All Chapters of Echoes of the moon: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Chapter 81 — Aria's POV I couldn't sleep. Kane and Zane's emotions kept pulsing through our mate bond like an anxious heartbeat. Something big went down at that meeting, and the tension was making my skin crawl. I tried counting sheep, meditation, even that weird breathing exercise Elara taught me, but nothing worked. Their worry was too loud in my head.The digital clock on my nightstand glowed 3:47 AM. Great. Another sleepless night.My bedroom door opened, and Zane's familiar scent filled the room. One glance at his face, and I knew. Whatever had happened, it wasn't good. The confident, long-legged stride that could eat up a room was gone, replaced by something heavier, more uncertain.“Spill it,” I said while sitting up and pulling my knees to my chest. “What's got you both so wound up?”Zane ran a hand through his dark hair — never a good sign. “Selene showed up at the meeting.”That got my attention. “Selene? She's been MIA for days.” Her absence hadn't gone unnoticed. “She sa

Chapter 83 — Kane's POV I couldn't take my eyes off Aria.The mate bond between us pulsed with her pain — raw, intense waves that made my chest physically ache. She stood frozen, staring at the scene before us. Azrael's claws pressed against her mom's throat, drawing tiny beads of blood that made my wolf snarl with rage.The bastard had timed his attack perfectly. We'd been winning, pushing his forces back, when he suddenly appeared with her mom in his grasp. One look at Aria's face and I knew all our careful battle plans were about to go up in smoke.“Such a touching reunion,” Azrael drawled, his lips curving into that sadistic smile I'd grown to hate. “Mother and daughter, together again. Though perhaps not for long.” His claws pressed deeper, making Catherine wince.Our warriors held their positions, but I could smell their fear and uncertainty. None of us had expected this twist. Through the bond, I felt Zane's growing alarm as he coordinated the medical teams behind our lines. W

Chapter 85 — Aria's POV I burst into a moonlit clearing, my lungs burning from the chase. The taste of blood filled my mouth — whether it was mine or from earlier fights, I couldn't tell anymore. Azrael stood in the center, his usual smirk replaced by something darker. More desperate. But there was a calculation in his eyes that I didn't like. “Nowhere left to run,” I growled, circling him slowly. My enhanced senses picked up old power here — stone circles half-buried in the earth, remnants of something ancient and dark. The air felt wrong, heavy with centuries of corrupt magic. “Who said I was running?” Azrael's laugh held an edge I'd never heard before. Blood darker than night dripped from his wounds, staining the ground beneath him. “I merely needed the right venue for what comes next.” We clashed in a blur of motion. My claws raked his already injured side, while his corrupted power slammed into my chest. The impact sent me stumbling back, but I recovered quickly. Thanks t

Chapter 87 — Aria's POVThe first thing I noticed was Zane's arms around me, the lingering taste of his blood on my tongue. For a moment everything felt muffled, distant — like being underwater. Then my senses slammed back online with overwhelming intensity.Heartbeats thundered in my ears — not just Zane's and Kane's, but every living creature for miles. The frantic flutter of bird wings in the trees. The skittering of small animals fleeing the area. The steady thrum of ancient power beneath the earth. Everything crashed into my consciousness at once, a sensory overload that would have brought me to my knees if I wasn't already lying down.The tang of blood, sweat, and rage filled my nose. I could distinguish between them all — Kane's blood, tinged with alpha power. Zane's sweat, laced with desperation. Azrael's rage, bitter and acrid in the air. Power hummed through the ground beneath me, lines I'd never been able to perceive before now blazingly obvious, crisscrossing beneath the s

Chapter 89 — Aria's POV The nexus light hit us like a tidal wave, and time seemed to freeze. One second I was trying to warn Kane and Zane about what I was sensing, and the next we were all caught in some kind of shared vision. Pure magical energy coursed through our mate bond, stronger than anything I'd felt before.“Holy shit,” I whispered, watching golden threads of destiny weaving between us. Each strand pulsed with possibility, showing flashes of futures I couldn't quite grasp. “Are you guys seeing this?”Kane's grip on my hand tightened. “The threads? Yeah. What the hell is happening?”I could barely focus on his words as understanding slammed into me. My transformation hadn't just changed me — it had shifted the entire balance of supernatural power. The purified nexus beneath our feet was already acting like a beacon, calling to others who wanted unity instead of the endless fighting between races.“Aria.” Kane's voice cut through my racing thoughts. Through our bond, I felt h