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Betrayed Luna: The Alpha's Claim 83
Elenas pov I lay awake in the silence of Cael’s chamber, listening to the quiet rhythm of his breath. Every so often, he’d murmur something in his sleep a half-word, a sleepy protest. He was still a child. Still innocent. And somehow, it was the only light left in this crumbling, cursed palace. The only reason I hadn’t burned it all down already, he was the one making me second-guess my choices. He was just a child. My fingers trailed lightly across the sheets, mind racing. Every tick of the clock outside his door sounded like a countdown to something final. Something irreversible. Kairos tested me today. Pushed me as close to the edge as he dared. He didn’t know who I was. Not yet. But he was circling. Getting closer. And he suspected me. And the Keeper… He would not make the same mistake twice. Eira whispered through the bond again, her voice sharp and low: “He’s watching your fear. That’s what they always want. To see if you’ll break first.” “I won’t,” I whispered
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Elena's POV“I think someone’s playing a very dangerous game.”The air thickened between us, tense as a drawn blade. My breath slowed. I made my heartbeat even and forced my fingers to remain still, composed.If he smelled fear, he’d pounce.“I wouldn’t know,” I said softly. “I only clean floors and serve soup, Alpha.”Kairos chuckled a cold, hollow sound. The Keeper’s eyes narrowed behind him, dark and sharp like a hawk studying a cornered animal.“But the thing about games,” the Alpha murmured, circling again, “is that even pawns sometimes pretend to be queens.”He stopped behind me.“Tell me, Elia… have you ever killed anyone?”My throat went dry. “No, my lord.”“Do you want to?”"How can I, a lowly maid, kill someone."He stepped in front of me again. That same steady stare. Searching for cracks.“Do you dream?”“Yes, my lord.”“What do you dream about?”“…Peace and happiness."There was a pause. Long. He tilted his head, intrigued.“The same word again.” He glanced sideways, smil
Betrayed Luna: The Alpha's Claim 81
Elena pov The morning after the escape came with no alarm bells. No pounding boots. No screaming guards. No locked-down halls. Just silence. Too much silence. Like the calm before a storm. I woke early, as expected. Dressed slower than usual. Checked every inch of my reflection twice. My wounds had scabbed over thank the gods but my hands still shook when I tied the apron. The weight of the scroll I’d hidden days ago beneath the floorboard now burned like fire beneath my bed. They hadn’t found it. Not yet. But I knew something had shifted. The castle was watching. By the time I entered the prince’s chambers, I could feel it. Tension. Subtle. Unspoken. The air was thicker. The guards at the door stood straighter. Their eyes scanned longer. Lady Dimitri wasn’t there. Which was its own kind of warning. Cael sat on the edge of his bed, feet swinging, still in his nightclothes. But when he saw me, his eyes lit up the same way they always did. “Elia!” he grinned. He jumped
Betrayed Luna: The Alpha's Claim 80
Elena pov “Wait… what?” I said it aloud. The words slipped out before I could stop them, breathless, trembling, dangerous. Moirea? The boy? Cael? Eira’s voice hummed within me, not loud but steady. “You felt it, didn’t you? That thread. That strange tug in your chest when he hugged you. The way he clung to you like… like he’d known you before.” I swallowed, the weight of it falling over me like cold rain. Cael. The prince. The Alpha’s son. And yet… The softness in his eyes. The natural pull between us. The way the guards kept him hidden—almost too hidden. He had the look of Valric, sure. But there was something… else. Something wild and warm and older than the cold royalty this place wore like armor Could he really be…? “No,” I whispered. “That would mean…” "That the Alpha bred with someone of Moirea blood,” Eira finished for me. “To create a weapon. Or an anchor. Or maybe something worse.” My thoughts spiraled If Cael was Moirea… it wasn’t just political. It was
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Elena’s POV That night, my sleep was anything but peaceful. It did not feel like a dream. Not truly. It felt like I was being dragged somewhere, pulled beneath the surface of my own mind into something older and colder. And vision, maybe. Or a warning. The world was cloaked in crimson. The sky didn’t move. The wind didn’t breathe. Everything was wrong. I stood in the middle of what looked like a decaying forest—trees twisted into clawed hands, roots bleeding into cracked soil. The sky above was stained blood red, pulsing slowly like a heartbeat. Something was watching me. But no one moved. Then I heard the sound. Laughter. Childlike. Soft. Creepy. I turned. And there he was. A little boy. No more than six. White hair. Pale skin. And eyes that gleamed like moonlit steel. He was carving something out of wood. Humming. And whispering to himself. "Die young. Burn bright. Die young. Burn bright." "Unless… you change the story." I took a step closer
Betrayed Luna: The Alpha's Claim 78
Elena pov They ordered me to the royal dining chambers before sunrise. The moment the command came, I knew two things: 1. The Alpha would be there. 2. I was walking into the lion’s den. 3. This was a test. The slightest slip-up, I would die. I had changed my appearance before entering the castle dull blonde hair tied low, brown lenses masking my violet eyes, no makeup, no scent. I made myself look small. Plain. Forgettable. But inside, my blood pulsed like thunder. Because the man who sat at that table? He killed my mother. And I planned to kill him. The doors opened, and I was led in by a silent guard. The room was massive. Columns of black stone stretched toward the ceiling. The table was long, dark, carved from obsidian, polished like a mirror. Gold cutlery. Silver plates. Silence. At the head of the table sat Alpha Valric. The man who burned the Moirea to ash. And beside him? Cael. His little legs dangled from the seat, kicking idly until his face lit up when h
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