The Tale Of The Rejected Mate

Two

“Just one more Aril... we can do this” Her voice became a little more soothing now. I felt trickles of warm energy fill me slowly. It was very small, almost negligible but it succeeded in giving me a little boost to breath without sounding strained.

Then the last wave came, my face and skull caved in. I gathered every strength I had left, gritted my teeth, closed my eyes then screamed till my voice cracked. My teeth elongated into fangs and my head began to piece itself back together.

I fell back drained, my eyes opened tiredly after a few seconds and I looked at my body. I had a white fur stained with blood and I was on all fours like a wolf. Everything was so different, it was more magnified and clearer, my keen eyes in my human form were nowhere compared to this. I moved my arms and legs which were now limbs and it wobbled to show it's exhaustion.

“We did it,Aril. You pulled through, just like Luna” Her soothing voice was closer now. I could feel her, it felt like a piece of me had finally clicked in. I could also feel her...our power coursing through me... through us like a volcano waiting to erupt.

“Wow, I really have a wolf” I said as I looked around again, afraid that this was all a dream.

“Yes, Aril, I'm here now... to protect us and to take our rightful place” She said with a firm voice.

“Let's wash up first, I hear a stream nearby” She added. I focused and quivered my wolf ears too. My hearing abilities were more enhanced, I could hear almost everything within the forest, even the wind. Sure enough, I could hear the sound of water running slowly. I attempted to walk but my limbs wobbled in resistance.

“You are exhausted, let me take it from here” Prisca said before I felt my consciousness being pushed back a little.

She walked to the direction we heard the water from and we found the stream after a minute of walking. It was long and stretched to the far side of the forest, I couldn't see the end.

“Where are we anyway? How did I end up here?” I asked.

“You were given a second chance Aril, you are a rebirth.” Prisca answered as she entered the stream. The cooling water made my aching bones relax and the blood and dirt that stuck to my fur flowed away with the water waves. She drank some water to rejuvenate our parched throat and I almost moaned as the cool water trickled down. Water has never tasted better.

“What does that mean?” I asked.

Prisca walked out of the stream and shook our fur out, “It means you died but the moon goddess gave you a second chance in the body of another '' She pushed back completely and I began to shift back to my human form. It wasn't painful compared to my first shift, just a little tiresome from my overworked bones. My claw shrunk in and was replaced by my fingers, my fur receded into my body and my fangs into my gums.

I was soon fully human and was on all fours, I crawled forward to the running stream and saw my reflection. It wasn't me. The face that stared back at me was a pale heart shaped face that had freckles scattered around it. It had thin lips, pointed nose and gray eyes. It was a very sharp contrast to my former body that had brown eyes, bulbous nose and full lips.

“What about the person that owns this body?” I said as I stood up. I was naked but I didn't care, back in the pack, nakedness wasn't a big deal as wolves shifted all the time... their clothes always shredded in the process if they had any on.

“I don't know about that, one thing I do know is that the moon goddess gave you this chance for a reason. We are going to take back what's ours, and that is... our throne" She said as I felt her stand up and prowl back and forth at the back of my mind. The power within us was sizzling in anger and revenge, Prisca was ready to tear anybody apart... I could feel the blood thirst right behind her fangs.

“What about you Prisca? how did you become my wolf? I never had one in my former life” I asked as I began to wander aimlessly. I always wondered why I never had a wolf, everybody had theirs except me. It hurt so much watching everybody shift, hunt and play in their wolf form. Even fellow gammas had wolves, I felt detached from the pack even though I was the only daughter of the Alpha. Nobody dared say anything in front of me in fear of my father, but that didn't stop the side remarks and stares I got each time I passed. My father, the alpha of the nightlight pack, called in as many witches as possible to check what was wrong with his only daughter but no one had an answer. Imagine our relief when I found my mate, Ethan. He was the alpha of Blood moon pack and he was my first love. I fell for him quickly and he cared for me too. I got pregnant after mating with him. Everything was going well, we even planned on inaugurating me as Luna after I gave birth. I was truly happy until one day, Hunter changed. He was abusive and cold, he didn't even care for me for the sake of the baby. Every love he had towards me was gone, all that was left was disgust and hatred. I didn't know what to do, I was scared and helpless, I was just a gamma with no wolf. My best friend, Shanice turned on me, She wanted Ethan and wanted to be crowned Luna too. Ethan allowed her advances while he pushed me away and continued hurting me. Then one day, I ate and the next minute I was on the floor coughing out blood and holding my protruding tummy in pains while Shanice knelt beside me feigning worry but victory dancing in her eyes. And this was the story of my past life, the one that brought me here in the body of another and with a warrior wolf ready to burst out at the smell of danger.