Chapter 160

Dylan POV

Well... Oliver was right, my hair, really had taken on a shade of pure white, almost as if I had rapidly aged, or bleached it to the point of no return, or something weird along those lines like that. However, my hair wasn't the only thing that had changed about my overall appearance, my face had also filled out a bit.

When I was younger, before the new world came into effect, I remember watching some superhero films, and this felt strangely like them. My hair had changed color, any existing injury that I had was now, completely healed, my rib cage could no longer be seen due to malnutrition, and my stomach had developed a set of toned abs that I had never had previously, it was almost as if i had been bitten by a radioactive spider, or i had fallen into a vat of toxic waste. This body i now possessed was something completely foreign to me, and it was the body of someone I would have, in the past, been extremely jealous of.

I looked, really, genuinely healthy.

Although, my excessive scarring was still very much prominent, it didn't change the fact that in two days, my entire body had undergone a transformation that I didn't think was possible, at least i didn't until I had seen it with my own eyes. The entire situation was crazy.

I was currently in one of the rogues grass tents, changing out of the amor that I had been wearing solidly for the past few days. Being in a rogue camp meant I wasn't able to get it washed, not that it would be able to be used again now that it had a silver bullet lodged into it. The rogues that lived here didn't have clothes the way everyone else did, in fact, i had noticed that most of the time they just walked around either in the nude, or simply in their wolf forms, so the items of clothing I had been given did not exactly consist of a full outfit.

The bits of cloth I had consisted of two large strips of fabric one black and one brown, which I myself would have to fashion into some sort of respectable costume for me to wear while we made our way back to Gilliards pack. I quickly wrapped the black cloth around my newly toned torso, and tied it in a tight knot at my hip creating a strapless top, but covering up the majority of the scars littering my back. The scarring on my shoulder blades, top of my back and tops of my arms were however fully on show, much to my anxiety.

I quickly slipped back into my boots and walked back out into the area. my sight of course met that of the large oak tree first, frowning at its loomig presence over the rogue camp, before making my way over to Oliver, who was shaking the hand of the female lone wolf.

"Thank you, for housing us for the past few days. I think it was a good idea to remain concealed until Alpha Shawns pack had ceased their hunt." I watched as the royal beta quickly nodded in my direction and i sighed, already feeling the looks of curiosity on everyones faces as they stared at my new look.

"Your Grace... You truly are so lucky to have been blessed by the moon goddess, we look forward to hearing from you in regards to our aid during the battle agasint the crown. It's just as important to us as it is to you that we succeed in getting King Josh off of the throne." She assured me turning her attention from the royal beta to myself, performing a low bow in front of me. The thing was, I wasn't at all sure on how exactly we would get word to them about the date and time of the war. The moon Goddess spoke of providing me a way to mindlink the wolves who intended to fight along side me and my ideals, but I had yet to attempt to use it, never mind even knowing how to.

I was also still completely baffled about what her final gift could have been, besides an extreme makeover that I didnt expect, or even want for that matter.

I was definitely hit by something, and it can't have simply been about changing my hair color so drastically. On top of all that I had her stupid sentence going through my mind as if on some sort of never ending loop. it made me curious as to what my biggest fear was, because as far as I'm concerned that was being forced to rule, and we all know at this point it was pretty inevitable that i was going to be placed in a position of power.

"Oliver... You are the royal Beta right, does that mean you have the ability to basically mind link anyone you wish?" My question wasn't absurd. Even I knew that once an alpa was chosen then they had the ability to contact his entire pack, with both the beta and the gamma also possessing this skill. In my opinion it only makes sense that this be the case for the royal high ranks as well. If an alpha and both his beta and gamma can contact the entire pack, then it's only logical that the royal beta can do the same thing but with every subject that resided in the realm. Sure they were rogues, but suerly it was still possible.

"Of course it does, I just need to know their names and title to establish an effective link." Fantasic, that meant all future correspondence would be able to go through him.

"Great..." I turned to the rogue and smiled brightly, holding my own hand out for a hand shake trying to inform her silently that she need not bow to me. We were equal, for she too had been blessed by the goddess herself. "Oliver will take your name and establish contact between you both. He'll be in touch when we know more about the plan. Your help will go a long way."

I nodded to Oliver who quickly took the womans information and began to develop a mind link between them. I had a lot to learn about how mind link worked, I just hope i had the time to develop my own skills before all the bloodshed started.

I left the pair of wolves and walked over to the tree, it definitely had connections to the after world, however for some reason, I couldn't help but feel as if I had a connection to it as well. I ran my hand over the deep lunar cycle carving and sighed, I didn't know what the goddess full plan was with me, but I knew i was about to destroy myself trying to help her realize it.

"We should go... I think we have been away from our mates long enough." Olivers words however, seemed to send my blood cold. I stopped to stare at him in panic as i thought about how he would always say that Josh was my mate. Surely he wasn't planning on handing me over, not now, not after everything we did to escape Alpha Shawn.

"Do you still believe that i belong with the king?" I asked as i wrapped my arms slightly around myself. I thought we had developed a mutual trust betwen one antoher, but i guess i must be wrong.

"I believe you and Lewis belong together, or am I wrong in assuming that he has in fact, told you of your connection to him? He has told you, he's chosen you to be his mate?." I let out a small sigh of pure relief as i looked at the beta. I hadn't ever thought about actually being mated to him, I think a part of me had actually forgotten about how he had chosen me as his mate. I hadn't even thought of Lewis when Oliver had suggested we had been a part for too long.

Thinking about him simply made my pussy contract slightly as i thought about his incredible mouth, lapping at every crevice my pussy had, taking in everything from start to finish... Needless to say, it was the single most incredible feeling i had ever had the pleasure of experience. It wasn't just that though. The man had shown me the human side to wolves, it was because of his kindness and affections that I was able to stand up and say i was fighting for an equal world, instead of simply fighting for humans rights.

"Yeah i guess even the moon goddess has stated that. Lewis is my mate just as much as I am his. The same can't be said about the king." I shuddered, letting thoughts of king josh cloud my amazing memories with Lewis slightly. Although I was an idiot to have let that happen.

"What do you mean? Lewis out right chose you as his mate, but, although I actually now think that you are much more suited to him, you were originally given to Josh by the goddess herself. You may have her approval, but you weren't originally meant to be together." I shook my head and sighed, thinking about the man who took up so much room in my heart. I guess it was time i actually plucked up the courage to tell him just how much he meant to me.

"The moon goddess gifted the king with me, because she said out of everyone, I was the only person who would be able to take him down. She said that although I was his true mate... He did not hold the same title in my heart. My mate was always Lewis, despite me not being a wolf. I think that's why we always got on. He was always the easiest one to talk to out of you all." Thinking back, that was true. He was the one who tried to help me all the time, he always tried to soften the kings plans to make my life easier. He was the reason I was still alive now.

"I didn't know that humans could have mates too." I don't think anyone did.

"The goddess luna told me that even humans are born with a soul mate, they just don't have the means to find them, it's not impossible, just rare, my parents, believe it or not were in fact human soul mate. Thinking about it always makes me feel even worse about how I treated my mom after my dad died. She broke down completely and I always blamed her for it, when in reality, she had lost the love of her life, and had been forced to raise children in the frightening new world that had just been established. I'm honestly not sure how I would have coped if i had been in her shoes." I don't know why i was rambling about stuff that Oliver clearly didnt care about, but I genuinely had no one else to talk to thing about.

It dawned on me quickly that I actually had no friends at all. All of my old friends were so wrapped up in their lives that they didn't even care about what i had been through or done to help them. I liked Lewis, but I still would never abandon my friends for his way of life.

"If you storngly believe that you and Lewis were always intended for each other, then why are you still denying his mark? Even Vee has been thinking about accepting mine." I frowned, and felt my throat going tight. He was right who was I to fight for equality when I couldn't even bring myself to be marked.

"Lewis said he doesn't want that..." Well, he said he would never ask that of me.

"He lied!"