|Lunette|
I look down at the pool of water and see Everett and Bryson embracing before they fall asleep. She's shifted, with a little help from my influence. Anil stands behind me but he cannot see the same thing I do. He just sees a crystal pool. I had to influence Everett's wolf these past few weeks to rise to power. Everett will have to face Archer soon and without her wolf she has no chance of survival. She was not strong enough until now to face her demons. But now after she stood in front of Archer with her mate, she can accept the great power that is a wolf and defeat him.
I wave my hand over the pool and the image switches to the two witches that Manola. Leta and Nora are cloaked from any humanly being seeing them as they follow Archer. Being a heavenly body as I am, they cannot cloak themselves from me. They keep a somewhat safe distance from Archer but they should be farther.
Anil takes a slight step closer to me as I watch intently. I can feel his warm presence against my back but I can't focus on it too much. I need to focus on Leta and Nora as they track Archer. I feel a sense of dread fill my stomach as Archer stops in the middle of a clearing. Based on the dark area in my reach that is being blocked by dark witches he is still a few miles from his protective area.
Something is wrong.
"Did you witches really think you could follow me and I not notice?" Archer turns just his head to look at the two witches in his peripherals. He shouldn't be able to see them. They are cloaking themselves.
Leta and Nora looked shocked as they take a step back, the cloaking gone. Their faces read fear as they make the realization that he shouldn't be able to see them. I already have the suspicion that he has likely had the dark witches of the southern clan put curses on him so that his abilities are sharpened. He could likely smell them and sense their magical energy from the moment they began following him.
I don't have any power in stopping Archer but I can influence some decisions. I focus on Leta and Nora and focus on their aura. I need to influence them to run away. If they don't turn away and try to make a run for it they will die.
They take the influence well and turn to start flying. Archer senses the shift in their magical energy and moves before they can even get off the ground. His claws are razor sharp and I can see something sprout from his back. They look like an extra set of arm but they are razor sharp and the deepest black like his eyes are now.
He kills Nora instantly, one of the arms stabbing through her like she wasn't even there. A scream tears through my lips as I feel the connection to Nora rip away from me. My breath comes out in pants and Anil wraps an arm around me holding me steady. I can't rip my eyes away from the pool where the horrifying scene unfolds.
I can faintly hear Anil asking me what's wrong and what's going on but I can't answer him.
The arm bends and wraps around Leta's neck. Lifting her into the air. He cackles as she struggles to get out of grip using her last strength to try and throw a destruction spell down the expanse of the arm but it just expands and absorbs the spell.
"Before I kill you and leave you hear to rot, do you have any last words?" Archer cocks his head to the side like a lost puppy. He's insane. How could my mother moon goddess allow for his soul to be born?
Before I was born and the previous moon goddess, my mother, was reunited with the moon for eternity, she looked at this soul and at the different futures he had and still allowed him to be born after seeing this future. How could she do that?
"Mistress Manola and our allies will defeat you, you sick son of a bitch!" Leta growls.
Archer tsks and his eyes darken impossibly more before he snaps her neck with a quick flick of his eyes and throws her into a tree. "That was the wrong thing to say." The black arms retract back into his back. What has he done to himself?
Archer takes a few step and looks up, almost like he is looking up. "Not so powerful now are you Moon Goddess." I gasp and clutch the side of the pool. He can't possibly be talking to me. He can't possibly be able to see me through the dimensional plains. Even the most powerful prophets can barely do this. "You won't be able to stop what is to come Moon Goddess. I will get my Everett back." Archer chuckles darkly before looking away and shifting into a monster that is no longer a wolf and running towards the dark spot in my reach.
I rush to get away from the pool and Anil lowers me to the ground and holds me as I try to steady myself. I grip his guard uniform tightly and force him close to me. Anil is the only comfort I have in this place. I am alone and at moments like this, I do not want to be the Moon Goddess.
"Lunette, what happened?" Anil whispers as I calm down. I can see guards and the heavenly prophets enter the room but I can't bring myself to pull away from Anil. The prophets are my guides of sort and have been my teachers throughout my life. They will likely talk to me later about my conduct with Anil but for now I can't bring myself to pull away from him.
"Bring me to my room Anil." I say loudly enough for everyone to hear. He helps me stand and as we pass the prophets I give my orders. "Contact the prophet of the Western Witch Clan and tell them that Archer has had himself cursed by the Southern dark witches and is now even more powerful."
They nod and move to the pool. Having prophetic abilities allows them to see through the dimensional plains in the pool.
I lean up and whisper in Anil's ear, "I'll tell you when we get back to the room."
He nods and leads me to my room. Typically I would never want to go back to my room willingly but right now I just need to be alone with Anil. After what I saw I know there is going to be a lot of death in the future. When a witch or werewolf dies. I feel the connection I have with them break. I form a connection with every being I create and allow to be born into this world and the pain as one dies is extreme but also short. It's like a burst of pain that ricochets through my body for a split second before they themselves return to the moon with the previous moon goddesses.
Anil side tracks and actually brings me to the guards wing and into his private room. He presses me to the door and holds me close his head brushing against my neck. I wrap my arms around him and pull him closer, digging my own head into the crook of his neck.
"We're going to get caught." I whisper.
"I don't care." Anil says and tugs my hips against him. "The prophets are already going to talk to us about our conduct. They might not let me see you for a while. We both need this. What you saw in the pool, it was bad wasn't it?"
I nod and choke back a sob.
"Someone died, didn't they?" He whispers and I nod again and hold onto him tighter.
He angles his head to kiss me and I can't help but kiss him back feverishly. We rarely get to be like this. The moon goddess cannot be distracted from her duties. I tug on his blond hair and he picks me up and presses me to his bed.
He leans over me and looks at me with his beautiful gray eyes. I run my hand across his face and rub his cheek with my thumb. He kisses my hand before kissing my neck. I hold him tightly and stare at the ceiling as he continues to run his lips down my neck. I stretch my neck for him. Anil being a werewolf makes him very dominant and he has a need for submission.
"Anil," I start and continue after he hums, letting me know that he is listening. "You know I could give you a mate. The most beautiful mate."
"Stop it Lunette. You know I don't want a mate. I only want you." He growls into my neck and I can feel his kisses become slightly more aggressive and he bites down lightly.
"But the Moon Goddess can't have a mate," I say tearfully and he pulls away. He wipes my tears and kisses me deeply.
"I don't need a mate. I have you and seeing you everyday and protecting you is enough for me. I've told you already that my wolf and I have a deep connection to you. I can only imagine that it is similar to that of a mate. I don't want anyone else." He whispers.
"Stay with me forever." I beg and he nods before holding me close.
"Until the day you return to the moon and even after that. You will never be alone, my love." He holds me tightly. His warmth a cocoon of safety around me.
"I love you so much Anil." I cry into his shoulder.
"I love you too Lunette." He kisses me deeply and pulls me against him. Keeping me warm in the coldest of times.
|AUTHOR'S NOTE|
Hey everyone, remember when I said I was going to update weekly in the last update... well I lied and I'm sorry. I have been having a lot of troubles in my personal life and am battling some depression. Though the announcement of the #Wattys2019 has put my butt into gear and I plan to finish and enter this book into the Wattys. I think their will likely be 5 to 10 more chapters and then we will be done. I will tell you this... there will be a sequel!
I have a faint idea of what the sequel will be but I have obviously not written it yet as I am still writing this one.
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