Rebirth

Astrid's Point of View

The beginning of something new. A different kind of breath was happening inside me. It’s a bittersweet smile that I released. I was in bed glancing at the wounds that were treated by the pack doctor.

This could be the sign that I could also be that cursed werewolf that was written in the prophecy. In a snap of a finger, all of my dreams start to shake. I began to wonder if these things that I did were truly my decisions or if something inside of me was just controlling them.

Am I truly happy once I seek revenge on Atasha, on the Silver Moon Pack, on everyone?

I was crying remembering Alex. If he’s here, I could be just fine. If he wasn’t dead, then I shouldn't be in this situation. It was Atasha’s fault if she wasn’t born in this world.

Then I couldn’t any longer suffer like this. I hate that I share the same face with her. I got to my feet and looked at myself in the mirror. With my heart full of anger, I punched at the mirror, which broke into tiny pieces.

"I heard your footsteps, Margaux; show yourself now."

She opened the door and entered the room. Her hands were holding a basket full of fruits and meats.

"I bring you this to help you recover."

"Thank you, Margaux. Tell me." What do you do if I’m in your position? "

"I don’t know what you’re asking."

"Nevermind, how’s their training?"

"Actually, I was supposed to give you information about their training." Atasha was lost in the woods. They’re finding them.

"What? How was she able to escape? "

"No idea. I asked Peter what happened. She was practicing riding a horse when she accidentally hit the horse too much. The next thing happened, she went into the middle of the forest.

"Did they locate them already?"

"Zach and Veronica are waiting for Elijah to come back."

"They didn’t come along?"

"Elijah might want to find her on his own." I’m not sure. But that’s what Peter told me. "

"Are they still in the barn with Peter?"

"Yes, they are."

"Let’s go, Margaux. I’m afraid that Atasha could escape. If she escapes, then I’m screwed. She should only be staying in the Crimson Moon Pack as a slave. If she’s out there, she might meet the witch. I should stop her whatever happens.

"How could you possibly know that she would meet the witch?"

"Because we're sisters, Margaux, I have a feeling she'll cross paths with the witch who cast a spell on her."She might discover that I did all of that. "

"Then what’s the big deal?" If she knew that it was you, You hated her in the first place, right? "

"Because I could no longer have my own eyes back." There’s a chance that the witch could return her to her normal state with a condition. The witch could also ask for gems, gold bars, or the worst part is her eyes. "

I then packed my things and we left Margaux Mansion. We rode to the vehicle. It was a chilly morning. The cold air was brushing against my skin. I wear my very own scarf that I knitted personally. A memory of my mother and father began to flash into my memories. During this type of season, it was cold. I remember getting piles of wood outside with Astrid to use for our fireplace.

"We’re here, Astrid,"

"You can go out first, Margaux," and asked Peter if they found Atasha. If not, let’s try to find it on our own. "

"You’re ready to face your sister if that happens?"

"I’m not showing my face to her. Probably not this time. Not yet. Once we find them, we’ll share this information with them so they can pick her up. "

"Alright, got it. I’ll get going, Astrid. "

"I simply nodded, then took a deep breath while watching the birds fly in the sky from the window inside this vehicle. I was holding a bottle of love potion. I was thinking if this is the right time to use it on Zach. "

I put a small portion inside the water bottle. My heart was throbbing and I was a bit nervous. But I got out of the vehicle. From there, I saw Margaux from Peter’s barn.

My legs become shaky and I was terrified of going there. I went back inside of the vehicle, then I hid the bottle of water beside me.

While waiting with Margaux, I saw at the tent that Veronica was stepping outside and walking downhill, returning to the mansion.

"Why was she walking alone?" I was thinking aloud, then a loud roar was heard from afar. It came from a werewolf that shifted.

Zach then went outside of the tent, and both of them ran towards the direction where the scream came from. If my hunch was right, it would be from Elijah. Does that mean he found Atasha?

Margaux went out of Peter’s small house. We talked inside the vehicle, and she said that Elijah was doing his best to find Atasha. He also noticed that Elijah was now so invested in Atasha as to be his Luna compared to the other shewolf that she dated. Even to her ex-girlfriend who left him. He was totally different with Atasha.

"Don't worry, Margaux; while Elijah is looking for my Atasha, we should anticipate and capitalize on this situation."

"We want to check on Elijah’s room. See if he has journals, notes, or any information we can use to our advantage. "

"Is that trespassing?"

"Of course not, unless you told them that we snuck into their mansion."

"They have many guards and we’re not allowed to go to their room."

"Let’s try it. I know that you can use your influence to go inside. Trust in your charisma, Margaux. "

Then when we arrived, it turned out that giving a love potion drink to one of the guards. Do the trick, someone assisted us to go inside Montreal's mansion.

We find out that Elijah loves to drink alcoholic drinks such as wine and whiskey.

"Now you know what's his favorite brand Margaux, next time. Offer him a drink and make sure he drinks it in front of you."

We then left his wine collection room as it was not locked. I was startled when we both saw his butler.

"Joaquin," Margaux uttered and he was smiling at us.

"What are you up to? trying to put a potion drink over there?"

Then he laughed. I then chuckled and I nudged Margaux's elbow to laugh as well.

"We're just curious about this room. We're trying to find Elijah but it looks like he was busy."

"I believe she was finding Atasha, she got lost during their training."

"Atasha, so you know her? how's she become a Luna. I know she's just a mere slave, right? " I asked Joaquin, then he became irritated as his brows furrowed.

"Are you her relative? you're looking alike. I can see the resemblance but not that quite. But I'm just wondering."

Margaux then answered that I came from a distant small town in the Crimson Moon Pack. Joaquin looked at me again from head to toe. We went outside of Montreal's mansion safely. I then asked Margaux for us to get back home immediately because Joaquin seemed suspicious about me.

***

I woke up to a bad dream that I fell into a cliff, so I ended up waking up instead. I then went downstairs and heard Margaux having a conversation with her helper.

"Margaux, do you have any information on Atasha? Also, did they find them?"

"Zach and Veronica were already in the mansion last night. I just got the news from my messenger. They're getting Elijah, but he's beaten up so badly. Veronica and Zach went to the pub to drink their problems away."

"How did Elijah get beaten up so badly? Also, Atasha doesn’t have the power to run away like that. They should obtain them."

"I heard it was the Silver Moon who was the survivors of your pack that did this to Elijah, they took Atasha."

"No way, there's a survivor from the Silver Moon Pack?"

I thought hard and I remembered Leo. He might have planned all of this to take Atasha with him. Does he know that I’m here in the Crimson Moon Pack as well? Leo was perhaps planning a rebellion and revenge against Montreal, especially since he was the son of the beta. Then, of course, he likes Atasha, so this is his chance to take her back.

I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist. Once Atasha teams up with Leo, she might be able to find out why she was cursed eventually. My plans would be ruined. I hope Elijah finds her as soon as possible and brings her back to this domain.

"What should we do now? I might not be able to marry Elijah sooner or later."

I bit my lower lip and glanced at Margaux. We had no other choice but to wait for this situation to settle down. This is chaos. The rouges clearly have a plan to regroup for their war against the Crimson Moon Pack. This is the moment we don't need to do anything. It's clearly a problem now that was faced by the Montreals.

It's also helped me to buy some time to learn more about the prophecy, whether I am or not, the cursed werewolf. At the end of the day, it should be Atasha.

In next following days, I and Margaux assigned someone to get some details on Atasha and also to the Montreals and their whereabouts.

While I'm studying in the library, I got the news from our messenger regarding Atasha's whereabouts in the East Land. Now it became clearer as to why Veronica was able to tell the Alpha that there was chaos in the East Land. It was just a fabricated story they invent along with some citizens on that territory. Then some information I got that the rebels who are the survivors of the Silver Moon pack and other packs would use that opportunity to revenge and kill Alpha Gregory.

"It's funny isn't it Margaux? all of them now are in the East Land?"

"I know, it's truly an epic event. They plan a masquerade party to the Alpha tricking that they defeated the enemy."

"But Alpha Gregory's real enemy is already here inside of his territory and not from the East Land."

We both chuckled and laugh while we were playing chess. It's been days since I figured out how the love potion works with Joshua the driver that helped me to go to the witch's church. It took more than a week for the single drop to take effect.

I came now to the conclusion that a single drop was already enough for the marriage to be done and make everyone believes that the Montreals are head over heels to Margaux and Me.

"So, we're ready once they come here, isn't it right Astrid?"

"Absolutely, Margaux. Once everything was settled down on the East Land. We can move easily without any problem."

"That's exciting Astrid, I can't wait to be married to Elijah and you will be married to Zach. I want a double wedding. That would be so sweet. Can we do a double wedding Astrid? I want to share that moment with you."

"Why not Margaux? To be honest that would be so easy for us to prepare if we do a double wedding. I guess they don't mind that, especially Alpha Gregory."

"Oh my, if that happens I would be the happiest she-wolf in the world. Marrying Elijah Montreal is a dream! then my father would be so happy that we would keep our status. "

"That's right, anyway, you're checkmated now, Margaux."

She pulled her hair as I beat her in this game multiple times.  Once Atasha steps in and returns everything would be checkmate for her.

I was laughing and grinning ear to ear. We were already finished sewing the dresses for our invited guests and also the suit and ties for Elijah and Zach.  This time around, everything was set. The plans for our wedding are ready. On how we execute it. The wine that we would be using for the Montreal brothers for them to sip with the love potion that I got from the witch.

Lastly, Astrid would now suffer as my slave and follow each order that I speak out.  However, my vision got blurry when I tried to ask for help from Margaux. My eyes shut down. I felt like my body was drowned in a vast ocean, trying to get some air.

"Help, me. Someone, please help!"

I scream at the top of my lungs and I saw Melanie's vision of her getting drowned in the water. My arms and fingers are different. I began to wonder if this was a hallucination of Melanie's dreams.

My body floats to the water in the ocean trying to find any people but there are none. I saw a large boat near me and I scream for help.

I tried to swim near to that boat even though my body was exhausted.  The next thing that I saw was from afar is Atasha standing on that boat glancing at me from afar.