Two

FIVE YEARS LATER

KYRA’S POV

It was exactly 9 pm.

It was the D-day. I was 18 today. The big 18 meant a lot to me. It meant freedom, and I would finally have my wolf. I couldn’t sit tight. I’d barely eaten all day out of excitement. I couldn’t wait for things to actually change for good. It would give me immense joy.

Having my wolf automatically meant having a mate. I hoped he wasn’t from the Blood Moon Pack. I hoped so because he would serve as my freedom from all this chaos. I would have a shot at happiness then.

I stepped out of my tiny room, and sneaked out of the pack house through the backdoor. The wind was brutal that night, and the moon was a piercing white. It was the full moon. I couldn’t help the smile that touched my face.

I was going to enjoy every bit of this. These people would not be able to mock me anymore after this night. I would be truly free. I’m positive that the moon goddess would help me as she has always done.

I ran through the back towards the hills. Alpha Hades had made us know that for us to be able to embrace our wolves, it was paramount to get to the hill while running. I was ready to do every single thing he said to get that wolf gene in me up and going.

Freeing my thoughts from every pain, and anguish I had felt in the past. I let my soul blend into the night, and I ran as fast as I could, skipping rocks and boulders till I got to the top of the hills. I went down on my knees, and waited.

Time seemed to stop, but my heart never lost its pace. I barely had any hold on time, and I simply waited for things to change.

It did not.

My eyes flickered open, and I stared at the bright moon. It was clearer than ever. But, still, no changes happened to my body. I should have changed now, what was going on? I was 18, I should turn. Come to think of it, I should have turned on my way here.

“What’s going on?” I whispered into the night.

There was no response, only the whistles of leaves as an answer.  Why couldn’t anything work for me? I stayed there for a long time, and the longer I did, the more it became clear that I wouldn't be shifting into a wolf.

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The pain of those realisations brought tears from my eyes. I was utterly useless. I didn’t know where I came from, and I also didn’t know what I would become. It seemed that I was meant to live like a slave for the Blood Moon Pack.

My knee brushed the earth as I struggled to rise to my feet. I was pretty sure I would be bruised by tomorrow, and it won’t be with pride of shifting into a wolf.

“Why couldn’t my life make a bit of sense sometimes? Why do I have to suffer this way? It wasn’t just fair,” I murmured into the dark.

Taking one last look at the moon, I walked away from the hill, and down the path leading to the pack house. I was coming here all over again like I hadn’t been excited minutes ago that I would be reclaiming my mate, and leaving this pack for good.

I wasn’t sure I was aware of anything until I was right in front of the pack house. I hadn’t gone through the back door. I could see the silhouette of Cindy and her friends as they talked about the night.

“I’m so sure that Blake is my mate,” she was saying.

I rolled my eyes at that. I secretly hoped that her dreams would be destroyed. She had made my life hell since I stepped foot in the Blood Moon Pack, so she didn’t deserve any form of happiness.

“I’m sure it’s a done deal,” one of them spoke up.

“I know, but I’m still slightly worried. It shouldn’t take this much time for me to find out these things,” Cindy whined.

Her friends laughed her anxiety off, while she pouted like one of those humans I saw on the billboard.

“Oh, you can’t wait to be the next Luna. But, on a serious note. You and Blake have been doing heavy petting under the sheets, it’s only natural that the goddess will make you his mate.” The same girl pointed out smartly.

Cindy jumped. “I would really love that a lot. I gave him the pride of a woman, and I’m not going to accept that he isn’t my mate,” she said.

One of the girls sighed dramatically, placing a hand on Cindy’s arm. “Ugh! Don’t say something stupid. In the whole of the Blood Moon Pack, we all know who belongs to him. And, that’s you…”

I gritted my teeth together. I have never seen more vain girls like these groups. I couldn’t stand listening to them whine about how Blake was supposedly Cindy’s. I had a more pressing issue to solve, and that’s curing my heartache.

I tiptoed towards the back and went in stealthily. I just needed peace. I needed to brawl and cry. But, as I stepped into the house, a force propelled me towards the corridor.

I didn’t get how my feet were moving without coordination. At first, I worried that I might actually turn here. That would be something, but then, I realized that wouldn’t be the case.

My nostrils flared up like they had a life of their own. I walked faster, sweat beading through my body. My nipple suddenly fell hard in awareness. I thought I might faint thanks to the multiple desires that were moving through my body in torrents, but I did not.

I rounded the corner, and I was immediately assaulted by the scent of coffee and pines. My lips moved before my brain could register what was going on.

“Mate!”

We said it as one, and at the same time, my heart sank, as I stared into the shocked face of my mate.