Chapter 14
Audrey & Edwin
Audrey’s POV
The moment my fingers touched the blank pages, text appeared. I watched in awe as the scrawling letters curled across the white paper, almost as though written by an invisible hand.
I have to be dreaming, I thought to myself as 1 slowly stood, my eyes fixed on the page. Surely I was asleep, otherwise, this would never be happening
But even so, I carefully carried the book over to a nearby desk and sank down into the leather chair. Furrowing my brow, I pulled the lamp a little closer so that the soft amber hue illuminated the page.
“The Silver Wolf,” I read softly under my breath.
My fingers traced the page as I began to read. The strange text had stopped moving, now appearing to be printed just like any other book. For a moment, I wondered if it was some kind of special paper–perhaps it reacted to the oils in my hand and the invisible ink was exposed.
Either that, or the book was magic. Fat chance for that, I knew.
“The ancient Silver Wolf is an enigma in and of itself,” the book began. “A shifter with immense wisdom and power, the Silver Wolf has the ability
The longer I read, the more I felt a strange sensation overcome me. According to this book, the strange werewolf known as the ‘Silver Wolf was an incredibly powerful ancient being that possessed the ability to mentally impact werewolves through telepathy and other forms of mental manipulation.
But that was only the beginning of it. Apparently, when mated, the Silver Wolf would enhance its entire pack–those who served under the Silver Wolf would see boosts in strength, intelligence, speed, and many other things.
“The Silver V Wolf alway’s manifests as a woman during her reincarnations,” the book continued as I turned the page. “Essentially, the Silver Wolf is the chosen Luna of her pack.”
“Huh,” I muttered to myself, my finger lingering on that word- Luna. The female leader of a pack, an Alpha’s counterpart.
But that wasn’t all “The Silver Wolf, although ancient and powerful, could also trigger a battle amongst Alphas for dominance. Of course everyone wanted her as his Luna–after all, she could provide the entire pack with a golden age.
“The most distinctive feature is the Silver Wolf’s pure silver hair. Some say that she was kissed by the moon itself, and carries its power in every strand.”
Instinctively, my fingers fl
fluttered up to touch my hair as a frown trembled across my li
lips. Silver hair…
I had been dying my hair black for as long as I could remember ever since my parents had adopted me, they had been teaching me how to do it. They always said that werewolves hated silver, that it would cause them to fear me.
And they were right; werewolves did hate silver. On the rare occasion that I stepped out of the house with my silver roots showing, I would get all kinds of strange and angry looks.
But now
“No,” I muttered to myself, slamming the book shut. To think that I, a human through and through, was the reincarnation of this ancient being was utterly ridiculous. I didn’t even know where this book came from, let alone if the story was true. For all 1 knew, it was a prank from Linda to get back at me for earlier.
Sighing, I stood and returned to my cleaning–if only to get that strange book out of my head than anything else.
I spent the remainder of the evening dusting shelves and cleaning up books, taking solace in the soft feeling of the leather spines against my fingers and the scent of paper in the old library. Here, where the bookshelves towered up to the ceilings and the small lamps on each desk illuminated the space with a warm amber glow, I felt at peace.
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