Semua Bab Under The Waning Moon: Bab 31 - Bab 40
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A Pain Like No Other
Eon, sitting in one of the couches in the VIP lounge on the second floor of Luna. He was keeping an eye on the patrons of the club. It's the middle of the week and the club wasn't full-packed like it usually is on the weekend. It would be easy to spot Li Na, and it's already past midnight, the time when she usually drops by, and yet, she hasn't shown her face. He knew that he went over the line with the words that he threw at her the last time they talked. He sighed, chasing away the regrets that were gnawing in his chest. [You better apologize to her!] Eon's wolf snarled at him to stop him from musing. [Shut up!] He replied angrily at his wolf. He didn't have to remind him that he had to apologize to Li Na. He wasn't able to control his temper that was fueled by his anger. Seeing Lina in the company of another man pushed him into an uncontrollable rage. He wanted to take Li Na far away from the man she was talking to. He wanted to hide her away from any othe
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An Invitation
If Li Na didn't come back to Luna, what would he do? Last night, Eon had no answer to the question of his wolf but now, they both know what he will do. He would loiter like a loser in the lobby of Li Na's hotel. He has been sitting on one of the armchairs in the hotel lobby but he still hasn't had the courage to walk to the reception desk, ask them for Lina Baptiste's room number. He had a feeling that if she knew that he was in her hotel, she wouldn't allow him to come up. She must still be angry at him for all the nasty words that he said to her. He pulled down the newspaper that was covering his face. He's like a spy—a terrible one. With the outfit he was wearing, he stood out in the lobby. He was wearing Italian leather black boots that have been worn so many times, washed-out ripped jeans, and a black leather jacket over a white tee. Eyes were trained on him and the newspaper he was holding was his lame attempt to cover his face and hoping that people passing the lobby
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Nightmares
During the time that Eon was loitering in the lobby of her hotel, Lina was sweating on her bed. After Vanessa left she perused on the IDs under her new name Lina Baptiste and it still felt surreal. She has so many questions that she even contemplated calling Briare at the private number that he gave her but she’s scared. She’s scared of people that could make a new identity in just a flick of a finger. She was glad that she got a new identity that she could use to hide from those who were following her. She’s grateful to Briare at the same time she feared him. She has no idea who he truly is and how influential he is. But her biggest question was, why was he helping her? Now with what Briare did to her, she no longer believes that meeting him at Luna was purely coincidental. With so many questions plugging her mind, she chose the easy way out, which was sleep. The problem was it’s difficult to fall asleep when there were a lot of things churning inside her head, thus
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Her First
Lina woke up screaming with a hoarse voice. It was her third time waking up and she made sure to get up from the bed this time by slapping her face. She didn’t want to fall back asleep. She would die if she had to go through that nightmare again.When the pain of her palm hitting her cheek registered in her groggy brain, she got up from the bed and headed to the bathroom. With her knees shaking, she hurried under the shower and opened the shower full blast with freezing water. She shivered and screamed the moment the cold water hit her skin. But she didn’t turn off the shower nor move from under the cascading cold water. The fear of falling asleep made her stand under the iced cold water, and when her body trembled from the cold, she twisted the faucet and changed into hot water. She bit her lower lip to stop herself from screaming. She didn’t last long under the hot shower unlike the cold one but it was enough for she is now fully awake.Panting, she
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Time To Say Goodbye
Lina was ecstatic when she returned to her hotel room late at night. The owner of the house was an old charming woman. She’s a retired professor and lives alone while her son lives in London. Lina came home late for she had a nice conversation with her new landlady, Mrs. Gobles.Mrs. Gobles just wanted Lina to call her Beatrice. They had an engaging conversation about flowers. Lina promised to teach her flower arrangement once she moved to the extra room that Beatrice was renting out. The room was big enough for one person but small by Lina’s standard. I mean, she never stayed in a regular room in any hotel. She always lives in the penthouse. But the room that Beatrice was renting out is basically a small flat and not just a room. It has its own kitchen, bathroom, receiving area, and a small study. The bedroom has just a decent size closet. And yet, Lina loves it for the small study opened to the garden.And the house has enough privacy that Lina likes. She
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Pride And Senses
“Why don’t you go and pick her up?” Larissa disrupted Eon’s brooding over whether he should go and apologize to Lina and invite her to attend the private event here in Luna. The party didn’t actually stop since it started Saturday morning. The whole club was closed and only VIP members were allowed entrance. The club was open twenty-four hours for the VIP patrons for the whole week. The event was the talk of the town and since Lina likes to party he was expecting that she would definitely come but it’s now Sunday, the event would end at twelve midnight tonight but Lina hasn’t shown herself. He gave Larissa an annoyed look, “shut up and serve our guest!” He cocked his head in the direction of the bar where customers were. He took the far end of the bar counter to be alone in his thoughts and he was worried that it’s now ten in the evening, there are only two hours left before the event ends, he sighed, surveying the club. “Hey,” he called the attention of Larissa who didn’t c
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She Was Taken
The man finally noticed that she wasn’t interested in her and saw another girl to his liking that he left Lina alone. “Sorry,” Eon whispered next to her ear, which sent shivers to Lina’s skin. Eon was holding the edge of her chair so that she couldn’t get away from him. Lina gasped for some air because Eon’s breath fanned her cheek and tickled her skin. Goosebumps littered her arms that she was rooted to the barstool and her brain forgot to think. “I crossed the line. I’m sorry,” Eon said once again, for Lina didn’t reply to his apology. “It’s all good.” She heaved a deep sigh, “it’s your opinion, anyway.” She got down from her barstool and faced Eon. She was ready for a fight but she was surprised to see that his face was full of regrets. Her eyes narrowed thinking if Eon was playing with her but she didn’t see any indication that he was. “You don’t deserve the words I said.” He gently added because he could see the disbelief from Lina’s eyes
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Rescued
Lina tried to pull her hands away but she had no strength for whatever it was that the damn woman jabbed her arm. She was panting and groaning as she panicked, fighting the drowsiness she was feeling. ‘I can’t fall asleep!’ She screamed in her head. The thought of the nightmare if she falls asleep keeps her fighting the sleepiness she was feeling. She didn’t see the old woman who stuck a needle in her arm. The two men who took her to the van didn’t talk to her. They just tied her hands together in her lap then shoved her inside the van like she was a piece of garbage. Then the two of them talked quietly in a language that she doesn’t know. She strained her ears to listen to catch any words that would give her a hint of what was happening but they already went inside the van, the one who gave orders took the wheel. Frustrated, she kicked the back of the driver’s seat but she didn’t get any reaction from the two men. She kicked the seat once again, twisting her hands,
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Back In His Bed
Lina in her horror lost consciousness. That she was already screaming and asking for help even when she knew no one would help her for it was all nothing but a dream. She already knew what's going to happen even before she found herself in the now familiar swamp. She knew that the moment she fell asleep, she would find herself in her hellish nightmare all over again. The moment she succumbed to sleep, she dreamed. In her dreams, she was submerged in the cold, murky water up to her waist. She was pushing thin branches away from the gnarly trees surrounding her, away from her face as she navigated in the gloomy swamp. She has been in this place so many times and it's always gloomy as if the sun is avoiding this place. She hurried as she trembled from the cold water and the fear of the dogs that she knew would appear anytime soon. However, she already reached the banks and the dogs haven't shown their presence. She was climbing the muddy banks, using the protruding root
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I'm Jealous
Lina giggled in her dreams when the dog she called Galan nuzzled her hand then licked her face. "Stop…stop!" She said, laughing. The dog listened but he then dropped himself on the ground and rolled over, exposing his belly, asking for a belly rub. Lina lowered down on the ground and scratched Galan's belly. She had forgotten her fear of the dogs that could come any minute. Galan made her forget that she's in her nightmare and a pack of dogs could chase her and attack her at any time. Eon, on the other hand, furrowed his brows because Lina would giggle every time he would wipe her face to remove her makeup. 'What could you be dreaming about?' he wondered as he continued the tedious task of cleaning her up. The task itself wasn't so bad but the fact that his body reacted voluntarily every time he touched Lina. "You're such a pervert!" He talked rather loudly to himself. He wasn't so proud of himself for taking advantage of Lina's situation. He couldn't help hi
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