Destined To A Rejected One
Chapter 2

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THE FIRST LYCANTHROPE IS BORN

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– Don’t fail me Máni — shouts Poseidon euphoric. It was he who taught Máni everything, but he himself did not know how low his disciple would go to get what he wanted.

Silence reigned again and Zeus continued:

– Let’s go to the first part – Zeus walks standing in front of the other gods and with his back to his brothers – As is customary, the competitors will hunt each other. They will go down to the lands of the humans, and sacrifice two animals – he turns his gaze to the two behind him – I wish you good hunting, you may go.

And so it was, Máni hunted a squirrel to give to his sister. A dirty little rodent, for Máni was the perfect representation of her sister. Selene went into the forest in search of the wolf, her heart pounding, she needed a lot of effort to accomplish such a task; it didn’t take her long to find it, it was eating. Her eyes widened when she saw the size of the animal, she had never seen such a large and beautiful creature in the human world, this is sureal, it is even a crime to kill such an animal, however, Selene was willing to commit this crime if that is what it takes to live next to her great love.

Taking a deep breath, she raised her bow and arrow aiming at the distracted animal with its prey. The sound of the animal’s howl of suffering was so loud that even the gods could hear it from up there on Olympus and found it a strange growl never before heard in such proportion.

When Selene returned to the hall, Máni was already there waiting for her with a macabre smile on her face, Selene was strong and despite the gigantic size of the black wolf, she managed to carry it on her shoulder. However, as she placed the chest wounded beast on the ground, another shriek escapes her throat. The big black wolf gradually reduces in size, everyone watches the scene in astonishment. The great wolf shrinks down to a human, tears flood Selene’s eyes at the sight of her beloved with the clasp attached to his chest. Licao looks at her, in his eyes there was only love, a love that was dying, Selene was killing him and tearing her up inside.

Selene understood what her brother wanted, he never liked her, and he managed to hurt her in the lowest way there can be. Selene had always admired wolves, she had always enjoyed listening to the howls of the beautiful beasts at the full moon, but she agreed to kill one in order to keep her love, however she was innocent, she never thought her brother was capable of such an atrocity.

Selene falls to her knees to the ground, the hatred in her being grows until it becomes uncontrollable. Her eyes turn red, she decides to take revenge, and to do so she transforms herself into a great white she-wolf, all the gods rise from their seats and see Selene running towards her brother. Máni is taken by surprise, without having time to react or defend herself, she digs her teeth into Máni’s neck, he tried to free himself, squeezing hard the jaw of his transformed sister, but she was always stronger, and today this evidence was recorded forever. She ripped off her brother’s head, in front of all the other gods, her snow-white fur was now stained

as snow, was now stained red. And still in wolf form, he returned near his beloved who was agonizing on the cold ground, lay down beside his beloved and howled as loud as he could, everyone understood his pain.

Zeus with his immense power forces Selene back to normal and she embraces tightly the human owner of her heart. Zeus loves Selene, she is his youngest daughter, and seeing her suffer like this made him suffer too. Máni’s death was already something Zeus foresaw, but he let his decisions dictate her future.

– Now you are the goddess of the moon, cast an enchantment on her and she will not die -she spoke softly, she only wanted her to bear the burden of not being able to love as well as possible.

Selene knew what to do, she was now the moon goddess, she had her own powers. Closing her eyes and placing her hand on Licaão’s head, Selene speaks:

– Now you are half man, half wolf, you will be a super human species, your years will multiply, you will be able to live up to a millennium. Your strength will be exuberant, all your senses will be a hundred times better than those of any human. I will be the one who dictates your destiny, the destiny of your children, and so it will be forever, generation after generation. I will be your absolute goddess. And now you will be the first lycanthrope to exist on this earth. The first to be ruled by me, the first worshipper of the moon goddess.

When he finished his words, Licaão closed his eyes and the arrow disappeared from his chest. His body disappeared and he was no longer among the gods.

– Thank you for the gift, father – Selene thanks Zeus with a smile of gratitude and suffering, her body begins to disappear.

Night falls, Selene rises in her full moon form receiving the howls of Licaão as if they were a beautiful song.

But as the years passed, she saw the sadness of loneliness grow in her beloved. Love was something sublime for Selene, and she decided to create the perfect mate for her lycanthrope, even if it would break their hearts. She would have someone who would be her pillar, her helper, and they would be together for life and not even death would separate them. One would not be able to live without the other as long as they were both alive.

And so, on a night of a full moon, Zeus granted him the power to be able to create, a single creature. He created the first lycanthropic female, with black hair and blue eyes, her scent was sweet to Licaão, he felt a desire for her that if he did not have her he would fall into madness, the goddess made the couples a genuine love.

But Licaão, when he won his mate, did not treat her as he should, not even in the mating season did he treat her well, and this made the moon goddess very sad, she stopped howling at him, her plans now were only to make her species grow and take control of everything. Then, in an attempt to make him change compartment, Selene descends from the sky, at the same instant that the moon disappeared, she went to meet her beloved who cries at the sight of her.

– My love…

– No – Selene interrupts him speaking with serenity and softness – Your love is inside your den, feeding your baby, you should be there too.

– I… I can’t love her – Licaão’s words sadden her, he created the female exclusively for him and treats her like this.

The male’s duty is to take care of his female, that’s what Selene wanted.