Chapter 27Adrien's eyebrow twitched."Damn, your boyfriend is…richie rich", he blew out of his mouth, his face darkening by the second.Myla glared at him. "I don't have a boyfriend, don't assume".His eyes widened then narrowed suspiciously, but he gulped and nodded."I'm sorry for assuming, uhm, your friend is richie rich", he corrected.She huffed. " Yes, he is, and he's also averse to crowds so, bye", she waved and daintily walked over to Zack's flashy car. Did Instagram pay him? Was he secretly a drug baron? The window rolled down to reveal Zack wearing sunglasses and diamond studded face masks. Okay, he was hot, interesting, she knew that, don't freak out, don't freak out, it's only your celebrity crush and role model, nothing to freak out about."H–hi", she coughed and cleared her throat. He looked towards her. Oh fuck what a horrible first impression."I'm Zack", he stretched his driver's license towards her. Oh please, like she wouldn't know who he was."O–okay", she entere
Chapter 28"So how do we ask these questions? In what order?", She switched the hand holding her ice cream, "Me first? Or you first?", She asked Zack.He had eventually evened out his driving and they stopped to get ice cream when they saw a truck. Myla would never forget the adrenaline rush she felt running away from fans that recognized Zack. He had grabbed her hand with a laugh and superspeed out of the place. He was even faster than Chris. Talk about vampire speed!"Ladies first", he winked as he took a bite of his, with one hand on the steering wheel. He winced. "Ha! Serves you right! Who bites into ice cream like that anyways?", She giggled.He made a face at her. "I do, and I count that as a question so my turn", he smirked.She huffed."So, who are you to Noah?", He asked like a gossiping woman. Myla laughed at her thoughts."I'm his friend of course", she looked at him like he was dumb.He rolled his eyes. "No, I'm his friend, Isabella is his friend, you, are not his friend
CHAPTER 29Six weeks later.Myla had a huge test she needed to prepare for, she had been holed up in the library for three days straight. It wasn't like the course was hard, the material was just very scarce, very few people even knew what it was about in the beginning.She sighed and adjusted her hair ribbon. Staying without any form of human interaction coupled with the boring work was driving her crazy slowly.She tapped her pen against her book and stood up, she should find another source material to study from. She sighed as she saw the one she would like was at the far edge of the library, the secluded end. It was also looking very dark, she hated dark spaces.She went anyway, determined to pass this first hurdle thrown at her. She grabbed the book and opened it, finding the topic she needed inside. She smiled and pumped her fist in the air.She was about to leave for her chosen spot when she was pulled back by her wrist into someone's arms. What?!She tried to struggle till she
CHAPTER 30She struggled against him at the risk of being sent away from the library forever. Who did this man think he was exactly?! Now she knew how Chris felt whenever she tried to hug him without his consent."I was spelled by Hailey's witchy nonsense. I had no idea where you were, dad wouldn't give me any clue", he scowled fiercely, disgusted at his father's attempt to keep him away from his mate. "I kept up with your posts on social media and knew exactly where to find you – Stop squirming!", he ordered.She froze, his alpha voice always gave her chills. He smirked triumphantly."So I enrolled, special privileges seeing as I'm now Moon stone's official alpha leader", he said proudly, ignoring how his hands were slowly but surely being pried away by Myla's strength.She had heard about it from Alphonse. Apparently, Alex had dueled with his father before his time and he had won."You were irresponsible enough to leave your pack huh!", She spat. He scowled at her. "I did it to bri
CHAPTER 31Noah steadied her and gently removed her from his person. "Don't you think it's time to come home, pretty lady?", he asked gently.Myla blinked rapidly. Home. Yes, that was where she was going before she collided head first into him. "Yeah I was on my way home", she held herself back from looking over her shoulder."Were you about to board a bus?", He asked accusingly, his voice bland.She cleared her throat. This was not the time to have this conversation. "Uh, I don't feel too good. Can we talk at home instead?", She rushed out, prepared to leave.Noah opened his mouth to answer before glaring at something above her head. She gulped and followed his gaze to see a ruffled and disgruntled Alex stalking over to her with murder in his eyes.Confusion superseded fear in her mind as she very pointedly observed that there was a small red drop at the corner of his mouth and he was covered in dust. Did the librarian deal with him? What kind of power would the librarian have to st
CHAPTER 32"Hush, she's asleep", Noah said, his body tensing, as if preparing for one of Chris' tantrums. "That's improper form you big oaf, you should cradle a sleeping person, not just lump them like a pliant log of wood", Chris dictated in a soft voice as he nudged Noah to go faster."Ah yes, sorry my good sir, I forgot you have experience carrying a lot of sleeping women", Noah whispered back sarcastically. She had to hold herself back from giggling and blowing her cover. She was primarily shocked. He didn't even order her death because his precious brother was carrying her.Noah followed Chris' words despite his sarcasm and her head rested more comfortably on his chest.Utter bliss. Utter bliss!All too soon, they got to her room. Noah seemed to debate entering, seeing as it was her room and all. He had no choice, he believed she was asleep so he would deal with whatever he saw.Luckily, she was neat so he wouldn't be traumatized.He lay her gently on the bed and removed her sh
Chapter 33The entire class failed the test, horribly. Except for Myla and Kollie. Due to this, they were swamped and surrounded by frustrated students questioning each other on what method of cheating the girls used.She remembered their professor hammering on the test, if they had cared enough to listen and study, they wouldn't fail at all. Myla frankly did not have time for this."Listen, y'all, Y'ALL!", she had to yell over the clamor of students. "PEOPLE!", Kollie yelled with her. The clamors continued. Ugh, what a pain.She packed her bag and rolled her eyes. These procrastination pioneers wouldn't let her enjoy her victory in peace here, she would hit a coffee shop with Kollie later She and Kollie escaped narrowly, leaving their coursemates to wonder where they went."Ugh I thought we'd never leave", Kollie rolled her neck to each side. Myla stretched tiredly.Their professor had spent roughly four hours berating their acquaintances, they had sat in the same spot and their
Chapter 34Myla burst out laughing. Kollie would never change, she found every form of eye contact with any kind of cute guy hot."You can have 'im if you want 'im", Myla chuckled.The lady furrowed her brows and squeezed her nose cutely. "Ew, I don't want him, you can keep him. He is a blight on my mental health now and you'll be paying my therapist", She replied matter of factly.Myla laughed. Disaster well averted.………Much much later.In the bustling confines of the mall, Myla navigated the bustling streams of shoppers with a practiced ease, her fingers hiding away in Noah's large hand. She didn't know how she did it, maybe it was so he wouldn't lose her in the crowd, but the moment they entered the mall, she reached for his hand and he actually firmly clapsed her hand.Utter bliss. The only thing threatening to ruin it was the fact that she saw the back of Alex's head at the entrance. Her mission for the day was to avoid him, and enjoy Noah's warmth.Noah, an oasis of tranquility
continuation of epilogueMyla eyed her body in the mirror with happiness radiating off her in waves. Ever since she learnt she was pregnant, she had been experiencing a horde of different emotions, most of which had to do with her excessively careful husband.He banned her from Lunastra Aetheria completely.Noah, often described by friends as the "King of Caution," took his role of protecting Myla during her pregnancy to epic proportions. Determined to shield her from even the slightest mishap, he launched a campaign of double-padding that would go down in history as a legendary feat of parenthood preparation.The saga began innocently enough with the living room. Noah, armed with rolls of bubble wrap, foam, and a staple gun, set out to conquer the cushions. He layered the sofa with such zeal that sitting on it felt like being cradled in a cloud made of marshmallows. The coffee table, fearing Noah's meticulous attention, practically begged for mercy as he covered it with a cushiony fo
Noah and Myla's journey in Lunastra Aetheria was a mesmerizing odyssey that would reshape their very existence. Guided by the wisdom and magic of the celestial realm, they embarked on a quest to ascend beyond mortal boundaries and become the strongest and most powerful gods in this wondrous domain.Their initial steps in Lunastra Aetheria were filled with awe and trepidation. The silver-tinged sand beneath their feet seemed to pulse with energy, welcoming them to a land where the moon's influence was ever-present. They wandered through enchanted forests, where trees with leaves of radiant blue stretched toward the sky, their branches seemingly caressing the stars. Everywhere they looked, they saw signs of life in forms both familiar and otherworldly.Lunastra Aetheria, who eventually materialized into a semi-corporeal being, was a presence both ethereal and comforting. Her eyes held the wisdom of eons, and her voice carried the serene cadence of the cosmos. She spoke of the moon's ete
Chapter 107Seven mortals and one immortal climbed up Costa Starry at 12 midnight. Five mortals and three immortals descended Costa starry at 5am in the morning."Did we just save the world in the space of a night?", Isabella said, her legs swinging softly in Zack's arms. The ridiculous experience spurred Zack on to stop caring about what people would think with him and Isabella, meaning he was also allowed to stuff people with dog food."The jarring thing is that actually isn't the most spectacular thing that happened this night", Kollie shivered, supporting Alex. His leg wound was getting worse, Myla offered to help him heal it, but he insisted they got to the bottom of Costa starry before any healing. He hated the hill now."Yeah, I mean, I'm a goddess now?", Myla asked, touching the silver crown on her head from her spot on Noah's back. She had a feeling he would never allow her to step out of his sight ever again.Noah's heart raced like a wild stallion as he piggy backed Myla,
Chapter 106Before any of them could break down, Celia hushed them with a wave of her hand."You can't ever wake her up, you can only wake mortals up", the woman smiled ethereally."She's a mortal! She can't die, not yet. Please mother!", Noah begged desperately."You're feeding her life, when she's life herself", a new voice said, the air shimmering again. A woman stood floating beside the moon goddess. A man appeared, and another, and another, till the area that surrounded the eight of them were filled with shimmering people.Myla also began to shimmer, alongside Noah."W-what do you mean by life herself?", Zack asked, the only person other than Noah bold enough to talk to someone that seemed celestial."You'll see", Celia winked.As the night sky blanketed the world in darkness, the moon hung low, casting an eerie red glow across the landscape. Myla who was once lifeless, lay beneath the shimmering canopy of stars, her body bathed in the crimson hue of the bleeding moon. It was a
Chapter 105The weight of grief bore down on Noah, his heart shattered by the loss of Myla, his beloved mate. The echoes of pain reverberated through his very soul, leaving him in a state of despair and emptiness that he thought he might never escape. Yet, amidst the shadows of hopelessness, a flicker of desperate determination glimmered in the eyes of Hailey.Hailey stepped forward, her hands trembling ever so slightly as she first carefully collected the small, black, pulsating heart in her outstretched palms. It was a heart torn from the one that cast the incante. Its rhythmic beat pulsed in her hands, a testament to the life that had once flowed through it.It wasn't at all what she meant, but spells were fickle like that, so long as it was a heart, it could work.With a deep, shuddering breath, Hailey's gaze fixed upon the heart, her eyes reflecting a potent mixture of fear, hope, and determination. She knew the risks involved in the spell she was about to perform – the perilous
Chapter 104Noah's hazel eyes gleamed with an unsettling rage as he charged forward, leaving his companions stunned and wary.As the moon bathed Starry Hill in its eerie, blood-red glow, Noah's world narrowed down to a singular, burning desire for vengeance. His heart ached with the unbearable loss of Myla, and the memories of innocent lives taken by these malevolent witches and vampires fueled an unquenchable anger within him.He was in the midst of tranquilizing his parents. They deserved the death sentence, but he wouldn't be the one to kill them, he couldn't. They had taken so many innocent lives, they didn't deserve to live. His heart was pounding with the determination to protect Myla and the others.And then, in one moment, the bond he shared with Myla, a bond forged through countless shared experiences and a deep, unbreakable connection, was violently severed. It was as if a part of his own being had been torn away, leaving behind an agonizing void. A sharp, searing pain lance
Chapter 103Isabella raised her head."Why is the moon bleeding?", She shrieked as she scowled at the rapidly reddening moon. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the moon."The air feels wrong", Alex frowned, trying not to sniff in the scent of death and blood in the air."It's a red moon! Attack already!", Someone yelled in front of them. Suddenly, several hundreds of people ran out to them. Kollie was the first to go down. She was hit in the arm with a fiery substance and when she checked it out the arm was useless. She bit back a groan, she couldn't afford to distract everybody now."Why are you even doing this?!", Isabella yelled at the people surrounding and attacking her from all sides. They weren't supposed to be this many, Myla should've used her sleep thing, why wasn't she using her sleep thing?"Well, I'll enlighten you", a woman in a clean cut white gown strutted front and center into the field."The orchestrators owe witches a huge deal, they get rid o
Chapter 102The team of eight gathered round the base of Costa starry. "Aren't we supposed to attack tomorrow night? What are we doing here now?", Alex bumbled, annoyed and rubbing his eyes fervently. Myla had woken he and Kollie up at midnight. Alex's first thought was that it was karma for what he did a while back, it turned out it was urgent, and she asked them to gather here."There are several moles, they've informed them, they're already recharging their powers", Myla said angrily, hurriedly wearing fingerless gloves and grabbing a tranquilizer gun."It takes at least three days to recharge after staying dormant, I think we'll be fine", Hailey said tiredly, yawning and eying the soft patch of grass in front of her."Well, the moles told them the minute we announced it. There were only 18 members in the meeting that knew about the ambush. When we get back, find the traitors", Noah said to Adrien, strapping his own gun to his belt."Uh, how many times can we shoot this?", Adrie
Chapter 101In a secluded training area hidden amidst the towering trees of a dense forest, Alex and Kollie stood side by side, their faces etched with determination. The air was thick with anticipation as they prepared for the impending battle that would test their skills and their resolve.Kollie, her fierce determination shining in her eyes, brandished a gleaming sword, the blade catching the dappled sunlight that filtered through the leaves. She had trained tirelessly in the art of combat, and her movements were fluid and precise, a testament to her dedication.Alex, not to be outdone, gripped a pair of sleek, custom-made pistols, his fingers caressing the cool metal as he checked the chambers with a practiced ease. He had honed his marksmanship skills to perfection, and his unwavering focus radiated an air of quiet confidence.They began their training, moving in perfect synchronization as they practiced various combat techniques. Kollie's sword danced through the air, her strik