A high-pitched shrilling scream erupted from Miras' mouth. She turned over to her side and clutched the flesh that shielded her shattering heart. Pain as she had never felt before consumed her, and her breathing became laboured while her eyes sprang wide open. The crowd went dead silent.The guards who stood on the podium next to her ran for their lives, and Selena hissed with disgust."Witch!" She snarled. "The bitch is a fucking witch!" Rage, heartache and despair grasped at the branches of Miras' stilled heart. She had sensed Alpha Bastions' pain and heard him take his final breath. If she was going to save him and Clohe, she only had a short window to do it, and she acquired a great deal of energy to do so. She fed off the raw emotions that had her seeing crimson as she broke through the barrier that was holding her back from being the Blessed One.Her fiery amber irises were replaced with eyes whiter than pearls as she drew from her source of energy, and the gold-plated coll

The full moon settled high in the luxurious sky. She was almost lost between the black waves in the atmosphere accompanied by the odd scatter of stars here and there. What should have felt like a win for Mira, didn't. She felt like she had bitten off more than she could chew. Only a few days ago she went from losing her father to being left completely alone in a world she had no true wisdom about. Then, to stumbling across Pack Moon Stone territory as a rogue while running away from the Corbette twins, and now, she has her own pack. A pack she knows nothing about. "How are you holding up?" Alpha Bastion asked Mira as her gaze was fixated on the flickering flames from the bonfire. She smiled as she exhaled harshly out of her nostrils. "How am I holding up? I think it should be me asking you that question?" A faint smile tugged at one corner of her mouth. "Honestly," He sighed while he sat down beside her on the wooden log. "I have never felt more alive. It's like I'm stronger

Thehmukss chuckled darkly unbothered by Cloves' attempts to make him shiver with fear. His gaze never abandoned Miras', he was fascinated by her greatly, and he yearned to drink every last drop of her blood. He licked his lips with anticipation as he could only imagine how sweet she would taste. He slightly tilted her head to the side as he put the delicate column of her neck on full display, and his heart rapidly hammered in his chest when he concluded that she had not been marked. The sky cackled louder above him but he wasn't phased in the slightest. He ran the flat surface of his tongue over his sharp teeth as they started to ache. Mira disliked the look in the Egyptian leader's eyes as he continued to stare at her as if she were an entire meal. The tips of her fingers began to throb, they felt like they were on fire, and she had the urgent need to imitate her mother's motions, but she felt immobilised as if she had fallen into an abyss. Thehmukss gently wiped Miras' hair

The Alpha King remained completely still.He was too afraid to make the slightest movement in case it brought him back to reality. A reality where Mira and Clove set his Clohe; his mate on fire.Looking at the smoke that was rising from the ground, his breathing became shallow and his twin hearts beat erratically.He couldn't understand why Mira and Clove would do such a thing.The rage had never left his body, but it was currently taking a backseat as he tried to remind himself that a Nightengale Warrior does not harm a female unless he is lost to the darkness entirely. The lines between light and dark were currently blurred. It was solely up to him to decide whether he was going to allow himself to cross over to the darkness or remain in the light with his dignity still intact.He begged for a miracle and for the heavens and the Moon Goddess to have compassion on Clohe since she was young and had so much to live for; he desired to be the one to show her the world, the universe, and

The Next Night...Mira walked hand in hand with Alpha Bastion through the doors that lead them into the eatery hall. Everyone stood up from their assigned seats with their hands behind their backs and in complete silence.Clove was close behind them, followed by The Alpha King and Clohe who were also walking into the eatery hall hand in hand. As Mira and Alpha Bastion reached the head of the table, they waited for Clove to stand beside Mira, Zeb to stand by Alpha Bastion and Clohe by Clove. Mira took her time to meet everyone's gaze who was standing around the long wooden table."I want to thank you all for gathering here tonight to share our first meal as a new pack under my leadership." She began. "I also want to express my gratitude to Snow Valley Pack for welcoming the Nightengale Warriors into your home and showing them kindness. I am truly humbled to be able to call you my pack; my family." She paused for a moment as she looked at Alpha Bastion. "Tomorrow we leave for Pack Moo