LOGINFor a long while, none of us spoke. The wind continued drifting quietly across the cliffs, carrying with it the endless murmur of the sea below.I lowered my gaze. Everything they had told me... About Elixane. About the Moon Goddess. About the endless cycle of reincarnation. About my own curse.It answered questions I had carried across countless lifetimes.Yet somehow, it also created new ones.I finally understood why every Euphyllia had carried the same name, why every face had been different, and why every death had returned my memories only after I had already lost her.The Moon Goddess had answered my prayer. Just not in the way I had expected.She had granted me another chance. Again and again. But every chance demanded the same sacrifice.My memories.Everything I had learned. Everything I had built. Everything I could have used to save her.I closed my eyes as a bitter smile tugged faintly at my lips. Moon Goddess had granted my wish. I had merely failed to understand the pr
Death was not the end. It never was.When darkness finally swallowed my consciousness within the lake manor, I expected to awaken beside Lady Euphyllia in whatever world awaited beyond mortal life.Instead, I opened my eyes beneath another sky. Another family. Another name. Another life.I remembered nothing. Not the lake manor. Not House Caedex. Not the promise I had whispered beneath the moon.Only an unfamiliar emptiness lingered inside my heart, as though something precious had been taken from me before I had even learned its name.Years passed.Then, she appeared again. It wasn't the same face, same family, or even the same kingdom.Yet, she was still Euphyllia.Always Euphyllia.The moment I heard that name, something inside me stirred with an indescribable familiarity. I could never explain why my eyes sought her within every crowded room, nor why my heart quieted whenever she smiled.I simply knew.She was important.Every lifetime unfolded much the same. She would meet anoth
The journey back to House of Caedex passed in silence. I could no longer remember how many times I had stumbled along the road, nor how many servants had crossed my path. Faces blurred together. Voices faded into meaningless noise. None of them mattered.The only thing I remained aware of was the weight in my arms.Lady Euphyllia rested against my chest exactly as she had countless times before whenever exhaustion claimed her during long rides home.Only this time... she did not wake.I carried her through the front gates without slowing. The servants who happened to witness us stopped where they stood, their greetings dying upon their lips before they could even utter them. One by one, horror spread across their faces until quiet sobs gradually echoed throughout the manor.No one questioned me.No one needed to.The answer lay plainly before them.I entered the drawing room and lowered her carefully onto the sofa nearest the windows. My movements were slow, deliberate, as though any
Sleep refused to come that night.I lay awake long after the manor had fallen silent, my eyes fixed upon the ceiling as though staring at it long enough would somehow reveal the answer I had spent days searching for. Every possibility I considered ended in the same cruel conclusion. If I spirited Lady Euphyllia away before dawn, Lord Esteban would pay the price for our disappearance. If I obeyed Alpha Farley's decree and returned her to the Pack, Lady Euphyllia would be condemned instead.Neither path resembled salvation.For the first time since swearing my oath as her knight, I found myself confronted with a truth I desperately wished to deny—I did not know how to protect her.That helplessness lingered long after I extinguished the lamp beside my bed. Exhaustion eventually settled over my body, heavier than my thoughts, and sometime before dawn, I must have surrendered to it, though I doubted I had truly fallen asleep.A violent crash shattered the silence.My eyes snapped open jus
The return journey felt far heavier than the one before it. Three days. Every beat of my heart counted them down.When I finally arrived at the manor, Lady Euphyllia was waiting exactly where I had left her. She had not touched much of the food. The fire had nearly burned itself out.She looked up the moment I stepped through the door. Her silver-blue eyes searched my face anxiously. "Father?"I removed my cloak before answering. "He's unharmed."The breath she had been holding quietly escaped her. I watched relief wash over her features. Only briefly. Because she immediately noticed something else."There's more." I remained silent. She knew me too well.Slowly, I walked toward the table before setting my gloves down. "Alpha summoned me."The relief disappeared. Her shoulders gradually stiffened. I hated what came next. Every word. Every syllable.And yet... she deserved the truth."They know you're gone."The room became unbearably still."They're searching for you." Her fingers sl
She never asked where I was taking her. Not once.From the moment I wrapped my cloak around her trembling shoulders and helped her onto my horse, Lady Euphyllia simply remained silent.No questions. No destination. No complaints.Only silence.It was the kind of silence that frightened me far more than tears ever could.The journey lasted until the sun had almost disappeared beyond the mountains. The farther we rode from Graveclaw, the quieter she became. At some point, her fingers loosened their grip around my waist.I glanced back more than once, just to make certain she hadn't fallen asleep. But she hadn't. She was simply staring. At nothing. As if the world itself had ceased to exist.When the familiar lake finally appeared beyond the trees, I gently slowed the horse. The manor stood exactly where it always had. It was modest and uilt far from the territories where nobles constantly concerned themselves with politics and alliances.This place had never been meant to impress anyone
The moment we arrived at our chamber, it took an ounce of patience from Lucretius not to ruin my dress. But one thing that couldn't escape me was the fact that even though he had wanted to devour right as of this moment, he still took his sweet time to undress me and admired my whole body as if thi
The moment the ceremony ended, everything around us dissolved into music, applause, and the warm buzz of celebration. People began moving the grand reception hall, and Lucretius was pulled away by a few elders who wanted to congratulate him personally. It gave me a brief moment to breathe, which g
The next day, Lucretius left early in the morning to meet the wedding organizer, and the packhouse was alive with preparations for tomorrow's second wedding. It would be held in the ceremonial ground where I officiated as Luna.While they were occupied, I was handling the paperwork from the militar
The cheers of the pack still echoed faintly in the distance, even the wolves howling, as Lucretius's hand remained firm at my back as he guided me away from the crowd.We were walking in a path with faintly glowing lanterns as the sun had already set. I could even see the countless fireflies steeri







