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Book 1 in the Under the Moon Series: Kayden has just finished celebrating his eighteenth birthday with his friends in one of the most popular clubs in town. During his journey home, he runs into a strange man named Rakesh who seems to know Kayden's father. His parents had gone missing when Kayden was a child. Though handsome enough, something about Rakesh really irks Kayden. Perhaps it's all the nonsense he and his grandparents keep going on about, or maybe it is just Rakesh's smug smirk that ticks him off? But whatever the reasons, Gods, Spirits... Vampires? Who believes in those old myths? Not Kayden! Book 1: Under the Pale Moon Book 2: Under the Blue Moon Book 3: Under the Crimson Moon: A Dragon's Pride
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Welcome to Adulthood Kiddo!
I had turned eighteen today and had spent most of the daylight hours with my grandmother and grandfather. They had taken me in when I was very young after my parents had vanished into the unknown. Their bodies were never found and had been assumed dead, though my grandparents would often say that those two were harder to kill than a cockroach.
My family is a little strange, but I love them even so.After birthday celebrations with my family, my friends and I had decided to go to one of the local clubs to enjoy the first night of officially being an adult - being the youngest in the group, we had elected to hold off on any club-going until I was able to legally drink and with growing up in the United Kingdom, this meant that we didn't have to wait until we were twenty-one in order to enjoy a drink… or three!Loud music pumped into the club-room and most of us had found dance partners. Some of them with old friends from school or from their part-time jobs. It was a group celebration, after all, not just mine and I was perfectly fine with this arrangement. I wasn't too much of a social butterfly, but now and then on special occasions, like today, I didn't mind stepping out of my comfort zone to make my friends happy.After a few drinks and as the time grew late, my friends eventually began to make their way home, almost all of them travelling in groups. It wasn't dangerous where we lived, but we were always careful either way. One of my close friends, Rem walked halfway with me. He was far more intoxicated than I was. I couldn't help but laugh as he began to belt out one of our old school musical numbers - you know, those silly songs kids sing on the playground? I hadn't heard it since we were five or something.The song lasted as long as it took to reach his house, luckily not a moment longer or his neighbours might have complained about the awful out of tune singing we were both doing by this point. After saying our goodbyes, I continued on to my grandparents' house. It was at least another fifteen-minute walk if I rushed but tonight was lovely out. It was clear and a full moon was shining brightly above.I admit the moon was always something I loved to gaze at. It was not only beautiful but I always felt somewhat at ease whenever I looked at it. Perhaps that's why I hadn't noticed the figure that almost materialized out of nowhere.“Ah, I am so sorry!” I quickly apologized to the man before me. They were wide-shouldered, older and not overly attractive at all. Shaved head, a scowl glued to their face. The type that had obviously been drinking and was now in a bad mood for whatever reason.“Watch where yer goin' idiot,” the man slurred at me. I was glad I was not this sort of drunk. He seemed ready to throw down at the slightest provocation so I figured it was best to give him a reasonable distance to which the two of us could step around the other and made sure to hold my hands up to show that I was no threat to him.“Again, I am very sorry!” I offered again, just to be sure he wasn't willing to pick a fight. I didn't like confrontations all that much and although my grandparents forced me to take self-defence classes, I really didn't want to have to take part in using that knowledge.Sadly for me, this guy wasn't going to be kind about the accident. He stepped closer to me with one of those snarls of his. I took a breath in, hoping he would merely trip over his own feet or something, but kept my distance as much as I could until I knew I could leg it without worry that he'd catch me as I tried to get past him.The man swung, missed and ended up face-first on the ground. I couldn't help but laugh a little. “Are you alright?” I asked, tentatively not wanting to get closer and ready to dash off at the slightest sense of danger from him. He grumbled his reply to me but made no further attempt to fight. He seemed confused but unharmed and I made my escape before he remembered he was angry at me.As I continued on my way, having sobered up slightly thanks to my little dance with another drinker on the streets, I elected to not stare up at the moon too much this time. Perhaps I should have?Someone's voice spoke out above me somewhere, though in what language, I couldn't tell you. I had no clue what they had said and at first, I thought it was merely someone with a window open and the tv on some random channel. Looking up, I didn't see anything at all. At least, not at first.The voice spoke again and this time, I could pinpoint the location a little better. Confused, I lifted my head up to the ceiling of one of the nearby houses. Two silvery eyes peered down at me and at first, I thought it was an animal, a cat perhaps, that was, until it spoke a third time in that strange language.I tried to put aside the three strange facts about this person as I called up to them politely, “sorry mate, no idea what you're saying.” Perhaps he was drunk too and the 'language' was just drunk babbling?The shadowy figure seemed to smile at me before they stood up and lowered themself down to the ground. The roof they were on wasn't particularly high up, but it was still a fair distance that even I winced when they landed on the ground.Now that I could see them better, I could tell that this person was male and that they roughly stood about six or so feet tall, perhaps a little bit taller. I myself stood relatively short, truth be told. I barely made it past five-foot, give or take a few inches. This man also had shoulder-length hair, though it was tied up in a ponytail out of the way and it was a deep red tone. Someone obviously enjoyed dying their hair, I thought to myself.“That was an impressive jump,” I told the man, wary of what they wanted from me, or if they could even understand what I was saying. Whoever it was, made my skin crawl. They were handsome enough, sure, but there was something creepy about him.Latest chapter
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Greetings to all my wonderful readers!As you've likely noticed, I have actual artwork of my characters for the cover of my book now. This was a commission I paid for from a very dear artist friend by the name of Rydi on DeviantART also known as lucia-garcia on ArtCorgi.We've known each other for a long time now, and I was super happy she gave me permission to use the old commissions in this way, so if you like her style, feel free to check her out.Thanks for reading my story and feel free to check out my others also here.Have a wonderful day!
Last Updated : 2021-10-16Under the Pale Moon The Epilogue
A month passed by quickly. My grandfather Edward had been convinced to come to where we were and was rather glad that I was well though he was shocked when he learned the truth of everything. He worried about the other side of my family not accepting me anymore, but otherwise, he was happy to stay with us for a few weeks to help. He and Tudyr seemed to get along well.Eris and DJay had bonded and had started a relationship much to the joy of most of the supernatural beings that had belonged to the group. Only the other Ancient Ones and vampires from the red-eyed family were not fully accepting of the match, but they were well aware they couldn't hassle the pair. Tudyr was very firm about that.Tudyr, of course, bonded with Eris making him the official leader. Their relationship wasn't great but Eris settled down after a couple of days. Though she held her usual spark whenever she disagreed with something he said or did. The two were almost like an old married c
Last Updated : 2021-04-20Under the Pale Moon The Bonds that Tie
With Rakesh's fate as my lover sealed, the only thing left was to decide what to do with Eris. Had she not over-taken Rakesh for the leader position when he became unable - it would have meant I would have been the new leader in joint with Rakesh. However, because they had swapped positions, this meant she would need to either bond with me or Tudyr.She was unhappy with either outcome as Tudyr expected. Rakesh didn't want to share me with yet another person and I was not willing to go against Rakesh's wishes but at the same time, I wasn't about to force Eris into bonding with Tudyr if it made her uncomfortable and if it would be easier for her to bond with me.Being Tudyr's second meant that he was a little more lenient and willing to let me take charge of this group of misfits but of course, we were going to let Eris make the choice. Personally, I didn't much care to lead, I just wanted to make sure the fighting was over."I don't want to share him,
Last Updated : 2021-04-20Under the Pale Moon Let's Get Down To Business
Eris was surprised to see Rakesh and me enter through the door and in one piece and without an escort. She stopped yelling and marched over to us. Rakesh hid behind me and clung tighter to my shoulders. It was an awkward sight with him being taller than me but I did my best not to laugh. He was genuinely nervous.I gave Eris a small look of warning, it was gentle but commanding enough that she paused in her steps once she got close enough to me. She hesitated, noticing the change in my blood right away. She opened her lips to speak but found herself unable to bring herself to scold us.I looked over to Tudyr who was sitting at Eris' desk with a rather professional look on his face. He nodded at me in greeting and then waited expectantly for us to come further inside the office. It was a command regardless if it had been said or not and thus, I moved over to where the chairs were placed across the desk and facing Tudyr.Rakesh followed me, unwilling t
Last Updated : 2021-04-19Under the Pale Moon Never Alone
A while had passed from when Rakesh and I had reaffirmed our bond and he was curled up in my arms, happily resting in my company. We were merely enjoying being near each other again after what seemed like forever. I wasn't even sure how long it had actually been since we had seen one another.I briefly worried about how my grandparents and Rem had not been in contact with me, let alone poor Eddie, for as long. I hoped they would not think this was Rakesh's fault or think I had failed and been killed. Curious, I sent a message to Tudyr about it.'Are you sure it is wise to keep in contact with Hunters? You are no longer human enough for them to care,' he replied through the mind.Rakesh wiggled his nose in annoyance. He still wasn't happy to share me, but he didn't complain. I kissed his forehead in reassurance.'They're my family, if I don't let them know I am well, they will probably gather up the Hunters to come and find me. I don't know
Last Updated : 2021-04-19Under the Pale Moon Near to You
After giving Rakesh some time to take in all of the information I had tossed on top of him, we laid on his cot in near silence. He couldn't remember hurting anyone or feasting on flesh and part of him didn't want to remember it. There were so many thoughts running through his mind but he couldn't find the answers to any of them just yet."It'll be alright, probably," I offered as I felt his mind fretting again. "I mean, Tudyr isn't going to kill us, just bring us into his fold, so things could be a lot worse, right?" I gave Rakesh a small smile."Only because of dumb luck that you're of his blood. Though in truth, I am surprised he wants you, you not being fully blooded..." Rakesh trailed off. "Or are you now? Though now I wonder why did my blood not do that for you?"I looked up thoughtfully. Tudyr wasn't exactly invading my mind at all as he had wanted to give me and Rakesh space - but that didn't mean he had blocked himself out of my thoughts. I s
Last Updated : 2021-04-19
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