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Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER ONE.
FEBRUARY, 23, 2018.DARK MOON PACK.(ORLA'S POV)I hissed for the third time in a row, flipping the book I was reading on the bed. It had begun as a mere foreboding, but as time crawled by, I couldn't help but feel that heavy weight on my chest. It was so thick that I felt I could touch it.That feeling. Something was about to happen, yet I couldn't place what it was.Lightning flashed across the sky right at that moment, making me shudder. I got up slowly and made my way to the window. The downpour began no sooner than I placed my hand on the wall.I couldn't tell for how long I stood there though, watching nothing in particular. My eyes were almost emotionless. Just as it had been for the past few months.I glanced at the door like I was waiting for someone to walk through it. And just like I had been asking the moon goddess for the past few months, I asked inwardly again. Where had my mate gone?The door pushed open at that moment, and a most pale-faced servant hurried in."Luna," s
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER TWO.
FEBRUARY, 24, 2018.DARK MOON PACK.(ORLA'S POV)I stifled a wince, as I stretched my weak limbs. Groaning, I took in my surroundings. I sighed and massaged my temples. I had fallen asleep on the couch, in my father's office, which was now Ryker's study, the previous night. Thinking he'd be back last night, I had gone to his study to wait for him.My gaze landed on the cup of coffee which was sitting untouched on the nearby table.He hadn't returned.The walk from the study, down the stairs made me feel like I wasn't in control of my body. My body ached so badly, coupled with the splitting headache which was threatening to disassemble it from the rest of my body."Greetings, Luna." The servants all bowed as I drew near."Where's he?" I asked calmly."He said he has some things to run." A voice said behind me, making me whirl around.My gaze landed on a dull-eyed fellow. I was about to ask him who he was when realization dawned on me. Of course, he was Ryker's assistant. He'd probably
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER THREE.
FEBRUARY, 25, 2018.(ORLA'S POV)I placed my clenched fists on my lap and looked through the window yet again. I had called the driver to come to pick me up since I wasn't sure if I could walk back to the pack in my current state of mind.My mind wandered to the discussion I had with Ella earlier on. Was it even a discussion? To think that I had called her my friend in the past. True friends supported each other, didn't they?Just at that moment, the car braked so hard, that I tumbled forward, bumping my head on the back of the driver's seat. Wincing, I forced myself back."What was that?" I whispered, a sudden anger rearing itself in my head."A car bumped into ours, Luna." The driver reported.I didn't wait for him to confront them, opting to do so myself. Perhaps I hadn't noticed, but I was looking for an outlet to let my anger loose. I walked towards the sleek-looking car."Are you blind?!" I yelled, hitting the car's tinted window.The driver, a middle-aged man stepped down from
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER FOUR.
~And the only wrong I ever committed was trusting the wrong people. If ever I'm given a second chance, I'd never be gullible ~ Orla.DARK MOON PACK.(ORLA'S POV)"Luna." A guard at the door bowed, which I acknowledged with a nod.Meandering my way through the complicated twists of the large castle, I soon arrived at the front of the large brown door. It was my father's office.A servant had told me he'd be there.Not bothering to knock, I bounced inside. However, nothing in my wildest imagination would have prepared me for the scene which unfolded before my very eyes.My throat went dry, as I stared unblinkingly at the two figures who lay huddled on the large couch in the corner of the office.I wanted to pinch my skin and exert some pressure of some sort to bring me back to reality.Did I enter the wrong room?That wasn't the case, however. It was pretty much daytime. And the day I couldn't distinguish between Ryker and any other person, I'd know the world was coming to an end.In t
Second Chance for Revenge: The Reborn Luna. CHAPTER FIVE.
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 ca
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,
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
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. 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
