Alpha's Cursed Luna
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ELEANOR

I felt my body stir on the bed and suddenly, my eyes were forced open at the sound of vaguewhispers. Even now, I can hear it like she was still there, whispering into my ear.

“Leave, Eleanor. Leave before it's too late,’ She'd whispered the words into my ear as I stared atmyself in the mirror of the dressing room that day. She was there too. Her curly red haircontradicted her empty grey eyes. I'd wondered whether it was her natural color. Her reflectionshowed she was standing a little far from me although I could feel her breath pressing against myear. Like the surging wind signaling a time of despair about to transpire. Through me.

I had stared back into her gray eyes that didn't seem to look directly at mine. Instead, her eyesstared seemingly through me. Into a dark space. Spinning around, I had waved my hand in front ofher face, only to see no response of any sort. That was when I realized—she was blind.

My hand had still been waving in the air when Linda had abruptly grabbed my wrist, making mejump up in fright.

'A war is brewing. You need to go. It's too dangerous.’ Her lips quivered as she whispered. Her blind,empty silver eyes desperate. She was shaking and I had to grip onto her shoulder to help hermaintain balance.

Furrowing my brows, I stared silently at her as she continued to whisper the same words. Over andover.

At the exact moment when I had placed my hand on hers because her nails painfully began to diginto my wrist, she shot her eyes up to me and gasped.

“I could see..." She whispered yet again.

I stumbled back, staring at her feeling incredulous.

“What do you see?" My growing curiosity forced my lips open and I just had to ask.

She went still for a few seconds, her eyes wide open with horror and extreme, raging fear.

“What do you see, Linda?" As I took small, fragile steps towards her, I felt as though my heart wouldrise like a bile out of my mouth with its extremely rapid beating.

She pointed a finger at me and said, “Death!’

My breathing stopped. My heart crumbled I felt my chest tightening inside me. I couldn't breathe.What was strange, though, was the way her voice sounded. The sound of two mixed voices of agruff man and soft woman, which I believe the latter belonging to Linda. But the other... It soundedalmost demonic.

I groped for something behind me once my butt hit the vanity table. Something...Anything I coulduse as a weapon to defend myself in case she turns into a hairy, mongering beast.

I managed to grab a hair curler laying atop the table near a tiny make-up set.

“Great!’ frowning, I thought to myself.

Right now Linda kept staring at me with owl-like eyes. A vibration oozing off her and the vibrationseemed to be waving towards me. There was something with the way she looked into my eyes. Itfelt as though she can see right through me. As if...she knows.

I gasped at the unanticipated revelation, pointing the edge of the curler towards Linda who stood atmere meters in front of me.

“How do you know?’ I managed to utter barely through a whisper.

“How do you know... about the curse?” Chewing my lower lip, I traveled my gaze over to her. All myhair stood on end, and I couldn't seem to tear my gaze off her. Linda's pointed finger trembledviolently and, in a few seconds, her body began to convulse. Her eyes rolled back to her head andthe next moment, she dropped her eyes and hand to the floor.

Her shoulders twitched, making my heart stop beating for one moment. All I could see now was hersquared shoulders and bowed head, refusing to gaze into me once again.

What happened?

I gulped, suddenly aware of my parched throat. Rather than giving me a response, she snapped herhead up, checking her surroundings.

I stood there, stunned. Her face had said it all.

Dread. Confusion. Fear.

However, the moment she locked her eyes on me it was fear that dominated the mixed emotionsreflecting from her silver eyes. A great deal of fear that told me to run.

Run away, and never come back.

I sat up on my bed, sweeping a few strands of hair behind my ear as I brought my knees to mychest. I buried my forehead on my knees. Rocking myself in slow motion. The chills I felt back atLinda's extravagant store came rushing back and going up my spine.

“Ellie?’

I should've known. I was stupid to think I can stay here longer than I should.

And then there's my father's pending case. My brilliant idea of sweet revenge that did nothing morethan prolong the duration of my stay in my father's rival pack. Rather than giving me even a tiny bitof satisfaction from the petrified look on my parents’ faces, I felt as though I had complicated thingsa little too much than I anticipated.

“Little?” Ares asked, a little too sarcastically and I rolled my eyes.

“Fine. A lot." I mumbled to myself and Ares.

“That's right. But aren’t you forgetting something? She asked.

Lifting my head above my knee, I stared at the cold white wall in front of me. I knitted my browstightly together, trying to ramble through my memory checking whether anything hadn't been putin place.

“What do you mean? What am I forgetting?’ I continued staring at the wall as if I was looking at myown wolf at the very moment.

She shook her head and huffed, “Oh, I don't know. Maybe you haven't even thought that in a fewminutes, it's our birthday?’

I gasped, shooting my gaze over at the clock situated high up the wall. My eyes widened, and I replacemyself clenching the bedsheet on my sides.

I was too preoccupied worrying about that bloody incident with Linda that I completely forgot.Gulping, I studied my surroundings. My heart raced incredibly fast. Faster than my small body couldtake it.

Just then, Linda's words came running back into my mind like a strong flood. Not too long after, Ifelt as though I was drowning. The feeling of your legs being pulled by some sort of force orcreature residing within the waters. And in a split second, the feeling of being poured by a bucket ofice cold water. Only difference was the pouring never stops. The ice cold rushing water continues topour into my body, and soon I felt as though I was sitting right under a huge waterfall duringwinter.

Every part of my body trembled, every inch of my skin turned into stone, yet delicate. However,something else seemed to take place deep inside me. I wasn't exactly sure whether it was the cold,or my own fear that was pushing my body to crumble.

Clenching the sheets in my hand tighter than ever, I gritted my teeth. Scolding myself for my poorability to stay focused on one simple goal.

“When the clock strikes twelve, we can't stop what's about to happen next.’ Ares whispered. Hervoice sounded as if she didn’t want to believe those words herself. I sighed, shutting my eyes beforesaying, “It's just like Linda said, it's time—"

My words were immediately cut off when I felt a jolt of lightning strike my body all of a sudden. Itshocked me enough to make me let out a painful gasp. I could hear Ares’ howls, but they weredistant. It was like I had been separated from her and our thoughts were no longer combined. Theexcruciating pain made me groan and scream from the top of my lungs. For some reason I replacemyself curling into a ball on the cold, hard floor. I must have landed on my back when I felt theexcruciating jolt of lightning hit me. I groaned. My head spinning whilst my senses weakened. Rightnow, I couldn't see nor hear anything other than pitch black and the sound of my heart racing amillion miles a second.

“LUNA! OPEN THE DOOR!"

I was vaguely aware of my surroundings but I haven't even noticed someone was banging at mydoor extremely loudly.

"ELEANOR!"

A few moments later, I sensed something fly across the room. My arms felt as though they werebeing squeezed tightly, but the pain combined with the ice cold feeling inside wouldn't let me seeor feel anything other than that.

Pain.

Then, I seemed to fall into oblivion as I couldn't make sense of the world around me anymore.