Spurned Luna’s Return: On Your Knees, Alpha Chase

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Under an oak tree on an uninhabited, anonymous island surrounded by thin white fog, lay an unconscious figure on the fallen dry leaves. This water around the island was boiling with great steam ascending. But in contrast, the island was cold as the chilly wind constantly blew. There were no blades of grass on this island. Instead, there were a few scanty trees. Evidently, no aquatic life could reach this island. Who wanted to be boiled for no reason?

The figure under the oak tree suddenly opened her eyes and got to her knees. She clutched her neck and looked like she was about to throw up but minutes passed and she didn’t vomit anything.

Her whole body felt super hot. She had once tried to get in the water but seeing the smoke arising from it, she knew it wasn’t an option. And this chilly wind on the island did nothing to help calm her body temperature.

Her eyes changed to gold and her fingers changed to long sharp dragon claws. Yes, this is the missing Lavana. Minutes ago, Thora had told her that for some unexpected reason, her third dragon phase was activated. This also meant that the final merging of all 3 forms would happen; though she didn’t understand what it was as Thora refused to give more details. After subconsciously teleporting, she found herself on this mysterious island under this oak tree.

But the intense pain in her stomach made her pass out. Now she got awakened by pain in her neck. Thora had told her that the third phase was to form the reverse scale of a dragon. This scale would be different in color and hardness from her normal scales. This was her pride as a dragon. Except for her mate or someone she allows, no one can touch it.

Lavana was also worried about the little one. The little one was able to sense she was in danger back at Mr Carl’s home. Now she was in this much pain. Of course, the little one would know. She bet Beatrix must be looking for a way to escape from the palace. If she could teleport out of here, she would find the little one or get Phoenix to find where she was.

Talk about Phoenix, did he know she was in danger? She hadn’t accepted him as her mate yet. Would he be able to know?

“Eish, Lavana. Phoenix can feel you’re in trouble. That bastard Chase also did when he hadn’t even met you before that night. Phoenix knows you’re in pain and believe me, he’s anxious to find you too. But he can’t. You are on the ancestral island.” Thora remarked.

“An…Ancestral island?” Lavana asked in bewilderment. What did she imply?

“This will be explained in the near future,” Thora replied and then continued. “Lavana, about Phoenix, forget about him first. Concentrate on the main thing. Rise and head east. You should find the place. Make sure you sit at the spot. I will go into slumber for the time being.”

“Again?”

“I have to conserve enough energy for the tribulation. I can’t help you now. But don’t worry, you are a strong girl. Bye honey.”

Before Lavana could say another word, the latter had gone into slumber.

“Damn it!” she couldn’t help but cuss as she punched the dry ground hard. These 3 spirits were quite good at ditching her at critical moments like this.

She spewed out blood thrice before managing to stand, using the tree trunk as support. But her knees were quivering and she could barely see. But she had to make it to the place Thora spoke about.

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10 minutes later.

She found a majestic golden platform that was circular in shape. It was made of pure gold and there were numerous diverse precious stones on the floor of the platform serving as design. The baffling thing was that one had to climb six high stairs to get to it but the rest of the platform was levitating.

Lavana managed to ascend the first stair but she unexpectedly met with a mysterious pressure on her shoulders. This also made her unable to move further. She gritted her teeth and tried hard to move to no avail. In the process of trying hard again, she ended up spewing blood on the stairs. The pressure eased somewhat and she was able to climb onto the levitating platform. In the middle was a triangular spot with the design of dragon scales.

This must be the spot that Thora mentioned.

She stepped forward and found her body unable to move again. She became appalled. Was she gonna have to spit out blood again? If she spewed out blood for every step she took, how much blood would she have left? She retreated one step and noticed that her body no longer felt the heavy pressure.

Taking another step forward, she soon came into contact with that mysterious heavy pressure. She didn’t want to spit out blood again. She suddenly had an idea. For each step she took, blood was needed.

She brought her left middle finger to her teeth and bit hard on it, causing blood to flow out. She pointed her injured finger at the ground and then cautiously took a step forward as blood trickled down her finger. She felt that the pressure had greatly lessened. As more of her blood dropped to the ground, she got closer to the middle of this platform.

A minute later, she finally reached the dragon-scaled spot and was about to sigh in relief, only for her to feel a force that made her put her hand on the spot. Blood seeped out of her injured finger at a fast rate until it covered all the dragon scale designs on the platform. Lavana was horrified and called out for Thora.

“Don’t worry. It just needs to confirm you’re a true dragon. After that, all pressure will be gone.”

Thora’s voice made Lavana feel some relief. Just as she said, the pressure vanished and she removed her hand from the scaled spot that was now painted red with her blood.

“So what do I do next?” she asked Thora.

“Sit on it and hug yourself with your eyes closed. No matter what, you must never stop hugging yourself.”

Lavana detected that something crucial would transpire soon. She wouldn’t escape from it anyway. Might as well obey and get this thing done with.

The discomfort in her stomach and neck had already dulled at this moment. Thora said her reverse scale has been formed but it would only be seen when she transforms into her draconic self. She sat on the scaled spot, cross-legged and then embraced herself tightly before closing her eyes.

“What next, Thora?” she asked telepathically.Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Thora replied. “As a dragon who now has a reverse scale, you will have to face the final tribulation. Success means that your bones will reform and become stronger than iron. I will return during the tribulation’s crucial moment. You have to hold on and be strong.”

“What is this tribulation?” Lavana asked curiously.

“You will know at the auspicious time. I need to conserve the energy I have left. So for now, I’m going to sleep.” Thora’s voice faded.

Lavana tried to think about what the tribulation was. Thora’s tone was quite serious. Before she could think again, she suddenly felt a strong headache. As much as she wanted to hold her head, she recalled Thora’s words. No matter what, she must keep hugging herself.

Her hands clenched into fists and she gritted her teeth as sweated heavily.

Her body began to tremble while she exhaled deeply. A red dragon tattoo appeared on her forehead. She opened her eyes which were now glowing with specs of lightning and let out a magnificent roar that caused the entire island to tremble. If not for the fact that she recalled Thora’s warning, she would have punched the platform just now.

Five minutes later, the pain had greatly subsided and she let out a sigh of relief. All the new features on her body also receded.

But she still didn’t put down her hands. The design of the spot she was sitting on suddenly changed to that of a wolf. She stopped looking below and focused her gaze ahead of her while maintaining a determined look. However, the pain resulting from her backbone and several joints in her body was surprisingly more than she experienced on the day she first shifted.

She kept grinding her teeth as her black hair stood and lengthened.

Her body was increasing in height and she was increasing in body size too. Her hair turned red as it lengthened to the point of touching the platform. She suddenly felt an urge. Unable to resist it, she crouched and transformed into her wolf form, letting out a mighty howl.

Four red pillars with wolf carvings on them suddenly shot out of the four holes that appeared on the platform’s floor. Each poured out fire at her. She had nowhere to run. She could only crouch and let out howls of pain. She didn’t return to her human form coz she was somehow unable to.