Part 5 Chenoa Heals Too

My name is Chenoa Knight and I am the twin sister of Catori Knight, the most powerful being on Earth. At least she was. Four years ago, when my sister Catori walked among us, there was peace among all species. My sister made us all work together, have respect for one another.  Partly because she was a werewolf, witch, fairy, vampire, you name it, she was it. It was not just that though, she was the wind, the rain, the sun, the moon, the sea, and the sand. Catori was truly mother Earth. Created by the Moon Goddess Selene to restore balance. She made this her goal and sure there were hiccups along the way as she discovered who and what she was. Mistakes were made, but even the most perfect being made mistakes. Everyone bowed down to her, she was worthy. Known to mankind as so many different things, but to me she is just my sister, my mirror image.  I am not like my sister. I am not your average wolf either. I have beautiful chocolate skin complimented by my silver hair. In my pack, everyone has patches of silver in their hair until they meet their true mate. At that time, our hair turns completely silver and glows to let others know we have been claimed. We can then change the color to whatever we want. I was a tall stout girl, no fat but...I was thick. I had a rack that most women would die for. Personally, I felt it was a bit much, but my mates both loved my breast. Michael used  to sleep on my chest holding them both as if they would escape him and Kreis. Well, we won't go there. He may sense my desire and come falling from the sky to put out my fire in ways that only he could. My Bootie was a "lawd have mercy" type of ass.  It got me in tons of trouble because a lot of men wanted to touch me and I do not tolerate disrespect. Touch me without invitation and I will break your arm. Which you would prefer, being that if my dragon lord had his way you would be breakfast, lunch or dinner. I have healing abilities beyond compare. Unlike my sister, I can't breathe life into anyone, but I can heal almost any wound. I have exceptional fighting skills, because my mother was Aponi, one of the greatest female warriors there ever was. I can hunt and track because my father is Dorkis, also known as the keeper of the Blade. The only blade powerful enough to kill a God or Goddess. The same blade that stole my sister's life. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me slow down, I also have the gift of sight. Often I can see things to come. My sister always told me that I was not living up to my fullest potential and I suppose she was right because there were abilities that I didn't even know I had until I became angry. I can wrap my hand around your heart and squeeze life from you with only the thought in my mind. I know that sounds intense, but it happens. I am the Alpha of the Silver Crescent Moon Pack. My pack is known for our healing abilities alone. Although there is so much more we are capable of, we prefer to keep our secrets. It is our way of life. I have one daughter, Dora, a name given by Valdamir. A vampire and a friend to my mother during a time when it was not status quo to mingle outside of your own species. He remained a loyal confidant over the years to me and my sister. I had a great appreciation for him because, without my father, he was the closest father figure I had. Although he knew nothing about running a pack, he still had a way of advising me to get me through the most difficult times in my life. Like losing Catori. My sister and I were separated as children. I was kidnapped by the rogue king. He groomed me with the intention of one day using me to control my sister. That did not end well for him. I was raised in a cave where bats and rodents roamed freely. My only friend was a witch named Chastity who had lost as much as I had. We bonded through our trauma and she was as much a sister to me as Catori.  Unlike my sister, I remembered everything, I remembered Catori, momma and daddy, Khristoph… Khristoph was my brother, the first to die with an arrow through the heart. The moon goddess had pity on us though and she gave him back to us in the form of a demigod named Blaine. He did not know he was our brother reincarnated when he took the blade and drove it into our sister's back. Killing her and leaving the world vulnerable to a new threat. Akoshka! Little was written in the book of scrolls about Akoshka, only that she would be called the Undoing. During her reign she would destroy the earth, until there was no more. Already she came like a wave, crashing and crushing everything in her path simply to display her power. Her first rule was that the creatures of the night and all other beings would no longer be hidden from humans. Her goal was to start chaos in the fight for power. Only this did not work as she planned. A blood bath did not follow, which infuriated her. So then she declared, in order to gain her favor, she would accept offerings. She did not want material things, she wanted blood! Any pack that chose to remain active would have to sacrifice three children on every full moon. If you do not comply, she destroys you. The packs began to disperse, a lot of them choosing to live among humans. She took the blood banks from the vampire, starving them, forcing them to kill. Claiming the Earth as hers, corrupting it until it slowly begun to die. She demanded everyone pray to her and if you were caught praying to Selene you were sentenced to death. My mate Kreis Dragoff begged me to leave my world behind and to come with him to Kreis mountain, the land of dragons. I refused, partly because I did not want to condemn my pack to the hell I left behind, partly because of my daughter who was not my mate's child. My first mate was a werewolf, Michael Abbott, a very respected member of the Mystic Moon pack. We had a rocky relationship because he was not comfortable with my abilities. He angered me in this way, bitter he was because he blamed my sister for his brother Levi's death. My sister had a scent that was maddening to male wolves. When she was in heat,  Levi made a move and Zion Black, the Alpha of the Mystic Moon pack, put him down. Michael never blamed his Alpha, although he did not attempt to restrain him, beat him, he went straight to ripping his heart out but my sister was the only one he blamed. Toward the end, I did not allow him to touch me. I felt we were mismatched, so when my sister died I tried reaching her through meditation and I felt she was pulling me to her, but it was not her, it was Kreis, my current mate. Kreis in all his glory, the man was buff, muscles like a bodybuilder, cut! He had not an ounce of fat on his body. I still remember the moment my eyes saw him. I was consumed by heat, I mean babeee I had to have him, his delicious sun-kissed complexion, chiseled chin, rock hard abs and rock hard…. You know the man was hung.  So I gave myself to him and he claimed me. Not knowing that I had entered a point of no return, that although we were in a different state of reality, it was very much real. I had given myself unknowingly to my sister's mate. I had taken her dragon lord as my own, and little did I know dragons were worse than werewolves. They do not share, they do not compromise, they kill! And by claiming me I had opened a doorway that he could come through at any time. He felt every emotion I felt; love, pain, fear…desire. He came from the sky in his dragon form and saw my true mate Michael and gobbled him up. Just like that, Michael was gone, the father of my child was gone, and so what was I? I had taken my sister's mate, bed  him and enjoyed it so much. My guilt was not stronger than my desire because, although I tried to stay away from him, I could not. He lit a fire in me that forever burned. I don't know if it's his heat, or because it is forbidden, or because he is so damn sexy, maybe because he is cocky and arrogant, or maybe his power attracted me. I don't know, but at any rate I took him. Yes, I did and I let him have me whenever he wanted. I could not fight my desire for him even though, after our love-making, I felt consumed with guilt and I spent hours wondering how Catori would feel. Would she hate me? How would my daughter feel? Would she hate me? Not enough to resist him though, and I say this with shame, he was my crack or meth to humans and fairy dust to other species. He called to me and I could not resist. My pack was still active but I had a decision to make. There was no way we could sacrifice children. At the same, my pack had only been reassembled a few years ago. The thought of separating was a lot for them to take in and I feared that many of the older wolves would not survive another break. So what was I to do? I was the Alpha, they followed me. Would I lead them to their deaths? Kevin, my Beta, insisted he would go with any decision I made. Was there a decision to make though? She was an evil Goddess and I a mere wolf. It was not like I could ever defeat her. I had stopped trying to reach my sister through meditation, allowing her to rest. Not that she ever responded anyway, but I did hope that one day she would rise.  "Alpha," Kevin my Beta tapped on the door to my bedroom. "Yes Kevin." "There are members here from the Wildfang Shadow Pack." Kevin said to me and, well, I thought it was odd because Chastity was family. When I came out, I found that Chastity was there along with her mate and the Alpha, Carson Morgan, his twin brother and Beta Cameron and Chastity's half sister Janette, who was also Luna. I hated unexpected visits and the last time they came to my home uninvited I had to beat the hell out of Janette's twin mates. The Alpha called me a w***e! "Hello." "Hi Alpha Knight-Dragoff," the Alpha began and I must admit that he alone had earned a smirk from me because the motherfucker put some respect on my name.  "I know we have come uninvited but I wanted to have a conversation with you in person. I fear the Undoing has spies among us." Carson explained, "The undoing, you mean Ak-" "Don't say her name, Noah. The scriptures state where her name is heard that she has eyes." Chastity quickly chimed in. I paused to consider her words, "She is a goddess, is she not all knowing." I asked. "Not exactly, we must pray to the undoing to give her power over our surroundings." Chastity explained. But I only heard one thing, the b***h has weaknesses. "How do you know this?" I asked Chastity. "It is written in the White witches scrolls." Chastity said. "The Undoing is written but why does no one else know about her?"  I asked. "Well, that is why I am here. According to my coven, Silver Crescent knows as much as we do." "My people," I took a deep breath and shook my head, "my people, no nothing of this undoing." "Are you sure, Noah,  have you spoken to the elders?" Chastity asked, "Kevin." Was all I said, "I'm on it." Kevin practically sprinted from the room, leaving the door open for my delta Jacobi to enter. They came and sat quietly. Chandler, Chastity's mate, cleared his throat and his brother Carson went on to say, "Alpha, I owe you an apology. I disrespected your home on our last visit with very little regard for your feelings. I am sorry there is no excuse for my behavior." I stared at him a moment, allowing the awkward silence to be felt before finally saying, "water under the bridge."  Janette let out a sigh of relief as she cradled her newborn in her arms. "We have chosen to disperse and on our way here we stopped at Mystic Moon. They have also decided to disperse." This was news to her, so Zion Black, her sister's true mate, had decided to disperse. Where would they go? "Noah Catori woke up," Chastity said, "What! How do you know?" I asked, my heart beating, "Did you hear the horns?" Chastity asked, "Who did not hear the horns?" I asked the damn things that nearly drove me mad.  "It was King Lusca of the seven seas bringing Earth to Zion," Chastity explained. "Earth?" What in the hell did that mean? "Elijah has a twin. Catori gave birth under the sea and instructed Lusca to bring the child to Zion." Chastity said to me and my heart began to pound. "When will she return?" I demanded to know, "Does she know about all of the destruction?" "I don't know. What I do know is that the world is not safe anymore. We will all die slowly over time." Chastity said, "But you just said Catori was awake!" "I do not know when she will return, Noah," Chastity said, just as Kevin wheeled Bee in, one of Silver Crescent's eldest members,  "You called for me," the woman heaved like every breath was her last. Chenoa hated disturbing her. She was old and brittle because she no longer had the strength to shift. "Bee, I am sorry for disturbing you." I went to her, kneeling to my knees so she would not have to over exert herself on speaking. The woman took my hand and squeezed it, her skin so soft. "It's okay dear," she said in nearly a whisper. "Bee, have you heard of the Undoing?" I asked her. She squeezed my hand even harder, "a pin and paper," I hurried to my feet, rushing to the writing table I used. I grabbed a pin and paper, handing it to her.  She scribbled the scroll number 62, the scripture 1-27. "Bee the scrolls only go to 50. Did you mean to write 62?" The woman looked at me and her eyes glazed over. 'We do not speak about this among outsiders, even those we trust.' I looked around and knew Jacobi, Yeresa and Kevin were hearing her too. 'Locked away within the mountains is another set of scrolls. The problem is we have no access to them. They were sealed away from us.' 'By who?' I asked. 'One day your father was doing a little spring cleaning and he said the earth opened up and swallowed the scrolls.' Bee explained. 'What the hell does that mean?' Kevin asked. 'I don't know but it's mentioned in the last scroll we have access to. The funny thing is there was no reason for them to be hidden because they were written in a language we did not understand.' Bee explained, 'That makes no sense. Why would Wolfen scrolls be written in another language?' Jacobi asked. 'According to Dorkis, the Moon Goddess wrote scripture.' Bee said, 'What! I don't understand.' I felt a headache coming on.  'Dorkis said. One day, the Goddess came to him. She told him of the Undoing and wrote everything there was to know about it within the scrolls, but she did not want this to get out, so she hid it away within the mountains. The only way to open that door is written in the last scroll.' 'Kevin.' I said, 'On it!' Kevin left in search of the last scroll. 'Is there anything else you can tell us, Mother Bee?' I asked. She reached out and touched my cheek. "You are the beginning, Chenoa, everything starts with you." The elder let out a satisfied sigh and Jacobi came to her aid. "Thank you mother." Jacobi said to her as he wheeled her away.  "Well, what did she say, Noah?" Chastity asked. "Nothing of use really." I had begun to pace. "There is a second set of scrolls that we have no access to." Kevin returned with the scroll in question. The last one in a set of fifty. They read the entire thing and there was nothing. "Dammit, this is ridiculous," Kevin cursed. Everyone was feeling the frustration. Dora came in and Janette could not help but pick the child up. Passing her own child to Cameron. "So over the years no one checked behind my father to ask where it was written about this imaginary damn key?" I cursed. Dora looked at me with her big brown eyes, "Mama said a bad word." She looked at Janette, "Sorry love mama is just frustrated." Dora said nothing; she just flipped through the pages of her sketchbook to find a blank page. Janette patted the child's head when she noticed one of her drawings, "honey what is this a picture of?" Janette asked. "You," Dora said, Janette gasped as she studied the picture.  "She is amazing, there I am and my mates, Chandler and Chastity. You saw us all before we came? May I," Janette asked my daughter, passing the picture around. Yes, my daughter also had the gift of sight. Kevin took the picture and looked it over, "Wait Dora?" "Hmph," Dora looked at Kevin with her cute chubby cheeks. Kevin was her buddy because he would actually spend time with her discussing her drawings and whatever else the child had on her mind. He called her sidekick, and she loved it, "This is me, sidekick holding up the scrolls?" Kevin asked. "Yup," Dora said, "But am I reading it from the front?" Kevin asked. "Yup," Dora responded, "But you have writing on the back. None of the scrolls have writing on the back," Kevin said to her. "That one does," Dora said to him as a matter of fact. "If you take it out of the case it could destroy it. What if she is wrong?" Jacobi asked. Kevin gave him the most intense look, "I have known this kid since birth, she is never wrong." Kevin assured Jacobi. "But if she is Kevin, that is an ancient scroll and it's irreplaceable," Yeresa pointed out. Kevin looked at Dora, "Sidekick, you sure."  Dora's eyes immediately swelled with tears, "I don't know, I think so." "Oh honey it's okay, don't cry." I wrapped my arm around my pup. "f**k this, I say we take a picture and open it up." Kevin looked at Dora, "Best friends always believe in one another and if my Sidekick says there is writing on the back. I believe her."  Dora smiled and wiggled from my arms and went to stand with Kevin, "There is definitely writing on the back, partner. I saw it in my vision, you can open it, trust me." Dora said, beaming at Kevin.  "I vote to open." Kevin said. "You said that already." Jacobi looked at his mate. "Dora is gifted, and at this point what do we have to lose?" Yeresa said. A few minutes later, an Omega knocked on the door. "Alpha the camera you requested." Kevin snatched the camera and took  pictures of every angel. Then he handed the camera to me. He carefully began to remove the scroll from its enclosure. The room was completely silent as he lifted it and flipped it over.  "Yes!" The time has come and heaven sleeps, you have seen the worst of me. The Undoing has arrived. Do not say her name. Or entrance into your home she will surely gain. You fear for every child. You offer blood while taking a knee, your only choice while the Chosen sleeps. If you are to choose a different path, if the Undoing you wish to defeat. Listen to the Babe for Earth is the key. "What the hell does that mean?" Cameron said as he bounced the baby. "The worst of me, well I would certainly say the Undoing was the worst of me if she was my child." Janette said,  "Good job Sidekick." Kevin rubbed the top of my daughter's head. "This is all great but it tells us nothing we don't know," Carson, one of Jeanette's mates said. "He's right. This is pretty much the same thing Chastity already told us." Chandler pointed out. "Earth is the key, what does that mean?" Chastity asked, "do we dig through the earth to get it?" We all began to throw out our ideas. Trying to decipher the message, "let's just blow the damn cave up and dig through the debris." Kevin spat out. "That could take years?" Jacobi pointed out. "Excuse me!" Dora yelled, "are you guys stupid or what?" My daughter stood with her hands on her hips. "Dora! That is not how you address adults," I snapped. "Fine, when you are ready to listen to reason I will be in my woom!" Dora announced. "Room sidekick, room." Kevin mumbled. "Listen to the Babe for Earth is the key." Carson read and they all simultaneously looked at Dora again. "Spill it kid!" Kevin said, "Earth is the key," she grabbed her notebook and flipped to the next page where there was a picture of Elijah and between his legs sat a smaller version of him. "Elijah and…" she pointed a finger at the baby between his legs, "Earth?" "Oooh, his name is Earth. Well, I didn't know that, Miss Smarty Pants." I said to my pup, "what does that mean?" "How should I know your adults figure it out?" Dora said, dragging her feet. She went into her room, slamming the door behind her.  Chandler chuckled, "I'm sorry but I freaking love that kid, she is awesome." "Like a little ball of fire, only she is so cute you don't mind that she burns you with her words." Kevin chimed in. "I don't know if I can handle all that spunk," said Carson. "Do they all come like that?" Cameron asked, "cause I will be honest, she scares me." "Gentleman, please can we focus," I looked around the room. "Right well I know what needs to be done next," Kevin said, "Right I got this." Chastity said. "Got what?" I asked. "Noah, I know you're going to hate to hear this, but. We need to involve Zion."  I rolled my eyes at her, running my fingers through my hair, "Of course we have to include that asshole." Sometimes I hated being an Alpha. You always had to be the bigger person. It was not my thing. In truth, people are not my thing. I'm a true introvert at heart. I preferred my small circle, but being an Alpha meant everyone came to you with problems. Zion Black was on my s**t list. I truly would love nothing more than to knock that smug look he always had off his face. He took another mate when my sister died and I had issues with that. His excuse was that his people needed a Luna. I personally feel he was trying to get back at my sister because she had two mates. In case you are confused, my sister was mated to Zion Black. It wasn't until after her death we discovered she also had a dragon mate because she herself had a dragon and she also was the mate of Lusca, ruler of the seven seas. All powerful men. I do not have a dragon, nor do I have a sea beast. It's me and my wolf Anika who was actually awfully quiet. 'Anika, why are you so quiet today?' 'Today is a day of mourning for me, this is his birthday.' My wolf reminded me. I felt guilty because my Michael rarely crossed my mind. I thought about him more when I was in Mystic Moon territory only because his parents loved to sling insults at me.They blamed me for his death. I accept I played a part. I mean, but it's like someone blaming you for something you did in a dream. We can't control our dreams. They blamed me for opening the door and letting Kreis in. The fire-breathing dragon, that tossed their son in the sky, burnt him and gobbled him whole.  That moment haunted my dreams for the longest. You may wonder how it is that I could allow him to touch me. I guess because I knew he would never hurt me, he would die for me. The hardest part was not knowing in truth, if she rose, whether she would take him back. I mean he was hers first. He only took me because he thought it was her. How jacked up is that? Apparently, he had been trying to connect with her, but she knew that once she did, that Zion would be "toast" for lack of a better word. I wish I had known, although Michael and I were not on the best of terms, I did not wish him to die in that way. Once I said to Kreis it was his suffering that pained me most, that cocky son of a b***h said, "He did not suffer. I snapped his neck as soon as I grabbed him. He was dead in seconds. I suppose my temper got the better of me." Was that supposed to make me feel better and had I imagined his screams?  Chastity had gone to get Zion while everyone sat in my living room. I prepared a quick meal. When Zion arrived, he held a baby and Elijah held his hand. And then she stepped from behind him. "You brought her," I looked at Zion. "She is my-"  "I swear to Goddess if you say it I will rip out your tongue!" I growled. "What is this about Chenoa, why are we here?" Zion asked, annoyed. "There is a second set of scrolls, apparently, and Earth is the key to opening them." I said dryly. "Pertaining to what?" Zion asked. "The Undoing the way to destroy it, her." I said. Now I personally feel Zion Black is a b***h, but he is Catori's b***h, so whatever. I was interested in seeing his take on this, not sure why, but I was. Kevin handed Zion the scroll and he read the back. "How is Earth the key? I think you guys may be grasping at straws."  "Of course you would say that." I huffed. "What is that supposed to mean, Chenoa?" Zion asked me. "It means it would be very convenient for you if my sister never rose. The Undoing has done you a favor." We glared at each other. He looked like he was going to explode. "I'm not here because of you, Chenoa Knight. I am here for our people, so you can keep your f*****g thoughts to yourself. I love the way you have everything to say about me and my mate, while your f*****g the dragon lord. You're a f*****g hypocrite and I could say the exact same thing about you," Zion growled, "How is Kreis doing these days? I'm sure you know. When he is laying the pipe to you does he ever call out her name?" "You son of a b***h!" I reached for him and Kevin grabbed me while the asshole never flinched. "Doesn't feel good when someone throws shots at you does it," he said to me, "can we play nice?" It took a second to gather myself, "Fine!" I headed for the door, "follow me." Hello Darlings,  It was Akoshka, she spoke to us all using telepathy. Everyone including the humans.  For now at the top of every hour, you shall bow down and pray to me. Anyone caught not worshiping me shall die. Oh, shut up you blubbering humans before I wipe you from the Earth. I see why the wolves are Mother's Chosen. That is all for now. We all looked at one another, all of us left with our own thoughts. Finally, I spoke up. "I don't care what those scrolls say guys." I took a deep breath, "I am Chenoa Knight, sister of Catori," my emotions had gotten the better of me as tears ran from my eyes. I struggled to get my words out  because suddenly anger washed over me like I had never felt. My whole body shook, "and I know one thing: the Earth belongs to my sister and until she tells me otherwise I will not bow!"  Zion walked over to me and he, to my surprise, took his thumb and wiped my tears, "And if you choose to stand you will not stand alone, I will fight with you in her name until the day I take my last breath." And this is how the war began. A few wolves with nothing but spirit all came to an agreement, "To the death!" Kevin said  and all of us said in unison , "To the death!" I Chenoa Knight will never bow!