Chapter 48 Theo’s Past I

My thoughts were fuzzy as I tried to keep track of what was happening all around me. A whoosh of wind flew around me, and I felt like I was both floating and falling at the same time.

With a thump, I hit the ground, my legs slamming into what felt like a stone floor. I lay there for a second, opening my eyes slightly. I had to figure out what to do next.

Well, if the mission had failed, and the crystal hadn’t been cleansed from the last user, then we would have to wait until the next real blood moon to plant the berry, and I would just have to find a way to make sure that I didn’t hurt anyone else until then.

If that meant I would have to seclude myself and stay away from everyone until that could happen, then that was exactly what I would do.

It wasn’t like I’d never done that or been alone before. I was quite used to either anyway.

Pushing up off of the floor, I turned around and sat down, the world still spinning slightly. At least my organs seemed to have settled back down. My heart was no longer hammering, my lungs could suck in a full breath of air, and my head was no longer pounding.

Something was still different, though. Something was off. The room I was in looked like my own bedroom, but I could tell there were minor differences that made it seem like per- haps I hadn’t quite reached reality after all.

Glancing around, I saw that I was alone. The others were not there–Ciana, Jake, Brook, Warren, and Sophia. That made no sense.

I got up and started for the door, but it was then that I heard maniacal laughter behind me and turned around to see Luther standing across the room. He hadn’t been there be- fore; I was sure of it.

“You’ve got a lot of nerve to show your face,” I sneered.

Luther walked toward me, his arms folded across his chest as he continued to chuckle. “Seriously?” he asked. “You still haven’t figured all of this out? You are the one who should be concerned.”

“Obviously, you and I see things differently.”

I didn’t have time to chat with him, so the sooner I’d taken care of him, the better. I was about to shift when I realized that I couldn’t.

“Hahaha!” Luther laughed. “Prince Theo, why didn’t you show me your wolf? Is it because… you can’t?”

“What did you do?” I narrowed my eyes as I waited for him. to answer me.

“You know that every pack has an artifact from the Moon Goddess, right?” he asked, a snarky smile on his face.

Of course, I knew that. Everyone knew that.

“Well, before you had your brute of a Beta go out and track down the Moonlit Crystal, maybe you should’ve done a little bit of research about where it came from.” He still had that look on his face.

Shit!

right. It belongs to my pack, Ortiz–mine. And that means… I’ve been the one pulling the strings all around this little adventure you’ve just been through. Did you enjoy

UP!” I

that if he had been behind all of it, it wasn’t over yet. After all, I was

you so angry about? Aww, are you

her out

you beg me? If you drop to your knees, maybe

myself, and quickly analyzed the situation.

I said with scorn. “Why don’t you beg

about?!” His

bet you’d prefer us to be trapped there forever. So let me

and you surely didn’t expect that we would be able to get out of here. You had to use whatever was left in the crystal just in time

relief–it seemed that at least Ciana and the rest of the group should have been returned to reality now. Things were not as bad as I

stared at me viciously. The angrier he was, the closer I was to the truth. So I

hatred, but he soon calmed him- self down and he put on his fake smile

as easily agitated as I’d hoped. I didn’t like that. Enemies who were level–headed were much more difficult

eyes even more. “Let me remind you- I’m in charge here. Now, Prince Theo, it’s time for you

and you’ll be disappointed,”

take the bait this time and only sneered, “Well,

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soon as he finished his sentence, I felt

to be able to do anything to stop him.

your nightmare to continue, Prince

he slipped away, and everything around me

castle. The scent of the green grass hit my lungs as a warm breeze ruffled

the only thing that had changed.

at my body, I realized I was a small child again, and as the

death for murdering his brother, but Father spared him and made him a soldier because of his battle skills. He was in his human form dressed

supposed to be the most

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on that campaign. Not after I was finished with

face continued to increase as he realized what

was

on the other hand, felt riveting. Power, strength, youth–all of the attributes that contributed to Zade’s prowess as a warrior were seeping into me. I watched his face continue to pale and shrivel up as the very essence of life was sucked away

to find a way to end the pull that was sucking the life out of him, but I couldn’t. I didn’t know

who was standing next to me laughing and

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