Third POV
"Isn't that the girl's voice?"
Elijah asked directly to Emrys, the female witch who was concocting medicinal potions inside her room there. Emrys looked straight at Elijah who was frowning frantically.
"I think it's true. That seems to be the girl's voice."
Emrys replied mutteringly while putting back the herbal ingredients that were in the palm of his hands there.
"I'll check it out."
Elijah muttered, then ran very quickly to the room where Luciana was right now. Elijah ran up the stairs, and opened the door to the room with a swift motion. Elijah looked at the bed, and immediately widened his eyes, unable to find Luciana there. Elijah walked into the room, casting his eyes in every direction in the room. And not long after that, Elijah heard the sound of sobbing on the other side of the bed there.
"Oh my... hey..."
Elijah muttered with relief when he found Luciana still sitting on the floor with her body bent over crying now. Elijah quickly, walked over to Luciana, and grabbed both of her arms. That instantly made Luciana startle and look at Elijah with her whole face full of tears there. Elijah looked at Luciana with a small frown on his forehead.
"What's going on? Why are you crying? Does something hurt? How did you fall here?"
Elijah immediately asked with quite a few questions in there. Elijah slowly pushed aside the hair covering Luciana's puffy face, and tried to look for injuries or things that had caused Luciana to cry.
"That... there..."
Luciana stammered while still crying small sobs there, starting to extend the index finger of her right hand towards the mirror. Luciana looked at Elijah and also at the mirror there with her eyes that looked unfocused now. Elijah continued to watch Luciana and the mirror at the back of his body now.
"What's wrong? What's in the mirror? I don't understand..." Elijah muttered until he unconsciously tightened his grip on Luciana's arms a little now.
"That... that's not my face. What... what happened to my face? I don't recognize that face at all.... hiks... what happened to my face? Why did my face change?"
Luciana burst into tears again, sobbing quite loudly. That instantly made Elijah turn into a panic. With quick movements, Elijah gently wiped away the tears on Luciana's face.
"Please, stop crying. I will definitely explain everything to you. But don't cry anymore... calm down..." Elijah tried to calm Luciana, who was still sobbing from the shock.
Especially when Luciana looked at the image of herself, her own face, her whole face had changed. Although in a good way. Luciana's face no longer bore the burn marks that she last remembered. But a complete change? That had never even crossed Luciana's mind before. As such, Luciana was completely shocked, and couldn't control her own feelings.
As for Elijah, without saying anything else, he immediately helped Luciana to stand up, and decided to carry Luciana back towards the bed now. Slowly, Elijah placed Luciana back onto the bed, and helped Luciana lean against the headboard, while covering Luciana's legs with a blanket.
Elijah paused and looked at Luciana who lowered her head while wiping her tear-drenched face. Elijah turned his head toward the table beside the bed and picked up a tissue on the table, handing it to Luciana. Luciana accepted the tissue and gently wiped her face. Afterward, Elijah sat down next to Luciana.
"Are you feeling better and more relaxed?" Elijah asked in a murmur.
"Yes..."
Luciana replied with a mumble as she nodded her head with slow movements there. Luciana paused and gripped the tissue tightly in the palm of her right hand, and looked at Elijah who was sitting nearby now. Elijah, who continued to watch Luciana, nodded his head, and felt a little relieved.
"I know that you're probably going to be shocked by the condition you're in. With your whole body being immobilized and stiff. And the changes on your face. But it's all for the sake of your recovery. What's more, you've been unconscious for a year." Elijah muttered as he explained slowly to Luciana.
Luciana, who was listening to this, immediately fell silent, and widened her eyes to look incredulously at Elijah right now. "A year? I've been unconscious since a year ago? So, I... I was really asleep for a year?" Luciana muttered in disbelief.
Elijah nodded his head in slow motion, while looking at Luciana with a hardened expression on his face, but a gentle look in his eyes. Not at all commensurate with the long scar on Elijah's face there.
"Yes. You've been asleep for a year, and only now are you waking up." Elijah immediately confirmed Luciana's words right there.
Luciana, who heard this, sighed loudly. Luciana felt dizzy again when she heard that she had been unconscious for a year. Luciana rubbed her forehead slowly, and blinked her eyelids several times in quick movements. Luciana tried to refocus her mind and her gaze on Elijah.
"So, you saved me? Where did you find me a year ago?" Luciana asked Elijah again while starting to feel a little anxious now.
"I did save you. That night, I was looking for game in the forest, and I heard an explosion. At first, I thought it was a gun, but then I saw a large building on fire. I was curious, as I'd never been inside the forest before, and decided to investigate. Instead, I saw you unconscious at the edge of the forest with severe injuries. I decided to take you with me and take care of you. That's all that was on my mind that night." Elijah mumbled an explanation while recalling the events of a year ago there.
"That's my pack..."
Luciana muttered as she looked away from Elijah. As for Elijah, he looked straight at Luciana.
"He and the rest of his warriors have completely destroyed everything I had."
"I don't know what happened to you that night. Especially with your condition, which has been difficult to regain consciousness for the past year. I didn't know if you could survive or not. And I'm really sorry, because I couldn't ask you directly for permission to perform treatments that exceeded my limits." Elijah lowered his eyes slightly, and Luciana turned her head back to look at Elijah with a puzzled look.
"I asked Emrys, the witch who examined your condition earlier, to heal all the wounds on your body. Including your face. Emrys, decided to change your entire face, because she couldn't bring back your old face."
Luciana remained silent, and also waited until Elijah finished explaining about all the things that had happened during the year she had been unconscious there. "That's why, your face has completely changed and is no longer the same as before. Although, I don't know how you looked before. But I'm sure that you yourself didn't even want to have a burn like that in the first place. It looks like a forced wound." Elijah continued his words while giving a small glance right at Luciana there.
Luciana, who was listening to Elijah's explanation to her, let out her breath slowly. "Thank you so much for all the help you've given me over the past year. I don't know what would have happened to me if you hadn't come to help me that night." Luciana muttered with a small smile on her face.
"I don't know what I would really feel if I still had that burn on my face. But I'll learn to get used to this new face now. After all, I'm still me. Only my face and fate have changed. It doesn't matter...... it's not a big deal. It's just my face and destiny that are different."
Luciana lowered her head slightly to hide the puddles of tears that were beginning to show on her eyelids. Quickly, Luciana wiped away the tears that had fallen down her face, and looked back at Elijah.
"Sure, you're welcome..." Elijah smiled a little and nodded his head with a faint movement.
"But, if you don't mind... can I ask you something?" Elijah looked at Luciana with a curious look there.
"Just ask... I'll answer it." Luciana replied with a small mumble.
"How did you get all those wounds on your body and face that night? Was... that big burning building also your residence?" Elijah began to ask in his slow tone of voice now. Luciana was silent for a moment, and let out her breath there.
"It was the night of my eighteenth birthday. And that building was indeed my home. The Crescent Moon Pack. It was the same night my family and I used to celebrate my birthday. A simple event, and not many guests."
Luciana paused in her speech with a small smile, remembering that warm moment on her birthday night a year ago with her family and the members of The Crescent Moon Pack. As for Elijah, he remained silent, and listened to Luciana's story right there and now.
"Until after I blew and cut the tart, an injured warrior came and said that The Crescent Moon Pack had been attacked. Our pack was attacked by Harrison Hux and his warriors, the Alpha of The Silver Moon Pack. They all attacked and killed my pack members in a very sadistic and brutal way. My mom and dad asked me to hide in the basement along with the heirlooms belonging to The Crescent Moon Pack. At first I didn't want to, but my parents insisted. I finally complied, and brought our pack heirloom to hide in the basement. At first I thought, no warrior would be able to find me there. But I was wrong. They finally managed to find me and brought me before Harrison. And it turned out he was my own mate. He destroyed my family and my pack."
"What? He is your mate? But he destroyed your life." Elijah muttered in disbelief. Luciana smiled bitterly.
"I thought so too. But now, he’s my ex mate. That I always prayed that the Moon Goddess would bring me together with my mate, but the result... my mate is the one who destroyed my whole life in one night. He also killed my parents. Harrison wanted to get the heirloom of The Crescent Moon Pack that I had hidden inside the secret basement wall. I told him that I would never give it to him, and he decided to burn half of my face off." Luciana sighed as she felt the tightness inside her chest now. Luciana tried very hard not to cry in there anymore.
"I managed to get a chance to escape, but the two warriors who had previously managed to find me in the basement, came after me on Harrison's orders. I remember very well how it felt like the sword those warriors carried pierced my body, and they left me at the edge of the ravine. I don't really know if they'll burn down The Crescent Moon Pack. But I hope that within this year, they won't manage to find our heirloom there. That was all I could remember before the darkness. I also remembered another thing that I wished I could go back and avenge the destruction and death of my entire family. And I have the answer now. Moon Goddess brought you to help me that night. I am very grateful for that."
Luciana looked at Elijah while smiling once again there with a very sincere feeling. Luciana was grateful to have met Elijah. Or more accurately, Elijah had found her. Hearing that, Elijah immediately averted his gaze, looking a little misguided there, then he also stood up from his sitting position.
"I'm going to go get Emrys to check on your condition again right now. What's more, you were able to walk earlier. So perhaps, Emrys can administer the potion quickly to be able to recover your body condition even faster now. I'll leave first."
"Wait a minute..." I muttered and tried to prevent the man who had helped me from moving. Slowly, he turned around and looked at me in confusion. "My name is Luciana, Luciana Edith. It would be much worse if I myself didn't even know the name of someone who had helped me. So, what's your name?" I asked slowly. Remembering that I hadn't even asked about names or even the house I'd been living in for the past year. The man instantly broke into a small smile there. "My name is Elijah, Elijah Gray. I am a Lycan King. And this is my pack, my kingdom. The Blodlust Moon Pack." I nodded my head in slow motion. Trying to keep remembering the man's name and also the name of his pack. Elijah Gray and The Blodlust Moon Pack. Both names that felt very unfamiliar to me. Because I had never even met the Lycan King in person before. "Alright. Thanks..." "I'll be right back together with Emrys. Get some rest first then." Elijah quickly walked back out of the room. And I fell silent again. I fe
"Hahahaha!!!"I laughed quite loudly after listening to all the words said by Elijah, Emrys and Josiah over there. I felt both funny and amused as I tried to understand each of their words about my own identity now. Even more so when I looked right at the faces of Elijah, Emrys, and also Josiah who began to show a confused expression while looking at me who was still laughing now. I tried to stop my laughter even though it was very difficult. That instantly made Elijah's hand grip on my shoulder become loose, and he began to frown quite deeply there."Gosh... hahaha... gosh, I can't stop laughing. Ehem... pfftt... that's so funny. I mean, you guys are saying that I'm a hybrid now? Half werewolf and half witch?"I looked back at Elijah, Emrys, and Josiah with a curl of my lips to contain my laughter now. I also blinked my eyelids a few times."Yes, Luciana. We're trying to say that you're no longer an ordinary werewolf. But a hybrid. Half werewolf and half witch."Elijah muttered as he
Third POVElijah walked together with Luciana through the forest to The Crescent Moon Pack's location now. Even with her feet limping slowly, Luciana kept walking with all the strength she had now. Luciana continued to pray and also hoped that the heirloom belonging to The Crescent Moon Pack that she had hidden inside the secret basement wall was still safely hidden there.It had been one year since the events of the most terrifying night of her life. Luciana thought it was about time she should steel her heart and straighten her whole body.After all, her own heart had turned to stone and hardened ever since Harrison Hux, her ex-mate decided to kill all the family and members of The Crescent Moon Pack, reject her as his mate, and make the night of Luciana's eighteenth birthday so devastating. Luciana herself did not want to remember that night. But she was now nineteen years old. One year had passed in vain in her life now. But no matter, Luciana thought to herself over and over agai
Third POVElijah looked at Luciana who was still lying unconscious on the bed in the room with a very hard expression on his face, it was almost impossible to understand what Elijah was currently feeling and thinking about now. There was a deep frown on Elijah's forehead. Elijah who crossed his arms in front of his chest, and waited."How is she now?" Elijah asked in a low tone of voice. He tried not to disturb the concentration of Emrys and Josiah who were examining Luciana's current condition.Emrys sighed softly, as he lowered his open palms towards Luciana there. He finished checking Luciana's condition. "She's in shock, of course. Especially after everything that happened in her life, a year ago. And now, with her family heirloom gone. I think it would be best if she rested a little longer." Emrys muttered."That's right. She's still not in fully recovered. Adding all that baggage to her mind won't make it any easier for her to get better now." Josiah muttered and agreed with wha
I walked slowly alongside the rushing river, making my way towards the location of The Silver Moon Pack, Harrison Hux's pack. I have and continue to stabilize every footstep I take to be able to continue walking forward and forward to where I am now. I'm not going to dwell too much on my doubts anymore. I'm no longer even concerned with the pain and weakness that I can still feel all over my body right now. All I wanted now was certainty. Carrying a long, dark red cloth that I found in Elijah's closet could help me cover my entire body from head to toe. In the hope that no one else would be able to recognize me now.I stopped walking for a moment when I reached the gate of The Silver Moon Pack. I frowned as I realized that there were all sorts of luxurious decorations adorning all parts of the gate. On top of that, there were many immortals who had come and entered the pack's gate. With slow steps, I tried to sneak in among the many guests who were walking in their fancy clothes.Even
"Oh, my gosh. Where have you been, Luciana? You left without saying anything to us. Are you okay? You're not hurt in the slightest, are you?" Emrys immediately grasped both my arms quite tightly as I stepped into Elijah's pack slowly there. Emrys looked very worried, and even started looking me up and down. Turning my body around to look for something that was on her mind right now. I grimaced unpleasantly at how worried this middle-aged woman was about me. I myself didn't realize that my leaving earlier to see The Silver Moon Pack would affect them at all."Yes, Luciana. Are you okay? Where did you go? Why didn't you say anything to us? Especially to Elijah." Josiah spoke up after Emrys stopped checking the condition of my body, which was already fine there."I... I'm fine. I'm not hurt in the slightest." I mumbled and tried to answer their same question. But my attention was immediately distracted by Elijah who was walking with his long, quick footsteps towards his room. The room I
"Alright then. I agree."Gosh, did I really say that directly to Elijah now? I almost choked myself with the rush of my breath that felt so labored right now. I couldn't believe the courage that had come from nowhere in my body. But that's exactly what I said to Elijah.I accepted the terms he gave me. By becoming his own, he would help me avenge Harrison Hux in a beautiful way. And I don't know what possessed my mind that I immediately agreed to Elijah's words in front of me right now."Good. Then, get ready tomorrow and come with me."Elijah muttered, still with that smile on his lips now. Slowly, Elijah released his hug on my waist and walked away from me. Elijah walked towards the door of the room. I turned around, and looked at him confused once again."Where are we going tomorrow?" I couldn't stop myself from asking him.Elijah paused by the door, before finally tilting his head back slightly, and glancing at me. I paused. Realizing that Elijah's eyes looked even more different
KnockKnock"Enggh.. who is it?"I mumbled in a tone of voice that sounded very hoarse now. I opened my eyelids with some difficulty, as I was still feeling very sleepy now. I rubbed my face slowly with both palms of my hands. I looked right at everything in this dark room. I remembered that I turned off all the lights in this room in order to sleep peacefully.Slowly, I propped up my body with both hands to change my lying position to sitting while leaning on the bed. I turned my gaze back to the window of the room where the sunlight was almost visible. I realized that the day was beginning to turn into morning.The sound of the door opening on my left side instantly made me turn my head and look at the arrival of Emrys who was carrying a tray in her left hand. "Emrys? You are here?"I muttered as I reached for the light switch on the table beside the bed now. Clicking it quickly, the room lights immediately turned on quite brightly there. It instantly made me close my eyelids for a