Blessed Luna Rising - Chapter 42: Chapter 42

Tara’ POV
Day 3. Today those stupid Alphas were expecting us to hand over our Beta and Gamma females. We would never do that and as a result, our women and children have been placed into the new safe rooms of the castle instead of the safe room under the packhouse. Waking up in the castle has been a very strange experience but not unpleasant in the least. Killian and I have forgotten where we are when we first wake up since we started sleeping in the castle. The kitchen Omegas are in love with the new kitchen. The house Omegas were nervous at first because of the sheer size of our new home but once we explained that the ranked members would take responsibility for their floors, they were thrilled they’d only be responsible for the first and second floors. Kaiya and her coven of witches turned our entire territory into a royal paradise. The forest still conceals the castle but the packhouse and pack member houses now create a village outside of the castle walls. The roads are now lined with sidewalks, luscious green grass, solar street lights, beautiful hedges, and colorful flowers. The stone pathway to the castle leads to a tall black wall with a golden colored drawbridge over a large river I don’t remember ever being there. All in all, the pack territory now looks like the King and Queen live here. We have even started putting together plans for building housing for other species that visit from time to time.
“Everything has been moved from the packhouse safe room to the castle’s safe room, Luna.” Freya says as she sees me walking towards the safe room door.
I struggle for a minute to find the door hidden within the wall but finally manage to open it. I walk down the stairs to an enormous room. It is easily the width and length of the castle. 100 bunk beds line the outer walls of one end of the room for the pups and single wolves while 150 twin size beds are spaced in the middle of the room for the mated and elderly. In the middle of the room is the kitchen set up. 4 buffet lines sit in front of the kitchen so each pack member can get their food and return to their space. The other end of the room has the bathrooms and a little play area for the kids to get out some energy while they’re down here. It’s completely soundproofed and sealed so no sounds or light can be heard from the outside. I take my time to greet all the pups and pack members before heading back up the stairs.
I find Killian, Nicole, Jude, Hannah, Janah, and a handful of warriors gathered in the foyer of the castle. I dismiss Freya knowing whatever I’m about to find out isn’t good and walk to the group. They all stop chattering and bow causing me to roll my eyes.
“What is it?” I ask getting straight to the point.
“The Alphas sent a message, Queen Luna.” one of the warriors blurts as if unable to stop himself. Everyone shoots him a dirty look and I snap my fingers to bring the attention back to me.
“Don’t get mad at him for answering his Luna’s question. One of you should have been the first to open your mouth.” I say wagging my finger at the ranked members, including Killian, and they all lower their heads.
“Let me see the message… Now.” I say after nobody responds to my initial request. The same warrior takes the envelope from another warrior and approaches me. He drops to one knee and bows his head whilst holding the envelope out to me.
“That really isn’t necessary. I understand the Queen title makes everyone a bit more uptight but I’m still your Luna and don’t expect any different treatment. Okay… I’m sorry, your name has slipped my mind.”
“I’m Paul, your majesty, I mean Luna. Thank you.” he says lifting himself from the floor as I take the envelope.
“You were warned what would happen if you did not bring us the girls by today. This is our official declaration of war. We will get our mates back.”
I let out a loud sigh as I push the letter back into the envelope. I wave the warriors off and turn to the ranked members.
“Short and to the point. I suppose we should all take this time to rest up for the fight. Girls, you’ll be in the safe room with the other women and children. You’re their target so you’ll be protecting the safe room from the inside and 4 warriors will be stationed outside. This is not up for debate. Understand?” I say and the girls nod their heads.
We all head to the kitchen to eat a quick lunch before riding the elevators to our individual floors for a nap. After fending off Killian’s lust fueled attempts at sex before napping, we finally settle into the bed and drift off into sleep.
I open my eyes and find myself in a building I have never seen surrounded by people I did not know. I quickly realize I’m in a premonition and pay attention to every detail.
“TONIGHT WE FIGHT!” I hear a loud voice boom from the front of the room and move to search for the sound.
“MYSTIC MOON IS WITHHOLDING OUR LUNAS AND THINK THEY CAN FIGHT US TO KEEP THEM!” the voice booms again and the crowd around me screams and shouts in agreement. I finally make my way to the front and see two tall, bulky men with scraggly blonde hair and stubble on their faces.
“TONIGHT YOU FIGHT FOR ME AND YOU FIGHT FOR LANE AND YOU FIGHT FOR OUR LUNAS!” the second man shouts.
These are the Nate and Lane we are preparing to battle. Suddenly a group of women with long black hair, dark clothes, and dark makeup walk in. Are we in the gothic era? What is going on?
“Make sure you don’t attack these ladies right here. They are dark witches that have come to help us demolish this pack and take our girls by force.” Nate says to the group of warriors.
A force I can only describe as a vacuum sucks me back out of the vision and I sit straight up in the bed gasping for air. Killian launches out of bed in a fighting stance as he groggily adjusts his eyes and growls.
“Baby, I’m sorry. I had a premonition. I didn’t mean to scare you.” I say patting the bed so he will come back. He grabs his chest with one hand and runs his finger through the other before sitting down and pulling me to him. He buries his face in the crook of my neck and takes several deep breaths before speaking.
“What was the premonition, love?” he asks still tired.
“We need to speak with Kaiya… They have dark witches.” I say and his head shoots up.
I push my mind open and link Kaiya to come to our bedroom and when she arrives I drag her to the couch and begin explaining the premonition. She pulls her phone out and angrily sends a text before her phone rings.
“Hello?” she says through gritted teeth.
“Are you sure?” I hear the voice on the other end say and Kaiya assures them of whatever she said. They speak for a few more minutes and when Kaiya hangs up she stands to leave.
“Um. Excuse me?” I say and she stops.
“I apologize, your majesty. I must go to the foyer and open a portal for a couple more covens of light witches.” she says with a bow.
“I’ll come with and you can tell me why.” I say and walk with her towards the elevator.
“The witch you described is none other than my little sister, Genevieve.” she says solemnly.
“Genevieve has always been obsessed with power and ruling. She disappeared from our coven 7 years ago and we thought she was dead but apparently she’s been training and gathered a new coven of dark witches.” Kaiya continues and I nod as I purse my lips. Great, now I have to worry about keeping my people safe from dark witches.
“Your magic will keep everyone safe. It’s from the Moon Goddess herself so not even Genevieve can penetrate it. Please don’t worry.” she says as if reading my mind and I give her a small smile.
I greet the 4 new covens that come through Kaiya’s portal cheerfully and they all smile and bow. I can’t complain about adding 48 new witches to our fight but I also can’t help but feel unsettled about the addition of dark witches. It’s 10:30pm so I decide to run upstairs and change into my workout clothes since everyone would be getting up at 11:00 or so. I creep into the nursery and gather Amira and and Everett in my arms. I snuggle with my babies and whisper my love for them until 11:15 when their nannies come in to take them to the safe room. I squeeze them both and kiss their foreheads, praying a blessing of protection over them before handing them over. I walk into the room and find Killian getting dressed.
“Hey love, where ya been?” he says as he kisses my forehead.
“I greeted 4 new witch covens with Kaiya and then snuggled with the twins until the nannies took them to the safe room.” I reply and he smiles at me.
“You’re such a good mother, wife, Luna, and Queen. We’re so lucky to have you.” he says and I roll my eyes at him with a smile.
We intertwine our fingers and ride the elevator downstairs to find the witches in the foyer. I nod at Kaiya and we open the front doors to see a massive crowd of supernatural warriors.
“It was not so long ago I asked you to fight alongside me to defeat Atlas and his army. Today I ask you to fight alongside me to defeat 2 Alphas and a Dark Witch obsessed with power. Before the battle begins, please allow me to use my magic to protect you once more like I did in the war with Atlas.” I say with my voice and through mind link to ensure everyone hears me. They all take a knee before me as I grab Kaiya’s hand and Killian’s hand to begin the new spell I learned.
All acts of negativity will now return to the enemy. All bad they try to send our way, upon themselves will hold sway. All actions, thoughts, and words of hate will become their own decided fate. By the power of the Sun and Moon, this blessing of protection I bestow on you.
As the last word leaves my mouth, I feel the warmth wash over me and the familiar gasps of the warmth overtaking the others. They all stand and smile as they await their orders.
“Long live Queen Tara!” Killian shouts with his fist in the air and every being in front of me returns his battle cry.
Killian begins giving out orders to all of the supernaturals and just as before, everyone is in position awaiting Lola’s war cry. Myself, Killian, every Alpha, a few witches, and some warriors stand in the open area in front of the packhouse. We decided to close the drawbridge and had the witches manifest piranhas and alligators in the river to protect our home. The forest conceals the castle enough, I’m not convinced it was necessary but my babies are in there. 30 minutes pass and the alarm for the magical barrier sounds. Killian and I stand in front of the group with us as we wait. 2 black wolves with scraggly fur and yellow eyes come out of the forest and shift into their human forms.
One of the men bellows out in laughter while the other stands smirking.
“You think this is enough to defeat us? We are taking Hannah and Janah one way or the other. This is your last chance. Hand them over or die in vain.” he says.
“I’m sorry. We haven’t formally met. I am Tara, Queen of the supernaturals and Luna of Mystic Crystal. This is my mate, Alpha, and King, Killian. Who might you be?” I say in a confident yet condescending tone.
They snarl at my dismissal of their threat and I laugh.
“You know who we are, bitch! Alphas Nate and Lane Jameson of the Shadow Moon pack and you are not our queen.” one of them growls and before I can respond the group of black haired women appear from the trees.
“Nor are you ours. Even if you have my pathetic sister and family at your disposal.” she says in a bored tone.
“WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING PATHETIC?!” Kaiya screams and I turn to stop her.
“We will not let our emotions cloud us in battle, Kaiya. Stop this.” I say and she nods as she huffs but still we hear laughter from the witches and Alphas behind me.
“If that’s all, we’d like to go ahead and kill you all so we can take our Lunas home.” one man says before shifting and the other follows.
“Rest assured, the only ones dying today are you and your army. Shadow Moon will fall to Mystic Crystal as will Genevieve’s coven.” Lola says through mind link to the Alphas and the witches. Their eyes widen and take a hesitant step back as they realize what happened.
The hesitation doesn’t last long as they let out howls to signal their army to attack. I just sigh and look around before shrugging. Everyone shifts around me as they start charging towards us.
“If that’s how it’s gonna be…” I sigh before shifting and charging into battle.