Chapter 2 A Queen Reborn

"Wake up!" A soothing voice called unto her, but it sounded so distant, and had no effect on her.

"It's time to wake up child," The voice called out again, and this time it echoed loudly in her ears that she slowly opened her eyes.

But the illumination that came from the woman who was talking pierced her eyes like a thousand needles, and sent a shooting pain through her skull- it was like staring directly at the heart of the moon.

"Where am I?" Beatrice asked groggily, avoiding a direct gaze with the mysterious luminous figure that stood before her.

"This is the spirit world, and you're here because of your plea to the moon, shortly before your death," The woman replied, her voice gentle yet firm.

"So I... died," a pang of sadness washed through her, "But who are you and how come you have so much information about spirits? Are you also a spirit?"

"I go by many names, but in your plea you mentioned Goddess Selene, so here I am to save you." her lips curving in a cryptic smile.

"Goddesses do not exist, and if they do, you ought to have saved me since I cried out to you a thousand times to save me from the mysterious life I was living-But how come you are here only after I am dead?" Beatrice muttered bitterly.

"You called me to save you, and I am here to give you a second chance," she sounded soft yet unyielding.

"How is that possible? I am dead already. How can you possibly give me a second chance?" Beatrice responded curiously, her mind swirling with doubt and desperation.

"Child, Have you ever heard of reincarnation?" Goddess Selene asked, her glowing eyes now on Beatrice.

"Again, that is something we read in fictional books. There is nothing like reincarnation." She scoffed.

"Okay. It is up to you to believe. But since you summoned me, I am here to help you live again, Only if you abide by some conditions."

This time, Beatrice's eyes lit with excitement, hope flickered within her, slowly but persistent.

"What are the conditions? Please tell me. I'll gladly abide by them. No matter what they are, I'll abide by them," she asked hurriedly.

"A lot of people have said so in the past, but they usually don't fulfill the conditions.

Anyway, the only condition is to gather three teardrops from people who genuinely love you, people who are not related to you by blood," her gaze turned dark with caution as she spoke.

Beatrice spirit lifted instantly, and elated by the seemingly simple task, Beatrice jumped at it.

"That's easy! I can do it. I accept the conditions," .

"That is not all. You have a time frame for this condition- you have 100 days to get the teardrops, and you also have to be discreet about everything that has happened here today. You must not divulge this information to anyone unless you want to Disappear before you have the chance to fulfill the condition," Goddess Selene warns with a somber tone.

"I understand, and I accept all your conditions. Can I go back to the world of the living now?" she nodded quickly.

"Just close your eyes and say 'I accept to live by the conditions' after which you are going to go back to being alive,"

She hesitated a moment before letting out the thought that was bothering her "A quick question, If I go back to living, I hope I'm not going back to Lord Damon's house? You can just take me to another pack entirely or another kingdom- I never want to come across Lord Damon and his family ever again,"

"That is not in my place to choose. Your fate is the one that will choose for you," Selene said softly.

As Beatrice closed her eyes, she spoke the words, "I accept to live by the conditions," Immediately, The world seemed to spin, and she felt as though she was thrown off from a ten-story building.

When Her eyes fluttered open again, the bright lights above her pierced through her eyes like hundreds of needles, and she quickly shielded her eyes with her arm. She felt disoriented as she looked around, trying to figure out where she was. She tried to sit up, but a sharp pain shot through her head, forcing her back to bed.

She didn't know where she was, the smell of antiseptics and machines beeping filled her head- A hospital room. But how did she get here? She was just talking to the Goddess and now she wakes up in a hospital bed.

She gazed down at her body and noticed the IV tube inserted into her wrist and the hospital gown she had on. She tried to talk but her voice was not audible enough, so she cleared her throat and tried again.

''Where am I?'' she said as fear and confusion gripped her soul, but she got no response.

''Where am I? Damn it!'' she exclaimed, with a surge of desperation. She had used all the strength she had left to say that, and it worked, because the door busted open, and a doctor hurried in.

She understood that the goddess had told her that she was going to be reincarnated. But she was not specific about the body in which she would reincarnate as. And so, she wondered whose body she now possessed.

"Please doctor, what happened? and how come I'm in the hospital?"

The Doctor didn't respond until he made a phone call, and he was done checking the beeping machines beside her.

"My Queen, thank goodness you are awake, you were rushed in here three days ago after you were involved in a ghastly car crash that made you hit your head hard on the steering wheel, and you passed out," The Doctor explained calmly, his face etched with concern.

"Queen?" Beatrice repeated. She thought within herself, could she have reincarnated as a powerful Queen? If so, the Queen of which kingdom, and how powerful was this Queen? Does this Queen have a Wolf? Or was it just a wolf less Queen? These were the questions she needed answers to, but she knew she couldn't ask anyone.

She was running out of patience, she needed to see her new body, she needed to know who this Queen was, but she was too scared to ask the doctor the flood of questions swirling in her mind, for fear of being discovered.

But a man walked in and jolted her from her thoughts. She froze at the sight of the man, the shivers that went through her felt like ice, she blinked rapidly to ensure that she could see properly, she pinched herself again to confirm that she was not dreaming, what could he possibly be doing at the hospital?