"You must prevail," Kyra said from behind Seraiya who stood on a balcony. "And who pays the price?" Seraiya asked. Seraiya turned to Kyra. "You don't think I want to go after her?" Seraiya asked. "You don't think I want to kill her for what she's done?" she continued to question.
"If I go after her I'm putting not only your sister's pack at risk but an entire coven of witches," Seraiya said. "That's almost a thousand people," she told her. "A thousand people that will have to die just for me to get to her" she added.
Seraiya turned back towards the railing. "The only way to free them all is if I kill her, and the only way to do that is if I can get to her when she's alone," Seraiya said unsure of what to do.
"Then I guess it's a good thing she wants to meet you," Kyra said suddenly, making Seraiya turn to her in shock.
It had been a year and a half since Amani died. Seraiya was now 16 years old.
Seraiya entered her uncle's office who was now the alpha of her family's pack. All of her aunts and uncles as well as her brother, parents, and Zack were in the room.
"How is we went over a year without any way to find her yet all of a sudden she contacts us?" Seraiya asked as soon as she entered the office. "That's a great question," Damien said looking at his uncle Tyler, the alpha.
In truth we've always known where she was it was just decided that neither of you are ready to face her" Tyler said. "That wasn't your decision to make!" Seraiya snapped. "When it comes to this pack it is," Tyler told her. "Whether you like it or not Rai you are part of this pack which means it's my job to protect you not just as your alpha but as your uncle as well," he told her.
"You may be my uncle, but you are not my alpha," she told him before stomping out of the office. Damien and Zack quickly followed behind her and Tyler let out a deep breath as he fell into his chair.
Seraiya made it to the edge of the woods before she stopped. "Where does he get off?" Seraiya said beginning to pace back and forth as Zack and Damien caught up to her. "He is your uncle, I think he just wanted to keep you safe, especially after what happened to Amani," Zack told her.
"That's not his place to decide I know how to protect myself," she told him. "Rai almost 5 years ago you were kidnapped and missing for months then when we finally found you you refused to come back until you felt safe" Damien cut in. "Over the 3 years you were gone Uncle Tyler as well as everyone else in the pack worked hard to make sure when you came back you'd feel safe, then when you finally did come back you got mind controlled by some sort of fake god and killed your girlfriend its no wonder there all worried" Damien added.
"Where is she?" Seraiya asked. "I don't know what you mean," Damien said. "You have 3 seconds to tell me before I force you to tell me Damien" Seraiya told him. "Where is she?" Seraiya asked again.
Damien was silent for a moment. "I heard she wanted to meet you in the place where you first met her," Damien told her. "She said come alone and she will to shell know if you choose to go" he added.
"Good," Seraiya said turning away from him. "That means we have time to come up with a plan" she added. "I'll go let everyone else know then," Damien said turning to go back inside.
"Can you leave me alone for just a moment?" Seraiya asked Zack. "Don't do anything stupid ok," he said before turning to go inside. "Ianuae," Seraiya said.
Suddenly she appeared in the woods. She knew exactly where she was. "So you came" she suddenly heard Alvera's voice from behind her.
"What do you want," Seraiya asked her tongue laced with anger. "I want you to stop looking for me," Alvera told her. "Stop making me your enemy," she said. "It wasn't that long ago when the two of us were one" Alvera added with a slight smile.
"Release everyone from your control and I'll let you go free," Seraiya told her. "You know I can't do that Seraiya" Alvera told her. Seraiya got in alveras face "Then I will never stop coming after you until I rip that annoying voice box out of your throat and burn it with the rest of your body I intend to rip apart" Seraiya told her.
"How violent," Alvera said. "You seemed so innocent when we first met," Alvera said turning away from her. "I was never innocent" Seraiya replied.
"Because of you Amani is dead," Seraiya said. "Your little girlfriend is dead because of you," Alvera told her. "After all if you didn't exist she wouldn't have died," said Alvera. "If you didn't strike her with lighting ripping her wolf from her soul she would still be alive" Alvera continued. "In fact, if you had just chosen to die 12 years ago when the moon goddess gave you the choice to live or die she would still be alive," Alvera told her.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Seraiya replied. "Oh come on," Alvera said happily spinning around. "Do you really think myself as well as the other gods don't know about your little talk with Selene the goddess of the moon?" Alvera asked. "Be realistic the gods know everything even when you think they don't" Alvera told her with a simple smile.
"You are no god," Seraiya said. Alvera froze for a moment. "What did you say?" Alvera asked. "You are no god" Seraiya repeated. "You're just a witch wolf hybrid," Seraiya said. "Another piece of selenes heart just like Kyra," Seraiya said with a serious look.
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