Luna (Lycan Series: #2)

Love

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BOLD = kathleen

Italics = Moon Goddess/Artemis

Previously on Gossip Luna

Stark is fighting against being possessed. Katya is asking a favor from Alric. Kaleesi is dead (TAKE THAT SLUTTY HOE BAG) and her body is still being shredded in the ocean. Poseidon is present in this fight, but not an active member. He's just chilling, killing Kaleesi for being a stupid banana, so it's dangerous to go in the water while he's doing his thing unless you are from his domain (so basically unless you're Kendra). Keep that in mind ;)

On with the story....

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KATYA POV

There was so much going on that I couldn't even think straight.

This shit show was going to be the death of me- literally. But hopefully figuratively considering that I wanted to get out of this alive.

Watching Stark internally battle off Erebus and my kidnapper was like someone ripped my heart out and squeezed the life out of it. I couldn't bare to watch my mate suffer.

Alric shifted back into a wolf, leaping up from the edge of the river bank to the bridge where I was doing my best to hold down the contents of my stomach as I watched Stark's limbs violently snap and reset. His one silver eye, his only part that identified him as a Lycan, was dwarfed by gold. He was under their control now.

We can't kill him! There must be some other way!

I wanted to agree with Kathleen so badly, the deepest, most primal part of me wanted to believe that there was a way to kill them without hurting Stark. But I was too afraid to have that kind of hope, only to be let down.

When Alric shifted back into a human, I did my best not to lower my eyes past his collarbone. 

"Raising the dead sounds like a good idea."

I swallowed, seeing the painful twinge in his eyes when he stepped forward. But then I picked up on an intense scent of iron. Despite my earlier wishes, I looked down to see a huge chunk of Alric's torso had been chewed out. Lavender and purple blood was blending into his own.

I resisted the urge to cry, but I couldn't help the few tears that spilled over my eyes.

"What happened?"

He grinned wryly. "Apparently compulsion doesn't work so well with vampires."

"Nevermind, don't do it. I can't ask you to raise the dead for me."

His silver eyes were determined, and instead of his usual joking nature, he was serious. "It's not just for you, Katya. It's for Iris, for Stark, Lorena, Jazz and Draver, even neat-freak Castor. I don't want to lose you guys."

"But we'll be losing you." 

"With this kind of wound, I'm already lost. There's no Iris to heal me. I want to at least go out with a bang. Now, where's the nearest cemetery?"

I respected his wishes, because he was right. We were losing, and we needed to back up that Alric would give us.

"I'm sorry for asking this of you." I whispered hoarsely, pointing across the bridge to the gated area where the pack cemetery was.

I felt the Moon Goddess pushing against me, so I let her take over.

"Alric, my sweet Alric, know that your sacrifice will not be forgotten; as long as there are stars in the sky and earth beneath our feet, you will be remembered."