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MOONBOUND: THE ALPHA'S RUIN

Chapter 2 The Weight of a Crown

Word Count: 1065    |    Released on: 17/03/2025

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At the end of the long table, the Elders are staring, and you can tell they're judging me silently. Dad's

e's not saying anything, but I can feel how uneasy he is. The council's disapproval

uper sharp. He shoves a worn map across the table.

an two weeks. Three villages wiped out, their peo

keep my voice steady. I can't show I'm

en answers. No scents. No footprints

otch hunters. No enemy should be able to sn

e than just som

me. We might be facing som

Rowan. They put up with him because he's with me, and even that's risky because of t

. We have to do something, Alpha. People are scared.

ay of saying we should lie to the king

I'm not going to make dumb choices that could get more

ciding is just as bad

Right in my face.

it's enough to keep me grounded. Enou

can into my voice. Then maybe you should go check thin

le

d of it echoes in the ro

d, talking quietly as they leave. Varen h

ne, I let out a bre

dled th

didn't lose it and attack Va

es. Yeah, some

first time since I walked in h

e walls, something's

, it's got its sig

rward. The ground felt cold and damp under my feet. The lake was reflecting the moonlight, but it wa

aid. My voice hardly r

rgy that made my skin crawl. My wolf was going crazy in

whispers

wa

my ears like the wind. I turned, checking the trees, my heart pounding. This w

hing pull

ot up my arm and it was way too strong just because the water was cold. I caught my

pers got

I saw s

shadow in th

ater calmed down, the image became clear. It was a reflection, but it wasn't me.

s a w

were pulled back in a weird way like she was trying to smile evilly, an

r went still a

to go. Whatever was in that lake, whatever made me come

p. I turned fast, every muscle tens

t alone

the trees, I sa

The reflection was gone, but I could still feel its

hade move between them. Sile

breath. "Who

't moving the leaves like it should

less. I wasn't b

e. I quickly turned aroun

Everything w

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1 Chapter 1 The Omen of Ruin2 Chapter 2 The Weight of a Crown3 Chapter 3 Shadows Between Us4 Chapter 4 Shadows in the Blood5 Chapter 5 A Game of Shadows6 Chapter 6 A Line We Shouldn't Cross7 Chapter 7 Tightening the Noose8 Chapter 8 No Way Out9 Chapter 9 Beneath the Surface10 Chapter 10 A Really Bad Bet11 Chapter 11 A Silent Threat12 Chapter 12 The Echo of Forgotten Blood13 Chapter 13 They Aren't the Same14 Chapter 14 The Eyes That Watch15 Chapter 15 When the Darkness Calls16 Chapter 16 Beneath the Hollow Moon17 Chapter 17 The Path of No Return18 Chapter 18 The Whispering Void19 Chapter 19 Whispers in the Blood20 Chapter 20 The Cloaked One's Bargain21 Chapter 21 Wake Before the Fall22 Chapter 22 Step Into the Circle23 Chapter 23 Shadows Wield My Name24 Chapter 24 Sit on the Throne, If You Dare25 Chapter 25 He Knows What I Buried26 Chapter 26 Into the Hollow27 Chapter 27 Ignite What Sleeps Within28 Chapter 28 Shadows Know My Name29 Chapter 29 The Awakening of Shadows30 Chapter 30 The Things We Bury31 Chapter 31 Echoes of the Forgotten32 Chapter 32 The Hollow Between Worlds33 Chapter 33 The Thing That Wears My Blood34 Chapter 34 Mirror of the Forsaken35 Chapter 35 The Gate Beneath My Skin36 Chapter 36 The Hollow That Wears His Face37 Chapter 37 Ashes of the Bond38 Chapter 38 Rewrite the Door39 Chapter 39 What She Left in the Fire40 Chapter 40 The Flame Remembers41 Chapter 41 The Face Beneath the God42 Chapter 42 Beneath the Hollow's Bones43 Chapter 43 The Throne She Never Left44 Chapter 44 The Bondless Silence45 Chapter 45 The Future That Bleeds46 Chapter 46 The God Beneath the Vale47 Chapter 47 Echoes of What We Chose48 Chapter 48 The Wound That Chooses You49 Chapter 49 The War We Were Never Meant to Survive50 Chapter 50 When the Queen Finally Fell51 Chapter 51 The Name I Forgot to Remember52 Chapter 52 The Sound of a Bond Remembering