"A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it." Ursula K. Le Guin
Amanda P.O.V
After looking out the window for a calming hour, I dozed off in my plane seat next to an already snoring Conlan.
As the dream begins, I'm reminded of the feeling of rewatching a movie you know by heart. Her voice echoes as I knew it would.
"In you I trusted
With something so dear and sacred to all."
"I accepted your trust and relinquished it," I responded.
"You have been faithful and wary
Though this was no easy task."
"I showed no weakness
Nor cowered in fear any longer,"
"It was painful
To only watch and never speak the secrets you know," the voice echoes.
"You have held the fate of all Werewolf kind.
It is time she knows.
Be ready for change.
No more will you have to keep this secret silent.
You have completed your duties successfully as we expected
and we thank you for your service" she finishes.
"Thank you, Moon Goddess."
End Dream
A/N:
Hello all! Long time no see, huh? Opps! Remember when I was uploading like a chapter a week and the end of this story was in sight? Yeah...good times...
To be perfectly honest with you guys, because I always try to do that at least, when everyone was sent home from school and work on March 13, 2020, I tried to keep up with the same momentum with my writing at home. It was a lot easier said than done. Like most people at that time and now still, I experienced Covid depression and it became hard for me to be motivated enough to do the things I enjoy, like finishing this story. To this day, as a 21-year-old woman, it still surprises me how easy it is to continue this story and pick up where I left off every time I try to get back on track with finishing.
I began my account when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I think of Wattpad and how it has affected my life in such amazing ways. What I love the most is that you all have been able to witness me grow as a writer over the course of these several years and evolve my voice and writing style. I am so grateful for your loyalty to me as a writer and I hope that old readers have been able to grow with me. To the first time readers, please understand I have written Abused, Mute, and Human and Beaten, Bruised, and Kissed over the course of 6 or 7 years so if you've ever been reading and wondering why the maturity and way I write these stories have changed as you progress through the stories. I hope you love Chapter 1 AMH Rachel as much as Chapter 35 BBK Rachel, but I understand if that's not the case for you. In 6 months, I will be turning 22 and I genuinely hope that I have increased my writing maturity with age.
If I promised to publish more or regularly, I feel like I'd be lying. Covid really took a toll on me, as I'm sure it has for all of you. Now, I'm back on campus (I'm not at the same college I was in Freshman year [long story]) and I feel better being back in a learning environment. I hope this will translate into my motivation for writing as I will always have a passion for writing even when I'm going through hard times. Please be patient with me, as you all have been already. I do still plan on finishing this story, but the pace may be slower than I originally expected. I hope you guys understand that college is hard and Covid sucks, but I will try to write when I can. I appreciate your loyalty to my writing through the years. It is amazing the relationship I have created with you all as well as the one you guys have in the comments of AMH and BBK. I read as many comments as I can and you guys are so funny and supportive and weird and I love it all so much. Even when I'm not posting regularly, there are always new readers and old ones keeping these stories alive for me which is just so amazing to me. Sorry for my long rant, but hey it's been a while since we've talked I wanted to catch up. Thank you all and have a miraculous Monday!
What are Amanda and the Moon Goddess referring to?
Why is Amanda having the same dream she had in AMH again?
Will this lead to destruction or creation...or both?
Conlan: So you finally let me out of the closet, huh?
Rachel: I never said you were gay
Conlan: What? No! I mean, it's cool to be gay, but I'm not, but if you are that's fine, and I jus-
Rachel: It's fun to mess with you, I've missed that
Conlan: That wasn't funny
Rachel: ...just a little bit
Ryder: What about me? Where am I in this chapter?
Rachel: Was I talking to you? No, I didn't think so
Ryder: I just-
Rachel: You better not still be talking to me. Conlan, was this BOY still talking to me
Conlan: I think he was talking to you
Rachel: Oh, he better not have been talking to me if he knows what's best for him
Conlan: *leans over to Ryder* I'd run if I were you
Ryder: *bolts out of the room*
*Rachel and Conlan burst out into laughter*
Conlan: It's so much more fun to be on the other side of that
Rachel: *casually sips tea* for now hehehe
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