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.

Sun rose and set, and the Moon

I walked through the trees and slowly became aware of Lily

My hand rested on her head,and

to show me a meadow full of flowers. The sun shone brightly

under the light of her sister Sun? I could only

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

meadow.

she ran away. I reached for

my body. Hands

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

I ever

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Who would I become?

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 up at the sky and saw the sun, so

She guided and blessed the wolves and kept us from harm, while the Sun had

a groan slipped out of

dented my bottom lip, piercing

the sunshine without protection, and

the Moon Goddess.

grazing the ground and the grass

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

I felt strength and power, as well as comfort. Assurance.

the Sun 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 help me

her, but her voice filled my head with a chime like bells. Like the