dark forest.
“I’m afraid that the myth of the last sigma would repeat itself.”
“Erica, that happened one hundred years ago.” Andrei was surprised at his wife’s thoughts.
“What if it happens again, Andrei?”
“There’s a reason why it’s called a myth. Maybe, it never happened.”
“How can you be so sure?”
Lilith’s father remained silent when his wife’s eyes brimmed with unshed tears.
“I don’t have a good feeling about tomorrow.” Erica insisted.
“Just have faith in the Moon Goddess. She would not wrong our daughter.” Andrei said despite feeling doubtful about the whole situation.
“What if we tell Lilith to stay at home tomorrow?” Erica suggested.
“And miss the chance of her finding her mate? Come on now, Erica! She will turn eighteen tomorrow. There’s no chance that she would not find her mate.” Andrei reassured Erica.
The next day, Lilith woke up to her wolf howling impatiently from within her mind. It was at any seconds now that her wolf would break through those walls caging her inside. Lilith groaned while sitting up in bed. She fisted her comforter tightly and fought against her wolf. ‘Not now, Lucy!’ Lilith chided as she moved to get off her bed. ‘It’s been days since I’ve been out for a run. Let me out!’ She insisted and kicked the walls with her paws. Lilith winced when her head pinched in pain thanks to her stubborn wolf’s tantrums. Lucy would always show temper tantrums whenever she couldn’t have her way. No one would believe that they have true warrior blood running through their veins with the way her wolf behaves. ‘Okay, fine! I’ll let you out in about twenty minutes. Let me have some breakfast first.’ She tried to persuade Lucy while making her way downstairs to find her parents in the kitchen. “Good morning, mom, dad.” Lilith disregarded Lucy once she heard her small whine before
Lilith couldn’t stop smiling occasionally whenever she thought about mating with Jayden tonight.After lunch, Lilith took out the red dress she had chosen for the mating gathering. This dress caught her attention when she went shopping with Aria last week. She decided right then and there that this dress was perfect for this special event.“Are you sure you don’t need help getting ready, sweetie?” Erica Venerelli stood in the open doorway leading inside Lilith’s room.“No, thanks, mom.” Lilith told her mom. “Aria is coming over soon.”“Are you feeling okay?” Erica asked for the umpteenth time today.“I’m fine, mom.” Lilith shook her head, her long dark hair sliding across her shoulder.“Okay then… Later.” Erica nodded before hesitantly leaving.Lilith knew that there was something troubling her mom but she completely ignored it think
When they were close enough to touch her, Lilith was pulled out of the bewitching trance the haze had upon her and ran into the woods. Fierce growls echoed from behind her, sounding closer than she would have wanted. She kicked her legs to move quicker but it seemed like all her powers were gone. For the first time ever since she was born, she felt like she was a mere human being and that alone scared the crap out of her. ‘Lucy, are you there?’ Lilith asked her wolf when she felt her stirring anxiously. ‘Barely’ Lucy’s voice sounded weak. ‘What is wrong with you?’ Lilith’s heart sank as she realized that she was on her own in this fight against the male werewolves and the Moon Goddess. Lucy wouldn’t be able to help her at all. Lilith couldn’t comprehend why Lucy was getting weaker as time ticked by and why she couldn’t feel any of her powers. As a ranked warrior within the pack, she should have been able to fend herself despite her wol
Blaze Westbrook, the future Alpha of the Blood Moon pack, sat with his back against the trunk of an old maple tree at the foot of the cross mountain.It was not hard to see beneath the haunting of the full moon. The moon hung up high in the dark sky, bathing everything in a soft blue hue. The trees casted eerie shadows, looking ghostly but Blaze used his wolf’s eyesight to detect any movements through the dark forest.He leaned his head against the tree trunk as his mind wandered off to the conversation he had with his parents this morning. They have been constantly reminding him of attending the mating gathering tonight. Their wish was unwavering. Since he was the future Alpha, he had to attend the gathering to find his mate but it didn’t sound appealing to him.It’s been five years ever since he turned eighteen and he hasn’t had any luck in finding his mate during the past mating seasons held every year. Either his mate hadn&rsquo
How could his mate be in heat at this time of the year? No one had ever been in such predicament before, that too, during the mating season unless the one hundred year old myth about the sigma was true?Blaze did not want to believe something that was only known as a myth. Yet, he still couldn’t help but think why the Moon Goddess chose to degrade Lilith to being the pack’s sigma.If Lilith was the next pack’s sigma then there was no way his parents will accept her as his destined mate and the pack’s destined Luna. She could pose a threat to the pack. That meant only one thing; Blaze wouldn’t be able to accept her as his mate.It was getting hard for him to calm his wolf when his mate was oozing such a sensuous scent. His breath hitched before his breaths started to shake as he got another whiff of her heat.He clenched his fingers tightly. His nails grew back into claws and his canines extended. No matter how much he tried t
Blaze leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes when he got a nice whiff of her delicious scent. His jaw ticked in anger. It drove his wolf insane that he couldn’t touch her that he couldn’t tell her why he had to stay away from her. Lilith’s belly churned with different emotions, fear, anticipation and desire, desire? She resisted that strong emotion, wanting nothing to do with it. Lilith’s eyes glistened with unshed tears and her lips trembled in fear. Bash whined and reluctantly let Blaze gain control, his eyes changing back to his normal silver color. Realizing that he reacted impulsively, Blaze backed away. “We’ll have to wait till dawn. That’s when the mating season usually ends.” Blaze said, avoiding her eyes. Hearing this, Lilith quickly put his jacket on to cover herself despite wanting to throw it back on his face. She wasn’t looking forward
At her parents’ side, Lilith trembled uncontrollably. She was so distraught she could not speak. Their shoulders shook with silent tears. They couldn’t bear to see their daughter in this state. “Let’s get inside.” Erica advised. They guided Lilith inside the house and sat her down on one of the couches. Lilith tightened Blaze’s jacket around her shoulders. She fisted the material in her hands. She heedlessly breathed in his scent which was strangely soothing. The mate bond was still affecting her emotions. But, my wolf died! Lilith thought. “Lucy is gone, mom! She left me.” Lilith broke down. She was devastated by the loss of her wolf. “What is a sigma, dad? What are they talking about?” Choking back her tears, Lilith asked. She couldn’t control her emotions. She was miffed that the Moon Goddess chose to mess up her life when everything was going accordingly to her plan. “There hasn’t been a record of one in almost one hundred years. People began sayi
Lilith was enthralled by the looming trees as she followed the trail to the great valley. The Blood Moon pack ground encompassed a large forest area, two huge mountains and some valleys with the great valley belonging to the Venerelli’s. The great valley stretched away ahead of them for miles, a valley with grass of a rich green, well-timbered, but more as a park is timbered. Winding lines showed here and there revealing the courses of streams and far away, the high masses of hills were visible. The continuous line of the trail was lost amongst clumps of fine tall trees, but odd stretches of it remaining visible showed it angling down until disappearing south-west, towards the pack’s south border. The Blood Moon pack would often use this ground for pack training in werewolf forms since it was the biggest of all the other valleys. Reaching the great valley, Lilith’s mind wandered over to her childhood. She would spend majority of her time training under her parent