Livia's POV: Am I going to lose? The sound of soft grass being trodden on the carpet, the strong dark taupe figure and I are getting closer and closer, I have to cross the little distance next to him in the blink of an eye if I want to escape. Now is not the time to give up, the power of the Moon God in my blood flowing inside, I am still full of power, I can still continue to run. Thinking of this my calves bent a bit, then catapulted out on the grass, but as I was approaching Lucius' side, the aura from him once again made me lose my concentration. "Like I said, you won't get away this time." His confident voice appeared in my ears and I tried to increase my speed, but as he got closer to me, the strength in my body was disappearing. On such soft grass, on top of a deserted hill, with the warm sunlight making this grass like a huge fluffy bed, a thirst seemed to appear in my heart. The person I loved was so close to me that my body's desire gradually forced my sanity out of
Livia's POV:He smiled at me, “now you can swim among the stars.” He told me.I looked back at the water, and wondered what it would feel like if I walked into the water, I wanted to try it.“Do you want to try it? He asked.I nodded eagerly.Lucius began to take off his boots and then his jackets.I panicked, I didn't want to take off anything except shoes.Hesitantly I took off my shoes, but then I just stood there, my heart pounding in my chest as Lucius began to take off his shirt.When our eyes locked, he stopped halfway and kept it around his shoulder.“You… don't have to take off anything.” He told me.But I knew I couldn't get into the water with all my clothes on… they are new clothes, I can't risk getting it ruined. I had to at least take off my outer dress, under it I was wearing a sleeveless short white dress.Feeling shy, I turned away from him and began to open the straps on the front of my dress. I felt my cheeks burn as I let it slide off my shoulders and fall on the s
Livia's POV: The feeling was overwhelming, it made me giddy and weak in the knees. As if he knew, he pulled back, and I went limp in his arms. Lucius carried me up with ease and started walking back to the sand. What was happening to me? It looked like the stars in the sky were dancing and the moon seemed to smile at me. I could still feel the butterflies in my stomach, and my eyes were still drumming in my ears. “What happened?” I breathed, leaning against his shoulder as he carried me back. He laid me down on the sand and watched me carefully. I could still see the stars dancing above. “Forgive me. I think I woke your wolf. It can be intense and uncontrollable at times like this. Elisce? Suddenly my mouth felt strange, I ran my tongue over my teeth and felt the sharp point of fangs. Fangs? I have never felt my fangs while still in my human form, and why would my canines elongate? It only happens when werewolves felt anger or desire. Desire? My eyes widened. Oh no, my h
Livia's POV: This would hurt, I thought since the trees were very tall and I didn't get the chance to change into my wolf form, but before I could hit the ground Lucius caught me in his arms. A gasp escaped my lips. “Easy, you're getting too excited.” He smirked. “I thought I would break some bones tonight.” I breathed out deeply. “That can be exciting too but let's not try that for now, don't forget you just recovered from…” “I know… but I'm 10 times much stronger now.” I said cutting him off. Lucius put me down gently. “I should take you back home now.” He said quickly, supposedly because he didn't like the idea of me getting Injured. I let out a little chuckle at his expression. “No, the night has not ended. We can watch the sunrise together.” I felt like a child. “You should at least get some sleep before the morning.” He told me. “I would if only you join me.” I protested. Lucius shook his head at my protest. “Alright.” He said taking my hands and drawing me into his a
Livia's POV: "It's about to start, I haven't seen Adrian fight for a long time, I just don't know how long Livia can last.” "I don't think there's much to see, Livia has been training for a long time, but how can she be a match for Adrian, not to mention that she was seriously injured earlier." Their talk was caught by my growing hearing again, some were curious to continue watching, others found the match uninteresting and shook their heads to walk away, and by the time Adrian and I stood in the middle of the field, there were already a dozen werewolves standing around the field. I was not affected by their talk, I wanted to test my strength through this fight, to be a wolf pack Luna, that also needed to convince the wolf pack. "Livia you can attack me now." Suddenly my ears rang with Adrian's magnetic voice, his strong muscles almost protruding through his clothes, and in a flash he was ready to take a defensive stance. It seems that my speed just made him have some surprise,
Livia's POV: This was yet another gathering of eyes, a moment when everyone was watching me. My mind recalled the disgusted faces of those people in the Rogues Pack. Unlike those previous gazes of ridicule, suspicion, and dislike, the faces of the warriors were filled with a variety of complex emotions, from shock to admiration to doubt, but only the same gazes as before. This kind of gaze shone on my body as if I had been reacquainted, as if a sharp arrow had cut through the vortex of memories of the previous dimness, and the heavy and invisible chains of captivity on my body seemed to shatter to the ground, making my body a lot easier. This is the feeling of having power. I felt the energy flowing inside my body and looked at Adrian, who was once incredibly powerful in front of me, and now I actually had the power to defeat him, a change that almost made me addicted. "Mr. Adrian, thank you for competing with me." I wanted to seriously thank him, but as I was speaking I was a
Livia's POV: In this instant my head went blank and I stared blankly at his face even forgetting to hold the dinner plate. "You've improved your strength so much why do you still move so stupidly." "No, I just..." Suddenly my ears rang with Lucius helpless voice, I wanted to explain to him, but at this moment the scene of me carrying him to the training appeared inside my mind, which made me at once do not know how to speak. Just at this time, I saw his hand come out in a flash, and while catching the dinner plate, his other hand actually swept me directly onto his chest. The spark spread inside my body, my partner's scent took control of my brain in an instant, and I seemed to melt into him again, my breathing became rapid. Lucius took a whiff of dinner through the lid, and the next moment amazement appeared inside his eyes. "Is this you preparing my dinner?" "Well, I thought that if I didn't prepare it, you wouldn't have another maid." I blushed in response and a smile app
Livia's POV: "Lucius..." I listened to his magnetic voice, and the glowing color inside his eyes sent an involuntary shiver down my spine, a gaze I hadn't felt in almost as long. I hadn't felt it since my wolf pack was overthrown eight years ago. It was a gaze that became pride, a feeling of glowing in the eyes of others. The emotion made my eyes blur a little, and I tried to suppress the tears driven by such emotions, but I couldn't stop anyway. Suddenly I felt Lucius caress my cheek with his warm hand, then let his cheek press against mine, his lips opened against my ear. "Livia, I can feel a lot of your emotions, don't suppress them, tears are actually a way for the brain to relax." His gentle voice once again melted the last line of defense in my head, and my emotions spilled out uncontrollably like a river gushing out from a collapsing dam. I clung to Lucius’ broad arm, I wept without a care in the world, I was in pain without suppression, the tears inside my eyes were l
Livia's POV:My lips gape, horror filled my eyes as I was at lost in what to do. I was still in shock and fear as I felt my entire body trembling but I didn't pull my hands out as I knew doing that would be worse.Lucius was shocked but he quickly pulled me to his arm, his hand settled on his back while the other wrapped the entire back of my head, “Don't panic, it will be alright,” he coaxed me and from behind. “I am alright,” he said as if to assure me.Lucius didn't forget the woman behind him and utilized his powers to hit on the woman's face, rendering kalliope to an unconscious state.I was stuttering, my tears kept falling asleep I realized my terrible mistake, “L-Lucius I… I didn't want to do this. I saw you as kalliope, the magic… s-she…”“Shush,” Lucius stroked the back of my head slowly. “I will be fine. It isn't a large injury for me. Calm down Livia, you have to get a hold of yourself.”I breathed in and out. I could feel my mind in scatters as I tried to clear my eyes wh
Livia's POV:Lucius respected my decision to fight as it could easily do. Others might be able to close their eyes and let their hatred of being betrayed wash over the sadness but to me it was hard.To me, madam kalliope was the figure of a mother after my mom, the betrayal I felt was much more agonizing as I had trusted the woman to be my own family.When I joined the fight, I didn't manage to exchange a lot of words with Lucius. However, we fought hand in hand while assisting one another perfectly as if our instincts knew what we should do to help one another reach a higher level of our powers.In between the fights, I saw how one attack of kalliope can cause the entire ground to break, “how could she be this strong?”Lucius who had come next to me narrowed his eyes, “she had sold her soul to dark magic. The stronger she becomes, it would also mean in the next growing seconds, her soul is slowly leaving her body.”I looked at madam kalliope again. I was unable to comment on anything
Livia's POV:“Madam kalliope,” I called her, “Don’t do this. Please.”Madam kalliope’s eyes slowly went to lock gaze with with mine.“There is still a point you can turn back to, madam kalliope, we all have guilts.” I said to the woman with plea in my words. “I have them as well, I had killed people too. Please, I don't want to kill you.”Madam kalliope closed her eyes, “No, if you want this to end, you should kill me Livia. Maybe with this, the circle of hatred would stop.”Lucius stepped before me. He looked at me meeting my eyes, “I will take care of her. You can stand by there.”My hand reached out as Lucius had left without waiting for me to answer and I clenched my hand, settling it before me. Madam kalliope started the fight by aiming to attack the sides of Lucius with the best of her ability.Lucius was swift to avoid every last one of her attacks, “why now?” Lucius questioned the woman, “you could've executed whatever plan you have before this but why now?”Madam kalliope tr
Livia's POV:I couldn't believe who I had seen. It was madam kalliope, my eyes didn't lie to me. At first, I doubted what I saw. I wondered if it was another disguise the woman wore after my appearance peeled off only to discover that it was the truth. No matter how much I doubted my eyes, the truth was in front of my eyes as clear as the blood moon above us.“Why?” Was the only word I could ask while staring at madam kalliope who Lucius held by her neck against the pillar.Madam kalliope didn't bat an eyelid on my expression as if she had expected it. “Hm.” She answered and I shook my head.“I-I don't understand…” I walked forward. Like a child who had just had her wish shattered before her eyes, I was stricken with sadness and shock. “What do you mean, madam kalliope?”Madam kalliope closed her eyes once, opening to show the same bleak expression, “He killed my son, the only family I had left on earth. Oh, I didn't tell you abouty child?”Lucius also looked surprised at kalliope's r
Livia's POV:My eyes widened, I had realized that I wasn't the only one who had been tricked. When did this happen?“You might want to quickly find him or he will die soon,” chuckled the man and his voice boomed aloud.“Shut up!” My last anger thread snapped and the moment I screamed as if the walls would rupture from the echoes of my voice.I steadied my stance as I looked at him, I could slowly feel my humanity leaving me as I launched the final attack towards him. With my claws going into his abdomen, I tore off his skin as I felt my hand holding unto his warm wormly like intestines before finally rooting them out.He didn't seem to care much about his death, it was almost as if he knew this would happen. The powers he used in manipulating his image to look like that of Lucius, I knew immediately that it was blood magic and once one is to go I to such, they won't more that 24 hours after that. But all for what course?I didn't spend any more time to go down and I ran down the stair
Lucius' POV:On the first floor, I walked with Livia together, seeing the red moon, Livia who had no jewelry on her neck stared at the moon with a complex look. “I'm worried,” she said, “everything had turned red. Whatever I see, everything is red.”“I told you there is nothing to be worried about,” I smiled while looking at her, my eyes filled with warmth and gentleness. I reached out my hand to touch the side of her cheeks. “I am here now and if anything happens, you can activate the powers of the moon goddess in you, can you activate it now?”Livia looked at me slowly and shook her head, “I am afraid I won't be able to do that now.”My eyes slowly traveled to her and I nodded, “why so?” Livia opened her pursed lips, “I–”“I am joking my love, I know that you are currently not stable,” I answered instead of her. “I don't hear any sound of fight going on anywhere. We should find out the method of how the invaders came into our Villa.”“That means the answer might be there,” suggeste
Livia's POV:A moment passed in silence with both of us in stalemate. I stared back at Lucius with a cautious look who looked at me with an emotion filled gaze before slowly by time, his emotions faded from his eyes.“I am Lucius. Don't you see how I look?” He spread his arms, a wide grin appeared on his lips. It was a grin filled with cruelty.I shook my head, “No, you are not him. Who are you?” I asked again when Lucius took a step forward, I quickly changed into my wolf's form and aimed for the man's wrist and legs, pinning him to the wall and he fell to the ground.‘Lucius’ who was thrown on the ground grunt in pain, his expression scrunched. He lifted his chin, looking at me, “what are you doing, Livia? Are we fighting now?” “Lucius only calls me Lilly,” I said with a look of suspicion.“I am sorry I forgot it, Lilly…” said the man but his words didn't complete as I continued.“And that was a lie because Lucius only calls me Livia or sweetheart. He always walk on my pace, he wil
Lucius' POV:“Tch!” He began to lose his cool seeing how I was getting closer to him and he ran back, he realized there was only a dead end. When he looked at me, he caught the smile, the same smile of a predator who had finally driven its targets to the corner as they wanted.“You think you can kill me with that method? It will take you more time!” The beast used the remaining dead bodies on the ground to throw at me to earn him some time.“Not if I do this!” I used my hands to squeeze the beads that dangled on my neck and my speed accelerated and with the speed of light, I was already in front of this hideous monster, catching him off guard.His eyes widened because in the next second when he was still processing how he had lost the confidence he once had when he thought he could use some move. Now, he was left with nothing and my claws had went inside his chest.I watched the look on the werewolf's face as it finally sunk to him that he had lost and I raised my eyebrows at it. Did
Livia's POV:“M-Milady…” whispered madam kalliope, her breaths heaving in difficulty. Her eyes looked dazed until she saw that it was me.Don't worry, I'm here now, we should go somewhere else to tend to your wound,” I hurried the words I spoke and took one of madam kalliope's arm to round it over my neck but before I could raise my body, madam kalliope clutched to my dress tightly. My eyes widened for a moment, alarmed as I thought madam kalliope was hurting.“What's wrong?” I asked.“I just remembered. You have to be careful, L-Livia,” madam kalliope coughed for a moment. “T-the attack is only happening in the Villa's premises, for some reason the rest of the pack was spared.What? I remembered earlier when the lower werewolf was excited because he thought he had me. But that was odd. How could they enter without the other warriors being alerted?I poured my attention to madam kalliope again. “I will keep that in mind, for now, we should move to my room. It is the safest there. Stay