เข้าสู่ระบบAURORAFor a moment, nobody reacted.It wasn’t because they didn’t understand what the scout had said.It was because they understood it too well.The Northern Pack has fallen.Malrik has taken control.The words echoed through my head while the clearing around us descended into chaos. Wolves were speaking over one another. Questions flew in every direction. Even the Hollow soldiers standing behind Lucien looked unsettled.But all I could think about was Malrik.The note.The kidnapping.The trials.The traps.The way he always seemed one step ahead of everyone else.A sick feeling settled in my stomach.Because looking back now, there had been signs from the beginning.Too many signs.I just hadn’t known where to look.Darius was the first person to move.“What exactly happened?”His voice cut through the noise immediately.The scout turned toward him.His face was still pale.“The council tried to stop him.”The man’s throat bobbed.“It didn’t matter.”A cold silence settled over th
AURORANobody spoke for several seconds after my mother revealed the truth.Lucien carries the power to destroy.You carry the power to create.The words settled over the clearing, but instead of answering questions, they seemed to create even more.I stared at Lucien.He wasn’t looking at me.He wasn’t looking at our mother either.His gaze remained fixed on the ground as though he were replaying every moment of his life through an entirely different lens.For twenty years he had believed he was the Bloodline.For twenty years he had believed the power belonged to him alone.Now he was learning that everything the council told him had been a lie.I understood why he looked shaken.Honestly, I felt the same way.My mother slowly released a breath.“The power should never have been separated.”Lucien laughed softly.There was no humor in the sound.“And yet here we are.”His voice was quieter than before.Less angry.That frightened me more than the shouting ever could.The anger I und
AURORAFor the first time since this conversation began, Lucien looked genuinely caught off guard.The reaction lasted less than a second.Most people probably wouldn’t have noticed it.I did.Because until now, Lucien had seemed like the only person standing in this clearing who wasn’t surprised by anything. Every accusation, every revelation, every painful memory had rolled off him without changing his expression.This was different.The moment my mother said the Bloodline had split, something flickered across his face before he buried it again.And that terrified me more than all the stories about armies and prophecies.Because if Lucien didn’t know this then whatever came next was important.My mother noticed it too.I saw her watching him carefully before turning back toward me.“The council believed the Bloodline existed inside one heir. That was the foundation of everything they knew about the prophecy. Every record, every prediction, every ritual was built around that assumpti
AURORANobody interrupted after Lucien’s last words, and honestly, nobody could.The image he had painted was already sitting heavily in everyone’s mind.A frightened six-year-old boy was losing control of a power he didn’t understand, while the adults around him responded with fear instead of compassion.I could see it now—the council chambers, the panic, and the whispers.The moment people stopped seeing a child and started seeing a threat.Maybe that was what disturbed me the most. Not because it was difficult to imagine, but because it wasn’t. I had lived through something similar.The moment my powers surfaced, everyone had looked at me differently, too. The elders had talked about protection while preparing cages. They had spoken about safety while fitting collars around people’s necks.Fear always found a way to disguise itself as concern, and fear was usually where cruelty began.My mother lowered herself onto a fallen tree near the edge of the clearing. For the first time sin
AURORAFor several long seconds after Lucien spoke, nobody said a word.The clearing had become so quiet that I could hear the wind moving through the dead trees beyond the border. The army remained motionless behind him, stretching endlessly into the mist, but somehow they felt less important than the conversation unfolding in front of us.I couldn't stop looking at my mother.When I first saw her standing beyond the border, I imagined a hundred different explanations for why she disappeared. Maybe she had been trapped. Maybe she had been running. Maybe she had sacrificed everything to keep me safe.Now I wasn't sure what to believe because every answer seemed to come wrapped in another secret.Lucien watched her with an expression that made my chest ache. There was no love left in his eyes. No hope. Whatever relationship had existed between them had been worn away over the years until only resentment remained."You still haven't told her the truth."His voice was calm, but it carrie
AURORANobody spoke after Lucien's accusation.The clearing had gone unnaturally quiet, as though even the Hollow Lands were listening.My mother's face was pale, her eyes shining with tears she refused to let fall. Across from her, Lucien stood with his hands folded behind his back, his expression unreadable again, but the damage had already been done. The anger I'd seen moments ago was gone, replaced by something colder. Something far more dangerous.Resentment.Not the kind that exploded and disappeared.The kind that sat inside a person for years until it became part of who they were.I couldn't stop staring at him.Everything about him felt wrong and familiar at the same time.The shape of his face.The dark hair.The eyes.Moon Goddess, the eyes.Every time I looked at him, it felt like I was staring at a distorted version of myself.Not because we looked identical.Because there was something recognizable beneath the surface.Something that shouldn't have been there.Something
AURORAThe twig snapped again. It wasn't loud but it might as well have exploded inside my skull. Ever since I woke up I've been hearing everything a little too loud. I could even hear the wind threading through the trees, the faint rustle of leaves under distant feet, the scrape of leather agains
LUNA“Not like that.”The maid froze, fingers tightening around the silver clasp at my throat.“I said tighten it,” I repeated, slow and cold. “Do you think I enjoy things hanging crooked around my neck?”“I… I’m sorry, Luna,” she stammered, hands shaking as she tried again but the clasp pinched my
AURORA“What do you mean you don't know?” Darius asked. I could see the worry in his eyes. It was a bit weird getting used to Darius who didn't see me as a sex toy, I could also feel his worry deep in my heart. The dream or vision… I honestly don't know what to call what I'd seen and how I'd seen
AURORAI woke up choking on heat but it wasn't the type that came from fire or fever alone, it was something deeper than that, like something was pulling me from inside, stretching, and burning like my body was being torn in opposite directions. I heard the voices before I opened my eyes. I heard







