The Forbidden Luna Mated to 7 Fierce Alpha Kings

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card, I touched it. All of it was false. The name, the scholar

to flee the past stalking me like a shadow. In the stillness, the echo of footfall all around

In this strange location, I had no idea where to go or who to trust. I h

aded. Always lurking in the corners of my consciousness, it was like a continuous friend. T

lengthy shadows across my way as I crossed the threshold into the main corridor. Every action

nger than ever. Other pupils went about around me; no one noticed. I was unde

n that I s

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into his sharp green eyes. Standing in the corridor talking to a group

ted. His gaze fixed on me; in that fleeting second, the universe see

. It was as though he knew something I lacked. Looking away was difficult; I

mmotion and noise of the corridor vanished. His gaze's press

they were stuck to the ground. His focus was overwhelming and I had no

pulled by some unseen thread. Like a wolf in human skin, he mov

he was, I knew he was s

art pounding in my ears. He was so near now that I could smell the slight hint of colo

the back of his throat, "You're new." His tone was a

eak. He kept staring at me, and I felt an odd heat rise up my neck. There

iosity. There was a depth there, a pull I couldn

g closer before I could answer. I turned,

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other o

at calm intensity, Mika exuded wild, restless energy. His dark, brothe

the tension in the air between them. Ign

e cold but sharp. "I see you ha

skin. Their shared look at me, as though they were trying to peel

curled up in an almost undetectable grin. It was difficult,

mbled, "

ain. Here, things opera

ignificance, and I couldn't help but belie

a

, and however I had come to be

heart raced uncontrollably. I moved awkwardly as the ten

ushed a stray lock of hair from my face. Though his touch was gentle,

nergy that sparked between us, not simply his touch. I couldn't identify som

ike I was inexplic

t wave of heat sweep through my body, causing my heart

top, to let me room. But I was unable to

with delight. "You

mur, his voice struck m

. "What, what

g grin and kept his fingers by my chee

Rachel," he

ed every second I spent near him like an electric current in the air. Every look, every word se

again, his voice low, ya

vously, my l

ot from he

ility to make me feel as though he was looking for something within me, something I had no

thing, I cou

armth from the point of contact made me blink quickly, almost as if it coul

in had something in it that ma

e, he enquired, "Wher

of the building as I didn't believe my voice. The way he studied me, the way he mo

to feel every little change in the ai

ergy seemed like a tempest

re surroundi

showe

nd raw, Luka's was calm, controlled, a power in its own right. His gaze fixed str

ply, and electrically. And in that moment, I questioned whether I would eve

the air. Their draw both scared me and made me feel tied to them. It s

y me fitting into a new existence. This was a new set of chains,

ayed with me. I could not concentrate or think clearly. It was not only their appearanc

. Ignoring it every time I attempted to shove

y life, to abandon the past, to vanish. But I was drawn

tried to separate myself,

ersity steps, the wind pulli

ange, the metropo

ld be liberating. But here, in this location th

lief or dread. The brothers' draw was inescapable; the nearer I went to the

allenge's weigh

strong. Ov

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