All Chapters of Under the Shadow of the Moon: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

DelaneySomeone has been following me, but I don’t know if this is just in my head or whether it’s truly happening, and that terrifies me. I first noticed a shadow standing over my shoulder when I left the bar after having dinner with Paola and Pollux. I turned to look over my shoulder and didn’t see anyone, so I brushed it off. However, I had this distinct feeling of being watched by someone. This morning, the same thing happened. There’s a meeting at the Omegatrix, so we left the house at around nine. Sure enough, I had this feeling that someone was lurking in the shadows, but I didn’t see anyone when I looked over my shoulder. I think it’s paranoia, mainly because of the last time I was here. I’m still haunted by those men that came down here looking for me and had to be cut into pieces. I don’t know if I should mention it to someone. What if it’s more Gammas from one of the Alphas? I’m wondering this when the door opens and Matteo strides in. He’ll be staying down here for some

DelaneyOur mission is meant to be upstairs, and so we leave through one of the many unconventional exits, and make it to Pollux’s Ford. He still hasn’t told us what the mission is about, and it’s honestly so frustrating. If he understood just how anxious this whole thing makes me, maybe he’d be more eager for share the details at a much quicker pace. I get in the backseat, and he starts the car once Paola closes the door. He then turns his body around, and says, “Here’s the thing: there was a survivor from the hunt. A guy. Matteo wants us to fetch him, but he didn’t make it known because he doesn’t want to alert anyone.”“Why not?” Paola asks. “I thought we were all meant to be trustworthy. Does that mean that he trusts us?”“Yes,” Pollux says. “He does. He trusts us way too much for first-timers.” His eyes then land on me when he says, “I guess it’s all your fault, Delaney.”I frown. “What? That he trusts us?”“Of course,” he replies. There’s something off about how he says this.

Delaney I let my head hang as exhaustion and pain overtake my body.I don’t know where pain ends and exhaustion begins. I’ve never felt this way before. This is the kind of pain that I never thought existed, and what makes it worse is how much he’s enjoying this. He steps back, and I don’t look up to see where he’s going. My blood is all over the floor. I know that most of these injuries will heal if I have the time, and they’ll do so seamlessly, but the psychological scarring is something I’ll never get rid of. If he doesn’t kill me here, I’ll never forget this until the day I die. My mouth is parched, and I taste blood in it. I don’t know how many hours have passed. One? Two? Four? I’m worried sick about Paola and Pollux, and the Omega man that survived the hunt only to be possibly killed in a car crash. I feel responsible for what happened to them. I should have covered my hair. Beta Whittle would never have recognized me under a hoodie. I hear the sounds of things being move

Delaney The woman removes the phone from my ear once he ends the call abruptly, and I stare at her face and wonder who she is, and where I am. “You’re safe,” she tells me. It’s uncanny because I feel like she just read my mind. “My name is Anna, and I’m a healer. The Alpha has asked me to watch over you during your healing process. You have extensive injuries, but I’ve already sealed most of them with salve. You’ll be fine, but you need to take it easy for three days, and you need to be completely bedridden today.”The Alpha. Alec. Yes, I vividly recall him storming into that cottage and tearing apart Beta Whittle and his son. He carried me to the car, and that’s the last thing I remember. He brought me here. He’s asked this healer to watch over me. Why does he want to know how many people were in the car with me? Not knowing is making me highly anxious. I try to move, and she puts her hands on my shoulders and keeps me down on the bed. “Please, don’t move. You have too many injur

AlecThere is no fear in their eyes as I approach the cage, and I stop right before I reach them, and give them both a good look. “Does anyone else apart from these two know you’re here?” I ask them. “Did you see anyone else on your way here, or at the crash site? Anyone that could tie you to this murder?”No answer comes from them, not for a handful of seconds. I look from the woman to the man, who eyes me like me wants to tear me apart. It’s the woman who answers me. “No, just this man. And the woman. And of course, the Beta and his son.”The man shoots her an accusatory look, but she doesn’t even look at him. I ask her, “You’re absolutely sure about this.”“Yes,” she answers. “I’m sure.”“The man lying on the ground, is he dead?”She closes her eyes, then nods. “Yes. He died before we could give him care. He was…a victim of the hunt. We were going to help him.”I frown. “Which hunt?”“The one that happened yesterday,” she claims. “The one where you killed almost half of the Omega