Chance Encounter
Lilith’s POV;
It was as though nobody was coming to check on me anymore, not even Maya nor my husband, and my heart clenched at the thought that I had been discarded.
Whoever had tried to kill me must’ve either given up or thought that I was dead as there was still no attempt anymore. I had no idea whose voice I had heard, but I was sure it was Maya.
She was the only one who would gain a lot from my death.
While I was engrossed in my thoughts, the door opened and my nose caught a whiff of a familiar smell. My mother!
But my wolf was already even more weakened than I was. How was she able to pick up such a scent, and how was it even possible when my mother was dead or was I also dead? Had the goddess finally decided to let me reunite with my family?
“Open your eyes!” It was the unmistakable voice that belonged to my mother.
Mother! I tried to call out, but it felt as though something was holding my throat and preventing me from speaking.
“Lilith! Open your eyes. It’s me, your mother.”
I could feel the hot liquid from my eyes dropping. There was nothing I wanted more than seeing her face, seeing her smile and those honey-colored eyes as they twinkled whenever she smiled.
If I had been dead, I should’ve been able to open my eyes easily, right?
“M… mother!” I croaked out, my voice coming out hoarsely as I tried to pry my eyes open.
“That’s it, Honey, that’s it, you can do it,” She urged.
The tears kept dropping from my eyes as my eyes remained glued together.
My eyes began to open, slowly at first, before fully opening and meeting hers. She grinned at me and I smiled.
“You did it.”
“Am I dead?”
She shook her head. “Why would you think that? Your father and I have been waiting for you for a long time. Raider will be here soon…”
My brows knitted in confusion. It was then that I glanced around to see that the room I was in was very familiar, it was my old room. My room is in my father’s house in Green Forest.
“Why, mother, why are we here?”
She walked towards me and placed a hand on my forehead. “Oh dear, you’re burning up. You have a fever. I don’t think the engagement can be held today.”
Engagement? What engagement and what is going on? What about the Alpha King?
“This is a dream.”
“Why honey? Do you want this to be a dream? I know you’re very excited about the engagement. I was too, but it can’t hold, with you in this state.”
I shook my head. Something was terribly wrong. They were supposed to be dead and Raider was supposed to be with Cassandra.
“No, Mother! This is a dream! I’m married to Adams, the Lycan king and Raider cheated on me. Alpha River betrayed our family.”
“Shh, come, child,” she pulled me into her embrace, patting me on my back.
Just then, the door opened, and I didn’t have to turn around to find out who it was. His voice gave him away. “Lilith!”
My mother turned around, and I skined slowly to meet his eyes, a lone tear sliding down my eye as I did so. The last time I saw him, he was about to be executed and told me not to take revenge.
“Are you okay?” His brows were furrowed in concern and I shook my head.
I wasn’t okay. I didn’t understand what was going on. I knew that everything wasn’t a dream. Raider had indeed betrayed our family, and I was married to Adams and my parents were dead.
“She keeps saying Alpha River betrayed us, and she’s…”
“Dad, it’s true! It wasn’t a nightmare, it happened! This isn’t real.”
They exchanged looks and my father sighed. “Dear, you were in an accident and were in a coma for months. You keep getting memory lapses now and then. Unfortunately, this is one of such times.”
Tears flowed down my face. I couldn’t believe anything they were saying. None of this was real!
“And honey, the Alpha king isn’t Adams. It’s Ben. Adams died a couple of months ago.”
I gasped at my mother’s statement. How was it possible that he had died so quickly?
My father was saying something, but I wasn’t listening. I was still trying to process what they were saying, that I had either dreamed or imagined it.
“Come dear,” you need to rest. My father held my shoulder and pulled me to the bed.
Suddenly, I pulled away, startling both of them. “No matter how badly I want, this is not true. This is just a dream!”
Just as I said so, my father began to fade away. I glanced around to see my mother fading as well. The room was also changing. My heart clenched tightly as I watched them leave.
“Lilith!” Someone called out from the mirror and I frowned before standing up to go see who it was.
The voice was coming from the mirror and I trudged slowly towards it, my heart slamming hard against my chest.
My eyes seemed to nearly bulge out of their sockets when I saw her again.
“Lilith,” she said again and smiled. I was still in my room, but this had to be a dream, another horrible dream.
She looked just like she had before, her silky fiery red hair spilling out of her red cloak and flowing down her shoulders.
“Lilith,” she repeated.
“Who are you?” My voice came out hoarsely.
“You.”
I blinked rapidly, trying to understand what was going on. If this was also a dream, or was it real?Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
“You are my chosen one.”
“What does that mean?”
“See for yourself,” she said, and disappeared from the mirror. I turned around to see if she was out of the mirror or finally gone.
Something in the mirror caught my eyes and I turned around to see what was going on. A scene began to unfold before my eyes.
Adams was groaning as though he was in pain as his wolf changed, it was tearing up other wolves and people to pieces. The sight was unlike any I had ever seen, and I didn’t know when a gasp escaped from my lips.
“What’s this?” I was visibly frightened, and it was evident from my voice.
“His curse,” the voice came from beside me and I sharply turned to stare at her angelic face.
“Watch,” she pointed at the mirror and I peeled my eyes away from her to glance at the mirror.
Suddenly, there was a white wolf by his side and that seemed to alleviate his pain. It looked so much like mine, only that my wolf wasn’t white. Most white wolves were blessed with the divine healing power.
“That’s you, Lilith,” she said, and I glanced at her.
“What?”
“A Great War is coming and you, and only you, can save the rest of your kind.”
She sounded so serious, if not for that, I’d have busted out laughing. She was talking about me saving everyone, the same me that couldn’t save myself. It was indeed fun.
“I know what you’re thinking. But it has to be done by you. Why else do you think I made him your second chance mate?”
My eyes widened as I tapped at her. “You’re, you’re the goddess,” I blurted out and fell to my knees.
“Arise, my chosen one,” she touched my back and I stood up slowly, still unable to believe that I was currently seeing the goddess.
“But he doesn’t love me. His mistress…”
“I’m disappointed in you. Of course, there are bound to be lots of obstacles in your path, but you should never give in to it. The love he has for you is one so genuine,” she explained.
“But I wasn’t convinced. I had read that letter, and I had seen them.
“But the letter..”
“There are lots of people who would rather see you both apart, than together, Lilith. It’s up to you now, to know who your true friends are.”
Then was Ben? No, it couldn’t be.
“Adams was cursed with a power that could consume him and everyone around him. It’s the only power that can stop the coming war, but it’s too much for just one person. There needs to be a balance and that was why I found the perfect person. One with goodness in her heart, the light in the darkness, my chosen one.”
I listened to her, my mind on only one thing. The war she had been talking about.
“What war?”
“The greatest war in your history. Watch,” she said, pointing to the mirror. Just then, something began to unfold in the mirror and I peeled my eyes away from her to glance at the mirror.
My mouth hung open as I saw the most horrific events play out before me.