Page 55 of My Bad Boy Alpha

After glancing over my shoulder at the empty woods behind me, I balled my hands into tight fists by my sides and growled through my canines, “Don’t leave the property.If you need help, yell for me, and I’ll be there to save you.”

Popping up onto her toes, she kissed me on the lips and smiled.“Thank you.”

While she walked toward the empty woods, I fumed in annoyance and hoped that this wasn’t another one of Derrit’s dirty tricks.He had been using dark magic a bit too much lately, and if he was playing the long game of entering Zuri’s mind, then …

We were screwed.

“Have you told her about the prophecy yet?”James asked once she disappeared.

I ran a hand across my face and blew out a deep breath.“Not yet.”

“Why not?”another warrior asked.

“It’s not a good time.She’s too stressed out about everything else right now.This will add to her stress, and if she’s not thinking clearly, then it’ll be easier for Derrit to slip into her mind and control her.”

If that happened, then this entire pack would fall apart.For more than one reason.But the biggest reason being that if I lost her, then I would lose all sense of myself.I would lose the very reason for my existence.

“Have you at least let your grandma talk to her?”Sapphire said.“I’m sure they’d get along quite nicely.And maybe your grandma will be able to see a bit more into the prophecy than she did the first time.”

I drew my tongue across the pricks of my canines.Grandma had told me that the Moon Goddess came to her in a dream, but she couldn’t make out most of what she had said to her.Or maybe it was that she couldn’t quite remember, as it was years and years ago that it had happened.

“I’ll talk to her,” I said.“Tonight.”

CHAPTERTHIRTY-SIX

ZURI

After walking away from Stone,I followed the aura of the Moon Goddess through the woods.About a quarter mile into the walk, the aura suddenly materialized, and the Moon Goddess stood at a river with another glowing being.

While both women were taller than average and one was about my height, the new woman stood a few inches shorter than us and was a bit more petite with delicate features and a soft smile.Her shoulder-length braids swayed in the breeze against her caramel-colored shoulders.

I slowed down to a cautious walk and glanced between the two.“What’s going on?”

The new woman arched her brow at the Moon Goddess.“You didn’t tell her?”

“Not yet,” the Moon Goddess said.“But it’s time we come clean.”

Standing elegantly with her fingers intertwined in front of her muted-toned dress, she glanced at the Moon Goddess and shook her head.“I should’ve known that you would keep it a secret from her for all these years,” she said, voice gentle.

And while she had only spoken a few words, I felt drawn to her, like I did with the Moon Goddess, like she had wisdom beyond anyone’s years and that if she said anything … I would believe it.

Heart racing, I stepped back and clenched my jaw.“What’s going on?Who are you?”

“We’re the Moon Goddess,” they said in unison.

Confusion coursed through my system, and I gazed at the original goddess that I had been seeing and talking to in my daydreams and regular dreams.“But I thought you were the Moon Goddess,” I whispered, unable to make sense of this all.

The other arched a brow at her.“What have you been telling her?”

“What?”The original Moon Goddess giggled.“It’s not a lie.”

After furrowing my brow, I gazed between them.“What’re you talking about?”

“The Moon Goddess isn’t one entity, like everyone thinks,” the new one said.

“There are three sisters of the moon, sweet child,” the original goddess said.

I crossed my arms and glared at her.“I’m not a child.”

---