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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 160. Jealousy
Callista"Valencia!”I utter as I scramble to my feet.Valencia stands next to me, dressed in a camo jacket along with her usual black gear. Her hair is tied into a high ponytail, and her face is ever impassive. She holds the bottle of water in her hands awkwardly, the same one she offered to me moments ago. I honestly didn't think I would see her today. Yesterday, I haven't seen her, and she hadn't even approached us after the earthquake disaster. Theon supposed that she was still mad at both of us, and I had been a little disappointed that she couldn't keep her annoyance aside to at least check if her best friend was alive. "Hi, Callista," she says, her tone low.We stare at one another, and finally, she offers the bottle again. "I got this for you from a maid. Please have some, you look like you’ve walked through a desert in the middle of the summer although it’s basically winter now."I glance at the bottle. I do feel like I’ve trekked through a desert, with my throat paper dry,
Last Updated : 2024-12-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 161. Decline
Callista"No!" I reply immediately in a hard tone. "What the actual hell, Valencia, no, I will not do that."Valencia looks at me as if I just upturned her whole worldview."But...but..." She sputters, but I cut her off."Are you insane? I can't do that!" I exclaim, "In case you've forgotten, I'm the stealer. I can't just prance into Elias's room with my scent. It literally drives him maniacal, and the last thing I want to do is make him turn.""I'm not asking you to accompany me inside," Valencia protests. "I just want you to show me where he is.""I'm sorry, but no. If you want to do it so much, please ask Theon." I shake my head. "Goddess, Valencia, if anything goes wrong, it will be my fault. It took me ages to get into the pack's good graces. I'm afraid that if something bad happens because of my mistakes, people would turn their back on me and revert to their earlier thoughts about me!"Valencia nods, although it is reluctant. "I understand your concern," she says. "I'm sorry if
Last Updated : 2024-12-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 162. Surprise
CallistaAfter I take a shower and get dressed in some comfortable evening clothes, I leave my room for Theon's and knock on his door. "Wait just a minute!" A small voice comes from the other side of the door, followed by noises of someone running around. “Oh, okay,” wandering what he’s doing, I lean on the wall by the door until he’s ready.The door finally opens, and Theon emerges with an enthusiastic, “Hey!”"Hi," I greet him, a smile playing on my lips. He’s quite red and out of breath."Well, please come on in," he moves over from the door and gestures into his room with a swoop of his hand.Giving him a weird look, and I walk into the room and gasp. His whole bedroom is lit up with candles. A soft orange glow basks the entire room with serenity as candles of all shapes and sizes burn with low lights. On the floors, there is a path formed by two lines of candles leading to Theon's spacious balcony, where a table is laid out for two on a pleasantly embroidered white tablecloth.
Last Updated : 2024-12-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 163. Luna
CallistaMy breath hitches at those words and a thousand butterflies unleash in my stomach. Uncertainty battles with hope and anticipation. I open my mouth to reply, but I find that suddenly words have escaped me. Theon was wrong when he said that I’m the surprising one. The truth is, he surprises me every time."Callista," Theon asks, concerned. "Is something wrong?" That's when I realize I am not breathing.I close my mouth and breathe through my nose, soothing my burning lungs, and calming myself down in the process."Nothing. Just that I did not expect you to say that today." I reply in a dreamy, breathy tone. "You...you want to mate with me?""Yes, I do. If you accept it of course." "So suddenly? Like...today?!" My frantic mind starts to overreact upon being bombarded with this unexpected news.Did he want us to mate right now? Was that why he organized the date in the first place? To ask me to mate with him? I mean, physically I was more than ready but mentally. I mean, I do
Last Updated : 2024-12-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 164. Soul Reapers
Callista The next morning, I wake up snuggling Theon, feeling happier than ever.The morning sun rays stream into the room, paler now as the fall keeps fading. In about three weeks, winter will be upon us. Distantly, I wonder if it will snow. Back in the Leighwen pack, it snowed in winter. The Rexellen pack isn't that far away, so I guess the same climate applies here as well. We are both clothed because we didn't do anything last night. After cleaning up the dishes from dinner, we just cuddle more in bed, talking about anything and everything.Then Theon cleans all the candles out from last night, and we watch some new human movie on his laptop. Halfway through the movie, we get distracted by the glorious purpose of kissing.It’s one of the best make-up sessions I’ve had in forever. Naturally, it escalated to something naughty, where Theon showed me what exactly his fingers can do. By the end of it, my voice is hoarse from the screams, my body shivering from the orgasms, my pulse r
Last Updated : 2024-12-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 165. Rage
Callista "Oh, no," I say. "It is better if you don't bring any weapons with you. When it comes to Elias, Theon is almost paranoid about his safety."We walk in the direction of Theon's office. Outside the castle, the sky gets dark, and the hallways get colder. It starts to drizzle in no time, and distantly, I hear thunder rumble. "Damn, it's a good thing that we secured the western tower yesterday," I muse, almost to myself. "Otherwise, the west wing would have flooded from the rainwater.""Is that so? The construction crew was already at work when I passed the tower this morning. I hope they won’t be troubled by the rain," Valencia replies."I feel bad for the town workers though, they won't be able to do anything with the downpour.”We take a turn."I see," suddenly, she stops in her tracks and leans on a wall."Valencia, what's wrong?" I ask, concerned.To my horror, she starts crying.I've never seen her cry before. Her whole face transforms, and she looks oddly vulnerable. Her
Last Updated : 2024-12-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 166. Twice
Callista The doors slam in front of me, just as a voice says, "Callista?"I snap to the source of the voice, and I see Elias sitting on a bed next to the wall, with his legs chained to the wall. He's shirtless and looks like he's just woken up. His confused gaze scans my being, unable to place why I'm in his field of vision. My eyes widen upon seeing him, and I flashback to my wound, which is still bleeding. Cold realization dawns on me with an unpleasant dash of déjà vu.Valencia cut my arm and threw me inside Elias's room, so he can go maniacal and kill me! Again!It was just like with Ruelle, although their motives are different. Oh, how could I have fallen for the same trick twice?"Elias, don't breathe!" I yell at him, holding my arm close to my chest to stop it from bleeding on the floor. I squeeze into the door and try to unlock it. But the door is locked from the outside, and no matter how much I rattle the doorknob, it won't budge. "What do you mean don't breathe? I-” Eli
Last Updated : 2024-12-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 167. Murder
Theon"Who?!" I scream. I didn’t realize anything was wrong until my wolf reared his head, making his presence known after days of peace in my head. I’d been in my room, getting ready to head over to town, because I was scheduled to check the renovations of the earthquake.Suddenly, panic rushed through my being, and I couldn’t move. "Mate!" My wolf had yelled, pacing frantically in my head, trying to gain control. "What? What's wrong?" I'd asked him, shocked. What was happening to Callista? Had someone tried to feed her glass again? "Mate's in danger!" my wolf howled. "She's hurt! Find her! Help her!"My blood had run cold.“Where?”My instincts had me running down the hall in no time. I shouted Callista’s name multiple times, looking everywhere I could for her. Everyone in the castle stopped their business to gawk at me, immediately catching onto my panic. "Where's Callista?" I'd clutched a startled butler from his shoulders, shaking him like a madman. My dread increased by the
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 261. Punishment
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 260. Crimes
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 259. Murderer
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 258. Deviless
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 257. Clan
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 256. Hiding
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 255. Absorb
Callista“Holy shit, you're the one behind the earthquake too?!” I yell out, unable to believe what I'm hearing.I expected him to reveal a lot of things, but this was not one of them.“I did not mean to. I was never a fan of causing an unnecessary ruckus, and the earthquake did exactly that. It even sapped up some of my own powers in doing so, that I had to absorb more souls to compensate,” Xaveraq says. “Anyway, after that-”“Woah, Woah, Woah,” I stand up from my bed, my heart beating fast in my chest.I'm trying to piece together this puzzle in my head with all the information I'm being given. That part of absorbing souls, whatever that may be, rings a bell in my mind.A very disturbing bell.“So, where did you get your souls?” I demand.“Is that really important at the moment, Callista?” Xaveraq questions in a bored tone. “I thought you wanted to know how I found you.”“Tell me where you got the souls from,” I insist, feeling dread mount within me.I desperately hope he would not
