NIGHTLY TEARS: The Unknown Luna

SELENA'S POV Two years later...The whip tore across my back again, hot, sharp, and I bit down hard on my lip until I tasted blood. I refused to cry out, no matter how much it burned. My body trembled heavily, but I forced myself to stay standing, If I screamed, Selene would only cry harder.I could hear her behind me, her soft sobs breaking my chest in half. “Stop it! Please don’t hurt her! It’s my fault!”Her voice cracked. She sounded so weak, so pitiful, the same way she always had. The trainer ignored her, his face tight with anger, as the whip cracked down again.I stumbled backward, knees almost giving out. My shirt was in tatters, clinging to my skin, and at this point, I knew my back was nothing but welts and bleeding stripes.Still, I refused to fall.I had promised myself one thing the day we were dragged into this place: I’d protect my sister no matter what. She was too frail to survive without me, and because of her, I couldn't break. I wouldn't.I closed my eyes, trying

SELENA'S POVThe triplet Alphas stopped in front of me, their three shadows towering over me. The air thickened, and even the wind seemed to stop, waiting for their permission to move. Even if no one had told me who they were, I would have known. Their presence was too heavy, like the air itself bent around them. My knees wanted to buckle. My wolf wanted to drop and bare her neck, but I forced myself to stand.“Name,” the first one said, clipped and emotionless. A voice trained to be obeyed. I swallowed. “Selena.”“Age.” The second Alpha asked, smoother, but the sharpness in his gaze made it obvious it was no less than a command. “Twenty,” I whispered.The third Alpha didn’t speak right away. He only stared as his golden eyes glowed faintly, piercing me like he could see through everything I was. My heart hammered in my chest, and my wolf whimpered inside me, screaming the word again and again. Mates. Mates. Ours. Ours.I wanted to deny it. To shut her up. How could three Alphas po

RAVIEL'S POVThe moment I scented my brothers, I couldn't help cursing under my breath. "Fuck."I glanced down at the girl in my arms, her body trembling, clothes torn like some beast had attacked her.I didn't know why I couldn't control myself with her. It just felt so right, like that was where I belonged.Her breathing was shallow, her eyes wide with confusion and fear, and all I could think about was how exposed she looked. My wolf growled quietly in my chest, possessive and restless. It didn’t want anyone else to see her like this.When footsteps sounded closer, I moved without thinking, shrugging off my cloak and wrapping it around her. She flinched a little, still dazed, but didn’t pull away.“Raviel.” Severin’s voice cut through the night like a sharp blade. Deep, commanding, and impossible to ignore. Jared's presence beside him was heavier. Their combined presence thickened the air, making the guards hesitate to breathe. The guards came running after them, stopping short w

SELENE'S POV I grinned hard. Seeing Selena groaning and whimpering on the ground, I felt something twisted in me for a moment. The sense of regret pooled in my heart, and bitterness clouded my thoughts.However, it was only a moment. When I heard her cries, her mournful cries as she tried to reach her wolf and saw her usually strong front crumble before me, I felt the thrill I hadn't felt in years. The happiness that had always been bottled deep within me sprouted, and my eyes watered. It had been long. It had been so long that I thought things would never change again. I thought I would remain her shadow forever, and my existence would only be to uplift her. But it was over now. We used to be identical... so I thought. Even though no one ever saw us as identical, I thought we were. However, we had truly become identical. No one would ever recognize us anymore. No one ever would know who was who. From today, Selena has become me, and vice versa. I laughed with satisfaction.

SELENA'S POVI watched Selene walk out of the room, and the door closed behind her. My lips remained parted, but no word came out. Everything felt like a dream. Selene had changed. She was no longer the sister I used to know. The look in her eyes earlier, before she left with Alpha Jared, was scary... absolutely incomparable with the look I used to see on her. I swallowed hard. Selene... needed my help. I had to help to return to the way she used to be.I drew in a deep breath and forced myself up the ground. The sweat and tears had made my body sticky, and a bath was needed. I removed my wet gown and walked into the bathroom for a short bath. A few minutes later, I was out of the bathroom, and I put on a long black gown before stepping out of the room in search of Selene and Alpha Jared.Having lived in the castle for almost two months, I'd learned a lot about the triplet Alphas, and one of them was that Alpha Jared was the youngest but also the king among them. So, to find