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CHAPTER FIVE.

Penulis: Ella Chimezie
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FEBRUARY, 25, 2015.

DARK MOON PACK.

(ORLA'S POV)

Where was I?

That was the thought I had in mind, once my eyes fluttered open. I was perhaps in the world beyond. The Moon goddess's world perhaps?

I was dead. Killed by the ones I had trusted the most. I forced myself to sit, relaxing my back on the... headboard?

Why was there a headboard in the world beyond? And why did the room look so much like mine? At the thought, I took a closer look around and blinked in disbelief. And that was because the room looked so much like mine, back at my father's pack. What was happening?

'We've been reborn.' I heard a clear steady voice say in my mind. Startled, I looked around. Was there someone else in the room, aside from me?

"Who's there?" I called out.

'I'm Eva, your wolf. We've gone back in time.' I heard the clear voice say again.

Not dwelling on the thought that my wolf had awakened, I jolted. "I've gone back in time, you say? Does that mean...?" I whispered.

'Yes, you aren't dead.' She said calmly.

And the excitement coursed through me like an inferno. I wasn't dead. The memories came gushing in. The look on Ryker's face, as he watched Ophelia lit the matchstick. I had been too gullible in the past.

That had cost me my life, and the lives of those dearest to me. My parents.

I clambered down from the bed and made my way to the calendar. February 25, 2015.

I had gone back in time, to three years before. According to my memories, tonight would be my mating night. The night that had begun my misfortunes in my previous life. Looking back now, I couldn't help but twist my face in disgust at how foolish I had been.

'I'm sorry I wasn't with you in your past life.' I heard Eva's soft voice say.

A look of amusement covered my face. 'And what would you have done?' I asked, with a chuckle.

There was no response. Just then, someone knocked at the door.

"Come in," I said calmly.

Two servants walked in, with neatly arranged clothes on their arms, and two boxes.

They bowed, and gently placed the items on the bed. "The Alpha has instructed us to prepare you for tonight, Miss." One of them said with a bow.

I sneered inwardly. In my past life, I had been so excited to finally become Ryker's mate.

"Take them back," I said gently, so calmly, it was almost like I was talking about the weather.

"I beg your pardon, Miss? But the Alpha.." the second maid began saying, but I cut her off.

"Take them back. Tell the Alpha I wouldn't be coming down tonight, and I wouldn't like to be disturbed." I said and waved them away. As they left the room, I remained in my position, not moving an inch.

'What are you planning to do?' I heard Eva ask.

'Isn't it obvious?' I retorted.

'What is?' I sensed the confusion in her tone.

'Ryker wanted me so badly in the past, not because he loved me, but because he saw me as a tool to get to the Alpha's position in his pack. The first step of my revenge would be to put him in panic mode.' I smiled cynically, looking at my well-manicured fingernails.

I had been naive, head over heels in love with him. He had used it to his advantage. It's a pity I wouldn't be there to see the look of surprise on his face when I'd be absent from the mating ceremony.

Such a pity. But of course, that was only the beginning. More were on their way.

...

The wind blew through the trees, making whistling sounds, playing with the leaves on their branches, and leaving a cold feeling on my body.

The moon hung proudly and beautifully in the sky, casting a bright light on the darkened pack. I took off the last piece of clothing on my body, and standing in my nude glory, I sighed.

'What next, Eva?' I asked calmly.

We were in the woods, and I was about to shift for the very first time. I couldn't help but feel exhilarated.

'Crouch on your fours, and let go of yourself. Give me control.' she said.

'And how am I supposed to do that? Give you control I mean?'' I clicked my tongue.

'Just crouch.' she said.

No sooner had I done as she instructed, did I feel the change. It was indescribable. Pain tore through my limbs, however, it was temporary.

In a few minutes, everything changed. My sense of hearing sharpened, and I sniffed lowly. It was like being in an airplane, and you were the pilot. Eva was my plane.

In this case, however, the plane had a mind of its own. She took off, and I relaxed, giving her total control. The wind whizzed through my fur, the trees a blur.

It was fun.

An hour later, we were tired. 'I think it's enough to call it a night. We could have another race tomorrow.' Eva suggested.

'My thoughts exactly. We can go back now.' I seconded.

The shift took a few seconds, and it was less painful than the first. I quickly dressed up. I looked up at the sky with a solemn expression.

The mating ceremony was probably over. Did it even hold? They must have been looking for me in my room, and not finding me, they must have gone back.

No one would have suspected that it was in the woods. Why? My wolf hadn't awoken in my past life. I hadn't shifted even once. How would a wolfless lady like me wander to the woods?

I looked up at the sky and muttered a silent prayer. 'Thank you Moon goddess. I'd sure make use of this great opportunity.'

I was going to find love....and repay all those who hurt me. In a thousandfold. And I'd do it in a way that'd leave them wondering where they had gone wrong.

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER SIX

    ORLAA knock interrupted my delicate sleep. A small, timid voice called out to me from the other side.I got out of bed as though on autopilot, and opened the door.Cecily, the cleaner, froze her hand in midair, a few centimeters away from knocking. She cleared her throat and took a step backward. “Good morning, Miss.”I nodded at her, rubbing my eyes. “Good morning. What is it?”“Someone’s here to see you.”“Tell them to come back later, I’m not ready to see any visitors. Besides,” I looked over at the clock hanging over my bed, “it’s not even up to nine yet.”Cecily’s eyebrows moved closer together, forming a crease in between them. “I told him that you’d still be in bed, but he insisted that he must see you Or else he'd have no choice but to come inside by himself.”Ridiculous. “And who exactly is this man?”“It’s Mr. Adams.”“Ryker?” I rubbed my hand over my face and hissed. “What does he want in this ungodly hour?”Cecily looked like she was about to try and answer that question,

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER SEVEN

    ORLA“This is wild,” Ella said, sipping from a cup of fruit juice. “I’m trying really hard to believe what you’re saying right now, Orla. Please tell me that this isn’t some kind of prank.” She put her cup down and used her straw to chip at the ice cubes sitting inside it. “The Moon Goddess sent you back in time?”“Shh. Lower your voice. You don’t know who might be listening,” I whispered, looking around the little stall we’d chosen.I’d invited her over to the quiet eatery not so far away from home. I was even surprised that she’d obliged to my invitation without needing any explanation at all.She looked at me with an eyebrow raised. In the entire place, she stood out the most. Her shoulder-length hair was a wild two-tone consisting of a vivid, grassy green at the top that melted into a much darker shade of the same color as you went down the locks. Today, she’d pulled her hair into a clean bun and applied a wing of eyeliner at the corner of each eye. As a halfling, she’d grown up w

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER EIGHT

    ORLAI told my driver to take us to the woods at the edge of town. He’d seemed skeptical about it at first, but I told him that everything would be fine. Ella was curious as well.We both got out of the car and descended into the woods. The air smelled so fresh and clean. It beckoned me deeper. I couldn’t recall a time in my life that I’d felt so at home. Every leaf, every tree branch, and even the squirrels moving around felt like a part of me.Was this what it meant to have your wolf awakened?“So, what’s the plan?” Ella’s voice cut into my thoughts, sending me out of the confines of my mind. “I think grass can be fascinating too, but my mother’s been calling me for the past ten minutes now. As much as I really hate to rush you, I need to get going very soon.”“I understand,” I said, already taking a deep breath and calling deep into myself. I could feel Eva’s presence, just waiting to be called upon.“You wish to transform?” Her warm voice flooded my mind.“Yes, please.”“It’s dayt

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER NINE

    ORLAI sunk into my bed and tried to welcome sleep, but it didn't come. Restless and tired, I found myself turning and turning until I finally found a little peace.And then, I fell asleep.My dreams were a mess of images that I couldn’t understand. I saw faces that I didn’t know, and I saw things that my mind kept failing to comprehend. At one point, I even felt like someone was hovering above me and urging me to wake up, but I didn't open my eyes until sunlight had started flowing in through the windows of my room, signifying that morning had once again come upon me.I got out of my messy bed and found myself staring at the mirror. It was wide and square with a dark wooden frame. There was a notch at the corner where I'd accidentally broken it on the day of my failed Awakening ceremony. I could remember the day like it was just a few hours before. All of my peers had somehow managed to transform on the full moon after their 14th birthday, but I couldn't. I'd stood there untder the m

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER TEN

    MAVERICKI came awake with a terrifying start. I had a dream where someone was killing my parents right before my very eyes, and I was too powerless to stop them. The killer stood over their corpses, and turned to me at last. She had blood red eyes, and a wide smile that made her look like a crazed, deranged lunatic. She came for me with her hands outstretched, claws ready to sink into my flesh and snuff the life out of me.And that was when I'd woken up.Sweat ran down my skin as I tried to catch my breath. "It's just a dream," I told myself. "Just a dream."I'd told myself the same lie for over nineteen years now, and each time I used it, it got weaker and weaker. But I didn’t have any other way to comfort myself.My parents died when I was just a baby . . . Murdered by a witch that I'd been told spared my life—but not before marking my face. Because of her, I had a scar running down a quarter of my face—from eyebrow to cheek.It was already bright outside, so I took it as a sign

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ELEVEN

    ORLAAfter Eva’s revelation concerning why I couldn’t tell people of what I’d been through, I just needed a way to release all the pent up tension that I had. Definitely, I’d have to get on Ella’s good side, because she’d forgotten all about what I’d told her the day before, and still believed that we weren’t talking to one another.Five months . . . was it really that long? I didn’t think that we had stayed apart for that long. Five long months of acting like strangers to one another.I freshened up and put on some clean clothes. I never really liked dressing up in anything that exposed too much of my skin, so I dressed up in a simple t-shirt and a pair of bell-bottom jeans. I moved downstairs, drawn to the sound of voices.When I saw them, I immediately jumped to give both of them hugs. “Mom! Dad!”They returned the gesture, surrounding me with warmth and a whole lot of peace. I didn’t realise how much I’d missed them until that particular moment. My father’s eyes crinkled at the co

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER TWELVE

    ORLANow reconciled with Ella, hopefully for real this time, I found my way back home only to be met with calm music and a couple of strange faces.My parents didn’t strike me as the party type, but of course, they had just returned after being away for a few days. All the people that must have been expecting them back could finally come around.While trying to quietly avoid running into anyone familiar, I ended up bumping into the last person I wanted to see.He smiled and pulled me closer to him. His hand sat firmly on my waist. “I’ve been looking everywhere for you.”I wriggled out of his grasp and forced a smile that felt too paper thin. “I stepped out for a little while. I didn’t even know that my parents were planning to have a little get together.”“Well, I actually came here to see you. I’d like us to talk about some things.”I didn’t need him to elaborate to know what he meant. He was likely talking about us and our mating ceremony. But I didn’t want to talk about that now. I

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    TWO NIGHTS AGOThe chilly wind seeped through her thick layers of clothing, rendering her practically incapacitated from the cold. She pulled her scarf tightly around her neck, while looking from left to right as she walked by the roadside. It wasn’t that late, but she was having problems getting a cab to take her home. That was why she had to trek down to a less secluded area. Maybe she should have taken Mr. Blackwood’s offer to have her dropped off at a spot closer to her place just so that she wouldn’t have had to bother herself walking alone on a quiet street.She’d left with another employee, but at some point, he’d disappeared and she didn’t see him again. Something about it seemed weird, but she didn’t want to waste too much time before getting home. Her little sister would probably be waiting for her to return so that they could have dinner together.A cold sensation made the hairs on her neck stand. She cast a quick look behind her and found no one there. “Weird,” she mutte

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  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   EPILOGUE

    AUTHOR'S POVA YEAR LATERThe usual belief about life is that a person only lives once. For Orla, though, that wasn't the case. From being mistreated, abused, and ultimately killed in her previous life, she awakened to find herself given another chance to make things right. A chance to fix the wrongs that led to her unfortunate demise. A chance to build that which she should have lost.Another chance . . . to find love.+_+_+Orla bent down, crouching as far as she could go to pat the last heap of rich brown earth into place. She'd always wanted to try gardening since she was a child, and now she had finally made that dream come true.She sighed contentedly, and sat back on her haunches, looking up at the sky whilst wiping off her sweaty forehead with the back of her hand. Although it was still quite chilly, and the ice hadn't completely thawed, strenuous physical activity could still make a person feel like they were stuck inside a furnace.The advice Alec had given her was to plant

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY

    ORLAIt felt like an eternity. The darkness. It had neither a beginning or an end. It took me—grabbed me in a suffocating hug and refused to let me go.At some point—I didn't know how long it took, but it came to my understanding that the darkness was of my own making, and only I could free myself from its clutches.So, I opened my eyes, and welcomed the light back in.The first thing I saw was a face. One too familiar, and at the same time, dreadfully disturbing.Blood seeped out of his nose, ears and mouth and dripped on my shirt. His eyes had gone blank, with its usual icy colour sucked into the cold emptiness of death.Ryker was dead.I pulled my hand out of his neck, unable to ignore the feeling of gore and slippery blood. His weight had become suffocating since life no longer flowed through his veins.I pushed his corpse off me, and sat up with a groan. The wound in my chest was still struggling to knit itself back together, but with the bullet still lodged inside of me, it wou

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE

    ORLAA gun. That was what he had been holding. I'd failed to recognise the hidden shape in his hand on time. I had been too occupied with other things to think about the fact that he'd probably had a plan B.He fired three rounds without pausing.I only had milliseconds to respond, but I wasn't fast enough. He'd surprised me, and I had to deal with the consequences.Cold descended on me as I realised that I had indeed acted too irrationally. Searing pain bloomed in the left side of my chest, and another in my thigh. The last one grazed my cheekbone, and that was only because I pushed my head to the side just before the bully made impact with my flesh.Blood rapidly started to pool in my mouth, filling up my throat until air couldn't pass through and I had to spit it out before it choked me.I fell on my good leg, clutching my bleeding chest.I hadn't foreseen this. I'd been so eager to get him that I had forgotten how cunning he could be. There was no way he would have just been here

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT

    ORLA'Don't think. Don't feel. Just act.'Those were the words ringing in my head as I swung the wooden log into the side of Sonja's head with every power that my body could muster, bursting it open like a balloon. Blood splattered all over my clothes, but I didn't matter. I had killed her. She was dead, and she would never, ever hurt my family again.I had made a promise to go as low as killing just to save my child, and I was glad that I hadn't hesitated when it mattered the most. Although it was a flimsy defence, I had no other option. She had raised her knife to stab Amaranthine, and Maverick was too far away to get anything done.Makila had spotted her and her counterpart from a distance, and was able to perform a spell that teleported us right behind them. We'd also seen the vampires that seemed to also be trying to help her, and decided that it was best to stay out of their line of sight.Sonja's body went limp, and her remaining eye remained wide in horror and shock. She mus

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN

    MAVERICKWe followed the trail judiciously, paying attention to the location the trackers had presented us with. We'd gone by car to eat up the most of the distance, but since the trail eventually led into a dense, seemingly unused path, we had to turn to out feet for transport.Under the guidance of the moon, we pressed on, too determined to even stop for a moment to speak to each other. I took mental note of the people with me, and found myself grateful for having such wonderful packmates that were willing to do this with me. Of course, the years had strengthened our bond, but I still was baffled sometimes by their immense loyalty and dedication to me. Amaranthine's kidnapping had been a huge blow to the pack, but it didn't change the fact that she was my daughter, and most of the pressure to find her fell on Orla and I, but they all took the issue and placed it on their shoulders as well, making the weight a little bit easier for me to hear.We kept walking, keeping caution close

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX

    ORLANight came, and all our hearts were ready and prepared for what was to come.I stood in the bathroom, staring at my reflection for the second time in six four hours. The time was already a couple of minutes past seven, and as Maverick had told us, it was go time.Everyone else had gotten ready, and those that were at the first part of the plan had left a little while ago. Tim, Everett, Blair, and Avery had gone with Maverick, following the coordinates given on Everett's tracker. From what we'd seen, Ryker and his witch friends hadn't left their positions since the time we had deliberated on the plan. The plan was quite straightforward. Maverick would go with his people to scout the area and then proceed to lure the witches and Ryker out. Again, I had been thinking that I had been sidelined from the plan itself, until Maverick told me that I would go in with Makila to get Amaranthine. Makila's presence couldn't be downplayed simply because she was the only one with prior knowled

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE

    ORLAI was sick and tired of waiting for things to happen. The day after my last discussion with Maverick, I'd been unable to rest my jittery nerves. Every second, minute or hour physically disturbed me. I wanted my child. I needed her back in my arms.The fact that I had no idea what they could have been doing to her made me panic even more. What if they were abusing her? Or casting marks on her smooth skin just to cause her pain? What if they were starving her, and watching as life slowly seeped out of her little body?I had to hold on to the hope that she still lived. I couldn't think about anything else.Maverick had called for a compulsory meeting, and as much as I wanted to keep avoiding him, I couldn't turn away when my child came into the picture.The noon was blazing hot, so I already dressed in a black tank top and some denim shorts, baring the skin of my arms and legs. In this, the mark Maverick had branded me with was on full display—an oddly symmetrical line of five dots

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR

    ORLA"She's waking up," someone whispered. My eyes couldn't fathom anything but darkness. My mouth felt like something was keeping it from opening, and pain spread at different points of my body, like I'd been run over by something.I opened my mouth to speak, and only a groan could find freedom."Shhh, don't talk. You might hurt yourself."'I already feel hurt,' I wanted to say, but speaking still seemed like a hassle to me. I reached out blindly, and warmth came to my hand. A familiar touch. "It's okay now, you're safe."With a painful flash, the memories of what I'd gone through previously ran through my mind. Makila yelled at me to go.Getting attacked by a woman.Ryker threatening Amaranthine's life.Just like that, my eyes flew open, and a scream finally came out of my throat, wrapped in somebody's name. "Ryker! He has Amaranthine!" I shouted despite my sore throat. Maverick came to my side, rubbing my back and softly whispering, "We know."I looked up at him, recalling my

  • Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna.   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE

    ORLAIt couldn't be though, that witch was dead. Even if she had escaped death before, it couldn't be possible that she happened to resurrect again . . . Right?The woman before me laughed softly. "Why are you looking at me like that? Does my face ring a bell in your head?""Where is my daughter?" I asked, deciding to go straight to the point. There was nothing worth more than her safety right now. Not even my own curiosity.She frowned playfully. "Your daughter? Hmm." She lazily patted a finger against her chin. "Probably dead by now."Another thing that I found different about her was her behaviour. Sonia had been incredibly loyal to Daniel, and hardly spoke unless it was so say something that showed that. This one had a lighter disposition.The woman didn't even seem bothered at the sound of those approaching. If anything, she seemed to get even bolder. "And what's that I hear? You brought backup?"I looked down at Makila, who still sat behind the shrub, pressing the bottom of her

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