The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue – Chapter 229

Kieran’s POV

Alice gestures for me to enter the cabin, but I don’t want to. The truth is, I don’t think that I am ready for the truth. What if the oracle tells me that I am not the child of light? What happens then?

“Get inside, Boy,” Alice grumbles. “It is now or never.”

at Alice, I see her walking away. “Aren’t you coming with me?” I ask her.

lone.”

swings open before I can. No one is waiting for me on the other

ausing me to cough. I wave my hand in front of my face, trying to clear the air before me.

ting you.”

yell at the oracle.

s. “Now come and sit down.”

. A makeshift kitchen is on the other side of the room, with a kettle brewing over a fire. The room is unbearably warm as I take a seat across from the oracle.

she says.

le is waving her hands along the top as she stares at it.

olor. She grabs the hood of her cloak and lowers it to her shoulders. I try and fail miserably not to gasp when I see her face. Deep lines of tattoos cover

I pull my hand away and lay it back into my lap.

e?” The oracle asks.

Didn’t A

questions are not the same,” the oracle says. “Now, why are you here?”

nk for a moment. I know I need to word my question carefully when I spea

hs loudly. “My dear chi

sadly.

the Moon Goddess, correct?” The oracle asks.

I respond.

he cabin.

re you going?

answered the question I had,” I tell her. “I am leaving.”

r eyes flash a strange color of gold.

.

s up in the cabin. I watch with interest as she hobbles over to the fireplace and sticks her hand into the ashes. The flames dance around her hands, but they do not burn her. She opens her hand, and the wind picks up the ashes and carries t

of the ashes, the three figures rise.

.

s. I hang my head in shame as the ash falls to the ground.

to leave, but the oracle’s haggard voice stops me.

and is formulating a plan. War is inevitable, but the outcome will always be the same. The true leader of the packs will always prevail.”

ean?” I ask the oracle.

om from the corner.

r swings open as the oracle begins to sweep the ash that has settled on the floor. A cloud of dust gathers at her feet as the oracle

more answers. “You didn’t tell me anything,” I shout at the oracle.

me.

eader of the packs?” I beg the oracle to tell me.

shrugs her shoulders and continues to sweep. “Only time will tell