Chapter 4

Summer’s POV      

What a day! I can’t believe I saw her while I was awake this time. She looked exactly the same as when I last saw her in my vision 10 years ago. She showed no signs of aging at all. Should I have expected her to age? She is a goddess, after all.       

I have so many questions to ask her. Starting with, what is she doing here? But she disappeared as quickly as she appeared. I actually thought I imagined seeing her. That is why I ran to the attic. That is where a picture of her hangs.       

I glanced around the room. Nothing seemed to have changed. I doubted myself. I wouldn’t have even noticed the change if it wasn’t for Nix. He appeared to be drawn to her picture. He said she looked like a girl he knows, exactly like a girl he knows. Which was strange, as I know girls who look similar, but not exactly the same.     

Eden confirmed the caption had changed. That was when I finally believed that she had actually appeared? It was a sign.        

I didn’t understand all the rhyme that was now written. Obviously, the eclipse was mentioned. I knew one was coming up, but I never knew the day.        

As we walked down the hallway to the main hall, I heard Nix say something about ‘calling home’. Nathan agreed he should, his family should know his news. I guess it’s not every day you become part of the Royal family. Nix, once mated to Eden, will become a Prince and when we step down, he will be a King. Oh, how I wish I could be in the room when he tells his family.       

Dawson calls a family meeting because of the urgency of the situation. As many as possible attend. At least one person from each household, but the rest have children to care for. It’s strange that my older siblings have younger children than mine. Autumn is expecting another baby in a few weeks. It’s just nice to see them all happy and together. I wish I had that when my kids were young. But that feels like a lifetime ago.       

Nix stands beside a man I don’t know. I guess they have travelled here together and Lottie now sits by her mate. She seems angry, though. I briefly tell them all about what happened to me 10 years ago.    

My kids, especially Max, took a while to get over what happened. He was the one that saw what they were doing to me in the tire warehouse and from what I heard, he experienced me being electrocuted. They were clingy for years. It took me a while to get over it as well, but I had to. I couldn’t encourage the kids to if I wasn’t prepared to as well. I also had a great support system. My actual family and my new family. I do still have the occasional nightmare about what happened. But my mates help me through it.        

I explained about my vision back then and what happened upstairs less than an hour ago. Florence, who is usually so calm and composed, suddenly started pacing the room, panicking. Asking me “Are you sure?”. Dawson answers her and confirms the new caption reads. She rushes out of the room, mumbling, “Oh, my goddess. Oh, my goddess.”      

When she returns, she has a box in her hand telling us all that it has been passed down the female conduit line and one day it will belong to Eden. Eden looks less than impressed, but she smiles all the same. Inside the box is a book, an old one. Florence explains, “The goddess has siblings, but they rarely get time together. They can only meet when the stars are aligned. An eclipse occurs and their realms are secure. They will all come to earth for the duration of the eclipse, but they will be powerless.”    

“Can’t they meet during the blue moon?” I ask. “No,” she responds sternly.      

“During the time they are here on Earth, they are all powerless and defenseless. Selene must have sent the message to inform us of her arrival.” We find out the eclipse is next week, early next week. Which tips Florence over the edge. She looks at her sons, my mates, and declares, “We need the best and the strongest here to protect our goddess. If anything happens to her, the Wolf Kingdom will cease to exist.”     

With Florence’s declaration, I am now scared that my life really is in danger again. Especially seeing as I don’t have two elemental wolves to protect me. I could be panicking over nothing. But what if I am not? What if those that seek to hurt the goddess want to hurt me as well? I can feel my hand tremble with fear. So I place it under my leg so no one notices.      

That’s when Nix asks Lottie what her gift is. She shows her abilities. As she does, she focuses on Nix’s friend. She doesn’t realize that she burns Adam’s clothing and his manhood. It is a good job, they want no more children. I think to myself as he hobbles out of the room.     

Lottie then threatens Nix’s friend. I guess they have a past. Through their discussion, a revolution takes place. “Caren has gone home?” Nix declares. Lottie was ecstatic. Seriously, I feel so much better now I know where she is. We just need to get her. Lottie appeared keen to go. But Rayne stops her. Why would he stop her?     

“Reed still needs that statement, Lottie.” He tells her. She sneered in his direction. This is really out of character for Lottie. He must have done something terrible.      

Thankfully, Maddox is here to calm her down. The mate bond works in mysterious ways. It’s strange that Eden and Rayne came across Maddox when they were on their way to the Red Moon pack. I also found it strange that his wound didn’t heal immediately. It looked like a simple blade incision, but something was delaying his wolf’s healing process.   

I have to admit when I got up this morning, I never knew my day would go this way. Thankfully, and hopefully, it is a one off. I don’t think I could cope with this drama every day. God’s, goddesses, elementals, eclipses. What ever happened to just having a quiet family life, or quiet for a Royal family.   

I stand, I am getting a stress headache. Alexis is going crazy with all of this talk and worrying about me. “Can we all go to bed and start the day afresh tomorrow?” At least tomorrow I know when I wake up what I will have to deal with.     

“Mom, it’s like 8pm,” Eden says.     

My headache doesn’t care what time it is. “I am going to bed. I will deal with everything tomorrow.” With that, I made my way upstairs, closed the curtains and crawled into my bed. Both of my mates appear. They can probably feel how stressed I am. Today has brought back memories I want to forget. As well as fears that I have for my future. That is, if I have a future.