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Three torturous hours of getting nothing but beaten is what Anessa suffered through. The maniacal glint in Seth's eyes as he continued to kick and scratch her with his claws is what frightened her the most. Throughout it all, she had doubt in her mind, 'Maybe I shouldn't have chosen Adonis.'
This thought encircled her mind ever since he laid the first powerful blow to her stomach in less than a second. There was something in her mind though; it was something foreign, a voice or a feeling that assured her that she had made the right choice but she just didn't know why.
'If it's the right choice, then why am I here getting beaten?'
The voice couldn't offer an answer as Seth furiously kicked her repeatedly without a sliver of remorse. She still didn't understand what was happening yet; Anessa was always the last one to recover her memory.
It was something that Seth had previously done; he thought that if she didn't remember who either of them were that he would have a chance to deceive fate but each and every time the prophecy unveiled, it proved to be something that shouldn't be messed with.
He still didn't understand the sanctity of what was supposed to happen; what was meant to happen. Each time he remembered each recurring event and would somehow manage to change it but it was never for long; he would always end up losing.
Each time she chose him, the beatings got worse. Pent up anger and hatred probably? Finally, he has felt satisfied with the amount of blood that surrounded her damaged body and walked out of the prison cell with a blood soaked shirt and a clenched jaw.
Once the beating had ceased, she was allowed to fully heal in peace; something she had been trying to do for the last three hours.
'It's all part of what's supposed to happen.' The voice whispered in her head.
'What's supposed to happen?' She wanted to ask but she felt the voice quickly disappear into the endless dark abyss of her mind.
Perhaps the voice hadn't completely disappeared because she heard a faint whisper in the back of her mind somewhere, 'Come save me Adonis.'
It wasn't just said but chanted, it seemed as though the voice in her head was accustomed to saying it. Anessa couldn't stand what the voice was saying; not once had she relied on anyone to come and rescue her and now definitely wasn't going to be the time.
"I will save myself.' Maybe parts of history can be changed.
...
"We need to figure out where she is. A pack is vulnerable without its Alpha and rogues are starting to get wind of this."
It's been almost two weeks since Anessa disappeared and well, the pack has undergone more than just pure hell. Rogues have been joining forces and tried multiple times to invade the pack's territory; a few even managed to trespass a few metres into the territory before they were mauled by angry wolves.
"Adonis, has the Moon Goddess contacted you? Have you contacted her?"
"Yes she has and yes I have but all she tells me is about some prophecy that must unfold and that it's going to happen right this time." Kyle had a confused expression etched on his face as Brian urged him to say more with that mysterious look in his eye.
"What do you know about it, Adonis?" Brian prodded.
"Well, from what Maxim tells me," Brian suppressed a ferocious growl and continued to listen, "It's something that has been recurring for centuries and will continue to occur for centuries to occur until the prophecy is fulfilled. Apparently, something, I don't know what, always goes wrong and the prophecy restarts until it has come to the end."
"Well if the prophecy has been recurring for centuries and centuries, there must be information on it somewhere. Someone must know what's supposed to happen; one of the elders perhaps."
Kyle sounded hopeful but unfortunately, it crumbled by the end of Hema's intrusion, "I'm sorry Kyle. The only people that know of the prophecy are Adonis, the black wolf and apparently Anessa. These are the three most important pieces to this prophecy and they are the only ones that no of what's supposed to happen until the prophecy reach its peak."
"Adonis hardly remembers anything though and so does his wolf."
"They only remember with time, Kyle. The Moon Goddess had mentioned that the black wolf is almost the first one to remember, probably a few months before the others or possibly even a year. The prophecy was supposed to unfold the first time; the black wolf had something planned a while in advance and then the cycle just keeps repeating."
This made two people in the room even more befuddled. The other just slightly smiled as the other two watched Hema with hopeful eyes and begged her to continue.
"I had a dream about this and I hardly remember but I am certain about this one thing though; Adonis dies and when he does, his body is supposed to float to the moon and then his body begins to gradually disappear before his presence can be felt by everyone single wolf in the world. He is supposed to sit in his throne in the sky has the King of all wolves alongside his mate; the Queen."
"So Anessa dies too?" Kyle didn't want to know the answer but the other two in the room were rather curious of the answer that Hema had to offer.
"No, she has the choice of whether she wants to rule on Earth by herself or in the sky alongside him. This hasn't happened once though; the black wolf always finds a loop hole somewhere and tears it open. This time the Moon Goddess has reassured me that something different will finally happen."
'Something different?' Brian was lost in his own thoughts as he wondered about what Hema could be talking about.
"That's all she told me. I hope this is what we need to know before we can save her; we need Anessa."
"I agree. Adonis, have you been feeling any pain lately? From the beatings?" Kyle was disgusted by the words that rolled off his tongue as he spoke.
"No, I think she's healed by now. I can feel her."
"Brian, I-"As Kyle whipped around, Brian was nowhere in sight.
"Where did he run off to?" Adonis shrugged as Kyle wore a look of curiousity for a short period of time.
"Come on, we need to figure out more about this prophecy."
"We have some reading to do."
...
"It seems as though the Moon Goddess and her friends are trying to change the 'Great' prophecy that has never seemed to be fulfilled for the past couple of centuries." He had a sinister smile engraved on his features.
"What are you talking about?"
"You barely remember anything. Always the last one to remember but yet you always had the ultimate power at your fingertips. Any choice you made could have impacted the world; for good or for worse."
"I guess I was right when I picked Adonis." Her voice was strong-willed.
"Adonis never wins this battle; he's always the first die before his time." Seth laughed.
"Maybe this time something will change; I know it will." Seth twisted his head and walked closer towards her.
"Is that actually you speaking or is it the voice in your head?" Anessa smirked.
"Aren't we the same person?"
"Where'd all this astonishing confidence appear from? Weren't you the same girl that cowered into the wall whenever I would step foot into this cell?"
The look in Anessa's eyes didn't falter, "I guess I just forgot who I am." Seth was amused.
"And who is that?"
"The Ruthless She Wolf."
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