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Chapter Nine: The Weight of Shadows
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Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Thirteen: What the Moon Remembers
The library breathed. That was the first thing Aaliyah noticed as she slipped inside and closed the door softly behind her. The air was cool and heavy with the scent of parchment, old ink, and something faintly metallic beneath it all, like blood long dried into stone. Moonlight filtered through the high arched windows, illuminating dust motes that drifted lazily between towering shelves. This place remembered things. She moved deeper, her steps soundless, fingers trailing along spines cracked with age. Many of the books here had not been opened in generations. Sunlit pack prized strength, unity, forward motion. They did not linger on the past unless it glorified them. Aaliyah lingered anyway. Her curse pulsed beneath her skin, quiet but present, like a second heartbeat. It always grew stronger at night, when the moon was full or nearly so. She had learned to ignore it, to fold the pain into herself and smile through it. But tonight, after the banquet, after the way Keith’s prese
Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Twelve: Threads of Defiance
••••• Leanne’s touch lingered on Keith’s arm, light as a whisper but deliberate. She had always known how to reach him without force, how to make him feel seen where others only measured him. The moonlight caught the curve of her cheek as she looked up at him, eyes soft with something that passed easily for devotion. “Fight for us,” she repeated, her voice low, coaxing. “You don’t owe them your future.” Keith turned away, dragging a hand through his hair. The night air was cool, but his thoughts burned hot and restless. “You make it sound so simple,” he muttered. “But it isn’t. This isn’t just my father’s pride or a petty alliance. It’s… bigger.” Leanne frowned, just slightly, as though wounded by his hesitation. “Bigger than your happiness?” she asked. “Bigger than the life you want?” He hesitated, and that pause was all she needed. She stepped closer, her body fitting easily into the space he left open, pressing her palm flat against his chest. He could feel the steady beat of
Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Eleven: The Fractured Heart
Keith stood alone in the training yard, the echo of steel ringing faintly in the night air. The banquet was long over, yet the weight of it clung to him like armor he could not remove. His father’s gaze cold and commanding still burned at the back of his mind. He had played his role as the dutiful prince, but every bow, every word, every gesture had been another stone pressing against his chest. He was tired of being a stone in his father’s wall, an heir measured against his brothers and found wanting. His thoughts, drifted back to her. Aaliyah. The princess of the Sunlit Pack had carried herself with grace, her smile as soft as moonlight. But behind that quiet dignity, he had sensed something else, an unyielding strength and a watchfulness she kept hidden beneath her façade of fragility. Every time his eyes met hers, something inside him stirred, something older and deeper than logic could explain. It unsettled him. Because when he closed his eyes, it was not Aaliyah’s face he
Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Ten: The Seer’s Shadow
The library had become Aaliyah’s sanctuary, though it often felt more like a tomb. She prowled its endless shelves day after day, searching for fragments of knowledge hidden in brittle parchment and dust. The words swam before her tired eyes, legends of gods and curses blurring together, yet she pressed on. Each page she turned felt like prying open the past itself.It was on the third evening that her fingers paused on a spine wedged so tightly between larger tomes it seemed determined to remain forgotten. The leather was cracked, the title long erased. She pulled it free and nearly sneezed as dust plumed into the candlelit air.Inside, the script was faint, almost erased by time, but her eyes caught on a phrase repeated again and again. 'The Weaver sees beyond the moon. The Weaver speaks where the goddess is silent.'Her pulse quickened. She turned page after page, finding cryptic references to a seer, older than the oldest records, who had once lived in the borderlands between the
Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Nine: The Weight of Shadows
The journey back to the Sunlit packlands was a quiet one, though silence was rarely peaceful. It hung heavy in the air like a storm about to break. The carriages rolled along the forest path, wheels crunching over gravel, the creak of wood punctuating the hush. Guards flanked them, vigilant, while the banners of the Sunlit pack fluttered against the evening breeze.Inside her carriage, Aaliyah sat with her hands folded neatly in her lap, her expression calm. To anyone who glanced inside, she looked every inch the delicate princess returning home after a night of political pleasantries. But behind her still eyes, her mind churned.She saw them again, the way Keith’s hand had lingered on Leanne’s cheek, the promise in his voice, the kiss that burned like acid against the thread of the bond inside her chest. The ache was real, but so was her clarity. Leanne’s ambition was a blade hidden behind a smile, while Keith’s rebellion was a torch held too close to kindling. They were dangerous, n
Lumina's Eclipse Chapter Eight: The Garden of Secrets
The banquet had begun to unravel. The great hall, once alive with music and laughter, was sinking into the sluggish haze of wine. Some guests slumped against the table, their heads lolling in drunken slumber. Others slipped away two by two, voices hushed, footsteps uneven. Only the sharp eyed councilors remained steady, their words barbed and measured even as the night waned. Aaliyah sat still at her place, her back straight despite the weight of hours. Her silver gown shimmered faintly under the fading light of the chandeliers, and though she smiled when addressed, her thoughts were elsewhere. She felt it again the faint tug, the bond thrumming quietly in her chest like a whisper she dared not acknowledge. Keith was not in the hall. She didn’t need eyes to know it. Her father, Alpha George, dismissed her with a glance, believing her too delicate to endure the night’s final hours. She rose gracefully, bowing her head. “If you’ll excuse me, Father,” she said softly, her voice w
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