All Chapters of Moonbound Legacy: Chapter 11 - Chapter 19

I woke up in darkness. My body felt heavy, weighted down by a presence I couldn’t explain. A low, aching throb pulsed through my head, the remnants of the force that had struck me still lingering in the air. My fingers twitched, and I tried to push myself upright, but the sensation of something wrapping around my wrist stopped me. I instinctively reached for it, my hand brushing against cool metal. Panic rose in my chest, but I forced myself to take slow, steady breaths.Where was I?The last thing I remembered was the sharp pain, the cold energy surging through me. The sense of being pulled apart from the inside. And then darkness.“Isla.”The sound of my name being spoken, low and urgent, broke through the fog in my mind. My heart skipped, and I blinked, trying to focus on the voice. It was Luca’s, but something was off. It wasn’t the warm, comforting tone I had come to associate with him. It was raw, jagged, filled with an intensity I couldn’t place.“Luca?” I croaked, my throat dr

The moon was full, its pale light spilling through the cracks in the blinds, casting long shadows across the room. I couldn’t sleep. The weight of the night, of everything I had just learned, was too much to ignore. I kept replaying Luca’s words in my mind, his voice low and steady as he had finally agreed to tell me the truth. Together.But there was so much more to it than I had anticipated.The journal, the prophecy, my father’s disappearance—all of it was tied to something larger, something I still didn’t fully understand. And yet, despite all the fear and confusion, something inside me burned with determination. I had to know what happened. I needed to know why my father had kept these secrets from me, why he had left me to stumble in the dark for so long.My fingers traced the edges of the journal on the desk beside me. The weight of it, the ancient leather cover, felt like it was holding all of the answers I had been searching for. I had already spe

The night had settled like a heavy cloak over Cedar Grove, and the world outside the clinic was still, save for the occasional rustle of leaves in the wind. The weight of the conversation with Luca hung between us, an unspoken promise that neither of us had the words to fully explain. He had told me that he would share everything, but as the hours stretched on and the clock ticked away, I found myself wondering what I was really asking for. Could I handle the truth? Or was it better to remain in the dark?I wasn’t sure.Luca sat across from me, his posture tense, his eyes scanning the room but never fully meeting mine. He had a way of staying just out of reach, even when he was physically present, and I could tell that whatever he was holding back was as heavy as the secrets I had uncovered in my father’s journal.“You said there’s no going back,” I said, breaking the silence. “But what does that even mean, Luca? What happens now?”He looked at me then, his gaze piercing, as if weighi

The moon was full that night. A massive, silver disk hanging in the sky like a watchful eye, its light spilling across the forest in a soft glow. It felt as if the world was holding its breath, waiting for something—something I wasn’t sure I was ready for. But it was too late to turn back now. The journal, still clutched tightly in my hand, felt heavier with every passing second, as if it were pressing me toward an unknown destiny I couldn’t avoid.I glanced over at Luca, his figure a shadow in the moonlight. The calm before the storm seemed to hang between us, but I could sense the tension in the air, thick and palpable. His jaw was clenched, his eyes fixed on the path ahead, but I knew he was aware of me every second, his presence like a pull in my chest that I couldn’t ignore.“This is where it all begins,” he said, his voice low and rough, the weight of his words settling in the space between us.I nodded, though I wasn’t sure I could entirely comprehend what he meant. My mind kep

The moon hung high in the sky, its silver light spilling like molten metal over the clearing, casting sharp shadows and illuminating the stones that encircled us. But beneath that light, the world had become a blur of sound and sensation. My heart hammered in my chest, a frantic rhythm echoing the pulse of the earth beneath my feet. I could feel Luca beside me, his presence a constant, yet strangely distant in the growing storm of energy around us.The moment the light had burst forth from the stones, everything had shifted. The air crackled with raw power, a force that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at once. I could hear the low hum of the earth beneath me, the heartbeat of the land itself. But it was more than that. It was like the land was alive, breathing with us, responding to our bond.Luca's hand tightened around mine, pulling me closer, his warmth anchoring me in the chaos. I glanced up at him, meeting his eyes for the first time since the ritual had begun. His gaz