His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

The Path to Answers
EVANGELINE.

I walk across the rocky ground of the chamber, the rippling waves in the lake and the wind settling a little. My own aura glows around me, illuminating the darkness. It’s still as cold as it was the last time we came, and I wait as I go down on one knee.

I need to slice my hand and wait… Scanning the ground, I select a jagged sharp rock and pick it up, slicing

it into my palm.

The slight sting of the sharp rock cutting into me is barely noticeable due to how cold it is. My fingers feel numb. I hold my hand out, letting the blood pour into the lake, just as the castle clock hits twelve. The gongs echo in the dark cavern.

I close my eyes, waiting.

His aura lingers, but he’s refusing to appear. I take a deep breath, knowing this is the only chance I have.

“Alpha Raziel, first of our kind… father to our race… please allow me to help you. Help me to end this curse … I think I know why we have always failed.” I swallow hard. I’m going on guesswork. This could backfire…

“And why might that be?” His voice comes searing through my mind, but this time it isn’t painful, and I look up.

There he stands on the other bank, his eyes burning into mine.

“I’ve never realised I’m the Moon Goddess before now, have I? I’ve been trying to fix things as Evangeline but that’s not the right way… I need to fix this as the goddess… if she is imprisoned… then who is watching over her wolves?” I ask quietly.

Is this why the mate bond is so scarce?

His face twists into rage. “How can you be so sure that her imprisonment is not over?” He snarls.

‘There is still more than a thousand years left…’ Luna whispers in my mind.

“Luna told me.” I say quietly. His head tilts to the side and I think I see them soften. “There are over a thousand years left… she didn’t abandon you Raziel, she’s simply still serving her time.”

He begins pacing, and he lowers his head. “Perhaps… when you are down here for so many centuries… you lose track of time… Perhaps she hasn’t forgotten me…”

“I don’t think she has; one does not forget their mate… she loved you to the extent she wanted to be with you. We can do this together… Tell me, is what you told Zedkiel what you told me the last time we were here? Is it the truth? Is Zedkiel not the king? Why did you not give him the mark that is rightfully his?” I ask.

I let my aura radiate off me, feeling Luna spreading serenity and calmness through me. I sense it pass through the chamber.

lie to him! I told him nothing but

ask him what I need to,

Who did you

I’m not wrong… those blood s*ckers are already approaching. I can feel it in the earth…. the hunger they have within them, their urge

know what that does to our

simply forbidden because the species

suddenly uneasy. My stomach twists, knowing

if it’s for a short period, that high

“That’s…” I trail off.

slow death. First, they will lose their minds… then they will succumb to hallucinations and paranoia and then… then they will begin killing all in their wake until they are forced to be killed. When our kind forgets laws of nature and

whips around us and Luna comes forward. My eyes blazing as I

drinks a werewolf’s blood it

but that

He growls, his voice isn’t affecting me like last time but it’s getting stronger. “You foolish child! You allowed him to have

perhaps because I am now not just a werewolf but

that and allowed it and I warned him too!”

made a mistake… please, carry on, tell

“No.”

is running out! I know that you are angry! But I’m trying to fix things! Zedkiel

to be! Your mother is suffering somewhere and you… why do you think that blessed mates are so few?! He cursed us all… her creation is dying just like he wants! And you! All you care for is

aura has illuminated the cave once more and such power that I have never felt before is rippling through me. “You may be the first Alpha! But I am the goddess, and you are bound to serve me! Answer me!” I growl, feeling Luna’s voice blend with mine, the ground

enforced upon him beginning to weigh down on hirn, making him struggle. Even if

your words! Have I come to this chamber in my past life?! Do you not have faith that perhaps this

nothing!” He growls. I step forward, reaching the edge of

and I step

STOP” He roars, making

I snap, wading into the water until I’m waist-deep

control,

the river is a faint glimmer of what looks like a bar of a cage, glowing as they pulsate in and out of my vision…. Raziel is breathing hard as he cowers on the other side

you will be stuck with me for eternity.” He