I Am The Luna

killing innocent people!” | shout, wanting to give him one final chance before we end this.

He hurt Valerie... he hurt and killed so many... is there any compassion or an ounce of humanity in the murderer

before me?

“Innocent? Those who are ready to fight a war are not innocent, nor are they casualties of war! They are killers!”

He snarls at me, his eyes cold. and emotionless.

“I guess you don’t seem to look in the mirror often... so is that your wish? Will you fight the Sublas if we are

your enemy until the very end?” | ask.

“As if you are? You fucking ARE my enemy!” Gaultier snarls, launching himself at me. His aura swirls around him,

but it’s nothing compared to the combined power of all three of “Let it all go,” | whisper as | glance at the moon

for a moment.

Guide your people, goddess...

As one, we raise a powerful shield, one that illuminates the entire sky, blinding all those around us. The moment

he tries to cut through it, | tighten my hand, making the powerful force field wrap around him.

He's fighting it, his heart thundering with anger and frustration, but he is not strong enough to take on the three

of us.

My gaze flicks to Sebastian as the bullets.

continue to rain down on us.

“Bastien!” | shout, my heart almost stopping when a bullet barely misses him.

‘I'm good, Foxie, focus on yourself.” His voice comes and | realise what | did.

Showed | care.....

| look away. He is holding his own very well against Gerard and the other wolves.

From the corner of my own eyes, | see backup arriving but there are far too many of the Sable’s men here and

they have begun forming a circle around us, blocking off our backup.

“You can still choose us, Toussaint! Tonight, we will destroy this place and take over!” Gaultier snarls as he tries

to back up, but we don’t let him go.

“That won't happen,” | reply,

“Let's end him,” Atticus says, his eyes cold.

‘Are you ok with this?’ | ask Sebastian.

| wonder if | should have even asked when | promised to end them already, but he is his. brother...

‘Why wouldn't | be? End it.” He replies, his voice emotionless and cold before he breaks through Gaultier's

barrier, tearing into Gerard.

I nod, although I know he can’t see, turning my attention back to Gaultier.

His eyes are filled with hatred, and | am certain that he is commanding his people. The way his eyes are darting

all around, it’s almost as if he does not fear the predicament he’s in...

We can’t waste any more time.

| close my hand, feeling the force of our power tightening around him.

His eyes blaze and just as | raise my other hand, ready to put an end to him; the entire ground trembles beneath

us before an explosion goes off and we're thrown into the air, breaking our hold on one another.

“Zaia!” Atticus shouts.

Sebastian’s growl resonates through the air, drowning out everything else and before | can even attempt to

break my fall, he catches me, now in human form, and we both hit the ground.

His body breaks the fall as we tumble and roll along the ground, his arms tightly aroundas another explosion

goes off, sending debris flying everywhere.

His hand pulls my head closer to his chest, the other arm safely protecting my stomach that | am protecting with

my own arms, and something hits his arm, makingflinch when | hear something crack.

“Sebastian!”

“I'm fine. | told you to be careful,” he growls possessively, making my heart skip a beat.

Even with explosions going off around us, the smell of fire and blood and the howls of the wolves, I'm still aware

of the way his touch feels, as he massages my waist, pullingto my feet.

He looks around, and | turn to see Gaultier, in wolf form, lift Gerard onto his back. Clearly, Sebastian had

managed to do sdamage to him.

“They're getting away!” | shout, trying to scan the ground for Atticus and Valerie. | can sense their auras, but |

can’t see them.

“No, they won't,” Sebastian replies firmly. His eyes blaze as he shifts, transforming back into his huge form and

this t| don’t need an invitation, jumping onto his huge back and twisting my hand into his fur as he breaks

into a run.

“Valerie? Atticus?” | shout.

“I'm fine, and so is Atticus, but his headpiece is broken.” Valerie's voice comes.

“All good, we'll join you soon, I'll follow your tracker,” Atticus says.

“Ok!”

| press the button that is attached to my shirt, hearing the tiny beep so both Valerie and Atticus know where |

am. Something we had in place so we could find one another, regardless.

Gaultier growls as he speeds up, realising we are catching up, but Sebastian is closing the gap between us fast.

‘Get back here! Are you scared? Can’t you win againstin a battle?’ Sebastian's taunts fill my mind and |

wonder when | stopped blocking him out.

“Thank the goddess you did,” he replied mockingly, making my heart skip a beat at his sexy tone. | choose to

ignore him as | reach behind me, taking out my gun from my belt. It's already loaded.

Tto take out one of the three points of the Sable Triquetra...

My eyes blaze as | hone in on Gaultier. The speed and the movement of Sebastian running through the fire

doesn’t deterand | cock the gun, my finger tightening on the trigger. Bullets that will kill a wolf...

Gaultier snarls at me, and | smirk. “This is the path you chose. Are you ready for it, Gaultier?” | ask but my target

isn’t him... | plan to take out Gerard first...

Gaultier doesn’t need to know that, not yet anyway.

| pull the trigger, my eyes blazing as | force apart Gaultier’s barrier, allowing the bullet to whizz through. He

ducks, growling as Gerard falls off his back when the first bullet connects, hitting Gerard in the back.

The elder man groans as he tries to get up from the ground, failing to do so and motions for Gaultier to cto

him instead, but | don’t give him a chance to protect Gerard as | glare at the man who had hurt us all.

| get off Sebastian's back, and | nod at him silently.

‘I want to deal with Gerard.’ | tell him. He hesitates before he givesa nod.

‘Be careful,” he warns before he gives chase to Gaultier, who is slowly but surely backing away from us and

Gerard as if knowing he won't win this one.

“Zaia...” Gerard says as he tries to get up and that’s when | see his entire low leg is almost ripped off. Sebastian

sure did wel, Perfect.

“You hurt my child. You ruined the first years of her life and played us all. | hope you burn in hell.” | say quietly as

| refill my gun with a new cartridge of bullets.

“I did what the goddess wanted! Why else did she create us?!” he snarls.

He doesn’t care! Not about my angel, not about anyone but himself!

| frown, remembering Agatha’s words about Zion... and what Zion himself said...

“I don’t know, but it’s twe end the fighting. Enough is enough.” | say.

“You think that... all that happened was for a good cause. You can’t really be thinking of ending my life, are you?”

he asks.

| narrow my eyes as | see his eyes dart towards the trees.

Even now he has no remorse and is plotting his escape.

“Of course... we-"

I pull the trigger, hitting him square in the throat, cutting off whatever he was about to say. :

His eyes widen as he drops backwards onto the ground, choking as blood spurts from his neck. Hearing running, |

quickly reinforce the shield aroundjust as several wolves cinto view, circling me.

He was trying to distract me!

| shoot him again, this tthrough the chest as | let out a menacing growl, throwing the wolves back.

| keep shooting, emptying the bullets into him, wishing he felt more pain, wishing he was able to experience

what my angel has been through.

| only stop when there are no more bullets and | glare at the wolves around me, none daring to approach.

“Zaia! Your dad is hurt! | can’t fucking get through!” Jai’s strained voice comes. “Zade is a fucking beast! Fuck

this!”

My stomach twists.

| need to go to Dad!

‘Sebastian! Gerard is dead, and Dad! | need to go to Dad!’

‘Go, I'll handle Gaultier and these!” Sebastian says. ‘I'll catch up.”

I nod as | turn, rushing towards the eastern side, as another violent explosion goes off, sendingtumbling to

my knees.

Goddess!

‘Just you andGaultier, brother to fucking brother. Let's see who's the better fighter.” | hear Sebastian's

menacing threat before the two menacing growls fill the air as they clash.” This tfor real.”

My heart skips a beat, and I look back. ‘Be careful... for the children.’ | say softly.

‘Hmm,” he replies, and | speed up, using smore Moon Dust to guideto Dad.

As | run, | notice that everything aroundis destroyed... | look around the streets and the ground that is no

longer recognisable. It's one big demolition zone, scattered with dead bodies, that makes my stomach churn.

‘Zaia...” Dad's voice comes in my head, but the tone in his voice is what shatters my heart. It's the tone of a final

goodbye...