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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

on

Shit!

adventure you’ve just been through.

“SHUT UP!” I roared.

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

so angry about? Aww, are you

her out of

don’t you beg me? If you drop to your knees, maybe I’ll

a deep breath,

the situation.

I said with scorn. “Why don’t you beg

stead?”

talking about?!” His face

us to be trapped there

pected, did it?”

didn’t expect that we would

of the group should have been returned to reality now. Things were not as bad as I thought. That was good to know so that I could focus on dealing

viciously. The angrier he was, the closer I was to the truth. So I chuckled again,

him- self down and he put on his fake smile

hoped. I didn’t like that. Enemies who

difficult to deal with

used up all my patience,” he said as he narrowed his eyes even more. “Let me remind you- I’m in charge here. Now, Prince Theo, it’s time for

you’ll be disappointed,” I said, continuing to

bait this time and only sneered, “Well, we’ll find

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finished his sentence, I felt like

into place. He was right–I wasn’t going to be able to do anything to

heard him say, “It’s time for your nightmare to continue, Prince Theo. Get ready for your worst memories to replay in a

away, and everything around me began to

room we’d been standing in morphed into a field out- side of the castle. The

that wasn’t the only thing that had

small – very small. My hands were outstretched in front of me, ungloved, and I hardly recognized my own arms, they were so short. Glancing down at my body, I realized I was a small child again, and as the rest

of me stood one of the largest, most powerful, and most bloodthirsty warriors in our pack. He was originally sentenced to 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 in the uniform of our castle

whose name was Zade, was supposed to be the most merciless and deadly of all of my

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wouldn’t be going on that campaign. Not after

was finished with him.

to increase as he realized what was happening to

I was

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

way to end the pull that was sucking the life out of