Destiny: A Fantasy Collection by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Luna Made

The tree looks all twisted and barren without its leaves. Branches stretch up toward the sky. The moon’s shadowy light makes it look hauntingly beautiful, even though there is nothing that makes them beautiful at the moment.

Bittersweet velvet warmth runs down my throat, distending my stomach. I feel bloated with the pain that his words caused.

The leading families have poisoned their young children’s minds since birth against me. It’s almost like a divorced human mother poisoning their young against a father who has done nothing wrong. By the time the young turn into adults, they realize what the mother has done, but it’s too late for that relationship with the father to truly become what it could have been.

The Alpha is corralled with the Luna and Beta. All three stand shoulder to shoulder as the lower-ranked wolves prowl around slyly. Circling round and round, accusations fly out. The high-pitched voices of females ask, “How could you do that?”

The lower tenor of the males voices, “Low rank, what does that mean?”

Power in numbers, that’s what I’m seeing. The alpha is the most powerful, but against a pack he is only as powerful as the lowest-ranked juvenile male.

Judgment time.

The low rank wolves make up most of the pack, while the higher ranks are a scattered few. If you have no faith in your leadership, then it’s time for new leaders.

“She was a juvenile!” another low-ranked female yells from the gathering, a circle that’s slowly tightening around them.

The moon in all her brilliance is watching. Stars flicker in the darkened sky, like candlelight in the wind.

The air is unstable as the pack presses into them. Males start to snap jaws, and females are moved to the back by males who don’t want them hurt.

The illusion of them is wobbling as the light of their actions creates a new, brighter picture for all to see.

Luna Catherine looks at me, holding my eyes. What does she see when she looks at me? When I look at her, my Wild wants to come to the forefront. The constitution of me wants to challenge her; I want to right the wrongs she has done.

A crack of my jaw as it comes unhinged shakes my core. A howl lifts up to the moon from my throat that has never howled before.

My knee is the next to buckle as it shifts, molasses slow. Ripping the tendons, tearing the muscles, it realigns to its natural angle.

“No,” I cry to the moon. I can’t do this, not here, not now, not in front of these wolves to witness my second shift ever.

My wolf’s eyes see different colors than I do. The wind blows now, rustling the fur that is starting to consume my naked flesh. Another shift of the opposite hip has me taking a position on all fours. Sinking my fingers into the earth, I beg it to give me strength. I can’t do this. My shirt rips down the middle, exposing muscles that are liquid underneath flesh as the ribs shift into a ribcage of my true form.

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