Chapter 1: A Distant Memory

"Where am l and why are my hands small?" Nehora questioned and looked at herself and somehow she was a child. She looked at her surroundings and was surprised to see herself in a gloomy dark forest, the moon shone light in the starry beautiful night but this was not a beautiful night. She then started walking in the forest, twigs, dead leaves snapped as she continued to walk on them.

After awhile walking, she came to a stop, frightened at the sight she was seeing. There were buildings burning, screams were heard everywhere, the flames gave light to the surrounding forest and Nehora's breathing started to get irregular, she was panicking and her eyes then locked onto two dead bodies lying on the ground. She knew these corpses very well. 

"M..mo...mom...dad..." she said in a stuttering tone and tears appeared in her eyes. She wanted to get nearer to these bodies to confirm her words but a person with crimson red eyes stared at her from a distance. He was standing there, his claw hands covered in blood, her parents' blood. She was shocked and started walking backwards slowly shaking her head in disbelief.

He licked his clawed finger," Awww~~~How delightful their screams were." After saying those words in a mocking tone, he looked at Nehora as if she was prey in his eyes.

"Wh...what did we do to you in order for you to do this?," she finally was able to say those words. He just laughed there as if she said the most funniest thing in the world. After awhile he stopped laughing and he faced Nehora and started walking towards her.

"It's not what you did to me but what you are."

"What are you talking about?" she said while walking backwards, acting as if she doesn't know what he talking about.

"Silver hair...golden fire-like amber eyes...Are you sure you don't know what you are dear?...Mmmm." he said in a calm voice while looking at her.

"Wait...don't tell me...yo..you are a Miskyra," she tripped because of the rocky ground and fell.

"Yes, took you long enough, but enough talking...time to die," he said and was close to Nehora to kill her. She sat there, covering her face with her arms as if it will protect her against his claws.

'No, I don't want to die,' she thought to herself, but...

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"Ne...Nehora...NE...NEHORA"

She woke up with a jolt, sweating and looking around as if there was danger." Nehora, calm down, regulate your breathing, calm down. Everything is okay. It was just a nightmare, a dream."

After she heard that voice, she started to calm." Hestia, is that you?"

"Yes of course it's me, so have you calmed down?" Hestia said in a worried tone. And that was Hestia, Nehora's wolf, her other half, friend and partner: meaning Nehora is a werewolf. They communicate telepathically as her wolf is within her, her soul core and every werewolf is the same except for lycans.

"Oh, I'm in my room*sigh* right," she said so after noticing her surroundings. She got out of the bed and went to the bathroom just a few metres away from her. Nehora wanted to shower, to freshen up herself and to calm herself.

She got in the shower and there were visible scars on her back as if she was hit with something, there was also a claw mark on her back knee. This was unusual because normally werewolves and lycans have a healing regeneration unless...she was injured with pure silver which is the weakness for them.

She traced her hand on her back and looked at the claw mark with cold eyes as if recalling a memory, closing her eyes, breathing in and out.

She got out of the shower, drying herself and wore comfortable clothes, a baggy shirt, jean and sneakers.

Going out of her room, she went to her office to do some paperwork, managing her pack as she is the Alpha Female of the 2nd powerful pack, The Crystal Moon pack.

Her office is on the first floor of the opulent building, there were houses, recreation buildings and so on surrounding the highest building. It was more like a town but a bigger one.

After reaching her office, she was greeted by her beta(*Beta- a right man to a Alpha and is second in command*)." Good Morning, Nehora, hope you are well rest," after that he was smiling with his two long canines revealed. Nehora's beta is a vampire which is unusual but there is a reason for this, but that is for later.

"l wish, Rephael*sighs*" she said with tired eyes.

"Well, l hoped you were up for this but..."

Raphael then placed down a pile of paperwork on the table, it looked like a tower. It even made Nehora want to give up but she thought about her long journey of how this pack came to be, so she took a sit on the leather chair against her wooden table and then started her work.

After 6 tiring hours with regular breaks, she was finally done for now." So, Raphael, is there anything l should know?" she was questioning Relpha with a yawn.

"Now, that l think about it, Rebecca asked for your presence in her lab to show the result that she thinks will make you anticipated, after you are done with your work." saying those words with a hand on his jaw.

"Oh...then l will be on my way."

She stood up and was on the way to Rebecca's lab on the sixth floor. Going to the elevator and it took awhile.

Finally, she made it and inputted the security code to open the sliding door. When it opened, she saw something that was flying towards her and it was too late to counter it.

After it landed, it released a gas which led to Nehora to coughing, having her inhaling it in. Within seconds, the effects started to show as Nehora's body became stiff and fell down. She was paralyzed! 

"OH MY GOSH, Nehora are you okay? Argh, of course you are not okay, what am l even asking." the lady said in panic and facepalmed herself realizing her mistake.

In responds, Nehora stared at her in anger," What the f*ck, Rebecca?!" but communicated those words with her eyes. 

"Really!" Hestia said to Nehora telepathically.

"I apologize, but worry not because l have the solution, THE ANTIDOTE," Rebecca said that in a heroic pose and ran further in the lab.

She then came back with the syringe with clear liquid contained within. Coming nearer to the paralyzed Nehora who looked pi*sed and in return Rebecca gave a nervous laugh, injecting her with the syringe.

After a while, the effects of the paralyzing gas wore off and if looks could kill then Rebecca would be dead.

"*sighs* so, what were you going to show me."

"Right Alpha, the development of the tech suits have shown significant results and being tested just inside the lab," she said with pride.

"Then l will love to see it."

"Of course, then follow me."

They walked inside the lab, the door closed behind them. Coming to desired destination, they saw 2 pack members, a she-wolf and male werewolf wearing the tech suits which were black and silver in color. 

They looked epic and cool; the tech suits also had a helmet with an Al system installed in it. There are 4 other werewolves, namely Rico, Veronica and Belbin, scientists including Rebecca to the pack and were wearing lab coats. 

"Wow, these are amazing... they are just perfect." Nehora said in amazement.

"Yep, and that sphere that just paralyzed you was being tested until you came in, in the wrong time and it seems it showed successful results."

Rico, Veronica and Belbin were asking questions to the tech suits' testers and writing down notes.

"It seems everything is in order and l must say impressive," Nehora nodded in approval.

"It wouldn't have been possible without my fellow scientists and friends."

"And lover!" shouted out Rico.

Rebecca in responds just rolled her eyes and smiled. Veronica, Belbin and Nehora laughed it out. It turns out Rico and Rebecca are mates in short for soulmate.

(*Mate- a person, a lover fated to you, shown as a blessing from the goddess of the moon.*)

"l must go as it is night time." said Nehora with tired eyes.

"Of course Alpha."

Nehora went straight towards her room after exiting the lab as she was done with her business today.

After reaching her room on the 2nd floor, she changed to her night gown and went to bed before saying," Goodnight Hestia."

'Goodnight Rosa.'

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Nehora's full name is Nehora Rosabella Marquis.

l will do character status next time for all of you to understand.