All Chapters of Balance of Light and Shadow: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

Conrad POV I spent some time in the kitchen that morning with Mary and Liam. Jace even goes for a run with Valen to reconnect after lunch. We did a lot more talking and got a lot of things off our chests. I know I hurt Mary the most, so that will take more time. It's mid-afternoon before I head to my final stop for the day. I walk up to the small house that blends into the others in this zone–one where most werewolves rarely go, including me. I have never actually been to his house before."Hey, Connor. You got time to talk before Stella is out of school?" He looks at me skeptically. "Yeah, sure. What's up?"I enter the living room, and it looks neat but plain. I know as a single dad, he probably doesn't care much about decor, but there were a few little details like the plant in the blue pot on the mantle. That's when I smell a scent that has been here often. I look at him, confused. "You and Kimberly?" He chuckles. "Yeah. Nearly three months now. Stella loves her and is happy t

Lewana POVThis dumb fucker thinks he can sneak up on me? ME! Using some bullshit excuse about Stella and testing a theory. She's a damn child. I hold the blade to his throat as he holds his hands above him in surrender. I watch as he gulps, making the blade shift even closer to his Adam's apple. I almost wish he would fight me just so I could kick his ass. "Moonlight, please. Please just talk to me." I bark at him, "Why? It's not like you will listen anyway. Maybe I'm just overreacting. Maybe it's the pregnancy’s fault. Our pups' fault!" He pleads with me. "It's my fault. I know it's my fault. I want to talk to you about everything, and I will listen to you, but I can't do that if you won't even let me in the house." "So, you're getting relationship advice from an 8-year-old? You have a theory that she can fix your idiocy?" "No. We think she might have special hunter powers. She sees auras in colors, and I asked her to see what yours is." I look up to see Liam looking at me, c

Lewana POV I wake up in my bed with one side being cold. I am groggy, and my eyes hurt from crying. I had cried myself to sleep again and got very little rest from the tossing and turning I did due to the nightmares. I was beyond exhausted. I went to the shower and curled up on the floor while the hot water ran over me as the empty, hollow feeling filled my chest once again. I could feel Serena whimpering, but both of us were still mad at him. "What are we going to do, Serena?" "Punch him in the face again. That made me feel better." I let out a hollow laugh. "We can't punch him in the face forever." Serena pauses to think for a moment. "Check his bond link. It's stronger on our side as we marked him, and I doubt he closed it off to us. That should give you an idea about how he is feeling. See if he's actually sorry or not." I close my eyes and open it just a fraction. I can instantly feel his guilt, sadness, and confusion. I feel Serena roll her eyes. "He better not be confused

Conrad POV I know I shouldn’t have left Lewana like that, but I can't risk breaking down again. I need to find these answers and fast. It's mid-afternoon now, and Willow should have had the Hunter chronicles for a few hours. Hopefully, she has something. I walk to the library and open the doors to find her alone, reading a large book. "Hey, Willow. Do you have anything from the hunter chronicles?" "Yeah. It was much easier to translate as it's more recent and in French. The first werewolf hunter was listed as a Frenchman, Benoist. In 1573, in a city called Dole, a man called Gilles Garnier was reported to have killed four children and eaten them. One of them was Benoist’s 10-year-old daughter. She was attacked, and he found her alive; however, she died a few days later in the hospital. The daughter reported a monster that hunts in moonlight, which is when he asked the Moon Goddess for power to kill the werewolf to avenge his daughter and save the other children. He was the first hun

Conrad POVIt's been two weeks since I started having the chats with Arthur, and they are really helping. He helps me see problems in the pack and myself in a way I haven't before. He was right about everything, which pissed me off at first, but he was logical about explaining it. Everything I have done in my life has been about protection, including Lewana. It was when my insecurities about failing as a protector got to me, the Shadows were able to possess and manipulate me.Not anymore.The hunter elders decided to follow the old ritual to enhance their powers. It was basically ingesting a mixture of blood from the original line with the moon flower essence. Stella, to her credit, wanted to do it like the picture. A big knife in the dark forest by a fire. Connor shut that down immediately and got Lewana to take some blood with a needle after she had been numbed with cream.It worked. The morning they woke up after the ritual, they could all see colours like Stella. A spectrum of aura