Chapter 39: Leaving BarilKuLaa snapped her right-hand fingers, and Megan spontaneously blinked. The spell had broken, and she was now aware of her surroundings. Megan turned her head and saw Ryan on the floor. Her eyebrows creased because she didn't understand why Ryan was oozing fear and sickening terror. “Ryan?” She squatted to his face level. “What is wrong?” Megan asked. “I have been expecting you for days, Megan Williams. What took you so long?” KuLaa turned away and asked as she returned to her seat. “I didn't know you were waiting for me, KuLaa. How did you know me? What did you do to my husband?” Megan asked with confusion written all over her face. Ryan, who had crashed to the floor to beg for Megan's life, was shocked by this. Not only was Megan okay, she was sounding confident and there was no fear in her aura. It was as if she didn't know who KuLaa was. KuLaa turned her gaze on Ryan, and he felt his scalp tingling. “What did I do to you, young man?” She asked in he
Chapter 40: A TurakieDespite the fear, Megan was nodding. She couldn't resist the hold KuLaa had on her soul. “Why are we drinking vampire blood?” Ryan asked. He looked easy and pale in the face. “Because you are more than a wolf.” KuLaa gave Ryan a knowing look and a devilish smile. Ryan was shocked. He darted a worried look at Megan, but the girl was just sitting there like a puppet, waiting for further instructions. “What do you mean?” Ryan asked, hoping and praying that KuLaa was just shooting in the dark. KuLaa chuckled and handed the bowl with a single heart to him. “Eat?” She ordered. “No!” Ryan shook his head in defiance. KuLaa signed and looked at Megan, who was just sitting there, looking at them with an innocent gaze. She then looked back at Ryan.“You know I can ask her to jump into the water, right?” She asked in a monotone voice. Ryan jumped to his feet. “You won't! You promised Alaric to protect her, so how can you harm her!” He snapped in her face. “Where is
CHAPTER 41; KuLaa's Crew. “Wait! What?” Ryan exclaimed in shock. “ We…we will be on this water for three years?” His eyes were almost plucked out of his sockets. “Mmm.” Alice nodded. “Since you are here now, I might as well take you around and show you around.” Remembering how angry Megan was the last time he was just talking to Alice, Ryan felt wary. Then, Megan was there with them, yet she was that angry. Now that she was absent, if she later got to know that he spent time with Alice, what would happen? He knew Megan was being unreasonable, but there was nothing he could do about it. She was his Luna and wife. Since he had promised to stay away from Alice, Ryan shook his head and made to leave. “It's not necessary. I will look around myself.” He said. “It's my duty, Ryan, and KuLaa asked me to.” Ryan paused with a frown. What was so special about looking around a ship? Maybe there were things they didn't want him to see?“Just tell me where I can go and where I can't.” “For yo
Chapter 42; Human RealmWhen Megan was 1 year and 6 months into the pregnancy, KuLaa made her go through a ritual where she spent every full moon sleeping in a circle drawn on the deck or by the stern of the ship, depending on which side the moon was hanging. This ritual was to help her balance out her strength since she had stopped absorbing external essences. This ritual went on until the day Megan went into labor. Fortunately for her, it was on a full moon. KuLaa was so happy. According to her, it was a sign that the Moon mother favored Megan and her cubs. The labor was difficult and long. It took Megan three days to push out the cubs and in those three days, KuLaa, through her magic, made sure the Moon never stopped shining and when the cubs arrived, she made sure the sun didn't set for another seven days. She made mother and babies stay up in the sun, rain, and Moon for seven good days before allowing them to retire back to their room. On those seven days, several rituals were
Chapter 43: Busted!At 15 and in grade 9, Amoux and Ainar were doing quite well in their studies, topping their classes and all outdoor activities. The humans couldn't understand where their strength came from. Even though they were careful in everything and had gotten used to hiding their powers, there were days when things nearly went south, making the humans suspicious for a period of time before moving on when they were unable to get evidence to prove that the kids were strange. There was a time when a boy three times bigger than dainty Ainar had fallen from a three-story's building. Everyone was shocked when they saw Ainar casually catching him and putting him down as if she just caught a flying shawl from the wind. Another time, while trying to rescue a stray cat from a tree in the school compound, Amoux had gotten distracted and fell. Not wanting to arouse anyone's suspicion since there were many kids on the playground, Amoux had allowed himself to fall. Unfortunately, one o
Chapter 44; You are being watched!“What did you find out?” Steven, a lean but sturdy young man in his late forties, asked Joe, his short and robust partner, who had just stepped out of the administrative building of the City's secretariat. Steve was sitting behind the wheel of a black van eating fries when Joe joined him with an absent look on his face. They had received the order to bring in a young werewolf who was hiding away in some remote village and before setting out, they had visited the city's secretariat to see if they could find some files related to the werewolf. “It's a family of four. A set of twins and their parents. There should be four wolves unless the boy was adopted.” Joe snorted, displeased about something but not saying more. “Fat chance.” Steve chuckled. “That means we have to pick up extra muscles.” He pointed out. “With Amie, we should manage just fine, don't you think?” Joe asked, giving Steven a deep look.Steven paused, his hand that was taking some f
Chapter 45: The Tragedy of Lockwood!“Who broke the rules?” KuLaa stared at the family of four standing before her and asked. The room was cold to the point where even Ryan and Megan were having a hard time standing still. Amoux and Ainar on the other hand were shivering uncontrollably. As a mother devoted to her kids, Megan couldn't take it anymore. She stepped in Front of the two kids who were huddled together trying to keep each other warm. “KuLaa, please!” Megan begged with shattering teeth. KuLaa glared at her and Megan felt her heart freezing over. Instantly realizing what KuLaa was about to do, Ryan instantly stepped in front of his wife. “No, KuLaa, don't hypnotize my wife. I don't know if anyone broke any rules, but since I am the head of this family, and have received your unreserved kindness and yet allowed this to happen, then please, punish me. Punish me in whatever way you want, but leave my wife and kids alone.” Ryan looked intently into KuLaa's cold, serpentine eyes
Chapter 46; Your enemies are mine too!“KuLaa ignored Amoux and turned to Alice. “Bring them in”“Yes, my liege.”Once Alice went out, the only sound that could be heard in the room was the sound of Megan and Ainar's sobs. After some minutes, KuLaa's face grimaced in annoyance. She couldn't stand Megan's tears again. “Megan!” KuLaa snapped. Megan winced at the sound of her name on KuLaa's lips but looked up with teary, dejected eyes. When she saw the disdain in KuLaa's eyes, she accepted it. Believing she deserved it. After all, KuLaa had done everything for them until now. She gave them a good life among good humans and wolves. But what did they do in return? They brought ruin and tragedy to the peace-loving people of Lockwood. The guilt she felt was heavy, and Megan wished someone would punish her. She was feeling guilty because Ryan had suggested that they look into how the amusement park handled the case. But because they had done exactly that for many years and nothing had happ