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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 78. Sword
Callista.There it is. Morbidly, I pat myself on the back for guessing that before. Internally, of course. Externally, I stay frozen, staring at her with wide eyes. I don’t try to talk, because I had far too much experience with the skittish type wolves and did not want to set off the same person who admitted she wanted me dead for killing my sister who tried to kill me.Oh, man, I’m going to be offed by a sword in the middle of a hospital compound, aren’t I?“But then Theon tells me that it isn’t true.” She shakes her head, and I breathe just a little. Theon had told her that, which means he believes me now. This very thought brings me joy, but not without bitterness. Took him too much time and too many sacrifices on my part to realize that didn’t it? I had to bleed on a stone slab for him to even entertain the idea. “He tells me that you didn’t murder your sister. That you just wanted to get away, and she chased you. Makes one wonder, how exactly did her death occur if it wasn’t wit
Last Updated : 2024-03-29Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 79. Past
Theon.“Have you seen Valencia?” I ask Haden who I’d found on my search, checking the machine guns on the castle walls, “I can’t find her anywhere.”She disappeared after chatting in my office after the Council had called a meeting, and when I returned, she was nowhere to be seen inside the castle. At first, I was concerned, but then I remembered that Valencia knew this castle like the back of her hand, there’s no way she would get into any sort of trouble by getting lost.Haden stills upon hearing that. Slowly he moves his incredulous gaze from the gun he’s checking at me.“Valencia?” He asks, “Valencia Everheart? Galdine pack’s Valencia?”I wince. “You hadn’t heard, have you?”“Damn right, I hadn’t heard, what the hell is she doing here?” Crossing his arms, he demands. “Now of all times!”“She came to visit after hearing about Ruelle’s death.”Valencia Everheart was not someone I thought I would see ever again. One of the best sword-fighting wolves there was, who was the daughter of
Last Updated : 2024-03-29Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 80. Feelings?
Theon.After a lifetime of having the notions of duty, responsibility, and royalty engraved to me from the start, I didn’t want to disappoint our father or the pack that relied on our family to provide it with leadership. Had I simply been the prince still, I might have considered it, but it was only mere months ago that my brother had abdicated from his position as the heir to the throne, because he trusted me to do a better job at ruling than he would have done, and father had started training me in the royal and diplomatic affairs. I realized that I had been using this relationship as a means of escape from all the expectations that were weighing down on me. While I loved Valencia, nostalgia drove our relationship more than love. She was my last connection to the life I led before I had to step up and fill the position my brother left, but I wanted her to be my present and future too.But I was not just Theon Rexellen the wolf. I was Theon Valenti Rexellen, first of my name, the he
Last Updated : 2024-03-30Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 81. Gift
Callista.Several days pass and Dr. Haeger says that I’m released from the hospital.No more rain comes after that first incident, so there isn’t a way for us to do more tests. None of the previous tests shed any light on what’s going on in my body, and being cooped up in the hospital room makes me go mad from boredom. I’m antsy and restless and want to do something other than laze around. Back when I was a prisoner in the tower, at least I had dread to not make me feel bored. But now I don’t even have that. Everyone I come face to face with is so nice.I request Dr. Haeger to release me, and at first, he is reluctant.But eventually, he folds.“But as soon as you feel strange, give me a call.” He instructs me. “Or go to Dr. Harris if you happen to be near the infirmary. No matter how little it feels, notify either of us.”“But I don’t have a phone,” I say, feeling sheepish.“Not anymore!” Haden’s voice comes from the doorway of my former hospital room, and I see him and Theon standin
Last Updated : 2024-03-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 82. Joy
Callista.A brand-new workstation awaits me.The previously small desk that resided in the corner in front of the window had been replaced by a brand-new study table containing a laptop and a number of binders and books. There’s a schedule printed out on the desk on the top of the laptop, and a set of instructions.“What is this?” I whisper, feeling overwhelmed. This is the last thing I expected to see when I realized that I was going to be able to come back to the tower.“Well, it came to our attention that you never really did get to finish school.” Kellin appears next to Haden at the doorway with a smile. “So, we thought we could enroll you in a remote learning program so you can finish your GED, and hopefully, attend college afterward.”I gape at the setup, speechless. I don’t know what to say. Thank you doesn’t seem to be enough. Especially after I thought I was going to be a glorified prisoner for the rest of my life.“We thought of enrolling you in a physical school but given h
Last Updated : 2024-03-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 83. Odd
Callista.That’s an odd request.“Why?”“We are going to need some privacy or this.” Then he grimaces. “I swear on the Goddess that I will not harm you, if that’s what you’re worried about. I won’t even touch a hair on your body. You are safe, I’m not…we aren’t going to be like before.”My eyes search his face for a moment, and see that he’s earnest. Well, that swearing is serious. So, I lock the door behind me and move away from the door.“Please take a seat,” He gestures at the seat on the other side of the desk. “I just want to talk.”I take a seat.Theon puts away some of the documents in front of me in a file and steeples his fingers together in an odd formal gesture. I sit ramrod straight, because no matter the swearing earlier, he is Theon, and I am Callista. Ever since we met, we have been nothing if not volatile.He leans forward, his voice low, “What did Valencia want from you the other day?”I’m taken aback by that question. I thought he was going to talk about the agreemen
Last Updated : 2024-03-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 84. Positive
Callista.School is hard.Never thought I would say that.After months of staying off schedule, it’s hard to work according to a timetable again. And it feels truly bizarre to learn things after all the things that had happened to me for the last few months. Taking a notebook and a pen, jotting down notes, and even answering questions bring about a strange sense of nostalgia. It makes me miss Esther. We had been so close before, attending almost every class together, sitting next to each other, and whispering when the teachers weren’t looking and snickering at one thing or the other while we had lunch. But now, I can’t do any of that. I don’t even know if Esther is aware of what happened to me, or where I went. She seemed as shocked as every other wolf on that dastardly coming-of-age ceremony day, but her expression had morphed into worry pretty quickly. If the Alpha’s men had not been there, I was certain she’d have come to my aid.I wondered if she thought about me once in a while,
Last Updated : 2024-03-31Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 85. Friends?
Callista.This news catches me off guard. I did not expect to hear that out of him. Theon is actually asking me to join him for a function out of nowhere and all I can do for a good half a minute is to gape at him like a loon.Finally, my brain kickstarts function and I give out a noise.“Huh?”“The Annual Festival to honor the Goddess? Your pack celebrated it too, right?” He asks, all casual and inquisitive, as if we do this sort of thing every day. Like we’re buddies who didn’t have the kind of past we did.Also, what kind of a stupid question is that?Of course, the Leighwen pack celebrated the Moon Festival. So did all the werewolf packs in the whole world. It was a major event in the werewolf community, where everyone takes to the streets to celebrate and honor the Moon Goddess through a night of fun and merriment.It’s an event that promotes the brotherhood between the wolves in the pack. Which is why I feel a spike of bitterness and anger rise within me. It’s not entirely logic
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Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 155. Strange
Callista."Yeah?" Theon prompts me. "Callista? Are you okay? You're staring at your drink…"The tremors don't stop. They're uniform and consistent. A feeling of dread crawls up my spine just as the ring on my finger hums."Look at your drink," I tell him. "Doesn't that seem strange to you?"Theon squints at me, and opens his mouth to speak just as he looks down at his drink.His eyebrows hike up his scalp, and the next thing I know, he’s springing out of his chair, making it topple behind him, catching the surprised attention of all the guests on the dining floor."The ground is tremoring," he says, and then yells in a much higher voice. "Get the hell out of the building, there's an earthquake coming!"Just as he screams, a sudden jolt propels through the floor, and the restaurant descends into chaos. I hold on to the table to keep my balance as the floor moves beneath me, shuddering, making tremors run up my body. The lights start to flicker, and then electricity sparks fly out of th
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 154. Human City
Callista.I cannot believe he's taking me to a human city!"Remember how you said that your dream was to go and visit a human city after your high school graduation?" Theon asks me out of the blue, making me turn towards him. He stares ahead at the road, carefully maneuvering the narrow streets. "Yeah," I reply giddily. "Of course, it’s been my dream for like…forever. All I wanted to do even back in the Leighwen pack was to get away, at least for a day, and see what the world had to offer.""Well, I know that you've been outside two times already now, but both times, you didn't really get to experience the best of what the city had to offer, right?" he inquires, although he knows the answer already.Because yes, the first time I was outside, I was homeless and trying to run away from the Rexellen pack. The less said about that the better.The second time, we'd been on a road trip to the Guild, and it was quick. We barely stopped at any cities and even when we did it was only for rest
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 153. Surprise
Theon."Goddess," I exclaim, not taking my eyes off her for a single second. I literally cannot look away from Callista.She is dressed in a plum purple-colored, sleeveless dress that shows off her pale, shapely arms and perfect shoulders. The dress is held by her raised cleavage which squints tantalizingly over the shimmery fabric, cinched at her slim waist with a simple strap of fabric, and the bottom skirt is shorter on the front while being longer in the back, nearly touching her ankle. There is a layer of gossamer purple fabric over the skirt, and it adds a voluptuous effect. She wears a single gold chain on her long neck, along with the crystal ring she always wears. Her hair is tied in an elaborate bun on the top of her head, but her bangs fall framing her face, lightly curved. On her ears are dangling earrings, and thin chains of gold that fall from her earlobes like mini waterfalls. Her feet are encased in glass-like high-heeled shoes. The makeup on her face accentuates the
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 152. Dressup
Callista.I knock on the thick oak door with much more finesse than I did with Theon's this morning and wait until I hear footsteps coming from the other side of the door. "Coming!" A sweet feminine voice comes from the other side of the door, accompanied by the giggle of a small child. Kellin's mate Gemini opens the door with her baby girl perched on her hip and smiles upon seeing me."Oh, hello, Callista!" she greets."Hey," I smile at her."Hewwo, Ca-ww-is-tah!" Her daughter, Sadie squeals imitating her mother, and my heart melts at her cuteness."Hi, Sadie!" I extend my hand towards her, and she takes it in an enthusiastic manner, pumping two of my fingers in her tiny fist. It’s the most adorable thing ever, because her lips purse all serious-like, and she looks so proud of herself when she lets my hand go. "Nice to meet you again!""Too!" She says, probably meaning 'Nice to meet you too!’ I enjoyed these little interactions with Sadie as well as her little brother, Simon, who w
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 151. Date
Callista.Some days after my big sword-fighting drama with Valencia, and the subsequent end of our tentative friendship, one morning, I get an email.After Valencia told Theon that the friendship between me and her was over, due to the fact that she was still in love with Theon and I was his true mate, I cried. I don't have a reason to lie about this, I brawled my eyes out. I really thought Valencia was a good friend so when she basically told me to go get screwed, it hurt.But I didn’t have the luxury of wallowing. I had online classes to attend, and during the one I had right after the debacle, my teacher told us that finals were coming up.That meant I had to push every sorrow to the very rear of my mind and start studying the hell off.Nothing can distract you from ex-friends than the looming threat of exams.So, I cooped myself inside my room, barred Theon from entering for an undetermined time for the foreseeable future, towed my ass to the study desk, and got into studying.I w
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 150. Save
ValenciaMy eyes widen upon hearing that. I never thought Theon would agree to that. Elias was the only remaining family he had, if I were him, I would never do that.But Theon isn't me. He is the Alpha King, and he is far nobler than I ever will be. He would put his brother's needs before himself when it matters the most, regardless of how painful it is.My love for him soars in my chest. A good man like Theon should never be corrupted by the likes of the stealer. This is why I have to save him from Callista. Suddenly, I hear Theon say, "I have to go now. I will come to visit you next morning. Try to get some sleep, please.""I will," Elias promises. "And thank you, Theon." Upon hearing that, I leave the tower so they wouldn't catch me spying on them.As soon as I enter my room and throw away the guard costume I had stolen, a knock comes on my door."Valencia," Theon's voice comes. "Can we talk? I have something important to tell you." I change my voice to sound less breathy from
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 149. Kill
ValenciaI eavesdrop on the conversation between Elias and Theon, disguised as a guard. No one suspected me when I casually walked up the tower with a mask and a uniform on. The guard who was already stationed there was nodding off, and upon seeing me he just gave a nod and went back to his sleep. I nodded back and walked up to the door, standing beside it.I can hear everything clearly from here.I don't know what made me follow Theon up the tower as soon as I saw him. Perhaps I wanted to see how Elias was. Regardless of what Theon thought, I didn't want to kill Elias for my own personal gain. I tried to do that because of kindness. Theon told me how Elias had asked him to kill the wolf before he went rogue, and Theon confessed to me that even though he knew it was his duty as his Alpha to grant him his wish he couldn't do it. The request devastated Theon, and I didn't want to see him like that.I tried to kill Elias to take the decision off his hands. I tried to kill Elias to spare
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 148. Skull
TheonI tell Elias everything that happened since the last time he was out of his episode. I tell him about Callista running away, the problem with the Brekett pack, the Chamber of Despair, the Mental violation, the Witches Guild, and everything else. I even tell him about the accidents that have happened since Callista's return to the Rexellen pack.At the end of my rant-like narration, Elias gapes at me."Oh, wow," he says. "That sounds like a fever dream. An awful fever dream in which you were acting with only half a brain cell rattling around in that skull of yours-which we are going to have a long talk about- but a fever dream nonetheless.""Yet it all happened," I sigh. "And it's still happening. I don't know the identity of the person who is attacking Callista. We just accepted each other after she forgave me and now this happens.""Perhaps you should publicly start looking for the culprit," Elias suggests. "It will weed them out faster.""But I don't know who else to trust tha
Once A Luna, Now A Stealer? 147. Saint
TheonA knock comes on my office door near the evening, and Kellin's voice follows. "Alpha, may I come in? I’ve received some news.""Yeah," offhandedly, I say, scratching at my head and my eyes stay glued to the documents in front of me.I am reviewing some project reports regarding a new community center we wish to build in the Rexellen pack. So far, it's coming along relatively smoothly, but that doesn't mean there weren't any hiccups. The door opens and Kellin enters."How's the project going so far?"I shrug. "Smoothly, I suppose. They've passed the plans for the tennis courts, and they seem to be okay so far. I have to pass it through a third-party architectural committee, though. What news do you have to say?""Just that Elias is lucid again," Kellin announces, and I sit up straight, feeling happiness blossom from within my chest. My brother was back!"How is he?" I ask, getting up from the chair. "How are his wounds?"Elias had been too far gone into his bloodlust in the last
