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The Last Moon Witch
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00:06yeah right there don't stop my smile vanished the second i touched the doorknob the voice on
00:13the other side made my blood run cold for one second i thought i had to be hearing it wrong
00:19my face went cold and i drove my heel straight into the door
00:25my fianc was on top of my best friend chloe thrusting into her like he'd lost his mind
00:30i expected vows not my fianc screwing my best friend the man who had sworn to love me for
00:36the rest of his life was buried against chloe's chest biting panting making wet filthy sounds
00:41that turned my stomach and something was wrong with him his movements were too rough too frantic
00:47like something inside him had slipped the leash i lunged and ripped ethan off the bed and slapped
00:55him so hard his head snapped to the side the crack of it rang through the room and with it
01:00every stupid soft in love memory i had of him blew apart ethan stared up at me stunned rachel wait
01:08please hit me scream at me rip me apart if you want just don't leave
01:15one second ago he'd been buried between another woman's thighs now he was kneeling at my feet
01:20playing broken and begging for forgiveness get your hands off me
01:27i stepped over him and went straight for chloe rachel don't blame him your scent wasn't enough
01:33to calm his wolf he needed a real luna i looked at her at the wedding dress twisted around her
01:39body
01:39at the lace the torn seams the smeared makeup and the smug little tremor still clinging to the
01:44corner of her mouth my vision went red smack her face snapped sideways you hit me are you out of
01:52your damn mind rachel i grabbed the scissors off the vanity and hacked through the ruined skirt still
01:58hanging off the body the fabric gave way under the blades you deserve each other i hope you choke on
02:05what you've done i flung the shredded lace at her then i turned away i didn't look at ethan again
02:11i just wanted one thing the moonstone pendant i'd left on the dressing table i grabbed the pendant off
02:17the dressing table closed my fist around it and headed straight for the elevator i hit the button
02:23hard the doors slid open i stepped inside slammed my thumb against the close button then stabbed at the
02:29lobby floor crack the pale stone at its center had split clean in two the words had barely left my
02:40mouth when something struck the narrowing gap between the doors the panels jerked back open a man stepped
02:46into the opening his gaze dropped to the shattered moonstone in my hand then it lifted to my face
02:51little thing if you rejected his mark he stepped in closer one hand still braced against the elevator
02:58door his gaze dropping to my mouth before lifting back to my eyes then i guess you're mine now
03:05i shoved open the heavy doors to the wall roof more than a hundred guests turned at once the hall
03:11was
03:11dripping with roses and candlelight a giant wedding portrait of ethan and me hung above the stage
03:17smiling down at everyone like a bad joke at the center the mc lifted his mic with a polished
03:23ladies and gentlemen let's welcome today's beautiful i walked straight down the aisle the broken
03:28moonstone pendant clenched in my hand the roses brushed against my dress as i passed the guests were
03:34still smiling still waiting still thinking this was a wedding
03:42today i wasn't here to get married i was here to burn it down
03:49attention everyone
03:52the wedding is off
03:56quick update the groom's upstairs fucking the maid of honor so this wedding won't be moving forward
04:01wait what did she just say chloe
04:04oh my god
04:05ethan's upstairs with the maid
04:07voices crashed over each other from every direction
04:10i looked out at all those stunned faces all that pity all that hungry curiosity and almost laughed
04:17i stepped down from the stage and went straight to my parents
04:20we're done here let's go
04:22i'm not leaving i'm going upstairs and i swear to god i'll kill both of those filthy little bastards myself
04:27i didn't answer just opened my hand and showed them the broken moonstone
04:31my grandmother's pendant the second my father saw it all the anger drained out of him
04:36his fist loosened his face turned gray and for the first time in my life
04:41that just broke
04:44i picked it up and it split
04:48my parents looked at each other not the quick irritated glance of two people caught in family drama
04:53my mother grabbed my wrist my father shoved through the crowd
04:57and the next thing i knew they were dragging me out of the hotel so fast my heels nearly gave
05:02out
05:03under me cold air hit my face a car door flew open i was shoved into the back seat
05:08don't stop for anything go
05:11the car peeled out before i could even catch my breath
05:14i grabbed the front seat with both hands and leaned forward
05:17dad start talking
05:21why are we going to the airport and what aren't you telling me
05:24neither of them answered right away
05:25streetlight streaked past the windows in flashes
05:28the city smeared into light outside
05:30i looked back down at the moonstone pendant in my hand
05:33a strange red glow pulsed faintly through the cracks
05:36my stomach dropped
05:38i tightened my grip
05:39dad tell me what the hell this means
05:41his hands locked around the steering wheel before he finally said
05:45it means the moonstone seal your grandmother put on you
05:48is broken
05:50a chill crawled down my spine
05:55rachel your grandmother was never just a woman with the old family air
05:59she was the last moon witch
06:01and you
06:02you inherited her moon witch bloodline
06:05looking at the broken moonstone pendant in my hand
06:08i just looked at her
06:09then at my father
06:11then back at the red light
06:12pulsing through the storm
06:1340 minutes
06:14dad said sharply
06:16laying on the horn
06:17find a flight
06:18any flight book it
06:20outside the sky had gone dark
06:22traffic thickened by the minute
06:23headlights smeared across the windshield in white and red streaks
06:27mom sat in the front seat
06:29refreshing flight listings so fast her fingers trembled
06:32i leaned forward and looked into the rear view mirror
06:35dad
06:35that truck's still behind us
06:38a black pickup was riding our tail
06:40no headlights
06:41just a dark shape glued to our rear bumper
06:44my father checked the mirror once
06:46swore under his breath and yanked the wheel hard
06:49we shot into the far left layer
06:51and a gray suv cut in from the other side
06:54and matched our speed
06:55the passenger window rolled down
06:57a bald man with a wolf tattoo crawling up his neck leaned half his body out
07:02his yellow
07:02green eyes locked on me
07:04that is her
07:05he barked grinning like something feral
07:07that's her
07:08i can smell moon women's blood on her
07:10sweet as sin
07:12found our prey
07:13the fuck you will
07:15he slammed the gas pedal straight to the floor
07:18the engine roared as the speedometer needle jerked violently to the right
07:2290d 110
07:23the needle kept climbing
07:25the engine screamed
07:26my mother grabbed the dash
07:28i twisted around in my seat
07:29and saw more movement behind us
07:31shadows shifting inside the pickup
07:33doors ready to burst open
07:35then it happened
07:36the car jerked violently
07:38the tires lost the road
07:39metal shrieked
07:41glass exploded
07:42and then the world flipped
07:43when i came to
07:44i was hanging sideways in my seat
07:46everything smelled like gasoline
07:49blood and hot metal
07:50for one long second
07:52all i could hear was a thin
07:53vicious ringing inside my skull
07:56then i looked up
07:57my father wasn't moving
07:58my mother's head had slumped against the shattered window
08:01blood running down her cheek
08:02in a dark line that wouldn't stop
08:04my throat closed
08:05dad
08:06mom
08:07i reached for them with shaking hands
08:09nothing
08:10outside boots crunched over broken glass
08:13then a voice cut through the dark
08:15blood
08:15sharp inhale
08:16you smell that
08:17moon witch blood
08:19stronger now
08:20all over her
08:21another voice laughed
08:22low and ugly
08:23drag her out
08:24a pack of them rushed the wreck
08:26i grabbed for the seatbelt release
08:27jabbing at it too hard
08:28too fast
08:29my fingers were slippery with blood
08:31and every time i pressed
08:32they slid off the buckle instead
08:33by the time it finally clicked loose
08:36i'd smeared the whole latch red
08:38i crawled through the broken window
08:40dragging myself over twisted metal
08:42glass sliced into my palms
08:43but i never let go of the broken loonstone pendant
08:46behind me
08:47one of them laughed
08:48run pretty thing
08:50makes it sweeter when we drag you back
08:53a gray wolf lunged
08:55it moved so fast
08:56i barely caught the shape
08:58before it was on me
08:59get away from me
09:00i screamed it raw
09:01with everything i had left
09:03and then
09:03a blast of silver white light
09:05exploded out of my palm
09:07the wolf was hit midair
09:08and thrown backward with a shriek
09:10it slammed into the dirt
09:11rolled twice
09:12then twisted back into human form
09:14half crouched on the ground
09:15clutching his burned face
09:17he started laughing
09:18moon witch blood
09:20so the stories were true
09:21then engines hit the road behind us
09:24low heavy closing fast
09:25one of the rogues went still
09:27shit you hear that
09:28another looked back once
09:30and all the color drained from his face
09:32move
09:32now
09:33shadow pack
09:34black maybox tore through the dark
09:36the lead car stopped
09:37a black figure stepped out
09:39he crossed the distance without a word
09:42and stopped in front of me
09:43the rogues dropped to their knees so fast
09:45it looked like instinct
09:47marcus
09:47we didn't know
09:48she was with you
09:49please
09:50have mercy
09:51he came straight to me
09:52and lowered himself onto one knee
09:54gold eyes steady
09:55and deadly calm
09:56you again
09:57but the ringing in my stall
09:59swallowed the words
10:00before they fully reached me
10:01still
10:01i knew that face
10:03why is it you again
10:04marcus took me to a private villa
10:06i curled into the far end of the sofa
10:08every nerve in my body strung tight as i tracked his every move
10:12he stood at the long table
10:14he still hadn't really looked at me
10:16he only tossed the broken moonstone pendant onto the table like it meant absolutely nothing
10:21your blood doesn't do much for me
10:22then his gaze drifted over me
10:24slow and deliberate
10:25but you
10:26i took a step back
10:28i don't know anything about moon witches
10:29i'm just a normal girl
10:31i want to go back to school
10:32that got his attention
10:33in one sharp movement
10:34he crossed the room and bent over me
10:37bracing both hands on the sofa
10:39and boxing me incompletely
10:40his chest was only inches from mine
10:43and his scent hit me all at once
10:45dark cedar smoke
10:46and something wild underneath
10:50normal?
10:51normal girls don't end up with half a pack of rogues hunting them
10:53he lifted a hand to my throat tracing the faint line the pendant cord had left behind
10:58his fingers brushed my skin
11:00i went rigid
11:03ethan's probably in hell right now
11:04he murmured
11:05sounding almost amused
11:07he marked the wrong mate
11:08i hated that i almost laughed
11:10even curled up in fear
11:11even trapped under him
11:13i still had the same savage thought
11:15good he deserved to suffer
11:17marcus straightened
11:18then reached for the top buttons of his shirt
11:20what are you doing?
11:23he didn't answer
11:24he opened the shirt just enough for me to see the black wolf head mark spread across his chest
11:29then it moved
11:30black smoke rolled beneath his skin
11:32laced with silver light
11:34like something alive was trying to claw its way out
11:36my breath caught
11:38what is that?
11:39his voice sank lower
11:40edged with something raw
11:42it wants you
11:43he looked down at the shifting mark
11:45his jaw tightening as every muscle in his body seemed to lock
11:48that was when real panic hit me
11:50what exactly do you mean?
11:52it wants me?
11:53i jumped off the sofa and backed away so fast
11:55i nearly tripped over the rug
11:57stopping only when the window hit my back
11:59i grabbed the curtain and dragged part of it in front of me like it could somehow help
12:03don't do anything insane
12:04okay?
12:05you may have saved me
12:06but i still have standards
12:08i'm not having a breakdown and an ending up in your bed
12:11he was in front of me before i even finished the sentence
12:13one second there was space between us
12:16the next
12:16his hand was at the back of my neck holding me still as my breath caught
12:20i hit his chest and he went motionless for half a beat before lowering his head to the curve of
12:25my throat and drawing in one slow unsteady breath
12:29standards?
12:30his voice rumbled against my skin low and not quite steady now
12:34rachel you have no idea what your scent does to a shadow wolf who spent a century alone
12:39he lifted his head just enough to look at me
12:41to me
12:42he said each word slower than the last
12:44you smell like the kind of drug that burns every last shred of reason out of a man
12:48he drove me back into the window
12:51cold glass hit my spine
12:52his body closed me in
12:54then he kissed me
12:55hot hard and without warning
12:57a shocked sound caught in my throat
12:59by the time i shoved at his chest
13:01my lungs were already burning
13:03back off
13:04i snapped shoving at him
13:06what the hell is wrong with you?
13:08i shoved him again then slapped him across the face
13:11he pulled back just far enough for me to breathe
13:13i stared at him horrified and furious my lips stinging
13:16you don't get to take that from me
13:18marcus's head turned with the slap
13:20when he looked back at me his expression was unreadable
13:23then one corner of his mouth moved almost like a smile
13:27he said voice low and rough
13:29guess ethan really was a gentleman after all
13:31ethan stumbled onto the crash site shouting my name into the wreckage
13:35rachel
13:36but all that answered him was twisted metal shattered glass and blood
13:41chloe came after him in her heels
13:43one hand pinching her nose against the smell
13:46look at all this blood
13:47she said with a grimace
13:49the rogues probably dragged her off and tore her apart by now
13:52shut up!
13:53ethan spun on her
13:54eyes blazing
13:55if you hadn't poisoned my wolf spirit
13:58she never would have left the wedding
14:00she never would have been out here in the first place
14:03chloe didn't flinch she stepped in close
14:05her voice low and poisonous
14:07oh i drugged you
14:09sure
14:10but don't stand there pretending you didn't want this
14:13you wanted power
14:14and you wanted her moon witch bloodline
14:17save the innocent act for someone stupider than me
14:20and don't forget ethan
14:21you belong to me now
14:23cross me
14:24and my family will bury you
14:25his hand shot out and clamped around her throat
14:28he slammed her back against the crumpled hood of the wrecked car hard enough to make the metal groan
14:33the veins in his neck stood out
14:35if i find her
14:37he snarled
14:38tightening his grip
14:39his face twisted with fury
14:40and you
14:41you'll rot in a cell
14:43begging to die
14:45chloe's face turned red fast
14:47her heels scraped uselessly against the dirt as she fought for air
14:51then she forced the words out anyway
14:54broken and vicious
14:58ethan's grip loosened by an inch
15:00chloe coughed
15:01dragged in air and laughed right in his face
15:04the shadow pack is here
15:05marcus took her
15:07she rubbed at her bruised throat and tipped her head watching him
15:10and once a woman falls into his hands
15:12her smile sharpened
15:14do you really think she's still your rachel
15:16ethan went still for half a beat
15:18that was all chloe needed
15:19she slid off the hood straightened herself
15:21and stepped right back into the game like she'd never been choked at all
15:25name me your only luna
15:27she said smoothing down her dress
15:29once i strip rachel of her title in public
15:32the pack can drag her back and force her to stand trial
15:36her eyes glittered
15:37she'll be dragged into a bloodline trial whether she wants it or not
15:41ethan looked down at his arm
15:42black veins were starting to spread beneath his skin
15:45signs of wolf spirit backlash
15:47for the first time hesitation cut through his rage
15:51chloe saw it
15:52of course she did
15:53she stepped closer
15:54one hand sliding up his chest
15:56her thigh brushing high against him with slow calculated pressure
16:00i have witch hunters
16:01she whispered
16:02even if marcus escorts her we can still take her
16:05send word to every pack
16:07tell rachel if she doesn't show herself
16:09her lips curved
16:11the children in her parents orphanage will die first
16:14ethan shoved her off him so hard she stumbled sideways
16:18his fist crashed into the car door with a dull brutal bang
16:21then he lifted his head
16:23make the arrangements
16:24in three days
16:25silver moon pack will host a wedding no one will forget
16:28chloe's smile slowly spread
16:30she pulled out her phone and started dialing
16:32the car rolled out of the villa grounds
16:35marcus held out a glass filled with dark red liquid
16:39drink
16:39i stared at it
16:41what is that
16:42my water down
16:43dark red streaks clung to the crystal
16:45my stomach turned but i drank
16:47it burned all the way down
16:49i wiped my mouth and glared at him
16:51where are you taking me
16:52silver moon
16:53my head snapped toward him
16:55what
16:55i grabbed for the seatbelt
16:57my fingers already fumbling for the latch
16:59then the screen built into the car lit up
17:02a voice came through the speakers
17:04one i recognized instantly
17:06ethan
17:07in three days
17:08silver moon pack will hold the luna ceremony
17:11chloe mercer will be named my one and only luna
17:14rachel silver moon
17:15trader to her pack and collaborator with outsiders
17:17will submit to a bloodline trial
17:20if rachel refuses to appear
17:22the children in her parents orphanage will pay the price of her place
17:26my vision flashed white with rage
17:28the crystal glass cracked in my hand
17:30then shattered
17:31silver blood welled from my palm
17:33and ran over my fingers
17:36he's out of his mind
17:37words tore out of me before i could stop them
17:40he's really threatening those kids
17:41i'd thought catching him in bed with chloe
17:43on the wedding day had already told me
17:45exactly what kind of monster he was
17:47turns out i'd still given him too much credit
17:50a man like ethan never hit bottom
17:52he only kept sinking
17:54marcus sat beside me
17:55turning the wolf head ring on his finger
17:57like none of this surprised him
17:59his profile stayed cold and unreadable
18:02if he completes the ritual in public
18:04he said
18:05you become open prey to all of silvermon
18:08i swallowed hard
18:10so either way i'm dead
18:11that finally brought his gaze to me
18:14if you walk in there alone
18:15his voice stayed low
18:16yes
18:17i leaned back into the seat
18:19and let out a shaky breath
18:20because for the first time since the crash
18:23i wasn't alone
18:24marcus was still here
18:25and somehow that made the fear loosen
18:27just a little
18:28a few minutes later
18:29the gates of ethan's estate came into view
18:31only this time the place looked nothing like the home i knew
18:35security was everywhere
18:37one of the guards stepped up to the window
18:39and bent for a closer look
18:41and his face changed instantly
18:43alpha night thing
18:44he blurted
18:45what are you doing
18:47marcus gave him the faintest smile
18:49i'm returning your luna
18:51then he tipped his head toward me
18:52and added almost lazily
18:55sorry
18:55former luna
18:57for one second i thought i'd misheard him
18:59then i turned to him
19:02you're not coming in with me
19:03he flicked two fingers
19:05the car door unlocked with a soft click
19:08get out
19:09outside
19:10the guard's expression had already shifted from shock to hunger
19:13he delivered me straight to their doorstep
19:16like a gift
19:17i stumbled out of the car
19:18and nearly went down on the gravel behind me
19:21the mybox engine let out a savage roar
19:23then the car whipped around and tore back down the drive without a second glance
19:27i watched the taillights vanish and let out a short bitter laugh
19:31of course
19:32should have known better
19:33take her
19:34two guards grabbed me before i could run
19:36dragged me through the doors
19:37and threw me into the center of the great hall hard enough to knock the breath out of me
19:41when i looked up silver moon pack was already waiting
19:44rows of pack members lined both sides of the hall
19:47and hundreds of eyes fixed on me at once
19:50curious
19:50cold
19:51hungry
19:51then chloe's voice sliced clean through the silence
19:54well look who got sent back
19:56she stood there in a black wedding gown crusted with shattered diamonds
20:00all smug smiles and poison
20:02our precious moon witch air
20:04what happened rachel
20:06marcus got bored of you already
20:08she was curled against ethan's side like she belonged there
20:11and the sight of them together turned my stomach
20:14ethan broke first
20:15rachel
20:16he shoved away from chloe
20:18crossed the room fast and dragged me into his arms so hard i almost lost my footing
20:23thank god
20:25get off me
20:26i slammed both hands against his chest and shoved with everything i had
20:30you don't get to touch me after what you did
20:32he staggered back half a step
20:34stunned but the softness vanished from his face almost immediately
20:38you forced this
20:39if you hadn't run
20:40i forced this
20:42did i force you to screw chloe on our wedding day too
20:44his jaw locked
20:46his fists clenched
20:47black backlash veins climbed the side of his neck like rot spreading under his skin
20:52you belong to me rachel
20:53come back
20:54and i won't have to hurt those kids
20:56this is on you
20:57he reached for me again
20:58that's enough
20:59the doors opened
21:00and a broad gray-haired man in a dark cloak strode in
21:04like he owned the building and everyone breathing in it
21:06with one sharp gesture he summoned the witch hunters
21:09they wore half iron masks and moved like trained executioners
21:14and before i could fight them off they forced me to the floor
21:17hold her still
21:17a blade flashed
21:19pain tore through my forearm
21:21then ripped across my palm
21:22and silver blood spilled into a waiting vial
21:25i thrashed so hard my shoulder nearly gave out
21:28keep her down
21:29draw more
21:30i twisted kicked clawed for purchase
21:32and the hunter on my right drove his fist into my ribs
21:35agony burst through my side
21:37my body folded and i dropped to my knees
21:39gasping
21:40stop
21:41ethan lunged forward at last
21:42panic finally breaking through his rage
21:44enough
21:45stop taking blood from her
21:47if you keep going she'll die
21:49chloe caught him by the arm
21:51and shoved him back with surprising force
21:53oh please
21:54this is taking forever
21:56she stepped toward me with a ceremonial blade in her hand
21:59the metal carved with red runes that glowed beneath the chandeliers
22:03if you want real result
22:04she said sweetly
22:05why not just slit her throat
22:07she pressed the blade to my neck
22:09cold steel kissed skin
22:10let go of me
22:11i jerked against the hunter's grip with the last of my strength
22:14if i was going to die here
22:16i'd take her with me
22:17then
22:18boom
22:18the hall doors exploded inward
22:21the blast shaking the chandeliers as glass rained down
22:24and people screamed
22:26a black shape crossed the room
22:28so fast
22:29it barely looked human
22:30one second chloe's blade was at my throat
22:33the next
22:34it snapped in half in her hand
22:36silence hit the hall like a blow
22:37then came his voice low
22:39deadly and furious enough to freeze blood
22:41who gave you the right to touch her
22:44every head in the hall turned at once
22:46then the room fell deathly silent
22:48i forced my eyes open through the blur of pain
22:51marcus stood there with one of the witch hunters lifted clean off the floor
22:55his hand locked around the man's throat
22:57marcus
22:57have you lost your damn mind
22:59you'd start a war between two packs over a human
23:02marcus let out a short cold laugh
23:04then he snapped the hunter's neck
23:06just like that
23:07the body went limp in his grip
23:09and he hurled it into the wall hard enough to crack the plaster
23:12across the hall
23:14alpha rowan of the lewis family went pale
23:16the old bastard stumbled backward and nearly fell
23:19don't forget
23:20if i press that button
23:22the orphanage goes up in flames
23:25marcus didn't even blink
23:27he reached into his coat pocket
23:29pulled out a black metal badge streaked with blood
23:31and tossed it to the floor
23:33it spun once before stopping at roman's feet
23:36it spun once before stopping at roman's feet
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