“We're werewolves, Gwen, all of us”. That was the only thing Gwen kept on hearing as she stood there in shock, not believing her ears. 

Suddenly, she stood up from the cushion and moved far away from them. She stared at them in fear, her whole body trembling as she felt the urge to cry. 

“Gwen, please listen to what we have to say”. Grace said, getting up to meet her.

“Stay back, don't come any closer”. Gwen said, her voice shaking with fear. 

The face of Lily and Grace registered hurt seeing her like this. 

“Please, Gwen, just let us explain”. Lily said. 

“Explain?, explain what exactly”. She yelled. 

“Hold on, what about the monster who killed my mother, is…. Is that a werewolf too”.

Taking a deep breath, Grace answered her question. 

“No, not just a werewolf, a Lycan”.

“Lycan?, and that lycan is Lance, right?”. She said as the tears rolled down her cheeks. 

“Yes Gwen, and he's the alpha of this pack, the red moon pack”. She said, dropping another bombshell. 

“What?, alpha, lycan, werewolves”. Gwen muttered as she felt her head spinning, this is all too much to take in. 

“Then why?, why did he kill my mother?, why did he bring me here?”. She yelled. 

“Gwen, please, calm down”. Lily said. 

“Don't tell me to calm down, I just found out I'm in the midst of werewolves, and one of them who happens to be their alpha killed my mother, he bit her head off for goodness’ sake and all you are saying is I should calm down”. She said, eyeing them with hatred. 

“Gwen please, you haven't heard the whole story, why don't you calm down and listen to us please”. Grace said. 

“Tell me Grace, why should I listen to you, why should I give you monster's a chance to talk, tell me Grace”. She yelled in anger. 

“Because your mother tried to kill you and Lance saved you, you would have been dead by now if Lance hadn't saved you, you hear me, YOU, WOULD, HAVE BEEN, DEAD!”. She yelled back, feeling equally angry. 

“What?”. Gwen said, feeling shocked. 

“I don't believe this, I can't believe this, you're lying”. She yelled in tears.

“Lily is right, Gwen, so please, take a seat, and we'll explain everything to you”. Grace said. 

Gwen stared at them for a while before going to take a seat, far away from them.

Grace glanced at Lily, who gave a little shrug as they also went to sit down. 

Each sat quietly and in silence for a while, lost in their thoughts, before Lily broke the silence.

“Gwen, sorry for yelling and getting angry at you back then”. Lily apologized.

“It's fine, I'm also sorry, please explain to me now”.

“Well, the thing is, Lance actually told us everything and how it all happened”. She said, as she went on to explain everything about her mother's death to her, leaving no stone unturned. 

“W…w….what?”. Gwen muttered in disbelief. 

“I'm so sorry, Gwen”. Grace said. 

“My mother tried to kill me?I know she never loved me, not even a little bit, but I never expected her to hate me to the extent that she would want me dead”. Gwen said, sobbing really hard. 

“Gwen, I doubt that woman truly is your mother or else, why would she want to do that?, why would a mother want her child dead?”. Lily said, feeling angry. 

Gwen couldn't say anything as all she did was weep, she felt pain and anger, all these emotions were directed to her mother. 

“What have I ever done to deserve this from her?, why?, why does she hate me so much?”. She managed to say. 

Lily and Grace both stood up and went close to her as they both engulfed her in a comforting hug. This time, Gwen didn't push them away. Why should she? If Lance hadn't saved her, she would have been dead, he had saved her from her mother's wicked plan. 

“It's alright, Gwen, everything will be fine”. Lily said, patting her, while still hugging her. 

They all stayed in that position until Gwen was okay and managed to control her tears. 

“Thank you both so much”. She said, disengaging from the hug. 

“I apologize for thinking you guys were bad, when you actually saved me”.

“No Gwen, we didn't save you, it was all Lance”. Lily said. 

“Yes Gwen, he's the one who should get all the credit because if he hadn't been there watching you, your mother would have succeeded”. Grace said. 

“No Grace, that woman is not my mother, from today, I refuse to remember or know her as my mother, she never treated me the way a mother would to her child, she never showed me any single love or care, I don't know if I'm right to say this, but I'm glad she's gone”. She replied in anger. 

“What about your father, Gwen?”. Grace asked.

“I'm not sure if I have one, that woman never told me or mentioned anything about me having a father, I literally grew up without one”.

“Hmm, strange, I feel something is not right somewhere, I just don't know what it is, I feel there's more to the story than we all know”. Lily said, having a thoughtful look. 

“Can I ask something?”. Gwen said. 

“Sure”. They both replied. 

“You said Lance was watching me, why?, I don't get it”.

“Well, you see, among us werewolves, there is something we all have, I'm sure the humans have it too, it's called a soulmate, we believe and serve the moon goddess, similar to how humans serve God, the moon goddess is the mother of all werewolves, just like our creator, and she paired each wolf with a life partner, our forever, and they are known as soul mates”. Grace explained.

“Hold on, are you trying to say…. “.

“Yes Gwen, you and Lance are mates, you're our Luna”. Lily said. 

“Ok, this is getting too much, so you're saying, Lance and I are mates?”. She said, and they both nodded their heads. 

“So where does the Luna part come in, what is a Luna”. She asked, feeling confused. 

“Luna, just like the queen of a werewolf pack, Lance is the alpha, you know, more like a king, and you being his mate automatically makes you Luna, his queen, our queen”. Lily explained. 

“Hold on, so you're saying, I'm the queen of a werewolf pack, oh goodness, unbelievable”. She burst into laughter to the confusion of both ladies. 

“Luna, is this funny to you?”. Lily said. 

Gwen quit laughing, taking a deep breath. 

“Ok, no Luna thing please, don't call me that, it's quite awkward, just Gwen please, and this is all looking like some kind of big dream to me, how can I be the queen of a werewolf pack, I can't even fight for myself”.

“Lu…”. Grace was saying. 

“Not Luna Grace, please, just call me Gwen”.

“Ok, Gwen, I know this would be too much to take in, but please try to understand, as time goes by, you would get to know more, but let's stop here for now as the alpha is getting impatient to be with his mate”. She said, winking at Gwen.

“How did you know that?”. She asked. 

“Well, there's something called mind link, which we all werewolves can do, we can communicate with each other through our minds”. She explained. 

“Hmm, and why did Lance leave?”.

“He didn't know how you would take it if he had told you the truth himself, so he asked us to do it. You remember your reaction at first, if it had been the alpha, he would have been really hurt since you are his mate, and that reaction would have felt like a stab in his heart, as we werewolves hate to see our mate hurt or in pain”. She explained. 

“Hmm, right, so uhmm, is he coming now?”. Gwen said as she suddenly missed his presence. 

“Yeah, and we'll be leaving now Gwen, you both need some alone time”. Lily said as they both stood up, hugging Gwen before leaving.