Rejection on the Full Moon (Rejection Series) Chapter 89

"Alpha, are you in here?" A voice calls out, the sound distorted and dreamlike as I float in the moon pool. The silver water shimmers with the light of the Full Moon above me. It has been over two years since my rejection, two years since founding Silver Crystal Crescent Pack, and two years since meeting my mother Lisandra for training in the dreamscape.

"Quiet, she is going to the dreamscape to train with her mother." Ariven warns in as low a voice possible while my eyes close and I let the magic surround me.

My eyes open and I find myself gazing down at earth, the sky alight with stars as the galaxy shines above me. I am in the dreamscape, a lush garden of moonflowers growing from moonstones surrounding me with the trickle of a small stream sounding from my left.

"Gem, you're late." The melodic voice of my mother reaches me, and I smile as I rush to her arms and hold her tight. For the past two years, I have gotten to know her, and came to realize the death of the Alpha and Luna from my old pack was caused by my kidnapping. My mother had learned I was hidden in Hidden Claws and told my father such where he promptly ordered my retrieval. Their death was caused by some of his pack members defying orders and seeking their own revenge by killing the Alpha pair. It was a tragic event that should have never happened, and the wolves involved were punished with the death penalty as well.

"Sorry, Mother. I had some unexpected events in the pack happen that had to be taken care of." I answer, enjoying the warmth of her embrace as if I was a pup again. Our hug ends too soon as she links her arm with mine and leads me to a gazebo where a tea set and snacks wait for us. Once seated, our lesson begins, and Mother continues the history lesson from last week, starting with the rule of the fourth Moon Goddess, Alexandra the Dark. The rule led to the bubonic plague that spread throughout Europe, killing both humans and Wolves alike from the disease and starving vampires to death, nearly causing their extinction from lack of food. I listen attentively, taking notes in the book given to me by my Mother and jotting down my own thoughts of what not to do. If wolves and humans were to go extinct, so will other races.

"Since the plague only lasted five years, did that mean Alexandra was replaced as the next Moon Goddess?" I ask, getting a smile from my mother.

"That's right, her twin sister Goddess Mirabella with the help of the Goddess of Destiny Morai and a few light witches replaced her right away. Mirabella then helped to suppress the plague and help wolves heal." My mother answers and I smile thinking of my ancestor.

"You said something interesting before, that the second Moon Goddess is actually a twin." I continue, my mother letting out a sigh as she looks towards a bright star.

"Yes. The First King, King Spirit, and his Queen, the first Moon Goddess Luna, had three children. They had a son and twin daughters. They soon realized their son would not make a great ruler, and planned to hand the throne to their Princess, one with hair as pure as snow named Crystalline. But she went missing and, as such, the Prince took the throne when he came of age and the second Moon Goddess, our ancestor, became the Moon Goddess." My mother answers, taking out a white box and handing it to me. Inside is a moonstone of the purest white carved into a snowflake, the magic inside flowing through my body as soon as I touch it.

"This necklace will react to a moonstone that was given to the lost Princess. Her necklace is a moonstone that looks identical to a Full Moon, and under the moonlight, it shimmers like our hair. It is our duty to find and train the lost Princess or her descendant and restore her to the throne one day." Mother continues. I go to hand the necklace back to her, but she refuses and instead helps to secure the necklace around my neck.

"Your twenty-first birthday is in a few months, consider this an early gift. You are ready to wear it and take responsibility for the task handed down to each new Goddess, of finding the lost daughter to the Alpha King Spirit." She explains, the pride of her placing such an important task on me making me smile happily.

"I can't wait for that day so I can come down and visit everyone for a week, including your father." She chuckles and I cringe, already knowing that this might lead to another sibling. Connor will be taking over as Alpha soon, meaning my father will have more time to visit my mother. If that happens, Connor and I will get to be older siblings to a new brother or sister in no time.

"Speaking of Father, Connor and him say hi and that they miss you," I change the topic quickly, getting a chuckle from my mother in response.

"I miss them too. I wish I could have raised you pups, but I had already been instated as the next Moon Goddess before meeting your father," My mother sighs sadly. I stand, walking to her side and giving my mother a tight hug. I can feel her sadness, one that I empathize with, wishing that I had been raised by my true family. But I would have never had Alex as my brother and would not have created a pack as open and accepting as my own.

"When did you know dad was your mate?" I ask quietly, feeling her arms wrap around me as well.