The Awakening Of The Luna

019: The Man Of Mystery ✨✨✨

Crisan was a state of depressing thoughts and Marceline experienced it first hand. It was quiet and everyone looked ahead, no one met the eyes of the girls , not the human slaves, not the guards and not the girls themselves. They walked in a straight line, From the shortest to the tallest, Renee and Odette led the pack followed by Marceline in the middle, while Giselle and Delphine stood behind respectively.

The walk to the capital was not as streanous as that of Agred . The cart had stopped just outside the castle gates and the girls were expected to carry on from there. They were no small talks, no side glances and most especially no stopping on the way, The chains were thicker and more restrictive, No matter the restrictions it did not stop or hinder Marceline from admiring the Gothic experience of the Crisan palace.

Crisan referred to blood in the Ancient language and rightfully so it represented it’s name to it’s fullest. The Crisan palace was deserted, it was isolated in the middle of a river with a lone bridge connecting the outer world to the palace. The castle was deep black colour and , it had several interconnected floors and though people could be seen, it was still isolated and had an eerie feeling to it.

The people they passed through mostly wore black or blood red clothes, humans and Werewolves alike. Marceline was not all too excited to be there, but her curious eyes still wandered around.

The same thing also happened in Crisan, They were taken through the castle halls, they walked for a considerable distance before appearing in front of The Alpha’s chambers. The doors took a good amount of time to open, but when they did, it was sudden and hard enough to push Renee to the floor, Odette lost her footing and tumbled down as well.

“Are you okay?”, Marceline asked as she knelt down to help them both up, “I have been better”, Renee joked while helping herself up.

The guard sneered and charged at them, “I explicitly said no conversing before the Alpha!”, Renee stepped behind instinctively as the guard charged forward, He was getting dangerously close and Renee knew she had no where else to run, Her eyes dropped in fear and she caught sight of the wooden cane in his right hand, she closed her eyes to expect a hit, but instead she felt her body fall to the ground, while the cane collided with something hard, but it wasn’t her. Gathering herself in seconds she opened her eyes to see a horrible sight, Marceline’s cheeks were turned to her left and and a single line had formed on her spewing blood, She spat out blood as well and Renee’s eyes glistened with tears.

“Marceline...’’, Renée gasped getting up while Marceline turned to her fast, She raised her index to her lips and said, “Shhh”, Renée closed her lips while Marceline turned to the guards, whose Stoic expression gave no ounce of feeling, no regret, no guilt, no pity, nothing, “I apologize for her misstatement and the little scene we have caused”. The guard looked at her and chuckled, he towered over her deliberately and held on to her dress, “I do not care about your little charade, if anyone so much as to talk out of term, I wouldn’t hesitate to inflict pain on you”, The guard's eyes glowed, they changed from a beautiful black to a dangerous yellow and that Terrified Marceline, Once he let go of her she stumbled back and tried to find her way back to her position in the line.

“I have warned all of you, We are now Approaching the royal court of Alpha Cana and his Luna Lupercalia!”. Marceline stood with her face held high, Her jaw was under immense pain, but she kept her head up and showed no fear. The guard gave her a last glance before moving ahead. They did not have to walk for long before the sound of loud chatter and laughter was heard.

“I don’t believe , He would be so indecisive, A fraud!”, A high pitched voice said from a distance, The guards paused and so did the girls, “Kneel”, He said to them and they obeyed , painfully getting on their knees, while they were still in a straight line.

“Oh!”, The same woman exclaimed, “The Humans are here,”, The woman whom Marceline assumed to be Luna Lupercalia said with an array of disdain.

“Rise!”. The voice was deeper and unarguable belonged to a man, a man of power at that. Marceline struggled to rise to her feet, but eventually she did, though she slacked behind. “Heads up!” The guard instructed and they all raised their heads , Marceline looked at the people in the room and she looked away immediately. They were three people in the room, A woman whom Marceline assumed to be the Luna and a fierce king who sat beside her. The second man wore a suit and stood beside the chair on the left hand side of the king, He was quiet and he kept his eyes on Marceline.

The Queen was young and beautiful, She had long jet black hair and her eyes were gold, similar to that of the guard earlier. She wore a green emerald tiara, that was beautiful and enchanting but her clothes were dark and lacked colour, It was a reflection of the sad air that filled the kingdom. Alpha Cana sat lazily on the Chair, His eyes were droopy but Marceline could see the yellow colour in his eyes as well, He had a striking resemblance with the Luna and was also just as young. They did not look welcoming and kept their eyes moving from one girl to another.

They had an unreadable look in their eyes, they stared at each other too often and Marceline Could tell they were communicating between themselves, which was of no surprise to her, They were Werewolves and mates as well.

The opposite was said of the mysterious man that stood with hooded eyes looking directly at Marceline, Marceline could not read further into his features, She tried not to, She made sure her eyes stayed away from his as his stare bore holes into her and mysteriously kept her on her toes. Who was this man?