REJECTED LUNA RETURNS FOR WAR!

Isabella’s POV “Watch out!” I heard the shout a split second before my senses reacted. The hairs on the back of my neck rose with my wolf pushing forward so fast it made my heartbeat stumble. I spun around without thinking and it was at the same time that something flew through the air... too fast for human eyes but not too fast for mine. I lifted my hand and my fingers closed around the arrow just before it could bury itself in Clara’s chest. Clara screamed, Ramona gasped and for a whole moment, the world went silent around us... like even the breeze held its breath and then everything rushed back at once. “My Luna!” Clara clutched her heart with her eyes shaking. “Oh my goodness... did that just... did you just...” Ramona stood up so fast her chair almost fell. “Isabella, what was that reflex?! How did you...” Before she finished, my guards stormed in from every direction... of course, late. They formed a circle around me with their swords drawn and breathing hard

Isabella’s POVFor a second everything went silent and even the wind froze too. My chest felt like someone had reached inside and squeezed my heart until it cracked and I stepped back. “Edmund… don’t do this.”He didn’t even blink. “It’s done.”My eyes burned and I swallowed hard. “Think about Magnus. He needs both of us. He needs...”“I am not taking it back, Isabella.”The quiet finality in his voice shattered me far worse than any shouting ever could.I felt small. Not Luna-small… woman-small. Mate-small and rejection-small.Something in me broke at that moment but the mate bond wasn’t fully severed... not until I said my part.It felt like standing on the edge of a cliff, knowing I had no wings but being pushed anyway. My voice trembled. “Then… then I, Isabella of Evergreen Pack accept your rejection.”The moment the words left my mouth, something snapped inside me… a cord, a tie and a warmth I didn’t even know was wrapped around my chest. It recoiled and tore, leaving a cold

Clara's POV“Are you all fucking blind!?” I shouted at the warriors dragging villagers across the courtyard. “How could you let her escape? She was RIGHT THERE! One woman! ONE!”None of them even glanced at me. They kept rounding up terrified Evergreen members, pushing them toward the pack house like cattle. Children cried, women begged, men looked defeated and here I was... apparently screaming into the night air for nothing.“Hey!” I stomped closer. “The Luna escaped, you dumb mutts! Do you understand what that means? Leon is going to...”My sentence died when a giant hand wrapped around my throat hard and I choked with my feet almost leaving the ground.“Shut it,” the invader growled into my face and his breath smelled pretty bad too. “Just because you’re the Lycan King’s new fuck toy doesn’t mean you get to open that filthy mouth around us.”“I... I wasn’t...” I wheezed.He squeezed harder and for a moment, black dots danced in my eyes. My claws twitched, ready to lash out but eve

Isabella’s POV The coldness of the floor scraped under my bare feet as the guards dragged me through the corridor. My arms still throbbed from the manacles that had been ripped off too fast, skin burning where metal had chewed into me all night. Every step ached, but I forced my spine straight. I wouldn’t let them see me stagger. Not here. Not ever. The Redmoon packhouse spread around me... dark walls, torchlight flickering, shadows dancing like they were alive. The guard on my left grunted. “She walks like she owns the place.” “She won’t for long,” the other answered. I didn’t bother looking at them. Let them talk. Let them laugh. Let them fantasize about how their King would break me. They had no idea who I truly was. And that was my only advantage. The guards shoved open a heavy iron door, and warm light spilled into the hallway. One of them gave me a rough push inside. Leon stood near the window of the chamber, arms crossed over his chest... a predator lou

Leon’s POV The moment the guards closed the door behind her, I knew something was wrong.Isabella’s scent still lingered in the room… the mix of fear and that... stubborn fire that always clung to her skin. But underneath that, I sensed something else.A secret.She was hiding something big. And it wasn’t the usual fear or rebellion. It was deeper. Heavy. The kind of secret people die to protect.I sat in my chair, elbows on my knees, staring at the door she’d just walked through.Every time she talked back to me…Every time she stood tall even when she was shaking…Every time she refused to break…It pushed something inside me. Something I didn’t want to name.She wasn’t like the others.She didn’t bow to survive.She fought to survive.And that difference… it mattered more than I wanted to admit.A knock on my door pulled me out of my thoughts.“Your Majesty,” one of my warriors said. “We heard the girl is in the training hall. Alone. Is that what you wanted?”“Yes.”He hesitated.