The Black Alder Series (Books 1-3)

Roland POV (4 hours before present events) I had just finished dreaming of the moon goddess and her warning. Mia, Cole, the pack doctor, Alice, Serene, and Nate are all standing around me. I am in the pack hospital. “Roland, you are awake!” Mia exclaims. I realize I’m hooked to a bunch of wires. “What happened?” I asked.

“You went into a coma two nights ago; Raven brought you here saying you wouldn’t wake up,” Cole says. I jump up at the mention of Raven’s name. The fog from my brain was gone, and I was seeing more clearly. Elena. The light of my life. I needed to get her back. I need her right now. “Where is she? Where is she?” I asked. “Calm down, bro.” Nate lightly pushes me back down. She is okay. She is going to be thrilled when she finds out you’re okay. “NO!” I yelled, and everyone jumped back. I look at Alice. “LEAVE US.” I command. She nods, then leaves. “Where is Raven?” I asked.

“She left; she said some business had come up,” Mia says. “What’s up?” Cole asked worriedly. I told them everything, from the vision to the past events, not leaving a single detail. “So, she is a hundred-year-old witch,” Nate says. “Who wants revenge on the supernatural for denying her help in the past?” Cole asked. “And wants to channel Elena’s life force,” Serene says. “Because Elena is a child of the moon goddess,” Mia says. “And she had you under a spell that the moon goddess broke?” Nate says. “Well, what the fuck are we still doing here? We have to get our Luna,” Cole says. “We don’t know where she is, though,” Nate says. Serene gasps behind Nate and backs up against the wall, gasping for air. All of our eyes go to her. Mia goes to help her up. Suddenly, Maggie appears out of nowhere and stops her. “No,” she says. “You must allow her to see, and she and Mia back up. We all watch Serene’s facial expressions, and her eyes turn white. After a while, her eyes turned back to normal. “Everyone grabs my hand.” She commands, and we do.

I’m in a cave, and Elena is chained up in silver. A man is chained up beside her and looks like Marcus. Raven and her mother are doing a spell. I see a light in the corner as I see shadows move, but I can’t look at it. It’s as if the vision doesn’t want me to see. The vision leads us through the cave until we are outside, and I see over 100 rogues standing watch all around. Then we went back to the hospital room. Serene then grabs my hand and stares at me with her white eyes.

Beware of the one who will pretend. Prepare, gather your strength, or it will be your end. Despair will befall you even if you succeed. The past holds the key to the weapons you need. Then her eyes turned back to normal. “We have to help Elena,” Serene says, explaining her prophecy. “We’re all aware of the one who would pretend that it was Raven.

Prepare, gather your strength, or it will be your end. We had to join forces with Elena’s pack. Despair will befall you even if you succeed. I believe that means someone will die. Someone close to Elena. The past holds the key to the weapons you need. This prophecy was given to Elena and Roland. You have seen the past, so tell us what in the past we can use to defeat these witches,” Serene says. I think about it. It seemed that Elena’s spirit energy was enough to hurt the witch really badly, but it didn’t kill her. “I think Elena needs to channel her full power. Her past life channeled the power of the moon.” I tell them. If she accesses it, she can kill the witches. “But why would we contact her old pack?” Nate asks Serene. She played with her fingers. “I kind of need to tell you all something,” she said. She explained that she had been in contact with Elena since she left and that she was living in her old packhouse as an alpha. I could tell there was more she wanted to say since she kept glancing at me but didn’t. I decided to ignore it. “Serene, we will talk about this later, but for now, contact her packhouse. Call all of her troops and any allies she has. I told her we would need all the help we could get. She nods and leaves. I mind-linked Hank and Will to tell them of the situation and to get the warriors ready. We have over 300, but we will be taking 200 with us. Elena’s warriors get to the packhouse. Her brother Lynx, her witch friend and beta Marlon, her vampire friend Shawn, and her gamma, a female named Raine, are followed by 120 pack warriors. They look highly trained. I felt proud. I knew they were trained by Elena. They didn’t look pleased, but they agreed to help me get her back. We made plans to get into the cave. We spent an hour planning. Our plan was a good one, and it would get us inside the cave easily. I just hoped we would be able to save Elena once we got there. I got dressed. I was ready to go. I met everyone outside. Serene put a spell of protection around our pack. Marlon put the same spell around Elena’s pack. I saw Serene trying to get in the car. “Serene,” I called “Yes, alpha,” she said. “I need you to stay here,” I told her.

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“But I can fight Alpha Roland; my powers are strong; I can help.” She pleads “I don’t doubt you for a moment, but the prophecy foretold the death of someone close, so if I can keep you protected here, I will,” I told her. “The prophecy could be referring to you, Alpha,” she says.

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“I know,” I told her. She seemed to let it go. “I will put up veils of protection to keep the packhouse protected,” she said. I pulled her in for a hug. “Protect the pack,” I told her. “Bring her home, Alpha,” Serene said, and she went back to the house. We then rode out and came out two miles away from the cave. It was surrounded by trees. “Talk through Mindlink,” I linked everyone. The wolves changed to wolf form. The witch Marlon put a soundproof spell over the cave so no one could hear what was going on from the outside. He also put up some sort of plasma shield so they couldn’t get inside the cave. After he nodded, I linked the teams. MOVE TO POSITION Blaze, I don’t know if you can hear me, but I need you. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you. I’m saving our mate. I can’t do this without you, buddy. Help me About Fucking Time I smiled. It’s good to have you back, buddy. Let’s go get our mate. I shifted to Blaze and led the teams. We used the cover of night to hide until everyone was in place, circling the packs surrounding the outside. NOW I linked, and the wolves raced ahead. Some of the rogues were just sitting around, so they were not expecting the army that just attacked them. Marlon used his powers to freeze some wolves while he levitated, shooting fireballs out of her hands. Shawn used his vampire speed to go through wolves, tearing out their hearts as he ran. Three wolves decided to try to take me on. I jumped mid-air and snapped one neck. The other two tried to attack me at the same time. I jumped out of the way at the last second, and they collided mid-air. I took the opportunity to tear the head off one and break the neck of the other. Blaze was ready to get his mate, and any rogue who stood in our way died instantly. I was happy we planned it. We won easily. Time for phase two of our plan

I shifted back into a human and got dressed, as did the others. We decided for this part to go in four teams of four and let the rest of the packs around the packhouse. I wanted to cover our bases. The first team will be me, Nate, Cole, and Mia. The second team will be Lynx, Shawn, Marlon, and Raine. The third and fourth teams would be the strongest pack members. Marlon put a magic-proof spell on us to prevent the witch’s magic from harming us. Marlon removed the plasma shield so we could go inside. Team by team, we followed until we got inside. Elena was in sight, but on her knees. Some sort of shiny energy was holding her down by her feet, and Marcus was still alive, but he was chained in silver. Her hands were around his face. I could feel his wolf dying. He didn’t look like he would make it. We couldn’t see what was taking place since rocks covered her. I tried to link to her. “Elena” I linked “Hunh, “Roland,” she says. “Yes, baby, I’m here, and I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m here to rescue you,” I told her. “Roland, she is draining my power. You have to run. Roland, get back to the

Packhouse. I left them with Serene. Tell them I love them,” she said frantically. “Tell who.” I linked back. “We have visitors,” I heard Raven say, and the rocks near us exploded. We all stood up, ready to attack.