*In The Meanwhile In Lunar Realm.*
The High Priestess climbed the stairs of the Moon Goddess temple in the lunar realm. Her steps mimicked the urgency of her thoughts.
“Goddess! What is happening with my daughter? Why does she have to suffer this much?” the High Priestess, Thalassa, cried.
“Thalassa, I think it’s time for you to tell her about her real identity,” The Goddess smiled serenely.
“I did it to protect her. If her father knew about her powers, he would have taken advantage of it and used her for his bad intentions,” Thalassa said with a remorseful voice. “Then I was afraid her mate would take advantage of her powers.”
“But now you have seen she is safe with Alpha Zander, and he loves her so much that he was ready to sever his mate bond with his true mate,” The Goddess emphasized.
Thalassa nodded. She had seen that Alpha Zander had chosen Selena over his true mate, and he would never take advantage of her and her powers because he truly loved her.
“She is my descendant, and I chose her to be born from my most favorite devotee, that is you, the High Priestess of my temple, Thalassa,” the Goddess declared.
“But why is Zander cursed, and why is Selena with him?” Thalassa asked curiously. The Moon Goddess remained silent.
“I wonder who Zander’s true mate is,” Thalassa mumbled unconsciously.
The Moon Goddess knew everything. After all, she made the decisions and paired werewolves. It was all crafted by her, but she didn’t say anything and kept smiling mysteriously.
“This is not the right time to think about it. Zander is dying because of the prophecy, and Selena needs her powers to find a way to save him,” the Goddess enlightened.
“Is it possible, Goddess?” Thalassa asked in astonishment. “Can a prophecy be changed?”
The Goddess again smiled mysteriously and said, “Why don’t you find out for yourself? Because I am also curious about what Selena can do to save her mate.”
“It’s time to meet your daughter, Thalassa. It’s time to tell her the truth,” the Goddess insisted.
Thalassa nodded, taking a deep breath. The truth was very hard to confess and even harder for Selena to accept.
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*Selena*
“Selena!”
“Selena!”
I heard someone calling my name while I was asleep. I wanted to open my eyes. But I could not wake up from my sleep. What was going on with me? I didn’t know. Then, I found myself in a valley of beautiful pink flowers which were scattered everywhere in the valley, with bushes of large leaves. This place didn’t seem like it was on Earth; it looked like heaven.
I looked around to find the source of that serene voice, but no one was there, only me.
“Selena, my daughter, come here,” again, the voice guided me in a direction, and my legs moved on their own. After taking a few steps, I saw a majestic temple glowing brightly with divine light coming from the sky above it.
“Come, my dear, I am waiting for you,” the sweet voice called again, and I walked spellbound without any thought.
I climbed the steps of the divine temple, crossing the altar, and reached the huge hall where a lady with a divine aura stood. The otherworldly glow on her face made it difficult to clearly see her. I could only fathom that her lips curled up, and she smiled softly.
“Who are you, and where am I?” I asked, frowning.
“Selena dear, you are in the lunar realm, and I am your mother,” she said.
“My mother?” I asked, forgetting that I was in the lunar realm. It was a surprise, considering I knew who my mother was, and she had died with my whole family.
“I know what you are thinking, but she wasn’t your mother,” she explained.
“That’s bullshit. I have known my mother my whole life since I was a child. Now you’re telling me that you are my mother and want me to believe you?!” I retorted.
“You know her as your mother because your father wanted you to think of her as your mother and forget about me. But this is the truth; you are my daughter,” she came closer, and now I could see her face clearly.
“High Priestess?!” I know her. She was the High Priestess of the Moon Goddess temple.
“That’s right. I am Thalassa, the High Priestess,” she said, smiling.
I am still confused as the High Priestess wouldn’t lie to me. But what she was saying was hard to believe and if I trusted her words, it would make my whole life a lie.
“I know you have many questions in your mind,” she said as if she could read my mind.
“If you know that I am confused and curious, then why don’t you start from the beginning? Why did you leave me alone after giving birth? If I were your daughter, why didn’t you ever visit me and check on me to see how I lived?” I countered, hurt and angry.
My own parents treated me like a mere object, using me as a pawn in their lives and playing with it as if they had every right to make decisions about my life-I was a ragdoll for their entertainment.
“Alright, if it makes you believe me, then I will tell you everything from the beginning when I met my mate and all hell broke loose.”
I stood there silently, listening to her as she turned her back and looked out of a small window.
“Twenty-three years ago, when I found my mate and discovered he was a devil in the skin of an alpha,” she started with a deep breath, her voice filled with hatred. “I truly challenged The Moon Goddess’s choice to bind me with a demon like Alpha Albert. I wanted to reject him, but he did not accept my rejection and forcefully took me to his territory. He locked me in his pack house and mated with me against my will. He kept me there until I was pregnant with his child. He was seeking a powerful heir from his fated mate. Knowing I was a blessed wolf with special powers, he anticipated that his child born from me would possess unique abilities.”
“The moment you were born, he took you away from me, rejected me, and threw me out of his pack,” she turned to look at me, her eyes filled with pain as if remembering those days were the worst nightmare. I could feel, from her description, the anguish she must have endured with a demon mate like my father.
“But then I never shifted, and that’s why Father hated me because I disappointed him,” I mumbled as I remembered when Father found out I was not able to shift on my sixteenth birthday. He started showing me his hatred towards me.
The High Priestess nodded silently.
“You never shifted because I didn’t want your father to know about your wolf. I knew the moment you were born that you were a special wolf, a descendant of the Moon Goddess,” she revealed.
“A special wolf?” I furrowed, shocked.
“Yes, and I had to suppress your wolf to protect you, my dear,” she said in her dull voice. “But now it’s time for you to meet your wolf,” she added, with a soft smile gracing her face again.
“It means…” I trailed off, dumbfounded.
“Yes, it’s time for you to shift and get your wolf and the powers that come with her,” she announced.