His Dark Obsession

The Path to Answers

EVANGELINE.

I walk across the rocky ground of the chamber, the rippling waves in the lake and the wind settling a little. My own aura glows around me, illuminating the darkness. It’s still as cold as it was the last time we came, and I wait as I go down on one knee.

I need to slice my hand and wait… Scanning the ground, I select a jagged sharp rock and pick it up, slicing

it into my palm.

The slight sting of the sharp rock cutting into me is barely noticeable due to how cold it is. My fingers feel numb. I hold my hand out, letting the blood pour into the lake, just as the castle clock hits twelve. The gongs echo in the dark cavern.

I close my eyes, waiting.

His aura lingers, but he’s refusing to appear. I take a deep breath, knowing this is the only chance I have.

“Alpha Raziel, first of our kind… father to our race… please allow me to help you. Help me to end this curse … I think I know why we have always failed.” I swallow hard. I’m going on guesswork. This could backfire…

“And why might that be?” His voice comes searing through my mind, but this time it isn’t painful, and I look up.

There he stands on the other bank, his eyes burning into mine.

“I’ve never realised I’m the Moon Goddess before now, have I? I’ve been trying to fix things as Evangeline but that’s not the right way… I need to fix this as the goddess… if she is imprisoned… then who is watching over her wolves?” I ask quietly.

Is this why the mate bond is so scarce?

His face twists into rage. “How can you be so sure that her imprisonment is not over?” He snarls.

‘There is still more than a thousand years left…’ Luna whispers in my mind.

“Luna told me.” I say quietly. His head tilts to the side and I think I see them soften. “There are over a thousand years left… she didn’t abandon you Raziel, she’s simply still serving her time.”

He begins pacing, and he lowers his head. “Perhaps… when you are down here for so many centuries… you lose track of time… Perhaps she hasn’t forgotten me…”

“I don’t think she has; one does not forget their mate… she loved you to the extent she wanted to be with you. We can do this together… Tell me, is what you told Zedkiel what you told me the last time we were here? Is it the truth? Is Zedkiel not the king? Why did you not give him the mark that is rightfully his?” I ask.

radiate off me, feeling Luna spreading serenity and calmness through me. I sense it

“I did not lie to him! I told him nothing but the truth… He may

him what I

‘the impure’. Who

approaching. I can feel it in the earth…. the hunger they

know what that does to our kind?”

simply forbidden because

it do?” I reply, feeling suddenly uneasy. My stomach twists,

give them strength. Even if it’s for a short period,

“That’s…” I trail off.

paranoia and then… then they will begin killing all in their wake until they are forced to be killed.

wind whips around us and Luna comes forward. My eyes blazing as I hold

drinks a werewolf’s blood it poisons them,

as I frown, but that

voice isn’t affecting me like last time but it’s getting stronger. “You foolish child! You allowed him to

now not just a werewolf but a goddess…” It still feels

you did not know that and allowed it and I warned

please, carry on, tell me everything you know.”

“No.”

that you are angry! But I’m trying to fix things! Zedkiel is trying to fix things! I know that the Eternal

g*ds?! Will you beg for a chance for redemption for a race that has already lost its value?! You are not ready to be the goddess you were destined to be! Your mother is suffering somewhere and you… why do you think that blessed mates are so few?! He cursed us all… her creation is dying just like he wants! And you! All you care for is simply your

more and such power that I have never felt before is rippling through me. “You may be the first Alpha! But I

making him struggle. Even if I’m the goddess

come to this chamber in my past life?! Do you not have faith that perhaps

owe you nothing!” He growls. I step forward, reaching the

and I

He roars,

into the water until

throws me back. I’m lifted from the water and swung across the chamber. Unable to regain my control, I’m slammed against the far

but just then I freeze, spotting something. There in the middle of the river is a faint glimmer of what looks like a bar of a cage, glowing as they pulsate in and out of my

you will be stuck with

as I