Elder Lysara – the White seer came out from a special entrance in the villa and walked up to the raised platform where Zara was standing.As soon as she stood up, the whole crowd fell silent and everyone looked on with awe and anticipation.It was not every day that the common folks saw the White Seer, the reverence in their silence was unmistakable.Elder Aliya’s heart sank when she was Elder Lysara – there was no way that the legitimacy of this ritual could be in doubt now, the White Seer was involved.At first, she thought that Zara might have pulled a fast one on her by lying to the alpha but there was no way she would have been able to convince Elder Lysara to go along with her.How come she had never heard of this ritual in all her research? But to fair, she had never looked for a way to purify Zara.Zara’s heart beat doubled as she knelt there on the raised platform watching the White Seer approach.The last time that she saw her, she had dropped a prophecy that had scared the
“I… need… to… be punished?” Zara repeated slowly, she could scarcely understand the words that had come out of the alpha’s mouth.Did he not mean to say that Evelyn was to be punished for killing in the pack?That was what he meant to say, right? That was what he meant, right?It must be some sort of a mistake.“Come with me!” Alpha Draven roared and stormed out of the small cabin, his body shuddering with anger.Zara followed him behind, her lips still trembling with fear and disbelief.“What did I do wrong?” she kept muttering as she followed Draven behind.Evelyn was the only person who seemed to be enjoying what was happening. A small grin of satisfaction spread on her face as she walked behind Zara.She was smirking – her charm was working, the alpha was doing as she wanted him to do.But she was not thoroughly convinced yet.If the charm was working as well as she thought, why did he not ravish her when she was alone with him in his study?How was he able to resist her then? The
For a split second, the whole cabin fell silent.Zara stood there, frozen mid-step, inches away from unraveling a mystery, stopped by the fiery look in her lover’s eyes.Alpha Draven, frame filling the doorway, steam curling out of his nostrils as he fumed, fingers clenched into a tight fist as he fought the urge to charge right at her.Zara just disobeyed a direct command from him – if anyone else did this – he would rip their neck from their head and hang it.But Zara was not anyone else… she was his mate – the only person that made him feel vulnerable and condensed – ripping her head from her neck was out of the question.What was he going to do?“Alpha save me, she has gone mad!” Evelyn screamed as soon as the initial shock of Draven’s presence passed.“Don’t listen to her, she is the killer!” Zara yelled back, her mind snapping back to her body.She blocked the way as Evelyn tried to deftly slip past her and run to Alpha Draven.She caught hold of her shoulders and shoved her bac
Draven’s eyes flashed madly as he turned to look at Elder Aliya, “What do the people want?” he roared.“I determine what the people want! Not you… not anyone else… get out of my sight!”Elder Aliya jumped to her feet and ran out of the room, her body was trembling as she shut the door behind her.That did not go as she thought it would, the alpha’s temper was still as sharp as ever, but at least, the seed had been planted.As long as she held her breath, Zara would never become the Luna, the prophecy warned that she would be the death of the alpha, she was not going to let that happen.****“Why is she following us?” Joel whispered to Zara.Zara looked over her shoulder and saw Janet trailing behind her, she had no idea what to make of the blonde-haired woman.One thing was certain, she was very different from Evelyn but that did not mean that she could be trusted.Zara shrugged as her attention panned over to Denice who was on her right-hand side, “It means a lot that you are here,”
A soft knock sounded on the door waking Zara from her slumber, she yawned as she made her way sleepily to the door.“Yes?” She pulled it open as she yawned wildly.“You are Zara, right?”Zara frowned, the face that was staring back at her was not one that she knew, the lady had magnificent blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.“Who are you?” Zara asked, suddenly curious. It was not every day that a total stranger walked up to her front door.“I hear that you are the person who makes things happen around here,” Janet continued.“Slow down, you still have not told me who the hell you are.”“Oh, I am sorry for that,” she bowed curtly, “I am Janet,” she said with wide expectant eyes as if that was supposed to explain everything.Zara looked at her blankly, “Janet? Who are you?”Janet’s jaw dropped, and Zara still did not know who she was. Everyone else seemed to have heard about her. “Uhm, I was rescued by your pack–”“Oh, you are one of the two,” Zara said tightly, Evelyn did not exactly l
Zara scoffed in disbelief, “You must be joking! Go back to wherever it is that you came from.”“I am dead serious, Zara. I can’t do this without you!” Joel didn’t bother hiding his eagerness. If anything was going to convince Zara to help him, it was that.Zara was not convinced, she had just been shot down by the alpha, now here was the beta put in charge of the task coming to ask her for help?“I do not like to repeat myself,” she muttered and tried to sidestep him.Joel moved and planted himself firmly in her path, “Please,” he said, his eyes begging more than his lips.Gone were the days when he wanted Zara dead, right now, he needed her. He was not equipped to handle the type of weird things that were happening in the pack.“Get out of my way!”“You cannot turn your back on us now, Zara. C’mon.”She gasped, “I didn’t turn my back on anyone, Joel! You heard the crowd out there, they don’t want me, they think I am responsible for this.”“When have you ever let that stop you before?