Page 38 of Rejecting the Future Moon Goddess

“I am so sorry for what happened to you. Your death was untimely, and you had so much life left to live.” I start, holding back the tears. Losing these amazing wolves caused a domino effect on the pack, their pups’ lives and my own. I start to talk about finding my identity, why they were killed when they should have lived a long life, my life after leaving the pack, and anything I could think of.

Every chance I can, I apologize, curling up in on myself until I am sobbing. I know they are well, Mother reassuring me that they hold no regret but, unfortunately, I cannot talk to them until my own ascension as the Moon Goddess. I could not help the sadness, grief, and guilt that has built over the years. The afternoon turns to evening, and then night.

[Gem, baby, are you coming back soon?] Ariven’s voice brings me from the grief I am wallowing in, forcing me to open my tired eyes and let out a sigh. I felt better, finally saying my piece to Alpha Sorus and Luna Reena and now I have to finish training their children.

[Yes, I am coming back now.] I answer, standing and stretching my body. I must have dozed off as Icried, my body feeing heavy and groggy and the thought of walking back to the pack house not one I look forward to. Facing the lake, I watch the stars twinkling over the water for a moment until a twig snapping gets my attention.

[Ariven, I need back up!] I call out, the scent of Soulless reaching my nose. Getting ready to fight, I face the direction of the sound and notice a Soulless walking out, its blood-red eyes staring me down as they release a feral snarl. Then I feel it, the prick of a needle in my neck, and I turn to see my assailant. I am met with ice-blue eyes. Lupus.

[Riv… Help!] I call out once more before the world fades to black.

?Chapter 36 - Lupus?

I slowly open my heavy eyelids, feeling as if someone had glued them shut while I was unconscious. My body feels groggy, limbs unable to move. It feels like I had been rejected again minus the pain that had me wishing for death, but the mate bond hummed inside me, even if it is so faint I can barely feel it.

[Ariven?] I call out through our link, praying he hears me. In the end, nothing but silence answers my call. My senses are blocked, and my guess is wolfsbane. It’s the only substance that can harm me in any way. I need to get away, heal, and find my mate. A door to my right opens, and the stench of rot and decay mixed with the scent of a Rogue wafts through. Someone has entered the room.

“Glad to see you are awake, Future Goddess.” A man calls out. Fear takes hold of me, causing me to shiver as I recognize who has walked in. It’s the man who is building an army. The man causing havoc in the werewolf world. The man who raped me as a child because of a debt Bastian had. Lupus.

“Release me!” I demand, turning to glare at the man who now stands beside my bed.

“No can do, Geminie.” He chuckles with a smirk. I frown, the fear slowly turning to hatred when his eyes stare down at my body, his face a disgusting mix of lust and greed.

“Why? I should be nothing to you.” Is my retort. I knew he was looking for me, and like an idiot I stupidly gave him an opportunity to take me.

“Because daddy dearest… Wait no… Bastian Blake promised me a mate." He answers slowly, changing the way headdresses Bastian towards me.

“You already knew I wasn’t his daughter, didn’t you?” I call out frowning.

“Of course I did. The daughter they lost almost twenty-one years ago was my pup. Bastian allowed me to have his mate a few times because of debt, just like he gave me you." Shock rocks through me, knowing that Bastian knew his lost daughter wasn’t his. The abuse I was put through was all for naught for Bastian but was instead meant to make Jasmine feel better.

“Like I said, Bastian promised me a Mate, and since the day I got to have some fun with you, I knew I wanted you.” He continues, trailing his fingers along my abdomen and touching whatever exposed skin he can. Disgust rippled through me as only Ariven should be the one enjoying the feel of my skin pressed to his, not this disgusting wolf. He already took far more from me than he should have as a child.

“The future Moon Goddess, Geminie, mated to the Soulless King, Lupus. Has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?” He chuckles with a grin, leaning closer to my weak body and taking a deep breath of my scent.

“Besides, you may be the future Moon Goddess, but from my intel you still haven’t shifted into your wolf form yet. You’re still weak.” I growl, pushing him away from me as best as I can, the wolfsbane making me as weak as a human child. My futile attempt just causes Lupus to chuckle, his hands holding me down.

“I can see you are mated, but once I’m done killing that mate of yours Mika, you’ll be free and mine in a few days. So, stay in your cell, Little Wolf, and wait for the day I can fuck you senseless.” He licks the side of my face after his little plan is revealed. In retaliation, I headbutt his nose and hear a satisfying crunch. A punch to my stomach reminds me of how weak I amright now, the breath leaving my lungs as I glare back at Lupus who holds a bleeding nose in his left hand - a bleeding nose with red blood. Shock fills me, the stench of a Soulless still prevalent on him but his red blood has me questioning his background.

“Breaking you and making you mine will be a lot of fun, Geminie. So just wait.” He laughs maniacally, leaving the room and locking the door. Now alone, I slowly sit up on the bed, taking stock of my surroundings.

The room is made out of rock, a flickering light hanging overhead and swaying slightly, the only source of illumination in the room and keeping it from total darkness. Taking a deep breath as best as possible, the pain in my abdomen still present from the punch, I close my eyes and try my best to focus on my powers. It takes a few tries with the wolfsbane blocking my powers, but I am able to sense where I am for a brief moment, and what I see blows my mind.

Lupus has made a kingdom underground, the pathways extending as far as my limited powers could reach. It explains why no one could find him nor his army. He hid them well, but now we know how to flush them out like the infestation they are.

[Ariven, if you can hear me, call Father and get him to have Mother leave the heavens. Lupus’ camp is underground.] I call out into the void that is our link, praying my mate can hear me in some way. But something inside me tells me it is impossible, and try as I might, I know nothing will reach Ariven right now no matter how much I scream into our link.

With a tired sigh, I lean against the rough wall behind me, happy for the small comfort of the bed below me and focus on metabolizing the wolfsbane in order to get it out of my system and return my power to full strength. I needto escape and soon, before Lupus can killthe innocent wolves in Hidden Claws.

?Chapter 37 – Captive?

Blood drips down the right side of my face, a throbbing pain from where Lupus punched me, his gloves cutting my flesh. Glaring at the man defiantly, I silently focus on removing the wolfsbane from my system, feeling the last of it almost gone thankfully. Escape will be soon.

“It’s been a week and you still dare to defy me?!” He screams in anger. I want to chuckle but know that doing so will lead me to being stabbed with the knife held firmly in his hand. I can smell the wolfsbane on the blade, knowing full well one slice will cause my progress to go back, and I will be trapped here another week.

“I will never bow down to you, Lupus!” I yell, my head turning to the right as his fist collides with my jaw seconds after my statement. I growl, turning to face the man before me with immense hatred, wanting nothing than to destroy him right then and there.

“How about I take you right now and fuck you hard. You’ll soon learn who you belong to after I fill you with my cum.” He jeers, his free hand grasping my neck roughly as he leans closer to my body. But there is a flaw to this plan, and we both know it.

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