Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Axel chuckled. “I am an Alpha. My duty is to take care of my people. I can’t do that if I doubt myself the moment I face an unknown challenge. It is wise to be cautious, but I won’t allow fear to guide me and neither should you.”
Talia felt her chest swelling with pride. That was her brother.
She turned toward the portal and looked at it with renewed determination. “Let’s do this.”
After saying a silent prayer, Cassandra slid the triangle-shaped rock into the opening and took a step back.
One second, two, three… there was nothing.
Talia was not sure how the working portal looks, but the sour expressions of Cassandra and Axel confirmed that this was not the expected outcome.
Cassandra tapped her chin while thinking. “Maybe it needs a jumpstart.”
“A what?”, Axel asked.
“A jumpstart.”, Cassandra responded. “All spells and magical devices need something to get them running. It could be a chant or energy of some sort. Think of it like a spark that will start a fire. We have everything in place but need to figure out how to start it.” Cassandra ended with a mumble and moved to look into scribbles she jotted down while Alpha Sophia and Alpha Isaac were talking about portals.
The spark and fire made sense, but how does one jumpstart a rock?
Talia and Axel exchanged glances and then they waited for Cassandra to finish whatever she was doing with the hope that her idea will work.
“The energy of the Moon grants entry to the passage!”, Cassandra exclaimed.
“So, we need to wait for the night?”, Talia asked dejectedly. That was hours away!
Cassandra nodded in confirmation. “The full moon would be the best.”
Axel frowned. “That will take days. Is there another way?”
Cassandra turned to Talia.
Talia didn’t get it. “Why are you looking at me like I know the answer?”
“I am looking at you because you are the answer, Alpha Talia.”, Cassandra said. “I saw all kinds of abilities, but I never saw anyone light up completely. The power of the Moon Goddess is within you. Use it to open the portal.”
‘Does this make sense to you?’, Talia asked Liseli.
‘No. But it can’t hurt to try.’
Talia shrugged and got closer to the portal. ‘Do your thing, Liseli.’
Talia extended her arms toward the rock so that her palms were facing it.
Her hands shimmered in silver and the energy transferred onto the rock. For a few seconds, nothing unusual happened, but then a faint ripple appeared around the area where light from Talia’s hands hit the rock.
“That’s it! The portal is reacting which means this is working, and the other side is functional!”, Cassandra exclaimed. “We need more power.”
Axel stood behind Talia and looked at the rock with curiosity, getting more anxious by the second. It was happening.
Axel wanted to help, but he didn’t have any power. Unfortunately, neither did Cassandra so the most they could do was to cheer for Talia to keep going.
Liseli increased the output, and silvery light expanded up Talia’s arms, all the way to her elbows and then it slowly spread to reach her shoulders.
Now the whole rock was rippling, every wave bigger than the previous one, like a surface of a lake that was being disturbed at the spot of Talia’s energy drilling through it.
“More. We need more…”, Cassandra said under her breath.
“She can’t do more!”, Axel hissed.
He never saw so much power from anyone. Goosebumps rose on his skin everywhere. Talia was impressive and scary at the same time.
“Yes, she can.”, Cassandra said with confidence. She clearly remembered when Talia transformed into a silvery Goddess with her hair fluttering without any wind.
Axel gaped as the silvery light spread through Talia’s body, turning her hair white with silver streaks in it.
If anyone asked him what the Moon Goddess looked like, this would be it.
Talia’s vision was blurring.
‘We should stop!’, Liseli spoke into her mind.
‘No. Keep going. It’s almost open. I can feel it.’
‘You are running out of energy without the moon rays to replenish you.’, Liseli pleaded.
‘Give it a few more seconds. This will work.’ It has to.
She didn’t want to wait a minute longer than necessary.
‘Help me Liseli!’, Talia demanded. ‘This is for Dayson. This is for Sapa. We can’t give up.’
Liseli agreed. They can’t give up.
Talia’s senses were getting duller, but her whole body was buzzing like it was turning ethereal. It came with a feeling of being weightless and her instincts told her that she could see the world with a thought.
Talia wished to see Dayson, and she saw a big black wolf running through the forest at such a speed that he looked like a blur to normal people, but Talia could see him clearly.
“Dayson…”, she called, and the wolf stopped in his tracks, looking around while trying to identify from where the sound came.
Talia wanted to tell him that she loves him and that she was doing all she could do to help him remember and that he should wait for her, but the darkness consumed her.
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