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 the Moon

minutes. I walked through the trees and slowly

My hand rested on her

parted to show me a meadow full

with the Moon Goddess under the light

ever reaching me in the Moon’s silver glow. Right now, the golden light beckoned

meadow.

my hand and licked. Then she ran away. I reached

there was something desperate happening to my body. Hands on me. Voices calling my

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

had I

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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

some, less powerful. She guided and blessed the wolves and kept

as a

my mouth, I felt the sharpness of vampire fangs. They dented my bottom lip, piercing my own flesh until

the sunshine without protection,

the Moon Goddess. You

I was floating, my toes barely grazing the ground and

both bathed me in

strength and power, as well

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 help

voice filled my head with a chime like bells. Like the soft