His Rogue Luna novel Chapter 90

sounding too happy despite our victory.

I guessed it was because she was counting her own losses too.

Viktor approached us, he too looking worse for wear.

"The vampire king wants a public execution of the hunters," He said, getting straight to the point.

"I agree with that. Where will this execution take place?" Seraphine asked.

Viktor shrugged."The king didn't specify and pretty much left that to us. As long as the vampires he sends can witness it,location doesn't matter to him."

"I have no particular locations in mind.Maybe we can have it here?" The witch looked to me for confirmation and I shook my head.

"We do it on the old Silverclaw Guardian territory.Their blood needs to be spilled on that land,"I stated,my mother's words echoing in my head. I looked back at the vampire and witch before me."And I kill them, no one else."

They both glanced at each other before slowly nodding their agreement.

Silence settled over us and I didn't bother try to break it. I was too busy thinking of this execution and Kieran to care much about anything else.

I hoped the whole thing only took a day. I didn't want to be away from Kieran or the pack at all, but I knewI had to be the one to slaughter those bastards.

I guessed if I left later today,I'd be back by tomorrow, though I realised we would have to take cars to transport the prisoners.

A loud voice clearing their throat interrupted my thoughts and I looked back up at Viktor, giving him a questioning look.

"So are we going to address the elephant in the room?"He asked.1 furrowed my brows, confused.

"What elephant?"

"How did you do it?" He asked.

"Do what? What are you talking about?" I asked,starting to grow annoyed.

"Do the mind-screaming thing?"

I blinked at Viktor,wondering if I was missing something, given the expectant look everyone else was giving me.

Seraphine had the decency to clarify thankfully, but I was still just as confused when she explained, but for different reasons this time.

"You projected your voice into the minds of everyone,which was painful might I ad."

"I did what?"I finally asked,finding my voice.

"You were screaming in everyone's head.It's how I managed to find the witch behind this and catch her. You broke her concentration long enough for her to drop her barriers,"

This was the first I was hearing of this, but thinking back, I knew the exact moment I could have done this:Watching Kieran fall.

The white hot pain in my head,the loud ringing in my ears and the way my whole body felt it was splitting into two,I could never forget that.I hadn't even realised I had been screaming until my throat burned.

The pain in my chest increased,as if to remind me of it's presence.I

rubbed at it in vain, hoping to relive some of the tension.

I needed to see Kieran.

"Artemis?"

I snapped out of my thoughts at the sound of Seraphine's voice.

"I didn't know I did that,"Was all I could say.I realised now that the barrier in my mind was gone from the witch's spell."I didn't even realise l broke the sell,"

They looked at me questioningly and so I explained.

"The witch placed a spell on me to stop me from mindlinking anyone while I was a prisoner,"I paused."I'm sorry I couldn't warn you guys about McConor in time," I added.

"No Artemis,it's okay.I had a vision of the attack so we were well prepared for their arrival," Seraphine said with a small smile.

"So now what?"Apollo asked.I sighed,looking around the battlefield.I closed my eyes, rubbing my hand on my chest while answering.

"We prepare for the execution."

Leaving the Phantom pack was the hardest part.Each step away from the land was more painful than the last and as we drove on in silence, creating more and more distance between us and home, the ache in my chest grew unbearable.

I was much too uncomfortable and tired to make any conversation so we all rode on in silence.

Apollo accompanied me in the backseat while two guards sat at the front, driving. Seraphine had taken a separate car, as had Viktor.

l suppose everyone needed space to think.

I had informed Selene where the execution would take place and to make the appropriate arrangements for our arrivals.

She agreed, after giving me her condolences.

I had underestimated McConor because I had learnt that he attacked multiple packs and covens at once. It was his way of distracting everyone from helping each other.

l guess it worked.