Chapter 173

Chapter 43 (Chelsea POV) After drying off and dressing we went to lie on our bed, I was exhausted, relaxed. Happy and alive. Whether it was my release or finally sharing my secrets with my mate I felt lighter. At ease. On my side, facing Gabriel, not speaking, gazing at one another, both comfortable I know it was time. I'm going to show you something okay? I sent over the link, when he nodded I lifted my hand to his face and closed my eyes. Concentrating I took Gabriel back to my complete show and tell before moving here, ignoring his gasps and growls when I shot myself. I continued back to when Jamie was shot, what everyone was thinking and then Francesca hit me, nervous when I realized that what I would show him would be sharing the answers I had with him. The dream that has been plaguing me, that I hadn't shared with anyone, because truth was I only wanted to share it with Gabriel. Taking us back, we stood at the side letting Gabriel feel it from my perspective as well as watching everything happen. flashback START White. All white. That was all I saw when I opened my eyes. No doors, no windows. "Hello?" I whispered lifting my head; I was on a canopy bed, surrounded by down comforters. When I turned my head to the left, there were two people one I recognized, the other I didn't. There was a man and a woman. "D-dad?" I whispered, he-he looked like I remembered. "Hey baby girl..." he said smiling and I just threw myself at him not bothering with the unknown woman or the fact that I was never one to act or behave this way. I didn't care, because I wasn't sure that I would ever have this moment again. "I'm sorry he hurt you," I mumbled. "No don't be sorry, he will be sorry," he said to me, I nodded, pulling away, returning to the bed facing dad and the unknown woman. Really looking at her I came to the conclusion that she was truly beautiful, her eyes alone intriguing, swirls of soft blues and green, outlined by a deep forest green. "Are you- are you my mother?" I blurted out. She smiled. "No child, but I am everyones' mothers," she answered. "Where am I?" I asked, starting to panic, did I slip into a coma? Had Francesca killed my wolves? "I am the Mother Goddess and right now you are in the in-between otherwise known as the Hereafter, the place one goes after leaving earth, every Were comes here. You however are not dead; I've brought you here to speak to you. You, Luna, are the one person that has been created, and will be able to access this place and return others as well. You and I created this place together..."  The blonde woman tells me, while I think Francesca really did hit my head hard, no way was any of this real. "The in-between? Hereafter? I created this place?" I asked skeptical. Mother nods, "When a Were dies he or she comes here. When you come here pure and in the right, this place will be peaceful, it will resemble what you believe peacefulness to be. However when you come here in the wrong, this place will automatically become your very own personal Hell. This is where crossing over occurs. Here is where judgment is passed... sometimes... they never crossover-" "If I can return, can I bring anyone back with me?" I asked looking at my father, I had a good set of people now, and my mate, but could I bring dad back? Mother didn't answer me, but dad looked at me sadly, "Oh sweetheart, I can't go back with you, I'm an Elder Spirit... I was the Were-God of Compassion, kindness and empathy. We created you, all the Gods each with a piece of us and immortality of the Mother Goddess. When we lost track of you, I came down to find you, lead you to the path you were meant to be on," Dad answered. "Luna, your mother, your biological mother... she was half witch. Yet, when I did find you, see where you were and what had happened, I informed Mother that I would be staying with you. I would find a way to get you back on your path, but thought you should heal. I couldn't hand you over to your biological father. Mother thought it was the right decision as well-" I was furious, "If you're the mother, why did you let him die? And leave me all alone? Or what? It was planned? You lied Dad? You weren't going to be changed?" I snapped losing my temper and saw that dad had the grace to look guilty. He's a God, but how on earth had Leo gotten the best of him. Did he even really love me at all? I thought to myself. "He absolutely did Chelsea; do not think your father did not love you as his daughter!" Mother chided me; dads' head snapped right up, I wanted to be angry with him. I was angry but at the same time I couldn't. Everything that happened, his death, my growth, finding my mate all the changes brought me all new people that I also cared about. My lips were shaking, eyes watery, I inhaled, "I always wondered how you knew werewolves," I said with a shaky voice. My heart ached terribly. "How could Leo kill you?" "Chelsea when I found you I knew I had to be the one to become your father. I knew you deserved to have a chance to grow to develop. Be loved and cherished. I knew you would not get that with your biological family. It took a long time to really find you because we assumed that you were shifting, however when we searched, and I found you, you smelled of shifter but you did not shift. We all believed that Leo had killed your wolves Will to change and I wanted you to gain experience, travel and really live Luna," Dad answered, but something else caught my attention. "Why do you keep calling me Luna?" I asked and saw a look pass between them. "You are Luna, my child," Mother said cryptically, I just remained silent, maybe then she'd cut the shit, I thought. Mother laughed. "You are daughter of the sun and the moon, Goddess of the Moon," she said slowly laying the truth on me not that delivery of this helped at all. What this woman was saying couldn't be possible, or even true. All these gifts and powers, had been given to me purposely, planned. If I understood all this correctly. I pursed my lips, "If I'm a God or Goddess, why am I here on Earth?" I asked, the mother sighed. "I created all the gods, each with a purpose, before I created the Were's. After the Gods, I created Elders to keep peace and control my creations. The Gods/Goddesses... they are immortal but cannot return to Earth as they please. You're father sacrificed his immortality to find you, when he died; I restored it for his selflessness. You however are here on earth because you all came to me, showed me many years of faults and destruction, the misuse of power that my Elders have taken. You were created; your wolf spirits have been mastered to be wiser, more powerful. You weren't meant to have all the wolves you do, however when fate was touched and altered I made an executive decision when Jay changed and mated Rian. You are meant to be Queen of the Were's, Luna," Mother said still holding back information. I had questions running around, was I going to have to kill the Elders? Is that why I was so powerful? How many Elders were there anyway? Was this because of the wolves that were turning children? What was the end game? I had a small pack... if you could ever really consider nine people that... Geez, I thought more to myself. Gabriel! My mate! Mob son? All those people he killed? If he came here... where I was now what kind of depravity would his hell resemble? How could I be Luna if he was in crime?