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"I, Sebastian King, reject you, Zahia Toussaint, as my mate and my Luna."The words snatched the air from my lungs like a physical blow. The magnificent hall of the Crescent Moon Pack collapsed in startled quiet around me, the murmurs of the dead pack members echoing as fast as my heart crushed."Say it again," I said, my voice scarcely audible over the roaring in my ears. that shook. Of course, I had misinterpreted him. Clearly, my friend—the man the Moon Goddess chose for me—could not be fronting everyone and depriving me of all I had ever known.Sebastian's keen amber eyes grew steely as though staring at me already caused him difficulty. "You heard me, Zaia. Our bond was a mistake. You are not fitting to stand beside me."The woman who had no right to be here, Cassandra, gently rested her crimson lips twisting into a triumphant smile on his arm. She moved in closer to him, as though claiming something for everyone to view. My friend did not distance himself.My throat became knott
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"You're trespassing."From the darkness, low and ominous, the growl vibrated through the woods. My wolf bristled under my skin as my instincts screamed to flee. I stayed on ground. Running was not a choice; not with a life developing inside me nor anywhere to run to.I grabbed the bag's strap tighter and looked at the shadows. My voice stronger than I felt, I continued, "I didn't come here to cause trouble." "I basically need to pass through."The man moved fluidly and predatory ahead. Sharp amber eyes shining with malice emerged from the moonlight filtering through the canopy above. He was tall, with broad shoulders and a stone-like icy attitude. His earthy, wild, untamed smell set him out as a renegade."Passing through, huh?" His lips curved into a smile, but it lacked humor. "You think you can walk into rogue territory without consequences? You're either brave or stupid, Luna." .He spat the term stung more than I would have admitted. "Not a Luna," I murmured softly, forcing my ch
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"Stop staring at me like I'm going to break.".Before I could stop them, sharp and brittle as glass, the words fled me. My chest heaving, the weight of the past few days avalanche-like on me. Dax leaned against a tree, arms folded, his golden gaze unflinching and his expression invisible.He replied squarely, pointing to the homemade bandage on my side: "You're bleeding." And your legs seem to be shaking. Keep pushing yourself like way, and you will break.I hated the way his directness tore through the thin veneer of control I clung to. I have no luxury of breaking." Clearly,’ he said, his voice tinged with contempt. "Because stubbornness alone will keep you alive out here.”I looked away, not letting him glimpse the tears about to flow. Not cry. Not today. Not directly in front of him. But the pain in my chest, the link still frayed but not completely severed, tore at my will.Dax answered, "Zaia," gentler this time. I turned nothing. I could not.“What?I caught me shaking in voice
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If you want to live, keep on moving.Dax's words sounded like a deep growl, his eyes flying across the black woodland. Every muscle in his body was tight, coiled like a spring, ready for assault or protection.My legs blazing from his pace, I staggered after him. Every stride caused the agony in my side to pulse, yet I dared not slow down. Closer now, behind us distant howling rang across the woods."What is it?."I pained, my voice quivering."Not what—who." His voice was sharp, his attention relentless. Territory of rogues. They neither abandon survivors nor hunt in packs.A shiver ran down my spine, and my wolf moved slowly, eager to fight yet tired from the previous encounter."Why are they seeking after us?Pressing, I asked."Because you went across their boundaries. And therefore they will view you as weak, he said without turning around. "Which qualifies you as a target?"As we descended into the renegade territory, the ground become more hostile. Dax walked precisely, negotiati
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"You won't last another night if you keep discounting my advice."Dax's words sliced through the silence of the campfire, as keen as the knife he was honing in his hands. The flickering shadows the firelight created on his face highlighted the sharp lines of his jaw and the displeasure in his eyes.I scowled at him, gripping my side where his improvised bandage was tightly wrapped for comfort too tight. "I asked for your opinion not here.""No," he answered dryly, "but you really need it. Not in your condition, neither can you fight like that again."I held my own," I shot back, though even I doubted it. The battle still caused my body to hurt, and every breath caused the wound on my back to throbber.Dax groaned, slinging the dagger aside and stooped forward. "This is not about claiming your own, Zaia. This has to do with survival. And just now, your performance is appalling.He stood suddenly, taking a little satchel from his bag. Come here.I hesitated, conscious of his tone. " Why
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That howl wasn't haphazard. That serves as a warning.Dax's quiet but forceful voice cut across the calm of the woodland. His body stiffened, ready to fight or run away as his eyes perolled over the trees."What does this imply?"My voice just above a whisper, I asked."It means something out there wants us to know it's coming," Dax said sadly. It's not friendly whatever it is.The Crescent Moon Pack scout moved nervously, his eyes flickering into the darkness. We shouldn't hang around here. There is a curse over this place.Haunted?I scowled and looked between them.Dax snorted, devoid of a smile. " Rogues dismiss curses as not believing in them. But even the toughest of them dodge something out here.The howls returned, more loudly and nearer. Restless and eager to fight, my wolf whirled undermy skin. Dax moved for us, his steps quick but quiet."Stay close, and don't make a sound," he said.As we went, the forest appeared to press in on us, the thick trees creating spooky shadows un
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"You have veers too far from the road, young one."The remarks seems to be echoing from everywhere and nowhere at once. As I turned to face the dark figure that had entered the clearing, my breath seized in my throat. Its silver eyes gleamed like twin moons, and its presence radiated an unearthly quiet that caused my wolf shudder." Who are you?I demanded, my voice quivering but forceful.Dax moved defensively in front of me, his dagger glinting in the moonlight. He hissed, "Back off," his wolf emerging barely under his flesh.The figure slanted its head and wore a strange smile on its lips. "Still so quick to fight, even if you should be listening.”The figure moved closer, the lines of reality blurring as the trees surrounding us started to glitter. My body stopped, an invisible power guiding me to that point. Dax said something, but his voice was muffled—as though he were speaking underwater.Then silence descended upon everything.The earth around me vanished, replaced by a great
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"How do you expect that child to be protected if you cannot protect yourself?"Dax's piercing and relentless tone breaks through the quiet like a knife. Standing a few steps away, arms crossed, his golden eyes fixed on me with a combination of irritation and challenge.I froze, my fingers groped over my stomach automatically. "Don't talk about my child like that."He moved closer, his height commanding but not menacing. "I am not the enemy Zaia here. If you are carrying the next successor to the Crescent Moon Pack, however, the rogues chasing us will not matter. That, if anything, increases your desired value.Though I refrained from letting it show, his comments really touched something. "Dax, I didn't ask for your help."And yet you're alive because of it, he said sharply. "You have to start seeing yourself as a survivor rather than someone ready for rescue."His comments stayed buried in the corners of my mind long after they were said. He was correct, of course. Not one mother who
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Rise of Forsaken Luna Chapter 28: Viewed through Enemy Eyes
"We're not running," my voice sliced through the thick, cursed air like a razor blade. Not this time, too.Cassandra grinned, her darkly delighted emerald-green eyes flashing with old, perverted power.She lifted her palm and black power flowed from her fingers, splintering the floor in a web of jagged, burning runes. She was foolish.I launched a wall of flames to stop her next strike, but the cursed mark twisted agonisingly and I had to kneel.Sebastian raced forward, his sword blazing lethal arcs and savagely precisely chopping through shadow-beasts. Dax followed, deadly and unrelenting, his wolf form mercilessly ripping apart adversaries.Mocking voice of Cassandra permeated the area and crept into my head.You believe they may rescue you? Her eyes fixed predatory and knowing on me. "They don’s see you for what you really are... but I do."The cursed brand flashed, drawing me more into her twisted magic—a web of manipulation and sinister pledges.Everything turned suddenly.Realit
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One cannot fight what is between us.Dax's voice pierced through the stifling tension in the dark chamber—raw, unvarnished. Locked on me like he could compel me to see the reality I was rejecting, his amber eyes blazed with great intensity.Heart racing, every nerve tensed to breaking, I retreated. Mirroring the struggle fighting within me, the cursed mark on my arm throbbed, silver-crimson flames flashing just under my skin."You're wrong," my voice trembled but I pushed it to firm. The link is not real—not anymore.His claws opened, tension flickering between us like a tempest just about to break.Then why are you unable to leave?""The air swelled and became imbued with magic and feeling. Memories flooded, unwelcome—Dax's unflinching dedication, the way his touch burnt away my anxiety, the quiet pledges we had made without words.Clutching my hands, I pushed the past down and vowed not to be dragged once again into his circle.I snarled, moving towards the broken window where the a
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"We cannot reverse ourselves back there."With his low, cutting voice, Dax walked the clearing, his claws remaining slightly extended from the previous fight tinged with warning and hatred. Defiance burning in his amber eyes, he dared anybody to question him.I stayed quiet, barely restrained heat still boiling under my skin. The cursed brand on my arm pulsed, pushing against my will and driving me into careless strength."We have no option," I said, pointing him down. "There only is the Crescent Moon Pack with answers here."Sebastian's frigid voice sliced into the suspense. You think they will just let you stroll in?His sharp blue eye fixed on me. "They still consider you to be a hazard."Dax hissed, rage bursting through his voice. Allow them to try.Sebastian moved forward with a keen, deliberate look. "You have no idea how far the treachery runs."Memories surged—the Council's icy judgement, their falsehoods, and my exile—his words like a razor."I'm not the same helpless Luna th
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"Don't reach for her!"With claws shining in the weak, cursed light, Dax's growl slashed across the darkness like a sword. He came between me and the approaching dark tendrils under Cassandra, his posture sharp and emitting protective anger.Sebastian stepped into a defensive posture on my opposite side and pulled his sword. His hard, deliberate look never wavered, fixated only on Cassandra, who regarded us with a twisted smile."Rogue, this is not your fight anymore." Sebastian's voice was austere, directive—all Alpha power.Amber eyes of Dax gleamed with fierce rebellion. "Look at me and try to stop."Cassandra's hands erupted in black, twisted magic before anybody could react, sending jagged shadow tendrils flying towards us.I flung my hands forward, silver-crimson flames firing deadly precisely, connecting mid-air with her onslaught in a furious explosion of fire and black energy.The collision sent us all flying dirt and ash across the fractured clearing. Though I pushed through
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"You've been keeping both of you something from me."With a piercing voice filled with relentless fire and anger, I pointed my eyes at Dax and Sebastian, who stood tight and quiet beneath the moonlight canopy. As if feeling the secrets hanging heavy in the air, the cursed mark on my arm throbbed violently.Dax's teeth closed and his hands tightened at his sides. Amber had burning eyes and moved protectively towards me. "This is not the right moment."Sebastian laughed, blue eyes narrowing in coldness. She deserves to know.Then let me know! I asked, silver flames flickering over my fingers as I battled to rein in the growing force pumping under my skin. "No more lies."Sebastian's eyes blazed fiercely, but beyond his icy exterior was shame, regret, anguish.You were not just banished from the Crescent Moon Pack. His voice had low, menacing weight and meaning. You were buried.Every phrase hung like a blade ready to strike as the air appeared to stop." Hidden," I went back, incredulit
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"How far are you ready to travel?"As Cassandra's black magic wrapped closer around me, the words reverberated over the searing abyss, icy and mocking. My brand flared agonizingly, flames raging against no burning shadows.Dax gripped onto my wrist, unwilling to let go despite the stinging fire now pouring from my cursed mark as his claws sank into the earth anchored him. His amber eyes radiated great will, daring destiny itself to test him.Sebastian snarling from behind yanked me back with unrelenting force. "We're not losing her!"But Cassandra's laughter twisted over the black emptiness like a frigid hurricane.Luna, everything comes at a cost. Are you willing to pay yours?Dax and Sebastian ripped me away from the black tendrils one last rush, sending lethal fractures spiraling over the cracked ground. Cassandra's cursed altar was sucked down in a cataclysmic explosion of shadows and fire.Breathless and beaten, we dropped hard on the charred woodland floor, but alive—for now.Da
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You have to pay attention to me before it is too late.Low and threatening, full of intensity I had never heard before, Dax's voice broke through the tense calm of the burned battlefield His golden eyes locked into mine as if eager me to grasp something I cannot yet perceive.I straightened; the previous fight still pulsed force in my veins. At my fingers, silver flames flashed weakly, their warmth known but erratic—too wild, too erratic."We don't have time for warnings," I shot past him towards the fallen altar still dimly blazing with cursed symbols. "We must have responses."Dax grabbed my wrist and made me stop. His visage sharp and uncompromising, his claws hardly sheathed." The mark is changing you." His voice was extremely serious yet harsh. You have sensed it, haven't you?Though the truth in his comments was clear, I yanked my arm away and felt wrath. "I'm under control on it.""No," Dax snarled, moving forward and his presence overwhelming. It's under control you. Like she
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"This finishes tonight."Sharp and relentless, my voice carried a strength I had just lately started to sense over the tight, shadowed woodland. Under my skin, the silver-crimson light of my mark pulsed weakly in time with the thrum of power in the air.Dax slid to my side, his face a combination of pride and sharp will. Claws extended, his amber eyes glowed with lethal determination."You're ready for this," he continued, voice low but calm, yet I sensed the flutter of worry under his brave."I have to be.". My eyes fixed on the black horizon, where whirled shadows danced far away— Cassandra's army was approaching.Sebastian discreetly came out from the tree line behind us, his dominating presence hard to overlook. His brilliant blue eyes locked with me, incomprehensible as usual."This is not only a struggle for survival," Sebastian replied coldly. "Your claim is to the power she seeks."Whispers of a familiar, nasty voice carried on the howling, black magic-driven twisting of the w
Rise of Forsaken Luna Chapter 20: Dream of the Goddess
"You can't save her."The voice of the Moon Goddess was a terrible echo, piercing yet sad, rippling over the shadowy territory of my mind. Silver sparks flashing weakly around me, I battled the devouring darkness, but they darkened with every instant."Zaia, fight!" Dax's far-off voice thrashed the emptiness, strained and desperate. His presence anchored me even as I slid more into the cursed abyss, pulsating at the brink of my consciousness.The brand on my arm seared, whirling like live fire, dragging me farther into the darkness. My flesh was touched by cold hands pushing me into the inky depths."She's ours now," Cassandra's voice murmured, spiteful and icy.The blackness broke suddenly into an almost blinding stream of silver. Warm breeze stroking my cheeks smelled faintly of new rain and wildflowers. Blinking confused, I found myself standing in a calm field beneath a brilliant full moon.Emerging from the dazzling radiance, ethereal and royal, the Moon Goddess had flowing silve
