Chapter 21


    Alora’s POV


    My consciousness became aware of being on another ne. I’m lying on a soft patch of ground


    underneath a tall Willow, unlike the ones I see when I go to the river. This tree had deep, plumb purple


    bark, and there were bright blue flowers that almost glowed against the dark green of the leaves all up


    and down every dripping branch. The grass I was on was short, thick and dark green. It was strangely


    soft, like moss, only dry and not as fragile. I look over, I’m next to a stone lined pond, the earth of the


    shore around the pond was a deep dark brown, almost ck. 2


    I get up and walk over, for some reason I’m barefoot here, where ever here was, the dirt was soft


    beneath my feet. I look in the pond, the water


    is a beautiful deep blue. There was something at the bottom that glowed white, it was lighting up the


    water from underneath. There where koi fish in amazing vibrant colors. I look around and It looks like


    I’m in a garden of some sort. 3


    There are trees and bushes all with glowing flowers in different colors. The smell in the air was sweet


    with them. I look up at the sky. It seems frozen in what could either be before dawn or at the end of


    dusk. With a Crescent Moon on one side and the Sun on the other. There where glittering stars all over,


    the brightest ones in the darkest part of the sky.


    The stars seemed to fade away closer to the Sun. I’m wondering where I’m at, it feels peaceful here. I


    feel like I can breath properly for the first time. Like a crushing weight was removed


    from my body, leaving me feeling almost like floating. But still.


    “Where am I ?” I ask aloud, not expecting an answer back.


    Only to jump into the air like a startled cat when an answer doese. “Your in my ‘space’.” I turn


    around and I face who had spoken. Shocked at what I’m seeing “Xena?!” is all thates out. She


    smiles in that wolfy way of hers. “Yes, we are in my space, this is where I am when I am not with you.”


    she tells me. I look around again. It’s so beautiful. O


    “This ce is so beautiful.” I tell her. “Wait...why am I here?” I asked her. “You needed a ce to


    process quickly what has happened today, so I pulled you here.” she tells me. “We didn’t have time to


    wait for your mind to catch up the normal way. This space is basically timeless, by


    the time I send you back you’ll have only been passed out for ten minutes at the most.” I take a


    moment to think about what she said.


    “We’re free.” I finally say in a whisper. “We’ve just inherited a Mansion.” my voice louder this time. But


    saying it out loud helped me to orient myself around this fact. “The Heartsong Mansion is ours now.”


    She’s nodding at each fact. Letting me work trough this. “We’re not poor anymore, we actually have


    money.” Iugh, hopefully there is an ountant that came with the ce. But seeing as it’s been in a


    Trust till now, I’m sure there is one.


    “We’ve been named Alpha Female of the Heartsong lineage.” that one was a wow, I mean, I’m first


    rank in the Alpha ss yeah, but I’m just now about to graduate. I’m barely an Adult. But it feels right. I


    feel the


    responsibility that came with that title wrap around me like a warm cozy nket, pulling me back


    together. It felt natural.


    That’s when I realized this was my destiny all along. I was born to be an Alpha she wolf. Everything I


    had been through, what my parents put me through. What my sister had put me through. My drive to


    strongest warrior I could be. All of it.


    All of it made me the strong Alpha She wolf I am now. I will get stronger, I will do my new title proud. I


    was an Alpha she-wolf. My parents and sister will learn to respect and fear my new title. No longer


    would they be allowed to touch me. I feel the metaphysical chains that have held me back break. Then


    something warm


    and glowing fills me.


    I look at Xena and ask her what’s happening. “You’ve epted your true self, now the blessing our


    mother, the Moon Goddess had blessed the Heartsong’s with will bond with your soul and body. You’ll


    have ess to your Magic now.” I feel it filling me till I’m lit up like the brightest star, the light bursts out


    dispersing in a wave of stardust, it only goes so far before it rushes back to me.


    Only the magic settles on my skin in the form of tattooed jewelry. Around my wrists are two inch bands


    of Celtic knots, looking down at my ankles there are the same bands of Celtic knots, only the bands


    were four inches wide. I go to the pond to see the rest.


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    That’s when I realized I’m not just


    barefoot, I’m naked. I don’t feel ufortable though, it’s only me and Xena here. Underneath my


    cor bones the silver Celtic knots looked delicatelyid against the skin, like a ne, it dipped into


    a V-shape in the middle. Across my forehead was a V-shaped crown with the same delicate scrolling


    Celtic knots.


    My hair is down around me and looks like it has tiny shimmering stars winking out of the strands. I look


    gorgeous. I look over at Xena. She has the same silver makings as me, her white fur is glittering, like


    my hair. “Our in between form will have the same markings. While human your magic will only allow the


    crown and the stars in your hair at night.” she tells me.


    “What’s with the crown?” I ask her. “We are a Daughter of the Moon Goddess, the Crown is because


    we are


    now acknowledged by the Goddess, making us the Moon Princess.” Oh wow, is all I can think for a


    moment.


    “So….we’re….royalty?” I finally get out, afraid to acknowledge it for a moment.


    She just looks at me waiting. I knew the answer, she didn’t really have to say anything. We’re royalty


    that transcended the Pack, all the Packs, not just here on this continent but the world. That’s scary. And


    something I’m not going to advertise. No thank you, didn’t want that much attention.


    I take in a deep breath to center myself again. I look at Xena, I take the time to look at her this way.


    She’s truly a beautiful wolf, her eye a glowingvender stood out against her white fur. I reach out an


    touch her head, her fur is the softest thing


    I‘ve ever felt. “You are absolutely beautiful, I’m d you did this for me.” I tell her still stroking her fur.


    “But it’s time for me to wake up now, we have a tournament to finish.” she huffs out a sigh, then nods.


    She stands up in front of me. “Close your eyes.” she said. When I close my eyes she touches her nose


    to my forehead. Nothing happens at first. Then I feel warmth all over as I’m sunk back into the dark


    again.


    It was the smell of coffee that was bringing me back to reality. I love coffee, it was borderline addiction.


    But I didn’t love just any coffee. No, I loved good coffee. Organic grounds, preferably a dark roast.


    Darien called me a coffee snob. Not that I cared, I had told him I just had high standards when it came


    to coffee. To which his reply was just one word.


    mah. Takich hohnd meughing


    “Snob.” To which he had meughing all the way to school that day.


    I feel the smile form on my face, now fully back in my own body, when I her his voice “See, I told you


    this would do the trick.” he gloated. “How did you know that would work?” that must be Serenity.


    “Because she’s addicted to coffee, but not just any coffee, the snob has to have organic dark roast.”


    was his reply.


    I open my eyes and look around, the Alpha had me in hisp, the Luna next to us. She smiles and lets


    out a relieved breath when she see’s me looking up at her. The Alpha seeing her expression looks


    down, and lets out a relieved breath of his own. “I’m d your ok and awake now.” he tells me. “Well


    someone has to tell Darien I’m not a coffee snob. I just have high standards for good coffee.” Everyone


    is silent for a moment, then Darien


    looks down at me, and after staring for a moment says that one word. “Snob.” he enunciated it. 3


    Then Serenity snorts, she ps both of her hands to her mouth before shepletely breaks down


    into a fit of giggles, that had Darien smiling at her. I was chuckling as the Alpha helped me up. The


    Alpha and the Luna are giving me concerned looks. I smile at them “I’m fine now. Xena just pulled me


    into her space so I could process everything quicker. Saying we didn’t have time for my brain to catch


    up the normal way.” I tell them. “I had to ept my destiny as an Alpha she-wolf of the Heartsong


    blood line, now I’ve received the Moon Goddesses acknowledgment as one of her daughters.”