MOONLIGHT: ORIGINAL EDITION

Welcome to a sneak peek at my new story, Banished To Luna, the first book of a two—or three-book series called Dreamcatchers.

Alaska Winters is a twenty-two-year-old woman who happens to be a rare white-furred werewolf. She has been living and surviving independently since she was banished from her pack for a crime she did not do. All Alaska wants is to meet her soul mate. Will she? Who knows.

Storm Whittaker is a twenty-three-year-old man, another rare werewolf, a pure black-furred wolf with sapphire blue eyes. He belongs to the well-known pack, The Thunder pack.

What would happen if these two met in extraordinary circumstances and discovered they were soulmates? Will Storm accept or reject her after he discovers her life story?

The light fog lingered throughout the forest floor but slowly dissipated as the rising sun filtered through the trees, and the other forest animals woke up slowly to start the new day. One animal was awake and walking around on the forest floor, looking for something to eat as the other animals hid from the known predor as it stalked through the forest. The animal then turned its head upwards, sniffing the air as it looked around, keeping the awareness of the dangers surrounding her. Suddenly, the animal inhaled a familiar scent as it walked through the forest and changed directions. As the animal walked quietly and carefully, trying not to make a sound, it came to a part of the forest with a clearing. The silent animal stopped as it found what it had been scenting through the woods.

The animal saw a herd of deer grazing on the dewy grass in the clearing and did not know the impending danger heading towards them. However, the light breeze flowing through the trees blew differently, allowing the animals to stalk them. As the animal got into position and waited patiently for the right moment to attack, it noticed a young deer further away from the rest of the herd. The animal crouched down before striking and scattering the flock before catching and killing its prey with one bite on its neck. After a few minutes of making sure that the young deer was not breathing, the animal then tucked into its meal, hoping that the food would sustain it until the animal had to go outside again to find more food, but that didn't matter because that was part of the circle of life. When the animal had finished the deer, it walked to a nearby river to drink, leaving the remaining deer remains for the other scavengers to find. The animal then left the river and headed back the way it came and towards where it lived.

After walking back through the forest, it finally made it back home when, out of the blue, the animal shifted from being a white wolf into a beautiful young woman with a slender build but curves in the right places. She has long blonde hair flowing down her back, vibrant blue eyes, and a fair complexion. Alaska Winters and a banished she-wolf from her pack for a crime she didn't commit but made the scapegoat. Because the naturally guilty person was the Alpha's daughter, some other female wolves blamed Alaska instead and banished her, but not before the Alpha punished her for her so-called crime. She was just sixteen back then, and she was a twenty-two-year-old woman. It has been six years since her banishment. Alaska only wanted to find her Fated mate if her mate wanted her. Unlike her pack, she was unwanted by them. Hence, her getting banished, but that was the excuse her old Alpha gave the rest of the pack members. They believed the words coming out of his mouth and agreed with his decision to banish her as if they could not wait to get rid of Alaska, as if she was rubbish to be thrown out and forgotten.

Alaska scoffed. The pack was blind to their Alpha's words and actions and agreed with his decision, not knowing all the facts beforehand. As if she would go against the Pack laws of mates, but even thinking that she would even want to sleep with the unmated males in the pride was ridiculous. She was sixteen years old, waiting for her potential mate and not what the Alpha accused her of and should look closer to home and towards his daughter and some of the other female wolves.

Everyone knew Neve, the Alpha's daughter and a few other female wolves were sleeping with the unmated males and not waiting for their mates. Somehow, they framed her with made-up evidence and sent her to the cells for a week. They believed the Alpha's lies were coming out of his mouth. He announced the banishment as her punishment. She had one hour to leave the group, the pack grounds, and the territory, or she would suffer the consequences. Alaska went within the hour, not risking even more punishment from the Pack leader, remembering it happened six years ago.

However, it still felt like it was only yesterday, especially as she remembered the many scars on her back from being whipped and the twenty lashes she received as the first part of her punishment. The second was getting kicked out of the pack. She spent another week in the cells, recuperating from her injuries before being banished forever. Alaska shivered as she remembered those terrifying days six years ago. Since then, she has come a long way to where she is now. She was happy for the first time, but the anger and resentment were still there, simmering from the painful memories under her skin. So are the scars. She could do nothing about it now, but the truth will come out eventually, and hopefully, she will be there to witness the repercussions when the truth finally comes out. What would her old Alpha do when he discovered it was his daughter and not her sleeping with the unmated males, and what would Neve's mate think of her? Would he accept or reject her?

Sighing, Alaska is slowly becoming anxious that she will never meet her mate as it has been six long and gruelling years of hardship and hard work. She quickly dried herself and dressed in clean clothes after a quick shower before finishing the chores before it darkened. After finishing her last job, when she realised it was near dinner time, Alaska quickly reviewed her written words before making dinner. And then relaxed for the rest of the night before heading off to bed and instantly fell asleep dreaming of the colours black and blue. Why? She had no clue why she would dream of these colours. Could it be a bad omen of what's coming? She thought to herself, grimacing, not looking forward to finding out what could happen if it was.