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MOONBOUND: THE ALPHA'S RUIN

Chapter 5 A Game of Shadows

Word Count: 1135    |    Released on: 17/03/2025

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an wasn't far off, just a few steps, with his gold eyes burning into me, looking in a way that made me feel funny. He wasn't u

I breathed, barely g

s body heat, almost like it was bur

s. I actually believed

g weak was getting louder because those Council guys weren't saying anything to stop it. But here, in this room, with R

the door, snapping

ne greeted from

ed away from Rowan, not looking at him and ignoring how tight his jaw got when

ld me, his face saying nothi

ns. Another plan to take my power away, bit by bit, u

them know without saying a word tha

dded. Watch yourselves. They're look

, waiting for me to mess up. They wanted me to

they looked either bored or like they hated me. Lord Varek, the one I couldn't stand that al

owly, it's so very ki

nted. If I slipped up and showed I

. And your...partner

he smiled. A slow, creepy kind of s

t, I repli

othing. This thing you have with this outsider has made you less in charg

. That was it-a challenge, l

thout it showing, but I knew it wasn't by ac

sn't scared. Try to take what's mine, and I'll show you how

filled t

een. I was aiming for you

lew open, and ki

d without thinking, twisting and hitting the atta

He blocked another killer from getting to me. He grow

't care that their hired thugs were trying to take o

The killer screamed. Before he could say anything else I slashed his throat. My heart was

they wer

I'd never seen him fight like that. He was tough, good at it, an

was covered in blood. I gasped for air,

ow, t

he council, his eyes fu

looking back and forth between us, li

oss in me coming ou

Oh, my Queen. The mat

t he was right. And t

ood off his hands. W

ead. I am in

ed into mine.

oors slammed

dows starte

close, and it's too much. I can smell him, the scent is dark

and hard to read. I should move aw

n your boots to

my chin. I'm not fr

ot funny or what I thought i

and make myself steady. Every muscle is te

o make contact but halts himself, he ta

ast. I can't

e doing something to me. "You dislike w

never. I

ger know what is

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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