The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 125
REMY
It had been a few weeks since Draven had his hands on me, and things with the pack were slowly returning to normal. School had returned to normal for most of the pack, too, but only because there were extra patrols and precautions in place. Alpha Reyland agreed to keep his warriors with us for as long as we needed. He spent as much time with us as he could, but he often had to split time between his pack and our own.
Caulder and I were given exceptions to returning to school, since we had more important matters to attend to. Between my vision, Caulder pissing off the Council of Magic, and Draven targeting me, my parents were convinced that war was just around the corner, and they needed as much of our help preparing for that as possible. Harper was unfortunately forced to finish off school in the actual building, since Beta Rie insisted that Harper didn’t have a good enough reason to do homeschooling like us anymore.
h them.
o speculate about the true meaning of the prophecy.
It’s easy to interpret the prophecy the way I want it to, but there’s no definitive proof. There’s not even anything that talks about breaking the prophecy.”
ust need to find another person who knows about the prophecy.”
imb.
eline of the prophecy itself?” Caulder asked.
stretching my skin out. Caulder’s chuckle confirmed that.
o you mean?” I asked.
ck a little. “Well, we can look into the timeline of a person, as long as we have a specific event in mind, right?”
ly.
ybe we can find the person who originated the prophecy,” Caulder suggested.
flew forward so fast that I almost hit Caulder in the process. “You’re a genius! Why didn’t I think of that before
tips closely, and his lips pulled into a smirk. “Guess you’re not as smart as me.”
my eyes, debating if it was worth it to hit him. “You’re lu
’d have to be stronger than me to make me reg
ughing at my reaction. I knew he just wanted to get a rise out of me, and it worked every time.
owing it was best if he didn’t try to get in between the two of us when we were bickering.
lade, and he quickly took it, helping me to my feet with ease. “How did training go?”
here are fast learners. They get better each day, and if Draven comes after us again, he
t wish he hadn’t gotten away in the first place,” Caulder said, and the moo
ould be shocked if Draven wasn’t on the front line, gunning to kill every last one of us.
ngers dug into my skin as if he was afraid to let me go.
with it?” Caulder asked. He stood up, so he was eye-level with u
ictions to it than the kind of magic you two use.”
blood magic?”
fic blood to unlock. That one is a little more common and less harmful, since it doesn’t require someone else’s blood–only the blood of the vampire creating the lock.”
tion made me wonder how many innocent humans died at the hands of Draven. Blade had explained before that most vampires drank human blood. There was a varying degree of how those vampires went about it, from draining a person dry e
l them every time he fed. That idea made me sick.
ely free?” Caulder asked.
ow how that process works exactly. I was never able to get close enough to determine that. It’s someth
ally when Harper was around. Sure enough, a moment later, she dragged her feet into the room. She tossed her backpack to the side, looking completely defeated.
don’t have to go to school,” Harper said.
rms for her, and she instantly fell into his embrace. “Rough day?”
der’s chest, and her body visibly relaxed.
ways be high schoolers. They thrive
d with his torso. She scrunched her nose and said, “You say that like you aren’t high schoolers, too.”
had felt more like an adult in the past few months than I ever had in my entire life.
f the alpha and luna,” Caulder added. “We are forced to grow up faster than other children.”
a child,” I te
ren’t for Harper being in his arms, I was sure his retort would have been more intense. “Yeah, well, if I’m a child, then so are you.”
en, no need to fight,” Blade said. His voice was light, and the thick atmosphere had lifted since Harper
ou’re much better,” I laughed.
ade’s hands slid down my side and started tickling me. I
ine. You’re the most mature one here,” I lied
ace into my hair.
t vampires were immortal. Blade was stuck at this age for the rest of his life, but werewolves still continued to age. I hadn’t thought about that in the context of our relationship before, but his gentle re
could all go down to the lake and just relax this weekend? Now that things have calmed down, I’m sure we could convince our dad to let us go with som
unds amazing,” Harper agreed.
glance of turmoil on his face, but it was gone in a flicker, making me question if I had just imagined it.
le.