Chapter 4

“You released us,” the white wolf said, surprising Odin as he spoke.

The rest of the wolves nodded their heads in unison.

“What did you mean by I released you? I did not.”

“We have been in this cave for more than 90,000 years. It was once written that a child of the goddess would release us from our captivity. And now, you have released us, and now we are at your command, our queen,” the blue wolf said, bowing his head. The others followed suit. Their noses touched the ground.

“Queen? Command? Goddess? I don’t understand you. How can you wolves speak? Are you humans?” Odin asked, surprisingly enough she wasn’t scared of them.

“No, we are real wolves. We are what they called ‘Odinlete Wolves’. We are now bound to you, you are now us as we are now you, Odin.” A feminine voice said, and Odin turned to see the red wolf walking toward her carefully and spoke again. “It has been foretold that Odin will release us. This cave is only visible to the eyes of Odin. No one knows of its existence.”

“I still don’t get it,” Odin said, confused the more.

“We can’t say more than that. I am the red wolf, otherwise known as the fire wolf.” As soon as she finished saying this, her fur turned into red flames. So red in color.

The blue wolf spoke next, “I am the blue wolf, otherwise known as the ice wolf.” As soon as he finished speaking, his fur turned into ice, and where he stood started to change to ice.

The yellow wolf spoke next, “I am the yellow wolf, otherwise known as the weather wolf. I can bring out any weather of your choice.”

The white wolf spoke next, “I am the white wolf, otherwise known as the shapeshifter wolf. I can transform myself into any animal of my choice.”

The last wolf, the black wolf, spoke next, “I am the dark wolf, otherwise known as darkness. I cause darkness wherever I go. The alpha of all wolves in this world, and all wolves must bow to me, except you. You surpass us in everything.”

Odin was left speechless as she looked at them.

“Okay, even if you all are not making sense to me, what plans do you have for me?” Odin asked.

“For you? You are to command us on what to do, we are your slaves; it was written 90,000 years ago,” the black wolf said.

“So, where do you want me to hide you? I can’t come here every day, neither can you follow me to my house,” Odin told them.

“You don’t have to be scared. Like I said before, you are us as we are you. We live in you. Whenever you want our presence, just call out the wolf you need, and we will come,” the red wolf spoke, and suddenly, they all began to fade.

Soon the place was empty, as if no one was there.

‘Where are they?’ Odin thought to herself.

“We are in you,” a voice said through her mind. She noticed the voice belonged to the white wolf.

‘What? They are in me? How is that possible?’

“Everything is possible. Odin, you just have to believe it,” this time around, it was the dark wolf who spoke.

Odin quietly left the cave and headed home.

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[Crescent Moon Palace]

Princess Erica was elegantly dressed, her robes were the most beautiful flowing around her. Two maids were at her back, holding the edge of her clothes. She was so beautiful that men came lusting after her, although beautiful but heartless.

Her twin brother, Prince Eric, was no different. He was so handsome that ladies were always left in awe of his handsomeness. Although graced with fine looks, he was ruthless, just like his father.

The prince and princess were with their parents eating their breakfast that morning when a guard came and told the king that the priestess requested his presence in the throne room.

They quickly left their food and went to the high priestess who they hadn’t seen since that night 18 years ago.

“Priestess, to what do I owe this visit from you?” King Reed asked once he saw the priestess.

“Your Majesty, I greet you. My queen, prince, and princess I greet you too. All is not well, King Reed,” high priestess, Luciana, said, formality completely forgotten.

“What do you mean?” King Reed asked. Whatever made the high priestess of the Moon Goddess call the king by his given name seemed important.

“The evil Odinlete wolves of legend have been released, and you know what this means, don’t you?” The high priestess said.

King Reed and his wife, Queen Annabel, had horrified looks plastered on their faces.

Erica and Eric looked surprised to see such looks on their faces. ‘Evil grandma wolves? What are they?’