Lahat ng Kabanata ng Once A Luna, Now A Stealer?: Kabanata 211 - Kabanata 220

CallistaMy heart beats fast in my chest as I pursue Valencia through the snow-laden forest. The tall trees loom around me, stripped off their leaves unless they are evergreens. I'd lost sight of Valencia's distinguishable red hair for a while, but the prints of her footsteps are still clearly visible on the snow. I don't know if I should be following her right now. Maybe I should've stayed with the wolves and taken them to Theon before going after Valencia. I had to tell him about what happened and see if he was okay after being dragged into the castle with Ophelia’s vines.But if I let Valencia escape the Rexellen pack lands, Goddess only knows if we would be able to find her again. She'd been suspiciously elusive before. She would definitely use the same tactics to hide again. As I run through the forest, I wonder if I had done the right thing leaving without even a weapon in my hand. Valencia had her sword and her wolf with her. What do I have?Nothing!Okay, I may have done som

Callista“Cut the crap, Valencia,” I say, tired of her tricks. For a second, she had me going. Who did she think I was, a naive child? What was she playing at? Did she seriously think I would believe such a stupidly poor attempt? “Either you’ve gone mad, or you think I’m more naïve than I am. I know you're lying. You're surrounded and you can't escape, so you think you can come up with something ridiculous as that to get out?”She was not surrounded and she could escape, but that’s something she didn’t need to know right now.Valencia lets out that manic cackle again. “I knew you'd say that,” she says in between cackles. “You think the real Valencia would say something like I just did to escape? She'd rather fight you to death.”I brace myself to run, just in case. I can't make out what's exactly happening, but I know that it's bad. I should've never come here without any support. My impulsiveness got the best of me, and now I was stuck in the middle of the forest with this lunatic.

TheonAfter witnessing the strange presence in the forest, Ophelia says that we need to leave the forest immediately. Given how spooked she looked, Kellin and I followed her back, although I want to keep looking for Callista. My worry for her grows by the second.The only relief is knowing that she is still alive, honestly, because nothing else is certain. Before we enter the pack town, Kellin calls a guard to bring me fresh clothes, so I don't have to streak naked through the wintry cold. I barely feel the temperature though, my blood is rushing in my veins fast enough to keep me uncomfortably hot. "I need to call the Headmistress," Ophelia says as soon as we enter the Rexellen pack town, heading straight towards the castle. "This is too serious to be considered a fluke, or even a coincidence. Something exists here that we cannot understand, and we need the Guild's official support to solve this." "Wait!" I call after her. "What about Callista?"She turns to me. "I don't think sh

Theon“After I locked Callista in the same room with Elias,” Valencia begins. “I watched from a distance because I wanted to make sure that he'd kill her. I was so sure that he would. But then, before he could lose control, you broke into the room and rescued her.”I grit my teeth as she talks, so I won’t start screaming at her after every bit of evil she spews. That particular day replays clearly in my mind.Callista and Elias had both been so terrified. I don't know what would've happened if I hadn't taken her out in time. Would Elias have healed fully, all the way through? Or would he have turned before he could? I guess we would never know that now. To hold my self-control is a battle, but for the sake of my mate, I power through.“I escaped as soon as possible after that and ran to the forest. But you must know, I had not planned that far. I overestimated my plan. So, at that moment, even as I ran, I knew that I was trapped. Soon, you and your wolves would come to find me, and

TheonWhen I arrive with Kellin and Haden, Ophelia, Leita and Kiran are in my study, conferring with the Headmistress of the Witches Guild. The Headmistress looks serious, her eyes hard as she talks in a low tone. As soon as we enter, the witches turn to us.“Headmistress,” I say as a greeting while bowing my head towards her. “I'm sure you've heard of what we discovered.”“Hello, Alpha King Rexellen. First of all, I am very sorry about all that's happened,” the Headmistress replies. “Leita told me about what Valencia Everhart confessed. Coupled with the presence Ophelia felt in the forest right where Callista’s scent trail ended, it seems to me that we are in an entirely unprecedented kind of trouble.”“Do you know who this Xaveraq is?” I inquire, taking a seat, and joining the huddle around the monitor. “Valencia said that he called himself a devil?”The Headmistress's eyes darken at that.“That's the name of a race I never thought I'd hear again,” She mutters. “To be honest, we wer