Chapter 259: A
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“When did Alpha Kingston say he was bringing the other stone?” Sister Mona asked as we waited in
one of the rooms in the cer for Theo.
“He’ll be here two days before the solstice,” I informed her. “He didn’t want to return sooner in case it
drew too much attention to him moving it. Besides, he has things to take care of in his own pack. He
was here too long.”
“And you’re sure he still has it?” she asked.
She had been worried about Kingston’s half of the Moonstone ever since he left. I don’t know what had
changed but she seemed suspicious of something.
“You keep asking about Kingston and the stone,” I pointed out. “Why are you so concerned he won’t be
here with it? He’s one of our biggest supporters.”
“Is he?” she asked.
“Why are you asking?” I snipped, getting a little annoyed.
Seeing my change in attitude, Sister Mona sighed. “My apologies. I know you and Alpha Kingston were
close.”
“Yes, and he’s a good man,” I insisted. “He understands full well how important this is. I know he will be
here. What I don’t know is why you seem to think he won’t be.”
“It’s not that I don’t believe he will bring it,” Sister Mora said. Her
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brow furrowed as she searched for the words to exin. “Before he left, I felt a dark cloud around him.
Something changed. Something shifted with him and he seemed conflicted.”
“He was upset that he was at a dead end with finding Grogan,” I said. “He’s one of the main
perpetrators of the Onyxcrown massacre. There’s a lifelong vendetta there. So it’s no surprise he
seemed upset.”
“I suppose you’re right,” she said. “But I suppose this Grogan character is another concern we should
be worried about.”
“Yes, we are aware,” I said. “that’s why Kingston is taking every precaution when bringing the stone
over. He will keep us and we will keep you informed throughout the entire process. But it won’t matter
much if we don’t learn what it is Theo and I are even supposed to do to get the stones back together.”
I was indicating the reason we were there. We were meant to be going over the ritual so we would be
prepared. We were just waiting on Theo toe back with our half of the Moonstone. Which he walked
in right at that minute carrying the metal box that held the stone. He paused for a moment, feeling the
slight tension in the room.
“Everything okay?” he asked, eyeing me curiously.
“Everything is fine,” I said. “Just voicing some concerns about the ceremony and uing move.”
“Ah, yes,” he replied. “We’ll get all the logistics sorted out with the Moon Haven move right after the
ceremony. How do the rest of the sister’s feel about rejoining wolf society?”
His tone was cheerful as he sat next to me, giving me a kiss on the
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temple. He had been in such a wonderful moodtely. It was hard not to adopt the same excitement.
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“They are quite pleased with the suggestion, actually,” she said with a bright smile. “Most of them at
least. They are all packing and preparing for the move as we speak.”
“That’s good to hear,” Theo replied. “Now, what are we supposed to be doing with this thing on the
solstice?”
Theo turned the key to the box and opened it up. Resting on a ck velvet cu shion inside was a red
stone. It wasn’t faceted like a gemstone but still translucent. Almost like ss. However, it was more
than evident that this stone was far more than just simple ss. There was a feeling a sense of power
that radiated from it that was impossible to miss when standing close to it.
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“We’ve designated the spot where you two will stand,” Sister Mina exined. “It is important that you
are outside in the open so that you arepletely under the eclipse. The ritual has to happen during
the totality period. Luckily, that should give us about and hour, so we have some wiggle room. The
most important part is that you perform the blood offering within that time.”
“Blood offering?” Theo repeated.
“The Moonstone was created using the blood of your ancestors,” Sister Mina stated. “That is why your
families have such a strong connection to it. It will take both of your bloods to reconstitute it.”
“That’s no big deal,” I replied. It wasn’t any different than what I had done for the blood oath to the other
pack leaders.
“That’s it?” Theo asked. “That seems pretty easy considering how difficult it seemed to pull it apart in
the first ce.”
“Well, the stone was meant to be one,” Sister Mona pointed out. “However, I fear it does sound more
simple than it may be in reality.
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You both will have to hold the stone entirely uninterrupted until it bes one again. No one can touch
you. You can’t move from your spot. And your blood must flow for however long it takes.”
Theo and I looked at each other.
“But we heal too fast,” I said.
Sister Mona nodded. “Yes, a small dose of wolfsbane will be necessary to counteract that.”
I fidgeted a little. “One problem with that,” I replied. “I’m immune to wolfsbane. It won’t have the same
effect.”
“Oh,” Sister Mona breathed. “Oh dear. I guess we will need to find another option. I would hate for you
to have to continuously cut yourself to get through this. I’m not sure how long it will actually take.”
Theo muttered something under his breath.
“What was that?”
“Mina said Lloyd killed himself using some kind of poison that Harry had developed,” he exined. “It
was some kind of wolfsbane hybrid. She said he died of massive internal bleeding.”
“We don’t want that much of her blood, Alpha,” Sister Mona interjected.
“Of course not,” Theo said. “He took a huge, unadulterated dosage. But all of his research on it was
with his stuff. We can have Mina and the pack doctor take and look and see if it could be a safe
alternative. It would make sense that that was Harry’s reason for creating it in the first ce. He was
looking for the stone’as is was.”
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“Yeah, he wouldn’t have known there were two pieces that had to be united,” I pointed out.
“Couldn’t he?” Theo replied. “There was already so much he knew that
we had no idea about.”
He was right. It did make sense.
“Okay,” I agreed. “Let’s check it out.”