Clad with the veil and the outdoor dress Diana got from her cousin, Lina, she leaped from one roof to another. Transferring from one cabin to another cabin within the old residential area of the Crescent Pack, Diana tapped the right side of her chest. A warm and hard surface welcomed her sense of touch, the Moon’s Tear was beating as if it was alive.
‘With this, the Werewofl Committee cannot usurp both the Crescent Pack and the Blood Claws Pack. I know now that the events of the past were somehow related to this necklace. All I have to do now is observe and see their next course of action.’ Diana thought as she welcomed the whip of the air as she raced above the rooftops of the imperial palaces.
The sun was at its highest peak as the branches of the Cherry Blossoms trees swayed from east to west or to south from the north. With the wind changing direction from time to time, her woodland scent disguise could not be smelled even with the heightened sens
‘SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING me.’ Diana thought as she ran away.Her steps against the brick roofs were light as a feather. Ears twitching, she did not have to look back to know that she was being chased.The sensation was somewhat familiar to Diana. It was as if that stormy night had a repeat. With her face covered with a measly veil, she did not dare to look back. Though she was sure it was not Elder Shananel, she knew that it was far superior to the deltas lurking around the inner palace where she was currently located as of the moment.“Tsk.” Diana jumped.Even when she could take the chance to leap at the nearest tallest roof, she preferred to jump down to the lower one, catching her seeker off guard. With the delay of her landing due to the height, she used this chance to pull the veil covering her face. Instead, she wrapped it around her lower face like a mask. The disguise given by Rakiz Lemoir was proving a great help for Diana a
“YOU LOOK LIKE a colt who is about to hit puberty, Diana lass. Or should I say, Luna Diana?” The deadpan voice of Rakiz Lemoir made Diana roll her eyes.Their footsteps were followed by the splashing of the ankle-deep stream they were trudging on. Aside from their trailing sound of footsteps, Rakiz Lemoir’s high-pitched voice came second. No amount of cricket or a lark’s sound could stop his pesky mouth from criticizing her. And he was doing it for hours already ever since they stepped out from the borders of the Crescent Pack.Diana could not blame why Rakiz Lemoir was telling her this. Her hair was cut out as if some rabid rogue chewed her head off and spit it out. Her turtle-neck sleeves were yellowish in color but she could swear that they were supposed to be white. Beer stains and mud splashes littered her overly loose pants. A beaten maroon-colored scarf surrounded her head and her face while her eyes were the only visible part of her face
‘Is Rakiz Lemoir still alive? Why isn’t he answering?’ Thoughts ran amock inside Diana’s mind.Closing her eyes, Diana’s ears stopped twitching.She leaped to the next branch with her eyes close. At this moment, she was seeing things through closed eyelids in three dimensions. The falling leaves around her, the winds whipping her face, the sun peeking through branches, even the vibration of the forest floor – she could see it all. Her direction still heading to the blur of a black patch, but only then, it was not just a shadowy blur.Its paws created a trembling thud on the forest floor. Its musky smell fanned over the unconscious Rakiz Lemoir which made Diana’s wolf howl at the back of her mind. And its rancid aura whipped around him like a veil of black smoke. There was only one creature that got these characteristics… feral rogues.Feral rogues were not that many in number.They did not multiply t
The buzzing central town of the Crescent Pack where Diana grew up and spent most of her time was the complete contrast to the Black Ridge Pack. Among the four great packs that supported the Werewolf Committee, the Black Ridge Pack of the eastern territories was the most adept with nature. They valued tranquility and peace among others with which Diana’s late father, Beta Mason Ritchell, shared the same principles. If Elder Shananel was the goddess of battle strategies, the late Beta Mason Ritchell was the bringer of peace. He was harsh to his kin for he wanted nothing more but to instill that war between other packs was useless. This stand of her late father was the root cause of the occasional friction between the siblings Mason and Shananel, the only direct descendants of the previous beta. Because the late Beta Mason shared the same vision with the previous alpha of the Black Ridge Pack, the eastern pack was deemed to be the closest to her father. He would often visit his old frie
Sitting before the looming and imposing alpha, Diana fidgeted. Her fingers collided with each other as her eyes remained fixated on the table between them. Diana had been holding her breath from time to time, she was avoiding smelling his minty pine scent. Diana knew that she was treading into dangerous territories. After all, her mate along with his wolf was angry with her series of actions. The veil of woodland scent sprinkled by Rakiz Lemoir before he went away to meet Shinro was her only defense to stop the wreck that she was in. A drop of cold sweat trickled down her spine as she continued to fidget. Her mind was frantic for she was reliving the moment she saw the room of her parents down to the moment that she was chased by Elder Shananel’s delta werewolves. It was either this pain or the thirst to shift and let herself be sm
“SHE IS PLANNING to go down,” said Rakiz Lemoir in a whispered voice. He was now hunched atop the rooftop parallel to the restaurant where Diana Ritchell was situated along with her prospective mate. A voice whispered back in a yelling tone. Her hot breath fanned over Rakiz Lemoir’s nape, making shivers run amok down his spine. “I thought that zhe ran away from him the first time they met?” “Goddess, Laville! Stop acting like a freaking mushroom, will you?” Rakiz Lemoir snapped. Laville, who was Shinor’s chosen beta and the Black Ridge Pack’s new beta, merely rolled her eyes. Rakiz Lemoir’s attention was now fixated on the sun-kissed woman with kinky hair that reached her slim waist as if it was her second skin. He continued even when for a lapse of a moment, he went lost from her pool of rich blue eyes. Not minding that he was on the verge of choking from the accumulated spit that clogged his parched throat, he opened his clenched mouth. “And yes she did ru
Kissing Dylan was nothing like Diana's measly imagination that could come up with. His lips were much softer than they look, but their hard command against hers contradicted that. When his wet tongue touched the seam of her lips, Diana shamelessly opened up for him and the way he expertly slid it against her own caused her to moan embarrassingly loud. His large hands went to her waist and their warmth seared through the thin silk dress she wore. Her own hands flew to his hair when she fisted and tugged him closer against her – against her better judgment. Her curves fit right along the hard edges of his body and all she could think of was that she wanted his clothes off. Diana let go of his hair and reached down to grasp the hem of his silk shirt before she tugged it up. She almost protested at the loss of his lips against hers but the way he reached behind him to pull his shirt off by the neckline definitely made up for it. Her mouth was practically watering as she eyed his lean
Diana woke up fresh for the first in what it felt like a long time. Her wolf, Teshin, purred languidly at the back of her mind. Rolling her eyes, she was smacked by the gorgeous sight beside her – her sleeping mate in his naked glory. Tiptoeing, Diana wore his discarded shirt before she went to the bathroom to wash herself up. When faced with the mirror, Diana could no longer deny herself – she was contented. Shaking her head, she knew there was no more point running away. What she feared the most was accepted by Dylan. Despite the fact that he once hunted witches, he would protect her – and now, she did not doubt it. She felt it through their bond. She was his as he was hers. Two entities bound together by a bond to death. This time, Diana wanted to believe in the mate bond one more time. Dylan proved it to her time and time again that not all mates were like Axel Crescent. She only hoped that she was indeed right. There was a saying: shame on you if you fool me once, shame on
Long ago, when the Moon Goddess slept inside the cradle of oblivion, Comba was the only god of the world. Just like how the Moon Goddess blessed the werewolves with their wolf counterparts, Comba blessed the witches with the ability to command the nature at will across the seven seas.The gift given by Comba was the reason why witches stood at the peak of the chain with so much difference in power compared to the races beneath them. It was because of this peculiar and convenient blessing that the witches were both revered and feared by the other races. They revered them for their strength and they feared them for the little sense of empathy towards the lower races. They treated the werewolves as their slaves. For many centuries, werewolves were skinned as their clothes while the werewolves’ heads hanged by their homes and gates as ornaments.It was a time that werewolves almost became instinct. Female werewolves were exploited for sick entertainment while male werewolves were used as
Clad in an epsilon-ranked uniform of the enemy camp, the shade of red and black did wonders against the snow-like complexion of Dana and the noble elf as they trudged the empty plains of the southern territory. Kicking the piles of snow and stones in her way, Diana cleared the path for Gelong who was walking behind her like a duckling following its mother goose. The heaving sound of a set of constricted lungs made her stop. She turned around as she untied the black tattered satin from her neck before she placed it around Gelong’s frostbitten neck and chin.“We will find a safety spot for you with food and enough heat to last you as you wait for me.” Diana muttered under her breath. A ghost of a translucent smoke escaped from her chapped lips.Upon her words, Gelong lifted her chin to meet a set of orbs staring at him already – making him want to step back like always. “Where are you going? You are not planning to go into this plan without me, aren’t you?”On instinct, his hands found
Heavy footsteps together with the rattling of chains echoed within the empty corridors of the fortress they were staying at. The silent breathing of the elven folk did not leave unnoticed for Diana as the two of them were on high alert as they trudged within the hallways of the keep. Diana gritted her canines, enough to make her taste her blood trailing down her throat. She did not like, especially Teshin, how they were chain into submission. Had it not been for the remaining logic within her mind, she was sure that the corridor walls would have bathed the blood of the delta-ranked werewolf traitors.Three trecherous delta-ranked werewolves, clad with their uniforms which the insignia of the secret circle was embroidered, wore smug faces as they held the leash that the prisoners were bound to. One of the delta-ranked werewolves, who had a bloody knuckle, pulled the leash he was holding on a whim. On cue, Diana stumbled forward – losing her footing and which made her chin kiss the dust
Tears started to stream from her unblinking eyes. The color of her eyes darkened that it almost looked like the starless northern night sky as she stared at the enemy alpha, who was grinning down at her.She plead, “Please. Please, give me a chance to be of used to you. That elf can only do so much while I am better tenfold than her.”Crimson ink dropped onto the pristine tiled floor. The tip of the claw grazed Diana’s throat. Upon seeing her crying face, the first alpha, who was apprehensive about everything, was about to step forward when the second alpha, who was constantly courting death, spoke again. “Bring him in.”On cue, the enormous double doors of the throne room opened followed by the rattling of chains and the painful grunts of the person being dragged ensued. Diana, who was not able to turn her head, waited for the person to be brought in front of her. The nagging instinct she had made her quiver with fear.“Let us welcome our very important guest, everyone! Gelong the No
“You must go while you still can. They will ask me about you after they get their hands on Gelong. Before then, you must leave the place and come back to where you come from. With your ability, I know that you can survive escaping from this place. That place is safer for you than remaining here.” Her nose smelled his unfamiliar scent and a change of his hair color along with the difference in his height. Gone was the scent that Diana was used to.Diana shook his head. “It is too late for that.”“What?”In front of Diana, the fading mirage of Gelong together with the loud thud of the dungeon’s entrance bombarded her. The moment that the heavy footsteps appeared before her, the enemy leader had already disappeared.‘Teleportation? Is this also one of his powers? How did the enemy become this strong?’ Diana’s train of thought snapped when a werewolf invaded her senses.“Move!” A werewolf pushed Diana away from the iron bars which made her stagger. A loud banging sound resonated when the
A couple of meters away from him, wildflowers started to bloom in the middle of the snowstorm. The trail of flowers led to the trudging person, heading in the direction of the man. Amidst the temperature, his thin cloth barely covered his dainty body paired with his bare feet that buried a mark on the white-colored ground with every step he took, and a pair of eyes glowed like the rising moon.“Took you long enough to come here,” said the man who waited. His back was on him when he stood a meter away from the newly arrived person.“I enjoyed the last of my vacation for I know that the time has come for us to move; we will have no luxury to relax anymore.” The sweet voice answered the man. He took a step and moved ahead, striding past him before he kneeled in front of the tomb. “Rush vanala. It has been years since I last talked to you, but now we can’t do that anymore.” Lumeria, the dryad, heaved a shaky sigh before he continued. “And like what I promised, the wolven race is at stake.
Diana, who was left alone with the leader of the enemy, started to question why she was there. She somehow realized that it was not sheer curiosity that made him call her—it was something more. And for whatever it was, Diana felt she would not like wherever this ‘talk’ was going.“You are from the Crescent Pack, right? And you’re a hybrid as well.” The enemy leader started to speak without even telling her to raise her head.“Yeah right.” Though her head was bent down, Diana spoke with a clear and calm voice which the enemy leader found quite vexing. His eyes gleamed with malediction.“And when was the last heat of your pretty little shapeshifter? I am quite curious to spawn a hybrid of an elf and a wolf. They said that male elves can conceive as well.” This time, the enemy leader cracked a grin upon seeing the hybrid luna in front of him go rigid. He was ecstatic to know that the infamous hybrid luna’s weakness was someone so trivial —something that should be easy to deal with. Seein
‘I have parents to avenge and a pack to protect – from the sidelines. Killing the abominations will be my priority to stop the plausible scenario where the innocent would get killed in a war, not theirs to fight and die for. I need this war to stop escalating, and I need my mate and my vassals to do that. But where are they?’Teshin, after encountering Shananel, answered at the back of her mind. ‘They are nearby, Diana. I can sense them.’Diana wandered her predatory eyes discreetly as her head bent down, but she could not even see a single hair of Dylan’s electric blue eyes or a shade of Gelong’s locks. The scene wherein she saw Gelong being surrounded and enclosed by the phantoms struck her mind.‘I have to go back and find him. All I need is to present this plan to the southern alphas. I bet they will allow me if I told them about my capability to use the offensive flame spells—this way, I can venture out beyond the barrier. After all, I still have the advantage of being a reborn h
A small table was placed near her with a jar and a cup of water along with a piece of bread and dried meat. There were also some white pieces of cloth folded neatly beside the place as if Dylan was telling her to change her wretched clothes. The lamp that was hanging near the pillar had almost ran out of flame and the dozens of rushed footsteps from different directions right outside her tent were a telltale sign that the war had taken a pause but it was yet to end.“I am in an Alliance encampment,” said Diana as realization dawned upon her. After taking all the pieces together, she was a hundred percentile sure that the blood alpha had brought her in the encampment.‘Then, the abominations and Shananel did not chase us. What about Gelong?’Though staggering, Diana stood from the makeshift bed and walked around – her bare feet did not deter upon the contact with the cold ground. Her frantic eyes landed on the crescent-shaped blade which was now clean compared to what she remembered. T