60. The Mother''s Hug


    CHAPTER 60: The Mother''s Hug


    LILIAN KEPT ON crying so hard as she watched the light fading away from her. She shook her head


    and tried to chase it, as if it was enough to take Alpha Karius back to her.


    The light slowly fades away with the wind... until it''s out of her sight. She felt like her heart was


    shattered into pieces at that sight.


    "N-No! Please, don''t take him away from me!" Lilian shouted in the midst of her cries. Her cries are the


    loudest inside the messy mansion.


    She couldn''t believe what she did. She killed her mate. She killed her Alpha Karius. It was all done. But


    it ended painfully... so painful that she felt like her soul was also gone with the wind.


    Why does she have to experience this kind of pain again? The pain of losing another loved one. Her


    mate... what will happen to her now that Alpha Karius is gone? Yes, she may have gained the power


    from the moon goddess and is considered as the most powerful now but, she couldn''t guarantee to


    herself anymore if she could still be happy after this... if she could still smile.


    Thest time she cried painfully like this was when her little angel passed away without her even


    holding him or her. And now... she''s experiencing another pain of losing someone very dear to her. It


    was piercing her heart into pieces as she cried even more.


    "L-Luna..."


    Lilian kept on crying as she felt a hand on her shoulders. A clothe suddenly wrapped around her,


    covering her nakedness but it seems like she became numb already. It felt like everything around her


    has suddenly disappear because of the pain in her heart.


    "My mate is still a-alive. This can''t be h-happening!" Lilian said in the middle of her cries, as if everyone


    that''s seeing her will even believe what she''s saying.


    They saw what she did... she stabbed the Alpha and killed her.


    Lilian looked at her own hands and trembled when she saw the traces of Alpha Karius'' blood. She


    couldn''t believe that her own hands ended the life of his mate. She suddenly hated herself seeing his


    blood on her hands. She red at it as her hand balled into fist.


    Meanwhile, Calyx couldn''t help but to clench his jaw looking at Lilian weeping so hard. Jackson has


    stopped from punching and hurting him and is now staring nkly in the air... like everything is still


    processing in his head.


    Calyx was the one who wrapped Lilian with the curtain that he just pulled on the broken ss window.


    She put it on her shoulders and it seems like she doesn''t even notice his presence.


    "Let''s get out of here, Luna..." Calyx whispered to Lilian this time as she assisted her to stand up, but


    she just shook her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes.


    "C-Calyx... tell me. This is not real, right? Everything that happened here is just... a d-dream! Please,


    wake me up now!" She pleaded crying loudly again.


    Calyx gritted his teeth at the sight of the hurting Luna. Some of the wolves already shifted in their


    human forms, leaving the whole area and going to their loved ones. He couldn''t help but to feel sad


    seeing the dead helpers in Alpha Karius'' mansion.


    They had lost many lives...


    And their Alpha Karius is also... gone now.


    What will happen to the pack now?


    Alpha Karius... he''s not just Calyx''s alpha. He''s also his best friend. No, scratch that. He''s more than


    that to him. He''s the brother that he never had. He wanted to question him for his decision to end his


    life like that but it was for the better. He respects him so much and this is what he wants. But then... his


    decision hurts to the core.


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    Can''t they find any way? For sure, they could do something, right? They should at least look for


    another way! And he''s somehow ming himself for what happened. If only... he''s not that weak


    enough to guard him, he wouldn''t escape from him. That fucking man name Jackson was able to get


    him!


    He went back to reality when he heard another cry from Lilian again. Sighing, Calyx had no other


    choice but to pull Lilian forcefully. She was already too weak to even protest and he was able to carry


    her in his arms. The mansion was too dangerous, it might copse any moment from now.


    His heart is breaking for the wolves who had lost their loved ones. The pack was filled with cries and


    agony of the wolves. He clenched his jaw, trying to supress the tears from falling from his eyes.


    Lilian kept on crying and calling Alpha Karius'' name as if he woulde back to her. But she would


    hold onto the moon goddess'' words. She will still trust her.


    She will not stop hoping... even if it hurts.


    ***


    DAYS PASSED BY like a blur and Lilian chose to stay in the tree house as they fixed the mansion. All


    thanks to Calyx who has been really restless after the tragedy and was the one who''smanding


    everyone.


    Everything is slowly being back to its normal state because of Calyx. Lilian knew how he''s also having


    a hard time because he also lost his dear friend and alpha. But he''s doing all his best to do the work in


    the pack since Lilian couldn''t seem to function anymore.


    After losing Alpha Karius, she doesn''t think she could still live normally.


    She smiled sadly as the sight of the tree house hurt her again. Alpha Karius made sure that this ce


    was well maintained. He made some extensions and made the interior design more modern. He really


    treasures this ce so much... where their love bloomed when they were still starting as a secret


    couple. It hurts her heart and melts it at the same time.


    "How are you, dear?"


    Lilian let out a deep sigh when she heard the familiar voice of her mother. Calista is staying in the Moon


    stone pack for days now and was helping them to fix everything. The midnight pack is really a great


    help. Calista, together with some of her pack members, are there with them to bring back everything to


    normal. They sent help and healer witches to those wounded wolves in the moon stone pack.


    "Nothing, Mama," she answered.


    She lied again for the ninth time. She was actually thinking about... Alpha Karius again. As silly as may


    sound, she''s actually thinking that everything that happened was just a product of her imagination. How


    she wished everything is just like that... but it''s not. It was all real. And the pain on her heart wouldn''t


    just subside.


    "I understand what you feel, dear. Come here..." Calista said and opened her arms, initiating a hug.


    Lilian smiled sadly. Yeah, right. Calista also experienced the same situation as her. Calista lost her


    mate. But she truly admires her for still being strong after everything that she had been through. Her


    pack is in good condition until now despite her painful past.


    Lilian went to her mother and hugged her so tight, feeling her warmth. Calista is really making


    everything light for her. Her hugs were enough to calm her mind a bit. Lilian didn''t talk and was just


    savoring her mother''s hug.


    "So.. what are your ns now, hmm?" Calista asked. "I''m not pressuring you. I''ll be always here for you


    to handle... things if it''s still hard for you." Calista caressed Lilian''s hair gently.


    "I honestly don''t know, Mama..." Lilian almost whispered. "How were you able to... ept everything,


    Mama? My father... had the same faith as my mate." They are both... dead. And it actually amazes


    Lilian that Calista keeps on going despite what happened to her mate.


    Calista smiled sadly. "I never epted your father''s faith to... die, dear. It''s just that... I got used to it


    already. There''s no day that I never thought about your father. He will always be in my heart, no one


    could ever rece him. My love for him is overflowing and will never falter. And it hurts until now that


    he will nevere back to me again." She let out a deep sigh. "But I also realized that being hurt all


    the time won''t do anything good to me. I have a pack to take care of and they need me. My love for the


    pack was able to rece the pain in my heart. And then I also found you. You''re enough for me. And


    your father will always understand that. I learned to be content with those things that I got because


    maybe the goddesses have other ns for me. I will always hold onto that."


    Calista smiled as Lilian kept on listening to her. "It may be painful now but as time passes by, you will


    learn to also get used to it. Be strong, dear. You''ll get through this. I know you can do it..."


    Lilian closed her eyes, feeling her mother''s warmth even more. Good thing she''s here with her now.


    Because she will surely lose her own sanity if she''s not.


    After that talk, Lilian decided to visit the pack again.