Chapter eighty

The resurrection of Aliyah was the topic in everyone’s mouth, from the Demon clan to the Nightwalkers clan and to the Night Howlers clan. Even in the witches coven.

Edward had thrown a party that lasted for two weeks in her honor and everyone was more than overjoyed to attend. It was such merriment and for the fact that no one holds grudges against the other again made it even more interesting and heartwarming. The woods were finally at peace and every creature from the biggest to the smallest were happy to see everywhere in calm and harmony.

“I can’t believe this, I was saying that your palace was too big for me before and now you made it ten times bigger?” Aliyah said as she pushed open the big doors to Edward’s private living room, where he loved spending his time and reading. “Not everyone can teleport like you and you…” She stopped when she saw the man kneeling in front of her. “What is going on?” She asked, her initial anger totally forgotten.

Edward smiled and revealed the ring with the biggest diamond stone she had ever seen. “This belonged to my mother. I have always had it with me. At first, I had kept it with me as a little bit of her memory since I never got to spend time with her nor felt her mother’s love. Kaiden and the rest of my brothers hated me because I killed her.”

“What?” Aliyah was shocked, she has never heard that before.

“She died giving birth to me,” Edward explained. “And they hated me for it. Their hated grew some more when our father started spoiling me. I don’t remember much of it these days but I know that I trained day and night to make my father proud so that he won’t go to hating me one day. My siblings hating me was more than enough, I didn’t want to lose my father’s love as well and so I did everything he asked whether I wanted to or not.”

“Oh Edward,” Aliyah felt so bad for him and just wanted to hug him but he held up his hand to stop her.

“When I was engaged to you, I knew I had to give you this but I wasn’t convinced yet that I would be marrying you. But I found myself imagining how you would look wearing it. I thought I must be going crazy or should I say, I didn’t know I have fallen that much for you,” he chuckled. “You see, apart from my father, Mariah was the only one that looked at me with love. Sure they were other maidens but they all looked at me with lust and fear coated their eyes whenever they came close to me. My men looked at me with fear and admiration but Mariah, no matter how I talked to her or ignored her, she would always glance at me with that bright smile on her face and twinkle in her eyes.”

Aliyah smiled hearing that and she was happy that she had made him feel loved even though he didn’t reciprocate to her then.

“I don’t remember much but I do remember that I was planning on going down on one knee like this and asking her to marry me. My father had been the one to propose to her on my behalf but she deserves more than that. However, what happened then put an end to my plan but I found myself always carrying this with me. Even when I woke up as a Nightwalker and had lost my memory, I found this on me but I kept it safe and now I know why. It’s because it’s meant to be yours and now, nothing is going to change it.” He looked up at her with love and nervousness in his midnight blue eyes. “Aliyah, would you do me honor of becoming my queen?”

Aliyah chuckled softly and covered her mouth with her hand, tears trailing down her cheeks as she nodded. “Nothing will make me happier.”

Edward smiled and as she closed their distance, he slipped the ring on her finger. Aliyah shivered as the cold metal brushed on her skin. The ring was old in age but it was still as sparkling as ever. Truly it was a ring befitting of a queen. Edward stood up then and without another word, leaned over and kissed her.

Her hands traveled up his body and wrapped around his neck as she pushed herself into his arms deepening the kiss. She knew she was home in his arms and with him around, nothing would ever go wrong again.

***

The wolves gathered in the beautifully decorated training ground of the Blue Moon pack. Everyone was talking and drinking as Sean ‐dressed in a native attire of black pants and a black cloak with a clear embroidery of a full moon on the back tied on his shoulders- stood aside and watched them.

His heart was thumping loud in his chest as he was still in shock at what was happening.

“And here is our soon to be Future Alpha,” someone said and he turned to see Steven walking up to him. “Told you, you are meant to be an alpha,” he grinned and punched him playfully on the shoulder.

“I never thought this day would ever happen.” Sean said.

“I know,” Steven grinned. “Aliyah cannot be the alpha, moreover, she is too busy being the queen of demons and I know that you are the only eligible wolf to lead a pack like Blue Moon. If High Alpha Damien hadn’t thought about it, I would have given him a knock to bring back his senses.”

“Oh really?” they both heard and stiffened, especially Steven before they glanced aside to see the man dressed similarly to Sean but he had a crown on his head. “You would really do that?”

“Of course not, High Alpha,” Steven rushed to say and Sean had to stop himself from snickering when Steven glared at him.

Damien chuckled and said to Sean, “let’s go Sean, the moon is finally at its peak.” And with that, they both walked into the field to the center and everyone moved to give them space.

Damien smiled and glanced around. Sean found himself smiling when his eyes met with Aliyah’s and she grinned at him before giving him thumbs up. He chuckled and went on his knees then as an Elder of the High Howlers walked up to them with a black calabash and stood behind Damien. “Wolves, for millenniums, our kinds has existed and with the help of our beloved goddess, Selene, we not only have the power to find our fated ones but we also have an immerse power being transferred by birth into one of ours to protect and guide us to better places. Tonight is a night we would witness the transferring of such tremendous power and with that a new leader shall rise.”

With that, he turned to Sean and took what looked like wolf claws on a stick from the Elder, “do you, Sean O’Connor, former future Beta of the Blue Moon pack accept this responsibility of being the new Future Alpha of the Blue Moon pack?”

Sean glanced at Aliyah and she smiled and nodded at him. “Yes, I accept,” he replied.

“Do you vow to always have the best interest of this pack at heart?”

“Yes, I accept.”

“Do you vow to uphold and honor the rules that guides the Alphas?”

“Yes, I accept.”

“And you would honor and obey the most important rule of the Alpha code which is that an Alpha must always protect?”

This time, Sean glanced at Monica holding his daughter and he sighed, what if they end up being in problem, what would he do then?

‘Sean’ Alan’s voice rang in his head, ‘Do not worry, they will always be safe and you will have us to guide you.’

‘Sean’ Aton's voice came, ‘as your father, you will always have my support.’

‘Don’t worry Sean, they will always be safe and you will never have to sacrifice them’ Aliyah said this time and his gaze went to her.

Heaving a sigh, he nodded and answered, “yes, I accept.”

“Very well,” Damien said and then using the wolf claws, he clawed at his naked chest and dipped the claws with his blood inside the calabash. Then touching the substance that was in it, he leaned and drew the sign of a crescent moon on his forehead. The substance was reddish and liquid but it didn’t smell like blood.

Shape shifting his hand into paw, he slit open his wrist and Sean offered his hand for him to do the same on him. Then he placed his pleading wrist on Sean’s own and closed his eyes. No one saw anything happening and they all watched in batted breaths. After some seconds, Damien took three steps back from Sean and said, “Rise, Sean O’Connor, Future Alpha of the Blue Moon pack.”

And at that, Sean opened his eyes and they were bright blue. Everyone watched as the crescent moon on his forehead started glowing blue as well and the claw marks on his chest instantly healed along with the cut on this wrist.

Sean started shuddering then and he had to place his hands on the ground to support himself as a moonbeam was directed on his head. He started groaning and in the next second he threw his head back and howled. Damien responded by howling as well and the rest of the wolves joined. The silent night was filled with beautiful music of wolves howling and when it quieted down, Sean stood up.

Aliyah didn’t know if she was imagining it but he appeared to be more muscular than usual and his eyes still have that blue glow.

Alan walked up to him first and shook his hand before Aton and the rest then started congratulating him. Everyone knows now that Eric is now officially the future Beta and later on, Elders of the pack along with Alan, Aton, the Delta, Sean and Eric would now decide who to make the future Delta.

Aliyah walked up to Sean and hugged him, “you have finally been restored to your glory brother,” she chuckled.

Sean grinned and ruffled her hair, “all thanks to you, sister.”

“Hey, don’t do that,” she rolled her eyes and he chuckled. Everyone was having fun eating and drinking and Aliyah sighed watching them. “So, we won.”

“Good always win over bad,” he replied.

Aliyah chuckled. “To be honest, that day, I had thought it was the end.”

“So did we all, but you saved the day. Aliyah, I am happy that you saved everyone, but I am more than glad to have you back. Three months without you was hell.”

She chuckled and hugged him, “I love you, Sean.”

“I love you too,” he replied, kissing her forehead. “But I also think I should step away now if I still want my head on my body.”

Aliyah chuckled when he said that and turned to see Edward walking up to them with Asher in his arms. He didn’t look dangerous but she can understand while Sean would say that.

“Congratulations on your engagement, King Edward,” Sean said when Edward was close and he nodded at him with a smile.

“Congratulations on a successful ritual, future Alpha. I like the taste of that.”

Sean chuckled and kissing Asher’s head, he turned and jogged to Monica, picking her up while she tightened her arms on Anita. “How are you my future Luna?”

Monica giggled, “that adds a nice ring to it,” she said and kissed him, happy to finally be with him without a worry in the world.