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Author: Sherry
last update publish date: 2026-07-17 13:49:39

ELARA

I slept after Cassian left.

It was a different kind of sleep this time, I didn't even dream or think.

I simply disappeared into the dark, like every part of me had finally admitted it couldn't carry the slightest pain.

I could smell the scent of something herbal like fresh mint and lavender from my sleep.

I tried to open my eyes but they felt impossibly heavy. I finally opened them after a few seconds of trying.

I noticed a woman standing beside the bed.

She looked older than me by sev
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  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   10

    ELARACassian told me that there was something we needed to do this morning after I woke up. He didn't tell me where we were going, he just asked me to prepare and get dressed up. I should have felt nervous but instead, it made me curious.A maid had helped me dress that morning in a simple cream gown. I didn't need to look so serious with my dressing. She'd brushed my hair, smiled softly, and wished me a pleasant day before leaving me alone to finish getting ready.Cassian was waiting outside my room by the time I was done getting ready. "Ready?" he asked and I nodded."I think so.""That's enough." He said and then smiled and led the way.The room he brought me to wasn't what I'd expected.It wasn't a throne room nor was it filled with nobles. Instead, it looked more like a large meeting hall.A long wooden table stretched through the middle and several people were already waiting.I noticed Rhys standing near one of the windows.The Royal Beta sat quietly beside an elderly m

  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   9

    RONANI had received a report two nights ago and I remembered it clearly now.One of the border guards communicated with me through the mind link while I stood outside the delivery room that day. "Alpha, Lady Elara has left the territory." He had told me and I hadn't even looked up."Did she leave alone?" I asked him. "No, Alpha, she crossed the border with a man carrying the Alpha King's crest."I had glanced toward the room where Seraphine lay surrounded by healers with the cries of her newborns filling the hallway."Let her go, she needs time to calm down." I had answered. Back then, it had sounded reasonable but now, two days had passed and Elara still hadn't come back.The reports on trade agreements, patrol rotations and harvest record which were on my desk suddenly became blurry as I wasn't concentrating fully. I'd read the same paragraph three times without remembering a single word.A knock suddenly interrupted my thoughts."Come in."My Beta stepped inside, "The council

  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   8

    ELARAA loud crash suddenly ripped through the silence before the sun had even risenMy eyes flew open immediately. For one terrifying second, I had no ideas of where I was.My heart slammed painfully against my ribs as I could hear approaching footsteps. My instincts took over before I could think, and I reached blindly for the bedside table.My fingers searched for anything like a lamp, vase or weapon but there was nothing at all. Another loud clang echoed and it sounded like a metal striking another metal.My breathing became I wasn't dreaming and I knew that but my body didn't.Every muscle in my body had already braced for danger. Before I realized what I was doing, I threw the blanket aside and rushed toward the door.I pulled it open too quickly and a guard standing outside immediately turned.His hand flew toward the sword hanging at his waist. He paused when he realized it was me. I knew that single act was not because he wanted to attack but because he has been train

  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   7

    ELARAThe question stayed long after Cassian closed the door and there was no one left to answer it.I sat there until the sunlight moved across the floor. I tried to imagine another little girl.I imagined a little girl with another name, home, mother and father.Had they whispered that name when they tucked me into bed?Had my mother smiled when she said it?Did my father ever lift me into his arms and call me by it just because he could?I couldn't picture any of it. My earliest memories began in an orphanage. Everything before that was blank. I lay back on the bed, closed my eyes, and tried to sleep but I couldn't.One sentence kept returning.“They searched for you relentlessly.” It was just five simple words but they changed everything I'd believed about myself.I had spent my whole life thinking no one came.Now I couldn't stop wondering how many times someone had almost found me.The next morning felt different and it was not even because the ache in my body had disappeare

  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   6

    ELARAI slept after Cassian left. It was a different kind of sleep this time, I didn't even dream or think.I simply disappeared into the dark, like every part of me had finally admitted it couldn't carry the slightest pain.I could smell the scent of something herbal like fresh mint and lavender from my sleep. I tried to open my eyes but they felt impossibly heavy. I finally opened them after a few seconds of trying.I noticed a woman standing beside the bed. She looked older than me by several decades, silver threaded through her dark hair. She looked like a caregiver or a healer or someone placed to look after me.She pressed two fingers gently against my neck, checking my pulse without saying a word.When she noticed I was awake, she smiled. "You're awake."My throat hurt so I only managed the smallest nod."You've been sleeping."She checked the bandage around my arm, and replaced a small cloth resting against one bruise on my shoulder.I sustained a few bruises after fallin

  • The Luna I Was Never Allowed To Be   5

    Elara povThe guards at the border stopped the car before I'd gone half a mile, telling me, with the apologetic firmness of men following orders they didn't personally love, that I needed the Alpha's permission to leave pack lands. I sat there with both hands on the wheel, feeling the last of my strength drain out through my fingers, wondering if I even had the energy left to argue.That's when a man's arm reached past my window and planted itself between me and the guards, a badge held up to catch the gatehouse light."She's leaving with me."I watched the guards' faces change in a single breath. It was the Alpha King's family crest, old and unmistakable even to men who'd probably never seen one up close.They lowered their heads and stepped back without a word, though one of them, dutiful to the end, reported it through the mind link before letting the car through — just doing his job, he said. I genuinely didn't care whether the report ever reached anyone. He was probably still at

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