The Alpha Can’t Sense His Mate

ITHRA

Not a day passed without a dream about the dark forest.

Ever since the caped lady visited the farm, every waking moment was spent with thoughts of the dark forest.

So much so that I felt a part of me was there, waiting for me to come.

With the alarming increase of my dreams about the dark forest, I became a shadow of myself.

If I was looking bad before, then I looked terrible at the moment. Dragging myself to the farm, I contemplated how to get to the dark forest.

I didn’t know where it was located, neither did I know how to leave this place. I didn’t even have powers to help myself out there if peradventure, I left on my own.

It was an impossible mission.

I toiled on the farm, calculating my odds if I was to get an opportunity to leave this deserted place.

The dark forest didn’t scare me anymore. Infact, I was certain nothing would happen if I stepped foot in the forest.

Call it an intuition, but I was convinced that the dark forest wouldn’t harm me. Infact, I developed a weird connection and belief that the dark forest will make me stronger.

How? I didn’t know. But I knew it wouldn’t destroy me. Not in the way I had read it destroyed many.

‘Ithraaaaa..’

An eerie voice called, and my hands ceased to function. It was that voice again.

‘The chosen one…’

The voice echoed from behind me, sounding like a rush of mighty waters.

Slowly, I turned around, and to my greatest shock, I wasn’t on the farm anymore.

The forest green leaves and crops around me were replaced by twigs and dark trees of the dark forest.

Am I dreaming? I thought, looking around and cleaning my eyes.

A strong wind from the east blew into the forest, causing its trees to dance and pushing my red hair with it.

I closed my eyes as tree particles and earth rose to the air, filling everywhere with dust.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

What is going on? I thought, terribly scared at the strangeness of it all.

“Ithraaaaa…”

I hear the voice call from the deepest part of the forest. And for some reason, I feel moved to answer that call.

“Who are you?” I called out, walking deeper into the forest. “Come out and stop playing mind games already!” I said desperately, frustrated and losing my mind.

No one answered. Instead, the voice stopped. Everything ceased. Giving me nothing to work with.

I turned back, and with great fear, realized that I had lost my way. I’d been so caught up with following the voice that I stepped into the deep parts of the forest with zero recollection of my way back.

I was supposed to be in the bloodMoon farm, serving my tenor and planning my escape.

How did I get here? Was I going crazy? Is this a dream?

My head exploded with a lot of questions that had no answers, and in a few seconds, I was very close to a panic attack.

“Calm down Ithra.” I said to myself, taking the breathing exercises that did nothing to slow my heart rate.

“It’s all a dream. You’ll be fine. It’s all a dream.” I chanted in my mind as I turned around the same way I came. “You are going to walk back this way and everything will be fine.” I said to myself, and without a thought, I walked back the same way I thought I came.

I hadn’t taken three steps before I was blocked by a big, brown colored wolf.

My feet lost their motion as I stared death in the face.

Standing on its large paws, it held eye contact with me, refusing to make a move but watching me vigilantly with its brown orbs.

My feets remained rooted to the ground but my brains screamed to run for my dear life.

After a few seconds of the stare contest, I decided to give in to the impulse of my brains and made a run for it.

In one breath, I turned around and immediately, an earth shaking growl hit the forest, scaring the birds and other little animals into hiding.

As I ran, I heard the powerful paws of the wolf hit the ground, no doubt, chasing after me. Another powerful growl hit me and in fear, I tripped on my feet, falling like a pack of cards.

While on the floor, I looked back and saw it coming at me with its fangs bared and ready to tear into my flesh.

I was dead meat.

Resigning to my fate, I closed my eyes, ready to end it all when I felt a bright light around me. I didn’t open my eyes, until I heard a soft voice call to me,

“Ithra! Get up! Come!” The voice said in a haste.

My eyes flew open and I realized there was a forcefield that covered me. While the wolf was outside, pacing and attacking the forcefield, wanting to get to me.

“Get up Ithra! We don’t have time!” The voice said to me and only then did I realize I wasn’t alone.

I see a lady on white and flowing red hair holding up her hands that released white currents that formed the forcefield.

She was a witch!

Shocked, I jumped up and she pointed in the right direction.

“Go there! I’ll join you in a few minutes.” She ordered and I am compelled to obey her voice.

Just who was this woman?

I went through the right and a bright light engulfed me, I couldn’t see but something kept pulling me forward.

And for some reason, I kept walking until a powerful feminine voice stopped me.

“Ithraa! Don’t go any further!” She commanded and it feels like the land obeys her.

I want to move forward, I feel something calling at my soul but my feet remain rooted to the ground, unable to proceed.

I remained standing until she came back. She stood in front of me with a soft breathtaking smile.

“The wolf is gone. You should be careful around here when you come around.” She said, and walked ahead.

I followed her.

“Who are you?” I finally spoke following behind her as we walked through the dark forest. “Why am I here?”

“I’m a bit hurt you don’t recognize me, Ithra.” She said with a chuckle and I stopped.

“Is this a dream? I was on the farm a few minutes ago and now, I’m here. What is going on? Were you the one who called me? What are you?”

I felt overwhelmed as more questions developed in my head. Everything was bizarre. I could feel a panic attack coming.

“Calm down.” She said in a hard tone.

For some reason, my body obeyed her and the panic ceased. Almost like she had power over me.

“Look me in the eyes. Do you not know me?” She said and for the first time ever I saw her golden eyes.

“Sarai..?”