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214. Devil
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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
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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
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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
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TheonThe funeral is a solemn affair.Unlike the last funeral I attended, which was Ruelle’s, the mass funeral we conduct for Elias and the rest of the dead wolves is simple. Only a few people are there in attendance.While the last funeral was overwhelmed in a general sense of anger, this one only contains only sorrow and regret.I press my lips to my brother's forehead one last time and mutter.“I hope you have a safe passage to the afterlife, Elias, and I hope that we will meet again someday. Say hello to Mom and Dad for me if you find them. I love you so much.” I brush some hair off his eyes and raise the shroud to cover his face. “Goodbye.”Tears run down my cheeks, and I make no move to hide them. I'm not ashamed to be crying for my own brother. I don't do the courtesy of even looking at Farris, and neither do any of my fellow guards. However, I allow Farris's former guards to attend the funeral ceremony. They stand in rows near his pyre, bound to one another by cuffs and chain
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Theon“We've kept Valencia in the dungeons,” I tell the Headmistress as we make our way back to the castle. “The dungeons are in the cellar. I’ll bring her to a better room for you, it’ll be easier for the interrogation.”Walking through the hallways of the castle with the Headmistress attracts as many stares as it did while we crossed through the town. They’re much more discreet in the castle, but no less surprised and reverent.The Headmistress simply looks that ethereal. I don’t believe she’d ever visited the royal pack before, much less an ordinary pack.“Actually, I think it's better if we keep her in the dungeons,” the Headmistress points out. “Less chance for her to escape or be broken out. The dungeon cells are lined with silver mixed iron bars, correct?” “Err, yes, they are,” I answer, wondering what she was implying.“Most of the supernatural creatures find silver lethal. Perhaps this devil does too. Having the prisoner kept behind silver bars would be prudent.”“I understa
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 321. Ceremony
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CallistaA week later.Valencia Everhart was sentenced to life in prison by the Supernatural Council for assisting the devil in his criminal endeavors such as kidnapping and harboring a werewolf, orchestrating a pack takeover on the orders of the devil, attempted killing of two pack members of the Rexellen pack and the biggest crime of them all, assisting the devil in massacring the entire Galdine pack.I thought the last one was a bit harsh because Valencia never really did know about that charge, but as Valencia had confessed in the court, she’d given the devil the location and information regarding her pack.She had been under the impression the devil was going to protect the Galdine pack from Theon’s retaliation against the pack takeover, but she’d been lied to.We attended the court on the same day as Valencia did, and I’m sure that the cries that ravaged her as she learned the horrible fate that befell her pack would never stop haunting my nightmares.I felt sorry for her, and a
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 319. Afterlife
CallistaQaetanya and Xaveraq reached the afterlife together.One was willing, the other was not. One sacrificed herself, while the other, well, I had to kill the other.Xaveraq’s soulless body lays in the circular chamber, and I don’t look at it again as we exit the room, both of us still in wolf forms.I feel numb as we stumble out of the temple as soon as possible after I release the devil’s and the deviless’s souls into the gateway.None of us speak, although I could feel everyone except Theon patiently waiting for the right moment. They look stunned as we walk through the doorway. For a moment I’d been afraid the doorway wouldn’t be present because of it being only shown with the blessing of a devil and all, but fortunately, it stands.As soon as we all exit the temple doorway, it starts to shudder. And then the most bizarre thing happens.Numerous high-pitched screams ring through the air, and greyish white mist starts to shoot from all directions towards the doorway, getting su
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 318. Defeat
TheonI can’t process half the things that are happening as I stand outside the little circular room, trying and failing to get in.One moment, Callista is being choked by the devil, and the next moment, in the place of Callista, stands a majestic white wolf! The wolf shimmers as if she were the Moon Goddess herself in wolf form, stepping down from the moon to aid us in our time of need.But when the wolf looks at me for the briefest moment and howls in ecstasy, I realize that this wolf is no Goddess.That’s my mate!After months, no, years, of agonizing, Callista has finally found her wolf.But then she turns towards Xaveraq and leaps towards him with no hesitation.My scream deafens my own ears, wondering what the hell she was doing. I witness the whole scene as if it’s unfolding in slow motion.As Callista nears the devil, whose shadows are closing in on her to consume her, a flash of blinding white light erupts from her, filling the room with a glow akin to the sun.I shield my e
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 317. Amazed
QaetanyaHer wolf is beautiful, reminiscent of the first wolfwoman I met in the forests of Gaul all those years ago.She is larger than most wolves, were-creature or otherwise, and when she stands, she cuts a majestic figure, even in the confines of the squat, circular room. Her coat is a silverish white, and it glistens as if it was created by moonlight, as if the Goddess molded the wolf herself.Her emerald eyes shine as she stares at Xaveraq in confusion, and amazement, stunned to her very core.She can’t still process that after years of hope and dream, she’d finally transformed into her secondary form.I had watched her wolf grow from a pup to an adult within her as I was trapped in her mind ever since she was born. Throughout the three thousand years I’ve been with Callista’s bloodline, I’ve witnessed hundreds of pups being born within the babies, but never have I seen a wolf as beautiful as this one.Even I was in awe when she first appeared, sleeping soundly, growing along wit
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 315. Goodbye
Callista“My, my, Qaetanya, you’re actually stronger than I thought. Here I thought that you wasted it all by giving that werewolf a special scent,” the devil taunts the deviless as he circles us, his eyes set on us as if he’s a predator.“I was blessed by the Goddess,” arrogantly, Qaetanya declares, flexing her digits so the electric sparks flicker around them. “Such a power cannot be hindered by anything, least of all you!”“All except the summer solstice,” Xaveraq grins before hurtling another wave of shadows towards her.Qaetanya ducks them swiftly, and the shadows hit the wall behind us, getting absorbed into the stone. Using her momentum, Qaetanya attacks Xaveraq with a light wave of her own, which Xaveraq detracts by a shield of shadows.“I told you that information because I trusted you,” Qaetanya replies to the jab. “Because I believed the man I loved wouldn’t even think of hurting me with that information. But you did exactly that. You might preach about me manipulating you
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 314. Monsters
TheonA pillar monster falls right in front of me, nearly crushing me, but I jump away just in time. The sheer force of the fall breaks its stone arm in two, and the eerie silverish glow in its eyes subsides. The pillar monster stops moving.“I think he died,” I tell Haden, who is panting on the other side of the fallen monster.This is the only one that we managed to fall, and by the looks of it, kill.“Holy shit, did that actually work?” Kiran screeches.He was the propellent of bringing the monster down. Now, he jumps back to the ground from the shield he’s been standing on and jogs closer to the pillar monster.Tentatively, he reaches out and touches its cracked shoulder, where some of the previously seen symbols are visible. I remember them running all around the pillars before the monsters came into being, glowing.I look at him and nod, trying to confer my thoughts via body movements.Yes, I think it actually worked.“Guys, we managed to bring a monster down!” Kiran yells back
