96. The Light Of The Luna.

Rose POV

Everything around me was chaos. I could feel it vibrating through the ground beneath me, in the air around me, in my chest.

Wolves were falling.

Humans were screaming.

Vampires… their eyes burned with red fire, teeth bared, claws slashing anything that moved. I could hear the crack of bones, the tearing of flesh, the roar of alpha wolves trying to hold back the tide.

I wanted to run, but my legs felt heavy. My heart pounded so fast I thought it might burst. And all I could think was…

I am the Luna.

I am the bridge between the worlds. And yet… I can’t save anyone.

I can’t stop this.

Fear gripped me.

The weight of everyone depending on me… it was suffocating.

Then Kate landed me a blow...I fell.

And then, almost instinctively, I focused. I closed my eyes. I felt the pull of something deep inside me, something I had barely understood until now

: my connection to the spiritual realm, to the Luna power I had carried all along. I whispered into the chaos:

"Luna spirit… I need your help… guide me… show me the way."

The world shifted.

The screams faded.

The streets, the blood, the shadows...they all melted away.

And suddenly, I was somewhere else entirely.

A vast expanse of light surrounded me. White, silver, soft, and overwhelming all at once.

My bare feet didn’t touch the ground.

The air hummed with energy.

And there, above me, hung a crescent moon glowing with divine silver light. Its radiance washed over me, gentle yet powerful, and I felt something inside me ignite...a fire, a spark, a certainty that I hadn’t known I had.

"I… I don’t know what to do," I said, my voice barely above a whisper, trembling.

"I don’t know my purpose… if I can’t save them, if I can’t protect… why am I the Luna?"

Then a voice came. Not harsh, not judging, but infinitely calm and commanding, echoing through every part of me:

"Child… you have power beyond what you know. Strength that you have not yet used. Believe in yourself. Trust in what you carry… and you will guide many."

I opened my eyes to the crescent moon again, and for the first time, I felt something I hadn’t felt before: hope.

A seed of courage sprouted in my chest.

I could feel my strength returning, my power flowing through me like molten silver, and I realized...I can protect them.

I can save the worlds.

I raised my hands instinctively, letting the light pour from me.

From my fingers, my arms, my whole being.

A warmth spread, and the vampires on the battlefield shrieked as flames of radiant energy erupted around me.

Some shrieked and burned instantly; some scattered in terror, small ones fleeing wherever they could.

But Damien… I could sense him, lurking in the chaos, his fury like a storm...but even he dared not approach.

The fire, the light, it wasn’t just energy.

It was me.

My power as the Luna, my connection to the worlds. And for the first time, I felt truly in control.

But then...sharp, excruciating pain seared through my back. My body screamed at me. My vision blurred. I tried to stay on my feet, tried to maintain the barrier of light, but I faltered. My knees gave way. And then everything went black.

Adrian POV

The battlefield was collapsing around me. Wolves falling.

Humans screaming.

Vampires everywhere.

And I was there, moving, striking, roaring...but I felt a pull.

A force, unlike anything I’d ever sensed.

And then I saw her. Rose.

She was standing above the chaos.

Her body glowed faintly, silver light emanating from her form.

She whispered something I couldn’t hear...but the energy radiating from her hit me like a tidal wave. My claws dug into the pavement.

My instincts screamed.

She is the Luna.

She is the power.

And then the light erupted.

It started small, a shimmer around her form, then grew, spreading outward.

Vampires screamed as the searing light burned them, shriveled them, and scattered them in every direction.

Damien… he fell back, injured and furious, disappearing before he could strike again.

Smaller vampires scattered, shrieking in panic.

The battlefield changed in moments.

Wolves regained balance.

Humans were shielded. The chaos subsided under the brilliance of her power.

And then… she collapsed.

I ran to her side, my heart hammering.

Her body was trembling, drained, and pale.

My claws brushed the ground as I moved closer. “Rose!” I shouted, my voice breaking.

“Stay with me! Don’t close your eyes!”

Her chest heaved.

She tried to sit up, weakly, but her legs wouldn’t hold her.

“A-Adrian…” she whispered.

I knelt beside her.

Relief and fear warred inside me.