Epilogue 3- Pleasure Victim
(Luna's perspective)
This is only the beginning.
The dark clouds have lifted, and all I see now are butterflies… messengers from Heaven.
Everything has changed so fast… ordinary playthings became gateways to the other side. I must have grown up, even in my frozen body… because I no longer need those dolls, symbols of childhood.
I am not a child anymore… if I ever really was.
Beauty and darkness… in this world walking hand in hand.
Darkness and beauty… vampire, werewolf, human, we are free to have both if we wish.
Our kind have the super speed, yet I feel like we are standing still, watching the mortals through time-lapse photography… growing older. We stand here, watching the world change around us while we stay the same.
For our kind, Heaven in the sense of post-death is far away, even unreachable. For our kind, Heaven can be here on Earth. We all choose our path… we can become bloodthirsty monsters, or try to live as the humans do… walk among them, feed from the same source, only all in a different way.
I feel that Victor has chosen both paths, if that is possible. As for me, I don't choose to be a monster. I want to go back to fashion design… I want to celebrate the holidays like the humans do… maybe I'm just trying to hang on to any shred of my long lost humanity.
Maybe I'm trying in vain.
All I know is I am happy… happy to have Victor and Icy by my side… happy that Carlisle found what he was looking for, peace with his father from the past, and the closeness his family for the future… and I'm happy that balance has been restored…
One sad fact about the human world though…. balance must be maintained by everyone, and it never lasts if neglected…
Us Against The World… forever.
A/N: This was added on April 10, 2020, serving as a prelude to "Luna Raven ZERO". As of this writing, the first 11 chapters are posted and available to read. This new work has an "M" rating for violence and language; you have been warned!
There is no "Unofficial Soundtrack" for this last minute bonus chapter, however, I have chosen the song "Love" by Lana Del Rey (from the album "Lust For Life"; 2017) as Luna and Victor's theme song as a couple.
Chapter title comes from the song by Berlin, from the album "Pleasure Victim" (1982).
