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 the Moon

walked through the trees and slowly became aware of

on her head,and I let her lead

the trees parted to show me a meadow full of flowers. The

under the light of her sister Sun?

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

meadow.

hand and licked. Then she ran away. I

my body.

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

had I ever

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Who would I become?

got into the meadow, the scent of flowers was like some sweet perfume that 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 up at the sky and saw the sun,

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

arched as a

They dented my bottom lip, piercing my own

the sunshine without protection, and

the Moon Goddess. You

barely grazing the ground and the grass

the Sun both bathed me in

felt strength and power, as well as comfort.

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,

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