All Chapters of To Be Loved By A Dying Moon God: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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The Sacrifice They Never Saw

KaelumHaving Thalia on this task was almost like being human.I knew nothing.Every action she took had to happen before I could understand what she was planning. I couldn't even see her directly unless I watched through Valin and Aelar's eyes, and somehow, that did very little to settle the uneasiness sitting in my chest.She looked far too confident.That was usually the first thing I watched for in werewolves about to do something reckless."What do you think we're doing this for?" she asked Valin.He barely looked at her."Helping Master get things done.""You don't feel like you're packing his dirt?"Both Valin and Aelar's heads snapped toward her."Packing his dirt?" Their expressions were almost identical. It was confusion and shock and also beneath it, a little fear.Thalia hummed. She looked at them, then briefly toward the sky, before looking back."Do you ever feel like he's watching you all the time?" Neither answered. "And that you can't talk or speak your mind?""Thalia

The Sacrifice They Never Saw II

She shook her head."The gods don't like this and that’s trouble"A wolf near the back rolled his eyes."This is exactly what I don't like about you people." He stepped forward. "When you came here, did you see us causing trouble?"He gestured around."We're living here peacefully as a group. Why can't you just leave us alone?"Thalia smiled."I would love that. Unfortunately, you're standing in the middle of God's creation." She pointed toward one of them."You mate. You run in the wild. You experience the full moon." Her eyes moved across the crowd."You experience things you still don't understand. Long story short, you're already part of this." The crowd went quiet. "And I'm very passionate about being on the right path. So tell me, what would prove to you that God exists?"The leader frowned."Don't ask me to ask Him to speak." She shook her head. "He probably won't because He doesn't answer to you."That silenced them.Then a man stepped forward. He looked different from the oth

The White Wolf's Challenge

Thalia"You did it." Aelar looked ecstatic.I could barely contain my own smile. I had done it.I had actually shifted. The exhaustion was still sitting heavily in my bones, though. Calling my wolf forward had taken more out of me than I wanted to admit. My legs still felt slightly unsteady, but I didn't care.Another smile tugged at my lips.I was a white wolf, a real one.And judging from the way Aelar and Valin had been looking at me...It hadn't quite registered with them either. They kept a little more distance than before.Even Aen seemed slightly more cautious.I glanced between them.The white wolf didn't have some terrible reputation, did it?I wished Kaelum were here. I wanted an answer right now."Should I call you by a name of honor now?" Aen's voice dragged me out of my thoughts and I sucked my teeth."Aen, I don't think we have time for all of that right now. Save the bait for wherever we're headed next.""Oh." She tilted her head. "So you're a captain now?"I turned tow

The White Wolf's Challenge II

I smiled, partly nervous and partly in disbelief."First..." I looked around at all of them. "I really wish the last thing I had to do was come here and explain myself to you."My smile tightened. "You lot and your kind aren't exactly the people I want to associate with.""Because they sacrificed you?" The man in front of me didn't even hesitate. "That's exactly what I'm saying."His jaw tightened."We aren't into that kind of thing. We don't want to sacrifice any of our own. We don't hate anyone. We just refuse to believe this brainwashing nonsense that there's suddenly a god who wants to do something to us."His eyes returned to me."And we definitely refuse to believe that you..." He gestured toward the helicopter behind me. "...who just arrived in a luxurious helicopter is proof that some god is real."His expression hardened."Are you laying the groundwork for exploitation?"I almost laughed."Well..." I tilted my head. "How exactly do you expect me to convince you? You seem dete

A God Forced to Watch

KaelumI sat there, unsettled.Of all the emotions humans and werewolves had invented names for over the centuries, I seemed to be experiencing all of them at once.Anger. Concern. Frustration. Fear.I couldn't even decide which one was strongest.I was still trying to understand how I couldn't see or hear Thalia's thoughts while she could somehow hear me whenever I intended to speak to her.That hadn't settled in my mind yet.And now...She thought she was the greatest thing to ever walk the earth simply because she had shifted into a white wolf once?I closed my eyes.I needed to understand what exactly I was feeling.I couldn't.Thalia telling a wolf that she would send him to his grave was becoming far too common for someone with almost no strength and absolutely no backing.And I couldn't even be certain the Divine Authority wasn't simply allowing her to make mistake after mistake until one of them ruined her life.This time was different.She had gone out into the world and the w

A Very Good Excuse

ThaliaOh, to be a white wolf.I smiled to myself as I pushed myself off the bed. Aren't white wolves supposed to feel... different? A little more superhero-ish, maybe?I looked down at my hands.Nothing. I felt completely normal.No sudden surge of power. No glowing eyes. No mysterious voice in my head telling me I was destined to save the world.Just me and a stomach that suddenly growled so loudly I frowned.I glanced toward the clock.7:00 p.m. No wonder, now that I'd noticed it, I couldn't ignore the hunger. It felt like my stomach had been folded in half and was demanding I do something about it.I hurried downstairs. The kitchen wasn’t exactly how it usually was, but the moment I opened the cereal box and poured some into a bowl, something felt wrong.It’s too quiet here. I froze, and it’s not normal quiet.It’s cricket quiet.I lowered the box.Where was everyone? I looked toward the doorway.My mind immediately supplied the worst possibility.What the hell is this? Am I a ta

The White Wolf's Secret

KaelumI chuckled at the big smile on Thalia's face when she realized she hadn't seen Aurora. I could almost see the questions flying through her head already.And, strangely enough, one of the things I'd never wanted to happen had happened.The dangerous wolf was standing beside Thalia, smiling at her like a friend.And I couldn't do anything about it. How had this one gotten past my radar?What genuinely made a wolf dangerous?This was one of the wolves I'd saved myself. How had she managed to slip past my attention for so long? She had lived in my home for years. When had she gone rogue? When had she become a threat? Could it have happened when Thalia arrived?Was this why Divine Authority suddenly began taking an interest in her? But then why would they tell me not to interfere with this yard's politics if they intended to protect Thalia?It was contradictory.Sometimes, I genuinely couldn't understand the Divine Authority.Could this fight have been something Thalia needed? Could

A Million-Dollar Freedom

Thalia“Why are your eyes wet?” The question came out of nowhere, I glanced around and Emily was right behind me.I immediately wiped at my face with both hands, cringing when I realized she had caught me crying.Great.Just great.I thought I had it under control. I genuinely thought I was finally getting my answers today, and Aurora just had to be there.“You're waiting for me?” I asked, continuing down the hall.“We came together. Isn’t that basic etiquette?”“Well, maybe.”“So when will you have to talk to Master next so I can tag along?”“Will you move out of the way, please?” The words came out sharper than I intended.Emily had stepped directly in front of me, wearing that big, cheerful smile that had somehow started irritating me for no reason.The moment I heard myself, I bit my tongue.Oh.That was harsh.I stopped.How had she gotten on my nerves so badly that I had actually been mean to her? I looked up at her.The smile was gone. She looked like someone had just delivered

The Goddess Who Wanted Answers

KaelumAurora had been staring at me for what felt like half an hour. I didn't need to ask what she wanted.I knew that look. She wanted an explanation.She wanted to know why I had suddenly become so involved in things that, for the last hundred and fifty years, I had barely bothered to look at.She wasn't getting one.Not yet.There was no way I was telling her what I was doing. Not when I was trying my hardest to keep all of them distracted, all of the gods occupied, and unaware of what was actually happening.With everything I still had planned, I couldn't afford it.“You do realize that what you're doing is very out of character, because your last nosiness was a hundred and fifty years ago?”I nodded.“That's because I haven't been in there for a while. And you know me. I hate sloppiness. I'm basically doing what I used to do when I wasn't out of the court.”Her eyes narrowed.“That was fast. Too fast to believe.” She folded her arms. “I know you're keeping a lot from me, but I do

Freedom & Diamonds

ThaliaThe moment I stepped out of the shopping mall, something inside me shifted.Maybe it was the new Louboutin heels clicking against the marble floor.Maybe it was the weight of the diamond necklace resting against my collarbone.Or maybe it was simply the fact that, for the first time in my life, nobody was standing over me, telling me what I could or couldn't have.I caught my reflection in the glass doors and almost didn't recognize myself.I smiled. God, I wished I were in Creekwood right now. Please don’t answer that prayer, Kaelum!I wanted to walk straight into that place, heels clicking, diamonds shining, and let every person who had ever looked down on me see me.The girl they had blamed for the sins of her parents. The girl they had treated like she was permanently tied to whatever her father and mother had done.Well...Apparently, I wasn't. I hadn't realized how much I had been using Creekwood as an excuse.My parents had spent their entire lives there, so I'd convince

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