All Chapters of THE REJECTED LUNA: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

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CHAPTER 61: PROTECT ME FROM WHO!?

~~~~Anya~~~~Damn! The words lingered over and over, just hanging in the air like they weren't just spoken to me.“Ridgewood was never really supposed to be yours in the first place.”“It was supposed to be his.What does that even mean at all? Because, does that even make any sense at all? My eyes fell on the man again who looked totally unmoved. “What does that even mean?” My voice cracked a bit. “Who are you for real? What are all these you're talking about? And why do you keep talking like you really know my father?” The questions left my mouth one after the other, I couldn't hide the confusion that was growing deep in me.The old man just sat down calmly. Too calm. Looking totally not intimidated at all. And this his constant calm composure? It made me more frightened by the whole situation. Then finally, he cleared his throat and shifted forward a bit. And guess what he did. Out of all the questions, he chose to answer just one, and that one? It was literally the less importan

CHAPTER 62: WHERE THE LIES ACTUALLY BEGAN.

~~~~Anya~~~~“Protect me from who?” The question slipped out feeling heavy. The man looked like he didn't want to answer the question, his eyes were just glued straight into mine. It was just a simple question, right? But he just stared blankly as if he was processing my words. There was no guilt or secret behind his deadpanned expression.He cleared his throat, finally. “Some truths arrive when they're ready,” he said. “And not when we're curious about it.”You know what happened to my sanity right now? It frayed into a thousand invisible threads as his face carried a seriousness that didn't belong to this place. I was never aware that this was the way I'd be getting the answers I left home for.He adjusted his sitting position and moved back a bit. “Beta Zain came to this place before you were born,” his voice lowered. “Not once, not twice… many times.”The realization settled as my chin dipped. Because if my father had constantly come to this place, that would mean it wasn't just

CHAPTER 63: UNCOVERING.

~~~~Anya~~~~That's where the lies began? How? I nodded slowly as the realization of the truth that this whole mystery wasn't just as simple as I had thought it was. My shoulders lowered a bit as I sat back on the wooden chair. This whole situation was seriously becoming overwhelming. “What lies?” The question came out low, almost as if I was asking myself as I stared at him. Because honestly, I was already getting tired and frustrated about why old people always prefer to speak in riddles.His eyes held onto mine with a glacial, condescending stare. His lips curled into a mirthless, patronizing smile with a single perfectly arched eyebrow that ticked upward. The kind of look that says—you already know more than you think.And honestly, his constant silent stare and agonizing smugness made my blood absolutely boil further because I've been seeing too much of it lately. “Hollows of Ashvale is an old settlement,” he said. “It is older than the modern packs you've encountered. It is w

CHAPTER 64: STILL UNCOVERING.

~~~Anya~~~I watched as the woman stood up so gently and moved out from the bus. I sat down there frozen at my spot, my eyes still wide open. Because I know for sure, this time around, it wasn't my hallucinations. Even if I had actually just seen it for a few seconds, I'm very sure of what my eyes saw. That name. That same location I was heading to was given to me by that old man. I suddenly came to one conclusion right away—it really has to be her. The same woman from the online comment, the same woman searching for the same thing I was searching, the same female wolf who was asking questions more than I am, and the same woman the old man had actually remembered. I immediately got up before my mind could stop me. I grabbed my bag tightly on my side and dropped down quickly from the bus. I wasn't going to sit down there clueless, and drown in curiosity. Because, you know what curiosity has done to me? It had literally ruined my life times without numbers already. So I'm not letting

CHAPTER 65: THE LIFE FATHER LIVED.

~~~Anya~~~The statue stood right before me, staring straight into my bones. My phone was still up in the air, my eyes darting between the man on the carved stone and the one standing just close to my father. It was unmistakably him.I lowered my hands down as a sudden ache jolted through my arm. Right in this town, it stood right there —displayed. Not hidden. Not abandoned. Not buried. But proudly displayed as if everyone knows exactly who the man is in this town. While I had spent most of time trying to figure out this man's identity, he was practically something everyone looked almost every day in this city.I moved closer again, ignoring the way people looked at me as I stared too deep at the statue, staring directly at his face. He looked older in this carving, but it was definitely him. The same man everyone seems unwilling to talk about, but here, he stood looking less of a mystery and more of something to explore. It totally makes no sense right now. My eyes darted towards t

CHAPTER 66: ECHOES OF THE COVENANT.

~~~~Anya~~~~My hands hovered above the notebook, still studying every corner of it.The air in the museum suddenly felt choking as it felt smaller. Too warm and too quiet. The distant hushed murmurs had faded into nothing, leaving just the sound of my own heartbeat thudding heavy in my ears.I looked down on the notebook once more. Then again, the same name just stared back at me.Silas Pacta.No matter how many times I blinked my eyes, the words just refused to become something else, different. I swallowed very hard. Maybe I was mistaken, or maybe I was actually remembering it wrong, or maybe my mind was forcing some connections that weren't even there at all. I said to myself.But the longer I stared at the name, that's when I become more certain about it. Because I knew that name. Not from Ridgewood as a whole, not from Kane, not form Larry… but from my father.A sudden strange chill crawled it's way up my spine. For a few seconds, the notebook between my fingers no longer felt li

CHAPTER 67: SIGNATORY.

~~~Anya~~~I stared at the words that sat on the page in that book.“When the Covenant fell, the heirs vanished.”They looked completely different than what they actually meant. It felt as if I was staring at it but not actually seeing it. The sentence should have felt important to me because of the covenant, but…Heirs. The only word that attached itself to my brain and suddenly refused to go. Not the covenant, not vanished, heirs. Because only that word… it implied ownership, bloodlines, inheritance, family… things that were basically passed down, things that could actually be taken away.The statue. The photograph. My father. Serena. Ridgewood. The old man who kept speaking in riddles. All the pieces started to float in my head, without really fitting there. I could literally feel them connecting, as if a puzzle was actually fitting but half of the pieces were upside down. None of those should really make sense, not yet. But there's this unsettling feeling in me that suddenly tel

CHAPTER 68: Larry? I'm not sure!

~~Anya's POV~~To Beta Zain.“S.”The paper lay quietly between my trembling fingers as I stared at it. But yet, it felt heavier than that thick book that rested open on the table. Everything suddenly seemed to have disappeared inside the archive. Even the faint scent of dust and the old papers.All my eyes could see was the worn paper and that single signatory letter written at the bottom.“S.”My thumb brushed on top of it lightly. Serena. The only name my mind reached for. It came so naturally that I almost laughed at myself. But no, I don't think that's even possible.This paper looked like it existed decades ago, its edges brittle and yellowed from time, looking like it had actually existed even before Serena and I were born.Unless she'd somehow discovered the secret to immortality, which was clearly impossible… then therefore, this “S” actually should belong to someone else.But still, this sudden coincidence refused to leave me alone. Why does every path that I follow somehow

CHAPTER 69: FAR MORE IN WHAT? DANGER!?

~~~Anya’s POV~~~I silently moved towards my room in the apartment, the worn paper still rested between my fingers as I stared just at that seal. My body sank onto the bed as I stared intently at it, the faded seal stared back at me the same way I did. Larry? Shadowmoon?I had only seen that mark a few times in Larry's company… just a brief glance and nothing to actually hold onto, but now, the mark was clearly all over my head, it was basically something most people would actually just forget. But now… the memory resurfaced perfectly. The same shape, the same design, identical… What could a seal like this have to do with Larry? What could this letter probably have to do with Shadowmoon itself as a whole? No. My head shook repeatedly but my eyes were still locked on it. It's impossible. Maybe I'm just overthinking it, right? Because this paper had actually existed in a different city before now, and it had existed years before anyone would realize. It might actually be the same s

CHAPTER 70: FROM FATHER… TO MOTHER?

~~~Anya’z POV~~~The room went completely still. Talia did not move, neither did I. Even the dog, we just stayed, eyes locked into the space in my bedroom.Talia turned, her stare deepened on me from the side. And me? My eyes were just locked on my phone.Finally, Talia's voice cut the already stretching and suffocating silence. “Hmm, well… who could that be?”I moved my eyes gently from the screen and then to her. “I seriously have no idea.”Because that's the truth. How could I just get back from an exhausting journey, and now this? If I have already found out about the covenant, then I must be in danger far more than I actually realized?A low laugh escaped the side of my mouth, because yeah, this thing is actually getting funny to me.“You're laughing!?” Talia's eyes widened with terror from my side. I just looked at her with a very expressionless face and then looked back towards the space in the room.Talia stood up abruptly, pacing inside the room. She moved from the bed side

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