THE WOLF I WAS BORN TO HATE

CHAPTER FIVE

THE BLOOD MOON

Under a Blood Moon the wedding was held!

By now it was night over the Northern Territory and Renee Vale was escorted out of the castle to the ancient ceremony grounds.The moon was in an eerie low position in the sky, a huge bloody red orb, casting a deep red hue on the snow-covered forest.

The wolves' magic was said to be only disturbed by a blood moon, the old stories were not true anymore and Renee did not believe them anyway.But, she was not sure of this at night.

There were thousands of wolves around where people held their marriage ceremonies and the oldest of the Moonstones was in the middle as it had been in existence for a long time as some claimed that it was even older than the seven territories!

It was under it that all the North's Alpha marriages had been accomplished.Prior to it, each of the blood contracts had been sealed.

For all the years that had passed the Moonstone had stayed the same,until tonight."Renee", it stood in front of you and it did not say a word.

The pallid gown shimmered slightly in the chilling wind as in its thin white but it seemed to glow in the red light of the moon.There, across from her was David Draven defending an army was his preferred option to him,Renee knew what it was like.

It was not something that either of them wished to do in neither case had the parents asked for this marriage.Yet here they were ,when they were both united because of the parents' decision before either child was born.The aged priest volunteered to do it.

"Renee Vale."She lifted her head up.

"Do you take the risk of facing the Moonstone?"Renee hesitated.

The entire congregation was waiting with anticipation.Perhaps she declined him or perhaps she said no.

Perhaps.

However, a purple star lay beneath her skin that was warning.She swallowed."I stand here."The priest looked at David.

"David Draven."David seemed to be stone-faced.

Voluntarily or otherwise, are you standing in front of the Moonstone?It was a very quiet time.It was a long time before they heard anything.

Then…"I stand here."

This was not an answer but the Priest had adopted it.He talked to the old stone then, from the bloodlines,Renee carefully moved her hand out as she gingerly extended her hand.

David did the same.

Their fingers were so close together that they would have been touching if they were not.Renee's heart started to pound.

She could feel a movement in her.

A primordial goddess.

She felt her wolf pushing at her mind's awareness.

Mate!And Renee ignored her.Vargen roused up in David's mind, and he became angry.He felt it too.

They finally made contact with each other's hands.However, the world came to a standstill and suddenly they were filled with strength.Renee gasped.David's eyes widened.

At one time involuntarily they could not breathe.

Their wolves collided.Not fought.Not attacked.Merged.

Renee sensed primordial goddess coming towards Vargen and their energies intertwined like two rivers merging together.Silver and black power swirled around within them.

A tremor was in the air. And the wolves that were gathered began to howl.

Renee was on the verge of breaking her knees.David's reply to this was as he instinctively grasped her.

Their eyes met.

They were unable to comprehend what was going on,then CRACK.There was a loud noise, like thunder during the ceremony.

Everyone turned and the old Moonstone was cracked.One of these wavy lines went down the middle to the end.

Everyone was silent.No one moved.No one breathed.

The priest was in awe of the stone and was terrified as the elders looked at each other as if to say, "Oh, the Lord is here!"The old people gave each other a guilty look as whispers started to circulate amongst the people.

The Moonstone was never cracked nor in all the thousands of years of marriage.Not in many, many Alphas' time.

Not during wars.Not during bloodshed.Not even when whole bloodlines were virtually wiped out.

But tonight, however, Renee Vale and David Draven touched, it broke.

Renee gingerly withdrew her hand and David was gazing at the hole.They seemed to both lack the sense but someone did.

During one end of the ceremony High Alpha Kaisia was and her face looked now as white as a sheet of white paper.For the first time in her life the queen was scared, no one ever had before as her eyes had never so long before left the broken Moonstone.She addressed some words to herself in a low tone.

"No..."

One of the old men whirled her around.

"High Alpha Kaisia?"

High Alpha Kaisia did not answer as her eyes slowly scanned the c***k in the stone and then it was locked on to Renee then to David, last but not least to where their hands had touched.

She had a secret that the other girls did not know as she was aware of the fact that the Moonstone should work.However, she understood it as she was parted.

In a thousand years, it had never occurred.Not once.Until tonight.

Affected by her expressions, High Alpha Kaisia could not stop shivering her hands as her match for marriage was not one between two enemies but an old thing had roused, a thing which ought to have been buried.This was the first time in over a thousand years that the Moon took such a step, in the High Alpha Kaisia.