The Night Wolf novel Chapter 88

"Oh my look at the time." The Goddess said.

Willow subconsciously looked at her watch, only to notice that she didn't have one. She looked around, to find that it was still dark around them, with the starts and the bright moon supplying light.

"We'll meet again," smiled Axel, sadly. "Soon."

"Can't I stay a little longer." Willow asked as she stood from her chair, wanting to spend a while with her father.

Axel shook his head. "It's too late, you'll have to leave now."

Willow nodded sadly, before she hugged her father. "I'll miss you, dad."

"I'll miss you too pumpkin."

Willow felt tears pool in her eyes at the familiar name. She stepped back as she sniffed. "I hope to see you soon."

Axel nodded.

Willow turned to the Goddess and hugged her as well. The Goddess stood stiffly, as if she had never done such a thing in her life. Willow felt her face heat up and was about to step back, the goddess held her as she slowly relaxed.

After a while Willow stepped back. "I hope to see you again," then Willow added, shyly. "Grandma."

"I hope to see you too, pumpkin." Said the Goddess, making Axel snicker in the back. The Goddess snapped her eyes towards Axel, and glared at him.

Willow grinned. "I'm glad."

"And as for you mate-" began the Goddess.

"My mate?" Willow's eyes widened. "Who is my mate?"

"I won't tell you." Smiled the Goddess. "But I can surely help you with finding him."

"Finding him?"

The Goddess nodded. "Your mate is going to have a little star on his collar bone.. The star is to match with your moon's mark."

"My moon's mark?" At this point Willow felt that she was turning into a parrot. She shut her mouth tightly so she wouldn't repeat saying whatever the Goddess says.

"Here." Said the Goddess, touching Willow on her collar bone. Willow scrunched her brows as she stared at the goddess.

The Goddess raised her hand, a hand mirror appearing in her palm, she handed the mirror to Willow. When Willow looked at the mirror, she was taken aback. She could see a mark forming on her collar bone, where the Goddess had previously touched. It was small, an inch long perhaps, and was in the shape of a crescent moon, it slowly darkened till it turned black in color.

"Woah." Willow blinked, surprised. "I have a tattoo now."

"This mark will help you to remain as yourself, even if you were to be marked, or infected.

"But why would he do that?"

"He made you drink his blood so that you would turn into a Vampire, with him as your master, he wanted to manipulate you, so that it would effect Rowan.

"Now look at the time, you shouldn't stay here for long. I think now is the correct time for you to go back." Said the Goddess abruptly.

"What?" Said Willow, but before she could say anything else, the goddess waved her hand and Willow shut her eyes reflexively, when everything around her started to brighten up.

Willow opened her eyes, when she felt the light dim, but to her shock, she was sitting no more, on the soft chair, with the starry night sky in the background. Instead, she was lying on a bed, with a few wires connected to her arm. Gone were the Goddess and her dad.

"What the-" Willow croaked out, her voice coming out raspy.

"You're awake!" Said a woman in the nurse's uniform.

Willow stared at her in a daze, unable to process anything.

The nurse calmly walked over to Willow and pressed the bell beside her. "How are you feeling?"

Willow tried to reply, but her throat felt too dry.

Realising that Willow couldn't talk, the nurse grinned. "I'm sorry, you must be shocked, waking up in a hospital isn't something that happens every other day."