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Chapter 2

Author: Felisa
My soul peeled away from my frozen body, floating weightless in the air.

I looked down and saw myself—curled up behind the rocks, already dusted with a thin layer of snow.

A violent tug yanked at me, dragging my spirit through the wind, through the forest, until I came to a stop right in the middle of that brightly lit celebration hall.

I saw Leo, surrounded by a crowd, his smile radiant. I was pulled toward him, drifting at his side. So close—and yet he had no idea I was even there.

The celebration dragged on past midnight. Finally, Leo—slightly drunk—left with the crowd and headed back to his and Linda's house.

Right. He hadn't come back to our place in almost half a year. All to take care of Linda.

Linda clung to him like she had no bones. "Leo, you were amazing tonight. You're the most powerful Alpha in the whole pack now!"

He chuckled and flicked her nose. "That's because you awakened your special gift. It pushed me to reach my full potential."

Linda grinned smugly. "I knew it. I'm the only one who can really bring out the best in you."

"Of course, of course—Linda's been brilliant since she was a kid."

They laughed and teased each other for a long time before Leo finally remembered his phone. He saw my missed calls.

"She's throwing a tantrum again. Such a pain," he muttered under his breath.

Linda immediately pressed closer, all understanding and sweet. "Leo, is Freya mad? This is all my fault—if it weren't for my celebration, you wouldn't have missed your mating ceremony. Maybe you should go see her now?"

Leo glanced out at the snowstorm and shook his head. "The Forbidden Grounds are freezing. She's weak now—there's no way she actually waited there all this time. I'll figure out how to handle her little mood later. Don't worry about her. If she wants to be my Luna, she needs to learn to take it."

He tossed his phone aside. "Tonight's about celebrating. As long as Linda's happy."

They say that if the one you love thinks of you, your spirit can walk free.

Five days. Leo never thought of me once. Not a single time.

After the celebration, a long stretch passed without Leo contacting me. Time started to blur.

I drifted like a ghost, chained to Leo's side by invisible ropes, watching him handle business, watching him train, watching him take care of Linda.

I was completely invisible. Just when I was about to sink into a sleep I might never wake from, Linda suddenly collapsed.

She was burning up. Her newly awakened gift was unstable—she couldn't control it, and it was tearing her apart from the inside.

The pack's best healers couldn't do a thing. "Linda's in critical condition. Her foundation was already weak, and this power is too brutal. At this rate, she'll completely break down within three days."

Leo panicked. "How could this happen? There's nothing we can do?"

"There is one way," the healer said hesitantly. "Only Moonblossom, deep in the Forbidden Grounds, can neutralize the violent energy in her system and help stabilize her. But that place is thick with wolfsbane—extremely dangerous. No one's dared enter in centuries."

Leo's eyes lit up. "Moonblossom?"

He clung to that like a lifeline. "I'll go get it!"

"Absolutely not, Alpha!" The elders jumped in immediately. "You're the hope of our pack—you cannot risk your life!"

And then—finally—Leo remembered me. He remembered that I was the pack's best herbalist. That I was the only one who could find Moonblossom.
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