Chapter 2 MEETING A DEMON

SELENE

Oh no! I could not believe that the love of my life, Alpha Lucas just did that to me.

There was a tightness in my chest and it felt as if I could not breathe as darkness surrounded me all round.

Disrespecting the mate bond and cheating on me was one thing, but stabbing me? That was unbelievable, how could my mate do that to me, how could my mate hurt me like that?

My eyes flew open and I found myself alone in a narrow canoe that was rowing itself forward towards a pair of black gates.

The water all around me was dark and murky and very still, except for the ripples as my canon cut across heading to its destination.

At first, I was confused, what was going on here? The last thing that I remembered was being stabbed and bleeding out alone and afraid on the forest floor.

My hands flew to my stomach and then my neck I dabbed at them, there was no blood, and my heart was beating heavily in my chest as I looked around in panic.

My jaw dropped as I recognized the landscape from the stories that we had been told... I was dead! This was the River Lana!

The river that took dead souls to the other side, the realization that I was really dead hit me hard and I began to shiver, wrapping my arms around myself as everywhere suddenly felt cold, I was so scared and so alone.

What did I ever do wrong to anybody to deserve such a fate as this?

One minute I had everything that I needed in life and now I had nothing, I was dead! Just like that, my life and my pack had been snatched from me by the man that I trusted above all else.

The man that I called my mate, the man that I chose to lead my pack as Alpha in the absence of my father. How could he do this to me?

It still felt too unreal for me to believe, tears began streaming down my cheeks as I sat there shivering, in the darkness.

A yellow moon in the sky was the only source of light and even that was not doing much, I could see the giant gates in front of me, each row drawing me closer and closer to it.

I sobbed and cleaned my eyes, I could not die and be forgotten like that. Alpha Lucas did not only hurt me, he hurt our baby, my baby... he had to pay for what he had done.

I could not let him do this to me and then go back to that whore.

I wondered what lies he concocted and told everyone concerning me, the panic and fear that I felt earlier were shifting and now I was fuming.

I was no longer afraid, I was angry, I was mad at Alpha Lucas, and I was mad at myself for ever loving a traitor and a betrayer like that.

I was so mad, so pissed off and I needed somewhere to put my anger.

"Lunar, please, grant me my prayer, please give me one more chance, give me a chance to revenge the wrong that has been done to me!" I pleaded as hot tears streamed down my cheeks.

"Lunar will not answer you... but I will," a thin voice sounded out of the darkness.

Fear gripped me again all of a sudden as I looked around, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.

"Who are you?" my voice shook as I spoke.

"I am Xercer.... The one is willing to grant you your request!" the thin eerie voice responded. It seemed to be blown about by the wind, coming from all directions.

But the problem was that there was no wind, just a chilling cold.

My teeth were chattering when I spoke again, "Can you help me Xercer? Please!"

Lunar had forsaken me, she did not heed my prayer request when I was dying to save my life and now she was turning a deaf ear to my request once more.

I had heard the stories of the evil spirits and demons that appeared along the River Lana to tempt souls with unfinished business, there was no doubt in my mind that this Xercer was one of them.

But I did not care, if Lunar wouldn't answer me, I would take the help of anyone who would, I needed to get back, Alpha Lucas could not be allowed to get away with what he did to me, no, I had to make him pay!

"I will grant you your wish to return and also I will grant you the power to fulfill your heart's desire!" the thin windy voice said.

I was anxious when I heard that, did it really possess the power to do all that?

"What do you want in return?" a part of me wanted to ask. I knew from the stories that nothing went for nothing, but right now I didn't care much about the cost, I just wanted to be returned back to the land of the living so that I could get revenge on Alpha Lucas no matter what!

"Do it!" I said emphatically.

"There is a price that is required on your part," the warning came.

"I don't care what it is, just do it!"

I had already lost everything, what more could be taken from me? I would gladly give if anything it meant me getting my revenge on the bastard that killed me.

"So shall it be!" the voice echoed and then disappeared.

The canoe was still rowing closer to the gate when suddenly I took in a very violent deep breath and then sat up in the grassy field.

I felt so disoriented and confused as I looked around and struggled to get my breathing under control, there was a pool of blood all around me.

"Welcome back, Luna Selene!"