I just watched, stunned and unable to believe my eyes.
The elk’s horns had been lowered to , and even the way they bowed was so divine and majestic.
Then, it lifted its head and took a step back.
I turned back to the luminous figure.
"You are not alone." He said. "When you need , I have been there for you. At the right ti, you will fulfill your destiny."
"Fulfil my destiny?" I was alard. "I don’t understand what you’re talking about. What do you an you have been there for? Please help understand."
"Daughter of the red moon. You will understand." He assured , and just as I was about to start begging, the light began to diminish bit by bit until it was gone entirely.
There was no one there.
I could have said that I imagined it all had it been for the white elk who still stood before .
It was now grazing the grass.
Before I could determine whether I had dread it was real, I heard so noises in the bush.
Reflex and I stood right before the white elk again, but this ti it was Xaden.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"You’re alive and well." I said my heart was in my chest.
"You found it." That was the first thing he said.
Then he ca towards us, and then he stopped short when he saw the wolf dead at my feet.
"You killed him?" He asked .
There was bewildernt and disbelief in his eyes.
If I had told him that a person I hadn’t seen and only spoken to had been the one who killed the wolf, he would have called insane.
So I said. "It was tough, but I managed to. But he had a dagger, so I used it against him."
He stared at the wolf, unable to say a word, and I prayed that he wouldn’t toss the wolf over.
If he did, he wouldn’t find a stab wound.
Fortunately, he didn’t, and I sighed in relief.
Then he walked across the wolf and ca up to . Then I rembered that he was going to want to kill the wolf.
"Move aside." He said. "I’m taking the horns."
I shook my head.
I had never, for once, defied him, not even for my own sake.
But here I was, staring into his handso face and the mark cut across his eye.
Making him more dangerous and alluring.
"Please, he doesn’t need to die." I pleaded.
"You don’t get to decide." He told , and then he took a step closer.
My feet went wobbly instantly. "Mind, I remind you that you are already in big trouble."
I looked down at my hands.
Before I said anything more, the elk stood at attention behind , and then he bent his head.
I thought he was bowing down again, and then I saw what he was doing.
I understood it.
"He is offering his horns." I said. "He knows you need it. You need the horns. You don’t need to kill the animal."
To our shock, the horns dropped from its head to the ground, and the massive creature stood tall before galloping away.
Xaden turned back to .
I picked up the horns. "Isn’t it true?"
He said nothing and then collected the horns from .
"I don’t know what just happened, and I’m not asking." He said it gruffly, and then he started walking away.
The walk back to the arena was shorter as we followed a short route, and the mont he ca to the view of the massive crowds,.
A loud round of applause and praise erupted in the crowds.
They scread and cheered.
He lifted the horns right in the air, and it made them go wild.
They rose to their feet, scread, and clapped for him.
"XADEN! XADEN! XADEN!" Ca the chants.
He walked to where the priestess was and dropped the horns of the massive elk.
"Where is the rest of the body?" The high priestess asked.
"Too heavy to carry." I heard him say. "Decided only to bring the horns."
That was an outrageous lie, but he already had what they needed.
The priestess raised it in the air and said, "We welco our winner of the first ritual of the Halo moon, Alpha Xaden of the Crescent Pack."
The crowd went on applauding and screaming for him.
I stood in my corner and smiled at him as I clapped for him.
He had been injured enough.
He deserved it.
Then, my intuition told to look up in the crowd.
And as if my eyes knew where to go, they stopped at the box reserved for the royal family.
The King and Queen were seated together, the Princess Corral and the one I now knew as Princess Cherry.
anwhile, Belle was there, but she was staring right at like she could see through .
She was clapping for Xaden, but her face indicated hate and anger right at .
She must have taken note of as I had walked into the arena by his side.
I beca flushed and used the massive crowd’s advantage to escape.
When I finally reached the castle, I reduced my steps as I was exhausted.
Then, I sat by the edge of one of the gardens and took so air.
Had I dread what had happened? Or was it real?
I could not tell.
He had called the daughter of the red moon.
What did that even an? And I had been watched over? For how long?
What importance was it for to even be watched over by a divine figure?
I sighed, as I couldn’t think of everything at once.
I was extrely tired and sore from all the running I had had, so I rose up from where I was seated and went in to retire.
When I got into my room, Loren was asleep on his books.
I smiled, and I used a blanket to cover him.
Then I went into my room and laid down to sleep.
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