Albedo X Lumine Novels & Stories

she whispered. But the graph climbed even higher, and the reactive medium in the beaker emitted a soft golden glow—a colour that appeared only in descendants of the Lumerys' pure bloodline. It took only a few seconds for Louise to realise that whatever she held in her hands far exceeded anything she had ever imagined. She removed her gloves and hurried out to meet Yoren. “Alpha,” she said quietly when she found him. “I’ve examined it.” Yoren sat on the chair with his back rigid. “What’s the result?”

“It wasn’t the way I planned for you to find out, but you should remember that every action has a consequence. Never lay your fucking hands on me again.” I raised my eyebrow as he threw my phone at the wall, smashing the screen. My eyes followed it as the phone crashed against the carpet, the images flickering. I looked back at Paul. “You know that all those pictures are saved to The Cloud, right? Your little tantrum has achieved nothing.” “I suppose you’ve memorised your little lover’s number as well?” “Do you have a screw loose? I know where he lives… besides, mates, especially Alpha ones, have an uncanny ability to contact via something called a mind-link. You know, that thing us wolves a

“Alert me if anything changes.” As I descended the stairs leading to my lab, I knew I didn't have much time. Lumina, based on what my informants told me, works by destabilising the normal biology of the body. And it wasn't something that could be countered easily. Lira's case was worse. She had barely taken her full form as a gamma. I didn't even know where to start. What rank would she wake up to? My hands shook as I scanned the labels, pulling bottles closer to inspect them. I hadn't admitted it since they arrived, but Lumina scared me. It had the power to potentially end our kind. And worse, in the hands of my brother, we were doomed.

Lydia had inherited Luna Alice's striking green eyes, long tan limbs, pointed nose, and beautifully shaped lips. Once, her father, Alpha Damon, had claimed he wasn’t interested in women, focusing solely on his duties—until he encountered Luna Alice at a nearby pack meeting when she was just fifteen. He couldn’t take his eyes off her and spent an entire year longing to see her again. The moment he turned eighteen and returned to the pack, he discovered that Alice was his mate. He claimed her that very night and married her the next day, without waiting another moment.

Swallowing my pain, I followed Rachel and Greg who were standing in front of an old man whom I assumed to be Alpha of this pack. “Nice to meet you, Scarlett Walkers.” He extended his hand to shake and I reciprocated gradually. “Welcome to the Black Moonstone Pack. I’m Alpha Albert Nelson. This is my mate and Luna, Evelyn,” he pointed to the raven-haired lady, standing beside him, who offered me a polite smile.

With a trembling hand, he reached into his cloak, pulling out the Lumen stone. “Here,” Alden rasped, shoving it towards Lorin. It was a desperate gamble fueled by the urge to survive. Lorin stared in disbelief as the orb pulsed in Alden's palm, radiating a faint yellow glow. He reached out, taking the stone out of Alden's grasp, his fingers brushing against Alden's clammy skin. He examined the stone, turning it over in his hands, his brow furrowed in concentration. “I should warn you, the stone is useless.” Alden rasped again, his voice a pathetic croak.

he greeted with a grim expression that flickered with pity as he glanced towards his mother on the bed. “Doctor,” Damon gasped. “How is she? Will she be fine?” he rushed to his mother’s side to look at her. She was badly hurt. Alysia felt her heart dropped to her stomach when she saw the grim expression on the doctor's face. “She’s alive,” he said, “but it’s not good.” “What is it?” Alysia asked, stepping in beside Damon. “Aconite,” the doctor said. “A heavy dose. Far worse than wolfbane.”

Kael wore ceremonial black, his chest bare, tattoos pulsing with heat. The Elders sat in a half-circle, silent and watchful. “Do you, Kael Stormborn, claim Luna of House Elara, not just as mate, but as Alpha equal—body, soul, and blood?” “I do,” Kael said, voice echoing like thunder. “And do you, Luna Elara, accept Kael not just as mate, but as your Alpha, your flame, and your final tether?” “I do,” Luna replied, her voice sure, unwavering.

I kept to the wall, out of the lines of the few remaining glowstone sconces, and moved fast. Luminara root. Dense Aether compound, grows in clusters near the cavern thermal vents, bioluminescent blue-white. I'd documented it three weeks ago. I'd even noted its biochemical properties, the same alkaloid structure that makes it toxic to harvest barehanded was what made it so effective at neutralizing aggressive Aether toxins. I had extraction gloves in my kit. I had a sample container. I had a working hypothesis about dosage. What I did not have was any certainty that I could find my way back through the caverns in the dark before dawn.

Ernesta asked confusedly. Manager and Arian were as surprised as Ernesta, and they did not understand why Liam gave. Maybe because Ernesta Noah's eyes were ugly, he didn't like it. "Disadvantage, with the too strong light environment will reduce vision somewhat." Liam looked directly at Ernesta, reading out the information on her resume. “Did I read it right?” Liam asked coldly. "You read it right." Ernesta also did not want to waive. “So what? What do you mean?"