All Chapters of Rise of Forsaken Luna: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"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

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

"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

"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

"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