Twenty-three

~Aphrodite~

My finger nails bit into his palm as I stared into the crowd. I didn't understand anything because of how every one was looking at me. Everyone.

All their eyes were dead. Nothing but blank soulless eyes staring at me. Some were brown. Some were blue, green, every common color of eye shades. Pups were in the front, and then the rows go up the ages. I stared out into the crowd with my shoulders high and my chin up but it doesn't mean I'm not nervous. Clearly I am, since my finger nails are deep in my mates hand.

I feel him grab my wrist and turn me towards him. He's staring at me as I stare back at him. His eyes are filled with excitement and happiness, and he slowly raises my right hand. He looks to his right and I look to my left and see, I guess his Beta, come with a knife. I bite my lip as I look back to Valdus as he grabs the knife.

His lips are moving but I don't hear any sounds coming out. He raises my hand even more and he looks to his wolves. I don't. I stare at the blade and see it shine with the sun light beaming into it. He makes a slash on his hand and I stare at the blood. He then moved the blade onto my palm and I knew he asked me something but I only nodded since I can't hear him. He presses the knife closer onto my palm, and then pulls towards himself.

I don't move when I felt my skin slowly opening, but all I do is stare at the red seeping out of the freshly wound. He then quickly presses his hand on mine, as his blood mixes with mine, and I knew what was going to happen, since I did it with my pack. I quickly blocked all the voices as soon I heard the creeping into my mind. I was light head for a while, but when he pulled away, with our hands sealed, and healed.

I'm part of this pack.

He turns us both towards his wolves and I see forced smiles on their faces while they clap their hands. I look over the crowd and look towards the back.

Bright red eyes catch my attention. They stare at me with wonder as I do the same. Their hair too. It can easily catch attention too. They tilt their head, but I can't seem to put a face to them. But right next to them is Zeke and Cadmars father, Helmer. They both stare at me. Blue and red.

Bright colors stare into my grey ones. He bends down and whispers something to them and then they slowly start to turn and walk away.

Cadmar told me their mother had red eyes, so, I assume that's her. I feel myself being pulled away from the podium but I can't seem to look away from them. She stops once again, and looks over her shoulder till our eyes made contact again.

She tilts her head as her blazing red eyes stared hard at me. And I couldn't seem to look away. I was memorizing her eyes. So beautiful. So unique. And her eyes held power. She was a wolf whom held power. She looked like a natural leader. Her eyes told it. Not just because of the color, because of how she looks at you. Like she's trying to fight each chance to win something. Even with staring. She wants to win. And so, I looked away. I looked towards my feet as we stepped down the stairs.

The pack was already starting to leave and that's when I started to zone in, and I stared to make out words that the wolves whispered.

"It's going to be the same thing-"

"Do you think it would change?-"

"I highly doubt she'll change this pack, how can see change our Alpha?-"

"Have you see Alpha Alcander? He...changed....more than before-"

"Our Luna is not going to do anything. Our pack is already cursed with Alcander, how is she going to change this pack? Luna Jenna tried and look where it lead her. Dead.-"

I looked around as I heard all these conversations going on as they all walked away in different directions.

"Did you see what happened to her?! She lost her voice. Look what happened to Luna Jenna, she did too. And then what? Oh yeah, they had Valdus, and then what!? Oh right, she died. And what happen to Alpha Alcander? Oh, that's right. He cracked even more. Look what happened to the pack. It worse than before-"

I snapped my head towards that conversation but my ears caught on another one.

"You really think she can take care of this pack? Didn't you hear? Alcander was the one who killed Jenna. Just the matter of time till Valdus kills her-"

My head snapped towards theirs but my mind was all over the place and just picking up voices.

"Do you think the moon goddess answered our prayers? Is she the one who's going to change this pack? Is she going to change the ways our males think? Luna Jenna cracked some, do you think she'll crack the full thing?"

I went to look at them but my chin was pulled towards my right and I was staring at hazel eyes. "What's wrong. You're looking like a deer jumping everywhere."

"It's nothing. Just looking around." I said as a shook my head. His hand cupped around my cheek and continued to stare at me, asking to know the truth, but I'm not going to make any more trouble with him and his pack. I smiled and pulled away.

"Aphr-"

"Valdus, I'll be back. I'm just going to walk around the pack. Just mindlink me." I was already going into the crowd and his face fell.

"But I wanted to-"

"We'll do it when I come back. I promise. Okay?"

"Okay." He said as his voice was already getting overwhelmed by the voices of his wolves. Then slowly I couldn't see him anymore. I quickly turned around and went to the direction of Zeke and Cadmars mother.

I pushed past the little groups of wolves and made my way towards the back where I saw her. I squeezed through bodies or either dodged bodies that were going to collide with me. I finally made it to the back and looked around.

I walked out of the center of the pack and slowly houses were barely starting to be in my vision. From the distance I saw them walking at the end and then turning towards a house. And that's when I sprinted. I sprinted down the little hill towards the house that they turned to. I don't know why, but I decided to look behind me.

No one was there. I don't know why I expect someone to be there. So I looked back but I couldn't stop my feet fast enough when I saw someone staring at me. I slammed right into their chest, causing us to both fall. They huffed out and I did too. My head slammed hard against their chest, I'm honestly surprised that I didn't knock out because of how hard I hit my head.

We both groaned and that's when I rolled off of them. I closed my eyes tight and tried to breathe in slowly. I heard them groaned again and whisper, "oh my watermelon." But it came out harshly.

I opened my eyes and I was staring at the clear blue sky. I was about to get up but they cursed and that's when my eyes grew wide. I was lifted off the ground, by the ground pushing me up. I blinked quickly and looked behind me when I was on my feet but the ground was even. Like, it never came up.

I must've hit my head a little to hard. I was staring at the ground and I heard them gasp. So I looked towards them and I was met with sea green eyes. "Luna!? Oh god. Oh god."

I was still trying to understand everything and I would look at the ground then back to him. He looked at me like I was going crazy, I know I am. Because how can the ground just lift up.

"Did-did you do that?" I asked. I knew he was going to say no, because maybe I am crazy.

"Nooooo."

"Why say it like that?" I asked as I rubbed my temples since my head started to throb slightly.

"Just. Okay, I'm so sorry again Luna, but I do need to go." He turned around and started to walk.

So, I started to walk too. I'm going to the place I came for. He looked behind him slightly and when he saw me, he started to walk a bit faster. My eyebrows furrowed and I started to walk faster. He then again looked behind him again and he started to walk faster. I did too and then next you know, he started to sprint towards the house I was going to.

So I sprinted but he started yelling. "Angelia! Helmer! Open the door!! Open the door!!" He climbed up the steps and the door opened quickly and out came Angelia? He sprinted in the house and I stopped and stood in front of her.

"What."