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.

set, and the Moon

span of minutes. I walked through the trees

hand rested on her

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

Goddess under the light of her sister Sun? I

glow. Right now, the golden light beckoned me, and I

meadow.

she ran away. I reached for her, but then I let her

there was something desperate happening to my body. Hands

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

had I ever

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Who would I become?

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

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

arched as a groan slipped out of

dented my bottom lip, piercing my own

in the sunshine without protection, and

Moon Goddess.

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

the Sun both bathed me in their lights. Silver

and power, as well as comfort.

not obey. “I don’t understand, Moon Goddess! Please, as your humble ser vant, I beg of you to help

Like the soft hush of waves rolling against a shore. Like