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Cold

Dark

Shortness

That's how Seraphina felt right now. She was writhing and moving irregularly in the water. Her brain seemed to be stuck. However, one thing she still remembered very well, an arrow pierced her heart.

"This is very painful. But I have no regrets. Oh...Moon Goddes, am I heading for the afterlife," she muttered as she felt her body being pressed down by the water waves.

The deeper he slid down, he could see nothing but darkness. She began to feel dizzy from the lack of oxygen.

Seraphina began to shiver in the water, she resigned herself as the cold began to kill her slowly. The poor girl closed her eyes and her consciousness began to slip away as if it had been taken from her by force.

A loud noise seemed to disturb her. Sera tried to open her eyes that were so heavy. The bright white light above her made the girl's eyes glare. She squinted and blocked it with her hands.

"Is this the afterlife? I think the trip was tiring enough. I feel so comfortable, am I lying on a cloud?" Seraphina blinked her eyes and tried to gather her consciousness.

Wait!

Is this the afterlife that people are talking about? If so, they seemed to be full of shit.

Seraphina raised her gaze upwards. She saw a beautiful crystal chandelier, and it turned out that she wasn't sleeping in the clouds but just sleeping on a king-size bed.

Seraphina got up and sat up, her hazel eyes looking around. She was in a spacious room.

The room looked beautiful. The decor was predominantly white and some were pastel colors. Very elegant.

Wake up Sera, this is not the right time to admire the decorations. The girl couldn't help but stand up and observe her surroundings.

The pain in both her legs made her walk with difficulty. She tried to recall what had happened to her.

"Wasn't my heart pierced by an arrow earlier? Then, why am I here?" he muttered in confusion.

'Lysa, did you hear me? Are you still alive?' Sera synced Lysandra.

'Let me correct that, it's "Are WE alive?"' Seraphina breathed a sigh of relief that Lysa was still with her.

The large door in front of her suddenly opened. A man entered and was immediately surprised to see Sera. The girl was equally surprised.

"You? How can you be here? Are you dead too or did I go back in time?" Seraphina held her head which was throbbing because she was thinking too hard.

Alpha Kael, the man Sera had saved when she was injured back then. He walked straight to Seraphina with a worried look.

"Are you okay? What are you feeling right now? Does anything hurt? Ahh do you still remember me too?" Alpha Kael's outburst made Seraphina even more dizzy.

"Is this the afterlife?" That was the only question Sera wanted to confirm.

Instead of getting an answer, Seraphina was laughed at. The girl wondered if her question was a joke? Sera just stared at Alpha Kael confused. Was there something funny here?

"Do I look that good that you think I'm an angel?"

Something was not right with her. One thing was certain. Maybe he's crazy! That's what Seraphina thought.

"I'm serious, okay!" Sera looked annoyed now.

"Alright, alright. If you're expecting this to be a beautiful and magical afterlife then it looks like I'm going to disappoint you. It's still earth precisely at my residence, Crystal White Quartz Pack. And you are still alive."

"What?" Seraphina began to digest the man named Kael's words. It should not be like this. This was not what she expected.

"Why am I here? Did you rescue me or did you kidnap my body and then use your magic to bring me back to life?" Seraphina gave him an angry look. The man thought Sera would thank him for his heroics?

"It seems like you really have no purpose in life. Seeing as you have no regrets after planning to sacrifice your life for a pack that wasted yours." The smile he had been wearing was gone. The man stared deeply and his aura turned serious. Sera could only remain silent and return his gaze.

"You know, I won't let this happen again. In fact, if you try to end your life again and again I will continue to thwart it." She spoke with her serious gaze. What exactly did she want?

"What do you want from me?" Seraphina looked at him sharply.

She didn't answer and just looked at Sera with a look and grin that was hard to explain. There was something she was hiding.

Sera looked at him probingly trying to find an answer. However, the man immediately changed his face into a wide smile.

"Ahh right, we weren't properly acquainted back then. Introduce me as Aaron Kael White. But they prefer to call me Kael. Alright, now lie down because you still have to rest a lot. Calm your mind and don't think about things that are confusing. Just think of my good looks, and your life will be colorful. You know my face is the most effective medicine. I will ask the servant to prepare your food as I am sure you are hungry considering you have been unconscious for three weeks and your body is only pierced with IVs."

Kael spoke in one breath. Seraphina looked at him in stunned disbelief. How could his nature change that drastically? Could a werewolf also be bipolar? His fussiness beats his mother's, Sera thought, even his mother is not as loud as him. She really is a prodigy.

"And one more thing, Sera. You seem to have misunderstood something. I didn't bring you here. I didn't help you. See you then." Kael smiled at Seraphina meaningfully.

"Wait..." before Seraphina could finish speaking, Kael had already left.

'She's a very rare species' Lysandra synlinked, Sera wondered if she wasn't the only one who found her miraculous.

'Lysa, do you really think he's an Alpha? With that super weird nature?'

'I think so. You know he's not too bad. He has above average looks' Lysa spoke in an admiring tone.

'What's the point of being good looking if you're agila?' Seraphina immediately disconnected the mindlink, the conversation was pointless, in her opinion.

Seraphina walked back to the bed, then sat back down on the edge of the bed. She seemed to be massaging her forehead, many thoughts filling her head.

"Aaakkhh! This is really far from what I imagined. How did I get stuck here? And again, if it wasn't Kael who helped me then who? Did Luna Freya hand me over to Alpha Kael? Is it the pack members who have deemed me dead and useless?" the riddles and various questions overlapped inside Sera's head.

"Moon Goddes, thinking about this makes my head want to explode. Alright, I'll ask Kael about everything," she continued as she exhaled a frustrated breath.

Suddenly, the large and beautifully carved door opened. Making Seraphina's gaze focused on the people who began to enter the room she was in.

Please enjoy, Miss, if you need anything you can just press the button on top of the drawer, and I will come right away," said a middle-aged woman in her maid uniform with a friendly smile.

Getting such friendly treatment made Seraphina look awkward. She had never received such kind treatment while at Pack Aurora Guardians.

"No need to call me lady, I'm not a lady here. Just call me Seraphina or Sera. And you, what's your name?"

"I'm Ana, Miss, and I'm sorry I'll continue to call you Miss. This is an order," Ana replied.

"Well, if you don't want to call me by my name at least don't be that formal with me, I'm a little uncomfortable." Ana just smiled in response to me.

"You should eat this porridge while it's still warm. Then, if you'll excuse me, Miss." I sighed deeply at Ana's disobedience.

After a few servants began to leave, Seraphina left the large room. Now, there was only a bowl of porridge with an appetizing aroma.

***

Aurora Guardians Pack.

"How's my mommy?" Evander stood in front of the large door of Luna Freya's room.

"Luna still hasn't touched her food, Alpha." An omega spoke while bowing his body and leaving immediately.

Ever since the events after the party that night, specifically since the rogue attack and Seraphina's death, Luna Freya had not wanted to see Evander, her son, at all.

Evander could only sigh seeing his mother like that. Even Louis was the same, Evander couldn't contact him at all.

Louis was furious and chose to hide deep in Evan's mind. For him, rejecting Seraphina was the best decision. And he hoped his mom and Louis could understand that.

'Knock knock knock' Evan tried to open the door which turned out to be unlocked.

"Mom...Luna Freya stood facing the window without turning to look at Evander.

"Please, Mom. Don't be like this. Say something, I'd rather hear mom scold me than keep me quiet like this." Evander tried to approach Luna Freya. Luna turned around and looked at Evan with her remaining tears starting to dry.

'PLAAKK!!!'

'PLAAKK!!!'

'PLAAKK!!!'

"Mom..." Evan was very surprised to get three slaps at once from his mother.

"I never raised you to be such an asshole! I'm so disappointed in you, Evan, even your father." Luna Freya burst into tears again at the sight of her son who had made such a stupid decision.

"My father?" Evan smiled wryly at the thought of his father's fate.

"Mom realize, my father is gone because of that girl. SERAPHINA! The girl you've always loved is the girl who made my father go away. When will Mom understand?"

Luna Freya looked at Evander with disappointment. How else to make her son realize. She had given up, what else was there to fight for? Seraphina had left her son, it was all over.

Suddenly Beta Martin ran in with a look on his face that was hard to interpret.

"Alpha, Luna..."

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Evander tried to confirm.

"Alpha Niamh...She's back!"

Evander and Luna Freya were shocked. However, Evander quickly ran to the place where his father was said to have returned. He wanted to see if what Martin said was true.

"Dad..."

Evan was transfixed. He was still wondering if what was in front of him was really his father? Or was this just another dream? However, Alpha Niamh turned around and looked at her son.

"I see you are now an Alpha? Hmmm?" The father walked over to Evan and hugged his son tightly.

Evander seemed to return his father's embrace. He hugged Alpha Niamh tightly. He didn't want the hug to end. If it was indeed a dream, then he would kill whoever had woken him up.

"How are you, Son?"

Evan felt tongue-tied. His father had always taught him that a man should never cry. But today he seemed to have broken that taboo.

"Nimh...are you back?" Alpha Niamh released her embrace on her son when Luna Freya arrived. The Alpha saw his wife teary-eyed. It was obvious that the two loved each other.

Luna Freya seemed to cry tears of joy and Alpha Niamh hugged her tightly. Evander looked at the two with a happy smile. Perhaps, that's what he really hoped for, his family intact again.

"I missed you so much, Freya." Alpha Niamh nuzzled his head into his wife's neck.

"Niamh, what happened exactly? Why have you been missing all this time?"

Alpha Niamh released her embrace from Luna Freya. The middle-aged man looked at his son and wife as if regretting.

"I'm sorry for leaving you guys. I was caught off guard. Evan, when I saw you about to be attacked by the rogue, you were already unconscious, but when I was about to kill the rogue I was shot by the wolfsbane first. But luckily there was Seraphina who protected you. I still remember that little girl throwing a big rock at their heads. And Beta Tristan came to your rescue. That damn rogue also managed to immobilize Beta Tristan and take us away. But luckily we managed to escape and someone helped us. He was a doctor, whether it was a miracle we were helped by a doctor. Our condition was really critical at that time. We had absorbed too much wolfsbane. I'm sorry I didn't come back to see you sooner. It takes a long time to heal from wolfsbane."

Evander froze in silence. Suddenly he felt his whole body go limp, it felt like it was becoming limp like jelly.

"What is this? Is this the truth?" Pain struck Evander suddenly. "Seraphina! So she was innocent all along? She even tried to protect me?" Evander's body staggered slightly. His legs felt like they couldn't support themselves. He felt really stupid!!!

"Are you okay Son?" Alpha Niamh and Luna Freya looked at their son with worry.

"I'm an asshole!" All the guilt began to eat away at him.

All the times he'd hurt Seraphina were replaying in his head. Evan held his head tightly as it hurt.

Seraphina. In his heart, Evander repeatedly apologized to the girl. He couldn't even imagine how much Sera hated him now. Even Evan felt he couldn't forgive himself.

"AAKKHHH" Evan shouted loudly hoping to reduce this tightness.

"Evan, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Alpha Niamh stared at her son, looking increasingly worried.

"I rejected Seraphina, Dad" Evander's eyes were hot as he said that. "I should have trusted her. How stupid of me to let my girl get hurt."

He even regretted making her see him and Elara making love. Even after all that Evander felt he didn't deserve to call her my girl.

"What?! But how?" Alpha Niamh stared in disbelief.

"I thought Dad left because he was trying to protect Seraphina. I was so angry and all I did was hate him. Every day I tried to make her hurt. I even rejected him at my coronation."

Evander's tears could no longer be controlled. He didn't care if his father would think of him as weak.

There was only one thing on Evan's mind right now. Where was Seraphina's body after being stuck with an arrow? Where was the dead body? Evan ran away from them to Seraphina's room, he had to see her right now.

Evan wanted to ask for her forgiveness. Anything! Anything he would do to get her back! Even if Seraphina asked for her life it would be given.

Evander immediately opened the door to the room and looked around. It was empty! There was no one here.

"SERAPHINA!!!"

"SERAPHINA!"

"Where are you, hmm?"

"Seraphina please don't go. You can't leave Sera. Punish me Sera I'll do anything for you, anything you want I'll give you. Please show up!"

Crushed. Evander was a complete mess now. He couldn't think of anything except his crime against Seraphina.

The pain he felt now was driving him crazy. Evander flung himself down next to Seraphina's bed.

The young alpha looked around with his eyes already puffy. His heart was breaking again. How could he let her sleep in a room like this? Evan sensed he was really a jerk mate.

Evander raised his head, his eyes closed. He seemed to be taking a deep breath of the air here. I could still faintly smell Seraphina's scent.

It smelled so good, a mixture of cypress, lavender and rose, so intoxicating and soothing. Evander really hated himself.

How is he doing now? Has the wound on his abdomen healed? What about his leg? Was he still in pain? If you think about it, all of his wounds came from him.

Evander, an Alpha Aurora Guardians Pack who was currently crying out loud because of his own stupidity.

He should have been happy now that his father was back, but because of his sins, it seemed he didn't deserve happiness.

"Have you ever been happy Sera? In retrospect I have never seen your smile, it must have been so beautiful. You were always crying because of me. Don't I have another chance, Sera? I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Please come back."

Seraphina POV

Tonight I couldn't sleep. I was still thinking about what Kael said this afternoon. He said I'm in his pack now? Pearl Moon Pack? Is that true? Alright now try to organize everything Amoura! As far as I know, Aaron is an Alpha, which means he is the Alpha of Pearl Moon Pack.

Crystal White Quartz Pack is no ordinary pack. It was a pack that was quite famous in the world. No one knew where it was located, or what the Alpha looked like.

According to rumors, the Crystal White Quartz Pack was protected by magic. The only ones who can enter are the natives or people who are allowed to enter by their Alpha, Kael.

No one knows the reason why Crystal White Quartz Pack is so closed. Shouldn't I be honored to be in such a legendary pack and meet the Alpha? But to be honest, their Alpha was not what I imagined.

I thought their Alpha would be cold, scary and unforgiving. But look at this, Kael doesn't seem like that type of person. And again! Kael said it wasn't him who saved me? Then who? Ahh my head is about to burst. I have to get an explanation tonight. I got off the bed and walked out of the room.

"Kael..." I was surprised that he was already at the door.

"What's wrong, sweetie? What's the hurry?"

"I wanted to see you" He immediately covered his mouth with his hand and put on a surprised look. I just looked at him confused. What's wrong with her?

"Well, it's no surprise. This face of mine is just too charming. Even so, can't you hold back? We just met a few hours ago and now you're already missing me?" Kael spoke with his super annoying face.

"I don't..." Before I could finish my sentence, Kael cut me off.

"It's okay. I don't blame you. I'm to blame for being too charming. Isn't being too perfect a sin?" I just looked at him flatly. Can I pinch his head just once?

"Alright Mr. Handsome, can we talk for a moment?" I looked at him in exasperation.

"Sure. I think you have a lot to ask. How about we talk while we walk around? I bet you've never had a tourguide as handsome as me, right?"

"Suit yourself," I replied irritably.

**

So this is what the Crystal White Quartz Pack looks like. It's amazing! There are many things here I've never seen before.

Kael is currently taking me on a tour of the pack's garden. It's bigger than the Aurora Guardians Pack garden. All the plants here I've never seen before.

Everything is glowing like there are lights inside. They have different colors and blend together. It's beautiful. It's so beautiful!

"This place is full of magic" I looked at Kael in amazement.

"Of course it is. I gave those plants light."

"How?" I looked at him confused

"Magic" He answered me lightly

"What? So all the rumors are true?" Kael didn't answer and just looked at me.

What's wrong with him? He is not someone who is predictable.

"I think it's time for the main conversation to begin" What is this again? Why did he suddenly turn so serious.

"Follow me. Seraphina." I just shut up and obeyed him. Not too far from the garden was a very pretty flower field.

The flowers here were also luminous, but they were all the same color, yellow. There were so many fireflies surrounding the flower, I didn't even know what it was. But one thing I do know, it's beautiful!

There was a long chair here, a perfect place to see all this beauty. I immediately sat down followed by Kael. All we did was stay silent, I was too busy admiring in front of me, and Kael I don't know what was in his head right now.

All he did was stare at me. I didn't care, I was too busy admiring it all.

"Seraphina..." I turned to look at him.

This time Kael was in his serious mode again. Alright, I guess it's time to accept the explanation. I waited for him to speak again.

"Have you heard the story about the Queen of Luna? "I just shook my head in response to his question.

"Hmm... okay, then I'll start from that first." I just silently listened to her

"You know, there used to be a Luna Queen. This happened thousands of years ago. She was Illyana Marius Westwood. Queen of the Lunas. She had enormous power. Her charm could make any male werewolf submit. Even werewolves who already have eyes if the Queen wants then the werewolf will leave his eyes in an instant. But the Queen only wanted the die. Only her mate could control the power within her. Without the mate, the power becomes uncontrollable and can destroy the entire werewolf community and even kill herself. And until finally the Queen united with her mate and produced a handsome baby boy. Not long after, there was a massive attack from the Black Witch who wanted the Queen's power. The Black Witch found an intermediary gemstone that could be used to take away all the Queen's powers and transfer them to themselves. The Black Witch wanted to rule the entire immortal world. At that time many of the White Witches went to war to help the Queen. And in the end there was no winner in the war. The Queen's power was taken away and absorbed by the medium stone. But Matenya managed to seize the intermediary stone and thwarted the Queen's power transfer ceremony. Matenya and the White Witch managed to kill all of the Black Witch's people using the power of the medium stone."

Kael paused and his gaze wandered forward.

"So...the Queen finally died because she lost her power? Then what happened to her dead body?" I asked curiously.

"The patent protects the stone in its pack. If the stone fell into the wrong hands, the consequences would be fatal. Finally, he asked the White Witch for help to create a protective spell for the pack. A spell that makes the pack inaccessible to anyone except natives and people who are allowed to enter."

Okay, I think I'm starting to catch the gist of the story now. "Crystal Quartz Pack? Was my guess right?"

"You were right. That pack is the Crystal Quartz Pack. The Queen and her Maten are my great-grandparents."

I looked at Kael silently. I was at a loss as to how to react now. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because you are the Luna Queen." Kael looked at me deeply.

"WHAT?"