a

Perhaps this is why I'm here by the enchanted river of the Dead Vlei forest. With eyes closed, my ears put to work, listening t

command who's always attached to me by the hip has dec

isturb

x, the Beta, took a pause and said

f thinking that cursing my only family is n

t I had to stop being scared of grandpa wielding his authority. It was my time to take over and even if it is going to be difficult, I will achieve m

king part, but if it

who truly know him are aware of his strong sense of friendship and respect for me. We were best friends even before we knew the whole werewolf business we were b

y the minute as members saw me coming in with the Beta. The new wolves were confused, my pack looked excited, and the elders were calmly waiting for the storm to begin, or it seemed so. The piercing

ceremony.' I said des

was testing the waters but I was not afraid of the waves. He continued, ''The elders have collectively decided to not make

d, 'Why?' After all, I had the righ

e roared suddenly and came the voice of the prophecy. 'The Alpha, when caressed by his mate, will find the powers more. The more the power, the immunity

vailed until grandfather's aid lit up a

sort of sorcery is this?

as made about our tribe even before we existed.' I closed my eyes. It was clear that Grandpa would go to any le

, I don't care what the fire sai

pack. To be the LEADER of the T

asked, 'What if I s

will not b

feel air constricti

want. I'm not g

Caden's mate for a while now with no luck. She is nowhere to be found.' He was right. I was indeed trying to find her but

casually that Max's mouth fell open, not to

ify, 'I'm not

a's mate can be anybody re

d such blasphemy

have hear

alling in lov

. Until it does, we will be postponing the ceremony.' Grand

said maybe.' I rolled my eyes and ran toward

on the rock next to me.

no way I am fal

erson is, we ha

y thing I'm interested in is the po

ay it is important

prophecy before, only I'd never listened to the e

ather not make it because he was made

ve with her so they got married. My grandf

the prophe

ghting one to fifteen. There was no chance he w

re must be a way

an opportunity for me to be

d. I was wonde

pportunity for themselves, it could be right or wrong. Upset by the betrayal of my elders, I decided I needed to show th

around and our eyes landed on the most annoying one in th

pat. I shrugged, not knowing the dispu

ose evil grin told me I would get the opportunit

then decided to say, '

ed in your rendezvous, s

ly must've made Max want to snap his head off or something sim

, Xander, just say whatever you have to a

d. 'As I was saying, there is this

no relationship with anyone whatsoever, i

n me. I was invited to the event; in fact, all the alphas were. 'Impress

's werewolf abilities might not be on point but

pening as

eader of the tribe. The process to reach the lunar kingdom was simple, lit the fire, say the sacred prayer and the path to the lunar kingdom will be visi

crowd. I may be the alpha of the Dead Vlei wolves but ours was not the only pack in the world. Moon goddess w

opportunities always find the right people, a young girl lifting her silk dress ran through the cr

away.' Ma

nitely the current mother goddess, shoute

on your side today.' X

efore me, there was no way I was going to let the sand slip ou

isibly confused and I

ack.' I told Max and walked towards

one knee in front of the Lunar queen. She tilted her head in suspic

ribe by the elders will help me.'

u can understand that sometimes el

those who disresp

please don't send me away de

uards but her kingdom needed the security uptight r

to my eyes and asked,

have none could either make or break your deal.

n?' After all, the queen knew

was an expression of understanding on her face. A werewolf's eye

win when she said, 'You have one lunar cycle to bring her back. If you fail, you wi

k before the lunar cycle.'

and said, 'Mother queen, we found fairy dust ne

princess is on the

here are no more orders for m

first. He is a banished god and helps us with earth matters. Second, when you think y

a secret?

e power to transport any celestial being to the earth without the permission of th

mber

msel