Chapter Hundred fourty-four

Anita’s POV

Sitting on the Luna’s chair felt unlike anything I’d ever experienced. The authority, the weight of responsibility—yes, that was expected—but there was something else, something powerful and unexplainable. It reminded me of the strange surge I’d felt when I fell down the hill that day while following Luna Nora, the same mysterious energy that had saved me. Since then, that power had remained dormant, and now, suddenly, I felt it bubbling up, uncontrollable, overwhelming. I gripped the edges of the chair, silently praying for it to stop.

A breathless tension filled the room. I didn’t want anyone to notice the inner turmoil I was experiencing, especially not Alpha Orion or, worse, Luna Nora, who was watching me with a strange intensity from across the room. Finally, after a few deep breaths, I managed to calm myself. The overwhelming energy vanished as quickly as it had arrived, leaving me almost as if it had been nothing more than a passing dream.

By the time the meeting fi