The Moon Goddess And I

Kendrick stared out to the moon once more, his fingers forming an oval shape on his forehead as he bowed down slowly and payed his respects to the half moon hanging In the sky.

The other villagers also did same, after witch Queen Zaria took over the mid lands, everyone ran for their lifes. Although not all of them could escape, his family was still under the evil rule of Zaria, but with the few that fled with him, they had formed a small town in the middle east where they lived and survived by hunting daily.

The villagers bowed to the moon goddess for the third time and straightened up, this their custom, this was what they did every morning, they prayed to her every day hoping she would hear their plea and save their pack, she was their only hope for survival now.

"Take care of everyone, we will be back." Kendrick instructs Rolland his beta, as Roland pulls the black hunting cape above Ken's head.

"I will, may the good spirits protect you." He  bows and leaves.

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Kendrick shifts over to his wolf form and runs deeper into the woods, the bushes drifting pass him as he runs, all the hunters had gone separate ways to cover more tracks.

Since he lost his pack and kingdom, nothing has been same, everyone feels like the moon goddess has forsaken them but yet, they still prayed to her everyday for protection and she protected them.

After Zaria recognized that not all the wolf pack where captured, she spread her army across all four moutains to search for the rest to hunt then down, non of the villagers where permitted to leave the middle east due to how dangerous the world outside those walls where.

Kendeick stops in his tracks when he hears heavy footsteps.  He quickly changes to his human form before hiding behind one of the rocks for coverage.

Thump, Thump, Thump. More footsteps, more like people running. He scooped a little closer, trying to have a clear glimpse at what was happening.

It was a woman, a woman in a red dress and a red cloak that covers her hair. What woman would stroking through this dangerous woods alone?.

Kendrick watched her making her way along the lakeshore, disappearing and reappearing with the path. She didn't seem to be in a hurry, but she wasn't strolling slowly either. Rather, she moved at the measured pace of an experienced traveler.

That made no sense; no one lived anywhere near the east wing, the witches where everywhere, she must be bold enough to come out here alone. But one thing was sure, she totally was not from his pack, Alpha ken knew all his pack members by heart.

Another movement snatched his attention. Kendrick's eyes searched the shade and shadows. Behind her, there were others. Three, no, four men and two women. The witches, Ken has always heard that Zaria's witches where not only women, but they had men among them too, this was his first time of seeing them upfront.

They where in hooded forest cloaks, following her, but hanging back some distance. They moved with stealth, from tree to rock to tree. Looking. Waiting. Moving.

Ken straightened, his eyes wide, his attention riveted.

They were stalking her. He knew immediately, the lady was in trouble.

At First, Ken Stood frozen, not knowing what to do. He couldn't be sure the witches  really were stalking the woman, at least not until it was too late. What business was it of his anyway?.

What chance did one man with no weapon have against four? He watched the woman making her way along the path. He watched the men follow.

What chance did the woman have?

"Save her." His wolf Xavier whispered to him, but he shakes his head. He isn't certain of what to do because she is a stranger and he doesn't know why a helpless lady like her would be walking around this dangerous woods all alone.

His Alpha instinct are pleading at him to help her out, he lets out a low hiss when the woman approached the rock he hid.

When she was at the bridge of passing, he dragged her by the hand so she was behind the same rock he was.

"Don't make a sound." He whispered clasping his palms on her mouth, as he stares out at the witches who where once after her, they had passed and kept chasing forward.

Myra stares at the stranger who wore a black hooded cloak. Her emerald green eyes studying him enerstly.

She couldn't trust him, hell, she couldn't trust anyone at all. For all she knew, he might be among the people chasing after her.

With anger over his clamped hands on her mouth, she digs her teeth into his hands and bits him, trying to escape his grip.

"Ow." Kendrick howled in pains, immediately releasing her. He regrets more minding his business the minute the witches who where at the other said of the woods turned towards their direction.

The witches began coming towards them, Ken tried to run but another witch appears behind him and they are trapped in the middle.

"What did you do that for?". Kendrick scream at her in an annoyed tune as the witches started towards their direction.

Myra wasn't feeling remorseful, not even a bit, she just faced the witches.

"Handle the ones behind you". She instructs pulling out a small knife from the hem of her boots. "I will take care of these ones." Without hesitation, Myra stoned the knife at the witches on the left and she fell miserably.

Ken still stared at her shocked, he didn't expect her to be able to protect herself. Mostly, girls from his pack weren't strong enough to wield a sword or dagger.

"Are you not going to fight?." She stares at him with a side of her eyes wondering why he was just staring at her instead of fighting along side.

Ken immediately changed over to his wolf form and started towards the witches.

Myra, after making sure Kendrick wasn't looking at her, placed a hand on the neck of one of the witches, her eyes changing color to be completely black. She felt like her entire energy had been drained out.

"Command me mistress." The lady bows at Myra.

"Kill them all." Myra's voice is weak but commanding, and in seconds, the witch turns around and begins fighting off the other witches.

Ken turns around staring hard at the witch that had just turned around and began killing her own kind. He stares back at Myra who looked weak and had rest on a rock to hold her balance.

In seconds, one of the witches killed the one who Myra had confessed and Kendrick plunged his knife into her.

"Who are you?." Kendrick turned back to the strange girl who had done something to one of the witches that made her to kill her own.

Kendrick has always heard of dark magic and all that, but he wasn't sure if any other specie had such a power.

"My name is Myra." She pulls off her cloak cover and her blonde curly hair dropped down her shoulders. There was a oval chain on her forehead which Kendrick recognized to be the sign of the moon.

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