Althea Garcia Hela Silvermoon

Again. All I saw was his back disappearing into the woods. Who was he? Why do I never get to see his face?

I hugged Noah as he ran up to me but my eyes very much on the treeline where he disappeared into. Just then I heard a howl. A very painful one. I felt as if it was cursing me. My heart clenched painfully as my eyes started to sting.

When I looked up, I saw Matt facing the same direction that he disappeared into. His face had hidden all the emotions but his jaws were clenched. When he finally noticed me looking at him, he gave me a small smile.

"Don't worry about it."

And with that he dismissed any questions that wanted to jump out of my mouth. I nodded my head at him as I once again looked into the woods.

A tug on my arm pulled me back and I looked down at Noah's sad blue eyes. "Why is he so sad?"

I furrow my brows at his question, but he turns to look up at Matt. "She's here now but why does he still seem so sad?"

Matt looked down at Noah as he sighs and scratches the back of his head. He too was unable to answer this little boy's question. This makes Noah turn back to me. "You need to see him. I don't think he knows that you're back. You need to tell him that you are here now."

My heart hurts as I hear him out. Who was I meant to see? Who was I meant to tell that I had come back? Was I even the person that he wanted back? I don't know what or how to answer his question as I, myself don't understand what he was trying to say.

"Not now, Noah", Natalie walks to us as she bends down in front of him. She gives him a little smile and stretches out her hand for him to take. "Why don't we go and get some ice-cream."

Noah immediately cheers up upon hearing the word ice-cream and grins at her as he takes her hand. "Okay." Natalie stands upright and smiles at me before she heads towards the house.

I hear Matt sigh behind me. "Noah used to be very close to Althea."

I smile a little as I look at their back as they both enter the house. "He liked her a lot." I turn around to look at him to find him still looking at the house as he continues to tell me more about her. "When she left us a year ago, he... he was sleeping at that time." He releases a deep breath. "He was in a deep sleep. He didn't know that she had left him. Us. Forever."

I nod my head slightly at that. I sort of felt sad for Noah. Then he turns to his side and starts walking towards the red roses that filled the centre of the field. I follow him until he stops just in front of it and looks at it. "It took him a long time to get used to the fact that she was really gone."

He finally turns around to look down at me. "I don't know why he thinks you are her. No offence but you look nothing like her." I smile at that as my eyes fall behind him on the roses. Once again, I felt all the sadness it held. "Tell me more about her. How was she?"

My eyes flicker back to his soft smile as if he was thinking of a memory of her. "She was a strong, fierce Alpha. She was power."

Everything I was not.

"She ruled over people's heart and now she rest on them."

He looks at me as he speaks the next word. "She was everything that the world needed. And she was all that he needed." He exhales as he puts his hands on the front pockets of his jeans. "Anyways, she's no more now." He chuckles but he's clearly sad.

"She sounds like a good person." I say and he nods. "She was. She was a great person. She was the only female Alpha. She was. No, she is our goddess."

This made me realise one thing. No matter how much faith Noah had in his beliefs which made him think I was her, but I was not her. I was a fool for believing for a second that I might be her. No, I was not her. I could never be her.

"I'm tired now. I'm going to head to my room." Matt nods his head and I turn around to walk away feeling defeated.

The same question start eating me up again. Who was I then?

Why was I alive? Why was I here? Was anybody looking for me? Does anyone even want me?

I drag my lifeless body into my room and drop back on the bed. Tears spilled my eyes as I stared at the plain white ceiling. I don't know why but I don't want to be alive. Living is pain. Being alive hurts. Not knowing anything hurts even more.

I put my hand on my heart and fist it tightly to make the pain stop. I now lay on my side and fold my body to form into a ball. Someone, anyone out there, please make this stop. My heart hurts so much.

I eventually fall into a deep sleep where I'm still awake and looking for the man behind the shadows that haunts my dreams. But this time, I see someone else too. A female. I knew she was the same girl that I saw with him before. But I can't see her face clearly. I can only see her long midnight black hair as the wind blows it away. She stands tall against the darkness. Fierce almost.

Who was she?

Now I have even more questions to which I have no answers. Not even for one.

All the noises woke me up. What was going on outside? Tired after my eventful dreams, I take a long hot shower. It did nothing to soothe my brain nor my heart, but my body felt a little relaxed.

After quickly getting dressed in yet another jogger and a t-shirt, I made my way down to where all the noises were coming from. As I got closer to the kitchen, I heard laughter and loud voices. It made me hesitant for a bit, but I swallowed my fear as I took a step to stand by the open door.

The noises died as they all turned my way. All this attention that I was now getting, made me regret my decision to ever come down. So many unfamiliar faces sat on the dinning table, around the kitchen island along with some familiar ones. I saw Tray and Natalie sitting on the dining table. Then there was Matt standing by the island.

Amongst all these faces, one particular eye caught mine. I looked at his dark brown eyes which was already looking back at me. The more he looked at me, the more his brows knitted together. I saw a red dot flash on his forehead before it vanished. Did I imagine it?

The blood inside my veins were burning now. The blood in me was calling out to him.

Who was he?