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16. The Reveal
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Blood and Moonlight 17. On Probation
MARCELLO "Come again?" I looked around. I seemed to be the only one surprised in there. Alan looked like it was something that he already knew; meanwhile, Valeria looked like she could not care less about anything she had just heard. "The Seat of Alpha is yours." Veronica repeated. "And there will be absolute chaos throughout the kingdom if anyone else should be crowned." "I still do not understand." Now, I was confused too. "I mean, why?" "You see, the things your father and grandfather have done has ignited the wrath of the goddess. And, for some reason, she sees you as a perfect fit for the position of Alpha." Valeria explained. "So that little earthquake during Bran's first coronation was just the tip of the iceberg." Alan added. "There will be worse to come if Bran somehow gets crowned as Alpha." "One more thing about the prophecy..." Valeria stepped forward. "It says that your help will come from the land of Cyacruse." "That's the land of vampires." Alan said. And
Blood and Moonlight 18. Solis Amulet
VALERIA Old wounds were opened yesterday by Marcello's cousin, that boy. He said things that made me relive moments that I just wanted to forget so badly. Not only that, he offered me a chance for vengeance, I was scared but I took it. Those people that took my parents from me, I had a chance to get back at them, to make them feel what my eleven year old self felt. The despair, sadness, and anger, I was going to inflict it on them in double fold. "I advise not to take inspiration from the thirst for vengeance." A voice, low and calming, spoke from behind me. I recognized it from that vision I had in the woods, it belonged to Selene. I looked back and she still looked just as beautiful as the last time I saw her. Her soft smile was inviting, but there was still a part of me that believed that she was still just a figment of my imagination. "What are you talking about?" I asked despite my doubts. "T
Blood and Moonlight 19. Cracked and Activated
MARCELLO "Are you really sure that my father has that amulet?" I asked as I watched Alan pace to and fro in his room. "Yes, Marcello, stop asking me that." He looked at me briefly. "Your parents were arguing about it yesterday in their room and, as usual, they were really loud while at it." He chuckled and stopped moving to look at me. "Your mother thinks it should just be destroyed, alongside anything related to vampires and the prophecy. But your father thinks that they could still find a way to activate the Solis amulet." I sighed and pinched my nose, they really did have loud arguments these days, since the night that my father gave us the news of Bran's probation. But that was not the crux of the matter at the moment. "Well now, you want us to steal it. So what's your plan?" "By twelve midnight, they'll both the honouring the invite to the first shifting of the Beta's daughter and they'll be out a few hours."
Blood and Moonlight 20. Resurfacing
VALERIA The presence of the amulet did not let me rest. My fingers ached to activate it, and it was only a matter of a few minutes before I succumbed to its pull. Veronica was sound asleep when I checked on her, so I took the amulet, sneaked out of the bedroom, and went out the back door into the backyard. It was only a few minutes to sunrise and, if I successfully activated the amulet, I would not have to run away from it again. Instead, I would get to feel it for the first time. I looked at it in my palm, the words for the activation spell ringing in my head. Then I inhaled deeply and held the amulet to my chest as I said the words out loud: "Like the force of a flood, wield your power through my blood." And just like that, what felt like electricity coursed throughout my veins, making my eyes roll to the back of my head as my body vibrated uncontrollably. I could not see anything except a bright, red light in my vision, and my grip on the amulet went tighter, causing m
Blood and Moonlight 21. Escape Pipe
MARCELLO "What are you talking about?" I asked my wolf. "What mate?" "The restlessness you feel around her, the strong pull you feel towards her, the way you just cannot bring yourself to stay away from her, and how you'd do just about anything for her, it's not just all for nothing, Marcello, it's the mate bond." He explained, and I did not need a soothsayer to tell me that he was talking about Valeria. "She is our mate." "How do you know all these things?" I was still skeptical. "Irrespective of the block you put on me, I still feel what you feel, see what you see." He said. "I just could not communicate with you. And if you've been unsure about it all the while, I'm here to confirm that she is our mate, we were destined for her and her for us." "Then you must already know that she hates me more than anything in this world." I told him. "That may be true. But it's only a matter of time before she will succumb to this bond. You just need to be patient with her." He advis
Blood and Moonlight 22. Trust
VALERIA It was going to take a lot of strength to do what I was about to do. I was about to take a trip down memory lane, a path I did not want to take at all. I really just needed these men to understand that they could not take the amulet away from me if that was what they were planning. "What I am to tell you is not because I want to justify myself for lying yesterday, it's because I want to prove to you that I have every right to keep this amulet." I started. "This amulet is the sole reason I was outcast from my clan, the reason I became a rogue." Veronica let out a low gasp and I lowered my gaze to my fingers. "I was eleven when the south of Cyacruse was first raided." I began. "They killed both my parents so my aunty who lived up north took me in. She was my mother's older sister and the first child of my grandfather; apparently, he was bored of life so he passed down all his properties to her and just killed himself. And that was how the amulet ended up in her possessi
Blood and Moonlight 1. Moonlight
MARCELLOIt was at the darkest time of the night that she usually came out to swim in the river, and I would watch as her clothes would fall to the ground, exposing her skin like milk. The first time I saw her, I was high up in an oak tree, watching out for intruders as it was my turn that night. As soon as I sighted her, my first instinct was to attack, but the moon cast its silver glow on her face and I was stopped in my tracks. I had simply not seen anything like her before. Her grey eyes caught the moonlight beautifully and, at that moment, all I wanted to do was to watch her exist.Since then, I had taken it upon myself to be on the lookout every night. Not because, I wanted to be of service to the pack, no. It was just a silly excuse to come out and see her again. Plus, should any other wolf sight her here, she would be as good as dead.Now, there were two reasons I had not yet approached her. One, she was very obviously a vampire. It was easy to decode that given how pale her
Blood and Moonlight 2. Warn
MARCELLO It was implicating enough that I even left the tree that I was supposed to be stationed at. Then it was even worse that it was because I was out trying to befriend a freaking vampire. That was something I could not admit to my brother, even in a million years to come. "Where did you go?" He repeated, clearly growing impatient. "Um..." I cleared my throat, thinking of an appropriate lie. "I needed to stretch my legs so I went for a little walk." He raised a brow at me, not buying my lie. "Since when do you ever need to stretch your legs when you're here?" "I don't know, Bran." I shrugged. "I was bored too, so..." "You were bored?" "Yes." "And you quit looking out without calling for backup?" Bran was beginning to raise his voice. "It's not that serious, okay?" I rolled my eyes. "Besides, we've not had any intruders for months now. Nobody would dare trespass our land, they've learnt from the brutal examples we've set with the ones that have tried it in the past." "An
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