Chapter 74

Words : 1343 Updated : May 20th, 2025

A sigh escapes me as I make my way into the pack house. How this day has had me feeling so overwhelmed! I wish things didn't happen the way they did. I would wipe the area away and ride all the doubt for a moment. It had been a week since I last cried, and I haven't cried in a long time. Max had trained me to push everything down and focus on who I had to be in the present. I haven't been back even a full day, and already the walls I built to keep my emotions away were starting to erode. I walk through the pack house. Every corner of the place is haunted with memories I wish to bury and forget. All the good times I had with Piper. All the things we did together. All the happier times. Memories I had of Alec. They weren't all warm. He spent most of the time ignoring me, acting like I didn't exist, but they were there. There were a few times I caught him smiling or laughing, joking with pack members. The happier times when we didn't carry the weight of the world. My childhood, teenage years, and part of my adulthood are deeply engraved in this pack. There isn't a place I could turn where I wouldn't find a memory to pull back from the past. Those happy memories became tainted when everyone, except Micah, turned their backs on me. I bury them because they bring nothing but pain when I remember them. I bury them because they remind me of the deep betrayal that I endured from the so-called people I loved. I rush through the space, intent on escaping those haunting melodies. The few pack members I pass by don't seem shocked to see me, but they do seem remorseful. I guess Alec told them the truth. I ignore them. Not wanting to pass by any more of them, I focus my energy as Nyx taught me and teleport to the room that was assigned to me. I breathe a sigh of relief when I open my eyes and find I'm standing in the middle of the bedroom. "Things will get better. You have to trust the goddess's plan," Nyx mumbles, popping in. "It's hard to trust her when all I can think about is the mess she's made of my life." She sighs. "It may seem so, but it will all make sense in the future." Isn't that something that people say just to make themselves feel better about how out of control their lives are? Does it really get better? Because from where I am standing, I feel that if I don't get the hell out of this pack, things are only going to go downhill from here. "I don't want to talk about it," I whisper tiredly and softly. What I want to do is forget. We are quiet for a while as I take off my clothes. I need another shower—one I wish would cleanse me of my bitter past. "Nyx begins just as I am heading to the bathroom. 'He tried reaching out to me.' And?" To me, his wolf was just as guilty as the woman. There were times during the torture when he would cower. Something is wrong with those two. The things they did and the joy that shone in their eyes as they tortured still makes me sick to this day. "Nothing. I told him to f**k off and blocked him. I would have given him the middle finger if I had fingers," she says it so casually it makes me laugh. Like I said, Nyx frustrates me most of the time, but I still wouldn't trade her for a different wolf. "You know I f**king love you, right? Even though you drive me crazy at times," I mumble, feeling some of the tension leave as water cascades down my body. "Yeah, yeah," she mumbles dismissively, but then adds so silently I almost fail to hear it. "Right back at you, my beautiful human." I finish showering and wrap a towel around my body. Going to the mirror, I do what I've been doing for the past three years whenever I get out of the shower. I focus on my scars, especially the one on my face. After reminding myself of all the reasons why Alec is nothing but a monster, I leave the bathroom so I can get dressed. I'd just taken out my clothes from my suitcase when there is a knock on my door. I don't recognize the scent, but then again, I barely recognize any of my previous pack members' scents. "Can I help you?" I ask the nervous-looking brunette when I open the door. "T-the Alpha and elders are requesting your presence in the alpha's office," she stammers. With the way she was looking at me—with fear and remorse—I'm inclined to think she's not a new member. She was there when my life was turned upside down. I don't remember everyone; she's among those that I don't remember. I don't say anything. I just shut the door in her face. I don't care if it is rude. They don't deserve anything from me, and they won't be getting anything from me. I get dressed quickly, then leave my room. I'll have to spend time with Aspen later on. The sooner I get this damn curse fixed, the sooner we can leave. I'd told the elders that I wanted to see the text about me. I thought I could get something from it. It was probably the reason why I've been summoned. I get to Alec's office door and, without knocking, I push it open. It's still the same. Nothing has changed. I'm taken back to the last time I was here—the day he threw the tablet at me. The day I begged them to believe me, but they didn't. The day he ordered me to be thrown into the dungeons. "Sadie," he calls my name, and I shake myself from those memories. His eyes hold something akin to regret, but I am not so sure. What I am sure, though, is that he was also remembering that day. It's there in his eyes. I nod a greeting to Micah before turning to the elders without greeting them. "Did you bring it?" Mark nods and hands over the text to me. I immediately scan through it, eating up the words like they were sushi. [She is strong and powerful. An Alpha Female, and her powers, when awakened, will shake the foundations of the world. Because she is the blessed one, their union will be blessed, and their offspring will rule both the heavens and the earth. Only she will be able to undo the curse; only she will be able to destroy the evil. In her presence, the pack will recover and flourish, becoming the most powerful pack the world has ever seen. So many will want to use her, to destroy and suppress her, but she will prevail. Many will want to destroy their bond, so beware of impostors, for the blessed one will be known by a white crescent moon mark on her left ear.] I place the old journal down. The words are still ringing in my head, playing in my mind like a broken record. Now I get why Micah asked to check behind my left ear when we first found out that I was Alec's mate. I never had the mark before, so it must have appeared when my powers awakened. "It did," Nyx speaks up. "You two, you and the other alpha female, both have marks. It's meant to differentiate you from the rest. Yours is a white crescent moon, symbolizing renewal, growth, and hope."

Chapter 74

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