The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to unveil
Chapter 64 - War, ritual and moon goddess

Chapter 64: Chapter 64 - War, ritual and moon goddess

I didn’t know what got into me, but I felt so much energy in my body that I was afraid that I would surely burst like a bomb right here... but I didn’t have the luxury of leaving this conversation here because I would not get the opportunity to meet Wilson again.

"Do you even know what you have done?" I tried to say it as calmly as I could... {I will rip his head off}. I looked at him and found him cowering away from me. "Pray to whatever god you believe that Greyson is not the reason behind all the sufferings of my family because if he is the same man, then before killing him, I will let him kill you... you bastard" I dashed out of the dungeons, went directly to Ryan’s room, and took his shirt to calm my anger.

"Are you alright?" I heard Ben’s voice while my eyes were still closed, and Ryan’s shirt was still clutched tightly in my hand.

"I am trying to be alright" I felt him patting my head softly.

"I know you wanted to scare him off, but there is no need to harm yourself in all this" he took my hand, and that’s when I saw the first aid kit in his other hand... {uh, uhh... I stained Ryan’s shirt}

"But that would have taken a lot of time. When I cut my hand, I could clearly see the fright in his eyes. He was frightened that if I could harm myself, then I would not hesitate even once to kill him, and when I cut his thumb, he lost the remaining courage," I explained while he bandaged my hand.

"I just told you not to harm yourself. I didn’t say that the trick was not good," he smiled at me. "You are a good actress", he complimented me, and I smiled at him. "Sleep on time, child. Don’t pressure yourself. We all are here with you in every situation" for a few minutes, he kept patting my head, and then after it, he went outside the room. I went to my room, took the book from there, and returned to Ryan’s room... {I am not going anywhere from his room} ... I took the draft along with it and sat calmly... {I need to know as much as I can about the white wolves}

I tried to read it for a few minutes, but my mind was so disturbed by all the things that happened in the dungeons that I again closed the book and took my mobile... {Shall I call him?} I was thinking this when my mobile vibrated, and Ryan’s name flashed on the screen... {damn, he is video calling me} ... I got startled, and the mobile slipped from my hand and fell on the bed. I ran towards the mirror and tied my hair in a bun when I remembered Ryan’s compliment, ’you have awesome hair... "I am surely getting mad," I said to myself and again untied them and tapped at the green sign on the screen. Instantly his concerned face was in front of me in seconds ... {I never felt attracted towards my cell till today}. He is wearing a white shirt on which the top three buttons are undone, giving me an alluring peak of his chest and hard muscles. His hair is tied in a bun, while his beard is a bit messy... {I would have enjoyed it more if he was not wearing his shirt}

"Show me the cut", he demanded, and I rolled my eyes but showed him, nonetheless. "Does it hurt? Why didn’t you put that witch’s medicine on it?" he asked me, and I couldn’t help but feel giddy about his concern towards me.

"No, it doesn’t hurt, and the medicine I had, was already finished" he cursed under his breath and rubbed his forehead, which made me smile wider... {this man seriously cares about me a lot}

"Ryan..." he didn’t listen to me, and I knew he was already mad at me. Me getting hurt is not new for either him or me, but this time he is looking way madder because I have hurt myself on my own.

"Do you know Ryan? It is all because of Layla that I am still a human" he gave me a pointed look that he was in no mood to talk shit right now, but I used all the perks of video calling and gave him my best puppy dog eyes, and he sighed... {I knew it would work}

"And why is that, Chicky?" I smiled hearing the nickname he gave me... {I am clearly smitten by him}

"If it’s not for Layla’s hate for spiders, I would have been a spider woman today", I explained, and he tried to hide his smile, but his dimples were hard to hide as always. "Didn’t I tell you that you can’t hide your smile?" I told him, and he finally gave up and gave me a breathtaking smile.

"Fine, but that was stupid," he said, and I laughed.

"It was funny alright", I countered, and he huffed.

"You..."

"are awesome" I completed his sentence for him, and he smiled again. Someone knocked at his door, and he frowned. It is 1:00 am here, so it would be almost 10:00 or 10:30 am there.

"Hold for a minute" I nodded, and I could see him walking towards the door. He opened the door, and I saw a beautiful woman standing there.

"Yes," he said in his usual rude voice of the Ryan knight, the alpha king and I rolled my eyes.

"You have to attend a meeting in an hour, Ryan," she said to him seductively and squeezed her hands together, which caused her already exposed cleavage to come out more. I can feel Ryan’s irritation through our bond... {Are you sure it is his irritation and not yours? He should seriously button up his shirt, and why the hell is she calling him by his name?}

"Firstly, I am the Alpha king, Lisa. You better learn to address me as alpha or sir. Secondly, tell your father that I am not attending a single stupid meeting anymore." He was about to shut the door on her face when she stepped toward him, and he stepped backwards.

"I also find those meetings too boring, but dad always forces me to attend these", she pouted, and Ryan’s irritation was soon going to surpass its limit. "So, what is your plan for tonight?" she asked him, battling his eyelashes... {he was busy talking with his mate}

"Get out of my room, now," he said in an authoritative voice, but I could clearly see from her expression that she was not planning to back off easily.

"Oh, come on, Ryan. It’s been a long time since you broke up with lily. I am not looking for a relationship, just a little casual... How about a date? Let’s do it this way. Tell me what your idea of a perfect date is. I will prepare everything according to it, and after our date, you can decide whether you want my offer or not". Suddenly I heard Ryan’s laugh, and this made me confused. From that girl’s expression, she is also looking confused.

"My idea of a perfect date", he repeated, and that’s when it finally clicked, making me smile too.

"Sure, but will you please take a step backwards?" She nodded sceptically and took a step backwards.

"Well, my idea is... DDMMYY format, others are just too confusing" with that, he closed the door on her face, and finally, I saw his smirking face on the mobile screen.

"Who is teaching these lame jokes to you?" I teased him, and his smirk got wider.

"There are crazy people in everyone’s life, you know", he also teased me, and I laughed hard at this... {He did really lighten up my mood}

"What is your idea of a perfect date?" I asked him with a smile, and he looked startled by this. I didn’t comment and waited patiently for his reply while smiling... {I am not blushing, am I?}

"Are you..." he stuttered, and I tried to hide my smile, then he cleared his throat. "Are you seriously asking me?"

"How about I tell you first?" I asked him, and he looked so startled and happy at the same time.

"Yeah, sure.... yeah, hell yeah, man" he is looking so happy as if he has got something huge.

"Ryan", with it, he shifted all his focus on me. "My perfect date is a guitar, a chocolate milkshake with two straws in it, and you" as soon as I said this, he froze. "No matter what the place is, woods, room, terrace, street", I can’t help but feel nervous while he is still silent. "Sorry if that was awkward. I never thought about dates or romantic relationships like that until now. Everything has always been messy, but now when I think about dating, I can’t help but include you in my idea of a date," I explained, and he is still not responding to anything... {Is there a network issue?} ... "I think I should just... we will talk later. Just forget what I said’’ I was about to cut the call when he came to his senses.

"Thanks, Chicky’’ he said, and I could clearly see the nervousness in his eyes. "I would love to be a part of your idea of a perfect date," he said, and I couldn’t help but feel relieved.

"I thought that I scared you" he shook his head, suddenly rubbing his forehead. "Did something happen?" I asked him in concern.

"I want to come back", he confessed and looked at me. "I am going out... I don’t have even a single minute to waste. We will plan our date as soon as I return... alright," he asked me while buttoning his shirt.

"Seems so. I will also try to search for something about Greyson" As soon as I said this, he took a deep breath. "Ben told you about this, right?" I asked him, and he nodded while wearing his shoes.

"You can do anything that you want, but please take someone with you in whatever you are doing... I don’t care who it is... Matt, Mia, Dad, Jack, or even someone other... but don’t do anything in this matter alone" I didn’t think he was wrong, so I agreed with him, and with that, we cut the call... {that was much-needed talk dude} ... I am smiling like stupid when my eyes landed on the white book "Now I think I can concentrate on this book."

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THE WAR, RITUAL, AND MOON GODDESS -

Werewolves are often regarded as a miracle of gods, but of all the wolves, the white wolf is considered the most powerful of all time.

According to the legend, a long time ago, a war broke out between different groups of alphas. It escalated to the extent that even the other species started getting affected and harmed by the wars. At that time, the royalty was chosen by the bloodline and not by the moon goddess herself. The royal king tried many times to establish peace between the alphas, but he failed. The groups were so huge that he couldn’t even force them by royal command because that would have resulted in rebellion. He wanted something that would have made people believe in him, something or someone that could earn people’s trust and can make them listen to it.

After days of deep research by the council’s elders, he finally found a way to solve this. They get to know about an ancient practice done by their ancestors to please the moon goddess, which was banned by his grandfather’s great great grandfather. The councilmen warned him that summoning the moon goddess was not a very easy task because even if she appeared, there were high chances that he would have to pay a very huge price for it. King was so desperate for the solution that he didn’t give any heed to the warning of the wisest council members and agreed to perform the ritual.

All the royal wolf couples took part in that ritual, and finally, the moon goddess answered them on the thirtieth day of the ritual. She didn’t come in her actual form, but she talked with others using the body of the king’s daughter. It startled the wolves, but the councilman had already told them that she never came in her actual form. When the alpha asked her to help him solve the issue, she didn’t say anything but smiled at him and denied his request by saying that she couldn’t interfere in matters of the earth anymore.

"You can’t turn your back towards us. Our world will get destroyed if you will not interfere," the king reasoned, and the moon goddess smiled at him.

"You are the king of werewolves. You are meant to solve the issues," she explained calmly.

"The situation has already gotten out of control", the king again tried to explain.

"I made the werewolves, gave them powers, and even for trifling situations like these, I have given them a royal family. Even after all this, you want me to solve the issues for you" the Luna queen at that time was said to be very short-tempered. She was known for doing everything that she thinks is right. She could not understand any reason behind the moon goddess’s statement and was enraged by it.

"How can you say this? Did you create us just to see how we will kill each other for the power struggle? If you will not help us, who will we look at when we need help?" she shouted at the moon goddess, but the goddess still continued smiling.

"Everything comes with a price. You have the guts to shout at me, but do you have the guts to pay the price?" Everyone fell silent on this because everyone knew that this price was the reason why this practice was banned earlier. The king opened his mouth to say something, but the moon goddess again warned him, "Choose wisely" everyone was scared, but the alpha king came forward.

"I am ready to pay any price."