Chapter 134
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Lewana POV
All the guardians are in the library looking at the collection Willow has cultivated. It becomes increasingly impressive each time I see it. The guardians seem impressed as well.
Willow is very nervous, but she is putting on her professional demeanour.
She mumbles at the uncomfortable silence of everyone in her space. “What can I do for everyone today?“.
Conrad takes over, leading the meeting. “Willow. We need to know everything about blessed wolves. The fact that the rogues launched such a large attack on the day Lewana was going to be named Luna Queen means something. I’m concerned that they know something we don’t“.
Willow looks nervously at the ground. “Well, unfortunately, there is not a lot more than when I spoke to you last month“.
“Well, we have the other guardians now, so maybe they have some pieces to this puzzle“.
Willow goes through her presentation that she showed us the last time we were here. The guardians listened intently to her explanation of the ceremony.
“See, I have been through about 60% of the books and artefacts here, but I haven’t found any information on blessed
wolves. That or the fated mate bond“.
I’m confused. “The what bond?“.
Conrad scrunches up his face, and I feel guilt coming through the bond.
I turn to look at him. “What is she talking about? What is going on?“.
He takes my hand and looks at me softly. “I asked Willow to look into fated mates. Jace knew from the moment he scented
you that we were meant to be together. I can’t explain why or how. The more I’ve gotten to know you, the more I’ve fallen in love with you, but that love was always there. The part that worried me about it was that Blake knew we were fated mates from when you were a pup“.
I try to take a step back, but he pulls me close to him. My voice shakes as I hold back tears. “What do you mean he
knew?“.
“I went to see Blake after your first visit. He told me that my father specifically sought you out because you were my fated mate. He wanted you to hate me for what he did and keep you, so I could never find you. I don’t know how he knew, but he did. I kept it from you because I wanted you to love me back by choice. Not because I told you that you should. Because of the bond that I felt“.
I’m struggling to look into his eyes as the tears well up. He kisses me gently on the head and sends all his love down the bond to me. That’s when the dam broke. I threw my arms around him, and he held me tight as I sobbed in his arms.
We both suddenly realise there are other people in the room, trying to pretend they are doing something else. I try to stop crying but struggle. Conrad holds me tight and shields me from their gazes until I’m ready, but continues the conversation.
“Do any of you have records on fated mates or blessed wolves? Princess Rose said I’m the blood of light, but Prince Eli
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also called her the light“.
King Florian takes a deep sigh and explains. “Blood of light means you are a demigod. She confirmed that you are a direct descendant of the Moon Goddess. Lewana light is different, as it was gifted“.
Queen Ember thinks for a moment. I can see the gears turning in her mind as she works something out. “Could he sense the bond because he is a direct descendant? Alpha King Conrad’s father would have also had this light, so could he sense
it, and he told this Blake person“.
Conrad is still holding me close and growls at his name. “Blake is Lewana’s biological father. He only found out she existed when she was 8, but it appeared he knew before my father turned up“.
Ember asks. “What happened when she was 8?“.
I continue talking to her as she clearly has a theory. “I used an Alpha power on my half–brother“.
She contemplates this. “So you didn’t come into power at puberty“.
“No. Serena has been with me since birth“.
“And you’re younger than Conrad, right?“. The smile on her face is growing the more answers I give.
I nod nervously. “Yes“.
“It’s a prophecy. It has nothing to do with her. It’s him we need to look at”.
Queen Ember gets excited and starts pulling some books from the shelves. We all just look at her as if she has lost her
mind.
Conrad’s the first to ask. “What do you mean it has to do with me? She’s the blessed one“.
“The one thing all prophecies have in common is that the events have to occur in order. It’s always a chain reaction, so the next link in the chain can’t occur before the one that precedes it. Willow. Is there anything strange about the
succession of the Werewolf crown?“.
Willow starts frantically typing into her computer and pulls up a family tree she started to create of the Royal Werewolf family.
“I started this a while ago, but put it aside as I was focused on other projects. It does show a few instances, 700 years ago, that the crown went to a second–born. In one case, it went to a cousin. There is no explanation why, so I thought it might be due to unmentioned disabilities or illness“.
“Then that’s who we need to look at. The ones who got the crown for another reason. They might have been affected by the same prophecy, which means it’s a legacy prophecy as well“.
“What does that mean?“.
“A legacy prophecy is something linked to a certain family. Something like the one with blue eyes will always have more power. Anyone in that family tree is affected, and if events aren’t followed, then the prophecy breaks and waits for the next generation“.
The rest of the afternoon, she pulls books and starts reading with Prince Eli. They start mapping the royal family tree more and find more examples of firstborns not getting the title. It only became consistently the firstborn 500 years ago.
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