The Luna Gambit

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my sleepy eyes were on the black ceiling. The rest of the room was shrouded in darkness, only illuminated by one lamp that was standin

n a bed that wasn't my own and fisted my hand

n't been a dream. Xavier had transformed before my eyes and killed three men. Natalie had created some kin

d easily imagine that everything that had happened was impossible, but I would be foolish to do

d of the room with one leg crossed over the other. I could only tell it was him when he leaned forward into the light. He

re him. All I could see as I looked at him was the creature I had seen

on the door. I should be doing s

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ite nightgown I was wearing. "You

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nothing flat on my body

watched as the silky strands jumped back in

nyone who's b

, and his face was once

Xavier. I was already calmer than I should be. If h

happ

You saw something y

I wished it wasn't so because now I had questio

conversation was going, and considering that I knew he could rip me to shreds, I shouldn't say any

ockets, and my body went stiff. But what really got me was when he stepp

. I stood and looked up at him, into his obs

ocked m

mouth twitched, and my eyes widened, shocked at what I had just done, but I stoo

is head turned back to me. "When you

going to

up and down, as if he was sizing me up, and I clenched my fists so much my n

my surprise, a smirk found its way onto

I lifted my hand again to slap the smug prick, and he c

r. I don't care what you are. I'll ke

n't squeezed me, but if he had so much as a muscle spasm, he would probab

his chest, causing his shirt to stretch taut over his bulging bi

that, and

What I know is that three men died, and I got knocked out. And now I'm here. And what the hell did you and Natalie do to me? Yo

arns about werewo

calmly he had just said that. Did I ev

e kidding. You're joking, right? How does that make sense, Xavier? That was something you were aware of? And n

atched his face shift from relaxed to furious within seconds. When he

hout the room. He was pissed, livid, and my fear pinned me to the bed as he leaned over me. "You humans are

ed, despite how dry my mouth was, as tears began to roll down my cheeks. I wasn't ungratef