C3 Three Rogues

"Wake up moonlight, wakey wakey" I heard from my sleep.

Moonlight? Only mum calls me that. I peeled my eyes open only to be met with a blank white space. "Mum?" I called out, squinting my eyes to see into the distance.

I smelt her before I heard her voice, "my beautiful baby girl", she said from behind me, making me spin around so fast that a crack could be heard from my neck. My mum always smelt like cookies and coffee. She ran a small breakfast cafe for the first few years of my life before it got shut down and I used to think her smell was from being at the shop so long. But even after it got shut down, it was always the same comforting smell she had.

"Mum", I breathed out running to hug her but she put an arm out to stop me.

"Baby girl, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you all the things you needed to know before I left this world. I'm sorry that you're going to be dealing with all this from now without anybody to guide you through it." She said with teary eyes.

What in the world is she talking about? I'm sure the confusion I currently felt was obvious on my face. I opened my mouth to ask when she cut me off again.

"You will meet someone soon, someone who will protect you at all costs, who will care for you and make sure you don't explore this world alone." "You have a destiny that appears greater than you but you have no reason to be afraid, people have been placed around you to help you fulfill this destiny."

"I love you my moonlight and I would always be watching over you" she ended.

I woke up to the familiar stench of my old room and sweat dripping down my face to my neck. This was the first time I dreamt about her since her funeral, why was I seeing her now? And what was she on about?

I walked towards my wardrobe and stared at my reflection in the mirror. I have grown to look so much like her now. Sliding down the wall opposite the mirror, my thoughts wandered around.

The confusion I felt slowly faded into anger. Why hadn't she appeared in my dream all this while? All that talk about watching over me, where was she when her twin sister hit me? Where was she when her twin sister spent my tuition fees on alcohol and new jewelry? Where was she when I had to forfeit my plans on going to college because I couldn't afford it and the person who had been 'taking care of me' since her death said I was no longer her responsibility? Where was she when I missed her so much and the pain in my heart was almost too much to bear?

At this point I was a crying hot mess and the mascara I had on from last night's shift must have smeared down my cheek.

I glanced at the mirror to see how bad I looked when my right eye suddenly glowed. Dread filled my insides as my reflection winked at me.

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Elias' POV

It wasn't the first time I had seen her, but it was certainly the first time I spoke to her by the clearing. Being accustomed to the submissive gazes of my pack members, I found myself captivated by the defiance in her eyes born out of ignorance. I chuckled remembering the fire in her green orbs at the party. She had such beautiful dull eyes that seemed to tug at your deepest emotions.

"I am of the notion that the rogues found are from a bigger group with a motive. They infiltrated, without causing harm or stealing any of the precious items, and when they were caught they stayed silent, till this very moment, Alpha. This group must have bigger plans and we have to do all it takes to find them and remove the threat" Alpha Trent's resounding voice broke me out of my reverie.

Alpha Trent is the Alpha of Blackwood pack, the only pack sharing borders with mine. It is towards the East while to the west is the Goddess' Sea that spreads out for thousands of kilometers. We were currently having a meeting to discuss the recent happenings in the pack.

"They both looked weak, vulnerable like they had been traveling for ages. These pups were probably casted out of their packs, I don't believe there is any need to waste resources on looking for what does not exist. We are still actively searching for the Beta's daughter who went missing a few weeks back, we don't need the soldiers divided." My Delta, Roman said.

I had not been paying attention to the first half of the conversation but I knew enough to respond. "And if you are wrong, Roman? If the three wolves in the dungeon are actually a part of a bigger threat then what?"

"We lose members of the packs? Because you don't want the attention of your soldiers to be divided?" I asked, cocking my head in his direction.

"N-n-no Alpha, that's not what I meant" he stammered with his head hung low.

"Of all people, I do not expect such a suggestion from you Roman, you know the extent of risk that is going to put on this pack as well as the whole empire" I said my voice sounding calm.

"Especially now that there is no hope for an heir to the empire", my uncle, Adam, said with venom laced in his voice from the end of the table.

There was pin drop silence amongst us as everyone knew he had just said something he shouldn't have said. I clenched my teeth so hard that my jaw began to hurt before clearing my throat to speak.

"I want an extensive questioning to begin on all three of them that crossed pack border, when it gets to torture, you know who to call. Excuse me" I stood up walking to my study when Roman tried to follow me but I stopped him.

Just as I got to the door of my chambers I caught a glimpse of the asshole who just brought up my Luna.

"I stayed quiet at the meeting because of your rank and the respect I have for you as my father's elder brother but that should be the last time you ever disrespect me again" I growled holding my arm against his throat to a wall. I saw defiance in his eyes so I pressed further as my wolf struggled to surface. "Do you understand Adam?"

He bared his neck to me in submission, "yes Alpha".

"Alpha Elias" I heard a panicked voice call out to me from a few steps away. "Is there a problem?" I released him, turning my attention to the guard that approached me.

"My apologies Alpha, but the three rogues were just found dead in their cells."

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