For centuries, his soul was trapped inside a tiny emerald stone. He will finally get free tonight. Serena had slept for the last two days but she felt fragile.

Tonight was the mating ceremony of Ares' son 'Atlas,' the current werewolf king. She summoned all of her energy to appear presentable, but she remained pale and lifeless.

She emerged from her castle, exhausted. A lovely carriage with seven unicorns was waiting for her at the patio. She climbed in with a bit of difficulty and told the coachman to move. The coachman yanked the reins, and the unicorns flew into the sky with the carriage towards their ultimate destination. It was quite fascinating to see how the carriage cut through the thick cloud and after a short while, it entered the boundaries of the kingdom, Pandora.

The kingdom once belonged to Ares, the first werewolf, and it is now ruled by his son Atlas. kingdom Pandora was filled with snowy mountains and beautiful green plains, as well as lakes and small personal pounds. The temple of the Mood Goddess was built on the banks of the famous river Narian, which is known for its various wonders throughout the kingdom.

The carriage finally landed on the patio, and Ares and his Mate Natalie were already present. A maid stepped forward and opened the carriage door. Ares extended his hand, assisting the goddess in climbing down from the carriage. The goddess was weak, so she stumbled slightly.

"Are you a fine goddess? you look pale and out of energy," Ares questioned worriedly to her whilst concern was lacing in his voice.

"I'm not okay Ares and you know very well, Why? His energy is draining me and I need to release it before it kills me. We can't waste much more time,"

Goddess replied in a weak tone, she could hardly form the words. Natalie was watching everything from a distance. She eventually appeared in the line in sight of Serena and greeted her, after which she assisted her towards the ballroom. Ares was leading their way to the Southern wing, where the ceremony was held.

The entire southern wing was decorated with lights, flowers, and candles. It looked like a festival. All the elders, God and Goddess, the king of Lycan Arles, and the kings of neighbouring kingdoms gathered there to bless the couple.

The Moon Goddess entered the ballroom elegantly, with Ares and his mate shadowing her. All of the wolves either they were Lycan or werewolves knelt on the ground in reverence of their deity, while God and Goddess precisely bowed their heads. Serena looked at them with disdain. She earned their respect for herself.

Atlas kissed the back of Goddess' hand and touched each eye one by one, and his mate Sharron did the same. It was an expression of utter admiration
Serena was then led to her throne by the couple, and after she settled in, everyone resumed their activities.

Astrid, the Goddess of Light, was also present among the Gods and Goddesses in attendance. Her gaze fell on the Moon Goddess, who was modelling on the throne with her head held high.

Both women used their eyes to convey a message to each other. Astrid's eyes were filled with pain, whereas Moon's were filled with guilt. They were once best friends. When she was created, only Astrid wholeheartedly accepted her.

She looked after her every need, just like an older sister would. Serena knew things were not going well between her and her husband Hades and she blamed herself for it, but she could not do much about it.

After a while, Astrid blessed the couple and left without exchanging a with Serena. Her heart ached with pain, but she understood the situation better than anyone.

After two hours, guests began to retire one by one. As soon as the last guest said goodnight, a group of nine people entered the ballroom via the back door and they were all witches. Wolves despised witches to the bone. They hate to breathe the same air, both clans mandate each other. Their relationship was simply based on compromise and business.

All of the whiches wore black cloaks with hoods, long black nails, and black lips. Their eyes were dark such as they possessed dark souls.

The witches' leader Samantha was an elderly woman. She stepped forward and knelt on the ground to honour the Moon goddess, and all other witches followed suit. Serena approved them with a bow and motioned for them to stand.

"Is everything ready, Samantha?" She inquired about the situation in an authoritative tone. Her eyes were cold and full of determination.

"Yes, Moon goddess, everything is prepared. These are the best and most powerful whiches in my entire realm,"
Samantha responded with complete submission, taking a step back to allow Goddess to descend from the throne.

"Vacate the entire castle right now," Serena instructed coldly and in an authoritative tone, and within a heartbeat, Ares' mind linked with all his wolves to leave the castle. There were only a few people left inside the castle. Among them were the King of Lycan Arles, Ares and Natalie, Atlas and Sharron, nine witches, and the Moon goddess.

She climbed down from her throne and motioned for Atlas and his mate to proceed. They all walk through the magnificent hallway and arrive at Atlas' bedroom chamber. Atlas and his mate stood in front of a magnificent double oak door. It was craved with beautiful flowers and grape vines with a golden tint.

The couple entered the room and closed the door behind them. Serena seized her position in front of the door, while all the nine witches stood behind her in a crescent position, their hands were converging.

Ares, his mate and Arles stand beside them. They were instructed not to interfere, regardless of what happened.

"When I release energy, you need to split it in half. Half will pass through the door, and the other half should be trapped in the pendant again," she demonstrated to Samantha and her witches how it would work. A few moments later, the voices of a woman moaning and a man groaning began to emerge from the room.

Serena extended her hand into the air and began chanting a spell. She released the energy from her body and a burst of emerald green light erupted from her chest, blinding everyone in the corridor. Nine witches standing behind her had been chanting some powerful spells to control the light, but they were not powerful enough.

Serena could feel her feet begin to rip from the ground as she floated high in the air, and her blonde hibernated to turn grey, while her beautiful white skin started to have a lot of cracks. The ground beneath the castle shook violently due to the powerful energy, and one or two pillars fell to the ground with a thud. Samantha took command of the task in her hands and attempted to direct all of the emerald green energy toward the closed door of Atlas' chamber.

Eventually, all of the scattered energy formed a straight line and swept through the door, leaving behind a small, glowing lavender butterfly. It was fluttering here and there, attempting to escape. Serena landed on the ground with a thud.

"Catch that butterfly!!" She directed before slipping into unconsciousness. Natalie drew a magic whip from her wrist and rippled it through the air. It carefully wrapped around the butterfly before she pulled it back.

Samantha carefully repositioned the butterfly in the tiny emerald stone before wrapping it around the goddess' neck.

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