THE TRUE LUNA

en cabinets, lifted rugs, and pried loose floorboards in their frantic search. The Moonstone was the h

picion poisoning their voices. Elders whispered in hush urgency, while the warriors

he chaos, Ayla

h ragged as if she had been chased by ghosts. She clutched the Moonstone, its pale glow illuminating her

d it", sh

elief and shock. For a moment, there was hope, hope that the nightm

it in Akira

the air, a blade sharper

the murmurs that surged like an angry tide. She felt the world shi

asn't p

mistaken. Someone mus

ed, her gaze l

, she

ck, shaking her head,

y striding forward , her

dn't ! I was just cleaning, I

by her wrist, her na

always been ungrateful, always been a disgra

g!" Akira's voice cracked

rom the side,cr

Bet she planned this,just like s

pread throu

The familiar weight of accus

mbly. His face, normally a mask of serene authority

e force, a living breathing entity born o

face to another, trying to piece together

disg

must

, a storm swelling to consume her. Immediately the town's chi

the kind of reign you promised us, justice and equality, if y

is death", Elijah replied. " I cannot kill my daug

n as Alpha, you will be crowned leader of the seven packs, such doesn't come without ache

ze at his chief and stormed out

spoiled her, he

t her go scot

pieced into A

r father's knees

fixated on the town's chief. A cold shiver ran through Akira's

of their people. "To lose it, to have it found in a place it should have never been.... Rends our heart apart." His gaze swept over t

hands", continued Elijah,

econd, relief cou

e exiled", h

ept throug

muttered. "That's

hit Akira like

rness, beyond safety of the pack's territory.

ed, breath coming

er voice

an't do

s gaze d

hav

f he didn't act, they would tak

ho might stand by her. But the people she fought for, laughed with, l

et hers, she gasped, eyes filled with feigned innocence. "I...... I only found it", she

all

her, she never lo

n her feet, her

ther

, his tone like steel. "All you have do

. Let them know wherev

ma tag from her and

was now useless

banished, nev

e is out before the sun sets". He walked

, but she refused to let it

ough every muscle in her body screamed to run, to rag

he gates, whispers fo

s shoved h

ed as they swung

was a

breath esca

towards the

creeping over the horizon, she