New Moon: Reborn Of The Ferocious Luna

Lyra's POV

I felt rippling pain through my chest and I fell back on my butt. I opened my eyes and looked down at my longer hand, amazement soared in me. My body felt lighter than usual,

Something wasn't right, I could feel it in my gut.

My hand touched through my stomach, a reflex action I had gotten accustomed to these days, unfortunately, my stomach was totally flat and smooth! This is totally impossible!

I am pregnant!

A blinding light shone on me and I had to cover my eyes with the back of my hand.

"Luna Lyra of the Blue moon pack."

A strangely deep voice sounded through every part of my body. The shining light dimmed down a little and I could see a creature walking towards me. When I made out its features, I could tell it was a wolf. I was mesmerized by its fur, its shimmering blue eyes and powerful demeanor gave it away all too fast enough,

The legend had always been passed down to all werewolves, I couldn't have been wrong, my mouth went faster than my heart,

"Moon goddess!"

My voice came out in a barely audible whisper, as if the creature had heard me clearly, she shifted to a human form, then I was certainly not mistaken,

She was everything befitting a goddess, those blue eyes, flowing white gown, white long hair and her elegance.

Confusion erupted in me, what the heck is going on?

"Luna Lyra, your children are over there, they are dead, and so are you!"

How cruel could the moon goddess be to sound so unempatic like that. I turned slightly to my left and I saw two identical children walk into a vacuum. I wanted to rush after them but my legs refused to comply.

Then my eye caught it, my body on the floor with my hefty baby bump, then it struck me, but I needed to confirm it.

I looked into the moon goddess's eyeballs, as if a world shifted to accommodate my thought. I saw a clear reflection of myself, my high cheekbones, slender face, slightly crooked nose,

Oh my goodness! This isn't me!

"You can have them again if you live on, I mean children." the moon goddess said as she settled down in a valley right beside me.

Everything was upsetting, more importantly, confusing. I tried to have a recap of what had happened in the past few days. I remembered waking up in the middle of the night feeling immense pain. It felt like my babies were coming,

I mind linked my mate, but he ignored me. I knew he had rejected me publicly the previous day with a claim of witchcraft, but I was hoping that he reconsiders

I was there wallowing in pain till.... I have no idea.

"Whose body is this?" I questioned suspiciously.

She gave me a long look before finally responding,

"You will find out soon enough."

The moon goddess was probably right, I must be dead! Her presence, and my strange body was evidence enough!

"Are we in the afterlife now?" I questioned suspiciously, I needed to understand how terrible my situation was, to determine my next plan of action.

"I cannot admit you into the afterlife with that distasteful mark."

Arghh!!!

I shouted as I felt a stinging sensation on my neck region as her face twisted in disgust. I didn't need to be told, I touched it slightly, my Luna mark had bore a deeper hole into my skin.

"Why do I still have it then?" I questioned in annoyance, she had watched me die in agony without saving me, and now she wasn't planning on admitting me into the afterlife after killing my unborn pups!

I had better hopes for the moon goddess in my thoughts of the past...

What twisted thinking is this?

"You were murdered at the wrong time by the wrong person, that wasn't the destiny I knotted for you."

She was pissed, I could tell by her tone. But I felt she was wrong, I had died all on my own, nobody was there, not even my mate that had just pronounced his rejection of me the previous day.

I knew I had died as a bitter woman, but murder was wrong to assume.

The moon goddess got up and walked up to me, her silvery long hair resting its length on the leaves as she walked past them till she got to me. I was immobile as my body still felt very weak, she touched the softness of my cheek, and I felt myself falling into a bottomless pit.

That was where it all happened,

The memories beyond the memories I had!

The witch chants, the poisonous herbs and my mate's cheating. I was slammed back into reality and I felt a teardrop from my eyes,

I had trusted wrongly, loved too dearly, it cost me my life, and they took that of my babies.

I wasn't going to forgive this, I am definitely not seeking for justice,

I want cold blooded revenge!

"I want to live again, moon goddess," I said bitterly.

***

Cullen's POV

A loud thunder crashed from the sky and I jumped hastily out of bed, I was panting loudly as my insistent pounding heart wouldn't stop.

I knew my wizard ability was at work, this wasn't a bad nightmare, it was a vision!

The odd order I had to oblige my pack warriors to follow earlier that day, weighed heavily in my heart. Probably it had generated into the intense vision I had just escaped from. Being a hybrid wolf has its downsides, especially one that comes from a powerful lineage of witches.

I had seen two women in the darkness of the forest, the exact place where the warriors dumped Luna Lyra's corpse that day, I didn't follow them to that exact point because I couldn't afford to take part in the cruelty. But my Alpha's word had to be adhere to, after all,

She was his fated mate!

I strained my ear and tried to read the lips of the two women, but unfortunately it felt like I had something restricting me. I tried to approach just in time when the woman in black shot lasers directly from her eyes and I was blasted away.

I managed to get out of bed,

Being a half breed wizard was a burden I have to bear, but my reality matters more. Beta of the Blue Moon pack is my realistic life!

The rain wasn't subsiding any moment soon nor was the thunder. I wanted to make for the restroom when I stopped in my track,

Tears streamed down my eyes. I had watched Lyra's heavy body lifted lightly by the pack warriors as they made for the forest, I watched Alpha Orion's unblinking gaze, and what I saw,

It felt like relief!

A loud banging on my door jolted me out of my misery, I am the pack beta, I had to act like one. I cleaned my tears and turned the door knob,

One of my warriors stood there. He bowed his head slightly as our eyes met.

"Beta Cullen, the Alpha requests your presence immediately."

"Immediately! Is there any problem?" I questioned suspiciously.

He tried to avoid my gaze, but I could tell I was not going to like what I was about to hear. I raised a furrowed brow as his hesitance was starting to annoy me.

"Yes Beta Cullen, Alpha Orion is getting married right now."

"What!"

Cullen's POV

"I pronounce you Aurora, the Luna of Blue Moon pack!!"

I walked in at about the time this pronouncement was made, and I watched on in amazement. The whole pack applauded as the crown got placed on her head, when only a few days ago.... She was a mere maid!

"Alpha Orion, you may kiss your Luna."

I watched it happen, the gross unthinkable and everyone applauded excitedly except me.

Alpha Orion signaled to me and I had no choice but to participate in the group pictures. My wolf was screaming and scratching through me begging to be let out, but I had to resist it because if I don't,

I might end up murdering the new Luna!

"Cullen, aren't you going to join us?"

I bowed my head slightly in Alpha Orion's direction, but my eyes kept spiraling round the room, something just didn't feel right!

Just yesterday, half of the men jubilating in this room popping their champagne were murmuring silently about Alpha Orion's cruelty. He had rejected his pregnant Luna two days earlier, and yesterday she had died. To our bewilderment, he denied her a befitting burial.

Had her body thrown away like a mere traitor, today, he just crowned another Luna,

Poor Luna Lyra!

My phone rang loudly and I excused myself to pick the call. My mood further dwindled when the caller had mapped out my worst fear.

"Beta Cullen, we couldn't find her body, we had searched everywhere."

I ended the brief call not to arouse any suspicion from my pack members and Alpha. I had tried to secretly give Luna Lyra a befitting burial, unfortunately,

Her body was missing!

I returned to the wedding hall, the ridiculous dancing, loud music felt like torture to my wolf who was practically pissed at everyone else.

I stopped in my tracks, the memory of my vision from earlier surfaced in my mind, I was livid! Alpha Orion was callous, he had abandoned Lyra to die, and now he is celebrating giving her prestigious title to a freaking maid!

My claws surfaced as my wolf took charge. I took a step towards his direction when a hand rested on my shoulder and I stopped in my track partially frozen.

"You aren't joining the party Beta Cullen, why?"

I felt a strange surge of energy run through my vein, burning heat spread through my body and disappeared almost as quickly as it started. I turned to face the tubby woman standing in front of me with a wide smile on her face.

It was the pack's head maid Ember and all.... the new queen mother,

Her slutty daughter Aurora had crawled her way into Alpha Orion's bed, and now, into his heart.

"Thank you, but I will pass." I said pretentiously, reciprocating her smile.

"Okay, great."

She said and walked past me. As she did, I sensed a strong scent of burning incense on her and her aura radiates darkness. Her getting into the pack to replace the dead head maid had always been questionable to me,

But who was I to pry,

"Isn't she stunning, I mean the new Luna." One of the drunk warriors said,

I didn't respond! I was too shocked! He was Luna Lyra's personal bodyguard. He had cried last night after throwing her body in the bush along with the others, this is terrifying.

Am I the only sane wolf left in the room?

I made it to Alpha Orion's side, he was busy smooshing his new bride to give his attention to any other. I managed to get him to look at me for few seconds and stated that I needed to go someplace,

He didn't question it and I got his permission, I literally ran off to put my sanity in check because obviously everyone else had lost theirs already.

I avoided meeting my adopted parant's gaze because right now,

I was about to betray them!

I got into my car and drove off the pack mansion. The air outside the mansion felt less stuffy and tranquility washed over me, the hopelessness I had felt earlier that day was totally erased.

Could I have been mistaken because this smells like magic was involved!

I sensed a huge heaviness in my heart. I hadn't seen my biological mother in many years. I felt she had abandoned me for a long time, my adopted parents were tight lipped about her not until my wizard abilities became more pronounced few years ago and they had to take me to her to dim it.

I guess I could still make my way down to her coven house.

I was driving close to my destination when my car thumble thrice and stopped abruptly on the third roll, what the heck!

Was I going to die?

It all went blank!

I opened my eyes to see a woman hovering over me and the strong smell of burning incense filled my nostrils. As I struggled to get up, a voice suddenly rang loudly in my ears filled with raw emotion.

"Son, you are awake?"

She hugged me before I could resist it, this woman must have been mistaken, I didn't come here for a freaking reunion with her!

"How long was I out?"

"Your car was jinxed, it crashed into the protective shield covering the coven's hideout, you are lucky you made it out alive wolf boy." The woman hovering above me said distastefully,

I could tell she wasn't fond of me at all.

"Sister, don't call my son that." My mother responded hastily.

"You should have thought about that before opening your legs for a werewolf."

I clenched my fist as frustration welled up in me, thankfully, the room went silent all at once, or I was mistaken,

I had commanded their silence, accidentally, and they had to comply for a short time.

"I came here for something else, my pack's....."

"Relax Cullen, our seer had seen everything before your arrival."

Wow! I was amazed,

Mother tried to hold my hand, but I drew back. We hadn't held hands in twenty eight years, why do we have to do that now?

"Tell me what I am missing out on?" I said courageously.

"Your whole pack has been hypnotized by a powerful dark witch."

Really! Just as I had thought!

"There is more Cullen, two of you will jointly conquer the evil."

"Two of us? Who?" I questioned suspiciously with a thumping heart."

"Your pack's Luna."

These witches must be losing their senses already, Aurora and I would never get close.

"But you have to save her first," my mother added.

"Save Aurora?"

"No, not her, the real Luna."

"Luna Lyra! Is she alive?"

Lyra's POV

"Arrrrgh!!!"

I screamed loudly at the top of my voice. The moon goddess kept giggling like a teenage girl. I hadn't seen this coming, I had said I wanted revenge, but I didn't know fortification was this painful.

I felt my hand heat up as the burning sensation refused to subside, it was hard enough to finally adjust to this new body. t took me quite some time to get on my feet without falling back.

"Do it again Lyra!"

What? Is she being serious right now, she sat there fiddling with her long hair and watched me burn my hands over and over again, yet she expects me to do that again, hell no!

"Forget it if you aren't interested in revenge anymore."

Now she got me there, my face lightened up, the painful memories of my past surfaced in my mind. I imagined my husband Alpha Orion kissing that bitch Aurora and fresh anger surged within me.

"Arrrghhh!"

I shouted as I summoned a bigger fireball and threw it in the bush nearby. It burned fiercely and excitement exploded in me, I had finally done it, I turned to face the moon goddess, but to my surprise, she wore a deep frown.

It felt like her gaze was about to melt me,

What had I done really wrong?

"You have retribution for that, are you aware?"

I raised a confused brow,

She turned to the area where I had thrown the fireball and parted the forest with her magic, three rabbits lay unmoving on the floor,

I covered my mouth with my hand. I hadn't planned to do that, how was I to know some freaking rabbits were hiding in the forest.

"Are they dead?" I questioned hoping I was wrong.

"You are fortunate, they can be revived, but that leaves you to bear the brunt of justice."

My hopes rose higher, so did my anxiety. What burden was this callous goddess about to dish me. she waved her hand and the three rabbits got up at once and ran away as fast as they could.

"What brunt?" I finally questioned with a thumping heart.

"You cannot leave here, that is the forest's punishment, and also the brunt you must bear for attacking defenseless animals ."

What? What happened to helping me get revenge, giving me a new body if I am going to be stuck here to waste the rest of my lifespan appeasing the forest's anger at me.

"Don't be alarmed Lyra, a guide will come for you, he will get you out of here and together you will conquer evil."

"Who?" I questioned hastily.

She gave me a weird look, her blue eye changed to a slightly darker shade of a contrasting color that I can't accurately describe.

"You will find out soon enough."

Wow! How fast was it for her to knot my life to a total stranger in a jiffy without caring if I had an objection.

"Your objection doesn't matter to me Lyra, your unplanned death had stressed me enough,I had to knot again so many loose strings, now you figure the rest out on your own."

Wow! She could read minds?

The moon goddess had been reading my mind all along,

Before I could make sense of the bombshell she just dropped, she disappeared leaving me to myself without even a proper goodbye,

The myths had been wrong all along, she had been underrated.

The moon goddess was more mystical than I had ever imagined!

But above the pain of getting abandoned again , the reality of being alone hit harder.

When on earth was this obnoxious guide going to show up?

***

Cullen's POV

Mother had vehemently opposed, not that I needed her permission to save Luna Lyra, but I needed her help to know how to.

I had watched another hour pass by. She was still in a heated argument with her coven sister who was ready to help me, but mother insisted that the mountain of revival was dangerous. it was a forest made by the creator of the old, it had its own rules,

Rules that could get me killed if I make one wrong mistake.

I had come to the coven house with full determination that I wasn't going to be at her mercy. She deserves all the hate I was throwing her way. If my adopted parents hadn't stepped in, would she have thrown me away?

Nobody told me the real story, but I sensed hostility between her and my adopted parents on the day we had visited. Why would a witch make love with a werewolf if she wasn't ready to bear the consequence?

"Cullen, I am not letting you go in there without proper fortification."

Now she had definitely changed her mind. I nodded my head in agreement, she looked angry and stormed out after leaving me with a word.

"I can't do it, my sister will take care of this."

Now again, she walked out on me just as she did when I was merely an infant.

Her coven sister moved close to me. She brought out a burning incense, some sand, a bowl of water and a large crystal ball. I watched in amusement, her brows raised slightly up,

"These are the four elements, I am a fire user so this might sting a bit for you."

I regretted believing that a few minutes later! It didn't just sting! It burned! Like I was thrown in a burning furnace. With each incision she made on me, I felt the energy in my body gather, as if something was about to explode in me,

I couldn't hold back on the pain. My wolf surfaced, fangs, green eyes, sharp nails, I was still half human when my anger arose and I pushed her to the wall!

As if she had intended for that to happen, she stood up hastily and rushed towards me. he held the crystal to my heart and it burned through my flesh till it disappeared.

"Arrrghhh!"

I shouted in agony and fell back on my butt panting hard. She was panting too as she relaxed back on the chair opposite where I sat.

"Now you are ready for your Journey wolf boy.