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Ch 31- A hand on my knee
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2026-09-11 04:57:24
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Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 54- One twilight away
Kai I waited until the camp had settled for the night and Tyler had taken himself off to check the perimeter before sitting beside my sister.Maya was staring into the fire, her eyes distant and her lips pressed into a thin line. Whatever occupied her thoughts, it was weighing heavily on her. She looked as though she had been carrying the burden for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to put it down.I had watched her and Tyler return from the river at midday. They hadn’t touched, and neither had said a word to the other, but I wasn’t an idiot. I knew what I had seen in their faces when they came out of the undergrowth. There was something between those two. Something neither of them seemed willing to acknowledge.“Maya,” I said, picking up a stick from the pile of firewood.She turned her head slightly. “Kai.”“We need to talk about tomorrow.”Her gaze returned to the flames. “I know.”“What’s the plan?” I asked. “When we reach Frostmoon Hill, what happens next?”For a
Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 53- Before we part
TylerWe stopped at midday to rest.The sun was merciless, beating down on us until the horses were drenched in sweat and our clothes clung uncomfortably to our bodies. The men collapsed beneath the shade of the trees, grateful for the brief respite, while Valeria settled nearby to catch her breath.Maya, however, had other plans. She quietly took Arion’s reins and led him towards a narrow stream trickling through the undergrowth, presumably to let him drink again.I told myself I followed her because Shadow, my black gelding, needed more water.It was a pathetic lie because Shadow had already drunk his fill. I’d watered him barely twenty minutes earlier while the others were getting settled, and he had shown no signs of thirst since. Still, I picked up his reins and followed her.She had slipped away from the group without a word, leading Arion farther downstream. I had watched her disappear between the trees, and the moment she was out of sight, an inexplicable unease settled over m
Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 52- His golden eyes, my hidden wolf
MayaI slept peacefully through the night.Until I didn’t. The dream shifted from something fanciful and meaningless into something purposeful. Something that felt wrong. Lord Draken’s dreamspaces had become familiar over the past few months. His world was cold and precise. Everything was perfectly arranged, from the candle springs to the framed artwork on the walls. Even the silence seemed carefully orchestrated.This was different. And yet, it was familiar in a way that made my skin prickle.I stood in one of the campsites where we had spent the night. Not exactly the same, of course. The dreamspace was never an exact reflection of reality, but the shape of it was unmistakable.The rocky shelf.The circle of stones around the fire pit.The impressions on the earth where we had slept beside the fire.Everything was there.Except the people.The camp was empty, but I could sense that Draken had been here. He had stood in this very place and examined it slowly, thoroughly, and with th
Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 51- The scent she left behind
Lord DrakenI found her deserted camp just before dawn. My shadow guards fanned out automatically, surveying the perimeter and checking the treeline. I let them do their work. Old habits served me well in unfamiliar territory, and this was unfamiliar territory in every sense.The forest was northern, lush, and green, nothing like the dry, pale landscape surrounding Acheron Fortress. Yet I was acutely aware that I stood in a place where Maya Russell had recently been.The fire pit was cold, suggesting it had been abandoned two or three days earlier. The wind had scattered the ash but had not entirely erased it. A ring of stones surrounded the pit, arranged with deliberate care rather than carelessly thrown together.Whoever had built the fire knew what they were doing.Kingston, I thought.Or perhaps he had taught Maya the skill himself.I crouched beside the fire pit and studied it for a moment. Then I began to read the camp as I had learned to read everything over five centuries: slo
Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 50- A wolf’s unspoken desire
MayaAnother long day on the trail had finally taught my muscles to endure hours in the saddle. My saddle sores had healed completely, and even the pain in my ribs had faded to a dull ache. But while my body was slowly recovering, my wolf was becoming increasingly restless inside my mind.I think I need to shift, I whispered to Valeria.The sun was nearing the horizon, painting the sky in the warm colors of sunset. Tyler had begun searching for a suitable place to stop for the night, and I could feel my wolf growing more impatient with every passing minute.I rarely shifted. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I had never been particularly good at it.My father had never allowed me to run with the pack. Most of my life had been spent within the confines of the pack manor, far away from the freedom other wolves enjoyed. My first shift had happened in the fruit garden, with only Valeria beside me, talking me through the painful and frightening process of transformation.Over the y
Moon kissed, Blood crowned Ch 49- The wolf that wouldn't let go
TylerShe had appeared in my dream. I had spent most of the night thinking about it, turning the memory over in my mind, and I was still struggling to make sense of it as the grey light of morning spread across the campsite.I saddled the horses while the others slowly stirred to life around me.Maya had entered my dream the same way she had entered Draken’s dreams, not invited, not summoned, and certainly not controlled. She had appeared, moving through the landscape of my mind as though she had every right to be there.I doubted Draken’s dreams were as bleak as my recurring nightmares. He had his perfect galleries, his carefully arranged flowers, and his cold, controlled world.I had dead trees and an abandoned pack house. And seven years of loss that had drained the colour from the sky and left everything I had once loved to wither in silence.Maya had seen all of it. She had followed me through that desolate forest, witnessed the ruins of my past, and cried. I had seen the tears o
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