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Chapter 35: The Price Of A Life
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2026-03-18 00:10:11
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Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 68
~KAIROS’S POV~The silence that followed Sarah’s scream was worse than the noise. It was heavy, wet, and smelled like the copper of the boy’s blood. I stood there, the silver knife slick in my hand, watching the girl crumble.“Talk,” I said. My voice didn't sound like mine. It was hollow. Cold. “The jewelry!” Sarah gasped, her words tumbling out in a rush as she stared at her bleeding brother. “She gave it to me! The Princess! She told me if I said I saw Kael at the temple the night before the trial, she would make me rich. She told me exactly what to say. She told me Kael was planning to sabotage the trial and probably make Elara fail. It was all a lie! Every word!”Jace made a low sound in his throat, a mix of a growl and a curse. I felt the floor tilt beneath my feet. I had known it was coming, but hearing the confirmation, hearing that I had almost executed my own flesh and blood for a script written by a Princess, was like a physical blow to my heart.“And today?” I asked, step
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 67: The Breaking Point
~KAIROS’S POV~The air in my study was thick with the smell of old paper and the sharp, metallic tang of fear. Sarah was huddled in the chair, her body shaking so hard the wood rattled against the stone floor. She was a mess of tears and snot, but every time I asked a question, her mouth stayed shut."I told you," she sobbed, clutching her skirts. "The Princess… She is just kind. She gave me the gold because I helped her. It wasn't for the trial. It was for… for personal errands.""Liar," I growled. I slammed my fist onto the desk next to her head, and she shrieked. "You are a laundry maid, Sarah. You don’t get rubies for personal errands. You get them for selling your soul. You get them for helping a Princess frame an Alpha’s brother."I looked up as the door opened. Jace stepped inside, his face tight. He didn't have the vial I asked for."Where is the serum?" I snapped."It’s gone, Kairos," Jace said, his voice low. "The clinic is empty of it. The High Priest’s men took the last of
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 66: Exposed
~KAIROS’S POV~I didn’t want to let her go.Holding Elara felt like finally finding the air I’d been missing for weeks. Her body was flush against mine, soft but strong, and she fit perfectly in the curve of my arms. I could feel her heart hammering against my chest like a trapped bird.I looked down at her, and the rest of the world just… stopped. All I could see were her eyes, wide and searching, and her lips, parted just enough to drive me insane. I wanted to lean down. I wanted to crush my mouth against hers right there in front of the whole pack. I wanted to claim her and tell everyone that she was mine, regardless of the blood or the shadows or the lies.The scent of her, pine and something dark and sweet was making my head swim. My thumb brushed her hip, and I felt her shiver. I was losing it. I was seconds away from forgetting my crown and my duty just to taste her again.“Ahem.”The sound of the warrior clearing his throat hit me like a bucket of ice water.I snapped my head
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 65
~GENEVIEVE’S POV~I didn't walk back to the palace. I practically ran. My breath was coming in short, angry gasps, and my lungs felt like they were on fire.Custody. The word kept banging around in my skull like a hammer. That greasy, pathetic priest actually thought he was going to take a child from me. He thought I was going to let him raise an "Alpha" son in some dusty corner of the temple. He thought he had leverage because his blood was in my womb.He was a dead man. I had decided it the second the words left his mouth. I didn't care about our deal anymore. I didn't care about his help with the trial. You don't threaten a future Queen and expect to keep breathing.I was so lost in my own head, plotting how to watch him bleed, that I didn't see the figure standing in the middle of the path.I slammed into something hard. A chest that didn't move.“Watch where you’re going!” I snapped, shoving my hood back. I was ready to slap whoever was in my way, but when I looked up, my bloo
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 64
~ELARA’S POV~The sun felt strange on my skin. It had been so long since I stood out in the open, away from the damp stone of the clinic or the suffocating silence of the East Wing.As Kael and I walked toward the training grounds, I braced myself. I expected the whispers, the sneers and the way people usually pulled their skirts away when the "Shadow freak" passed by. But as we stepped onto the packed dirt of the field, the air changed.The clashing of wooden swords stopped. The heavy grunts of warriors mid-swing died down. One by one, the soldiers turned.They didn't look at me with disgust. They looked at me with something that felt like fear. They had seen what I did during the fight with Alpha Soren. They knew the shadows lived inside me now.“Luna,” one of the younger warriors said, bowing his head quickly.The others followed, a wave of respectful nods rippling through the crowd. It felt fake, but it was better than being spat on. I just nodded back, my jaw tight. I wasn't the
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 63: He's My Child!
~GENEVIEVE’S POV~The door to my mother’s chambers had barely clicked shut before I felt like I was going to throw up. The air in the room felt too thick to breathe. I paced the floor, my heels clicking against the stone like a ticking clock.“Did you hear her?” I turned to my mother, Vesper, my voice shaking. “Did you hear what Elder Mara said? A paternity test. Tomorrow. She sat there smiling and drinking tea while she basically handed me a death sentence.”I gripped the back of a chair until my knuckles turned white. My head was spinning. I had played every card perfectly. I had fated the trial, I had fated the pregnancy, and I had managed to lock that Shadow bitch away in the East Wing. Everything was supposed to be mine.“Calm down, Genevieve,” my mother said. She was sitting on the sofa, looking as calm as if we were discussing the weather. “You are acting like a child. Mara is just doing what she has to do to quiet the Council. She’s playing her part.”“Playing her part?” I s
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 49
~ELARA’S POV~ The stone walls of the cell where Kael was were damp. Jace had told me what happened at the Council. He hadn't told me the details, but he told me enough. Kael had been framed and my mother’s name had been dragged through the mud again. And Kairos... Kairos had admitted his secret to
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 17: The King's Broken Vow
~ELARA’s POV~I leaned against that cold stone wall outside the archives. My hands shook so bad, I stuffed them into my apron to stop from scratching at the wall.His smell clung to my throat—pine smoke and raw power. For a moment, when he growled "Leave us," my heart almost quit. I stood so close.
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 11: Hunger Of Shadows
The sun still hadn’t come up, but the tiny cottage already felt suffocating. I stood by the table, staring at a deep gouge in the wood just so I wouldn’t have to meet Kael’s eyes.He was over by the door. Packing his things. Acting like I wasn’t even in the room. Every time I shut my eyes, I could
Shadows Of The Rejected Luna Chapter 7: The First Lie
~KAIROS' POV~I woke up screaming. Not a clean, sharp yell but more like something ripping its way out of me. It felt like every scream Elara had ever swallowed was clawing up my throat at the same time. My ribs ached deep, the kind of hurt you get when someone’s kicked you over and over. My stomac
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