Ergo noticed it too.
“Why you look tense? Is something bothering you?” Ergo asked her.
Ariana quickly bent her knees on the floor.
“I can’t make it I guess. I’m scared that I ended dying before that day comes. Everyone hated me even the person I trusted.” She burst out in tears.
Anika was alarmed. She can’t do that. She can’t stay there or get herself killed. If that happens, all the risk will turn to dust. She can’t let them catch her.
“Hey, don’t you dare fooled us! I know how you wanted to be me forever. I can see it in your eyes and my wolf feels it. Why? Why?” Anika yelled at her.
Ariana just tried to ignore her. Ergo just listened to them. He’s just want to help them and if the time stops he will vanish too like dust.
“Don’t you feel guilty for your husband? He looks at you like pathetic! Don’t you miss him?” She wanted Anika to get back in her senses.
After hearing about her husband, she finally meets my eyes.
“Are you with him?” She asked Anika like she’s longing for him too.
Anika firmly nods her head.
“Your real father met her. You’re the Alpha King’s daughter. Just finish the mission and what you experience there will be the same as here.” Anika said.
Ariana wanted to know more when Ergo put them back to sleep.
“Both of you spilled many things!” He murmured and make a spell.
—-
The year 2021
Ariana gasp for air when she stretches her eyes wide open.
She quickly got up and search Ergo everywhere but she failed.
“I was dreaming?” She asks herself and took a glass of water beside her.
She looked around and she’s still inside the inn. So it’s only a dream. She got up and make a quick shower after remembering what did Anika said about her family and Arem. She’s glad they’re safe. She also can’t believe that she was a lost Luna of a pack. Now that she knew some things about herself, she was not afraid to fight them anymore.
Ariana set a smirk on her face while combing her curly hair in front of the bathroom mirror.
“What if I mimic the real Anika! I’ll pretend to be the real Anika. I’ll have to stay alive until my last mission. I’ll be good and I’ll promise to get her mom from that place!” She mumbled.
She called Denise before leaving the inn.
Ariana POV as Anika
“Tell the board of directors that Anika is back,” I ordered her and briefing her on what to do.
I don’t need to be scared anymore. Everything will be fine. I’ll decide to visit the beauty salon to fix my hair and my makeup. I’ll change my attitude too.
I was on my way when I saw a speedy truck approaching me. It was so fast and I was about to shift in my werewolf form when it hit me.
I was thrown hard and hit my head on the cement road. I saw blood everywhere. I saw black dots around me. I felt dizzy. The surroundings turned pitch black.
“Help!” That was the only word I said before taking my last breath.
—-
The year 1870
“You can’t stay!” Anika screams in her deep sleep.
She quickly looked around to find Ariana but she’s just a dream.
She took a deep breath and ambled near the windows. She opened it to confirm that she’s still inside the past era but all she saw was darkness. She felt confused and nervous.
She went out of her room to check what’s happening outside.
The palace is reserved like nobody lives except her.
“Karl, Arem, where are you?” She called for them but no one answered.
She only heard the intense best of her heard and her heavy breathing. It was odd. Everything was not in the proper place.
“Annie, King Theus, answer me!” She shouted but only the strong breeze filled her ears.
She felt her body is shaking. She was outside the gate but she only saw her silhouette under the full moon.
She then realized how her body crouched down like a dog, her skin hair turned into this white, and her head transformed into a wolf’s face. Her canines visibly appeared and she saw herself with paws.
She howls and used her feet to ran swiftly through the darkest pathway.
Anika had no idea where her legs brought her but she was praying that whatever it is, it will lead her to the right way.
She stops to see a light from afar. Her face brightened to see a new way of hope. What if this is the way for her to be back in her time?
She followed the bright light and all of the sudden on her final step was a huge black hole.
“Ahhhh!!! Help!” Her wolf shrieked after falling from a deep black hole.
—–
Three later…
Anika POV
I smelled his scent even my eyes were closed. I remember it because my wolf loves that scent. She dances in happiness to sniff it. I heard a television playing inside my room. The reporter is airing a weather forecast.
” The temperature in Miami hit 15°C but thanks to Perez Sunny Villas, tourists have a place to escape from the cold weather. Today is the 22nd day of March, the year 2021. This is Reporter Cheska Cruz, reporting!”
After I heard the news, my eyes opened.
I was right. That perfume came from him, Argus Mateo.
—-
Argus Mateo saw Anika just regained her consciousness. He hurriedly rings the bell to call the doctor.
The doctor and nurses came in. They check her eyes and pulse. They check her heartbeat and breathing.
“Miss Perez, do you know us? Do you see us? Answer me!” Her doctor asked her and she only blinks.
“How is she? Is she okay?” He asked the doctor and he quickly nodded.
“She’s fine. Don’t force her yet. Let her be the one to talk to you!” He said and Argus felt relieved.
“Thanks!” He said and the doctor and nurses left after checking Anika.
“Do you recognize me? It’s me, Anika. I’m your boyfriend Argus!” He told her but she just wanted to laugh.
She can still recall everything about how she and that slave switch soul and brought to opposite time eras. How can he forget it?
Anika looks around to see if Argus had a company. She’s scared that they might kill her here in the hospital.
She gathered her strength to answer him.
“Boyfriend? I didn’t have a boyfriend!” She softly told him.
“Where are your armies? Where’s everyone who tried to kill me? Did you killed Denise too?” She yelled at him but Argus’ scowled at her. He had no idea why Anika was acting weird.
“Easy. Have you watched too many Korean dramas on Netflix? You’re acting weird Anika.” Argus told her.
Anika can’t understand why he said that. Are they pretended not to know everything and will kill her later? She also wanted to know how she gets back here.
” I was dreaming! This can’t be true.” She whispered and tightly close her eyes but when she woke up, her confusion doubled when Jerick, Denise, Sebastian, Devorah, John, and Argus’ cousin Railey appeared with flowers and balloons in their hands.
“Surprise! We’re so happy to know that you finally awake! You know that you slept for over three months?” Denise told her and she was shocked to hear it.
“We’re glad you’re back, bestie!” John came closer and hold her hands.
“What? I was asleep that long?” She asked them and all of them nods their head.
“Do you want to know our final surprised to you?” Argus asked her. He looks excited too. The stretch on his lips widened.
“What is it?” I asked him while I was trying to figure out his surprise.
Everyone cleared the way on the door itself. Anika thought that its a trap. What if it’s several rogues and ready to attack her? She’s hoping that it’s not.
A middle-aged lady appeared on the open door and Anika’s eyes widened to see her reflection even she’s a bit older than her. So Ariana found her. Is this real? Did I go back to the present?
“Mom?” I mumbled and she smiled.
She came closer and sat beside me. She caresses my face and kisses my forehead.
” It’s me Anika, your mom!” She told her and she was in tears when she finally realized how grateful she was to be born in this world.
She tried to hold back her tears.
“Mom!!!” She cries out and all of them felt happy to see her hugging her mom.
“Yes, I’m glad you’re safe,” Corazon replied and embrace her tightly.
Anika closes her eyes and prays that everything will be back to normal. She was discharged from the hospital and Argus fetch her. She was thankful to be his girlfriend even she can’t remember how it happened.
They were inside the car when she saw someone familiar on the road. The girl looks back and she saw her duplicate Ariana Ferrer.
Anika tightly closes her eyes and prays that what’s she saw was a dream. A dream she wanted to forget.
From afar, Ergo set a wide smirk on his face.
“Welcome to the future, Anika!” He murmured after disappearing in thin air.
~~~~~~~~~~~The End~~~~~~~~~~~~~