THE SECRET LUNA WARRIOR

Episode4

Before the dawn of man and civilization on Earth, eons ago there were super humans

and immortals on the planet, and they battled each other to become the greatest

subterranean power.

These immortals came from many houses and families, and they carried on their

families" traditions and practices, including inherited rivalries and conflicts. Beating their

opponents was more of an instinctive way for them to live.

The Montgomery and Alabaster families were two of these families. Both families have

fought among themselves throughout the years. Theirs sprung from a lost love, not from

supremacy.

At that time, Anas of the Alabaster family and goddess Anika of the Montgomery family

fell in love. Her father, however, was never in favour of Anika"s marriage to Meka of

Greenland. Those who married into the Greensland family would inherit excellent

fortune and the esteem of their clan, as they were the finest family back then.

Anika would meet up with Anas in secret, disobeying her father"s wishes. When Mona,

Anika"s older brother, learned of this, she did the worst thing an immortal could.

Anas and Anika"s meeting place was the scene of a surprise attack by Mona and his

soldiers. As soon as Anas arrived unprepared and defenseless, Mona and his men

tormented and murdered him.

Rumours and stories started to circulate, claiming that Anika killed Anas so she might

wed Meka of the Greenland. The alabaster clan became enraged by this and

assassinated Anika prior to her wedding night, but before then. As a symbol of

contrition, Anika killed her brother and sent his head to the Alabaster Clan. However, it

was too late; the Alabaster Clan assassinated Anika while she was asleep, preventing

her from waking up the following morning.

This rekindled the rivalry between the two families, which they continue to fight about to

this day.

And the rivalry between the two families now is not all that different from what occurred

in the past. Repeated cases involving Anika and Anas served to intensify the rivalry

between the families.

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"Who are you?!" Evan questioned Ezra.

Twenty years ago, an incident occurred between the two rival families. Esther

Montgomery developed feelings for Bobby of the Alabaster family. The family dispute

meant that their love life had to remain hidden.

Esther"s father, who planned for his daughter to marry the heir of the Montgomery

family, had different plans for her. Esther refused to accept this proposition, which could

have resulted in her father disowning her. She wedded Vladimir but still kept on seeing

Bobby under Vladimir’s nose. To save himself the shame, Esther’s father had Bobby

assassinated three months later, on the night were the two were supposed to run away.

Esther had waited for him but he didn’t show. Instead, it was her father – who came to

drag her back to her husband’s house. Esther refused but her father hit her, causing her

to go down. He yelled at her, saying how she was bringing shame to him. He blurted out

how it’s a good thing that he had Bobby killed and Esther felt her world crash. Esther

was a catatonic mess and was depressed when it came to the public that Bobby

Alabaster had been found dead after a ghastly accident. Vladimir, not knowing what

was wrong with his beloved, tried everything he could to help. Esther tried to end it all

one day when she suddenly had the urge to vomit. Realising that something else was

wrong with her, she got herself checked and to her delight, she found out that she was

pregnant. She had asked Vladimir for a nice comfortable home far away from the city

and the man being in love – yet so suspicious about the appearance of his daughter –

had given into her demands.

Four years later, the Alabaster family – who had found out about the truth of Bobby’s

accident – attacked and murdered Esther in her husband"s home as payback for the

death of Bobby. Greg had been the one to choke her to death, unaware that a hidden

Ezra was in full view of the scene.

"My name is Alice Montgomery, and I am Esther Montgomery"s only child." Ezra

disclosed.

Those gathered whispered to themselves, all shocked and in disbelief at the same time.

"You are the Montgomery family"s long lost heir?" Greg enquired with wide eyes.

"My father went further to create another successor for himself and abandoned me

since he believes I am not his child." Ezra stood up softly and explained, her voice

devoid of emotions.

"The conflict between the two families is the evil that I will put an end to. It is long over

due. The senseless rivalry resulted in my mother"s death and my expulsion from my

home. Everyone, including your family and mine, is guilty here. And no matter how long

it takes, I am determined to stop this. It is time for change since you have all done

enough." Ezra murmured, taking Evan"s hand off her shoulders very gently and got on

her feet, staggering a little.

Greg slowly got up and gave her a mocking laugh. “You’ll put an end to this war, you

say. How, when it existed before you were even born? This is bigger than you and your

grand delusions, girl!”

"I would have killed you two moves ago if I wanted. Evan was going to stop me, I knew

that. My goal is to mend the rifts caused by the past, not to murder you. You are going

to see me carry out that action." Ezra said.

"I would watch that happen over my dead body." Greg spat out, his lips bared in a snarl.

“We can never cooperate with you cowards. Your mission is doomed from the start."

Greg spoke in an irritated manner.

While Greg and Ezra were fighting, Marcus, who gathered himself, made the Mayor

aware of his need for assistance. The government aide arrived quickly to collect Greg

and his soldiers, and Evan, Ezra and Vera had no choice but to watch them all leave.

The aides that came for Greg were told to leave Evan alone and they did as told, the

commander of the team nodding his head in respect at Evan. Once they were gone,

Evan nearly collapsed to the ground but Vera and Ezra caught him. He was taken to

another private room to rest. Claus and Willian, who had been lured away from the

hospital came running into the new room the moment Evan was put into a deep sleep to

heal – a tired Ezra and Vera by his sides.

Evan"s release to return home came after a few days in the hospital, during which the

unrest in Santos subsided. Greg and his men vanished from sight, whilst Vladimir and

his men went silent on their end. The peace was tentative but no one wanted to break it.

Vladimir wasn’t able to comprehend Alice’s ’s desire to bring the two families together.

He could never imagine working with a family member who was Alabaster. But then

again, he shouldn’t be surprised. She was her mother’s daughter.

"Your daughter is the talk of the town now, Sir. Her alliance with Alpha Evan’s is a

loaded ammunition against us, it seems."

Vladimir heard Manuel, his right hand man, say.

"Please do not emotionally manipulate me in such a way ever again. I had a very good

reason for doing what I did. I am not a moron.” Vladimir shot back, irritated.

"I apologize, sir. So, sir, what should we do? Manuel enquired.

"Let us wait and see how this plays out as we keep a low profile until we fully

understand Alice’s plan. However, I am positive that this peace agreement will fail, and I

will not put up with it. I should be superior to the Alabaster, not on par with them."

Vladimir uttered harsh words.

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The mayor, who was now Greg"s puppet, was fidgeting at his camp at the emergence of

Ezra.

"Are you actually going to prevail over her? She is supposedly too strong.” The mayor

enquired.

"You humans never stop asking dumb questions. Do not worry about her. Just focus

more on building up your military might. There will be other conflicts.” Sitting on the

mayor"s seat, Greg spoke in a firm voice, the mayor gazing at him like a coward.