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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
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
ORLA“Are you sure you’ll be alright dear?” asked my mom. “We’ll be gone for quite some time. It’s not too late to come with us.”Somehow, I’d managed to convince my parents that they didn’t have to stay within the town since they had so much to do. Dad frequently attended international meetings and events, and my mother had a lust for adventure that made her discontent in staying in one place for too long. How they managed to stay around home for all the years they had made me understand just how much they had sacrificed for the family and the pack. It was time for them to do what they actually wanted, without the fear of anything or anyone holding them back.Now, mom had gotten an invitation to a supernatural organization that needed her expertise with ancient artifacts and widespread knowledge about the supernatural world. Dad, as well, didn’t want to be too far away from the love of his life, and somehow worked his way into getting a job as an ambassador for the supernatural commu
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
ORLAI went to see Ella since I had nothing better to do, and being around Ophelia for too long was sure to drive me mad. I also needed someone to talk to about Svetlana’s disappearance. Her disappearance just didn’t make any sense. Maybe it was because she wasn’t much older than me, but we used to get along really well.The bells atop the doors to the dress shop chimed softly as I entered. Ella was seated by her machine as usual, deeply concentrating on her work, while also talking to someone.“She actually came over yesterday, but I guess she had some things to do so she left early,” she said.As I got closer to her, I got a better view of the person leaning against a table in front of her. His legs were crossed at the ankles, and his whole body exuded a confidence that was difficult to ignore.His head turned to the side, and his eyes were on me. Recognition flashed within his expression. “Orla.”“Maverick,” I responded through clenched teeth. He was still as handsome as ever. His
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
MAVERICKI shouldn’t have been so happy that she requested to spend some time with me, even if just to gain more information about the missing people. She couldn’t stand my presence, while simply being in her presence made my mind fracture and reset all at the same time.The news about her family’s missing Shadow worried me, because Shadows were incredibly loyal, and were usually under an oath. They wouldn’t just disappear unless they were killed, or they were intercepted by a powerful force. Once or twice, I’d seen the young woman watching them from a distance as most of her kind did. Even if we’d never traded words before, it still felt like there was an unspoken familiarity between us.Although I had offered to take Orla with me, she insisted that her driver must be the one to take her to my place. I could have thrown her over my shoulder regardless, but that wouldn’t have done me any good.When we got to my house, I got out of the car and waited for Orla’s vehicle to come to a sto
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
ORLAAfter a long time of silence and searching, Everett managed to dig out an abandoned Facebook account. The profile picture looked like it had been taken years before, and Svetlana had longer hair and a slightly chubbier face. As expected, she had no friends as well. Certainly, if Everett wasn’t as good as Maverick claimed he was, we probably wouldn’t have found her.After a little more digging, he found an address.He leaned back in the chair and placed both hands behind his head. “That should be enough for now. At least you know where to look.”I nodded. “Yes, this was just what I needed. Thank you so much.”He winked. “Anything for a beautiful lady.” He turned to Maverick and the smile dropped off his face.Maverick’s face was as hard as stone. The angles of his face stood out even sharper than usual. A faint smell of ash filled the air. It felt familiar, but I couldn’t recall where I had ever smelled such.I picked up a pen and a piece of paper from the desk and scribbled down
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
ORLAThe half moon sat in the sky. It looked down on us as we moved through the night.I didn’t know where Ryker was taking me, but I knew that he wouldn’t try to kill me so soon.Saint Terrir was bordered by a thickness of large trees and green plants on one side, and a sparkling clear river on the other. I knew this because my dad made it his duty to take Ophelia and I outside of our house at any chance he could get. We’d go on these long trips where he’d tell us the history of different places in Saint Terrir.From the directions that I observed, I still couldn’t get a good read on where we were headed. So I let the wind whip about my face and blow my hair in different directions.More out of fear of falling off and dying, I gripped Ryker’s torso with all the strength I had. I still couldn't understand why he insisted on using a death trap of a motorcycle for his movement. Perhaps it was to keep up with his ‘hot boy’ image. Or maybe he liked living on the edge.When I had the menta
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER NINETEEN
ORLAThe waitress eventually passed out. Before she did, we managed to get a little bit of extra information. One, the ‘beast’ she had seen hadn’t killed anyone. Two, it had been a person, initially. She had seen someone hiding out in the parking lot, but when she got closer, the person’s flesh burst apart, leaving only a hulking, giant thing in its place.I didn’t want to believe it at first, because it sounded too gruesome, but there was a myth that werewolves were told as children. Something meant to keep them grounded and disciplined.If a werewolf were to eat the flesh of his own kind, he would slowly run mad, and lose control over his wolf. As if that wasn’t enough, he would also experience a terrible form of shifting, where his flesh would burst apart, instead of simply expanding or contracting to suit the form of the inner wolf.As we grew older, we learned that some myths were simply just that, and would never be proven true.Until today.Ryker’s face as he listened to the wo
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER TWENTY
MAVERICKI shot out of my bed, shaking and searching for air I didn’t know I had lost. I’d been trapped in something like a nightmare, and forced to see things that tore me into pieces.My parents, slain. My pregnant mother was begging and crying so hard that her skin turned red. My father fought until he couldn’t anymore, before succumbing to his wounds.The same images that I saw almost every night. The demons that I had been forced to make peace with. The truth that I’d been given no choice but to accept even though it left a bitter taste in my mouth and made me dizzy with rage and fear.My chest felt like something was crushing it, like a boulder sat on it. Every breath I took hurt. I couldn’t focus my eyes on anything. Sweat rolled off my skin, and dropped silently on the carpeted floor. The tips of my fingers throbbed as I fought to keep my wolf within me. My nails lengthened into claws and growls bubbled deep within my throat.The silver light of the moon descended upon me thro
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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
