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• Rejected mythical Luna   Unsteady

  She still hadn’t moved.Not in seconds.And those seconds stretched into minutes—agonizing, endless minutes—without even the faintest breath.I held her tighter, cradling her body as though my warmth could defy death. Her skin was still warm. Her scent still lingered. But no pulse… no flutter beneath her chest. Just stillness.“Rex…” I whispered her name like a sacred chant, again and again, each syllable tearing my throat apart. Maybe if I said it enough, I could call her back. Maybe she'd hear me—somewhere out there—and come home.I bowed my head, pressing my forehead to hers, holding her like gravity alone could keep her tethered to this world. To me.“It was supposed to work,” Rose murmured behind me, her voice hoarse, disbelief cracking through every word. “She was fighting.”“She still is,” I growled, not looking up, my voice shaking with the lie I desperately needed to believe. “She has to be…”No one answered. No one corrected me. Maybe they were too afraid. Afraid I’d break m

• Rejected mythical Luna   The shift

  Aries PovThe room felt colder than ever tonight.I stood by the window, watching the moon rise—round, silver, quiet. It should have brought comfort. Our supposed source of strength. But tonight, it only reminded me how powerless I truly was.My gaze drifted to Rex’s sleeping form, and my heart clenched at what tonight might mean for her… for us.The circle for the shift had been prepared. Robin and the Banished warriors helped draw the ancient runes—symbols passed down through their tribe, ones said to deepen the bond between wolf and soul. Crystals lined the perimeter, pulsing softly with energy. The thick scent of sacred herbs hung in the air, burning in my lungs with every breath.My mother had checked the perimeter herself. Still, nothing felt enough.“She’s not ready,” I muttered as I crouched down, adjusting the circle’s pattern. “Not when she’s like this. Not when she’s already…”“Fading?” Julian said quietly, kneeling beside me.I didn’t respond. I didn’t need to. The word al

• Rejected mythical Luna   Turning point

  We waited in silence, just me and Aries, curled up against each other—his arms steady, his warmth grounding. It felt like hours, but it was only ten minutes before the door creaked open and they all walked in.Lucy. Robin. Julian. Rose. Lily.It was time.Time to hear what they’d found. Time to face whatever hope or risk they brought with them.Aries helped me sit upright against the pillows. His hand hovered at my back like he was scared I’d fall apart again.“Alright,” he said, his voice firm but tired. “Now that everyone’s here, let’s hear it. Robin?”Robin stepped forward, eyes flickering to me, then to Lucy.“Well, Alpha… Elegida,” he began. “Back at the Banished camp, there was a woman—she wasn’t a witch, but she was good with spells. I remembered something she always said, and when I told Lucy, she agreed it might work.”“What did she say?” I asked, my voice dry but steady.“She always said: ‘A new shift has the power to unravel any and all spells.’ And since you haven’t fully

• Rejected mythical Luna   Steady

  I hadn’t passed out again—not since the reunion with Rose, Julian, and everyone else. My eyes had stayed open, and I intended to keep it that way. It was the least I could do, knowing everyone was turning over every stone to get the globe out of me.Ria still hadn’t spoken, but I could feel her presence inside me now, quiet but steady. And that gave me hope—hope that she was okay, that we were okay.Robin had visited after the others left. Like everyone else, he blamed himself—for not protecting me, for Maron’s death. I had to make him understand: it wasn’t his fault. It wasn’t any of theirs. The blame belonged to Ron, and Ron alone.I hadn’t gone to Maron’s grave yet, but it would be the first place I visited once I could get out of this bed. I’d been here a day now, and Aries told me I could finally move back to our room this morning. I was sitting up, waiting for him to come take me there—to take me home.I was still being drained. I could feel it, like a slow leak in my soul. Ever

• Rejected mythical Luna   Fallout

  Ron’s POVThe stench of smoke still hung in the air—thick, bitter, and suffocating. The taste of failure.I stood in the ruins of the eastern wing, fists clenched so tight my claws cut into my own skin. Blood dripped, unnoticed, onto the cracked stone floor. But even that pain didn’t come close to the fury simmering in my chest.They took her.They took Rex.I could still feel the faint echo of her power lingering in the walls. She was here—chained, broken, mine. I was so close. So damn close to having her the way she was meant to be.Now the cell was empty. Chains shattered. Blood dried. And the air was tainted with the scent of that cursed Alpha—Aries.A roar tore out of me, ripping through the air. The walls trembled, dust raining down from above.Two guards froze at the entrance, too afraid to meet my eyes.“You let them in,” I growled, my voice low, seething with venom. “You let them take her right from under your nose.”One of them dared to speak—tried to explain.“They came dur

• Rejected mythical Luna   Seeking solutions

  The scent was the first thing I noticed before my eyes even fluttered open. That sharp sting of disinfectant—and something softer, familiar. Earthy. Warm. Aries.I could hear soft murmurs dancing around me, voices like distant music just beyond my understanding. I shifted slightly, and a dull ache burned across my back. It still hurt—but not like before.“Rex?”A voice I’d recognize in any lifetime.Aries.I forced my eyelids open.The lights weren’t harsh this time. They were softer, clearer. My blurry vision settled, registering what my heart already knew—we weren’t in the tent anymore.Shapes began to form. Then faces.And then I felt his hand wrap around mine—steady, grounding. A touch I had grown used to these past few days.“You’re home now,” Aries whispered.“Home?” I rasped, my voice raw.He nodded gently, eyes locked on mine. I turned my head slowly, scanning the room—and that’s when I saw them.Rose, curled in a corner, her knees to her chest. Her eyes were red, but they lit