Chapter Twenty-Five

—Zoë Danaë Mnemosyne—

The lunch is great. I am sitting on the head of the long table. He's sitting on the right side. I had reserved it for him while my cousins are on the left side. After lunch, I grabbed him outside the castle.

'Where are we going?' he asked me. 'Can we just take a break first?'

'C'mon…' I grabbed his hand.

'You wanted to have fun, huh.' What is he talking about? I gasped when he carried me until we fall on the grass. There's no one here in the garden so he kept on kissing me.

'Hey!' I giggle when he cuddles my side. 'Stop it!'

'Ohh… so adorable.' We stopped and we immediately stood, fixing ourselves. 'So, you must be Alpha Nathan?' Clarisa asked. She was the mother of Minerva. Clarisa's mate is an Enchanter too, half-blood of a God.

'Yes, I am.'

'Nate that's Clarisa, my Aunt.'

'Miss Clarisa.' Nathan bows at her.

'Oh don't be silly,' Clarisa laughs. 'I am just the Queen's sister, not the Queen.' Nathan scratched the back of his neck.

I stopped when my heartaches. I hold my chest. 'Zoë…' Nathan holds my arm. The pain of rejection. The pain doubles and I can't breathe.

'Ahh…'

'Zoë…' Clarisa held me and her warm hand holds my forehead. I scream in pain and all I know that I was wrapped in Nate's arms. I screamed again and again.

'Please… stop the pain…' I beg as tears stream on my face.

'What should I do? What should I do?' he was panicking too. I close my eyes and everything went dark.

'Nate…' is the last thing I say.

The pain my chest didn't fade away but it was less now. There's only one person in my mind. Nathan… I need him. I search for him and he wasn't on my side.

'Nathan!' I call. I sat up and winced on the pain in my heart. I hold it. I breathe slowly.

'Zoë…' he runs toward me and he climbed up the bed. I hugged him tightly.

'I thought you left me.'

'No, I am not going to do that.' I looked at the window. It was getting dark outside. He kissed my lips. 'Does that make you feel better?' I nod at him. It does make me feel better.

'Say you love me…' I whispered. He said it more than once to me. I wanted to hear it. I wanted him to say it. 'Please say it… I don't want you to reject me. You accept me right?' I scoop his cheeks. He smiled at me.

'I accept you. You are my mate… you are my love… and I love you.' He wiped the tears on my cheek. He kissed my lips again. I looked at Yves and Terence in the veranda. I guess they are there since I collapsed.

'Okay… stop it now…' I told him. He laughs and nuzzles his nose on my neck.

'Okay, love birds!' someone interrupted. It was Minerva. 'I need to clear this room and no boys allowed—' she stopped when her eyes snapped on the gorgeous boys on the veranda. Her eyes sparkle to Yves. I mean they looked perfect to each other. Their eyes are sparkling at each other. She blinks and smiled tightly. 'Boys? Clear this room now.' She orders.

I kissed him once and smirked at Minerva. Yves scratched the back of his nape nodding his head and peeking once on Minerva before walking outside. Terence winks at me and pouted at Minerva. When the boys left, I and Minerva left here in my room.

'The only thing to break the curse is to be mated with him.' She said walking to my walk-in closet picking the dress that the Enchantresses made for me. It was pure white with waffle styles, with fabric and laces.

'Okay, but why didn't you talk to your mate?'

'Who?' she asked keeping busy on everything.

'Yves, he's the Beta of Nathan.'

'Oh…' she just bounced her head up and down and pouting a bit as nothing had happened. 'So that's his name. Well, we just met Princess. I don't know who he is. We have to take everything slowly.'

'He's your mate.'

'Yes, he is. I am not denying it. But there are lots of mates who hurt each other. I have to punish them and cursed them.'

'Cursed them?'

'Yeah… it will be one of the ways to discipline them and accept the grace that the Gods and Goddesses gave to them.'

She wasn't just an Enchantress. She is a half Goddess. Her father is the son of the Goddess. So, she is a half Goddess. Her duty is to protect the mates. She will punish them for rejecting each other and mated with another. She will punish them if they are hurting their mate physically.

Since I am the one suffering from rejection, she's the one punishing them. Putting spells on them not to talk or feel their wolves and shifted anymore. It will only come back when they learn to accept their mate and protect them.

The door opens and the two enchantresses get in giggling to each other. Dina is flushing. And can't help shrieking.

'He's so handsome! I mean, he's hot, sexy gorgeous… he's the Gama!' then she dropped her body on my bed.

'You mean Terence?' I asked slipping down from my bed. She screams as she pressing her face on the mattress. Haney gave me a juice to lessen the hurt in my pain.

'She barely removed her eyes off him. She was even about to jump to his bones.' Haney said shaking her head. I breathe and look outside.

'There is no time for boys now!' Minerva clapped her hands. 'It will be Blue Moon in an hour.'

So they started with making me beautiful. My hair my face my dress… Minerva, Haney, and Dina hold hands together around me. They started reciting a ritual. It was a traditional ritual in someone like me. I was born under Blue Moon. And I celebrate my birthday under the Blue Moon. I am special and they said that the Gods and Goddesses brought me to life. They said that I was the only one who can save them.

They said that I was the reincarnation of Selene's name in Greek or Luna's name in Roman the Goddess of Moon. The real Luna is the one who gives the wolves life to shift in human form. She gave them a chance for them to be human. She falls in love with an Alpha but there's a war between Hunters and werewolves. She died protecting her people and she died protecting her love.

The Alpha howls in agony and everyone bow down at her death. The Alpha kills every hunter. He never stops his revenge until it kills him. Death became his last embrace and he was happy that he will be with his love again.

If I am the reincarnation of Selene then Nathan is my mate at the other time. That's why I found him peculiar the first time I saw his wolf. I breathe and feel the tingles around me. They walk with me to the middle of the woods near the cliff where everyone is gathered. There's a bone fire and I look for Nathan but I can't see him.

The Blue Moon gently appears then the ray of its light shines on me. I feel hot and like I was burning. Then I heard my own bones cracks and it likes that it was moving from my different body. I fall to the ground and screams in pain.

'Zoë!' Nathan… I feel his hand caressed my face. I groan as my bones keep on breaking and moving. 'Shh… it'll be fine love…'

'Nate—' I groan. I scream and he keeps whispering to me. I don't understand anything. All I feel is the physical pain of my evolution.

'It's gonna be okay… I am here…' he whispered. Her green eyes smile at me to comfort me. 'I love you…' I wanted to hear more. But I feel a fur comes out from my skin. It was itchy but I get used to it. My fangs come out, and I growl.

I was hardly breathing, and the pain didn't stop. I groan and growls.

'Tobias…' I can hear my wolf.

'I'm here…' I hear Tobias inside my head.

The pain stopped, and I breathe. I stood with my four legs. White legs. Then I saw my mate and my eyes sparkle. He's my mate.

I recognized him… I feel tingles around me when he touched me.

Mate… I and my wolf said. They all bows at me, including my mate. Their eyes are sparkling to see me.

Nathan holds my face gently stroking his hand at my fur.

'You are so beautiful…'