Chapter 78
Chapter 78 – Celeste
Celeste P.O.V.
I fell asleep again after having sex, only to be woken up by my growling stomach and a chuckling
Markus, “We should shower and
grab breakfast. Today might be a long day,” he said as he helped me up.
We showered and headed down to breakfast. Alpha Diego’s mom grabbed me and led me down to the
kitchen the moment she saw
me. Yelling at Markus to go wait in the dining room. ‘Are you OK, Tuli?’ He asked me while I was being
dragged away.
‘Yes, she wants to teach me some dishes,’
answered. Mrs Rodriguez taught me to make Chquiles, huevos divorciados, huevos
rancheros among other dishes. We worked together for about an hour, enjoying chatting and pumping
out the food until she gave me a te of chquiles and told me to go join Markus before he used
her of vebor as she finished thest of the tes.
I walked in to everyone eating happily. I noticed Gillian was sitting next to the woman that had asked
him to dance yesterday. I shot
him a wink as I passed by and I heard him trying to say a word correctly. He blushed and it made me
when she turned around.
“Se ve. Cam, gusto en conoce Luna Celeste(I can tell, nice to meet you Luna).” she said with a
smallugh, “Sera fluente para cuando se regresen. Yo hablo ingles pero prefiero mi lengua. Ademas,
es lindo verlo tratar. No muchos lo hacen. (He’ll be fluent by the time he leaves. I know english but
prefer my native tongue. Plus it’s adorable to see him try. Not many make the effort)”
I nodded, “Sí, es buen hombre. Tratamelo bien (Yes, he’s a good man. Treat him right.)”I told her asl
patted him on the back and
kept going until I reached Markus.
“only understood half of those words. Do / want to know?’ Gillian’s voice reached me.
I wouldn’t be a good Luna if I wasn’t willing to be a wingwoman’
said as I dug into my food.
‘-well Thank you… I think, he answered.
‘Hey, you did all the hard work. I just gave you a nudge
I said.
I don’t know what that means,’ he said. ‘You will.’ Iughed and cut off the mind link.
‘Tuli, ‘Markus asked, is that going to be who I think it’s going to be?’ ‘I hope so. He looks smitten
already,’ I said.
‘So his mate will be Mexican?” he asked me. I could feel his curiosity through the bond.
‘Yes. I think so.’
“How was your breakfast? I made it with the help of Mrs. Rodriguez,” I changed the subject.
“It’s delicious. I’ve never had something quite like it,” he said showing me his clean te.
“Mom’s always been a gifted cook,” Alpha Diego said proudly.
“Yes, I can’t wait to try some of these recipes when we get back home. Hopefully I can learn a few
more before I go,” I said
enthusiastically as I took another bite.
We chatted amicably for a little while as I ate. Once I was finished, Alpha Diego gave us the tour of the
grounds. It was really amazing how self sufficient they seemed to be. They farmed, processed and
canned a lot of their products. There were drying racks filled with peppers we had used this morning.
They even had some refrigeration carved into the mountain that used the coolness of the rock with
minimal electricity to store their meat.
Although the Packhouse was built into the side of the mountain, we hadn’t realized that even the parts
that didn’t face the outside
were so light without requiring electricity during the day. Alpha Diego pointed to a bunch of thin
skylights that seemed to lead to the top
of the mountain. It was always cool despite the summer heat, he assured us as he led us to the back.
He opened a door,
“This is what you came here to see. This is our, how do you say, hall of records. This is where the
entire history of our family is stored.”
show many generations. There were books on pedestals all around and shelves littered through out the
room.
“Our family has been here for many generations. As we’ve discovered information, or have had other
siblings of the moon goddess reach out, we’ve attempted to document as much as we could in the
hopes that one day, we would have enough to put a stop to Huitzilopochtli before he ends all of our
blood lines. Many of the women in our family have kept journals. Some men, too. Your mother’s is
here,” he said as he pointed to a set of journals and a binder. “Even after she left with her mate, she
sent us her entries via email,” heughed. “It was the reason my great-uncle bought his firstputer
and connected us to the outside world with inte. They are all printed, I reached for my mother’s
journals. I noticed my hands were shaking as I let my fingers trail down the spine. I felt the all too
familiar pull as I went backwards in time. I saw her, on a small ledge above the Packhouse. She was
smiling as she wrote in her journal.
Her tanned skin and wild brown hair blowing in the wind. I was pulled forward and back into the room.
“What just happened?” Alpha Diego asked. I turned and he wasn’t looking at me but at Markus.
“You saw?” I asked him.
He nodded, “She was beautiful,” e said.
I smiled.
“Ahem,” Alpha Diego cleared his throat, waiting for an anshwer.
“I have the power of sight,” I said.
“Yes, I know. Your mother wrote it in one of the journals, but I saw his eyes go white,” he said, pointing
at Markus.
I nodded. “Markus and I have a deep bond. He is able to share my gift.”
Alpha Diego looked surprised at that. “I’ve never heard of that happening before. He gets his own
visions?” he asked. I shook my
head, “He only shares it. I had the vision and he can see it with me.”
“This is new,” he scratched his head. “I wonder if everyone after you will have this ability. It would
certainly up the game if someone
has an offensive power.”
“Do we tell him?” I asked Markus.
“Let’s wait a little. Maybe we show him before we leave,
Markus said. I nodded.
“Are we OK to look around Alpha Diego?” I asked.
“It’s just Diego. You are my cousin after all. You can look around all you need. I will bring you some
snacks,” he said as he exited.
“Where do you want to start,” Markus asked. I looked at my mother’s journals. As much as I wanted to
read them, we needed other
information first.
“Let’s try to find information on Huitzilopochtli,” I said, “He’s the threat Selene warned me about.”
“OK. At least everything seems to havebels. You start on that side and I will start over here,” he said,
pointing to a shelf near
him.
We began looking at the books, seeing if any of them would give us any new information on
Huitzilopochtli. We sat there for hours.
Gillian joined us at noon, bringing us lunch and grabbing a few books to read, but I sent him off to
spend time with Cam after two
hours.
“How did you say the name was spelled? Huz- Huzipotle?” Markus said, giving up and bringing the
book over. He’d been struggling to
read anything at all, his Spanish was basic at most, but he was looking for the name in the books.
“Huitzilopochtli,” I said, and took the book from him.
There was a big picture of the warrior from the vision Selene had shown me. “This is him,” I said.
I read underneath. There was not much:
Huitzilopochtli
God of Sun and War
Brother of Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui
Goes by:
Helios – The Sun God of the Greeks.
Surya – The Hindu Sun God.
Inti – The incan Sun God.
Kinich Ahau – Mayan Sun God.
“Markus,” I gasped.
“What?”
“Helios. In one of the visions I had when I visited Selene. Luna Luisa had mentioned getting a prize
from Helios in exchange for mom
and me. They must be the same person. He found us and must have made a deal with Blood Moon to
get to us, but they f****d it up.
“So Alpha Geoff was never after your mom for her powers?” He asked.
“I don’t know, but I’m sure he pushed them to attack my parents,” I said and I could feel tears of rage
roll down my face as I held my
stomach protectively.
“We won’t let him get to our pups, Tuli.” he said as he gathered me in his arms. “We know he’sing.
We know what he looks like.
We will be more prepared than your parents. You’re not alone.”
“Everything OK?” Diego came in as I sobbed into Markus’ chest. “Yes, it’s just hard for her. She’s dealt
with all of this alone for so long.”
“I understand. Mom wanted me to ask Celeste if she wants to join the preparations for dinner, but I can
tell her she can help another
day.” He said, but I looked up.
“No, I want to learn all I can.”
“You know, would you be opposed to digitizing all of this?” Markus asked Diego.
“How?” He asked, “It’s generations of hand-written records. At one point, I tried to have people start
typing it, but it was just too
much.”
“Evergreen, the man who reached out to you on our behalf. He is a tech genius. If you’re not opposed, I
can have hime out and
take a look. I’m sure he either has or can make some sort of software program to get it all digitized”
“It won’t hurt. I often worry something will happen and all of these records will be lost forever.”
“I will contact him. Maybe he can even join us here,” Markus said, looking excited at the thought.
“So, what is your mom making?” I said.
“Mole. Come, I’ll show you to the kitchen,” Diego said as he led us out.
“Tuli, are you sure you’re up for more cooking?” Markus asked me, worry in his voice. Diego looked
confused, “Is she sick?”
“Did Tomas not tell you?” Markus asked, “She’s pregnant.”
“Madre de dios. So this is why your guards seem so on edge when they aren’t actively guarding you? I
swear I’ve seen them all pass by
this door every time I’vee near.”
Markusughed. “They love their Luna,” he said simply. “I hope you know, I did tell them that we were
safe while inside the
Packhouse.”
“It’s their instinct to want to keep protecting their Luna while not in their ownnd. Rest assured, no
offense is taken. Now that I
know she’s expecting a pup, I will make sure to double the guards at the gates,” Diego said.
“Pups,” Markus corrected. “We’re expecting twins.”
“A double blessing. Come cousin,” he said cheerfully to Markus as we arrived at the kitchen. “We will
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celebrate. Don’t worry about your mate, mom will be doting on her hand and foot. She loves pups.”