STEFAN'S POV.We had moved somewhere else in the woods which was not affected by the disaster which Valon and his warriors had caused.I laid my back on a tree, thinking of how Valon must have felt good, ridiculing me. I looked at my wounds. They were healing up and I was feeling better. It felt as if looking at the deep blue sky was charging me up."Alpha." Diego called me."I told you I do not want to speak to anyone for now.""I understand Alpha. But you are hurting.""As you can see, my wounds are healing up pretty fast.""I understand Alpha. But I mean you are hurting inside and when Melissa isn't here, it is my responsibility to be a shoulder you can lean on.""Diego.""Alpha, I know you are strong. You tried better than anyone who hasn't used this much power in a thousand years. And my trust in you. But I wouldn't just trust in you, I'm going to bring back the light in you. The light that would enable you to be in your best light. I'm sure Melissa is fine. Valon wants her aliv
MELISSA’S POV.Could this be a dream? How come I am right here in the same room with Valon and a maid who claims to be mine? If this was a dream, it was best to wake up. I shut my eyes really tight, and hoped to wake up in Stefan’s arms, but it didn’t work.Then I heard Valon’s wicked laughter.“If you are thinking this is a dream, how many hours would you need, to prove to you that it isn’t a dream?”“Why am I here!” I screamed at him.“Come on. Isn’t this the best reality ever? You are now a Luna and now in great hands. I will protect you from whatever evil. I am very capable of that.”“I do not need your protection.” I said, with scorn.“But you need protection to stay long on this earth. Stefan can’t provide that for you. You need to see how weak he was while I was dealing with him in the woods. I would have killed him, but I felt that was just too easy. I am always interested in a challenge; you know and I have been waiting for this very day to come when I would have a fight wit
STEFAN’S POV.I woke up ready for the journey and then gathered everyone to let them know of further things I had made up my mind on. Melissa’s father walked towards me as he had gotten much better.I excused myself from the crowd, and attended to him.“Is what I heard, true?” He asked.“Yes. But you do not have to worry, I will get her back.”Immediately I confirmed what he had heard about Melissa, his face went pale and whitened. I could tell he was really worried.“I told her to listen to you. I told her not to jump at stuff like that, and now she has been captured. How do I live, knowing she is in Valon’s hands?” Her father sobbed.“It was my fault. I couldn’t protect her until the end and ensure that nothing happens to her. But this time, I will ensure to get her back, and defeat Valon for this kingdom to feel peace again.” I promised him.Then he held my hand.“Please make sure you do.” He pleaded with keen eyes.“I will.”We went back to the crowd and I could tell they were wa
MELISSA’S POV.I thought about the letter which Stefan’s beta had written for him. I needed to find the other part of the letter, and to do that, I needed to be of the good behavior which Valon wanted me to have. Although, I wasn’t going to put on too much good behavior, so he wouldn’t think that I was considering him.I wouldn’t want a situation when he would want to sleep with me. That was unacceptable and what I hoped would never happen.By the way, it seems Grace would still be useful to me, and I was going to make sure she wasn’t going to get caught, while helping me out. But before that, I would need to furnish her to try her best not to act scared as she seems to.While thinking of a way to solve my puzzle and make my plans, I felt sleepy and laid on the bed and stared into blank space.“I miss you, Stefan.” I muttered under my breath and sighed, then I closed my eyes to daydream about us.I opened my eyes and discovered it was sun set, but then I could feel the presence of so
STEFAN’S POV.I opened my eyes slowly and everything still seemed fuzzy. I shut my eyes tight and tried to open it slowly again and this time, my vision became clearer. The first things I saw were the bright night sky, the moon and tree branches. I must be under a tree. I hope I had not died and gone to the afterlife. This thought made me try to sit up and I grunted hard in the process. I looked around me, and discovered that I was still in the middle of the woods and a bonfire had been made.I leaned on the tree I sat under and noticed that my arm was a bit swollen and I still felt weak from the snakes’ bite. This was unexpected and uncalculated for. Then I noticed Diego walking towards me, with a concerned look.“Alpha, are you okay now?” He asked, out of concern.“What happened to me exactly? Why am I still feeling the way?” I questioned, staring at my arm which was still giving me severe pain stings.“Actually, the snakes that were in that pound had some great level of venom. I
STEFAN’S POVAgain, I was beginning to feel useless as I couldn’t provide a solution. I bet Melissa could be giving up on hopes that I would be able to get her out of that situation.I think it would be best to stay with someone who really makes me feel like I’m special because right now, I do not feel that way.“Diego?” I called out to him while he was still looking around.“Yes Alpha.”“I think it is time I stop this journey. I mean, it is not meant for me. Things haven’t been going as planned if you have noticed. I love Melissa, but I really do not understand what is going on anymore. I think the best decision I will ever make is to get married to this queen here.”“What? Someone you really do not know about? I find her strange. Actually, Alpha, it seems there is something wrong. I know you will never think this way so I won’t take all you said to heart and I will not inform Melissa about this when things are better, but please change your mind.” Diego pleaded.I had already change
MELISSA’S POV.I feared for what would be my fate the moment I followed Grace. What was Valon calling to see me for, exactly?“Grace, where are you taking me to, exactly?” I asked, out of curiosity.“I really do not know where exactly you are going to. I am just following orders. By the way, I am just escorting you to the dining table as I was instructed to.” She replied, calmly.“Oh, I see.”I was hoping that our meeting was going to end at the dining room as I feared something else would pop up from his mind. Then I followed her and was looking around, trying to get familiar with the structure and anything that could help anytime I sit alone to try to figure out a way.After a while, we got to the dining room and my heart skipped a beat at the sight of Valon. He seemed to be calm and was smiling while eating. Who knew what he was up to?“Oh! You are here. Come on, have a seat.” He offered me as one of the maids pulled out a chair.I mustered up courage and decided to reject that of
I moved a few steps backward in fear.“Just stop right there.” “I think it’s best that you allow me to escape.” I muttered out.“You know very well that I can’t.”It seemed to me that he was a bit nice and calm. I guess it was still possible for me to escape if I can talk him out of trying to make me go back.“You can. Afterall, no one would know that you let me escape. You aren’t guarding close to Valon’s quarters.” I tried to convince him.“If you think that you can talk me out of this because I am calm, then you are wrong. I am giving you the respect you deserve as our Luna-to-be.”“What!” “Yes. If you go back to his room right now, I will pretend to have seen that you were trying to escape. And if you try to pull up any stunts by trying to attack me, which would not work, I will have no choice than to report your plan of escape to Alpha Valon.” He explained, with a straight face.Now, it was certain that there was nothing I could do to talk him out of it. He was already determin
MELISSA'S POV.Bonus Chapter.I got out of the swirling portal and wiped my hair to the back as it had scattered due to the wind. Oh, my. It has been a long while since I got here. It feels like second home.I walked out of the woods and then when I got to the road side, I brought out the currency I had kept since I left here and then hailed a cab.“Taxi!” I hailed the cab and got into it. I sat back and exhaled, ready to enjoy the ride.“Where to, ma’am?” He asked, politely.“Stefan’s Design, please.”I wanted to see how Edward was doing after all these months. I was certain he was doing well as he was a good leader and was capable of leading the people well. As soon as I got to the company, I ensured I put on the cap I brought along with me, so I won’t be recognized by anyone here. What explanation would I give them all if they caught sight of me? So, it was best for me to go unnoticed.I walked up to the vending machine and smiled as I recalled beautiful memories here, especial
STEFAN'S POV.It was a bright new day and this day felt different. Of course, it was the day to determine if we were going to win this war or not. But I had faith that our fate had something better in store for us all."It's time, right?" Melissa asked."Yes." Then I turned to the three warriors, Diego and Natasha. "We might face fear, hurdles and problems that seem bigger than us all, but we'll never back out until we win. Are we ready to fight this war!" I voiced out in confidence."Yes, Alpha!" They all chorused and then we headed out of the witches' kingdom back to the woods.While walking in the woods, Diego spoke up."The witches were really selfish this time, apart from giving Luna Jana back to us. If they couldn't fight the war, they could have at least, given us something which could be helpful to us." Diego pouted."It's fine, Diego. I believe we will win this war." "With or without them." Natasha added, with confidence."That's the spirit! It's time to show Valon the grea
MELISSA'S POV.I was in the room which they had kept me in, with my wounds magically healed. I was thankful that the witches had saved me, but I feared that they would be just another enemy whom I had gotten into their hands.Suddenly, the door creaked open and I noticed one of the witches at the door."You need to come out. Our Queen has asked for your presence." She informed me, without a smile."Do you think she wants to strike me dead or so something really nasty to me?" I asked, out of anxiousness."Please come out before things get nasty." She replied.Why were they so uptight here? I guess that's why they still stood strong, because they didn't allow any slight weakness to destroy them. They were queens over their weaknesses.I slowly followed her out to her meeting hall and to my surprise, I noticed Stefan, standing right before her."Melissa." He called out to me, looking touched."Stefan." I called out to him, softly as I covered my mouth with my hand.I couldn't believe it
STEFAN’S POV.It was a new day, and finally, we had gotten to the witches’ kingdom. I was glad that at least up to seven men made it with me and I hoped that what we came here for was going to be successful and not abortive.The witches were hard to please and to plead to them was a really difficult thing to do with a low chance of being helped. I was lucky that I was helped many years ago without too much effort and I hoped it would be the same, this time, because we didn’t have much time to waste anymore.We got to the large gate and we were stopped by two of their female guards. As fragile as they looked, they were really powerful. One could sense power going through their veins and you wouldn’t want to upset them.“Please allow us in. We have an important matter to talk about to your Queen.” I pleaded.“Our Queen do not want us to allow people in, so you have to go back.” One of them said, with a straight face.“Please you have to allow us in. We came all the way here and tried o
STEFAN'S POV.“Holy shit!”I knew that there were different supernatural but I never knew that there was one like this. She charged towards us and in one strike, she killed three men and then slashed Diego’s skin.“Aaargh!” Diego groaned in pain as he dropped down to the floor.“Her slashes are painful. The only way to kill her is to aim our claws at her heart.” Natasha informed me.“Alright, I guess we have to watch her moves closely as she is really fast.”“Exactly!”I nodded and Natasha and I charged towards her and we were able to avoid her claws. We successfully darted our claws at her heart and she became weak and fell to the ground and was dying slowly.“I think we should stop digging into her heart. Probably we can give her a chance or sort. She might agree to join us in our journey.”“No, Stefan. Do not be in a hurry to gain more people to fight with you. Her kind are deceptive in nature and the second chance you give her, she will ensure she kills you and trust me, that sec
MELISSA’S POV.What am I going to do? I began to think hard and it felt as if my heart which was beating fast was too loud for me to hear my thoughts and I almost screamed at this. Then a thought came to me and Immediately, I put in action.Any wrong move or wrong act could take away the bit of trust he had given me today. I quickly sat on his bed and crossed my legs, then I tried to calm myself so I do not look suspicious.“Phew! You can do this.” I sighed and encouraged myself.Then the door creaked open and my chest heaved up, refusing to go down. Valon walked into the room and his expression showed how surprised he was to see me.“What are you doing here, Jana? What do you want or should I say to what pleasure do I owe your presence?” He inquired while he stood, gazing at me.“I came to ask for a favor.”“What favor is that?” He asked, with his furrowed brows, becoming more obvious.“I want a personal guard. In fact, I need a personal guard. Ever since you gave me one just to tes
MELISSA’S POV.I didn’t know if this could be a trap or not and I wouldn’t want to fall into something like this, so I had to carefully choose my words and know the right action to take while in this dungeon.“I guess a lot of things have gotten into your head. Help me check if there is anything like a letter in your cell.” Then he scoffed. “I know about the letter which you are looking for.” He blurted out as he held the bars of his cell.If truly he knew what I was looking for and could say something really informative, it was best to ask him but I needed to try my best not to sound desperate.“You know about the letter, really? Well, if you do, where is it?” I asked, hoping he was going to tell me without I having to go through any sort of stress.“Not so fast, Luna.”“What do you want?” I let out my frustration.“I will tell you all you need to know if you are able to persuade Valon to set me free from the dungeon.”“But you do not deserve to be there. You and I both know that.
STEFAN’S POV.Night had fallen and Natasha, Diego and I, were brought out and the crowd gathered to watch the fight between Theodore and I. Some of them seem excited while some had expressions of dread on their faces.“Now Alpha, it is time for us to have a match. Are you ready or you are still warming up?” Theodore asked, looking down at me.I glanced at Natasha and Diego. Diego was looking angry while Natasha was calm. I also stared at the crowd and I could feel the atmosphere was tense around them as well, then I looked back at Theodore who was acting foolish.To me, he was just like a boy whom I needed to correct and knock some senses into his head.“I know very well that you are mocking me and if I were to look at our age, I am very much older than you. I am not interested in bragging about how I could knock you out in a second.” I said to him and he snickered.Then I turned to the crowd.“You all are wasting the strength and the time that is needed for more important things tha
MELISSA’S POV.I mustered up my courage and walked up to him.“So, you requested to see me. What do you want to see me for? I am all ears.” “I actually agreed at the last minute to do what you wanted me to do back then, but the guard decided not to allow me out of the drum.”I had also planned that I would use the guard’s hatred towards me to my advantage. After all, the wicked go down.“So, what you are saying is that he intentionally left you to die.” Valon tried to make sense of what I had just said to him.“That’s correct.” I affirmed, trying to maintain how fast my heart was beating.I wouldn’t want him to be suspicious of my moves.“Well, I do not believe you. If I have to believe you, then I will need evidence.” He replied as he clasped his fingers and rested his chin on them.“What evidence do you need? Because I am certain that you will get evidence. I know he hates me and wants to get rid of me.”“The only way I can get my evidence of what you claimed is if I make him your