Alpha Maximus The Last Lycan novel Chapter 57

She would have been due to give birth to you anytime by then. I was told she made it as far as the Black Wood territory, where my father managed to catch her. So it makes sense that you were probably only around a day old when you were found.

My heart shattered and sank when my father told me he had captured Anna and burned her at the stake himself. He never mentioned a baby, so I thought she must not have given birth yet and knew it meant you would have died along with her.

I am forever grateful to Anna that she managed to save you. I wish she were here to see you and see what a beautiful, loving Luna you have turned out to be," he says, wiping a tear away.

"I wish she were here too," I smile sadly.

The heart pendant begins to glow. I remove the chain from my neck and hold it in the palm of my hand, watching it glow brighter.

"Where did you find this?" my father asks in disbelief.

"At the castle, with this," I say, handing him the love note.

"I can't believe you found this! This necklace was specially made for your mother. It has part of her soul and essence mixed with my love for her in there," he smiles.

"How did you manage to do that?" I ask.

"It was made during a secret ritual with many mages and witches present that had accepted the love between us.

We laid upon a stone altar where the mages and witches would stand in a circle around us and chant over us. Swirls of coloured mist would emit from Anna and me. It was part of her essence and soul, and my love for her was emitting from us. The colours swirled through the air around us, and when the swirls of colour combined, it formed the ruby heart and then dropped into Anna's hands.

It was such a magical experience. Your mother and I knew our love for each other was pure and genuine. One of her friends, a witch from the seer coven, suggested and insisted we should do the ritual that forms a pendant at the end with part of Anna and my love for her in it.

"Oh Papa, you were quite the romantic, weren't you?" I say in admiration.

"When it came to your mother, I would have done anything for her," he smiles, "Here, this belongs to you," he says, placing the heart and chain in my hand.

Excited to keep the pendant, I put it back in my father's hand and turn around, lifting my hair out of the way so he can place it around my neck.

"It belongs to you now, Hope, so you will always have a part of your mother with you," he says