Semua Bab Lunar Blessed : Bab 31 - Bab 40

A week after Caleb's death, Tamara returned to Jess's apartment. The single wall of research had exploded into something bigger. Maps covered every surface. Three computers sat on a new desk. Red string connected hundreds of printed articles."You've been busy," Tamara said."You have no idea." Jess spun her laptop around. "Look at this."A website filled the screen. "The Hidden World" stretched across the top in bold letters. Below were dozens of posts with titles like "Wolf Sighting in Portland" and "They Walk Among Us.""You made a blog?""A forum. A community." Jess clicked through pages. "Started three days ago. Just posted some weird events I'd been tracking. Now I have thousands of followers. People who've seen things. Experienced things. They're all sharing their stories.""This is dangerous, Jess.""I know. Look at this." Jess pulled up another screen showing visitor data. "Government IP addresses. DSC is monitoring every post. They know I'm connected to you.""Then stop. It'

Marcus hadn't left his room in three days.Kai stood outside his door, knocking gently. "Marcus? Talk to me, brother."Silence."Please. We're worried about you."Finally, a weak voice came through the door. "Go away, Kai.""Not happening. Open the door or I'm coming in."The lock clicked. Kai pushed the door open slowly.Marcus sat on his bed, knees pulled to his chest. He looked smaller somehow. Broken. Dark circles under his eyes said he hadn't slept since Alaska."I felt him in my head," Marcus whispered. "Theo. He wasn't even trying to hurt me. Just desperate. So desperate to reach Tamara that he used me like a phone."Kai sat beside him carefully. "It wasn't your fault.""What if he takes me again? What if next time I hurt someone?" Marcus's hands shook. "What if he makes me kill you? Or Tamara? Or anyone?""We won't let that happen.""You can't stop it! You didn't stop it before." Marcus rubbed his face hard. "I can still feel it, Kai. The echo of someone else in my mind. Like

The morning after Jess arrived, Kai locked himself in his office with a phone."We need to unite against common threats," he said for the third time that morning.The voice on the other end belonged to Alpha Catherine of the Vermont Pack. Unlike the others, she listened."The DSC has weapons that can stop all magic," Kai explained. "This affects every pack. Every supernatural being.""I heard about your trouble with them," Catherine said. "And about the girl you're protecting. That took courage.""Will you stand with us?"There was a pause. Then: "Yes. The Vermont Pack stands with the Northern Pack. My fighters are yours if you need them."One ally. Kai felt a small weight lift.The next call went differently."Stay out of our territory," Alpha Rodrigo of Texas growled. "Your war isn't ours. You brought this on yourself by exposing our kind.""The DSC won't stop with us," Kai tried."Then we'll deal with them our way. Without you."The line went dead.Kai rubbed his temples. Then dial

The sun was just coming up when they attacked.Kai heard the howl first. It wasn't from one of his wolves. The sound was wrong, full of hate. He jumped out of bed and ran to the window. Forty Purists in hybrid form were charging across the field toward the pack house."Attack!" Kai roared. "Everyone up! We're under attack!"The pack house exploded into action. Sixty wolves poured out of rooms and hallways. Some were still in human form, others shifting as they ran. Derek was already at the front door, shouting orders."Defensive positions! Groups of three! Don't let them reach the house!"The two forces crashed together in the front yard. It was nothing like their practice fights or the DSC fights. This was real wolf against wolf war.Magic crackled through the air. A young wolf named Tommy screamed as silver light burned through his chest. He fell and didn't get up. Rosa, the pack's mother figure who had raised half these wolves, threw herself at Tommy's killer. Her claws found his

The van stopped at a small hotel. The driver turned around, and Kai saw her clearly for the first time. Young, pretty, with golden eyes like a fox."You're not human," Derek said, reaching for his knife."How rude." She smiled. When she did, Kai saw her shadow on the wall. It had nine tails. "I'm Yuki. I'm a kitsune. A fox spirit. And I'm your help in Tokyo.""Jess didn't say her friend was a fox," Jeremy said."Jess knows better than to tell wolf secrets to wolves who might not understand." Yuki got out of the van. "Come. Let me show you how different Tokyo is."They followed her into the hotel. The owner was an old man. But in the mirror behind him, Kai saw he was really a giant turtle."What is this place?" Tamara asked."Tokyo," Yuki said simply. "Where spirits and humans live together. No hiding. No fear. Just life.""That's impossible," Derek said."Is it?" Yuki pointed out the window. A man walked his dog, but the dog had two heads. Nobody stared. A woman floated above the gro