Ezra picks up a book, flicking through the pages.
“Not sure if it will help, as I said, there isn’t much information, just secondary notes, observations over the years by those who met Lunar Healers. I never expected to come across a Lunar wolf in my lifetime, that’s how rare they are,” Mathias explains, also taking a seat at his desk.
“The one Kat is holding probably has the most information, I acquired that during my medical training from an old professor.” Mathias nods to the old leather book I’m holding.
I open it, mostly it seems to contain old drawings of different wolves and their abilities, before coming to a summarized version. “Are there this many types of healers?” I ask.
Mathias stands up, looking over the desk, Ezra looking over my shoulder. “Yes, they are the ones that have been discovered over the years.” Mathias sits back down.
Looking down at the page, I start to read, finding it all fascinating.
S
piritual Healer
Origins – believed to be blessed by the Moon Goddess as a gift from birth.
Female
Last discovered 1758
Cause of Death – Unknown
Ability – to cleanse and remove negative energy from one’s soul and destroy a mate bond by touch, completely erasing all traces of being marked.
Lunar Wolf
Origins: believed to be blessed with the gift of life and cursed with death.
Primarily Females.
First known existence 1478, believed to have shunned the Moon Goddess, name unknown
Last known Lunar wolf 1741 woman named Marabella who gave birth to twins, children unknown.
Cause of Death – Unknown
Ability – to cure any illness or injury with a kiss or touch, cursed with taking on the fatalities of the healed, the bearer becomes weakened from using their gifts, and is known for having white wolves.
I
scan the rest, the list is never-ending, and they all seem to be from the latest of the 1800s and did not provide much new information, nothing that I didn’t possess from the dreams. I can probably fill in a few of the blanks for Mathias from what I know already.
I look at the next page, my eyes scanning the information, when a picture catches my eye. It is a picture of what looks like two crescent moons back to back, touching with a bigger circle around them, sort of like a pentagram but with two Crescent Moons instead of a star.
G
emini Healer
Origins – Unknown
Male
Last discovered 1301
Cause of Death – Suicide.
Abilities – healing in one touch or kiss. Kill with one bite, believed to have had venom that could kill and mirror Water hemlock and Wolfsbane.
Struggled with madness.
“What about this one?” I ask Mathias, seeing as it was the shortest explanation, yet, the most intriguing of all.
“Oh, that one is a Gemini healer, no one knows how he became what he is, they believed he may have been a typical healer, but something happened to him, he is the only known record we have of a Gemini wolf. That picture of the Moons was located on his body, they never said where they found it, but he was said to be cursed with the gift of life and death.”
“So he killed himself,” I question.
He pulls the book over, poring over the page. “That’s what it says. My professor said he found a document, but I don’t have it anymore. It got ruined in the floods a few years back, but when they found him, he had gone insane and bit himself, injecting himself with the lethal poison his glands contained.”
“His glands?”
“Yes, similar to how we can heal with our saliva, he was said to have another set of glands that could kill with one bite, kind of like a snake in a way. Unfortunately, that’s all the information we have on him. He was the only one in existence, and because he was insane when he was discovered, they couldn’t get much information as to how he came to be,” Mathias explains. “Is there a reason that one piqued your interest? Are you hiding a mark I haven’t seen yet, Kat?” Mathias chuckles, and I shake my head.
“No, he just had the least amount of information, and I found the picture interesting,” I admit, and he nods.
“Yes, when I was in med school, I found all this fascinating hoping we could recreate it, but you are to be cursed or blessed by the Moon Goddess, so no way to replicate it, of course. But at least on the Lunar wolf, I can add my notes to it as long as you’re happy to help with that Kat, I can leave your name blank, but we know it is genetic among the oldest female in each generation.”
“Yes, and it is a blessing and a curse and caused from cursing out the Moon Goddess, um what else….. Oh, and my wolf becomes stronger and faster and can heal on her own on a full Moon as long as she is in sight of the Moon,” I rattle off, and he starts writing notes down.
Ezra sits back in his chair, his fingers gently rubbing the back of my neck. Mathias, however, is frantically taking notes, like it was the best thing he had ever heard, but to me, it isn’t that fascinating, just makes me realize how much of a freak I truly am.
Mathias, Ezra, and I scoured pages for hours, going over everything yet hardly getting any answers. The door opens and I look over to see Jasmine pop her head in. She glances nervously at us like she wants to flee, and I remember Mateo and her went for coffee this morning.
“Mom wants to know if you two are staying for dinner?” Jasmine asks me, she can’t even look at Ezra, and by his body language, he is ticked off with her for not telling Mateo.
“No, we should head home, we can grab something on the way,” Ezra replies. “Do you mind if I keep this for now?” he asks, turning his attention back to Mathias, holding up the old journal.
“Not at all, Alpha, just return it when you are done with it.” Mathias smiles at him. Ezra nods, and I turn back to find Jasmine is gone, the door clicking shut softly behind her. Mathias walks us to our car, and we hop in.