Guardians of the Opal Moon

Chapter 4

Alexis looks around the crowd, she still can’t get used to all this. How are there so many good looking people in one place? If she didn’t know any better she would think she was at a model convention.

Even the middle age people look good. What is with that? It is against nature.

“The only person you need to check out is right here”

Alexis grabs a chunk of non-existent fat on Lucas’ waist and twists it, smiling slyly as she does it. She would never tell him that he is by far the best looking, even with that muscled neck he struggles to hold up that big fat head as it is. She has no intentions to adding to that.

“So witches?”

Lucas’ playful smile turns grim.

“I have never even met a witch before. We steer clear from them. This is very bad Alexis”

Alexis looks up at him wide-eyed, Lucas is rarely serious and he rarely calls her by her name, opting for princess more often than not. In her training, she rarely heard about witches, thinking it was an oversight. She now thinks differently. She places a small pale hand on his strong chest. Lucas looks at her expectant eyes, realising that she is him wanting to elaborate, but he really can’t say much more than that. He taught her very little about witches because he knows very little himself.

Lucas has not much more information than her, he knows that he may have gone a little bit overboard with the seriousness of his tone. He leans down kissing her soft red lips, pinning her face in place with a pinch of the chin.

“It is okay princess, I doubt we will have to deal with anything like that. The Blue Moon pack is big but it isn’t on the same scale as Opal Moon or others. We just have to be a bit more cautious just in case”

Alexis bites Lucas’ lips and pats her chest in a proud manner.

“I will look after you”

Lucas rubs the top of her head in a doting manner with a smile on his face.

“I am sure you will”

Alexis swats his hand away. What a condescending bastard. Lucas pins her hard to his body, grinding hard against her.

“Only you can look after me in one way”

Alexis looks around at the surrounding crowd in a sneaky manner, she raises her well shaped eyebrows at Lucas.

“Can we?”

Lucas laughs and kisses her again, deepening it instantly. Alexis wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him down further to her, unworried about the surrounding onlookers. Lucas smiles into the kiss. Alexis is crazy, how does she never care about the time or place? But he always plays into it with her.

Ava and Hunter stand in the center of the crowd. Hunter has a passive look on his face, while Ava’s smile is so big that it looks like it is actually going to break her face, not from the news of the witch, that was truly unexpected and terrible news, it is the atmosphere and the massive crowd, also the hope that she is going to run into people that they know. Hunter looks helplessly at his mate.

“No one that we went to the academy with will be here, they haven't taken over yet”

“I know, but feel the power, smell all the scents, hear all the people, isn’t it an overload on the senses”

Hunter offers a soft smile, he is not sure how an overload of the senses could ever be a good thing, but he has to admire Ava’s enthusiasm. Ava looks over and spots Jade coming toward their direction chatting to people. Ava grabs Hunter's arm and shakes it excitedly. Hunter is sure if he was human his arm would be dislocated by now but he just allows the mate to play out her excitement because there is nothing he likes more than seeing her happy.

“Do you think she will come and talk to us?”

Ava is full fan girling over Jade, whereas Hunter only has eyes for his mate and the possible dangers that could surround her.

“She has a lot of people approaching her, so our chances are slim”

Ava looks down, looking slightly despondent, but quickly cheers herself up.

“Food?”

Hunter smiles, he was wondering when she would mention that. It is a full time job keeping this girl fed. He takes her hand and leads her to the food table.

Jade wanders further. No one seems to be offering any help. A lot of words said with little value held, Axel links her.

‘Found anything?’

Jade rolls her pretty green eyes, like he wouldn’t know if she had actually found anything, she has felt his gaze burning a hole in her back the entire time. She turns around and flashes a big smile at him.

‘Have you taken your eyes off me long enough for me to find something in secret?’

He smiles back at her and winks, having no intention of taking his eyes off her. Jade faces back to the task at hand. She walks toward the food table. For some reason, she is drawn to a couple that are standing together. They are the youngest couple here. She can’t help a smile forming as it reminds her of Axel and herself back at the very start, but their relationship never seemed as carefree as the two in front of her.

The man is feeding the blonde girl, a look of pure love as he gazes upon the girl. Jade can’t help but hope that they never have to face the challenges that her and Axel have had to overcome.

Jade is not sure what it is exactly, but he can’t help but be drawn toward the two. She gets interrupted a few times, for a few more pieces of useless information, but keeps an eye on the young couple the whole time.

She finally gets free and heads straight toward them quickly to avoid anymore interruptions. She walks straight up and stands in front of the two.

Ava is busy getting lost in Hunter's beautiful golden eyes as he feeds her with care. Ava is the first one to notice someone looking at them. She turns slightly embarrassed when she realises what they were doing in full view of everyone, especially when she notices the visitor. Her heart jumps in excitement. She didn’t think she would get a chance to meet Jade, yet she actually delivered herself to them. She faces Jade and bows slightly. Hunter follows suit.

"Luna Jade"

Jade studies the two closely, wondering why she feels like she had to meet the couple, what exactly drew her to the two of them, the girl is as pretty as a picture. Her massive smile is enough to make anyone relaxed, her eyes are big and seemingly filled with innocence, but for Jade, who is well trained and sensitive to these things, she notices the strength and power rolling off the young girl, she nods in appreciation. She turns her attention to the man, the main thing that draws her in is his golden eyes. They are beautiful. Jade has never seen a wolf or anyone, for that matter, possessing such color eyes.

Jade extends a hand to Ava and Ava hurriedly takes it. Jade is still studying them, except for the golden eyes and their young age. She cannot understand what has drawn her toward the two of them. Jade releases Ava’s hand and extends her hand to Hunter, shaking his hand with a firm handshake.

Hunter’s unbottoned sleeve slips up slightly during the handshake. Jade's eyes widen as he stares at the tiny sliver of a black ring that she can see. Without caring about anything else, Jade lifts the sleeve up on Hunter’s shirt, exposing his strong forearm. eight black rings are as clear as day on the otherwise tanned and flawless skin.

Jade releases his hand in a hurry, grabbing Ava’s hand and pulling up the sleeve to reveal the same mark on her arm. Jade’s heart nearly jumps out of her chest in the excitement and shock of her discovery. Ava and Hunter are seemingly unphased by the weird movements. After they got the marks, everyone has been interested, so they are not surprised about the interest in the strange marks. What they are expecting is questions about the mark, which they have no answers for. What they weren’t expecting was the next question.

"Who are you?"

Jade demands, her voice laced with so much authority. Hunter and Ava weren’t expecting such a response, so both of them look at Jade wide eyed.