Moon Child

Rough Night~

Welcome bacckkkkk, so originally I was planning on stopping this story at like 35 chapters. But now I'm thinking like at least 40 chapters? Maybe more? Would you all be down for it?? Let me know.
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ALSO, LITTLE WARNING: You will be getting an actual smut scene. Soooo, be prepared!!!
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The lake—The frosted, ice-covered lake. It had something to do with all of this. Something about this lake was the answer. I was sure about it ever since I ended up here, nearly drowning. The lake played too big of a role to not hold answers, or at least something that would lead to a revelation.

But what exactly did it have to do with this? How could the lake be connected to the Moon Goddess's warning, and with the explosions only a week ago?

What secrets was it hiding?

I looked at the lake, squeezing my hands together in frustration. For weeks now, this fucking lake had been on my mind, like it was a puzzle, and there were just a few pieces that I couldn't figure out.

Hell, there were more than a few pieces. I was missing almost the entire puzzle, and I had no clue where to start. The only thing that I knew, was that Savannah was my number one suspect. She was the only person who I was almost certain carried out or at least helped with the attack.

But still, I didn't have enough evidence to accuse her, and even if I did, I didn't want to do so until I was absolutely certain. Because once I accused someone, or once Kailen did, then it was off with their head. Even if there was a chance of innocence, the pack wouldn't let them live another day.

So we had to be careful of who we accused.

I continued to watch the lake, smiling when I felt a familiar presence sit down next to me. I didn't have to look to see who it was, since I could smell his scent from a mile away. But I looked at him anyways, and as soon as I did, my heart melted.

Kailen sat next to me with a bright smile on his face, and rosy cheeks. It was the first time in a long time that I'd seen him smile. And I didn't mean a small smile, or even a semi-happy smile. I meant a real smile—One that actually meant something. One that made it seem like there wasn't a war brewing.

It was nice to see his smile, and for a few seconds, I was able to escape from all the troubles, and just focus on him—Focus on how he made me feel. And thankfully, he made me feel calm. He made me feel better.

Despite having some decent people in my life, Kailen was the only one who was able to make the bad times seem somewhat okay. He was the only one who could fill my stomach with butterflies, even if the people around us were dying.

I loved him for that.

I loved him for other things too.

Kailen continued to look at me with his same smile, before he allowed it to drop slightly. He looked out at the lake, which was reflected in his blue eyes.

"You spend most of your time here," He pointed out, "Maybe I should put a bed out here."

I let out a light laugh, nodding in agreement. I did spend a lot of time at the lake. In fact, some would probably joke around and say that the lake was my second mate.

Even though it wasn't. Kailen was my mate, and I wanted to spend time with him. But until I could figure out what the lake meant, I wasn't planning on cutting back my time here—Not yet.

I grabbed Kailen's hand, and enclosed it in mine. He looked back at me with a light smile, before he leaned in to kiss my forehead.

"I'm just playing with you. I know you wanna figure out what it means," He paused, "And even if the lake gets more time with you..."