The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 188: _Pushing The Mate Bond’s Limits

Chapter 188: _Pushing The Mate Bond’s Limits

I dimmed my eyes a bit when I saw the figure surrounded by silver light, confusion eating me up. We had just defeated a powered-up mental projection of Gamma Zane’s soul, which was able to wield magic thanks to the help of a corrupted ritual.

Who or what could this be?

’I don’t know how much more magic I can expend here, Sirena.’ I said to my wolf, expecting something sassy in response.

But I got nothing, causing my eyebrows to furrow into a deep frown.

’Sirena? Sirena are you there?’

Still silence.

My body shivered with fear as I clenched my jaw, glancing at Kaelos. However, before I could say anything to him, he stepped forward, staring at the silver figure with awe and reverence.

"M–Moon goddess..." He muttered before getting on his knees, lowering his head.

My mouth was wide open when I saw Kaelos kneeling.

Moon goddess?

As in, the deity who governs over the affairs of the werewolves and who’s responsible for the creation of the mate bond?

She’s... She’s here?

"Odessa Pierce..." A silvery female voice echoed all around the mental space, filling my body with an unexplainable warmth.

My eyes widened when the silver light on the figure slowly cleared off, revealing the form of a beautiful young woman with flowy silver hair and a white gown that whipped around her like clouds.

She had a halo behind her head in the shape of a crescent moon, while her gown was designed with silver runes and crystals.

She levitated just a few meters above the seawater, a gentle smile on her face as she stared at me.

I felt like I was cornered into a tight spot and parted my lips repeatedly. I didn’t know what to do or say.

But when I glanced at Kaelos and saw that he was still kneeling, a thought in my head suggested that I do the same.

Yet there was something in me telling me not to. I clenched my jaw and balled my hands into fists, locking my gaze on the so-called moon goddess.

"O–Odessa, what are you doing?" Kaelos asked with a whisper beside me but I ignored him as I stepped forward, keeping my gaze on the moon goddess.

She tilted her head, her expression plain although she had a curious look in her eyes.

"If truly you’re the moon goddess, I have a question for you." I blurted, squinting my eyes at her. "Have you known all this while that I’m a hybrid? That I have a wolf locked away for whatever reason?"

She fluttered her eyelids, her eyes flicking to Kaelos who kept his head lowered. Soon, the faintest smile tugged at her lips as she nodded.

"I am the moon incarnate. I see everything under the light of the moon. I’ve witnessed everything across time, from the dawn of civilization to your birth."

Who the fuck asked her to brag?

I gritted my teeth, feeling all the pent-up anger from years of being bullied resurfacing.

"Then why? Why didn’t you help me? Why didn’t you awaken my wolf if I’ve had it all this while?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

She was silent for several seconds, her arms still spread apart as she stared at me. After the silence drew unconformably long, she let out a sigh and descended onto the water.

Her feet touched the surface like it was a solid surface but she didn’t end there and proceeded to step forward, her unblemished and perfectly pure white dress whipping around her.

"I originally didn’t come here to see you for this discussion, but I guess I’ll take the liberty to reveal some things to you." She muttered as she finally left the water and stood on the sand of the beach, only a few meters in front of me.

I knew this was nothing more than a mental projection of her within Kaelos’ mind, but damn! Everything about her presence screamed "power".

"Quick question... Now that your hybrid nature has awakened, what has been the reaction of people around you to it?" She queried, stepping forward and proceeding to circle me.

Kaelos raised his head just then just in time to see her gesture at him to rise. When he did that, he turned his gaze to me.

I was silent for a while before I sighed. "Yes, I know the continent views hybrids as an abomination. I know the destruction the awakening of my hybrid side has caused. But my point is if it had awakened earlier in my life—"

"It would’ve barely made a difference." The moon goddess interrupted sharply, shaking her head. "The person who locked away your wolf side did it to protect you. Do you know how many Hybrids like you have been hunted and killed during infancy?"

The person who locked away... What?

"Someone locked away my wolf side?" I asked, dread surging down my spine as I racked my mind.

When Sirena had first started speaking in my mind, we had both theorized that possibility... But I never knew it was actually what happened.

The moon goddess casually revealing that took me off guard.

"Looks like I’ve said too much..." She muttered, glancing away from me when she got in front of me. "Listen, child. Everything happens for a reason. I can assure you that if your hybrid nature had been awakened during childhood... You might’ve not made it. And then you wouldn’t have met Kaelos."

I glanced at Kaelos who smiled wryly at me, grabbing my hand and clutching it tightly.

I stared at him with a smile of my own but then remembered something.

"Why are you here in the first place?"

She smiled, gesturing at Kaelos and me.

"I wanted to say a good job to you and Kaelos for testing the limits of the mate bond enough to catch my attention. Even though this is only a mental space, you pushed your connection to a level that allowed you to unlock new abilities and heighten existing ones."

Wait, what?

My mind went to how Kaelos had been able to create a silver energy barrier to shield us from Gamma Zane’s first attack. Was that because of the mate bond?

"Anyway, as my final act, I’ll give you two a little push that’ll send your consciousness back to your bodies." The moon goddess blurted before raising her right hand.

My eyes widened as I parted my lips with hesitation. "Wait! I still have so many more questions. Y—"

"You’ll know the answers to each on your own when the time is right." She interrupted, her voice calm as she waved her palm forward. "Good luck, Odessa and Kaelos."

As soon as she said that, I felt a pull from behind and watched as the mental space around us devolved like a fog, quickly disappearing as the consciousness of Kaelos and I were sucked away.