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212. Raid
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 213. Terrifying
Callista“Cut the crap, Valencia,” I say, tired of her tricks. For a second, she had me going. Who did she think I was, a naive child? What was she playing at? Did she seriously think I would believe such a stupidly poor attempt? “Either you’ve gone mad, or you think I’m more naïve than I am. I know you're lying. You're surrounded and you can't escape, so you think you can come up with something ridiculous as that to get out?”She was not surrounded and she could escape, but that’s something she didn’t need to know right now.Valencia lets out that manic cackle again. “I knew you'd say that,” she says in between cackles. “You think the real Valencia would say something like I just did to escape? She'd rather fight you to death.”I brace myself to run, just in case. I can't make out what's exactly happening, but I know that it's bad. I should've never come here without any support. My impulsiveness got the best of me, and now I was stuck in the middle of the forest with this lunatic.
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Theon“Can't feel mate! Can’t feel our mate”As I run through the trees of the Rexellen pack forest, my wolf screams from inside my head. He paces around the chamber in my mind that he occupies, rightfully agitated.“Mate is absent! Mate is gone!”I come to a stop at that, barely holding myself from toppling over and hitting a tree with my speed.“How?!” I growl, feeling my blood rushing through my body like mercury. “How can you not feel her?”“Mate is gone!” my wolf whines as if he's in pain. “Can't feel mate!”I turned to my wolf form as soon as the newly turned rogues confirmed that Callista had indeed chased after Valencia. I had to find her before she caught up with her because only the Goddess knew what that lunatic would do to my mate now after her plan to take over the Rexellen pack had failed. And Callista didn't even have any weapon with her. What was she thinking? She was never this impulsive! She could've at least taken a sword with her, but no! She didn't even have her
Last Updated : 2025-01-09Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 215. Fly
TheonAfter witnessing the strange presence in the forest, Ophelia says that we need to leave the forest immediately. Given how spooked she looked, Kellin and I followed her back, although I want to keep looking for Callista. My worry for her grows by the second.The only relief is knowing that she is still alive, honestly, because nothing else is certain. Before we enter the pack town, Kellin calls a guard to bring me fresh clothes, so I don't have to streak naked through the wintry cold. I barely feel the temperature though, my blood is rushing in my veins fast enough to keep me uncomfortably hot. "I need to call the Headmistress," Ophelia says as soon as we enter the Rexellen pack town, heading straight towards the castle. "This is too serious to be considered a fluke, or even a coincidence. Something exists here that we cannot understand, and we need the Guild's official support to solve this." "Wait!" I call after her. "What about Callista?"She turns to me. "I don't think sh
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TheonA large, magical creature like a griffin landing in front of her out of nowhere makes Valencia Everhart cry out of fear. She is so startled that she drops the sword she'd just unsheathed. Her wide, fear-laden eyes stare up at the griffin as it cries at her loudly, its sound a mix between an eagle and a lion.Seeing her after Elias’s death makes rage rush through my body, and I jump off the griffin's harness. Jesse pulls the griffin back, giving me enough space to confront her. When her wide eyes see me approaching, a primal sort of fear fills them, and my darkened heart skips a beat in savage excitement.Good. Let her feel the terror."T-Theon?" she stutters, shrinking back.Before she can get another word out, I clamp my hand around her neck, slamming her on the elm tree just behind her. She cries out.It only satisfies me further."Where's Callista?!" I roar in her face. "What the fuck did you do with my mate, you traitorous bitch!"Valencia gasps, writhing in between my fing
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 217. Kidnap
Theon“After I locked Callista in the same room with Elias,” Valencia begins. “I watched from a distance because I wanted to make sure that he'd kill her. I was so sure that he would. But then, before he could lose control, you broke into the room and rescued her.”I grit my teeth as she talks, so I won’t start screaming at her after every bit of evil she spews. That particular day replays clearly in my mind.Callista and Elias had both been so terrified. I don't know what would've happened if I hadn't taken her out in time. Would Elias have healed fully, all the way through? Or would he have turned before he could? I guess we would never know that now. To hold my self-control is a battle, but for the sake of my mate, I power through.“I escaped as soon as possible after that and ran to the forest. But you must know, I had not planned that far. I overestimated my plan. So, at that moment, even as I ran, I knew that I was trapped. Soon, you and your wolves would come to find me, and
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 218. Lucifer
TheonWe take Valencia back to the pack where I personally throw her into a cell in the dungeon. I take special care to choose the same cage where they kept Callista and me before, purely out of pettiness.Speaking of which, I still can't believe that it's only been a day since everything turned upside down."Stay here," I command Valencia. "And if you even think of doing anything, all deals are off the table. I will kill you on the spot."Without waiting for her to answer, I exit the room that holds the cell. Outside, I place five guards near the door that leads to it and give them strict orders to shoot her if she tries to escape or attack them.I'm done taking chances with the snake.The castle is relatively calmer. People are resting wherever possible after cleaning up. The evening was approaching us, and the maids are busy in the kitchens cooking to feed the castle residents. The pack residents who had been in the castle had returned to their homes already. Kellin told me that he
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 219. Europe
TheonWhen I arrive with Kellin and Haden, Ophelia, Leita and Kiran are in my study, conferring with the Headmistress of the Witches Guild. The Headmistress looks serious, her eyes hard as she talks in a low tone. As soon as we enter, the witches turn to us.“Headmistress,” I say as a greeting while bowing my head towards her. “I'm sure you've heard of what we discovered.”“Hello, Alpha King Rexellen. First of all, I am very sorry about all that's happened,” the Headmistress replies. “Leita told me about what Valencia Everhart confessed. Coupled with the presence Ophelia felt in the forest right where Callista’s scent trail ended, it seems to me that we are in an entirely unprecedented kind of trouble.”“Do you know who this Xaveraq is?” I inquire, taking a seat, and joining the huddle around the monitor. “Valencia said that he called himself a devil?”The Headmistress's eyes darken at that.“That's the name of a race I never thought I'd hear again,” She mutters. “To be honest, we wer
Last Updated : 2025-01-14Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 220. Chain
CallistaI wake up after what feels like forever.Sunlight streams into the room I occupy through a window covered with blinds, and I lie on a feather-soft bed which feels good after everything I've been through. I'm basically sunk into the comfy mattress and fluffy pillows.I take a look around the room with bleary eyes, my mind still in the process of waking up. The room is spacious with a large, king-sized bed with a cushioned bench at the bottom.Near the window, there are two cushioned, high-back chairs with a small round table. The walls are covered with sky-blue colored wallpaper, and the pristine white ceiling is dotted with round lights.The whole bedroom looks comfy and warm and is heated just perfectly. It looks like a bedroom out of a Pinterest mood board. I try to raise my hand to wipe off the morning grit in my eyes.That's when I feel the cool metal of a chain. My mind instantly comes back online, and panic fills my being. The room is entirely unfamiliar. Where the he
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 262. Fight
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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
Theon“We saw a dirt path,” I reply as soon as I transform back to the human form from behind a boulder, using it to hide my nudity. “It's just a moment away from here. There are rocks all around so we can have a cover.”“A dirt path?” Master Tsertinand questions and send the ring a dirty look. “Couldn't have shown me that, could you, you little shit? We're trying to save your damned owner!”The ring, of course, does not answer. “We nearly ran into the barrier when we saw it,” Haden chimes in next to me, having transformed back himself. “Your bird was a great help.”As we say that, the bird itself arrives, chirping. It spirals around us, nearly touching us, and then flies straight towards Master Tsertinand. As soon as it collides with the weapon smith's body, it vanishes. “Did you call the Headmistress?” I question, pulling on my clothes.They're at the same spot I left them. Master Tsertinand was right when he said that the perimeter was smaller than that of the Rexellen pack. It o
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
