Wolf of Crescent Moon

Part 1: Chapter 6: The Wolf is Awake

- Queen Helena’s P.O.V –

When Malik told me Rieka had a headache, I worried a lot. All these years I kept this secret and never told anybody about my past, but now that Rieka is older I don’t know how much longer I can keep this secret.

I entered the tiny secluded cabinet of the woman I bought Rieka to when she was born and she looked at me with a smile on her old wrinkly face.

“I see the wolf is awake,” she spoke.

“I want to know why, I paid you a lot of money so my daughter remains human,” I say with an angry tone.

“Calm down my queen, magic can only work for a period of time. The wolf would be still asleep unless someone woke it up by injuring it,” she explains.

“How is that possible, no one knows about Rieka except for the both of us,” I say confused.

“Was she exposed to anything that would kill a werewolf, a silver bullet, or maybe… wolfsbane,” she asks and I think about it but found no answer.

“No, I don’t allow such weapons inside my land,” I tell her.

“Perhaps, she met her mate?” she said and I widened my eyes.

“Her mate? She’s married, I doubt that,” I answer.

“You would be a fool to believe a human marriage would stop a wolf from finding its true mate. Don’t forget your past Helena. You fell in love with a wolf but chose to marry a human,” the witch continues.

“How long will it take for her to become a werewolf?” I ask.

“As long as it takes her to fall in love with her mate and hate the hunter, only then she will become who she truly is,” she explains.

“So, I have to keep her away from her mate, whoever it is,” I think.

“Careful, by doing that you would be killing your daughter from the inside out, a wolf always needs their mate, if you keep them apart, you’re only harming them,” she said.

I leave her hut and go back to my palace thinking of my daughter’s future. It’s my fault she’s like this. A human and a wolf should never fall in love, but it happened. We were the exception. I watched him die because I cared about being queen more than I cared about him. He watched me take his daughter from him and raise her with a human because I was scared.

I guess that’s the difference between us. When a wolf finds his mate, they love them more than anything. But a human… a human forgets his name when there’s gold and now Rieka is bearing my mistake.

I arrive at the palace and spend the rest of the day thinking of my daughter and how I let her marry a hunter. Soon, she’s going to need someone to teach her and help her be a werewolf, but I knew no one.

At that moment, I wished I could turn back time and not hide Rieka, I wished I didn’t do this to her.

- Rieka’s P.O.V –

The next days were pretty okay, Ethan and I would still meet in secret. He would make me fall asleep, take me to the packhouse, learn more about being a werewolf, then bring me back the same way.

I wanted to know my way to the packhouse myself, but he would tell me it’s too risky. I could never be a hundred percent sure if someone was following me and he would show it to me only when I become Luna officially.

“Rieka? Are you ready?” I heard Ethan say.

I was having another one of these headaches and I’ve been learning how to control my senses for a day but it wasn’t working.

I closed my eyes and focused on one thing, at least I tried, but each time I closed them, I would only allow my other senses to get stronger.

“I can’t! I can’t its’s not working,” I said opening my eyes again.

“Okay, Rieka, you have to focus. Focus on how loud or how distant everything seems to you in a human’s perspective,” he held my shoulders.

“Do you think I memorized how humans listen or see or smell? It’s innate,” I tell him.

“I know, this is just a side effect of your wolf waking up late. It’s grasping its power all at once instead of learning it slowly,” he speaks.

“Come on, close your eyes again and try focusing on my voice only,” he continues.

“Rieka, do you hear me?” he says after I close my eyes.

I nod but his voice is extremely loud in my head.

“Try to lower my voice in your head,” he says and I try to do it.

“Focus on my voice only, nothing else exists,” he continues.

Slowly, I learn to lower his voice and I could hear it normally.

“Ethan, keep talking,” I tell him sensing it finally work,

“It’s working right?” He asks and I nod.

“Good job, now open your eyes and continue to do that,” I heard him say.

I look at him and wait for him to say something else.

“I love you…” he says.

“Did you hear this?” he asks.

The wolf inside me rests allowing me to become human again. I stare into Ethan’s eyes not knowing what to say.

“Say something,” he speaks.

“I- I don’t know what to say,” I shouldn’t have said that.

“Don’t worry, I don’t expect you to say it back,” he laughed at my surprised face.

“I’m sorry,” I say.

“Rieka, I said don’t worry,” he says.

“What do you want to learn next?” he says.

“I don’t think I have time anymore, next time,” I say and he nods his head.

Every time at the end of our session, I can feel his sadness and disappointment, but I have to go back. And now that he said he loves me, I can’t help but feel guilty.

I’m his mate, I should be able to love him too. I saw how the other wolves treated their mates; I was the only one who made it harder on their Alpha when it should’ve been the easiest thing to do.

He approaches me and sticks the needle in my neck and soon, I’m in a deep slumber.

- Ethan’s P.O.V -

After leaving Rieka in the woods, I was back in my room and lied on my bed my head towards the ceiling with one arm behind my neck.

I loved her and I decided to tell her that today, it’s the way she reacted that pained me. I’m not usually like this. My strong heartless personality is what allows me to be a good Alpha but with her, none of that exists.

Every night, she waits for me to get her and take her back to that hunter who thinks I’m his friend. I want nothing more than to mark her and show her where the packhouse is, but she has to be living with me.

I love her but also loved my people, I’m their Alpha and my job is to protect them and give them the Luna they deserve.

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The next day, Kratos and Artemis were hosting a festival to celebrate their new Duke and Duchess and of course, all the royals were invited to attend.

Luis and I arrived at the place the party was taking place and I could sense my mate’s emotions. I searched for her and as soon as I spotted her, she was looking at me with a smile on her face.

I knew she felt like she was home as soon as she saw two of her kind and it made me happy to see her feel safe and accept her wolf side. Unfortunately, she was surrounded by a lot of people so she had to go back to her duties.

Luis and I were walking around greeting other people but suddenly, my ear falls on someone telling an interesting story. I follow the voice and find a small girl talking to two younger boys.

“The queen learns that her daughter is exploring her power and that she found her prince and she begins to feel guilty. She knows she’s the reason her daughter doesn’t know her true self and wishes she could turn back time. The prince wants his princess to love him the same way he does but it’s hard for her because all of this is very new for her. The queen wants her daughter to stay human but by stopping her she’s killing her and now she doesn’t know what to do,” she says and I narrowed my eyes.

“Luis?” I speak.

“How long has it been since we last saw a psychic?” I ask him still looking at the girl.

“Centuries, I think. Why?” He answers.

“I think I know how to make Rieka my Luna,”

~ To be Continued ~