IRAH POV

It has been two days since I last saw him. I really missed him. I couldn't believe that I missed a person who I have known for less than a week.

I also didn't like the fact that the last time I saw him I had been angry at him and he had also walked away in anger.


"Was he still angry at me??.. Will he talk with some other girl in his anger.?? Will he not talk with me anymore?? " A lot of absurd thoughts were running on my mind.

In college, classes were going on as normal. I had made some friends with whom I hung out. But Tina was the person I connected really well with. We were always together and inseparable.

The academics were really hectic. I had to read all day. As soon as the classes got over, myself and Tina rushed to the canteen, ate whatever food they gave there without any complaints and went to the hostel to study. This had become a routine.

"I could live like this. This was ok for me" I thought to myself. Unlike many people I liked to have a routine in my day to day life. It gave me a sense of comfort.

It came as a surprise for me when they announced that the "Freshers Day" Party was going to take place in the college.
"Did we really have time for that in between our busy schedules." I wondered

But it was a pleasant surprise as I thought it was a chance for me to showcase my talent. I really liked to dance and used to take part in all the events during my school days. Everyone at kasukabe town thought that I was a great dancer and I really liked the attention I received when I was dancing. But more importantly dancing put me in a trance and it gave me joy. It was the only time I blurred out the rest of the world and just let it all out, not caring about anything or anyone.

The function was a couple of weeks from now and I was sitting in class thinking how to enroll myself in the dancing events.
"Are you gonna do something for the fresher's day?? " Tina nudged me and asked.

"I don't know. What about you?? "

"Everyone told me that the function is just an excuse for the seniors to bully the juniors on a stage. The professors also won't mind the bullying on that day it seems!! " Tina said to me.

"Oh… ok! " I didn't want to take part in the function now. But then I remembered that I had a special someone in my life now and it felt reassuring that he would take care of everything for me.

"Yes.. I am gonna dance on fresher's day!!"

ARES POV

We reached the island!

We got to work the next day. No one stayed on the island these days except very few elder wolves and some other young wolves who were given the duty of guarding the sacred island and the divine lake.

My work was simple.
I had to supervise the arrangements that were being made for the ceremony. Decorations were to be done around the lake and food had to be prepared for all the pack members.
The different packs usually came from different parts of the land. Some members stayed only on the Pournami night while some others stayed for two days and we had to plan accordingly.

I was just mad at my father. This was no work for me. I was angry that he had made me come to this wretched place to do some petty work.

I came to the sacred pond to oversee the arrangements going on there. Only simple decorations had to be done.

The slightly raised platforms where the alphas stood at the start of the ceremony had to be decorated with flowers. The flowers typically used were the Lupine flowers which were found in abundance in the island.

I looked at the pond with a new found respect and awe. I wanted to witness the true glory of the ceremony similar to what uncle Martin had told.

"Would everything go back to normal if I could convince Alpha LeoMark to come back to the island and take part in the ceremony. "
Now that I knew Indu was alive I could easily trace Alpha LeoMark as well.

I surveyed the pond.
The water was crystal clear and it was very deep. There didn't seem to be any fauna in the pond. I wanted to enter the pond and go for a swim to explore and see if I could find the rock which...