Chapter 115: When the moon fully peaks, you’ll be at your strongest...
Selene POV
"Not just that," Kurtis added "His mixed blood is a threat to us. He could charm his way through our hearts and take our packs away from us through his powers as a siren. Also, as a wolf, he may attack us with physical force, soldiers and weapons," Kurtis’s eyes burned with renewed determination despite his weakened state "We must prepare ourselves on two fronts that’s the only way to avoid history repeating itself,".
Xavier’s brows scrunched up in confusion. "What do you mean to prepare ourselves to avoid history repeating? Has this happened before? Don’t tell me this is another one of those dark tales and I thought these things do not matter anymore. Isn’t it the whole essence of denouncing the doctrine of the moon goddess? Why are we still going back and front on things like this, Kurtis? Why are you allowing yourself to believe that those old wives’ tales still work? You think I don’t know what today is too? But do you see me going around with three pinches of Evening Primrose and Saffron tried around my ankle,".
"Technically, you don’t need that, Xavier," Kurtis said with a tired sigh "And please let’s not argue about this. There are a lot of natural phenomena that have been occurring for centuries now. Do you think it’ll be easy to break out of the cycle by denouncing the moon goddess alone? C’mon, stop acting like you don’t know these things and you don’t need to tie anything around your ankle because you were born today, so nothing would pretty much affect you, unlike us," Kurtis paused to raise his trousers up to show his ankles.
"Stop acting like a child, Xavier. The full dark moon is not something to joke with. It happens once in every century and you should know that you weren’t during the full dark moon so maybe you should try to protect yourself. Besides, this phase brings different kinds of dark omens. Every time it happens, someone seeks to topple an existing power structure that has ruled for ages which inevitably leads to bloodshed and tragedy. You cannot imagine how traumatizing it can be. I don’t wish it for anyone,".
"So!" Xavier scoffed "Conrad is simply playing his role or is he taking advantage of this knowledge to try to seize control for himself?"
"That I don’t know," Kurtis sighed wearily "For now, we must find a way to make sure that meeting that he was insisting on holding doesn’t happen and we should find a way to protect our minds too so he doesn’t use it as an avenue to poison our hearts. You cannot imagine how enthralling the powers of a siren are and to think that everything peaks under the Full dark moon. Honestly, this is a smart move from him, I must say,".
"Okay!" Xavier nodded "So, how about we perform rituals? You know protective spells and wards to help keep the people from being hypnotized by him just like Reid. By the way, I saw him a moment ago and he’s been following Conrad like a dog since he arrived. Is there nothing we can do about his situation? He’s going to be so embarrassed when the scales fall off his eyes,".
"We should worry less about Reid," Noah said thoughtfully. "I think the only reason why his plans are not progressive is because Reid doesn’t know a lot. Assuming it had worked on any of us, it would have been a problem. We know too much, so we must protect our minds. Alpha Jared told me that the best way to protect yourself from falling under his hypnosis is to avoid direct eye contact for a long and to crisscross your third finger with your index finger. It seemed to have worked when he came to meet me too,".