Blood Moon Rising

Chapter Eight || Secrets Revealed

Rogues are wolves who were banished from packs because they were unpredictable and/or did something so terrible that they could no longer be trusted to live the pack life. They are sent off on their own with no help and are black listed for all packs to see. Rogues tend to have very distinct characteristics compared to regular wolves. Their skin takes on a sickly hue as you almost never find them out in the daylight and the whites of their eyes become red. They tend to look and smell just like an outcast would, unkept.

Novan did not look like this though; well the skin was a little less sickly and his eyes were red but he seemed well taken care of. Valus looked into those deep blue eyes surrounded by the red and came to the conclusion that Xander was not lying to her. Which made the pain in her heart a little less hurtful because she knew he wouldn't have done what he did unless he was trying to protect her.

Valus had been walked in by a different rogue than the 2 before, a random one that basically disappeared into the shadows and she couldn't sense him again. "Would you like something to drink?" The voice caused her to focus on that man before her. "I would like my friend back. SAFE and sound." She growled at him, and it brought a smile to his lips.

"Of course my dear. Anything you wish, but first we are going to sit down and chat." He motioned towards the chairs around his desk. Hesitantly she proceeded forward, "There is nothing for us to speak about. I know who you are and no, I don't care. I will be returning home with my pack." Valus stated as she held onto the top of the chair to steady herself because everything in her wanted to destroy the man before her for even the little bit of pain he caused Cora.

Novan, however, sat down unfazed by her. "Oh, but I think we do. There's just so much you do not know. To start, you know who I am but do you know why things are the way they are? Do you know why you were born there... but was taken from here? There are so many secrets being kept from you, my dear... and you just don't understand anything." He sounded so nonchalant as he spoke, swirling his drink around in his glass staring at it. Valus stood there silent, resolute in her thoughts as he continued.

"When you were 15, those monsters you call family came in here.. murdered your mother and kidnapped you. They were going on and on about The Prophecy. That you were meant for something greater than all.. this." He paused and slowly waved his fingers around him. "And that 'Prophecy'? Is that how you want to live your life? To be forced to follow a path that may be laid for you but not chosen for you?"

His words resonated in her, was she doing what she wanted to do or was this all destiny? She wondered, pausing with her resolve before shaking her head and steeling herself as she looked at him, "Because it's true! I was destined for something better than this. How could I ever have been happy here?" She asked him, and he growled slowly, "You would have known nothing else. You would have had your real mother and father to care for you!" He barked his words and she smirked.

"I had a real mother and father actually. Who both cares for me deeply and—" Novan cut her off, "Yet have you heard a word from either of them since starting on this rescue mission of yours!?" He glanced at her, eyebrow raised, watching her smirk fall. "I'm sure they have their reasons." Valus replied quickly and hoped it sounded as tough as she thought it did.

It did not because he drank the rest of his drink without a care to her words before standing and walking over to her. Placing his glass down, he reached for her but she shrunk away. He chuckled devilishly,

"You wanna know a dirty little secret about your beloved Xander." His lips pulled back in this nasty sneer, Valus' heartbeat sped up. "So you know of alpha abilities right?" Novan asked and she nodded slowly, "Well, the bigger part of them is that each pack has their own ability that is dormant in their genes until they reach ascension. And do you know what the Harvest Moon pack's very own ability is?"