Chapter 30 – The Moon Wolf

The signs were all there and I ignored them. Her constant fear of people, the clothes she always put on, her reaction when the mutt came yesterday, they all clicked in my head and I felt my heart constrict in my chest.

For the first time since I woke up that day, Daxon howled in my head and it was a howl of pain and anger. I turned towards the stairs and ran towards her room.

I opened the door gently to find her looking lifeless save her moving chest beneath the duvet. I walked towards the bed and saw her beautiful hair scattered across her sunken face. She looked so fragile and my heart broke even more.

I made this happen to her. I could have given her a better life when she escaped her pack but I made it worse for her. I resisted the urge to sweep stray hair away from her face, I don’t have the right to touch her after what I put her through.

I saw her arms and shoulders that were not covered by the duvet and the anger in me multiplied. Daxon tried to take control but I resisted it, he was going to do something we’d regret if I gave him the opportunity to take over now.

Her arms had dark purple and blue bruises and her shoulders were not left out too. I could not even imagine what the rest of her b*dy looked like.

Taking one last look at her, I left her room with tears streaming down my face and anger burning in my heart.

Lola’s POV

I awoke to stabbing pains in my stomach and willed myself not to cry. I had to stop crying at every little inconvenience. I looked out the window and saw sunlight streaming in. I wonder how long I had been out for.

I wanted to stand up but I felt like ten thousand needles were piercing my joints. I was so weak and it took a while for me to be able to sit up.

I realized I was n*ked and remembered that it was Rose that helped me through the night. She saw my scars and bruises and I hated the fact that I made her cry.

I was about to get up when I saw an ointment with a note on the bed side table. I gently took it and read what was written. there;

Apply this on your scars. I’m so sorry you had to go through that“.

It was a simple note that had me smiling, knowing I had someone that cares about me. Rose has to be the sweetest person I’ve ever met, Lyla mustn’t hear that though.

I stood up and was suddenly overwhelmed by the smell of Adrian. It seemed like he came into my room not quite long. Nah, he couldn’t have. It’s not like he cares about me anyways.

Imade my way slowly to the bathroom. I was afraid to look in the mirror so I kept my eyes glued to my feet while I made my way into the shower.

I set the temperature to the point that it was almost scalding and stood under it for as long as I could remember. I wasn’t thinking about anything, I was in a state of nothingness. I was neither happy nor sad, my mind was blank and I could barely feel the water running over my skin.

When I felt like I had had enough, I turned off the water and took a deep breath before walking towards the mirror bare and n*ked as the day I was born.

As I looked in the mirror, something caught my eyes on my b*dy. A tattoo of a silver wolf howling to a silver crescent moon was starting to form below my left breast, just over my heart. That’s new, I’ve never seen it before.

It was still so faint but its color stood out amongst the black, purple and brown on my skin. I don’t know why but I kinda liked it.

“Feeling any different, Lola?” Jasmine said in my head for the first time since Adrian walked out on us and I was happy to have her back.

“Jasssss, you’re back!!“, I said excitedly in my head and heard her wolfish laughter. “Yeah, I’m back. Figured you won’t be able to live without me“, she teased and I rolled my eyes at her.

“Well, you are right. What will I do without your sassy self?” | said, still excited. “You’re so lucky to have me durhhh. So, feeling any different?” She asked her question again.

“Apart from this tattoo that’s just forming over my heart, I feel the same as ever“, I told her through the mindlink. “I’ve been feeling slightly different since our encounter with the Moon. goddess in the garden“, she told me.

“How do you feel different? What changes have you seen?“| asked curiously. I was eager to know what changes she was going through.

“Probably because of the energy of the moon goddess in the garden, I feel stronger than I’ve ever been in years. My eye color changed too. One eye is a glowing golden color, the other has a glowing blue with golden iris. My fur is not utterly white anymore, I see a glimpse of silver“, she breathed out excitedly and I smiled at her enthusiasm.

“My hair became utterly white too. I haven’t seen any changes. in my b*dy, save the tattoo over my heart. I see you’re very -excited about the new changes“, I said to her and felt her nod

her head.

“Why did you not let me take your pain yesterday, Lola. It could have killed you“, she changed topic and my eyes instinctively went to my stomach where another purple bruise was starting to form.

I sighed before replying to her, “you’re still weak, Jas. And I’m not dead, that counts for something right?” She just rolled her eyes at me.

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