CHAPTER ELEVEN (NEW MOON) Chapter Eleven: Activation First thing’s first—how?Mallory went closer to the clear river, the moon lighting the place up for her to see her face clearly. She looked at her own reflection closely, but no matter how much staring she did, she couldn’t see any changes. She can’t see the patterns she saw in her memories.Mallory sat by the edge of the river; her mind spun to figure out how.Should I… A minute later, an idea surfaced in her head. She looked up, at the glowing moon. Should I try and talk to the Goddess?Mallory had done prayers of thanks to the Goddess. She had done things that others had too to communicate with the Goddess. Rituals, prayers, and meditating somewhere nice and quiet. However, none of these acts warranted a response from their Goddess.Mallory thought hard

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (NEW MOON) Chapter Thirteen: The Gates As the sun dips below the horizon, a town next to a mountain range emerges from a fog. Oil lamps and candles lit up one by one, illuminating the small place. As the darkness truly enveloped the land, the town came to life. A door of a rather simple house creaked open, and a man with red eyes stepped out. One after another, more came out from their houses. Their faces were pale as snow, their eyes red as blood, and the most noticeable feature of them all; their fangs. Long, sharp fangs. Havenbrook town. A small town of vampires. As they can’t be under the light of the sun, vampires only come out at night. And as the moon shone, it was the beginning of their day. Vampires moved about, talking to one another or taking a walk near the fountain in the square. Little noise could be heard, and the town excluded a tranquil atmosphere. Half an hour later, one of the residents of the town looked outside, and with his hawk-like eyesig

CHAPTER FIFTEEN (WAXING CRESCENT) Chapter 15: New House Trevon brought them around the pack and introduced the important parts and on which building they should go or specific reasons. As they go around looking at things, the two can’t help but marvel. It was truly bigger than their pack. It was bigger than Mallory had ever seen. Everything looks and feels so organized, and Trevon did a good job explaining everything to them. Mallory can’t help but think that she’ll adjust better than she had ever done. ‘Though I really have no other choice but to get on my feet fast,’ she said to herself ruefully. Mallory thought of the future ahead and felt her shoulders droop for a bit. She immediately fixed her mood and realized that they were already crossing the bridge she had seen earlier. It was a short bridge, and they crossed it in a matter of seconds. What awaits them on the other side of the bridge is another row of houses, but Mallory noticed that they were a lot more clustered and

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (WAXING CRESCENT) Chapter Seventeen: Job Application In this pack, you can get contributions by completing tasks or missions that are handed out in the General Application House at the Town Hall. There are a lot of different things to do, and Trevon introduced them to some. One is helping to mow the field or to help plant vegetables and grains on the field. Two are attending to the animals, feeding them on a daily basis, milking the cows, and many more. There are also tasks or missions that need to be done outside the pack. Such as foraging fruits and spices because there is not enough especially since the village is growing bigger. Or finding minerals and ores for the forgers to create weapons or tools. Very rarely, there will be a mission just like Hazen’s unit did. A mission that needs to be done outside the safe zone, or venturing in the outside world to gather information. It’s risky, so sometimes, they need to train others first before deploying a team. Ma

CHAPTER NINETEEN (WAXING CRESCENT) Chapter Nineteen: Meeting Again She immediately got on her feet, tucked her equipment with her, and looked around once more. There was literally no one around her, she was alone. Mallory’s heart thumped wildly. The lapping of the water and the gentle whispers of the wind sound so distant. She looked at the horizon; there was still a lot of time before the sun dipped on the horizon. Maybe they just went somewhere to rest. Mallory tried to think positively. She calmed her anxious heart and walked towards the bank where her companions were. She saw their traces trailing towards the forest. Mallory looked and stared. There were no obvious movements inside the dense trees and bushes. She can’t hear their voices, and can’t see any trace of them. She gulped and said with finality. “They left me.” That was a fact she dreaded to learn. She remembered the way their captain looked at her and remembered how the others treated her—like an air. ‘The area