Chapter 42

I was into my fourth month of pregnancy and we didn't know when the pups were coming. The pack had decided to throw me a party since I was about to make legend. I the Luna of Endoro pack was going to birth two pups. Word had spread when I didn't have my pup in the third month.

"I knew she was a weak woman" I overheard a group of women when we went to one of the meetings. "It was always known the way she always ran to Aiden when a difficult situation arose" another answered.

Jeez, I knew that they did not take a liking to me but this, this sounded as if they were resentful. But was it towards me? The details did not matter to me any less did they affect me. I figured that all the love I needed was carried by Aiden alone and I didn't need to demonstrate myself in front of anyone but my love.

Do you think me bad for being smug that me carrying double the pup of the Alpha made the rumor women shut up forever. Some wanted to befriend me but under false pretenses. Lucky I wasn't interested to make friends, especially after knowing what they are capable of doing. She bet these people would only be best described as back stabbers.

There was a ritual to be performed. Both by Alpha and Luna. The details will be told to us as we go along the journey. My honest opinion? , I was scared. And I had too many questions swimming in my head. But that was food for another day. Now, now was the time I celebrated my happiness with the rest of the pack.

When the time came, we embarked on our journey to the unknown. We had to find a certain lady who was supposed to help us but given no hint who it was. Aiden was told something but he wouldn't tell it to me. I really thought it was the answer to what we were looking for and he decided to hold the information from me.

I was determined to pry this information from him, with the right tricks, I could crack him up like he was a walnut under a nut crusher. And I did crack him up. He told me everything he was told about this mission. I was sad to say that the information was not a leading to find our all so mysterious lady who would have to tell us no one knew what.

The information I pried from my husband said I knew where to find her and that I had to follow my guts, he was not to tell me this because I had to find this out by myself. What did that mean?

On the fifth day, I had a vivid dream and I knew just where to find her. We were to climb the mountain to test my strength. The woman in the dream hinted that whatever we met on the way was a test to my strength as Luna, if I was ready and worthy of being the Luna.

Once there that is when the ritual begins. This was my journey and Aiden was there to accompany me to my dawning. The woman insisted that I was to wear only the sheet like clothes. One piece was to go around my bosom and the other was to go around my waist. Leaving my tummy exposed.

During the first week I was to find my bearing with mother earth, I was to ground myself and get in tune with the earth herself. Best way of doing this was to walk her with bare feet and feel. At first it sounded absurd and then I felt it. It was an emotional experience. It felt as if earth herself was talking to me through my feelings.

For my next quest, I had to foster baby wolves, as in actual wolves that weren't werewolves. But to do this I had to find it in me and forego the werewolf and transform into a wolf. I was to take this journey alone. I had to find the pups abandoned by their mother and foster them until the mother returned. The lady, my mentor, made it clear that I needed my own physical strength to go through this challenge. But I had a feeling that this one was a risky one. I sensed physical hurt.

With some hard concentration I transformed into a wolf and went in search of abandoned pups. It took me half a day to work my way into a cave where I see four adorable looking pups sleeping in a pile. These pups must be hungry, after all, I don't know how long they have been left alone. I went in search of food.

It had been another week before the mother of the pups shown up. In that week I lost my heart to the little wild things, they even reflected that affection back to me. It was the most beautiful thing to taste, motherhood.

Though the mother did not approve of the situation and reacted. In a very horrible way the mother reacted. To protect my own unborn pups I had to defend myself from this brutal mother. She was fierce and angry, while she otter be thankful that her pups didn't starve to death in her absence.

I was not one to subject another to judgement but I think it was a pretty stupid move to leave little pups alone. She clawed at my stomach and I felt the blow. It was only a scratch but I noted my stupidity right then. I wasn't supposed to stay here, I wasn't welcome. I had to leave before I put my own pups in danger.

Transforming back to my human self I made it to where my husband was. He soothed me as I had my cry at the sympathy and sense of loss of the pups I had deed in my heart.