Hunted Memories (Book 1 of the unnatural series)

”I’m sorry for scaring you. That wasn’t my intention.”

Kathy still felt apprehensive. That jump scare had spooked her.

”Why were you in the dark?” she asked.

”I enjoy the dark, ” he replied. Kathy could relate to that. Darkness was something she had always loved.

”Okay. You said you have answers. Who or what are we? Why do we have weird eyes and marks?”

He chuckled lightly. ”One question at a time, Kathy.”

She groaned. ”Just tell me.”

”Why would I tell you?” He said.

Kathy frowned. Does this mean that she walked into a trap?

”What do you mean?”

”When I can show you, ” he added.

With a wave of his hands, a black box appeared in front of them. Kathy’s eyes widened in shock. She retreated slowly, not wanting to go close to the weird box.

The black box had what looked like a constellation of stars swirling around it.

”Do you want to find the truth?”

”Yes but I am not going into that thing, ” Kathy announced while pointing at the box.

”It’s a portal that can only appear on a new moon. You can’t go to Lunae without going through it. It appears only once in two moons. The next door will open on the next full moon, ” he said.

Lunae? Kathy thought. What the hell is Lunae?

”I can see the questions written all over your face. I’ll tell you one thing, Lunae is where our species come from.”

His explanation was only getting Kathy more confused. Species? What species?

She was about to voice her thoughts when he cut her off.

”The rest of your questions would be answered in Lunae. I can’t say anything else in this realm due to my oath of silence, ” he told her.

”But…”

”To ease your fears, I will go before you, ” he said then stepped into the box and vanished before Kathy’s eyes.

Kathy’s eyes widened, she took one step back and was about to bolt when a thought crossed her mind–he was her only hope of finding the truth about herself.

That thought gave her the determination she needed to step into the box. With closed eyes, she stepped into the box and immediately felt a pull–invisible hands pulling her into somewhere. She could feel a warm sensation in her body. Still, with closed eyes, her body kept moving fast. In a matter of seconds, her feet landed on the sand.

Kathy opened her eyes, it was unbelievable what she saw. The lights were blinding. Natural glimmers of different colors and types. The place looked magical. Lunae or whatever that place is was very beautiful. The houses all looked alike and shaped the same way. Plants of different colors and species, most of which she had never seen or heard of before.

”Like what you see?”

Gabriel popped out of nowhere again. However, her eyes were too busy taking in the beauty before her. It wasn’t a question, she did like what she saw before her. All her life, she had never seen anything so beautiful. She had seen lots of nice places but nothing compared to this place.

All of a sudden, her mark started glowing but this time, there was no hotness and no pain. It felt normal and natural. People began to come out from their homes one after the other. People with eyes like hers. Green, purple, gold, yellow, red, and many other colors of eyes, all containing floating crystals. One by one, their marks started glowing as if in response to hers. Most of their marks were located in visible places like arms, legs, and some even on their faces. They all wore their marks with pride. How could they be so comfortable looking like that? Kathy felt happy and complete.

Everyone smiled at her as they knew her. She could feel a connection to every one of them.

She watched silently, grinning widely in elation until she heard Gabriel’s voice from behind her.

”Welcome to Lunae, princess.”