Chapter 150
Liam POV
I sit in the coldness of the night and stare out onto the lake, watching the ripples cross the water. That’s when I see the reflection of the moon in the sky.
Our so–called powerful Moon Goddess hangs in the sky looking down on us. She is currently in crescent form and grinning down on us like a malicious Cheshire cat.
“You evil, neglectful bitch. You know I never believed in you. All the crap Mary told me growing up was always pointless fairytales to get me to behave. But then she came along. Our blessing, amazing Luna Queen. You sent her to her. You let them find each other. All the abuse she went through as a pup, and you did nothing. But she finally found a home. She was finally safe, and you did nothing to protect her“.
The tears running down my face feel like ice under the hot rage in my skin. My body shook in anger, and as I fell to my knees, I started punching the ground repeatedly until my knuckles bled and I had nothing left to give.
“You have to help us save her. You have to help us find her. We can’t keep going like this. If we don’t get her back, we all perish“.
I shifted back to Valen and curled up on the shoreline and sobbed.
It’s hours before we go back to the house. It quite. Strangely quiet. The halls are so silent that any sound I make echoes down the long hallways.
I’m just about to start going up the stairs when I think I hear someone whisper my name.
“Hello. Who’s there?“.
I’m not sure if it’s Alpha King, as it’s coming from the hallway that leads to his office. I cautiously head in that direction.
Coming through a gap in the blind is a strange ray of moonlight. It’s so clear it looks like a laser. When Willow and Prince Eli found the journals that mentioned something called a moon ray. Wonder if this is what that was.
It was shining down on a staircase. I’m careful not to interrupt the light in case it goes away, and see where it leads. At the bottom of the stairs, it’s reflecting off a security mirror on the ceiling and shining straight towards the pack safe door.
It’s the size of a bank vault with biometric security, so only Alpha King and I have access to it. I put in all my details and slowly opened the door.
As soon as the moon ray hits what it is looking for, the entire hallway is filled with a blinding white light that forces me to shut my eyes. After a second, it turns into a soft glow. I look back down the hallway. No one is coming, and the moon ray has disappeared. I look back at the safe and see the glow is coming from a familiar small vial.
The little vial containing about loz of liquid is in an intricate glass container. Alpha King’s birthday present from our Luna Queen. The blessed essence of Moon Flower.
I grab it and put it safely into my pocket. If I meant to find it, then I’m meant to do something with it.
I go straight to the only place I can think of to get information on this stuff. The library.
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I started going through Willow catalogs, pulling any books that might mention it. I read like a madman the entire night. I find nothing.
I don’t even realise it is morning until Willow and Prince Eli walk in with a coffee in hand.
Willow nearly screams when I suddenly appear from the corner. “Liam, have you been here all night? Did something
happen?“.
“Basically, I yelled at the Moon Goddess, and then I followed a moon ray. She led me to something, but I don’t know what to do with it“. After rapidly firing out the statement, I slam the book shut that I was reading and go to get another one.
I don’t notice Willow’s expression change as she takes in the mess I have made from piling books everywhere on two
tables.
“Liam, for fuck sake. You’re messing up my cataloging. What are you looking for?“.
I look at Prince Eli and think for about half a second before deciding to hell with it. I need all the help I can get, so I will tell him as well. I pull out the small vial and show it to him to see if he knows what it is.
His eyes widen as he seems to realise what it is. “The blessed one made that, didn’t she?“.
“Yeah, she did. She said she wanted to bless the pack“.
I hold it carefully as I look at it. Since holding it, it’s like a part of me got her back. It’s almost like she knew we would
need this and trusted us to save her.
I look at Prince Eli and plead with him. “Please. A moon ray led me to this, so it must mean something. I need to know
how to use it“.
Willow starts angrily putting books back on the shelves and tidying up while I just wait til she is ready to check something. I give her all the names for it, and she confirms it hasn’t come up in any research she has done.
Prince Eli thinks for a moment. “I think we are looking in the wrong collection. It’s made from flowers, so it’s more likely
to be in the Faes records“.
I run out to the forest and start calling out for Rose. It’s about an hour before she appears. She is still in the burnt part of the forest, but the trees are now covered in moss as if they were healing bandages.
“Why are you bellowing out my name? I heard you, but I’m busy. I have a lot of work to do, Beta“.
I pull the tiny vial from my jacket and show her. She goes still, and her eyes go wide.
“She gave it to you“.
“She gave it to Alpha King on his birthday. Do you know how to use it? Can we use it to find Luna Queen?“.
“You can, but I don’t know how. I will need to consult my father first“.
