The Blood Moon by Amber Riel (reading strategies book .TXT) 📖

of the book that they had got for her. “Thank you.”
“No problem,” Champ said. “Me and Kyle noticed that was the only book from the O’Malley Series that you didn’t have in your little library upstairs. So we got it for you.”                                                               Millie was the only one, who didn’t act please with the gift. She set the box on the couch, and left the room, she didn’t want to deal with anyone.                                                                                                 Kyle, Champ, and Lacy could tell that Jean was disappointed. She was hoping that Millie would like the little box.                                                                                                                                           “Don’t be disappointed,” Lacy said. “She does this every year.”                                                        Shawn walked over and picked up the box. He knew why Millie had left. “Look.”                                    Kyle, Champ, and Lacy looked at the box and knew why.                                                                 “What is it?” Jean asked.                                                                                                            Shawn set the box back down. He didn’t answer Jean. The pain came and he just acted like it was nothing. “I’ll be back.” He left the room.                                                                                                         The others heard the front door open then close.                                                                           “That box looks like the same one that their parents had got Millie, the Christmas right before the day that it had happened,” Lacy explained. She didn’t have to say what had happened because everyone already knew. Alone on Christmas

Millie sat on the swing which was on the front porch. She didn’t want to be there right then. She wanted to be gone. Shawn had just come out and sat next to her.
“Millie, Jean didn’t mean anything by it. She didn’t know that mom and dad got a jewelry box like that before.... You know.”
“Whatever.... I hate humans.”
Shawn shook his head at Millie’s remark. “You know what I think?”
“What?”
“I think that you would rather deal with humans that are mean to you than to those who are nice.... You expect them to be mean and know that’s not true.”
“Humans lie.... They all lie....”
“Now that’s not true, Millie.... Tom and Jane are nice to us and they’re not mean.”
“They’re different and you just contradicted yourself.... I just want to be alone.... Okay, Shawn.”
Shawn went to say something, but Millie had stood up and walked away. He didn’t want to follow her because he knew that she needed to be alone. Millie always did that on the holidays. She had to be alone and he couldn’t do anything about it. He stood up and went inside.


Champ, Lacy, and Kyle were in the dinning room. They were having a conversation. Shawn walked in and sat down at the table.
“Is Millie okay?” Lacy asked.
“No. She just needs to be alone like always,” Shawn answered. He pulled out his deck of cards. “Does anyone want to play Black Jack?”
“I’m in,” Champ said.
“Me too,” Kyle agreed.
“I’m going to clean up....”
“No, Lacy,” Shawn told her. “You are to play.”
Lacy had no choice. She could tell by the way Shawn said it and how the guys were looking at her. “Fine.... Hit me.”
Shawn shuffled the deck. “That’s what I thought.” He smiled.


Christina marked off the 25th and turned to face the Great Dane which wanted to attack. “It won’t be long from now. Only five more days and then I get to have total control,” she laughed, devilishly.


The moon was half full and Jock was hoping that the wolves had enough time to stop Christina. He knew that they already knew how to stop the dog-witch. He was going to help them, but the mission was just as dangerous for him as it was for them. There was a difference though. Vampires could easily break out of the trance, werewolves couldn’t.
Kat walked over to him. She acted like nothing was wrong. It was a good thing for her that vampires couldn’t since any feelings that didn’t show. “Hey, Jock. I didn’t know that you were in town.”
“Oh hello, Kat. I’m going to be working with the lycans.”
“Oh.” Kat didn’t know what to say. “Well, it was good talking to you, but I’m going to go.... My brother’s having a Christmas dinner and I don’t want to be late.” She walked away, leaving Jock alone and confused.
He wasn’t worried because he was a vampire. Vampires didn’t have to worry about getting mugged or murdered. They just had to worry about the sun. The wolves, on the other hand, had to be careful.

Black & White

Millie opened her eyes. Everything was in black and white. It was as if the color had been drained from everything. She sat up and held up her hands which looked to be a dark gray color. “Crap,” she mumbled to herself. She knew what kind of full moon they were going to have. All of the werewolves, no matter their age, had to see black and white a couple of days earlier when this full moon was coming.


Lacy and Lee were at the bookstore smitten. Lee was standing in front of the desk, leaning against it. He held onto Lacy’s claws and looked into her beautiful hazel eyes.
Lacy looked into Lee’s eyes, but she seen black and white and couldn’t see his real eye color.
“I know that my parents don’t like you wolves, but I don’t care. I’m in love with you,” Lee admitted.
Lacy blushed at Lee’s words. “I love you too.”
They went to kiss, when Champ and Millie walked in.
“Sorry to break up the love fest, but we have a problem,” Champ told them.
Lacy and Lee backed away from each other. Lacy was disappointed. Her and Lee were going to kiss, but the moment was ruined.
“We have to deal with destroying Christina’s plan and you’re here making out with a human.” Millie was ticked off. “She’s going to be glad that she has a....”
“SHUT UP, MILLIE!” Lacy exclaimed. “I’m tired of hearing you complain about everything. Okay. So what if he’s human? Huh? And I know about what Christina’s going to do.... I know that she has a better chance of getting us wolves into a trance. We have a plan and I know that we’re going to stop her okay. Just shut up.” She walked from behind the desk and grabbed Lee’s right arm with her left arm and dragged him out of the bookstore. “We don’t need to deal with her.”
“What’s her problem?” Millie asked as she watched the door close.
Champ looked at Millie. He couldn’t believe that she asked that. “You.... You’re her problem.... You always take your anger out on people, who don’t deserve it and she’s tired of it.... We’re all tired of it.... You need to relax.”
Millie couldn’t say anything because she knew that he was right. She did take her anger out on people. “She shouldn’t of talked back to me like that.... I’m....”
“The leader,” Champ finished. “Someone has to and you don’t go talk to the wolf council.”
“I don’t want to because then I’ll have to look in the eyes of the....” Millie didn’t want to finish the sentence. “Just forget about it.”
“Okay.” Champ walked over to a bookshelf and noticed that two books were in the wrong places. He moved them to their correct spots.

Millie VS Kat

It was the day of the full moon. The six older lycans were in the woods with Jock, who was wearing his long, black coat from when he walked into the bookstore.
“What are we going to do?” Jock asked.
“Well, you can go hide in