Winter's Beast

Call from the Goddess

Fenrir

This better be good.

Calling me to other realms should have been outlawed years ago. However, I'm sick to the back teeth of Selene trying to get through to me. The silly bitc.h hasn’t stopped calling for me since yesterday.

Doesn’t she know I ignore her for a reason?

I have spent hundreds of years ignoring most Gods and Goddesses. In fact, I ignore most beings, especially humans. The fuc.king stories they've written about me over the years were enough to make me smite the lot of them.

You see, I'm not evil, just misunderstood. I mean, my father, Loki, God of mischief, hardly showed me how to be anything but the monster others have me down for! Okay, maybe I'm a tad on the evil side, but my life had hardly been a barrel of laughs. So, I cause a little havoc here and there.

What else am I supposed to do to occupy my mind and time?

I take my sweet time walking the white marble stairs to Selene's quarters. I have nothing against Selene, apart from the fact she gives out mates left and right. But she fails to hand them out to those who deserve them the most.

She also got on the wrong side of me when she forced me to stay away from my mate. I know, I know, it was weird pretending to be a child just to be near Winter. But I couldn’t help wanting to see my mate. My only intention was to be her friend until she was ready to know I was her mate.

Winter’s father found out and went running to Granny Selene, demanding she do something. Selene came to me and swore she would take the mate bond from Winter and me if I went near her again.

It killed me to stay away, but I did it because I couldn’t have borne losing my mate. I waited so long for my turn to come along. Winter is the only thing that matters to me – the only thing that will ever mean anything to me.

“Ah, Fenrir!” Selene presses her hands together, a smile on her gorgeous face. She flicks the hem of her white dress and gets to her feet. “It has been a while.”

“Get to the point, Selene. I'm a busy man.”

“As grumpy as ever, I see,” She giggles.

I roll my eyes. “What do you want, Selene? And it better be good because I have little to no patience left.”

“You have been alone far too long, Fenrir. It's tainted your heart. It should be filled with love.”

“My heart is filled with love for one person only, Selene, and you know that. If I’m grumpy, as you put it, that’s on you. You were the one who forced me away from my mate when she needed me.”

“Yes, but you know why I had to do that, Fenrir. Winter was a child, and you were parading as a small boy. You were tricking her.”

“No!” I growl menacingly. “I was trying to be her friend. It’s not like Winter had anyone else to turn to.”

I thought I could befriend Winter, be that someone she could lean on, and tell her the truth about who I was when she got older. I know it was stupid to think it could work in the long run. But I only had good intentions regarding Winter.

I pull a face and shake my head.

What the hell am I doing here?

“I know that, Fenrir.”

“Look, just get to the point of why you called me here, Selene.”

She nods. “It’s Winter.”

I grind my teeth as anger fills me. “What about Winter?”

“Her father got in contact with me yesterday to ask for my help. Winter took off in the middle of the night to find Finn. Do you see what you’ve done by allowing Winter to think you were her friend?”

I roll my eyes. “Winter is looking for me because she’s sick of waiting.”

“Winter doesn’t even know it’s you whom she’s looking for!”

Selene isn’t telling me anything I don’t know. But the dumb bitc.h doesn’t realize that if she hadn’t forced me away from Winter, I would have confessed who I was by now. But no, Selene had to know best and threaten me.

I still haven’t forgiven her for that, and I could end her right now if it weren’t for Winter. I would never do anything that would hurt my mate. In all my long years of living, I have never loved anyone or anything. I’ve cared about things, but Winter is my heart, and I want nothing more than her happiness. Though it would be easy to do, Killing the Moon Goddess would hurt Winter. So, Selene gets to live and keep on gloating like the bitc.h she is.

“I’m aware. However, Winter will know soon enough who Finn really is. My mate is no longer your concern, Selene.”

“Oh, but she is, Fenrir. My great-granddaughter is out there, and Gods only know what’s happening to her.”

I fold my arms across my massive chest. “And here you are calling upon me because you can’t be bothered to collect Winter yourself. Figures.”

Selene huffs. “It’s not like that, Fenrir.”

“Then what is it like?”

“Winter is desperate to find the boy who used to play with her and make her smile. She believes she’s in love with him and that he loves her in return.”

I roll my eyes. “She’s not wrong, but go on.”

Selene sighs and leans back in her throne of white. “If I drag Winter back to her parents, even if her father finds her and does the same, Winter will just keep running away. Kai could lock Winter up and throw away the key, but she will find a way to run. That’s why I need you to find Winter and convince her to go home.”

“Are you insane?”

“Depends who you ask,” Selene chuckles. “But in all seriousness, Fenrir, I have gifted you a mate, and now you need to do what’s right and send Winter home.”

“What the fu.ck for?” I smirk at Selene’s wide-eyed expression. “Winter clearly needs me, so I’ll be there for her, and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with me.”

“Fenrir, this isn’t a game! Winter isn’t eighteen yet. She cannot feel the mate bond!”

“No,” I nod in agreement. “But her birthday is coming up. In the meantime, I’ll explain why I lied about who I was and make things right between us.”

Selene shakes her head with a sigh. “That is not how things are going to go, Fenrir. Bring Winter home, or…”

“Say it, I dare you!” My eyes glow as anger fills me. Selene swallows hard while sitting on her throne and leaning back. “You don’t get to use the same threat twice, Selene. Go against me again, and I will tear you and your whole family apart, and that’s a promise!”

“You’d really hurt Winter like that?”

No, I wouldn’t hurt Winter like that. But this woman will not play on my emotions for my mate.

“Would you?” I fire back.

Selene’s shoulders sag. “I just want what’s best for Winter. Is that too much to ask?”

“What’s best for Winter is finding her own way in life. You said it yourself that she will never stop running back to me. I will go out there and find my mate. When I do, I’m taking her home with me.”

“Home?” Selene scoffs. “To your realm of boringness? Or to that Lycan Pack, you took over on Earth?”

I laugh, tipping my head back for a second. This woman is boring the shi.t out of me. I have many homes in this universe. I like traveling, never staying in one place for too long. Yes, I took over a Lycan Pack and am the Alpha there. Those people don’t know who I really am because I wanted their loyalty but not as their Deity.

Why did I become an Alpha of a Lycan Pack?

When Winter was six, she told me I would be a strong Alpha one day. Maybe she could visit my pack and stay with me some time. I wanted to make that a reality for my mate. I wanted Winter to have the choice of where we live. I will make it a reality no matter what Winter wants from me because she is my universe.

“I’ll take Winter wherever she wishes to go.”

Selene sighs while rubbing her forehead with her fingertips.

“I know you’re going to keep Winter no matter what I say. But don’t keep her from her family indefinitely.”

“Why would I do that?”

“Because I know you, Fenrir.”

“You know as much as anyone else. Nothing. Now, is that all you wanted? Because I have a mate to find.”

Selene shakes her head. “Just take care of Winter. Please.”

I breathe deeply and try not to react. Selene believes I’ll mess up and hurt Winter. But she has no idea that Winter is the only one I would never hurt. No matter what the girl did, I would forgive her. Call me what you will, but I made a promise to Winter when she was a mere babe that I would always love her, and so, I shall.

I flick my hand and transport myself back to my pack. Dark Moon Pack, named so because Winter is my moon. Here is where I shall bring my mate first because adjusting will be easier for her.

I walk into my packhouse, built by magic, because I can do that. “Welcome back, Alpha Finn. I trust your meeting went well?”

“As well as it could. I returned only to tell you that I need you to keep the pack running for a while.”

“You’re leaving again?”

I nod my head at my Beta.

Felix was running the pack when I arrived five years ago. They were rogue Lycans who just needed a chance to prove they were more than savages. My creations are not savages! Selene’s Werewolves, on the other hand.

I found Felix and his pack scavenging for food. Most of them were half-starved, so I saved them. I built this place and used my magic to build a town and houses and also create jobs for everyone. None remember they were rogues, thinking they have lived within this pack their whole lives. They also believe my ‘imaginary’ family has been in charge for generations. I gave these people a better life, and they live well under my rule. The pack has grown over the years and is not a bad place to be.

“It’s time for me to bring my mate home, Felix.”

“What?” He laughs. “Then go, man. I can hold down the forte.”

‘Finn? Finn, where are you?’

I close my eyes when Winter’s voice fills my head. ‘I’m coming, Winter.’

‘Finn…’

AN: And so it begins. Welcome to Winter and Fenrir's story!! Updates will be frequent, and I hope to see you all in the comments! :)