The Queen of Wolves

Four: The Coma

*Izzy*

Peace.. Sweet peace and darkness, I feel like I’m floating on water, feeling all of my worries go away. I could look up and see the endless darkness in the sky above me. And I could feel the darkness under me. But something was different, this wasn’t real. This wasn’t true-time, this was darkness, a darkness that was so welcoming I could stay here forever. I would be safe and I could stay here without a worry in the world. 

“But what about your family?” A gentle voice came through echoing around me. I rolled on my stomach or what I thought was my stomach and before me was a beautiful Silver-grey wolf with the same eyes as me. “Oh Goddess.” I said out loud looking at this wolf. The wolf seemed to smile at my words and bow her head. “It is finally an honor to meet you…. Your Grace.” The wolf said as she looked at me with so much respect and love. 

“You are my wolf aren’t you.” I asked her, touching her fur surprised on how soft it was, my heart seemed to melt  into my stomach. The wolf nodded as she came to me and pushed her muzzle into her chest. I could feel my heart pounding into my chest as I gasp with the energy of my wolf’s love and the Goddess’s love run through my body. “My beautiful friend.” I told her to hug her head as I rest my face into her fur. “Now where am I?”

*Max*

It has been a week since my sister has been in a coma, the healers don’t even know what is going on or how to give her food. She looks so weak but she was alive. I visited her every day for an hour in hopes to see her wake up. That is all I want, for her to wake up, I was forbidden to be at the beheading of the man that caused this. He didn’t deserve such an honorable death as a beheading, it should have been a dual between him and the Gamma. But my mother refused it, he was the Gamma and even though he caused this damage “He is to have an honorable death.” She said.

“Little sister… Please.. Wake up soon, I’m so alone here. And you wouldn’t believe it. But even I found my mate. But I need you here, you have a kingdom to rule. Please don’t leave me here all alone.” I said grabbing her head that was thankfully still warm with life. My own eyes began to fill up with tears as I looked at her. She was so quiet and peaceful, so beautiful it hurt my eyes. There was a secret I could never tell her. And it was that I was not her brother, but her adopted brother. But she was more than my best friend. She was my sister and seeing her like this killed my own heart. 

Then my own mate came into the room seeing me hold her hand. I felt her anger fill the room up. “Calm down Astrid. It is only my sister.” I said not looking at her as I let go of my sister's hand.  

“Calm down?? Calm down?? You are holding another woman's hand!” 

“This woman is my sister! And I have a right to hold her hand for she will be your Luna one day.” I said feeling the world around me freeze. I knew the moment Astrid was my mate that she wanted to be Queen of this land. But when my parents told her that my sister would be Luna she flew into an outraged.

“Not if she never wakes up, we would then become the rulers. The RIGHTFUL rulers.” She said as she looked at me. I turned my gaze to her and growls loudly as I stood up grabbing her arm as I forced her out of the room. “No she will wake up. How dare you do this to me, to your new sister. Once she wakes up she will be on that throne.” I said looking at her with anger. “You disappoint me.”

“YOUR GRACE!! YOUR GRACE!!! SHE IS AWAKE!” 

“What??” both of us said at once.