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Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY TWO
MAVERICK THE BLACKWOOD MANORIt was well into the day, evening rather, and I was still tending to Orla's fever. Everett had long since abandoned me, talking about having an important assignment that he couldn't miss.Orla's symptoms, as we'd expected, had grown in intensity so much that she became near unconscious at one point, retching and shivering. All through those episodes I stayed there with her, bringing a bucket when necessary, and checking her temperature as often as I could.It was a relief when her fever finally broke, and her system started to cool down. In total, her heat lasted for about four to five hours.I sighed, settling into my seat by the bed after checking her temperature and dabbing her forehead one last time. She looked too peaceful. She normally had a calm disposition, but this one was forced. I didn’t like it. I wanted her to open her eyes and start talking, even if it was to argue with me.A knock came on the door and I told them to come inside.The two in
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY THREE
AUTHOR'S POVFLASHBACK: OVER 15 YEARS AGOA REASON FOR VENGEANCEUnlike most alphas who were simply born into the role and destined to inherit it when they were old enough, Angus Darke, Orla's father, had to fight his way to get the position. This was because he was the youngest son out of four male children, and so even his father didn't think that he would have been able to ascend. All the grooming and training was focused on his eldest brother, who showed a lot of promise.Until the day he died. Some said he had contracted some kind of plague that could affect werewolves, others thought that he was poisoned. So many rumors flew about then, and even he couldn't decipher which was true and which was simply a well told lie. All he knew was that since he was dead, someone else would have to step up as the next heir.Naturally, the role fell to the next in line, the second born. He, unlike his predecessor, wasn't as skilled, but Angus' father believed that he would grow into the role. A
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY FOUR
ORLATHE BLACKWOOD MANORAt some point, the darkness freed me and allowed me to open my eyes and move my limbs. I looked around, trying to get my bearings and escape that first ten seconds of post sleep confusion.The first person I saw was slumped over in his seat, balancing awkardly on one side with his chin resting on his palm. The sight made him look so . . . ordinary, so effortlessly harmless, that I had an urge to draw nearer to him.My leg dragged against the bed, making a soft scratching noise that shouldn't have woken anyone up from sleep.He jerked up from the chair,amd rubbed his eyes with his hands. "You're awake.""You stayed here with me?" I asked, surprised. I'd heard that head also took a toll on the men as well. "Even though you were probably affected as well?""Of course."The memories of how I'd acted the day before flooded my mind, filling me with a faint twinge of shame. I'd been completely and utterly ready to give myself away to him, not even bothering to preser
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY FIVE
ORLATHE DARKE RESIDENCE"So we finally have a wedding to plan. Thank goodness, I thought you were going to keep running in circles around him for ages," Ella said, sprawled over my bed and tracting something in the air with her finger.I, who was lying by her side, smiled, even though she couldn't see my face.To be honest, the whole prospect of finally getting married to him both excited and scared me. I actually wanted to be with him, yes, but it was still surrounded by uncertainty. For one, we still hadn't found Ryker's father, as well as Makila. How terrible would it have been for one of them to show up now?Although, deep inside of me, there was this ominous feeling that clung to my chest with a terrible vengeance. The feeling that I could sleep and wake up to my house on fire or even worse.My parents had recovered from the whole Ophelia episode, but the wounds inflicted on one's heart can be more powerful than any kind of physical injury or scar. Unfortunately, such wounds we
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY SIX
MAVERICKTHE BLACKWOOD MANORSoon, oke of the things I'd always wanted for myself would finally come to pass. I would finally have the honor of marrying the woman of my dreams. The 'yes' she had uttered still rung at the back of my mind, and was the furst thing I heard before I slept and when I woke up.I didn’t think I had ever known so much joy. I needed someone to pour out all my joy to, lest it made me combust.I hadn't seen Everett in a couple of days now. I had been checking up on him regularly, but he always seemed to.either be hiding something or had some information thatbhe didn't feel like divulging to me. It was a little hutful thay we'd known each other for years, and he still could keep secrets from me. I wanted to protect his privacy, but it made little sense to me.I went up to his room, where hedbeen mostly holed up those days, and knocked on the door. Maybe giving him the latest news, even if he didn't ask for it, would have been the best way of getting his attention
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY SEVEN
AUTHOR'S POVEverett came awake in a dark room. The damp, musty smell of the place hit him first, throwing him into a state of disorientation. For the first couple of minutes, he actually couldn't remember why or who he was, and why his nose kept coming across the most pungent smell ever. Something about the odor threw him off and activated his gag reflex.Rot. Blood. Flesh.His skin crawled in tandem with the flood of memories that assaulted his still awakening mind.He shot up to his feet wildly, remembering everything that had brought him here—wherever 'here' was. He had to find an exit, but first he needed to be able to understand where he was in the first place. His leg and foot slammed into wet, sticky things whenever he moved, and with every sickening squelch he felt, it made him get even more nervous.After a whole lot of struggling and tripping over more oddly shaped things that he couldn't decipher, he finally came into contact with a wall. There, he fumbled around, sear
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY EIGHT
AUTHOR'S POVTHE DARK RESIDENCE, THE SECRET DUNGEONSRyker traced a single line down the wall with a claw. Another etch to mark how long he had been down in the cells. He cared very little about what was going on in the outside world. His mate was gone, his absentee father seemed to have forgotten him, and he was trapped in a dungeon and left to rot.Deep down, he stewed in the magnitude of his actions and life choices. If he had been a smarter person, he would have been abke to see through his father's half-truths even as he went on his quest for vengeance. It was too bad that he only found out the full truth when it was already too late.His dreams of becoming an Alpha? Dashed.The woman he really loved? Dead.His own family? Pretented that he was dead for years and ignored his own family simply because he was working on some elaborate plan to take over Saint Terrir.Such blatant nonsense. The one thing that he was certajn would fill him with great joy was to see his father's plan
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETY NINE
MAVERICKTHE BLACKWOOD MANORWe gathered in my study, which had officially become the perfect spot for serious conversations. The 'we' included Makila, Orla, and myself. Makila still hadn't acquired the use of her abilities yet, and I made sure to always have the mixture with me at all times in case she ever suddenly got them back.Looking directly at her face made my skin crawl with discomfort, especially her hauntingly blue eyes that seemed to have a soft glow coming from them. I never envisioned myself casually sitting down in a room with my parents' murderer without actively trying to kill or execute her. It was why I wished that sometimes, I was a ruthless bastard that didn't care about much else in the world apart from my desires.Luckily for me, Orla was here as well, sending comforting glances my way. I'd opened up to her about my traumatic past with Makila, so she understood why I probably acted a certain way when it came to the witch.Light filtered into the large windows
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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
