Intended for one Rejected

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SELENE GETS CHEATED

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"Today, we finally get our god or goddess, the ruler of the moon!" Zeus speaks loudly so that everyone can hear them in silence.

The arena is close to the boundary between heaven and earth, all the gods, even the one from the underworld are present.

"My children, Máni and Selene will compete for the title," Zeus pronounces with his chest heaving with pride.

Máni and Selene are twin brothers, born on the eclipse caused by the alignment of all the planets, this happens only every millennium. For five hundred and fifty years they have been trained hard for this great day.

Máni, at five meters and eighty-five centimeters tall, had silver hair, amber colored eyes. His body is muscular, with a square jaw and not a single beard. His voice is deep, his presence is dominant, and he can be felt for miles around. However, kindness has never been his strongest suit, he is arrogant, spoiled, and has always thought of himself as superior; the word love has never been part of his dictionary. He is an extraordinary warrior, the hunt is named after him. But Selene, never behind, always one step ahead of him; Máni didn't take kindly to this.

Unlike her twin brother, Selene averages four meters and sixty-three centimeters in height. Her hair, like her brother's, was silver, and the length went down to her slender waist. Her eyes were blue, a dark shade, but one that conveyed tranquility, and her skin radiated a bluish light. Her body was lean, but with all the muscles defined, she was the best at hunting, sports, and strategies. Her teacher was Athens herself, the eldest daughter and favorite of Zeus. Selene is fascinated by love, unlike her brother, she never wished to be any goddess, all she wanted most was to have a companion by her side.

Selene was hiding a secret, in the mortal world she will find what she has always sought. Love came in the form of a human man; he always looked up to the sky, while the stars were shining. She watched him for days, his shoulder-length black hair fluttering in the hissing night wind. His strong muscles from days of hard training, the dark color of his skin, his full lips and well-shaped beard, she was fascinated by the male beauty in front of her. But one night, she decided to disguise herself as a human and called him by name:

"Licaão" a sweet sound hovers over the calm whistling of the wind filling the young king's ears, as if the most beautiful of songs were resounding in his timpani.

"Who are you?' You could see in his eyes how impressed he was with the beauty of the woman in front of him. You will never be more beautiful.

"My name is Selene, what do you see so much in the sky?" she takes a few steps, standing side by side with Licaão.

"I miss the moon, it's been years since I've seen it in the sky, counting the months has become practically impossible," she says sincerely.

The ancient goddess of the moon passed away, she succumbed to the sin of greed and wanted to be more than a mere moon containing only highlights during the night, her service was only for the benefit of humans, without any recognition. She wanted to take the place of Zeus, she wanted to be worshiped, and so a war broke out and quickly came to an end; Zeus killed her in battle, her body fell into the abundant springs of the earth and made the waters salty, so that humans could survive, Zeus created fresh water among the heaps of earth.

The moon always played an important role, it was essential, when the ancient goddess passed away, the night sky was left without its ruler. Zeus made a replacement star, but she too died a few years ago. Luckily, it is not long before the new ruler is chosen, and the sky returns to its glory days.

"She will appear again," Selene says with conviction, and Licaão looks at the profile of her face.

'Coming from you, I have no doubts," he answers, smiling.

The nights went by, and the dates were already six months old. Every night the couple met under the stars on the beach. Selene sighed and counted the hours to see her beloved again. But this secret didn't last long; her brother found out and saw there an opportunity to win her over. Blackmail was not without honor for Máni.

"Give up the competition!' he imposes calmly as he walks with her through the white rose gardens.

"No, I've prepared a lot for this day, and I won't..."

"I'll tell Zeus about your escapades into the human world, and I'm sure Papa won't be happy about it" he threatens darkly.

At the same instant Selene's body stops moving, the air seems to become heavier, she disguises the slight tremor of her fingers clenching her hands into fists.

"Are you blackmailing me?" she asks, with one eyebrow furrowed and her mouth compressed into a straight line.

"My dear sister, I'm just making things easier for both of us," Máni smiles, showing her perfect teeth.

"I don't see how this can be easy," he says between his teeth with his jaw hardened by anger.

"When I become the moon god, I can intercede for you to become a human so that you can live by the side of your beloved," Selene begins to take an interest in her brother's words.

"Why a wolf?" her eyebrows drew together in confusion, and this amused Máni.

"On the day of the competition, we'll have to give each other a present, and I want a wolf, big and black, different from the others, bigger and with red eyes. I want him. Then we'll both be happy," he looks into his sister's eyes, making it clear that he is not open to any other kind of negotiation.

"Do you promise that I will be transformed into a human?" she sighs, giving in, this reaction makes Máni's smile open even wider.

"Of course my sister, have I ever lied?" he puts her arm around her sister's shoulder and they head for the castle of her father, Zeus.

Hope has blinded Selene, she should not have believed the false words of her twin brother.

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THE FIRST LYCANTHROPE IS BORN

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"Don't let me down Máni" Poseidon shouts euphorically. It was he who taught Máni everything, but even he himself did not know how low his disciple would go to get what he wanted.

Again, silence reigned and Zeus continued:

"Let's go to the first part" Zeus walks standing facing the other gods and with his back to his brothers "As is the custom, the competitors will hunt for each other. They will go down to the human lands, and sacrifice two animals" he turns his gaze to the two behind him, "I wish you good hunting, you may go."

And so they went, Máni hunted a squirrel to present to his sister. A small and dirty rodent, for Máni was the perfect representation of her sister. Selene, on the other hand, went deep into the forest in search of the wolf, her heart pounding, she needed a lot of effort to accomplish such a task; it didn't take long to find him, he was eating. Her eyes widened when she saw the size of the animal, she had never seen such a large and beautiful creature in the human world, this is sureal, it is even a crime to kill such an animal, however, Selene was willing to commit this crime if that is what it took to live next to her great love.

Taking a deep breath, she lifted her bow and arrow aiming at the animal distracted by its prey. The sound of the animal's howl was so loud that even the gods could hear it from up on Olympus and were surprised to hear a grunt so loud that it had never been heard before.

When Selene returned to the hall, Máni was already there waiting for her with a macabre smile on her face. Selene was strong and despite the giant size of the black wolf, she managed to carry it on her shoulder. However, as she set the wounded beast on its chest on the ground, another squeal escapes her throat. The great black wolf gradually decreases in size, everyone watches dumbfounded by the scene. The big wolf shrinks into a human, tears flood Selene's eyes as she sees her beloved with the clasp clenched on his chest. Licaão looks at her, in his eyes there was only love, a love that was dying, Selene was killing him and it was tearing her apart inside.

Selene understood what her brother wanted, he never liked her, and he managed to hurt her in the lowest way possible. Selene had always admired wolves, always loved to hear the howls of the beautiful beasts to the full moon, but she agreed to kill one so she could keep her love, yet she was innocent, she never thought her brother would be capable of such an atrocity.

Selene falls to her knees on the ground, the hatred in her being grows to the point of being uncontrollable. Her eyes turn red, she decides to take revenge, and to do so she transforms herself into a great white she-wolf, all the gods rise from their seats and watch Selene run in the direction of her brother. Máni is taken by surprise, without having time to react or defend herself, she smashes her teeth into Máni's neck, and Máni tries to get free, clutching her transformed sister's jaw tightly, but she was always stronger, and today this evidence is forever recorded. She rips off her brother's head, in front of all the other gods, her snow-white fur now stained red. And still in wolf form, she returned to her beloved who was dying on the cold ground, she lay down beside her beloved and howled as loud as she could, everyone understood her pain.

Zeus with his immense power forces Selene back to normal and she hugs the human owner of her heart tightly. Zeus loves Selene, she is his youngest daughter, and seeing her suffer like that made him suffer too. The death of Máni was already something Zeus foresaw, but he let his choices dictate her future.

"You are now the goddess of the moon, cast an enchantment on him, and he will not die," he said softly, he just wanted her to bear the burden of not being able to love as best she could.

Selene knew what to do, she was now the moon goddess, she had her own powers. Closing her eyes and placing her hand on Licaão's head she spoke:

"You are now half man, half wolf, you will be a superhuman species, your years will be multiplied, you can live for up to a millennium. Your strength will be exuberant, all your senses will be a hundred times better than any human. It will be me who will dictate your destiny, the destiny of your children, and so it will be forever and ever, generation after generation. I will be your absolute goddess. And now you will be the first lycanthrope to exist on this earth. The first to be ruled by me, the first worshiper of the moon goddess."

When he finished his words, Licaão closed his eyes and the arrow disappeared from his chest. His body disappeared and he was no longer among the gods.

"Thank you for the gift, father" Selene thanks Zeus with a grateful smile and with a long-suffering smile, her body begins to disappear.

Night falls, Selene rises in her full moon form receiving Licaão's howls as if they were a beautiful song.

But as the years went by, she saw the sadness growing of loneliness in her beloved. Love was something sublime to Selene, and she decided to create the perfect mate for her lycanthrope, even if it would break their hearts. He would have someone to be his pillar, his helper, and they would be together for life and that not even death will separate them. One will not be able to live without the other as long as they are both alive.

And so, on a full moon night, Zeus granted her the power to create, a single creature. She created the first lycanthrope female, with black hair and blue eyes, her scent was sweet to Licaão, he would feel a desire for her that if he didn't have her would fall into madness, the goddess made the mates to be a genuine love.

But Lycaon, when he won his mate, he didn't treat her as he should, not even at mating time did he treat her well, and this made the moon goddess extremely sad, he stopped howling at her, his plans now were to just make his kind grow and take control of everything. Then, in an attempt to get him to change the sharing, Selene descends from the sky, and at the same instant the moon disappears, she goes to meet her beloved, who cries when he sees her.

"My love..."

"No" Selene interrupts him, speaking calmly and softly "Your love is inside your den, feeding your brood, you should be there too."

"I... I can't love her," Licaão's words make her sad. He created the female exclusively for him and he treats her this way.

The duty of the male is to take care of his female, this is what Selene wanted.

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THE BOND BETWEEN COMPANIONS GROWS STRONGER

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In Selene's eyes it was visible the love and the hurt mixing, but above the emotion, she went according to justice, and as much as she loved Licaão, she would never allow him to continue with the bad behavior that left physical and emotional marks on the female's body.

"Pay attention, she is your mate and without her you will not survive, as punishment for all the bad things you have done to her" Selene looks firmly into the eyes of the lycanthrope in front of her "I will intensify the bond between you, every pain your mate feels, you will feel it too, if she is sad, you will be worse off, your role is to protect her and love her, her role is to help you, love you and take care of the offspring."

"If I feel everything she feels, when she dies will I die too?"

"No, depending on how she dies, but longing can kill, both sides" Selene speaks enigmatically.

The lycanthrope's eyes widened; to him, she couldn't be serious, this could only be a joke. But the goddess was serious, she approached him and put her hand on his neck, the heat emanating from her hand ran through all of Licaão's body making him sigh when he felt the touch, a silver light covered the region and the squeal of pain didn't scare her, when she removed her hand, the first letter of the female lycanthrope's name appeared, the male was gasping in pain still recovering.

"I just want you both to be happy, this is my gift to you," as soon as she spoke she disappeared from in front of Licaão and returned to her moon form in the big sky, which tonight is without stars.

The lycanthrope soon recovered, he knew exactly why he had become a werewolf, he knew that it was his beloved's twin brother who had made him fall into this disgrace, Máni made it clear how he would die by the arrow of the woman who stole their heart. However, Licaão did not die, and he vowed to make it a blessing. His female begat eight pups, four males and four females, he knew it was the moon goddess, that she made them to become mates. But the hatred he felt was too much, he was forced to live eternally pleasing his mate, even though she was made for him, his heart already belonged to another and he had no room for another.

Licaão raised his cubs and told several stories, he told about Máni and her sister, he also told that the moon goddess was the one who raised them. Licaão made divisions among his cubs. When they reached the age of sixteen, they were put to face each other, the strongest was elected, the one who would inherit his place when he died, and as expected, the eldest was the strongest, winning the title of genuine alpha. The second eldest won the alpha title, but was only head of his family/husband, the third got the beta title, and the fourth had no brute force like the others, was thin and weak, did not hunt and refused to kill any being, the youngest son was submissive and very sensitive. Licaão named him omega.

The moon goddess watched everything from above, she didn't completely approve of the regime set up by Licaão, but she couldn't keep interfering. The companion of the genuine alpha carried the traits of the moon goddess in her lupine form, with her white hair and dark blue eyes, this companion earned the name of genuine lunam, from her womb was generated the strongest lycanthrope of the entire species, having the ability to have only one offspring, being the second in command of the entire species, his dominance loses only to his companion. The alpha's mate was called Velut Luna, and from her womb all the lycanthropes of her pack were born, being able to be alpha, beta or omega; her coat is white with black legs. The beta's mate was given the title lunae, with a brown coat with a white spot on her back, she can only impregnate if the alpha male dies and his mate takes his place, she will have to kill the current velut luna. And finally the female omega is called luna cimex, her color is silver, her eyes are gray and she is the smallest, almost the size of a common wolf, her belly is dry, despite her great beauty, she is not good for reproduction, with everything, even the omega couple being the weakest, must be protected.

But the years went by, and Licaão passed away at the end of his millennium, and he and his mate died together. His sons made changes in the regime, and the moon goddess was put in the background. More years passed, and more and more they left the goddess in oblivion. The lycanthropes got mean, they hunted and ate humans, and this did not please Zeus one bit, they made humans into slaves, omegas into servants and luna cimex into prostitutes, several packs arose, but few still remembered the moon goddess.

She could not allow things to continue like this, when the genuine couple went to copulate in their lupine forms, the moon shone brightly and only the voice of the goddess could be heard.

"Get back on the right path, or your lineage will end" that was the promise in a nutshell.

But they did not listen to her and continued on their wrong path, the goddess was forced to keep her promise, but tell no one what lay between the lines of the fate she prepared.

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┊ ☪︎⋆⊹ ≿━━━━༺ Meaning, part. 1༻━━━━≾ ┊ . ˚

☾- genuine lunam = Genuine moon, the true, companion of the genuine, stands below only the genuine alpha.

☾- velut luna = like the moon, companion of the alpha.

☾- Lunae = crescent moon, companion of the beta, its womb is fertile only in the absence of the genuine or the velut.

☾- Luna cimex = moon error or moon bug, the lowest among the females without any kind of noble value.