Between Two Worlds

Prologue

Liora

I don't have any idea why I am here.

I was told to back away until it was time to fulfill my destiny. I would come back, but when I was ready to do what I was born to do. But I couldn't really just go away without saying goodbye to Dominic. He was my friend. My only friend. Shifter or otherwise. I owed him a proper goodbye. I know I could not give him any kind of answer, but I at least would give him some kind of explanation and not just vanish.

Maybe this was just me not wanting to be separated from the only person that I trusted. Well, except for my father. I trust him more than anything in my life.

I saw Dominic talking with the alpha-to-be. Damn! I didn't want to be close to him. I was told to get as far away from him as possible right now. I knew I should listen to the elders, but I needed to talk to Dominic one last time before going away.

I could hear the water running in the river close by. At that moment, I almost felt at home. Connected with the water close to me. No matter how far from my real home I was, whenever I was close to any kind of large source of water, I felt connected with the place. I knew it was my siren blood, but I could not avoid it. I didn’t want to.

This was the reason I liked it here so much. Most of the territory was connected by water. The Blood Moon River Pack always felt like home, even knowing that nobody here, except Dominic, liked me.

And the only reason I was allowed to cross the pack border was because of Dominic.

And the reason that I was thinking if I should or not go talk to him right now was because of everyone in the entire pack, the person who hated me the most, was Logan. The alpha to be. And to my complete bad luck, he was also Dominic's best friend.

And Dominic was my best friend. See the problem here?

I didn't have time to think about whether or not I should talk to him, because he saw me staring at them and in one second he was there, on the other side of the packhouse and, in a blink of an eye, he was bear-hugging me. I could swear he was trying to break every bone in my body. He could if he wanted to. Dominic was only two years older than me, but he was already almost twice my size. And I wasn't a petite girl like other girls of my age.

Dominic is tall and strong, with broad shoulders and short strawberry blond hair, with the most beautiful baby blue eyes I've ever seen.

I heard a low growl behind us and I didn't need to look to know that the incredible alpha to be was there. He always made his distaste for me very clear.

I never gave him any reason though. The problem was he hated sirens. And I was one. Simple as that.

"Hey Little Li, what brings you to this part of the world?" asked Dominic, completely ignoring Logan's reaction to my presence.

"Well, what else could it be? I came here to see my most handsome friend!" I answered with a sly smile.

"Your only friend, you meant, right?" said the Alpha to be with an obnoxious tone.

"Don't bother, Logan, I am not here to talk to you. By the way, don't you have any alpha duties to do now? My all-mighty alpha?" I used my most distasteful tone of voice this time.

Logan wasn't the alpha yet, so he couldn't do anything with me, even when I was bluntly disrespectful to him. I wasn’t a pack member and I had permission to enter pack lands. As long as I didn’t physically attack him, I was good. But of course, I knew I had a limit to the things I could say to him without provoking the fury of his father too.

His answer this time was a snarl, but now just any kind of snarl. It was very low and deep and he bared his teeth, showing all his aggressiveness toward me.

I felt my entire body shiver. But not with fear. I was never scared of Logan. It was because I could feel deep down how powerful he was. Even without realizing it, he was exhaling the strongest alpha power I had ever felt in my entire life. Of any supernatural, I have ever encountered.

I wasn't a wolf like them. But even now, I could tell he was not just a normal alpha.

"Calm down you two. You can stop the pleasantries now. So Liora, what brings you here? I didn’t know you were coming! Did you come to accompany us on our morning run?"

"Morning run? Her? She couldn't possibly want to run with us. She isn't even a wolf" scoffed the alpha-to-be.

"You're right. I didn't come here to go running aimlessly with you. I came here to say goodbyes".

"Where are you going?" Dominic asked. I could already feel the sorrow in his voice. He knew what my words meant.

I usually disappeared for several days since I didn't live in the pack grounds. But I always came back to spend a great time with him.

Coming here to say goodbye meant I wasn't going to come back any time soon.

"Home".

"But why is it that you're saying goodbye? You're always close by anyway".

"No Dom. I meant my real home. And is very very far away".

"Why?"

"Why what?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Why are you going now? Tomorrow is Logan's eighteen birthday party. I thought you were gonna come to celebrate with us!"

"I don't remember inviting the likes of her!" interrupted Logan "It's my birthday after all".

"Don't worry, I never had any intention of coming to this wrecked party of yours".

He growled again.

"I am sorry Dom. I have no choice. There are things beyond my control happening right now".

"Will you come back?"

I didn't answer because at that moment I felt the tingling sensation in my body that told me It was really time to go. Without saying another word, I looked at him and smiled warmly, holding back the urge to hug him tight. When he tried to hold me down so I could answer him properly, I ran.

I knew the river was nearby. It crossed the entire pack land and I knew that if I simply tried to run away he was gonna catch me and try to make me answer all his questions. Dominic was that type of guy. Always hyper. Always intense.

He could easily outrun me on solid ground. But no one could outrun me in the water. I was half-siren after all. Before he could stop me, I was gone. I splashed my body in the water and after a few seconds, he could no longer see me anymore.

That was the last time in many years that I saw him. Or Logan.

But it wasn't the last of it.

Our history together was only in the beginning.