Chapter 11
The forest is alive with the sodi bum of nature–liratubes sways, leaves whispers, and somewhere in the distance, an in boots. The moon, though not
gh, still glows faintly through the trees, casting shadows across the secluded clearing I stand there, trembling my fists clenched tight. My howarking in an ratic, and my eyes flicker in and out of their wolfish glow.
A fra, Serian, any brother, stands calm and steady. His presence is grounding, like an anchor in a storm. “You’re safe here,” he said gently, kas deeg vrane käending with the night “You don’t have to fight it alone –
I
(u too mach Ican’t control it. Every time I feel the change, it’s like like I’m drowning in it.” I say with a trembling voire
Sebastian steps closer, his movements slow and deliberate
“I know it feels that way now. We all start there. But liten to me, Elena–you are stronger than you think. Tonight, we’re going to try again. Trust me?
“Teelt strengthen You don’t have to pull the beast upor push it away. Just hold the connection
The tremors in my hands stills, and for the first time in days, I feel a flicker of control
“Now, let’s see what you can do,” Sebastian says, motioning toward a large fallen tree nearby. “The wolf gave you strength. Let’s channel it.”
I follow him, eyeing the massive log with skepticism. “You expect me to move that?”
“You’re a werewolf,” he says with a smirk. This is nothing for you. But control your power–don’t let it controly
you!
I growl softly but did as instructed. This time, the log moves slower, and I halt it mid roll. A flicker of pride lits my face. I finally did it.
Sebastian has a wide grin across his face. He ruffles my hair like a kid.
ay to go.”
“Hey don’t get too cocky yet. You still have a long way
All my life, I had prayed for someone to call family. Thad taken all that love and built a world, making Lucian the centre of it. Now I find out I have a brother and a whole park. My fingers involuntarily touches the locket nestled between my breasts. My parents
“Are you gonna stand there all night or you are going to really do something worthwhile?, Sebastian snaps his fingers at me.
Jel is watching us, as usual. He and Sebastian has taken the roles of my trainers and mentors. Right now, Joel signals to me. 1
**Tell me,” he says, “what sets you off? When do you lose control?”
I look away, my voice barely above a whisper. “Tear. Anger. Sometimes both. It’s like like they feed the wolf, and I can’t stop it.”
Sebastian nods knowingly. “That’s normal Fear and rage are the wolf’s fuel. But they don’t have to be its master. Let’s face them together. Imagine the fear now. Let it rise–but don’t fight it. Breathe through it, like you did earlier.”
My breath quickens, and my claws begin to extend. Sebastian steps closer. “Stay with me, Elena. It’s just a feeling. It can’t control you unless you let it.
slowly, deliberately. I let the wolf rise–just a little. My hands morphs, fingers elongating into claws, and my eyes glows a fierce gold. But my breathing stays steady,
Sweat beads on my forehead, but I manage to stay in control. After a moment, I exhale deeply and pull the wolf back, returning fully to my human
form
When I open my eyes, Joel is grinning. “You did it.”
As we walk back to the city, we meet Marcus, Joel’s son and Sebastian’s Beta. He looks disturbed
“Sebastian, we’ve got trouble. You need to summon the security Council immediately.”
“What’s going on Mare? Joel ask with worry in his eyes.
Marcus looks at with uncertainty. He hesitates, making Sebastian all the more impatient.
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dan. You can say whatever you want in her presence. She is part of the pack now?
ck Moon Pack knows we have her and they are planning i
cktoon. The intercepted, intel
banks his bred vehemently
pomulde. We’ve been in careful
we abandoned the old ruins of our former city
sanne. Tell the council that they are commoned and they have to meet at the Park Hall in an hour. Meanwhile,
never thanked you for watching me all these years, even if it’s from afar” I say to Joel.
as usual. We walk in compardonable silence.
Deju deer’s something I have to tell you I don’t think you are ready yet but we can’t tell what could happen next,
survival. It i
belongs to your family and bloodline, Your parents hid it right before they died. That artifact might just be the key to our Himinense power and you are the only one who ran retrieve it.”
1 look at hans in cosesion. What is he talking about?
“Joel, what artifact? Does Sebastian know about it?”
“Of course he does. It’s your family’s heirloom but he doesn’t want to tell you about it until you’ve mastered your powers. It’s complicated”
“What kind of artifact? Aring? A necklace?” I query.
He looks me dead in the eyes and says, “The Crescent Stone
My fingers strays to the locket between my breasts as I murmur the word to myself
Suddenly I find myself in an empty field. The land is desolate and arid. I look across, and I see two figures staring at me.
They are the faces in my locket. My parents.
In to them but the more I try to get closer, the farther they get.
I hear their voices from a d
distance.
Gena, find the Crescent Stone. Find it before it’s too late. Find the Crescent Stone,
Tam back to the present, Jool looks at me knowingly.
“You just had a vision, didn’t you? You had that faraway look of the seers of old.” He said softly.
“Joel, where is the Stone? How do I retrieve it!”
He sighs deeply.
“That’s the trouble. Nobody not even Sebastian knows where it is hidden.”
“Joel, what’s the Stone used for? Why is it so important that I retrieve it?”
He hesitates and shakes his head in regret.
lam sorry. Elena, I can’t tell you that. I’ve said enough already as it is. You should ask your brother about it. All I can tell you is the Stope will make or destroy you and this pack”
I came here to learn how to master my powers and get stronger. Now that I have someone to call my family and also a pack, I will do anything to defend them. Anything
“Joel, when I touched the locket earlier before I had the vision, I felt a faint connection to my parents. Where are they buried?”
He looks stared at my question.
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“They al bunted at the old ruins of the Hunter Estate, That’s a long way off here, Elena. It’s aho vulnerable to attacks and ambushes. No
vill go to their resting place. I need a stronger connection to ther
Strangely, I feel calm and at peace.
“Joel, we will go to the ruins of the old Hunter estate.
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The druiden have told you about the game. Not yet. You are not ready. Elena In the wrong hands and intentions, it could be fatal for everyone
And doneses per me started about traveling to the Old City It’s too dangerous” Sebastian rants.
I dock pood to me mutuesne monty penney about me again. I am used to having Lucian worry about me and taking care of me. At night, when I am ssor vath my thovettu. 1 sul pave for his touch and wish I could see him again, but 1 am consoled that I am here to get stronger to protect him from
you a support my brother? Do you think I am being unreasonable here?“, I a
ididous bestone and 1 undensand. Ben bound by will and low to show unmost loyalty to his Alpha.
ner. Ita dicgerous in a weapon and even worse if it falls in the wrong hands. The Old City is open to ambush and we can’t risk an open time. To act or ready. Tour wolf is still unpredictable and you haven’t come into your full powers” Marcus says.
as in domney. Why is everyone being so mubtarm?
“Bur. Eena has a poor. The Black Moon Pack be looking for it too, so it might be safer if we get to it first and bring it into safety. The final denisice Les with you Apha Marcus adds
Sebastian shoots him an ugly look. Her his eyes and looks at me turedly. Suddenly I see the toll the years had taken on him. And most of that burden
determined more than ever to help him and the pack.
had to do watch ME
1 the Stone and is significance with me but you man agree we have to find it and bring it back. Our parents wouldn’t have an ‘t important. Maybe when we return, you’ll feel more comfortable having that discussion.” I plead
A long pause. Then a nod
ourselves ready. We leave within the hour. We will go as a small på
1 party to avond attention. And I am going
with you. Elena“.
el before the twan marble gravestones, brushing away the dried leaves clinging to their bases. My fingers tremble as I trace their engraved
Aladin and Evelyn Hunzer My parents. My heroes. The who died so that I might live.
ace barely audible over the rustling wind. “Why did it have to end like this? What was so important that it
cost
No atower totes, only the growing
ne servation of being watched. My chest tightens. I’ve been on edge ever since I left the sanctuary of the pack lands,
I now that feeling claws at my put, up me to leave. But before I can move, the shadows shut, and the world around me begins to fade.
The stuan as wond, more real than any dream
parents standing side by side in a ruined courtyard, the Crescent Stone clutched rigidly in my mothers hands verblue glow pulses like a heartbeat, illuminating the blood soaked ground beneath their feet. They’re
Ius messe,
from every direction
No retreat” my father growls, his voice sterly and welding “We end this here.”
/ mother nodi, texts streaking ber din smeared face. She raises the Crescent Stone high, and the glow intensifies, its light burning away thự
roaching darinen. Bu can feel it, even from this spectral vantage point–the cost. My parents know they won’t survive what they’re about to do
I try to scream to warn them, but my voice is swallowed by the vision. My mother whispers something I can’t hear, and then the world erupts in
hed the glow fades, the enemies are gone, reduced to ash and shadows. My parents collapse to the ground, their lifeless bodies entwined.
an, and I see my mother’s hand–the one not clutching my father’s–pointing toward the woods. A single word echoes in my mind:
and I’m back in the cemetery, gasping for air. My heart pounds, and my knees threaten to give way, but 1 force myself to stand
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