Mating call

Awakening

The night of the turning seemed to linger on and on without a reprieve. Tristan an Jess were controlling the witches without having to put out too much energy. Ana had found a way to coencide with her wolf and Jax was acting like a doting boyfriend. Zacharius was searching in ernest for his Luna, and panic was beginning to set in. Maya was on Natasha's tail but as she moved ever closer to her destiny, the seperation from Cameron was pulling her insides like a vice. All of the rest of the pack were trying to pick up the pieces that lay in ruin as the witches who had been captured were rounded up and taken to a stonghold on the far eastern corner of the property.Things looked grim for those who were killed by the witches. It seemed as if an ultimate battle was in store for the wolves and the witches. Cameron's sense of loss was so great, that the rain caused a flood. Glowing embers soaked into all the injured. Joints began to reconnect tissue that was torn began to piece itself back together. Howls of pain and rejuvenation filled the forest as the wolves regrouped. Tristan never felt stronger than he did as life poured over him through the light of Cameron's tears. Jess could feel the twins kicking inside her, moving with the beat of her heart. Ana felt relief as her wolf gave her strength in a relationship that was finally cohesive. But Zacharius felt only pain and loss as he looked upon his Luna, her body ripped to pieces. He cried incessantly as he watched his luna's body shift for the final time back into human form. She lay in two pieces, her eyes looked up to the heavens but there was no life in them. They did not blink. Zacharius was holding the top half of her body when Tristan and Jess arrived in the clearing where his mother lay. There was elation on Tristan's face that was replaced by confusion and then utter despair. Screams racked his body, tears streaked his face, pain erupted from within. He didn't understand how this could happen. Cameron's blood was supposed to give life. Why, why couldn't it save his mother? Why? Jess didn't know what to do, she didn't know how to help Tristan. She wanted so badly to go to him, to hold him, to make the pain go away. She started to walk towards him, she took one step with her hand outstretched. But he turned on her with malice, "YOU" he seethed "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, IF YOU HADN'T COME HERE MY MOTHER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!!" "I SHOULD HAVE LET THE OTHER WOLF KILL YOU WHEN I FOUND YOU IN THE WOODS!" All the other wolves in the pack looked on in disbelief as Tristan unloaded his frustration and anger on Jess. Jess however, stood in utter disbelief. She was totally caught off guard. This was the father of her children her mate, how could he so completely hate her in just a matter of moments. She felt the loss and rejection down deep within her bones. She could not forgive him for this. Jess ran from the clearing, she ran with abandon and speed. She ran until her lungs began to ache and even then she kept running. She ran so hard and fast the she ran right into Jacob. He grabbed her arms and held her fast to him. His initial thought was that she must be crazed from the possession of her wolf, but as he looked deeper into her eyes, he could see the hurt pouring from them. The pain was written all over her. He decided to help her with whatever she needed to make that look of pain leave her face. "Calm yourself princess, whatever has caused this pain I will wash it away" "just calm yourself" He said soothingly. It was then that Jess allowed herself to feel the pain rolling through her body and tears began to pour from her eyes.

Ana and Jax sought out to look for Jess. when they had arrived in the clearing where the Luna lay dead, Tristan was being restrained by other wolves in the pack. The madness descended upon him with a relentless amount of force. He wanted to run after Jess and rip her head from her shoulders. But his wolf would not cooperate. Why couldn't he shift? As Jax and Ana learned of Tristan's behavior, they decided to run and find her before all was lost. But as they sought for her, they came upon the members if Jacobs pack, as they transported the witches back to the dungeons. Hoping to find out if anyone had seen Jess they were about to ask of her whereabouts, when all of the witches that had been captured fell dead.

Cameron could not stand to watch as his Alpha mourned the loss of his Luna. His blood should have saved her, why had she been lost. the imps no longer surrounded him, they were all running about with joy awaiting the new arrival to the kingdom. Songs were being sung and the Moon Goddess herself was standing at the entrance to the heavens awaiting the Luna's spirit. Feasts were prepared in her honor to celebrate her journey into the realm eternal. As the Luna stepped into the heavens, Cameron's heart sank, she could never return. She was truly dead, and all he wanted was Maya to take his pain away.