The Death of his Luna

the trees shifting like dark secrets outside. The night feels alive,

before I hear the so

li

om. I don't turn around. I can't. I'm still too raw from everything, from this

reply, my

ts quiet on the wooden floor. His sha

he says, his tone more like a

I can stop them, and for a moment, I regret them

says, as though he's making a guess, t

's the fact that I'm married to

now exactly how he looks when I speak the truth to him

," he says quietly. "You do

ce between us is like a chasm, unspoken, but suffocating. "You

says, his voice quieter,

chair back with a screech that fills the room. "Tell me, Kael, what's it like to be forced in

might say something, but then he just exhales

trembling at my sides. "Tell me how I'm supposed to fit

to the pockets of his coat. His eyes flicker with

und hollow. "You're here because you're what the pack needs

e bitterness in my voice sharp en

ght of the silence settles between us like a sto

gher now. "I didn't choose this either. B

"That's all this is, isn't it? You never

of something

But before I can say anything el

ace unreadable. "Alpha, Luna," he says

expression immediatel

murmur. "There's been a report of rogue wolves on the

ts, his tone laced w

er. It's only a matter of time bef

fly flicking over me before he

, his brow furrowed. "Possibl

nd heavy. Kael looks back at me, his eyes locking on

l says, voice firm. "You sho

It's not like I've been asked to do any

t respond. Instead, he turns to Lian. "Gath

behind him. Kael doesn't move immediately. He

me semblance of control. "You can go. I

thing, but then his lips press into a thin line

lence that follows his departure, the w

se is quieter now, the sounds of the wolves outside muffled by the thick walls. I try not to think ab

ting there when Miren comes in, her

thing?" she asks, her

ead, forcing a smi

her arms. "You don't look like you're thinking.

ugh, but it's hollow

gain. "Kael's not the easiest person to get c

it," I mutter, staring at the

oice more understanding now. "He loved S

I snap, more harshly than I int

ther of us speaks. The fire crackles in t

nally, "you're going to

her. "Figh

ays. "Here. With Ka

tangled mess. "And what if it's not e

nd on mine, her touch warm. "Then you'll have to see yours

n't feel any more

up, expecting to see Kael, but it

he says. "We h