Some members of the Pack started to complain, but when the Alpha looked at them, they stopped murmuring. He gave a quick nod, turned around, and walked away quickly. He was big and disappeared in the dark when it started raining.
As I was taken back to my room, I had a lot of questions swirling around in my head. What made the weather change so suddenly and threateningly. And why did I feel like there was something scary and powerful at work, something that didn't seem normal.
The bad feeling got worse as the storm continued. The loud winds and thunder sounded like they were filled with anger.
It felt like something invisible was controlling the elements, making me feel very scared.
I couldn't fall asleep that night because I kept thinking about scary things like sharp teeth and loud thunder. It felt like the thunder was shaking my insides.
As the sun started to rise, I felt like the challenges ahead were going to be really hard. It seemed like we were going to have to fight against things we couldn't understand, and it could decide what happens to all of us.
Immediately after that, I fell asleep even though I was trying to stay awake.
A dream began in a harmless way. I walked through a meadow at night. The tall grass was moving in the wind. The fireflies were flying around me, their lights showing me which way to go.
But then the calm view changed. The sky got dark and the moon and stars disappeared. The fireflies disappeared one by one. I got a shiver down my back because I felt something scary nearby.
In the darkness, I could see the outline of a scared young girl. A loud thunder sound and a bright flash of lightning lit up the meadow, showing a tall, almost goddess-like woman standing over the child.
The woman looked really pretty and mysterious. Her hair was gray and long, and it moved around her face. Her dress looked like it was made from the light of the moon. But her eyes sparkled with a cruel brightness.
"Silly child," the woman said in a scary voice. "Do you really want to go against the Moon Goddess. "
She waved her hand and dark, twisting ropes appeared, wrapping around the girl's wrists and ankles. She cried and tried to free herself while the Goddess came closer.
"Listen to the curse I lay on you today. " She spoke with a lot of power.
"You Cannot have Any Other Mate than Lucas"
"You're Fated To The Moon Goddess Son"
"If you try to Have Another Mate outside the Dovey Hill Pack"
"You will be Rejected by Other Suitors and be Drawn back to Lucas Alone."
The girl cried in pain and it made me very sad as the curse covered her like a dark blanket. She was really trying hard and then I thought she looked at me with a scared expression for a brief moment. My arms and legs felt heavy and I couldn't move as I felt paralyzed.
I wanted to yell and hurry to help her. But then everything disappeared in a sudden bright light.
I woke up suddenly feeling scared and sweaty, and I could still hear the scary scream in my head. I breathed heavily and took quick, shaky breaths. Such a scary dream.
Soft moonlight came through the window and made spooky shadows in my room. I felt chills and goosebumps on my arms because a creepy cold feeling went through the room.
I held back a shiver, got out of my messy bed, and went to the window. I pressed my sweaty forehead against the cold glass. The big round moon was low in the sky and its light made the forest look spooky and silver.
The moon seemed to be calling to me, making me remember bits and pieces of the dream. The curse is a bad magic spell that causes harm. The Moon Goddess.
I gasped as I realized that it wasn't just a bad dream. It felt too intense, too lifelike. What did it mean. A faraway sound made me feel scared.
"Are you upset by the dream, my lady. "
I spun around when I heard a voice I didn't expect, and my heart was beating really fast in my chest. Miguel stood in the doorway, his strong and muscular body outlined in the moonlight.
His dark eyes looked closely at me and noticed everything, including my pale face and scared look. He walked in with an air of strong and quiet confidence.
Before I could speak up, the tough leader came close and put his rough hands on my shoulders. His touch felt really hot, even though it was cold outside.
"You're shaking, little one," Miguel whispered, his warm breath gently brushing over my face. The smell of a man - like trees and smoke - filled my nose. I felt a shiver go down my back when he got close to me without me asking. "What made you so scared. "
I struggled to speak for a moment, then finally whispered the words quietly because it was late. "I had a really scary dream. "
Miguel raised one eyebrow without saying anything. I licked my dry lips and slowly talked about the cursed girl and the scary Moon Goddess and her mean words that bind people. He listened very carefully, with a hard-to-read expression, but his lips tightened slightly.
After I finished, the leader didn't say anything for a long time. His rough thumb gently touched my shaking jaw. "You worry too much about this bad dream, little Mia," he said in his deep, rumbling voice.
Dreams are just the thoughts of a mind that can't sit still - they're like weak copies of what we see when we're awake. Don't let unrealistic ideas grow in your beautiful mind."
His words were supposed to calm me down, but instead they made me more anxious. This dream felt like a message to be careful, not just a scary dream.
But Miguel's worried expression showed that he also had doubts. Maybe he felt the same darkness as I did.
"I agree with you," I said, even though my voice was shaking. It's best not to let fears based on superstition get worse and turn into strong feelings of panic. "It was just a dream, nothing else. "
Miguel looked at me quietly, gently touching my skin with his thumb. His eyes looked intense and made me unable to move. Something powerful and out of control was ignited in them.
Suddenly, his hands moved down to my waist and pulled me close to him. I took a sharp breath when we touched, and I felt a warm, intense feeling inside me. His strong, manly smell made me feel really close to him and reignited my desire for him.
"My strong little female wolf," he said in a low voice next to my pounding heartbeat. His lips touched my sensitive skin, making goosebumps appear and making me feel very excited. I will always keep you safe from harm. You are mine, Mia - only mine.
I could hear my heart beating loudly in my ears, like the sound of drums at a ceremony. Miguel's words made me feel like he was grabbing hold of me. My bones felt like they turned into liquid and the feeling between my legs turned into a strong sensation.
I wanted to run my fingers through his thick, dark hair, to lean against his strong body, and to kiss him deeply. But before I could act on those strong feelings, Miguel pulled away with a loud breath.
"The sun hasn't come up yet," he said, running a nervous hand through his messy hair. He gulped, his throat moving up and down visibly. "Go to sleep again, Mia. " I wouldn't wake up again until the morning.
The Alpha quickly left, leaving behind a mix of strong feelings. I sat unsteadily on the window seat and put my shaky hand on my hurting forehead.
I saw the dream images again when I closed my eyes. The Moon Goddess is a powerful and important deity associated with the moon. Bad luck. That poor girl was frozen in fear and despair and had no hope.
I felt terrified, and it made me forget my feelings of wanting something.
Dreams might just be thoughts in our head, but this one felt like a warning.
No matter how much I tried in the following days, I couldn't get the scary images of that bad dream out of my head. They flickered like scary signs at the edges of my thoughts, making every shadow feel unsettling.
Miguel noticed that I was getting more and more distracted, and several times he saw me deep in thought and stared off into the distance. Every time, a small muscle moved in his strong jaw, and I could almost hear him starting to ask questions.
However, he didn't say anything - and I had to deal with my problems by myself.
That would not be acceptable. In the end, I felt really uncomfortable and it made me think too much. I knew I had to talk about my wild thoughts before they took over me completely.
One night, while it was getting dark outside, I went to find the old man Ezra in his room. The old wolf stayed up at strange times, and tonight he seemed to be more alert than usual.
I saw the old person sitting by the warm fire, trying to read a big, dusty book. He looked at me when I entered the room. His eyes were watery and shining in the light of the fire.
"Oh, the young female wolf is here," whispered Ezra, closing the old book with a puff of musty air. "Why are you here, my child. "
I took a deep breath and started telling the scary story of the cursed girl and the mean Moon Goddess from my dream. Ezra sat quietly with his hands crossed, thinking deeply.
As I was almost done, I heard a loud rumbling noise in the distance that made me feel very scared. The older person looked really surprised, with their eyes wide open and their mouth forming a shocked "O" shape. But before he could say what had him so scared, the heavy oak door behind me suddenly broke open with a loud cracking sound.
"Elder! We're under attack!" A frightened scout stood at the entrance, breathing heavily. "The Dovey Hill Pack is attacking us and they are almost at our gates. "