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Penulis: Sharon Smallwood
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Elenas pov

Lykan didn’t flinch.

He didn’t try to calm me or talk me down.

He just looked at me.

And in his eyes, I saw it as an unshakable truth.

He wanted the same thing.

“Then we kill him,” he said. “Together.”

A sharp knock at the door broke the silence.

Dominic’s voice filtered through, urgent but restrained. “Mira says the council’s gathering. They want to see Elena.”

Lykan glanced at me. “You up for that?”

I nodded once, wiping the last of my tears. “I’m done running. They need to hear what I saw. What’s coming.”

He helped me to my feet, but I stood steady on my own.

The ache in my bones, the heaviness in my chest, it was still there. But beneath it all, something new pulsed inside me.

Resolve.

Seraphine’s strength.

The Blood Witch’s truth.

The tree’s power.

And my own fire, simmering just beneath the surface, waiting to burn.

Lykan opened the door.

The council chamber was thick with tension.

I stood at the center, eyes locked on every leader, scout, and r
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    Lykan’s POV I hadn’t slept in days. Not really. I closed my eyes when I had to. I breathed when I remembered. But my mind? It never stopped spinning. The bond was quiet but not peaceful. Elena wasn’t hurt. I would’ve felt that. But something in me had shifted the moment she slipped through the night like smoke and left me behind. A part of me had gone with her. And now, it was trapped behind enemy walls, out of reach. I stood outside the main cavern at dawn, eyes trained on the thin mist rising from the valley below. That cursed castle stood in the distance like a tomb silent, stone-faced, and unknowingly preparing for its reckoning. Mira approached without speaking at first. She knew better. Then, finally “We intercepted movement at the lower ridgeline. A supply caravan. Three guards. All too calm. They’re not afraid of anything. They think we have gone cold." “They think we’re broken,” I muttered. “They don’t see what’s coming.” She nodded. “You’re right.” “I usually

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    Elena pov "What are you doing here?" The voice froze me in place. Lady Dimitri. Sharp. Cold. Lethal. She stood at the far end of the corridor, arms crossed, her black robes swirling around her ankles like smoke. Her eyes were narrowed, calculating, and even from this distance, I could feel the oppressive weight of her presence. Think fast. She didn’t recognize me from yesterday. I dipped my head slightly and gave the smallest, most innocent curtsy I could muster. “I got turned around, my lady. I was delivering a tray from the kitchens and took a wrong turn.” Her heels clicked against the marble floor as she approached, every step deliberate. “You’re new,” she said, circling me like a predator. “I don’t recognize your face.” “I just arrived this morning,” I replied, voice calm, face blank. “From the southern outposts.” She stopped in front of me, just inches away, her hand lightly tapping the edge of a golden ring on her finger. “I wasn’t informed of any new additions.”

  • Betrayed Luna: The Alpha's Claim    75

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    Elena’s POVI was assigned to clean the rooms.Luck was on my side. With Lykan’s temper, I probably only had a week or less here before he blew up the castle gates himself.I took the rag and started wiping the floor with a speed I hadn’t used since the days of harvesting with the Moirea. A girl worked beside me. Quiet, efficient, eyes always down. Like a ghost trained to breathe without being noticed.“Hi, I’m Elia,” I said softly enough that only she could hear.She blinked, startled. Her wide blue eyes locked on mine as if I’d just committed treason.“I’m Aria,” she whispered back after a beat, voice barely audible. “But… we aren’t allowed to talk. You’ll be in trouble.”I glanced around. No one is in sight.“It’s just the two of us. And I’m very bored,” I said with a faint smile.She hesitated… then gave the smallest nod. Like her silence had cost her something, and this was the first breath of rebellion she’d dared take in years.“Why aren’t you girls allowed to talk?” I pressed

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    Lykans pov The bed was empty. Elena wasn't there, The cold hit me first. The second was the silence. The third was the absence. Her scent was fading. “Elena?” I stepped outside the tent, boots crunching against the snow-covered earth. No reply. No rustle. No heartbeat nearby. I froze. My wolf stirred immediately, claws raking the edges of my control. She was gone. Not just wandering the camp or walking the edges like she sometimes did. Gone. I stormed down the path, pushing past startled rebels until I spotted the one person I knew would have an answer. “Dominic,” I snapped. He was leaning against a rock, arms crossed like he’d just woken or hadn't slept at all. He straightened the second he saw my face. “Where is she?” I demanded. He blinked. “What?” “Elena. She’s gone. Vanished. No scent. No trail. Where. Is. She.” “I don’t know,” he said too quickly. Too smoothly. His expression was neutral too neutral. There's no way she didn’t leave without Dominic knowing

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