Sold To The Alpha
The Cursed Luna Chapter 58

Floretina gazed down at the young woman sat near her feet, 'I admit, I have been angry for many centuries, I have been living in the shadow of the revenge I sought, then the pain subsided, and I realized that though I had eternity, i was alone. My love, my friend and my destroyer had all long since returned to the Heavens through, I suppose you would class it as death, though they live on in the heavens, and I was still here. I tried to replace love, I called them too me but no-one could remain with me, my jealousy and the blackness that had enveloped my heart took them just as I had taken her from my love. I realized I needed you just as much as you needed me, You love without life, I live without love, I can end your suffering and in doing so end my own' she said, her eyes never leaving Charity's. 'So you can help me?' Charity asked not daring to hope.

'Possibly' replied Floretina with a smile, 'I can try to help you, I have spent many millennium pondering the gift, first just to figure out what I had done to myself, and then to try and work out how I could destroy it should a white wolf finally grace my door! Looking over at her men, all of whom were sat behind the empty plates staring up at the Sorceress in awe, unmoving. 'Do you think you could let them go?' Charity asked hesitantly as she pointed toward Aaron, 'He is my mate, i'd like to have him back, and i'm pretty sure Merrick and Darius' mates would also like them back too.

Waving her hand idly, Floretina hummed quietly as the faces of the four men slackened slightly, they each shook their heads and stared around confused. Focusing on the Sorceress Aaron scooted over to Charity putting his arm around her protectively. Smiling down at them sadly Floretina said, 'He loves you dearly white wolf, you are lucky to have such unhindered adoration from your mate!

'What happened?' asked Aaron suspiciously as the other men looked toward the Sorceress warily

'Nothing my love' replied Charity smiling at him, 'I have just been talking to the Sorceress, she thinks she may be able to help me'

Looking over the the soft demeanor of Floretina, Aaron bowed his head slightly, 'A pleasure to meet you Sorceress, I am Aaron, Alpha of the Silver Cross pack, these are my Beta Merrick, Darius, our Ally from Red Moon pack and Marcus, former Alpha of Red moon' he introduced as each man bowed their head at the mention of their name.

Bowing her own head slightly, the Sorceress replied, 'It is a pleasure to meet you all, You may call me Floretina, I can see great love around all of you, you all have found your other half, her eyes resting on Marcus she continued quietly, 'you have not only found your love, you have lost her, I can feel the break within your heart that you carry around daily'

Marcus lifted his head, holding the Sorceress' gaze, 'I lost my mate to the curse that holds my grand daughter ransom ma-am' he replied evenly. Nodding her head, Floretina smiled sadly, 'I apologize to you Marcus, a broken heart makes us do terrible things with no thought to the consequences'. Marcus nodded in reply, 'If you can help my grand daughter, Floretina, it will go a long way to easing the burden of the lives you have taken from my family!

Floretina smiled down at the group, her face radiating warmth as she rose from her chair to sit on the floor with them. 'I shall do all I can to help you end what I started' she said, 'but I shall need time to gather what I need and unfortunately to try to heal the White Wolf, she will need to proceed through the stages of the gift. Once she is in the throes of death, the gift will be ready to move to the next in line, we must wait until that moment to try and contain it! she said solemnly.

Aaron's hand gripped Charity's waist tightly at the Sorceress' words, fear evident on his face, 'what must we do?' he whispered.

'Love your wife Alpha' replied Floretina gently, 'show her that she is the most important person in your entire universe, when it is time, I shall come to you, but first I will need to gather some ingredients, rerouting a gift from the heavens is not something to be taken lightly, I will require a potion to try and seperate it from your mate. I have had many millenium studying how to do this and even now I am unsure if it will work but I give my word to you that I will try! she declared vehemently.

Rising to his feet, Aaron held out his hand to his wife to help her up before doing the same for the Sorceress, as she glided to her feet gracefully, Aaron bowed his head to her once more, 'I thank you Floretina, for any help you can give us to save my mate, I need her' he said simply as she smiled at him.

'I know Alpha, I can feel the power of your devotion to her, to lose her would destroy you' she replied before turning and leading the way out of her home, unlocking the door for them and stepping back to allow them to file out before giving a small wave and shutting the door behind them.

Pulling out the walkie talkie, Merrick called out for Angel to return for them, confirming that all the men would be present for the return journey, before they set out back toward the shore where they sat upon the sand watching the waves as they waited for Angel to appear and take them back across.

As the 45 minutes passed, Charity filled the men in on the Sorceress' story, explaining why she had cast the curse, 'but why didn't she just use her powers on Promethius?' mused Merrick.

Charity shrugged her shoulders, 'I don't know but if it was me and Aaron, I would want him to pick me because he loved me not because I forced him too, it wouldn't be the same if it wasn't a choice, maybe she felt that way too?' she mused.

Falling into silence, the group watched as the small boat carrying Angel came into view, growing larger as it made its way toward the beach. Scrambling into the water, Merrick and Darius walked into the waves to meet the boat, pulling it inward and holding it steady as Charity, Aaron and Marcus clambered into the boat, Marcus requiring some help to heave himself over the side though he tried to cover his failing strength from the others.

Pushing the boat outwards again, Merrick and Darius hauled themselves over the side and took their seats, as Angel gunned the outboard motor and set off back to the mainland.

'Well I did not expect to be bringing back the same amount as I took over' Angel said looking over the group, surprise evident.

Charity grinned, 'well lets just say that the Sorceress felt we all needed to stay together right now' she replied.

Shaking her head in disbelief, Angel lifted her head to see over her passengers as the boat skipped through the waves making its way back to the small jetty.

Jumping out on the wooden beams, Angel tied up the boat and pulled on the rope to draw the side as close as possible to allow her passengers to disembark safely. As they stepped off the boat, Charity and Aaron thanked the young girl before Merrick pulled out a further forty dollars and handed them to the startled girl.

'You already paid me' she stuttered, staring at the money.

'Yeah we did' replied Merrick easily, 'but you came back even after getting paid up front and you took us to where no-one else wanted to go, so you earned it'

Shoving the money into her hands, Merrick gave her a grin before following the rest of his group back to their vehicles and setting off on the long journey back to the Silver Cross pack house, hopeful that the Sorceress would keep her word and come to them to help when it was time.