One of the crystals Claire talked about were found in her coven. It was with Kendrick to be precise. And the other which Claire had held, she had no idea where it was. But since Claire said it was with her, it means it's in the pack.She looked at Claire. Her eyes shone. "It's with Kendrick." Abigail finally said looking sad. "I understand you might want to go there to retrieve it. But that'll be leading you into the Lion's den. And I wouldn't let you. None of us will. We can do the remaining two."Claire could not think. What would the moon goddess give her such a daunting task. It was cruel. She wanted to yell at the universe, telling them she was tired. She just wanted to fall into a deep sleep and only wake up when the war is over.War was inevitable. She knew. But she hoped in her heart it wouldn't come to that. If she had to choose, she'd choose to give the task to someone else.She slowly came out from her day dream and considered what Abigail said. " What about the other cryst

"Why did you do that?" Abigail asked when they were in the car.Claire was seated at the window. She was viewing the landscape. Somehow they brought her some peace. She hadn't seen a bare stretch of land. It had all been bare lands.Claire didn't feel.like explaining herself to anyone. She was feeling so lonely. No one could understand how she felt. A lone tear threatened to slip off her eyes but she held it in. The car felt stuffy and she rolled the glass down. The air rushed into the car, giving her a breath of air. She could finally breathe normally. After multiple sighing through her nose, the car finally came to a stop. She had been so lost in thought, she didn't realise they had reached the place. She looked confused. What were they doing there? "Why are we here?" She turned her head just in time to see Abigail coming down from the car. She held the car door in her right hand, looking into the car. Her look says it all. Just great! She would have to trek to the village. But

Claire could hardly believe it. It was not supposed to happen. What went wrong? But didn't Caroline say the village head traveled? The story wasn't adding up.Claire remembered what happened in her dream and she wasn't in the mood to sleep back. Not like sleep would come willingly when there was an ambush.She felt Abigail's hands on hers and decided to follow her out of the house. Outside the house, there were lots of chaos, with children and families shouting and running. Some houses had been put on fire. The smoke made its way to Claire's nostrils and her lungs. She began coughy violently. They stopped by a small Alley which was free from all the things going on around them. "Do you think they are after us?" Claire's eyes were wide and red-rimmed because of her coughing fit.Caroline used her hands to go through her hair, a tired expression on her face. "I don't know. This has never happened."Claire noticed the tired lines on her face. She knew the woman was barely hanging on t

"Claire. Claire, wake up." Claire felt a light gap on her shoulder. She stirred in her sleep, trying to get out of her sleepy state."Claire, wake up. I have great news."Claire wanted to wake up but she was too deep into the sleep to hear properly what the other person was saying.She opened her eyes slowly and was met with Abigail's eyes staring back at her. "Hmm?" She asked as she rubbed the sleep off her eyes.She was shocked to see the day had darkened considerably. How many hours had she slept? She had noideo but judging from the little light which streamed into the room, she guessed it was three hours. Well, that was good. She had not gotten that much sleep for a long period of time.She sat up and squinted her eyes at Abigail. Abigail sat at the edge of the bed and started to spread out the sheet which was wrinkled by Claire's body."You said you have news right?" Claire asked tiredly."Yes. Let's have dinner before I tell you." Abigail said with a twinkle in her eyes.Claire

Alexander continued grunting all the way. For some time the scowl on his face had not left. Aiden who was at the passengers side of the cat knew there was something really wrong.On their way to the pack, Alexander had been so happy about the prospect of meeting Claire again. But as soon as they came o to the packs border, something changed on Alexander.He couldn't ask him because it wasn't the best time to do so. So he just kept mute at the front of the seatThe driver's shoulders were tense as he gripped the Steering wheel hard. He could almost feel the cold atmosphere in the car. But for some reason, Aiden wasn't really scared something had happened to Claire. He trusted Nicklaus to take care of whatever was going on in the pack. Surely he could convince Claire to stay behind until Alexander came. He tried mindlinking him for some time but it wasn't going through. He thought of Mia, he tried doing the same but she blocked him off. What exactly could be wrong? He wanted to know bu