Chapter 1
LEOLINA
“Have I already mentioned that I expect only the best from you tonight??” - asked my father, the owner of the hunting academy ”Ving” before the last training session today.
Specifically, I was hoping it was the last one because my legs were killing me and I knew for sure that I wouldn’t have the strength in the evening if we continued at this pace. We were on one of the auxiliary fields outside Zagreb and I felt it getting a little cold even though Mount Medvednica was not so close to us. For one hunter whose adrenaline was currently running high, I was pretty cold.
" Tonight is the Red Full Moon. As you know, this is the time when all unmated werewolves and Lycans lament the Goddess of the Moon for not having a mate . A werewolf and a Lycan without a companion is a weak werewolf. ”
I’ve heard that story a million times so far. It was about the Goddess of the Moon giving each werewolf and Lycan its divine half without which it cannot function — that is, it can, but a mated werewolf and Lycan is much stronger than an unmated one. Each half draws energy from the other half and thus forms one perfect whole.
And I am a member of the Hunting Academy that hunts all supernatural beings - but primarily werewolves, Lycans and vampires. My father is even the owner of that academy, which made my situation rather ungrateful - namely, ownership was passed from generation to generation and I was expected to continue the ninth generation with happiness and enthusiasm, which I was not ready to do when I was less than eighteen. I also didn’t like what I had to do tonight - the massacre of Lycans when they were weakest.
Some inner voice was telling me that was wrong, but there was nothing I could do but obey and do what was expected of me.
Massacre.
A massacre of werewolves who only seek love from the Moon Goddess because they cannot find it themselves.
“And that’s why I don’t even want to hear the word failure tonight! Tonight we are testing what you have learned and those who return alive have passed the Hunter test.I hope you understand what the stakes are in the game! This only happens once a year and the next opportunity is not until next year! ”
I didn’t want to be a Hunter, but I had to if I wanted to survive. If I don’t kill ’em - they’re gonna kill me.
