Katya
The room dissolves and ripples before I find myself in Seline’s Moon Goddess realm. Her castle stands in front of us, and I am standing in the flower fields that surround it.
“I couldn’t create new wolves for them, but as I said, I had some volunteers that agreed to go back. They will have no recollection of their past lives. Instead, taking on new ones and being reborn as they usually are.” Seline says before whistling loudly. The sound echoes and weaves through the trees before I see wolves rushing toward me. All in different colors and sizes. Thousands of wolves surround us.
“So this is where the wolves go. They come here to live with you?” I ask out of pure curiosity.
“Yes, some choose to go back, but those that don’t remain here with me, some that refused the change from their Lycan form, are still around. These are vessel wolves, taking on this form permanently, reincarnations.” She tells me. Her words confuse me, but I don’t have time to question what she means by vessel wolves or reincarnations.
“And how will you give a wolf to Eziah and Marabella?” I raise an eyebrow at her.
“By connecting their souls as one, most wolves shift at thirteen for the first time because I am forcing their souls to connect. They will bloom later and, like you, shift at eighteen. Most wolves are picked in utero, and watch their counterpart from this realm until the human counterpart comes of age. But it changes things because I am doing this after the child is born, but it is the best I can do since I can’t change their futures. But maybe having wolves, their wolves can.”
“So, how do you pick?” I ask her. I can feel all their auras, and see their different colors. It is almost like I can sense their personalities by seeing the color alone.
Suddenly, the wolves part, and I see a black wolf come toward me. He is bigger than Maddox and has a huge scar across his eye. He sits on his hind legs and stares at me. Is it me, or is this wolf judging me?
“This Malachi, he was Micha’s wolf. Marabella’s mate’s wolf, he offered to be Eziah’s,” Seline says, and I look at her.
“Micha’s?” I repeat the name since it rings no bells.
“Yes, his heart is true, and he loves fiercely just as much as Maddox and Ares, he is a good match for Eziah.” Seline tells me, and I pat him, he brushes himself all over me, wrapping his body around my legs before sitting beside Seline. Scratch my previous idea, there is no judgment. She is right, the wolf’s heart must be true.
“And for Marabella, I think you will approve,” Seline says, and I turn to see all the wolves part again.
“Hello, Kat,” Kora says, stepping forward.
My heart squeezes when I see her step forward. I chew my lip to stop it from trembling at the sight of her. Gosh, how I missed her.
“I thought you wanted to be free of the curses of my family?” I ask her as I drop to my knees in front of her. She presses her head to mine.
“I did, but now there’s a new curse, and I won’t let it take your little girl from you. You gave me my freedom, I will make sure Marabella gets hers, I won’t let this curse take her from us.” Kora tells me. She sounds as fierce as ever, but something from her words raises alarm bells in my head.
“New curse?” I ask Seline and glance up at her.
“When I saw that glimpse of her future, her mate is a curse to himself. He is her undoing and what causes her to kill herself.” Seline whispers. She sounds like she is struggling to speak.
“But how can Kora save her if she won’t remember when she goes back?” I ask. Although Selene is trying to find the puzzle pieces, in my mind, it doesn’t matter how I twist and turn them – none fits.
“By giving her a friend, by taking the loneliness from her.”
“But if it is her mate, I will make her reject him.” I tell them.
Seline shakes her head. “That is not for you to choose, Kat. She is destined to be his and he hers. They will either be each other’s destruction or redemption. When I brought you back, I didn’t realize their fates were set to collide. I wasn’t given a choice, darkness seeks darkness, and it tied them together without my influence at all, and it killed her, but if Kora is with her, maybe we can alter destiny, and they can save each other,” Seline explains.
“So I have to let you go again.” I tell Kora.
“You will always be the one that set me free, Kat. Now, let me return the favor and set her free, too,” Kora says.
“I love you, Kora.” I whisper as tears sting my eyes and I try to toss my arms around her. I need it so badly, even if for a moment, I need to convince myself she is as real as she looks.
“And I love you, Katya, now get back to your mates where you belong,” Kora tells me, just as my surroundings ripple and I am back in the office.
“So that’s where you have been?” Ezra asks, looking between Seline and me.
“Yes, Ezra, we had business to attend to. Now, I know you had one more question, but after that, I must go, Kat, so I can put things in motion,” Seline tells me, gripping my arms and I can hear the urgency in her voice.
“You need to leave already?” I blink like an idiot, afraid to let her go. What if this is the last time I see her? What if this is the last we ever speak?
“Yes, I am afraid time is running out, and I must get to work before I lose my power completely,” she explains.
“Ah, what is going on?” Ezra asks, standing up and leaning over the desk to look at us.
“I will explain later,” I tell him, turning back to Seline. “Dominic is blessed. I just wanted to understand what I am up against,” I ask her.