I moved away from her lifeless body, my hands shaking.
I had done nothing, yet deep down I knew I had done something to her. I knew it was me. I killed her. I stared at my trembling hands in horror. What have I done!
But I didn't touch her. How could I have killed her.
Vysa and modi arrived. Their eyes wide as they saw the scene in front of them. I frantically shook my head, muttering the words that kept ringing in my head "I didn't mean to. It was an accident I swear. It was an accident"
Would they believe me? I had just wanted to live, to survive. I didn't mean to.
Before I could understand the world before me, vysa and modi went on their knees, their head lowered in submission.
They we're bowing down....to me?
What the heck. This wasn't what I had expected.
I just accidentally killed their leader and they're bowing down. To me?
"Mighty xaaji " they both said at the same time "we are your humble servants"
Huh?
"Humble what?" I stumbled back.
"We have failed to recognize you in your human form. Do with us as you seem fit"
Okay now I'm lost.
"What are you talking about?" My hands were still trembling and my head felt like it was spinning.
"Show mercy great one" vysa layed flat on the ground and her voice trembled at the end.
I was more confused than I had ever been in my entire existence. This wasn't the reaction I had expected, it was the exact opposite.
My head spun and I felt dizzy. I pressed my palm against my temple. A canopy of trees with white eyes was the last thing I saw before I blacked out for the second time.
Maybe this is the actual end for me.
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I felt heavy. Like I carried two elephants on my shoulder. My whole body ached and I felt sore.
My eyes fluttered open and I was filled with utter panic.
I had killed someone! I really killed someone!! Oh my gosh I'm a murderer!!!
"You're awake" a soothing voice said behind me
I sat up abruptly, my head spinning to find the voice. That was when I noticed where I was.
I was in a room made with what looked like ice but nothing felt cold. In fact, I felt warm. At the edge of the room was a table with plants on top of them, and standing close to it was an old woman with white hair and light blue eyes. She looked almost identical to the three women I had met earlier but older.
Identical to the woman I had killed
"Who are you?" I felt my heart beating seventy miles an hour, maybe faster than that "what do you want with me". Despite the fear I felt, my voice was steady, sure.The woman went on her knees, her head touching the ground. I was surprised how she could do that considering her age. But then again, this wasn't the world I was used to. This was a different place, a strange place.
"Great xaaji" she said "I am lylena, the keeper of the zrynthen. I am humbly at your service"
So this was the person they were speaking of.
My eyes widened as I suddenly recalled modi's words 'no one visits the zrynthen and comes out alive'
I gulped "where is this place?"
"You are at the zrynthen. Your home xaaji"
Oh my gosh!
My throat went dry and my face became pale with fear "am..am..am I going to die?"
How many times do I have to face death in this life time. Oh moon goddess please help me.
Lylena raised her head and stared at me like I had grown another head
"Answer me!" The room trembled as the words left my lips and I could see the fear in lylena's eyes.
Did I do that?
"You cannot die xaaji" her voice lacked the fear I had seen in her eyes "immortal beings cannot die except they loose their soul"
Immortal beings?
I let out a shaky breath I hadn't realized I was holding in. But then....
My brows furrowed together "why do you call me xaaji? What does that mean?"
Slowly, she got up, her eyes watching me and raking all over my surprisingly clothed body "you do not know who you are" it wasn't a question.
"I know who I am. I just don't think you do"
She raised her chin "And who are you?"
It was a simple question, yet I felt like a five year old being schooled by her teacher.
"I am Savannah Wyatt. Daughter of alpha Wyatt of the river crest pack" the words left my lip but it left a bitter taste at the back of my throat.
They had killed me. My family was no longer mine.
Lylena chuckled "that is not who you are"
I scoffed, rolling my eyes "I believe I know myself better than a total stranger I just met"
"Tell me Savannah" she removed a moon shaped pendant from her neck "do you know who your mother is?"
I froze
"Ahah" she smiled, her eyes holding a secret that only she knew.
"What does my identity have to with my mother. She's human" I declared
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth "But that is the issue dear one. Your entire essence lies with the roots your mother had provided."
"What!" I blinked in disbelief "no.....no that's impossible. I am half wolf and half human, that is why I never turned on my sixteenth."
"The truth is far from what you know"
"Then what is the truth?" My breathing was heavy.
"You are a reincarnation of what was. A soul brought back in another body"
I scratched the back of my head "what does that mean?"
"It means that you are our queen. Ruler of all things beneath the moon. The younger sister of selene, goddess of the moon. You are xaaji, the last moon spirit."