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.

and set, and

of minutes. I walked through the trees and slowly became aware

rested on her head,and I let

show me a meadow full of flowers.

the Moon Goddess under the light of her

the Moon’s silver glow. Right now, the golden light beckoned me, and I went into

meadow.

and licked. Then she ran away. I reached

happening to my

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

I

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Who would I become?

made my head spin. Dizzy, I sank onto a bed of soft grass while the flowers crushed underneath me and cast out even more glorious scents. I looked

at the same time. So much smaller than her sister, and to some, less powerful. She guided and

back arched as a groan slipped

They dented my bottom lip, piercing

the sunshine without

whispered the Moon Goddess.

I was floating, my toes barely grazing the ground and the grass and the crushed

in their

strength and power, as well as comfort.

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

voice filled my head with a chime like bells. Like the soft hush of waves rolling against a shore. Like a