{ Vynetta }
As soon as grandmother said that I heard Juno scoff slightly in my mind. I inwardly rolled my eyes at her attitude and thought through what she had said before replying. I felt the sting to my ego thinking I needed practice, but I couldn’t help the the feeling of agreement as logic flooded my mind. I had shifted once and only once. I didn’t know if my powers had truly increased since I turned 18. I needed to be able to rely on my accuracy with both of these things once I’m outside of Haven. I finally heard Juno sigh and agree with me and then I replied to Grandmother.
“You are right, both of you. I need to make sure I can be as controlled as possible with Juno and my powers. And it might take me all day, so I am going to head out to the cove now.”
As I walked away from the kitchen I heard my mother sigh deeply and then quiet chatter between the two of them. I knew they were worri
{ Vynetta } I woke next to the cove, covered in dirt and sweat but so happy. I could feel the pulse of the Earth in my veins and I was always the most rested when I slept outside, feeding directly from the soul of the Earth itself. It was nearly night, I had fallen asleep for hours and I saw that there were blankets and a snack next to me, indicative of my mother having been over to check on me. I saw the signature golden hues of sunset peaking through the canopy above and sighed as I took in the beauty. Haven was the heart of the Earth. It was not only my home but it was a sacred place for our bloodline and now, also for the bloodline of the Moon Goddess. Leaving Haven was almost as difficult for me as leaving my family because of the peace it brought me simply being here surrounded by nothing but nature. I brought myself out of my thoughts and stood to stretch. I felt that Juno was still in the back o
{ Vynetta }I stayed in the shadows as I traveled further from Haven. I knew which way the village was from when we had gone a year ago, but the pull indicated my mate was more east and south than that so I debated which way to go. Only minutes after stepping away from the entrance to Haven the tug in my heart had amplified. It was intense, I could hardly breathe I needed him so much. I suspected that Haven had diminished the feeling and now it was here, in full force. I could sense him so much more clearly. I knew where to find him, how to reach him.As I started my walk towards him, it was only minutes later that the tug became ever so slightly more distant. I froze in my shoes and called to Juno.“Why did it fade slightly?” I asked her.“He’s moving… away from us.” She replied.“But can’t he feel us too? Doesn’t he know we
{ Oryn }I heard my wolf’s deep, arrogant chuckle in my head.“Would you please shut it?” I growled at him.“I’m just happy, that is all.” He hummed in return.I rolled my eyes. Of course he was happy. He was ecstatic about this idea of a mate. I on the other hand was more than hesitant. And unfortunately, whoever my mate was, she was getting closer, hence his chipper mood.“How can you so blindly trust this? Her? Whoever she is.”“How can you not? You feel what I feel, the longing, the trust, the bond. She’s our other half. She’s… everything.”I paused my fast, angry stride when he said those words. My breath hitched. My brain was arguing with me every second, it was telling me to be cautious, entrusting, safe. I had been burned before, I was afrai
{ Kayden }“Why am I seeing your hideous faces before me?”“They were drunk and on duty their captain told me.” Lyden said.“All 5 of you? In one place?”“No,” The blonde haired pup spoke up, “John and I were together and the other 3 were somewhere else.”I looked between them. They were all 17-20 year old soldiers of mine. They were stupid, arrogant pups who knew nothing and simply wanted protection and a paycheck. They were stepping on toes enough to get neither ever again though. The dark haired pup, presumably John, spoke next.“Sire, we meant no disrespect, we patrol a part of the northern woods that is uninhabited, never traveled through, we have yet to see more than a travel or two every few weeks in the past year we have been patrolling the area. It is my fault
{ Oryn }“Wait,” my wolf told me.I paused my steady pace and impatiently waited for him.“What?!” I asked, harsher than I meant to.“Something is wrong.. with mate.” He muttered.I froze then, my ears perked up, and I focused on the pull in my heart, my connection to her. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary at first so I calmed my breathing and tried again. I felt the pull in my heart, and I did my best to grapple at the tether itself, our connection. Once I found it and grabbed it, I tried to follow it all the way toward her.“I can feel her..” I whispered.“So can I. It’s our bond with her. Once we are completely with her, we will be able to feel her all the time. Right now we only get fleeting feelings of her most prominent emotions if they are extreme.” He t
{ Oryn }Her fear had eased through the connection. It seemed to lessen slowly until it was gone all together. But for reasons I couldn’t explain, this didn’t ease my worry. I felt that she was still in danger, that she needed me and maybe even my protection.“She’s moving,” My wolf told me.“She feels the same to me, what direction is she going?” I asked him.“West…” He mumbled.A small unexpected smile played at my lips. She was headed right towards me.“I don’t think she is alone, but I also don’t think she is in danger,” My wolf told me.“We will be to her soon enough, just focus on her pull,” I told him and he nodded to me. We held our steady pace, closing in on her.After the one idiotic patrol we ran into, I was att
{ Vynetta }I asked Codyn to take the lead again as we ran through the path since I didn’t know exactly where it lead. I told him which direction my mate was and he nodded and told me we were on the right track.We ran for a few more minutes and I felt my heart speed up when we realized how close we were. I could feel him, his heart beat, his emotions, his worry. He was worried about me. He was trying to find me.I saw what looked like the end of the thick bushes and trees that we were hidden under all at once. And as soon as I saw it, I saw something blocking the exit of the path. I looked to Codyn and saw him glance down at Scar and before I could warn him he barreled straight into whoever or whatever had been there.I watched as two bodies went flying across the forest floor and both men groaned from the pain from the contact. Scarlynn immediately ran to Codyn. I watched as she called on her
I nodded and then I listened. I listened as she told me of who she was, born the Earth Goddess, hidden away, and how her life had been the same up until a few weeks before her 18thbirthday when she learned she would become a wolf. She told me how she could speak to the Earth Goddess and of the day when she spoke to both the Earth and Moon Goddess’ who explained about her shift and what would come. She told me of wolves, the new line of wolves that would turn from the moon itself, born of love and peace, not the curse which Kayden’s wolves were born under. I could tell she was minimizing some of the parts that had to do with me to protect me but the more she spoke the more I wanted to know, so that I knew everything we were up against.When she finished speaking of mates she was looking deeply in my eyes waiting for my response. I wasn’t sure what it was she wanted and I was struggling to form sentences because as she spoke of o