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The Last Moonbane The Meeting (2)
Seraphina’s POVAs I waited for my meeting with the Riddle family’s leader, I couldn’t help but think back to the stories I had heard about slaves. Moonbane had never practiced slavery within our borders, but that didn’t mean I was ignorant of the world outside. Helena had told me stories—dark, unsettling ones—about the conditions that slaves endured in other parts of the world. They were property, bought and sold without a second thought. Their fates were determined not by their own choices, but by the whims of their owners.Some were used for labor, forced to work in fields or mines until their bodies broke down from exhaustion. Others, especially those who were deemed attractive, were used for more sinister purposes. They were used, abused, their bodies treated like toys, and when their owners grew tired of them, they were discarded, sometimes even killed for sport. The thought of anyone being treated that way made my blood boil. Even though I had been spared such a fate, I couldn’
The Last Moonbane The Meeting (1)
Seraphina’s POVStephen, Helena, and I had been separated the moment we were captured. Now, I was being held in the same ancient castle where my mother had once ruled. A castle that had once been filled with Moonbane's legacy, now claimed by the Riddle family.It was strange how much the place had changed in just three months. The familiar halls felt hollow, the vibrant energy that had once pulsed through the stone walls now replaced by an eerie stillness. It wasn’t the same anymore. Nothing was the same. Still, walking these halls stirred something in me, a pang of loss mixed with anger.Despite being a captive, I wasn’t treated like a prisoner—not in the traditional sense. Every day, clean clothes were brought to me, meals were delivered promptly, and there were even servants assigned to take care of my basic needs, such as bathing and grooming. They all carried themselves with quiet efficiency, but whenever I asked them for information about Stephen or Helena, they became like ghos
The Last Moonbane Captured
Seraphina’s POVIt had been a particularly humid day, the kind that made the air thick and heavy, clinging to your skin with the promise of rain. School had just let out, and we began our usual walk back to the small apartment Helena had secured for us. As the busy sounds of the city swirled around us, I couldn’t shake an uneasy feeling creeping up my spine, like a subtle warning. I had developed this instinct over the past few months—a prickle at the back of my neck, as if unseen eyes were following us. Yet nothing seemed out of place. The streets were filled with the usual hustle of life, people moving to and fro, oblivious to the undercurrents of danger that lurked beneath the surface.Helena had been adamant about one thing: never take the same route home twice. It was a simple precaution, one meant to throw off anyone trying to track us. And today, like many days before, we had taken a detour down a quieter street, one less crowded with pedestrians. At first, it felt like any oth
The Last Moonbane The Escape
Seraphina’s POVWe had been on the run for three months now. Yet, there were nights I still woke up gasping for air, my heart pounding in my chest as if it were trying to escape my ribcage. The nightmares came without warning—haunting images of that blood-red moon, of shadows twisting and wrapping themselves around my mother’s body. Sometimes, my screams were so loud they even startled Helena awake, rushing to my side, her face lined with worry.But no matter how many nights passed, I couldn’t forget that night under the red moon. I couldn’t erase the memory of my mother—her figure consumed by shadows, her body sprouting unnatural, blood-red flowers that pulsed with an eerie life of their own. I still clung to the hope that she might be alive. That somehow, she had fought back against whatever darkness had consumed her. But deep down, I knew I was probably lying to myself. Was she alive? I feared the answer too much to dwell on it.The truth was, whether or not I allowed myself to thi
The Last Moonbane The Shadow (4)
Lucine’s POVI felt it crawling up my skin, its cold tendrils weaving in and out of my mind, wrapping around my thoughts like vines suffocating a once-beautiful garden. The red flowers that had bloomed from within me pulsed with every heartbeat, threatening to break through the last remnants of control I had left.But I couldn’t let them win. Not yet.I glanced at the empty space where my children had stood moments before. I had felt their presence, the warmth of their confusion and terror, but now they were gone—safely away from the darkness that was closing in around me.It had taken all the strength I had to send them away, to push them beyond the reach of this place. My body felt weak, brittle, like it could shatter at any moment. But I could still feel them, the bond of blood that tied me to Seraphina and Stephen, even as the last threads of my humanity frayed.They were still my children. That was the only thing I was sure of. The only thing that kept me grounded.But I couldn’t
The Last Moonbane The Shadow (3)
Seraphina’s POVTainted? How could it be tainted?Of all the things to think about at this moment, I found myself stuck on that word—tainted. As a wolf, as a Moonbane, I had always been aware of the word's weight, its implications. It wasn’t new to me. How could it be? We were taught from a young age that we weren’t born of nature like other creatures. We were different—twisted, in some people’s eyes.Wolves were not a natural species. We were the result of something unnatural, a deviation from the natural world’s course. The exact cause had long been buried in the shadows of our history, but many magicians, hunters, and other creatures of the supernatural realm believed that wolves were not the Moon Goddess’s blessing but rather a tainted force, a mistake.To them, wolves were the embodiment of something impure.And yet, here was my mother, the most powerful of us all, speaking of being tainted. Wolves were already considered corrupted—our existence born from something tainted. So ho
The Last Moonbane The Shadow (2)
Seraphina's POVIf those cracks continued to spread, if the shadows finally gave way to the moonlight, something would escape. Something far worse than the death that loomed over my mother now. A terror unlike anything I had ever known was about to be unleashed.I stepped forward, my feet moving before I could think. But just as I took another step, my mother’s figure wavered, her form becoming less solid, like a mirage slowly dissipating into the air. She seemed to be fading away, like she was no longer part of this world, as if an invisible barrier separated her from the rest of us.At that moment, she raised her right arm—her shadowy hand trembling—and pressed her fingers to her forehead. The flowers stopped growing for a brief moment, held at bay by her sheer will. But it was only temporary. The moon’s light was getting stronger, and I could see the flowers beginning to pulse again, as if they were ready to burst forth at any second.But then, something unexpected happened.She sm
The Last Moonbane The Shadow(1)
Seraphina's POVThe voice that reached my ears was laced with hesitation, confusion, and a faint plea for confirmation, as if it came from another world entirely. It was soft yet distant, echoing in the vastness of the shadowy space that had consumed us. The malicious gaze I had felt bearing down on me earlier—cold, oppressive, and suffocating—vanished suddenly. For a fleeting moment, I felt relief as the invisible strings that had bound my body, controlling me like a puppet, loosened. I could once again feel my own limbs, reclaiming the autonomy that had been momentarily lost.I opened my mouth, intending to speak, to ask something—anything—but before I could get the words out, the dark figure before us shifted. Its form, cloaked in shadows, stretched out its hand towards me and Stephen once again. Instinctively, I braced myself for another attempt to seize us, my pulse quickening as the familiar sense of danger washed over me.But this time, it didn’t come to strangle or harm us.In
The Last Moonbane The Red Moon (5)
Seraphina's POVWithout another word, I tugged Stephen along with me, and we began to sprint through the winding paths of the Moonbane estate toward the ancient castle where our mother resided. The castle had been our family’s stronghold for generations—since the birth of the Moonbane lineage itself. Its towering spires, cloaked in shadow, loomed ominously in the distance, like a silent sentinel watching over our cursed bloodline.It had always been a place we visited sparingly, and only when absolutely necessary. Though it was our home, the castle had always felt more like a relic of the past, its stone walls cold and unwelcoming. Stephen and I had spent most of our lives in the smaller residences on the outskirts of the estate, closer to Helena’s warm, comforting presence.But now, as we raced through the castle’s grand entrance, the weight of its history pressed down on us like never before.The corridors were vast and empty, the eerie silence broken only by the echo of our footste
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