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240. Eliana Auclair
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 241. Solstice
Callista“That's... unexpected,” I mutter, not really knowing what I have to say now. In the past few minutes, I've learned more about my parentage than I'd known my whole life from none other than a man who called himself the devil and kidnapped me to kill me in the end. And that was a lot of unexpected information. I mean, I've never even dreamed of my mother also being a stealer. It was so surreal to even think about that. I've never thought of my being a stealer from a technical aspect. For me, it was rotten luck, and for the most part, a curse. I thought it was a punishment from the Goddess, perhaps for something I did in another life.As for my mother, well, I thought she was a rogue wolf who'd gotten pregnant by accident. Sometimes it happens with rogues, and in their crazed mental states, they'd just abandon the pups after giving birth to them. The pups would be born in human form and unless they are taken care of immediately, they would die.It was either that or my parent
Last Updated : 2025-01-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 242. Refuge
TheonAlthough I wanted to venture off in the night itself, it was not prudent to leave for Callista’s rescue given how everyone at the party was already exhausted. So, we decided to snooze for a few hours and hit the road in the morning.The Headmistress and Matron Aldar left for the Witches Guild that night itself, and Ophelia, Leita, Kiran, and Mater Tsertinand took refuge in the castle. Knowing that Callista was safe and alive while being taken care of, although she was imprisoned, eased my mind a little, and unlike the night before I managed to get a little sleep. Early in the morning when the sun hasn't even risen yet, we get up, grab the bags we'd packed in the night before, and meet up in the dining hall.“I hope you all had a good night,” I remark as soon as I enter the dining hall. “We got a long road ahead of us, and we might not be able to rest again.”“It was alright,” Leita says, buttering a roll. “But I forgot to send Dan with Matron Aldar last night, so I have to ret
Last Updated : 2025-01-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 243. Safe
Theon“I forgot how fucking uncomfortable it is to travel in these tin cans,” Master Tsertinand mutters next to me, squirming under the seatbelt yet again. “Especially with these harnesses. What's the point of these, again?”“They keep you safe in case of an accident,” I reply, somewhat amused by this big man getting held back by a small strap across his chest.Seeing Master Tsertinand in a minivan was hilarious, but his obvious discomfort and the comments it created were so comical that Ophelia, who was sitting next to him demanded to change seats with me at the front so Tsertinand wouldn't murder her for laughing at him.Judging by how red in the face she was, she'd been dangerously close to it. “We're witches, we do not get in accidents,” he mutters, and Haden chimes from the front.“Yeah, but we're wolves, and we do not like to be called over by the human police so the seatbelt should better be in place,” Haden was immune to Master Tsertinand's intimidation surprisingly and told
Last Updated : 2025-02-12Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 244. Motel
TheonWe drive for the longest time after lunch, and the snowfall only increases.“It's getting hard to see, Alpha,” Haden says at about 08:00 PM as we glide through the highway. “The snow is fogging up the windscreen.”I straighten from where I was leaning on the door to my left and peak at the front of the vehicle, and it is extremely hard to see outside. Although the wipers work to their maximum capacity, the snowfall is faster.If we keep driving at this rate, we might crash. I see more and more drivers exiting the highway. I sigh. Even the damned weather is against us. “Let's get off the highway and find a motel,” I give in to the weather. “Get some rest and continue on after the snowstorm.”“Yes, Alpha,” Haden replies.We exit the highway yet again, and this time the area we stumble into is more secluded than the last one. It's pitch black outside even though it's not that far into the night because of the winter, and we only see a handful of vehicles on the road. “The snowst
Last Updated : 2025-02-12Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 245. Kids
Theon“You can put the room under John Latham,” I give her the fake name I always use when dealing with the human world.While Theon Rexellen does not exist in their world, John Latham who was born on June 14th in the same year I was born.He's a businessman who worked in various industries which required him to travel profusely and had his very own passport, birth certificate, driver's license, as well as multiple bank accounts.Of course, all the documents I had under the name were forged. When wolves engaged with the human world, we were always very careful not to let them know our real names, because none of us had birth certificates or social security numbers issued by their government. Essentially it meant we were illegals living in this country, but who was going to check?“Alright, what kind of a room would you like?” she asks, glancing at Master Tsertinand. “A single bed? Double bed? Single bedroom or double bedroom?”“We're actually a group of six people,” I reply. “So, we'
Last Updated : 2025-02-12Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 246. Claim
TheonAs the Alpha of the Rexellen pack as well as the Alpha King of all of North America (they make sure to mention both those facts), I get one of the beds in one of the rooms regardless of how much I deny the need to be treated so.As the oldest person in our group, Master Tsertinand gets one of the beds in the other bedroom. As my Gamma, Haden takes the other bed, although he looks extremely apologetic about it. Ophelia has to take the last remaining bed because Leita and Kiran refuse.“Please, I can squeeze into the couch with my size comfortably,” she insists. “You guys are both taller than me, and it's going to be hell for either one of you to fit in there.”“Nah, it won't be that hard. Besides, we can always take the floor,” Leita says. “I think it'll be wise for us to take the living room space. We can guard the door in that way. Who knows what will happen?”“I'm still not sure if this place does or doesn't come with a serial killer package deal, so I agree,” Kiran chimes in
Last Updated : 2025-02-12Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 247. Lake
TheonThere is a beautiful lake in front of me. It gleams under the summer sun, cerulean blue and sea glass green, its waves lapping the pebbled shores serenely. Spring green grass surrounds the lake, wildflowers popping through the blades randomly. I'm sitting under an old, grand tree, and I lean on its trunk. I feel happy.I look to my side and see the smiling face of my mate. She's as beautiful as ever, her dark hair tightened in a braid with escaped locks framing her face. Her emerald eyes glitter happily. She leans her head on my shoulder with a sigh.“I was thinking about names,” she says to my surprise. “Oh, yeah?” I find myself asking. “Boy names or girl names?”“Well, both,” she replies. “I don't want to know earlier. Want them to be a surprise, you know?”She lovingly strokes her belly, and I join her, putting my hand above her own. I feel the little life growing inside of her. I don't know how, maybe it's a part of my Alpha King power. Nevertheless, I'm grateful for it.
Last Updated : 2025-02-13Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 248. Hunters
Theon"Holy shit!" Haden yelps behind me and I immediately put my hands up."Don't move!" The silhouette screams with a hard, masculine voice, "Take one step forward and I will blast your face off!""Look, dude, we don't want any trouble," I say, "We're just tourists.""Oh, you're a tourist? How fucking convenient!" The silhouette says, shaking the nozzle of the gun.I can't believe there is a gun-wielding man in the motel parking lot especially after we joked about this place being the lair of an ax murderer or a serial killer. I didn't seriously think either of those will happen despite the stereotypes, but here I am with a gun aimed at my face.Who the hell is this guy? Was he trying to rob the minivan? I didn't know the crime rates around this place. Was this common? This feels like something Debbie should've warned us about before we checked in."We don't know about convenience or whatnot" Haden replies, his tone annoyed, "But that's what we are. Who the hell are you to be point
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 322. Epilogue
CallistaTen years later.I stand in front of Lily Lane Pup Daycare after ending my workday at Rexellen University, holding a stack of books in my arms trying to shove them into the backpack I’ve taken with me.It’s three in the evening, and the kids should be out in a few minutes.It’s summer again, the weather is pleasantly warm, and everything brims with life. There are bees flying everywhere, suckling nectar out of the numerous fully blossomed Leanderrs.The Rexellen pack town is as busy as ever, with people bustling around after clocking off from work, going on their errands, and their outings.Everyone seems happy, and they’re open and very friendly.Upon noticing me, everyone who passes greets me with a simple.“Good evening, Luna!”“Good evening to you too!” I always greet back.Some parents stop by near the daycare to collect their children, and we start pleasantly conversing with each other.I’ve been the Luna Queen of the Rexellen pack for ten years now, and honestly, those
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 321. Ceremony
CallistaFour weeks later.I walk down the shoveled path with a single lily flower in my hand, a smile on my lips, and my heart overflowing with joy.I’m dressed in an ankle-length, heavy-set gown that accentuates my form as if it had been sewn with me in my mind.It’s a silverish white in color in accordance with tradition, and a million tiny rhinestones create spiraling patterns all over the skirt. The long sleeves and the woolen cloak that accompany them give me warmth on the cold winter night.On my neck, there is a white gold necklace with a diamond as the pendant, the only piece of jewelry I wear, which is a gift from the witches who'd arrived a day before to celebrate the ceremony.The mating ceremony for Theon and me.In the background, a string quartet, comprised of two maids of the Rexellen pack castle and two guards, plays a tune that I can't quite name but can’t help but think is so apt for the situation.On either side of me, my closest friends whom I consider my family s
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 320. Gift, not Curse
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
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 316. Shift
CallistaThe very first time I witnessed a werewolf’s first shift I was just five years old.It was at a birthday party, and of course, it was for Ruelle.Naturally, almost everyone from my adoptive parents’ families was invited. I liked my relatives because they didn’t favor Ruelle over me to the extent my parents did. At this time, all I had were Ruelle’s hand-me-downs. Her clothes, her toys, her books…The only thing I had for myself was a pair of shoes because Ruelle’s feet had always been smaller than mine, and there was no way my feet could fit in her shoes.I loved those shoes so much.That didn’t mean I never got gifts. My parents’ relatives would always give me presents of my own when they came to visit. It didn’t matter if it was Ruelle’s birthday or mine.It didn’t matter if it was a special day, a holiday, or even a plain, random visit to see how we were doing: clothes, shoes, toys, and new books; everything a little girl could want.Granted these things would be taken awa
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
