Novel & Cerita Lumine X

Blood and ink. I saw her. The real Lumira, three years ago. Sitting in a dark corner of the library. Hands trembling as she signed papers in secret. The Seventh Account. It wasn't "Fenrir wealth." It was blood money. A secret fund Lumira spent years building through literal sweat, agony, and systematic dismantling of her own heritage. And Jaxon was using it to buy Selene a party dress. He was squandering the literal life-essence of the girl who died for him. Funding a party to celebrate the woman who replaced her.

"Princess Lumina, I am very much a werewolf, not a lycan. My parents are dead. I don't have any family left." Lumina stared at me for a few seconds before nodding. "Fine. Let's move on. Serenity, go to the next room and donate five hundred cc of blood. It's urgent, so don't leave without giving it." Five hundred cc? My body could barely handle that amount. But Levante's celebration was only two days away. If this would help him, I didn't mind. As long as she didn't play with his life, I would endure it.

Xain growled in a displeased tone. "Just like you people have given my mate's rights to your concubines and the maids working here. I gave my title to my favorite person. And for your information, let me tell you that I am not just the Luna of the pack, I am also the mate of all five of you. But none of you gave me the love and respect that a mate should. But still, I kept doing my mates' duty silently. But you broke my patience. Told my councillors that I was not a good mate because I had not yet given birth to any of your babies. I am neither worthy of being your Luna, nor am I worthy of being your mate. But we all know that due to some dispute, neither of you are having a relationship wit

He walked over to my side of the table. “Let’s just be together, you and me. For just one night, and then tomorrow, everything can go back to normal.” I smiled as I took his hands. “That sounds lovely.” His bright smile returned. “There’s a small gate at a corner of the fence, it's forgotten and unguarded, on the other side is the most beautiful view of the black sea you could ever see.” “Are you sure it’s safe?” his smile wavered briefly, and he placed his hands on my shoulders. “You are my Luna, I would never let anything happen to you.”

"The concept is bold, but Lumen's artistic director is stubborn. He won't accept a cover without a real model." I closed my laptop. "He will. This season's collection was inspired by the Venus de Milo, a statue already missing its arms. Imperfection is the point. I'll go talk to him." Everyone stared at me. Emily's expression softened. "All right. There's a car waiting downstairs. Lumen's global CEO happens to be at the Paris headquarters today. You have ten minutes to present." Half an hour later, I stood outside the Lumen Paris headquarters, facing a set of heavy double doors. The building was a converted mansion in the 16th arrondissement, all marble and gilt and old money.

“Her walking through restrictions? Get very used to it.” Inside the chamber was a dome of glass and crystal. No furniture. No shelves. There was just a circular platform in the center, suspended slightly above the ground, with luminous streams flowing toward it from all directions like rivers of light. Above the platform hovered a three-dimensional map of Luminary—glowing, turning slowly. Continents, cities, mountains, and oceans are all made of pure luminous threads. Seraphine’s mouth fell open. “It’s… beautiful," Rian almost cried. “This is the greatest day of my life.”

I crossed one of my leg over. "Welcome everyone to the black auction. We have pretty good items today so please enjoy. The first item. One of Lala-land's finest diamond. This diamond is also one of the rarest diamond in the world. The silver has been extinct and this is the last of its kind. It can cut through anything and projects bright light. This diamond is one of a kind. There's no other of it in the world. We will start the bidding at 3 million dollars." The person said.

“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.

Where a man had once stood, now a great black werewolf crouched, snarling, his teeth bared dangerously. Suddenly something clicked open in my mind, like a window shutter. Suddenly I could hear Alexander's thoughts, filtering into my own head like sunlight through that open window, the thoughts directed at the snarling wolves in front of him. Touch her, and I'll tear you apart, he seemed to say. Then he turned his regal head to me. Get behind me, he said through the wave of thoughts, and my eyes widened. "What?" I whispered. Get behind me, Elaine. Now!

He neared Xyrelle, his eyes widened. That wasn’t a bracelet at all but a pattern inked into her skin, a matrics of swirling lines that was popular on the Luminaris. He froze when realization dawned on him. “You..you—“ He didn’t finish. Xyrelle moved with lightening swiftness, striking out at him with her open hand. Before he could comprehend what was going on, a blow landed on his chest. This would’ve sent him down gasping for air if he had been a human being.