All Chapters of Marked by the Moon: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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31. Strangely familiar silver-blue eyes

How could someone be this stupid? I asked myself as I continued walking into the dark, empty parking lot. I was supposed to be in my home, exactly where Lucien dropped me after the training. But as I was about to enter, I realised I had forgotten my phone at college. I dropped it when I was talking to Kai, more like avoiding the truth again. The look on his face had been haunting me, but it was best to keep him away from this mess. I couldn't drag anyone into a world I knew almost nothing about. My entire life was on that phone. Notes, assignments, passwords, photos. Leaving it overnight wasn't an option.It took me 30 minutes to reach the campus on foot, and by the time I found my phone, it was already dark. I continued my journey to reach home, enjoying the silence of the night and the dark clouds above my head. A strong gust of wind touched my face harshly as I took my first step out of the parking lot. My mark started burning. A chill ran down my spine, it was as though my

32. Am I going to die?

The sound of crickets entered my ears. Where was I?The memories of what happened earlier started rushing back to me. The three men in the dark. The attack. The dark creature. The silver blue eyes. I opened my eyes, the clear dark sky was above my head, filled with many stars, and then I looked around myself. I was near the lake.It was dark. But I was not alone. I sat down on the grass, and my small moment caught the attention of the dark creature as well. The creature was walking here and there, as if it was protecting me, but it stopped moving when it realised I had woken up.The eyes were glued to me, like they were searching for something in my eyes. For some weird reason, I was not scared. It started walking towards me. I grabbed the grass tightly. It stopped right in front of me. I felt tiny in front of the large creature, which could blend perfectly in the darkness. The presence felt familiar. I gulped. Then it turned around and walked behind the tree, the sou

33. What was in that paper?

I spent the next two days looking at my shoulders every time there was any small sound around me. The look of worry in Kai's eyes was clearly telling me the wheels were running inside his head. Luckily, I was able to hide everything from Mom. "How did you become one? Are there others like you?" I threw a few more questions at a very annoyed Lucien. He didn't bother replying with words and glared at me. We had been trying to practice as much as we could, which meant more lies and more skipping classes. I tried to focus on moving the water, but with all the questions running freely inside my head, it was impossible. "At least give me one answer.""If I give you one answer, you will ask me 10 more questions."I rolled my eyes and blew out some air. Before I could start practising again, something shifted in the air. The air became warmer. The birds stopped chirping. Everything became still. Lucien was facing the other side of the forest while hiding me behind himself."What's

34. I missed him.

There has been silence, an uncomfortable silence in my life. I went to the lake alone but no one was there, I waited for Lucien to show up but he never came. With a heavy heart, I returned but went back the next day. Lucien was still not there. He had stopped coming to the college as well. My eyes had been searching for him everywhere. It had been three days since I last saw him, and it was the same day Seraphine showed him something on the paper. "How was the dinner?""Hmm?" I looked at Kai with confusion. "You went to dinner with a friend, right?" His eyes were squinted together. I nodded immediately, "Yes, it was fine.""Who was this friend?" Another question. "You don't know that friend.""There is a person in your life I know nothing about?" he challenged my sentence. "Kai, can we talk about something else?" I groaned."You keep getting weirder day by day," Kai shook his head. I checked my phone again to see if I accidentally missed any text from Lucien. Nothing. With

35.Was any of it real?

I had to stop making decisions without thinking about them first. It was what I thought after sitting near the lake for another hour alone. Once again, no signs of Lucien. I drove to the lake alone and decided to practice for a few hours before heading back, but I realised this place connected me with Lucien. I was not able to control my emotions or water properly. That's when my eyes fell on the cabin that was near the lake. It was a wooden cabin, I never paid attention to it before. There was no window on it. I held the doorknob and thought about not invading the privacy of whoever lived there, but in the end, I went against my thoughts and twisted the doorknob.A strange smell of something old entered my nostrils, but it was filled with a familiar cologne. I took a step inside and paused to analyse the room. It was dark, luckily, I found a switch on the right side of the door. My eyes widened in shock as soon as the light was turned on. The room was not empty. It had a l

36. Someone was still out there.

I had always heard that trust was fragile, but for the first time, I knew how betrayal felt. I thought Lucien was my friend, someone who would always be on my side, but I was wrong. I was walking out of the college building when a familiar face appeared, waiting for me near the exit. He opened his mouth to say something, but I walked past him without glancing in his direction. "Celeste...." I heard Lucien's voice, but it was not the same, he seemed tired. I chose to ignore him. He didn't follow me. Kai had been waiting for me, but his eyes were not on me. He was staring at Lucien. "Ready to go?" I asked. "Sure," he replied and started walking after giving one last look at Lucien. We sat at our usual spot for lunch. I was sipping coffee while Kai was attempting to steal the burger from my plate. I pushed the plate in front of him. "Okay, this is getting ridiculous." Kai threw the words, along with some of the food he was chewing in my direction. I made a disgusted face an

37. The silence was getting louder

Silence. The silence could be deafening. But I was taking back the control of my life.I was done skipping classes, not focusing on my future. I sat in the library for 3 hours and studied for an upcoming exam. All my notes were updated, and my assignments were already finished. I stood in the hallway waiting for Kai. It was time for us to head home. It turned out I didn't need Lucien or his training anyway. I simply had to ignore everything. A sour feeling settled in my chest as soon as I thought of his name. I tried to shake away the feeling. But before I could do that, a loud noise startled me. Instantly, I looked in the direction to find that a water bottle had burst. I checked the people standing around to confirm if anyone had gotten hurt. I let out a breath of relief when I was sure everyone was safe. I decided to stand outside. The water fountain behind me had started overflowing just as I came to stand next to it. My breath started getting heavy. 'Control your emot

38. The danger was not new

I was not able to control the water at all. In fact, I didn't know if it was possible, but somehow I had gotten worse. The water had been acting strangely around me, and I had been lucky as no one had noticed it so far. The classes and college had been the same. Lucien had tried talking to me, but as usual, I continued ignoring his existence. There was something I could not ignore, the dark circles under his eyes and the tired look on his face. Kai, on the other hand, had started his murder investigations once again. He came up with a theory, he thought the murderer had been silent for too long, which meant the killer was going to strike again very soon with something bigger than before. I just hoped Kai was wrong. "Did you find something?" I asked.Kai nodded, then shook his head while staring at his notebook. There were a few pictures he had pasted in that notebook as well. I tried to take a peek, but he was not ready to share his precious information yet. "It's useless,

39. What made him walk away?

Ever since Kai made the recent discovery, I couldn't help but be more paranoid. And to make it worse, I was not able to find any new spot to start training again. "What's going on with you?""What?" I asked Kai. We were walking towards his car after having coffee in the evening."You've been staring at your phone for the last 5 minutes.""I was...texting," I lied. "Technology is not that advanced yet," he raised his brow, and stopped almost 2 steps away from the car.I stopped as well and looked at the black screen of my phone. I opened my mouth to say something, but froze when I felt something different around me. "Celeste," a cold voice called my name. I gasped, and a similar reaction came from Kai. Seraphine was standing behind Kai. He turned around, holding his heart. "Where did you come from?" he asked.Seraphine looked at me with the same bored expression she always carried, "I want to talk.""You know her?" Kai questioned again. I didn't respond immediately."I don't k

40. Tell me, I didn't see that

My mind was a mess. I felt like I didn't know anything. I couldn't trust my shadow. The burning sensation in my mark was back as well. From the past, I knew it was not a good sign. I held the mark tightly with my other hand and closed my eyes. I was sitting alone in the library. The 2 other people who were studying earlier left almost 30 minutes ago. There was silence, a deafening silence. I focused on the sound of the large, ancient-looking clock hanging on the wall. Then, the ticking of the clock started getting quieter. I didn't pay much attention to it and kept my eyes closed. Soon, the whispers returned. Just like before, it started with many voices until only her voice was left among them. "Find the truth."The red-eyed girl was staring at me. She was carrying the same distressed emotions. She opened her mouth to say something else, but I opened my eyes. I looked around, and I was still alone, but 15 minutes had passed. I grabbed my stuff and walked out of the li

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