you do not have to fear things that you don't understand

M A D D I E ♛

On our way back to the pack house after dinner with Chase's parents, my thoughts and emotions were everywhere.

I don't know where to start and I was getting really frustrated at myself for it. I was walking faster than Chase and he must've noticed that I wasn't feeling well.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked, grabbing my arm to stop me.

It was already getting late and I was already tired. Today was too much, touring the pack with Kasen, going to that shop owned by that girl Lizzie, the dinner with Chase's parents and my realizations. It was too much.

I quickly and harshly shook my arm off of his grab. I hated it most when he touched me. The tingles that echoed through my skin maddened me at my own self.

"Luna? You want me to be this pack's Luna?" I started. When his dad mentioned it earlier, I had a realization and I felt rather dumb that I didn't think of it earlier.

Of course, an Alpha's mate is his Luna.

Chase sighed. "You just realized that now? I thought you were smarter than that." he commented rather sneakily.

"I'm going to say this once again cause it seems like you're not getting me, so get this through your thick scull pack wolf. I don't plan on staying here, I will never become your Luna." Venom was dripping in my words, I needed him to understand that. I'm getting frustrated, I was getting angry.

Although it was dark, I could still see the changes of glint that were in his eyes. He had a sharp look now, a vicious look flared through, one fitting for an Alpha.

"You know, I've been thinking about it. You're scared aren't you?"

I fumed. Me? Scared?

That was an insult to me, an insult to the highest degree.

How dare he say I'm scared?

I scoffed at the incredulity. "Me? Scared? I don't usually brag about it and I hate mentioning it, but let me remind you. I'm called Queen of the Rogues for a reason, it's not a mere title like yours."

It was his turn to scoff at me. It was purely sarcastic and scornful, fuelling my already burning anger.

"Yes, Maddie. You're scared. You're scared of things you don't understand. You're scared of our being mates, our mate bond. You're scared of living in a pack, you're scared at the thought of being secure and living a normal life."

"I'm not scared, I hate it, I hate all of that, I hate all of this. Don't act like you know me and you understand how I act because you clearly don't." I responded.

He is so obnoxious. How dare he assume that I was scared of little things like that? Scared?

My heart was pummelling against my chest, my cheeks were hot with anger. I wanted to lunge at him, to show him what it meant to be scared of me. But all I could do was fist my hands in anger at him.

Chase closed his eyes as if calming himself and walked past me.

"I trust that you know your way to the pack house already, I'm going for a run."

And with that, he left me, making his way to the forest.

As I watched him walk away, it left a bad taste in my mouth. Nonetheless, I made my way towards the pack house.

♛

"Dynamí. It's time."

I woke up at the sound of knocking. I stared at the ceiling for a bit as I thought about the dream I just had. I haven't dreamt that in a while.

I pushed myself off the comfortable bed and opened the door enough to peek and see who it was. Owen was standing outside, a serious look on his face, but he tried to smile when he saw me.

I opened the door slightly wider.

"Good morning, I'm sorry to wake you up so early but we have to get going for the meeting with Panselinos." he said formally.

I merely stared at him. His blonde hair was neatly fixed and he was wearing a formal attire also. The meeting they were talking about must really be important, but I still don't see what I have to do with it.

He must've been weirded out at me because he started fidgeting and looking around. "Uhm, is there something wrong?" he asked.

That brought me back to the current situation. "Nothing, I'm coming. Give me a sec." I said.

I went back to my room and it took me five minutes to get myself to wear my usual black pants, a shirt and my jacket over it. Of course, I didn't forget to carry my emergency weapons with me.

I headed out and saw that Owen was still waiting for me there and with that, we made our way to Chase's office.

When we arrived at the room, Kasen immediately greeted me with his usual bright smile.

I looked over to Chase and the only acknowledgement he sent was meeting my eyes for a second before returning to reading a few more papers.

I remembered our conversation last night and I started getting pissed at him again.

If Kasen and Owen noticed the tension, they chose not to say anything.

After a few minutes of torturous silence, Chase stood up, taking a sort of orb and turning it on.

"Alright, we will call them now. Maddie just stay there." he said without looking at me and putting his hand over the orb.

As if on cue, Kasen and Owen stood beside their Alpha. I was surprised when out of nowhere, images of people projected from the little orb.

There were four people. Three male wolves and one female.

Something struck in me when I saw the girl. As if... as if I knew her.

I swallowed my saliva. I was starting to get nervous. My heart was pounding again, I was starting to get restless and I could feel my wolf pacing too.

'Calm down, will you?' I tell my wolf.

'Maddie... I feel it. It's her.' my wolf says. Does my wolf know her? Then I should know her too, but I'm certain I've never seen her before.

"Greetings, Alpha Ian Fortis and your interesting Luna there." Chase started with a smile like I wasn't here to piss him off.

"Greetings, Alpha Chase. I'm sorry to have called upon you so suddenly like this, but we have urgent matters to discuss regarding the growing number of Strays. And my mate seems to have reason to believe that you will be of great help." the man at the very front spoke, the Alpha.

Before answering, Chase looked at me first.

Strays?

"Interesting, shall we hear it, Luna Hannah?" Chase answered. She's a Luna.

There's no way I know any Lunas, so why is it that I still feel like I know her?

'Chári.' my wolf said in my mind.

My eyes widened. Pictures appeared in my head, glimpses of a past unknown.

I was starting to feel sick.

What the heck is this?

Who the heck is she?

"Greetings, Alpha. I'm sure that you know that I am a warrior of the moon goddess?" Luna Hannah says.

Warrior of the moon goddess? Is she actually on drugs? Too many wolfsbane? I heard some crazy wolves use it as a drug.

"Who doesn't know of you? An omega to a Luna, you made a name for yourself." Chase answered again.

"So you must know that there three other warriors. I am currently looking for all of them. And... I believe that your mate is one of them."

I stood in place, frozen, shocked.

Yup, another crazy one has appeared.

Chase, Owen and Kasen were also very surprised by what the Luna said. Owen and Kasen looked at each other while Chase momentarily looked at me through the eyes but then he turned his attention back to his interlocutors.

Chase started rubbing the temple of his head as he chuckled, trying to make it seem like he just heard something absurd. I agreed with him though.

"I'm sorry, Luna. What you are saying is actually quite hard to believe because I haven't met my mate yet." Chase lied and somehow that stabbed needles in my chest.

The Luna stood for a while, thinking. She was probably debating whether Chase was lying or not. After all it wasn't easy to see. The guy was a professional liar.

But then, she smiled.

"Please, don't lie to me. I know that she is there with you. Hmm, perhaps behind the Voca Orb? You seem to be very interested on what's behind your orb."

My eyes widened and I could see how Chase's expression changed because he immediately became hostile.

"Are you calling me a liar, Luna? Why do you not believe my words when I have already told you that I haven't met my mate yet. Are trying to start conflict between us?" he asked.

What happened next was something I will never forget. Luna Hannah closed her eyes and I could swear I saw some sort of aura enveloping her. When she opened her eyes, I was petrified.

Her eyes had a glowing crescent, the sign of the moon. A strand of her hair slowly turned white.

My breath was getting shorter and shorter and I was forcing myself to take deep breaths.

At that very moment, I felt like I was forgetting something very important. Something fundamental to my existence.

"As a moon warrior, I have the ability of Verum Quiedum which lets me know if you are telling the truth or not, Alpha." she said. Her voice was enthralling yet it held a powerful authority.

Recovering from the shock, Chase sighed. "Fine. I apologize, great warrior of the north, Chári. Yes, I have already met my mate."

Chase looked at me and without saying a word, I stepped in the field of view of the Luna.

Upon seeing me, her face lit up. Staring into her eyes. I remembered.

My wolf shew herself also.

We did know her... she was...

"Chári." I called out to her.

I felt like my heart was breaking. Fragments of memories entered my mind as I stared into her glowing crescent eyes.

"Dynamí, it really is you."

An amalgamation of emotions were spiralling inside me, a power I've never felt before started surging through me and somehow I knew that it was the power of a moon goddess' warrior. The power of Dynamí.

For the first time in longest time, I felt tears rolling down my cheeks.

I was so overwhelmed, I was so confused, I don't understand what's going on.

Hannah started saying something again but I couldn't hear her anymore. I tried to focus on her voice, I could see that she was happy. But I wasn't.

I was a tornado of emotions.

Without realizing it, my vision has already blackened and I was expecting to hit the hard wooden floor, but before that could happen, Chase's arms were already around me as he repeated my name worriedly.