Dead Wolf Falling: Bad Moon Academy by Rory Miles

Author:Rory Miles [Miles, Rory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Carter is halfway through his lesson about the first war between supes and humans when Layla shuffles in. Her head is down, and she slides into her usual seat, not meeting either of our gazes. He doesn’t pause or miss a beat; he keeps on with the lesson as though she’s been there all along. I’m thankful he doesn’t make a big deal about her arrival, because shame is weighing her shoulders down, and I suspect she’s beating herself up for what she said to me.

While I’d like to say I didn’t take it personally, I’m not that person. What she said stung, but she was lashing out. I’ve already forgiven her. I continue writing notes, using it as a distraction from the current reality. Nothing like thousands of deaths and civil unrest to keep you from thinking about how fucked up your life is.

“For being slower and the weapons available in the early twentieth century, humans still found ways to slay hundreds of shifters in any given battle. Cannons were loaded with silver, which served to take care of the shifters. Fields were filled with explosives, so when the vampires tried to sneak up on a legion, they were blasted apart, giving the humans enough time to burn the head and body in separate places.”

“What about the witches?” Layla asks, suddenly perking up.

“The witches are an interesting set of supes, because they’ve worked hard to stay out of the wars. When shifters and vampires were busy attacking humans across the world and vice versa, the witches were busy fortifying their covens, building their numbers, and growing stronger.”

“Didn’t the witches attack shifters and vampires though?” I ask, remembering tiny details from the brief overview our school gave. The main points were to let you know, regardless of how human they looked, supes were dangerous.

“They did.” He ruffles his hair and yawns. “A few covens of dark witches went on an attack, going after other witches, shifters, vampires, and hunters alike.”

My ears twitch at the word hunter.

Not with the hunters again, seriously, Joan whines in my head.

Shut your trap. They’re so interesting.

“The hunters are gone now. . . right?”

Carter grins. “You’ve been reading?”

Lifting a shoulder, I stare at my nails. “Sometimes I study.”

“You’re right. Hunters are extinct, though not because of the dark witches. A vampire named Nix can be credited with that.”

“She killed them all? Why?” Layla asks, glancing between the two of us, all of her earlier awkwardness now gone in light of learning more about this world.

“Hunters were the strongest of supes, once fully trained, of course, and they’re driven by a need to kill bad things. So given vampires or even shifters being, well, wild, they would come in and take care of the supes who posed a danger to humans and the other supes. Anyway, long story short, some hunters pissed off Nix, this very old vampire, and she and a few other vampires went and wiped them out.”

“If they were stronger than them, how did they do that?” I wrinkle my brow.

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