SCARLET’S POV “You did noble, my lady” I heard Nana’s voice mumble. Now Nana is here and I did that because of her, I know she wanted me to. She would like that I don’t repay their wrongs by taking their lives. I on my part never intended to have any of their blood on my hands. I know just how much they mean to Dawn, they made her life beautiful and for that, I shall show them some leniency. Today is for the witch, and as for her cohort, sir Tim, a better day would be set aside to decide his fate. I would be just to him, but even justice would not be able to save him. And as for the rest of his family, I will let the moon goddess decide on them. “And you, lady Mildrid” Nana called to the witch. “No... no... that was not supposed to happen, it is not supposed to be that way” the witch stuttered. I could see fear gripping her. This had been her plan all along. I don’t know how long she had this up her sleeve, but I can see that she wanted this to go the other way round. I am glad I could bring myself to heal Carl and Hedrick, and I am glad the Chamlee and lord Nathan saw no gain in taking their lives. The witch definitely has a different plan and healing my brothers was not a part of that. I don’t know what her gain is in all of this, I might have to wait to find out now that Nana is here. As for the three alphas, how did they get to know Nana, and what dealings did they have with her that made them look like they have seen a ghost that was supposed to have been long dead when they saw her? I have known Nana for quite some time now, and I had lived with her. She never spoke about having any dealings with the alphas of the three brother Packs, or even any with the Packs. For all I know, she has been living all alone in the woods as the custodian of the Pixies. The events of the day are getting interesting, and I cannot wait for them to unfold. It is intriguing to know that Nana is actually Nayina, the human servant of the moon goddess. Legend has it that it was hundreds of years since the moon goddess visited earth. Is that to say that Nana has been on earth since then? And the witch, Mildrid is the leader of the ladies of the dark wind. The stories are true. Even when I heard them as a child, I had thought there were myths or some folk tale designed to put fear in little children. The ladies of the dark wind are said to exist during the time of the visit of the moon goddess, so does that mean that Mildrid is as old as the visit? My skin began to crawl as the thought of just how old she might be registered in my head. She should be of the same age as Nana, how come she looks so young? Nana chuckled. “You failed even after so many years, Mildrid. You should have given up long ago, but what have you now? Today is the day of reckoning for you” she asked. The day of reckoning. Now I don’t need anyone to tell me. I am about to witness the end of the story of the legend, the story I have always known as a child, the one that no one could tell how it ended is about to end right before me, and with me as a great player in it. MILDRID’S POV “No... no... that was not supposed to happen, it is not supposed to be that way” I protested uneasily. Never for once did I anticipate that things would go this way. The moon goddess is one that would never stop showing mercy to her people and I had hoped that the queen would refuse to show mercy on her brothers even today. Should that have been the case, then she would have greatly fallen from the mercy of the moon goddess for failing to look with pity on her blood brothers. That was my plan. That is exactly what I intended to happen. So where did it all go wrong, and how did it go wrong even when it was never supposed to be? Nayina chuckled. “You failed even after so many years, Mildrid. You should have given up long ago, but what have you now? Today is the day of reckoning for you” she asked. This can't be. I watched through the eyes of Carl and Hedrick and saw how they had maltreated the queen as their sister. They showed her no love even from the day she was born. She has no bond with them. Even that explains why the white wolf could go against them and the Pack. The white wolf is not one with this land. The only memory that the white wolf has of it is that of torture and deprivation. She has no sense of belonging to this place. To her, this is a land and a people that should be crunched and subdued. Practically speaking, they are no family, and the blood that connected them had long worn out and had become almost nonexistent. Why then did she go ahead to heal them, why did the white wolf who is known for her spirit of vengeance agree to set her tormentors free, those that have only converted the memories of her childhood to nightmares? Having gotten no response from me, Nayina asked. “Tell me, Mildrid, what was supposed to happen?” What was supposed to happen, did she just ask me what was supposed to happen? Okay, I had slept with that disgusting Tim just so as to share the same blood with the queen and be able to manipulate her. Then why do I fail in doing that even now? On the battlefield, I tried all I could to see that she killed Carl and Hedrick, but she refused and only left them in a state of misery and even that she had just taken away from them. For centuries, I have spent days upon days, weeks to weeks, and months turn into years, and then decades and centuries, practicing this just so I could get it right, and now this is what I got. “No... this should be... be her... it is about her. She should have let them die. They... they don’t deserve her... mercy” I stammered. I had even cajoled her to call on Nana to be a witness on this day when the moon goddess would finally find her own egg culpable and abandon her, but it has turned out that I who should be the prosecutor would be the one to be judged and condemned. No, I am not going to allow this to happen. Today is my day, it should be my day of triumph, a day to crown all my efforts, and never would I allow what should be a glorious day for me to turn out as a day of reckoning for me. A day for me to be judged by a mere mortal. I have waited centuries to reclaim what was forcefully taken away from me. It was an agreement freely entered into and none has the right to renege from it. I was the one that was greatly wronged, and now I should be pacified. “Do you think so?” Nayina asked me. “Yes, yes... it would only be fair to me that way” I responded. I don’t care who bears the brute, I have waited years, and now I should be rewarded. But the queen would have to give way for me, she has my lands and must be made to return them. “You talk about fairness, now let’s hear what the people think,” Nayina said. She wants the people to be the judge in this? Of course, I should have no problem with that, but I do. When I speak of fairness, I only speak of me.