Chapter 82Zack had never been so pleasantly surprised in his long life.Noah had always been known for his intense focus and unwavering dedication to his work, more often than not, it was a huge pain in the ass, but on this particular day, there was a noticeable change in the air. As he settled into his chair at the head of the conference room table, a relaxed and laid-back vibe emanated from him.Zack wasn't used to this brand new Noah. Before his long years of going missing, he always had this rigid way of holding meetings, he wasn't brutal, but he also wasn't nice. Only a select few people got the privilege of seeing Noah as his playful self.After he came back, he was even worse. He was actively hostile, ready to tear into the alphas. They were incompetent, yes, but the majority of the new ones just needed guidance. Noah had gotten rid of the rude old men that wanted to reign sovereign, leaving the fresh meat out for Noah to dry.Although, now Noah looked…happy.The early mornin
Chapter 83Noah threw eighteen cuffs in his cross bag and smoothed his hair with his hand. It was time for his team to roll out on patrol. His team was the only team short of one member. Unlike what he expected, Alex acted like a…fanboy. He always found Alex looking at him with a tinge of admiration, it was freaky, and it made him feel guilty for the plans he had in mind."You're dressed so casually", Isabella accused him with a glare. Noah grinned."I have to pacify the big boss after patrol", he shot finger guns at her and carefully put his brand new phone in his chest pocket before zipping it up. Myla had bought it for him just a week ago because she wanted them to use the same type, it had obviously become his most prized possession."No more dog food please!", Zack yelled from behind as they filed into the heavy duty jeep. After the first three patrols, Noah decided that the sturdy car was the best, as the rogues had taken to smashing their large furry bodies against whatever fo
Chapter 84Noah dodged a rogue that Isabella flung skillfully away from herself. Noah found it hard to fight one handed, he also found it hard to fight trying to block his phone's mic as much as he could, as he was currently on a call with Myla."I'll be home in an hour, tops!", Noah placated. The progress she had made was slowly being countered by Noah getting to her later than he was meant to, and she was actually getting angry."What the fuck are you doing right now? And why are you grunting? Are you exerting yourself?!", Myla asked in a shrill voice, Noah imagined her putting one hand on her hip in annoyance. He smiled slightly."I'm training with the boys and Isa, to keep them in shape", he said easily. It wasn't too much of a lie, except this was an easy case of life or death if he didn't pay attention."Stop training and come back home! Who trains at 10 in the night?!", She asked angrily again. Noah kicked away a rogue running straight for him before quickly cuffing it. They h
Chapter 85Noah was exasperated. He and Alex were currently in a tense standoff. It was entirely unnecessary in his opinion, as he wasn't even the one interested in Alex's girl."Listen mate", Noah started, reclining in his ridiculously comfortable private office chair that emitted nothing but Myla's scent. She had spent a lot of time in this chair, which made it his favorite chair in the world. "You should leave off Adrien-""What?! He's actively taking my mate away and you want me to just sit back and relax?!", Alex asked angrily, bandhing his hand on Noah's table.Noah squinted in annoyance but quickly masked it, he wanted to be a therapist, not a disciplinarian."Yes, if your mate doesn't want anything to do with you, you should just leave her, explore your horizons", Noah said calmly.Alex looked like he was about to form another retort. Noah raised his hand and shook his head."I'm serious, if she doesn't want to be chased, don't chase her", Noah said again. Alex looked conflict
Chapter 86Myla was frustrated. She knew Noah was hiding something from her, and the lack of answers was making her grouchy. “Why don’t you ask tweedledee and tweedledum?”, Chris suddenly collapsed on the seat beside her. Myla startled and nearly flew off the chair. Chris had grown more annoying with his speed, no one could even hear when he moved anymore.“Warn me before doing that shit again, Chris”, Myla started, climbing to her seat. Chris cackled and focused on pushing her out of the way.“You will not treat an elder that way, Christian King!”, Myla breathed through laughter. “And that’s rude, they have names”, she chastised.“But Tweedledee and tweedledum is so much better for them!”, Chris argued. Myla shook her head at her own hypocrisy, that was what she called them in her head too.“They’re still Noah’s men, they wouldn’t tell me anything”, she sighed. “Of course they would, most people fear offending you more than they do Noah”, Chris shrugged, crossing his legs like a ro
Chapter 87Myla wrestled free from Zack and ran towards Noah. 'So stupid, he must be hurt', Wyla howled.Myla had seen the state of her mate, he looked like death, she couldn't let it stand.She ran straight into him, he didn't seem to expect it as he stumbled and nearly fell backwards.It was so dark, where had Zack brought her? She could only see immediately in front of her.Noah stood still. Myla lifted her hand and placed it on the side of his face. "Oh you idiot", she whispered affectionately. Noah let out a whimper and leaned into her touch.Myla felt tears on her hand and quickly lowered them to sit. He was so complacent, following her directions strictly. She sat on his lap and brought his head to her chest. His injured hands automatically wound around her body as he nuzzled like he wanted to be inside her skin. Myla smiled sadly. Would he have died if she hadn't found him? Why was it so bad today? It wasn't even 11pm yet."Y…", Noah tried to make a sound."Shhh, don't speak
Chapter 88The night was not so dark anymore, the moon had finally begun to peek through the clouds, like it was being urged by a friend.In the quiet of the night, with the moon casting its soft, silvery glow, Noah sat cross legged under the open sky, Myla straddling him with each of Myla's legs on each of his sides. His body ached from the wounds he had sustained during the recent battle, and exhaustion weighed heavily upon him. The poison had overreached due to his emotions, nearly turning him blind, but there was something extraordinary happening, something that held him in a trance-like fascination.Myla's eyes were fixed on his hands as her fingers danced gracefully through the air. Her touch seemed to conjure the moonlight itself, drawing it down in shimmering tendrils that enveloped Noah's injured body. It was a healing magic as old as time, passed down from the goddess of the moon herself.Noah watched in awe as Myla's fingers moved with a fluidity that seemed almost otherwor
Chapter 89Noah laid Myla on the long couch in their residence. The members of his team were scattered all over the living room in various states of tiredness."We would have been toast without you", Isabella cried, hugging Myla's stray hand close to her bosom."Uh yeah, where did all that healing shit go when I was nearly torn apart by your boyfriend!?", Alex asked, still reeling from the magnitude of power she apparently held.Myla rolled her eyes so hard she was surprised she hadn't fallen off the chair. "Look deep into yourself, did you deserve to be healed?", She asked with a scowl. Alex opened and closed his mouth in frustration before grumbling and folding his arms. "Enough with the chitchat, she needs rest, and we need to figure out why they had a hideout in a location where the moon barely peeks through", Noah said, laying a kiss on Myla's head and gesturing for them all to follow him.Zack didn't know whether to laugh or cry, they needed rest too!"Noah you all need rest
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