Chapter 4 πππ’π₯π’ππ‘ I wasnβt sure how I was still standing, because I was certain the world beneath my feet had tilted. I could still hear them moaning, the bed creaking when I peeked into his room. Even now, I could feel my soul fracture as it dawned on me
Chapter 3 πππ’π₯π’ππ‘ The whole room seemed to hold its breath as the words fell out of my mouth, sharp and sudden. Even my aunt froze, but she recovered quickly, her mouth twisting into a sneer. “Said the murderer p> Ajax scoffed, amused. Her retort did exactly what it aimed
Chapter 2 ACT ONE: THE CRESCENT PHASE β The moon has five phases. The Crescent is the omenβ a silver sliver of awakening, where destiny begins to stir beneath the skin but dares not roar. β β Ymir, the Moonblind Seer of Nightbane πππ’π₯π’ππ‘ Maybe, just maybe, letting undergrads wander
Chapter 1 πππ’π₯π’ππ‘ “Sheβs not breathing please!” I yelled, as if they didnβt already know. I looked down at her pale bloodied face and her head that had caved in. “Mum, please stay with me!” My voice was no longer my own. Ragged, hoarse with horror. My clothes were still
Chapter 180 The guys thought it was funny, but they also know that I haven’t been eating much. “You guys really didn’t have to do that.” I said. “Why not? It was fun shooting that asshole.β Eric said. And the others laughed while I just smirked at him. “Ben. You
Chapter 179 It’s been two weeks now and Justin still hadn’t eased up on me at all. I didn’t understand what the hell his problem was and he wasn’t talking to me. He was just barking out orders. I was getting more and more pissed off as each day passed.
Chapter 178 “I know. But like I said, he’ll get over it. I don’t know what I did to piss him off.” I said. But Ben scoffed. “You know exactly what you did to piss him off.” Ben said. “Ben has this warped idea that Justin is interested in me
Chapter 177 Ben and I sat in the mess hall together but we got there late so a lot of people were finishing up and they were leaving. “Lilly. You shouldn’t have to put up with this. It’s the equivalent of living with an abusive parent.β Ben said. βBen. Even
Chapter 176 The following morning I was at least allowed to have breakfast before Justin took me to the shooting range and I had to walk normally and just work through the pain. I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of thinking that he was actually getting to me.
Chapter 175 Ben and I got dressed but neither of us were ready to go back to the base, so Ben pulled me close to him and I rested my head on his chest. “Have you ever thought about what life is like outside of army bases?” Ben asked. “No.
Chapter 174 As Ben was leaning over me, kissing me, I started feeling even more nervous, but I also felt amazing. A feeling that I had never felt before. Ben was about to pull away from me, but I tightened my arms around his neck. So he could only pull
Chapter 173 LILLY’S POV Justin had come to find me about that whole meeting that they just put me through. I was so glad that they didn’t think I had anything to do with it. But I was also wondering who they thought was the real culprit. I mean, the
Chapter 172 CAPTAIN STEVENS POV As soon as I got back to my office I saw someone sitting at my desk so I walked around to my side of the desk and saw councilman Webber sitting there. “What can I do for you today?” I asked, slowly sitting down. I
Chapter 171 “Alright. Let’s just walk away from her.” Ben said, grabbing my arm and pulling me down the other end of the hallway. She had no right to accuse me of being a traitor. I’ve been so loyal to the Hunters and it’s all I know. I lived with
Chapter 170 As soon as we got back to the base we put all of our equipment back and made sure that the magazines were taken out of the guns and everything before we handed them back to the armory and then we headed to the mess hall. We’d already
Chapter 169 It was still dark and there should be patrols running the border but we couldn’t see them. They must have already done the pass here so Justin gave us the signal and we started moving in on the pack. We made it through the forest without incident and
Chapter 168 LILLY POV When we got to the helicopter pad, Justin was already waiting for us and we got on board and found our seats before we put on our equipment and we lifted off. We always had to have a senior with us whenever we went on a
Chapter 167 “You bet he does. You all have to beat her record now.” Justin said. But Eric was laying on the ground, looking like he was about to die. It was pretty funny to see actually. He was beaten by a girl and he is always going around talking
Chapter 166 BEN POV You know, after having my heart broken I told myself that I was never going to fall in love again. I was determined that I wasn’t going to get my heart stomped on again. My mother always told me that I fell in love way too
Chapter 165 But I guess, I have had worse. They used to put me through hell week at the old base. They would do that to me every couple of months where we would only get a couple of hours of sleep that whole week. It’s meant to prepare us