Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 428

Lanie

I was alone with the scent of the forest and what felt like a breeze across my face. The trees sang in low

murmurs as the wind passed through their branches. Peace, calm, serenity…

when was the last time I’d felt any of that? So long ago that I couldn’t recall a time when I’d felt only

comfort. No anxiety.

“Moon Goddess?”

I reached for her and got only silence in return.

Slowly, I turned in a circle. I knew I had to be experiencing this in my own mind, and that she hadn’t

transported me physically. I wore a soft gown of pale-green fabric, knotted at the shoulders. Around my waist,

a golden cord nipped the dress against my hips, and the hem was so long only the tips of my toes peeped out.

My hair cascaded down my back in ripples and waves.

I thought I must look something like a goddess,myself.

I wanted to run. To fight. To scream and argue.

I wanted answers. Safety. Knowledge.

But Goddesses don’t answer to those they protect; I could only wait for her to show me what she wanted

me to see.

rose and set, and

of minutes. I walked through

hand rested on her head,and I let

of me, the trees parted to show me a meadow full

Goddess under the light of her sister

the Moon’s silver glow. Right now, the golden

meadow.

snuffed in my hand and licked. Then she ran away. I reached for her,

to my body. Hands on me.

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

I ever

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Who would I become?

onto a bed of soft grass while the flowers crushed underneath me and cast out even more glorious scents. I looked up at the sky and saw

the Moon at the same time. So much smaller than her sister, and to some, less powerful. She guided and blessed the wolves and kept us from harm, while the Sun had the strength and power to give life…and take it

arched as a

fangs. They dented my bottom lip, piercing my own flesh

die in the sunshine without protection, and

whispered the Moon

toes barely grazing the ground and the

and the Sun both bathed me in their lights. Silver and gold swirled around

the Moon, I felt strength and power, as well

came ferocity, determination, and an edge of fear. A promise of punishment,if I did not obey. “I don’t understand, Moon Goddess! Please, as your humble ser vant, I beg of you to

with a chime like bells. Like the soft hush of waves rolling against