"Who's the Alpha King again?"
Before anyone of us could answer his question, I sensed an extremely dark aura nearing us. A voice immediately rang into my head, "Claire! There are werewolves about to come. They are heading this way! They have humans with them with special weapons. Quickly fled this place!"
I recognized it as Ursula's voice. Frowning, I briefly told Ether, Shila, and Garix what Ursula told me. With no time to explain anything, we immediately moved out of the entrance of the secret tunnel.
Garix, being a highly skilled type of beta, immediately transformed into a wolf, and Ether and Shila signaled me what to do.
"You have to go, Claire!" Ether exclaimed, pushing me to ride Garix's back.
"Shila, you go over here too!" Moving fast, she pushed Shila to my side.
I felt my hands turning cold. "Ether...? What are you...?"
Ether looked at me with eyes that reminded me of my mother and brother on th
What was that...? Whose voices were those? And what were they talking about?The wind came harsher as I began to feel my body colder, my dozen questions about the dream I had slowly vanishing as my consciousness returned bit by bit. I could, however, hear the sound of some birds chirping. Shivering slightly, I slowly opened my eyes.The moon was no longer there but the sky was still a little dark. Glancing to my side, I noticed I was inside a wooden house a bit familiar to me...I quickly got up, urging to confirm whether it was real or not. Then came a voice."Claire!" It was Shila. "Are you okay?""Shila..." I felt my head throbbed, then followed by an intense pain from my back."Don't move too much, you're still healing!" Shila said, "You've been asleep for the past two hours. We escaped from those members of your pack and headed to another route. We found this... This abandoned house. It belongs to your great grea
Hunters were this powerful.How about full blooded alphas?"Claire.""Hey."I glanced up and saw Garix's closed up face. Realizing I had suddenly fallen deep into my own thoughts again, I felt shameful as I asked him what was up.To which, Garix ignored unexpectedly and just said simple words. "Thanks for saving me back then."Save? I blinked twice, my cheeks getting colder as Garix continued to jump from tree to tree, the wind getting harsher as he did."I only did what's right," I replied. It was the truth, however, since they were now my allies. If something were to happen to any of them because of me...I won't be able to forgive myself."I didn't know you're the Alpha King's slave mate. You don't have his scent."I blinked, then a soft chuckle escaped my lips with words repeating what Shila had always described. "It was the witch's work."Garix gave
*Selene*I had always hated the sight of snow.Even when there were only little to no days of snow on my pack, the Crescent River Pack of the Western Woods, every time it came, I wouldn't come out of my house.I refused to see such form of coldness."Luna Selene, the Alpha King wants to see you." One servant said, a female omega among the three others who were assisting me for about three days by now.The snow continued to fall outside through the windows. I took a glance out, finding Ajax standing near the entrance of the Larwoods' mansion. I had been told this was his second home.I couldn't help but feel mixed emotions as I remembered what I had done the previous night. Did Ajax know? Did he discover I was the one who freed his slave omega mate?Somehow, the thought of being found out gave me an ominous feeling inside. But I couldn't afford losing this chance. I couldn't let Ajax be taken away fr
*Claire*"I guess this is it. This is the time we part ways."The serious look on Ether made us unable to turn our heads away. I gulped down, not fully understanding how we came to this situation."How can you say such words?" I asked Ether.Shila nodded, a pout and a frown on her face. "Right, right. We need to do this together. Ether, stop being a coward and face your own fears!"Ether's eyebrows twitched.Before us was a huge boat that could fit ten people at most. According to Old Man Tavo, it was the easiest option that could bring us to the next town called the First Town, a town located in between the Northern Woods and Eastern Woods. Riding a boat to reach the town could take about an hour. While as the other option was to take another route but would approximately take half to an entire day since it would be travelling by foot.And Ether... Well, I had learned her weakness today."Yo
The tavern lady then apologized for being too chatty, laughing softly as she turned and went back to work.I gave Ether, Shila, and Garix a look, which fortunately they had understood immediately. After paying our bill, we exited the tavern and headed straight to the boatmen.In a few hours, the sun would disappear. The moon would shine its brightest glow. A new Luna would rise.It was far important and such a big news to everyone, but in the human world, the Uncrescent Land, stories of the mysterious serpent in the river was far greater to talk about.For a moment, I had almost forgotten about it. Ajax and Selene. The Moon Goddess would surely bless them. They were the perfect pair, after all."Claire."I felt Shila's hand on my shoulder, a concerned and comforting gaze on her face. I sighed, hiding my emotions as I smiled."Let's go."This time, Ether was the first to step toward the
"Jump to the water, Claire."That was the voice of Ursula. But jumping to the water―wasn't it too dangerous? The Venerable Snake of the East was still there. What if it attacked us? In addition, the moon was slowly changing its colors. Wouldn't it affect this river if it continued to change?"Do not be afraid. The monster is not a monster."Ursula's voice rang again. I noticed Shila looking at me as I gave her a signal. There was no time to waste. If the others joined in the man with his suspicions over me, I wouldn't be able to escape anymore.I had to do something.Since Ursula said the monster was not a real monster, I might as well believe her and just... jump.Giving Shila another signal, I moved to the edge of the boat and jumped, diving into the water."Oh goodness gracious lady, come back here! Why did you jump?! It's dangerous out there, come back!""Are they crazy?! The monste
My senses were filled with an alarming need of disappearing, escaping, of fleeing to a deserted place. Somewhere, it could be anywhere, as long as I was alone and couldn't be found by anyone or anything anymore.Those were my thoughts before I slept and woke up to another strange place. It was a wooden small room with no windows, only one door. The twin betas Zen and Ren were no longer to be found, nor any trace of their scent that reminded me of our pack was. Instead, an aroma of mixed flowers, organic soil, and the ocean wafted to the air and filled the cornerd of the room, bringing a sense of relaxing feeling."You're awake?" A voice of a woman asked.I glanced to my side, finding a woman wearing a dress similar to the female humans I had seen before. Her hair was of the black color and her eyes of a dim emerald. I noticed the comforting scent was coming from her."A... A witch?" I unconsciously asked.The woman, who looked to be aro
"Brother, why don't we have a father?" I asked Navi. I had always had it in mind. Other omegas had a father, most of my friends did. While I had mother and Navi, this thought still lingered in my mind whenever I saw other families with a mother and a father with their children."Look at that one star, Claire," he said, pointing above the sky full of stars.The night was deep, the moon was full and round, its light illuminating all the trees around us. My older brother held my hand, our hands both tiny. For he was nine years old and I was four."Which one, Navi?" I asked.Navi said, "The brightest star that you can find."I frowned, looking above and tried to look for that one star."Oh! I think I found one!" I excitedly exclaimed as I indeed found one. It was the biggest and brightest star among others. The light coming from it was similar to the moon. It was so dazzling and captivating."See, Claire, our father is n