Countdown 15 Departing From the Alpha (Evelyn)
I Become Novel 26

Chapter 17

To see him like this made Celia a little wary. Since she saw him in the morning, he only laughed and joked, it was the first time she saw his serious side.

"What do you mean three? There is only two of you, one wolf one person. One plus one equals two." Gabriel stated, not understanding where she was going with her question.

“What I mean is, how can I meet halfway with one person and two wolves? One plus two equals three.” Celia explained further, making Gabriel even more confused.

Two wolves? There cannot be a person and two wolves.”

He stood silent for a moment, trying to see if she was joking, but Celia's beautiful face did not sketch the minimum of emotions.

"Alright. Try to get one of your wolves to come forward, and meet halfway, while placing your hand on the Seer. We will test again with the other wolf after." He directed her simply. One wolf or two wolves... if it was a lie or the truth he would check it anyway for himself in a moment. And if she was saying the truth, he could get explanations afterwards.

She did as told, getting Crescent to meet with her half way. A black aura surrounded her hand where the orb was touched and, as he looked at the glowing crystal, he saw her rank.

It was the 4th rank. Not a bad rank at all, considering most girls went only to the th rank. The Luna ranked werewolves were fifth rank or, for weaker packs, they were even 6th rank. But her rank, even if it was better than a Luna's, did not mean was good enough for the watcher position.

They allowed the 4th rank werewolves to continue being tested because the candidates could make? further improvements, but to raise your rank was very difficult, if not nearly impossible. And this time, there were also more candidates than usual. If they found at least 10 candidates with the 3rd rank, then those with 4th rank and more would be eliminated by default.

Gabriel also checked her wolf's appearance, as in the orb a grey wolf with tinges of black appeared. She was as big as a usual alpha, but what surprised him more were the different lights surrounding it. The light that would surround a wolf only appeared around the wolves with talents for the elements. Red light was fire, grey light was wind, blue light was water and brown light was earth.

she

was surrounded by red and blue light, fire and water. Complete opposite powers.

Usually, wolves with contradicting talents could be used to overpower one another, they were each other's weaknesses. But what weakness would a wolf with both elements hold?

Alright, I saw it. Your wolf is 4th rank with talent for fire and water. Now take your hand off, and place it again while thinking about the other wolf." Gabriel said, as he wrote his replaceings on a piece of paper, but not in her official document.

He thought there was no other wolf. Perhaps, she felt like there were two wolves because of the 2 different kind of elements. But their king put emphasis on respect, and this meant they allowed everyone to get tested, even if the person seemed no stronger than an omega, so they would give everyone the benefit of doubt.

She did as he instructed, and thought about Waning. This time, a pure white light surrounded her hand. Seeing the change in color that would also be impossible for a werewolf, Gabriel frowned paying more attention to the orb. Then as the Seer displayed the various information, he quickly checked her rank, already stunned by the changed appearance of the wolf reflected.

He looked again and again, and did not know what to be more confused about. Should he be worried that her wolf was another, as the rank displayed indeed changed, or should he be worried about the fact that the first rank, the rank of the king, could no longer be named "one man rank."

Alright, now this was weird she thought. The teacher who only smiled and was in a good mood while he explained the test, now kept frowning seeing her information. Even after a few moments had passed, he did not say a thing, as his face looked more and more taken aback with each elapsed second.

Her heart started pounding in her chest. Was there truly a problem with her?

Did she make a mistake coming here? She avoided for so long getting tested, fearing the abnormal of her situation, and she walked on her own accord in the lion's den in the end. But she could not help it, she truly wished to become a watcher, it was her most fervent goal.

She wished it so much that she did not even second guess her mother's words, so much so that she even dared to get tested, under the probing gazes of others for being the only female.

Leaving aside the fact that there were two wolf consciousness inside her mind, which had already stunned the teacher into silence. After checking Waning, the teacher frowned even more. Had she known that the procedure of the testing involved each wolf at a time, and they would only see the information displayed for the one wolf she wished to get tested, she would've hidden Waning's existence, as she had always known that Waning seemed stronger than Crescent.

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