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Chapter 30: “Why do you call me Luna?”
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When I come out of the tunnel, the sky is already showing signs of the earth awakening and some early birds have begun to start singing. Everything in the pack points to another peaceful day, just like Liana had said but I knew better. The people weren’t even aware of the attacks on the elders and the death of the cook had been kept really quiet all in the name of maintaining the ‘fake’ peace Liana had promised the people. I had to shake her, she just couldn’t be left alone. I don’t walk home, I run home with an urgency that pushes me on. I had to get home before the sky became brighter and day broke but I also had to get home to find a way to deal with the so-called Luna. When I finally get to my room, I place my hands on my knees and try to catch my breath but I realize I don’t even have that time when an image of Dorothea sitting on that dirty floor in a dark underground cell flashes through my mind. I look through my desk till I find the notepad I was looking for, then stop sudd
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“What is it, Luna?” her maid asks, rushing to Liana. Liana pushes her away and turns to me. “You, where did you get this from?” “The letters?” “What else?” she screams. “I picked the letters up from one of the workers. I was told you normally get letters like this. Should I call the person who handed it over to me?” “No, it’s fine.” “I’ll throw them out.” Her other maid says and moves to collect the letters. “No!” Liana screams and grabs the letter before the maid can get to it. “It’s fine Ally, I’ll take care of it myself.” The maid –Ally and I watch her fold the letter and slip it into the pocket of her blouse, then fluff her hair and let out a breath. “You two can go home now.” “Now? But it isn’t even noon yet.” “I know that Ally, but I need to…meditate now, I can’t have any distractions.” “Yes, Luna.” Liana leaves the room in a hurry, then Ally follows, looking lost. “She’s going to see Dorothea, isn’t she?” “Let’s see what she does next.” I leave the residence, on my way back h
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Twenty four hours. Twenty four hours had passed and there was no sign of any gathering of the pack members, not even an announcement was made for a potential gathering. “Let’s be patient Ida and give her another day to tell the truth.” Forty eight hours had now passed and yet Liana was not calling for a gathering of the pack members to tell the truth about the prophecies and the danger the pack was in. Seventy two hours later, Liana looked comfortable, too comfortable, like she had not received a blackmail letter three days ago. Liana was ignoring me, probably calling my bluff. She wasn’t going to make things easy for me, was she? “There’s a meeting with the alpha, the beta and the elders. Ally, you come with me. Alexa, stay here till we come back.” “Yes, Luna.” Is she trying to keep me out? “Let’s get going Ally.” When they leave the room, I smile to myself. “Trying to leave me out, Liana? I don’t think so.” I slip the map of the underground tunnels out from my pocket and look for t
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It takes all my strength to stop myself from laughing at the panic on Liana’s face. Derek and Asher both look confused by her outburst but Liana pays them no mind and snatches the letter from Derek’s hands. “There must have been a mistake, this is actually for me. I’ve been expecting it.” “The guard said it was for Derek. Isn’t it addressed to him?” Asher says. “This actually says ‘the oracle of the moon goddess’, and that’s me Asher.” She replies. Is it? After a tense silence, she excuses herself and leaves the hall. My work here is done, so I shut the hidden door and make my way back to where I came from. My new destination, is the hidden door to the office of the Luna. This tunnel is in even worse condition than the others I’ve been in so far. There are thick cobwebs lined with heavy layers of dust that pulls the cobwebs far from the ceiling. It is a struggle heading into a sea of thick, dusty cobwebs but I do it anyway. When I get to the secret door, I find that I don’t need to o
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“Alexa? Are you okay? You look kind of pale. Do you want to sit down?” Hope grabs my hand and I am grateful for the contact. My throat feels like its closing and my breaths come in short pants. I suddenly feel lightheaded. “Alexa!” Hope’s voice sounds like she’s screaming my name from underwater. “Hope, I can’t breathe!” I’m not sure if I get those words out but I know for a fact that I look at her with desperation and panic in my eyes. From the fog around me, I can feel Ida’s panic rising as she growls and growls, trying to reach me, but everything sounds like it is coming from far away and I am alone where I am, not even my wolf is with me. I close my eyes and count to ten in my head but when I open them, I find myself in a dark forest. All I can see are trees all around me. I catch a glimpse of red eyes in the dark but when I look again, they are gone. “Ida? Ida, can you hear me?” I call to my wolf but all I hear is silence. “Ida, please.” I am crying now, the tears flow freely fr
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“Who’s Ida?” Asher asks, effectively stopping me from running away from these confusing feelings. “Ida?” I say, turning to face him slowly with a fake ‘I’m confused’ expression on my face. “You mentioned the name quite a lot while you were asleep.” Asher says carefully, watching me with those sharp eyes of his, I needed be careful. “Oh Ida, she’s an old friend of mine.” I don’t remember ever telling Asher the name of my wolf when I was Genevieve, so I hope I’m right and lie. “Any particular reason why you kept on calling for her in your sleep?” he asks, not bothering to hide his curious stare. My mind flashes to the weird dream I had, those creepy red eyes in the darkness and the feel of those hands holding me down, swarming up all over my body. I shiver when I remember the laugh of the mysterious person, ‘it’ had called me Genevieve. “I have been away from home for a while, I guess I just miss her. She’s my closest friend.” Asher is about to say something more but I don’t think I h
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I’m not sure why I run away from the tunnel but my instincts tell me it was the right thing to do in that moment, so I ran. In the back of my mind, I realize that I just missed the best chance I had to see who Liana’s lover was but I remember the feeling I got back in the tunnel. The mystery man had suddenly turned and looked directly at me, it felt like he could see me peeking at them from the peephole. That was unlikely but, in that moment, I was so sure he had seen me behind the secret wall. Once I make it outside the residence of the alpha/luna, I take the time to catch my breath and collect my thoughts. I had just gotten more ammunition to use against Liana. Not only had she lost her position and powers as the oracle of the moon goddess, she was also cheating on Derek -her supposed mate. Cheating on your mate was one of the most painful things that could ever happen to the other mate, I still remember how I felt when Derek left me for Liana . Sometimes, it left the cheated mate
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“What do you mean his aura is gone?” I ask Ida. I’m not sure where the panic is coming from but it feels strange to see such a powerful alpha wolf like this and Ida’s observation certainly doesn’t help. “It’s just like I felt with Liana, there’s something different about Derek as well.” I shake Derek with all of my might but he doesn’t wake up, he doesn’t even stir. “I need help.” I rush out of the hallway and spot some elders in the distance. I’m about to call for help when a thought hits me. Derek wouldn’t want them to see him this way, weak and powerless, it was going to make them disrespect him. Who could Derek trust to help him when he was like this? Asher. The answer is clear and simple. Even though I could sense some tensions between them lately, Asher would always fulfill his duty to help his alpha and longtime friend, putting all issues between them aside. I rush to the balcony, hoping that no one will come into the dim-lighted hallway and see the unconscious alpha yet and p
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Liana’s hands ball the letter into her fists, she grabs the coffee mug on her desk and hurls it across the room then lets out a scream of pure rage. The door opens and Ally with some guard-wolves rush into the room. “What’s wrong, Luna?” Ally asks. Everything, I say to myself. Liana throwing her mug across the room, has put me in the war zone of her rage. Glass shards pierce my arm and hot coffee splashes on my leg. I left Ally to calm the angry Luna down and went to treat my injuries. At least I knew I hadn’t misunderstood what I had seen, Liana was cheating on Derek. How long had it been going on? From the way they talked, it looked like they had known each other for a while, probably before she got mated to Derek and married him. Many parts of their conversation also didn’t make any sense to me. What had her lover meant by, they will be together soon? Weren’t they already together? The whole thing was confusing to me but I could think about that later. By the time noon had roll
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“Who’s Ida?” Asher asks, effectively stopping me from running away from these confusing feelings. “Ida?” I say, turning to face him slowly with a fake ‘I’m confused’ expression on my face. “You mentioned the name quite a lot while you were asleep.” Asher says carefully, watching me with those sharp eyes of his, I needed be careful. “Oh Ida, she’s an old friend of mine.” I don’t remember ever telling Asher the name of my wolf when I was Genevieve, so I hope I’m right and lie. “Any particular reason why you kept on calling for her in your sleep?” he asks, not bothering to hide his curious stare. My mind flashes to the weird dream I had, those creepy red eyes in the darkness and the feel of those hands holding me down, swarming up all over my body. I shiver when I remember the laugh of the mysterious person, ‘it’ had called me Genevieve. “I have been away from home for a while, I guess I just miss her. She’s my closest friend.” Asher is about to say something more but I don’t think I h
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“Alexa? Are you okay? You look kind of pale. Do you want to sit down?” Hope grabs my hand and I am grateful for the contact. My throat feels like its closing and my breaths come in short pants. I suddenly feel lightheaded. “Alexa!” Hope’s voice sounds like she’s screaming my name from underwater. “Hope, I can’t breathe!” I’m not sure if I get those words out but I know for a fact that I look at her with desperation and panic in my eyes. From the fog around me, I can feel Ida’s panic rising as she growls and growls, trying to reach me, but everything sounds like it is coming from far away and I am alone where I am, not even my wolf is with me. I close my eyes and count to ten in my head but when I open them, I find myself in a dark forest. All I can see are trees all around me. I catch a glimpse of red eyes in the dark but when I look again, they are gone. “Ida? Ida, can you hear me?” I call to my wolf but all I hear is silence. “Ida, please.” I am crying now, the tears flow freely fr
