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The Routine

Author: Eboh
last update publish date: 2026-03-09 09:19:31

Four weeks after the council was reformed, Nyx woke to sunlight streaming through the windows of the Alpha King’s residence and Theron already gone from the bed beside her.

She lay there for a moment, listening to the sounds of Ashville waking up beyond the walls, the distant calls of merchants setting up in the market square and the rhythmic clang of the blacksmith’s hammer starting his day’s work. Normal sounds. Ordinary sounds. The kind of sounds that said the Northern region was functionin
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  • The Luna’s Revenge    Watching

    The first day with Aria was the longest day of Nyx’s life. She held her daughter almost constantly, afraid that putting her down would somehow jinx whatever miracle had allowed her to be born breathing. The baby nursed weakly at first, her tiny mouth struggling to latch onto Nyx’s breast, but Elara helped guide them both through it and eventually Aria figured it out. When she did latch properly, she fed with surprising determination for someone so small, her little fists clenching and unclenching against Nyx’s skin. “She’s doing well,” Elara said after examining the baby thoroughly that first afternoon. “Breathing is steady, heart rate is good, color is healthy. Everything looks exactly as it should for a full-term baby.” “Finally,” Nyx said, and felt Theron’s hand tighten on her shoulder. Through the bond she felt his relief matching her own, felt him wanting to believe that finally meant they were safe, that the curse had been defeated. But Nyx couldn’t quite let herself believe

  • The Luna’s Revenge    Born

    At thirty-eight weeks, Nyx woke to her water breaking. It happened in the early hours before dawn, a sudden gush of fluid that soaked through the sheets and woke her instantly. She lay very still for a moment, processing what had just happened, her hand going instinctively to her swollen stomach where the baby had been moving just hours ago. The dampness spreading beneath her was unmistakable, and then the first contraction hit, low and deep and rolling through her abdomen like a wave. Labor. She was going into labor at thirty-eight weeks, two weeks past viable, further than she’d ever made it before. This was it. After Lyra at twenty-four weeks and Kael at twenty-eight, after months of waiting for the curse to manifest and take this child too, labor was finally starting and there was no going back now. Through the bond she felt Theron wake immediately, felt him register what was happening before she even said anything. The mate bond carried her fear and her pain and her desperate

  • The Luna’s Revenge    The Third

    Nyx discovered she was pregnant for the third time on a grey morning six weeks after she and Theron had decided to try again. The nausea was familiar now, almost expected, and she lay in bed feeling the sickness rise and knowing exactly what it meant before she even confirmed it. Her body recognized pregnancy immediately this time, having done this twice before, and when the queasiness became too much to ignore she started to get up. Theron’s hand on her arm stopped her. “You’re pregnant,” he said quietly. Not a question. A statement. She looked at him and saw in his eyes that he already knew, had probably known before she’d even woken up. The mate bond had carried it to him, the subtle shift in her emotions and her body’s chemistry that signaled the beginning of another pregnancy. “Yes,” Nyx said, and saying it out loud felt like stepping off a cliff into darkness. Through the bond she felt his immediate joy, stronger this time because he’d been waiting for this, hoping for thi

  • The Luna’s Revenge    Breaking

    The council had to be told again. Nyx sat in their rooms three days after Kael’s burial and stared at the wall, feeling nothing. The grief that had crushed her after Lyra’s death was different this time, not sharp and overwhelming but dull and heavy, like something had died inside her that wasn’t coming back. Through the mate bond she felt Theron’s anguish matching hers, felt him trying to hold himself together for her sake while falling apart on the inside. “We need to tell them,” Theron said quietly. “Before rumors start.” Nyx nodded without really processing the words. The council. Right. They’d announced the pregnancy at fourteen weeks, had stood before that chamber and told them she was carrying the Alpha King’s heir, and now she had to stand before them again and announce another loss. “I can tell them alone,” Theron offered. “You don’t have to be there.” “No,” Nyx said, her voice flat. “I’ll be there. They’ll expect me to be there.” She felt through the bond that he wante

  • The Luna’s Revenge    Again

    Nyx woke in the middle of the night to cramping pain that felt wrong. Not the sharp immediate agony that had preceded Lyra’s birth, but a dull persistent ache low in her abdomen that made her curl forward instinctively, her hands going to her stomach. She lay very still in the darkness, trying to assess whether this was something to worry about or just another uncomfortable symptom of late pregnancy, when she felt the baby move with a strange jerking motion that wasn’t like the normal kicks and rolls she’d grown accustomed to. “Theron,” she said quietly, and he was awake immediately, the mate bond flooding him with her concern before she even finished saying his name. “What’s wrong?” Theron asked, sitting up. “Something feels off,” Nyx said. “The baby’s moving strangely and I’m having cramps.” He was out of bed and moving before she finished speaking, lighting a lamp and coming back to check on her with hands that tried to stay steady despite the fear she could feel through the b

  • The Luna’s Revenge    Hope

    Three months after Lyra’s death, Nyx woke to familiar nausea and knew immediately what it meant.She lay very still in the grey morning light, her hand on her stomach, feeling the queasiness that was exactly the same as it had been the first time. The metallic taste in her mouth, the way her body felt wrong in a way she couldn’t quite name, the heaviness that had nothing to do with exhaustion. She’d felt all of this before, had lived through it for weeks during the first pregnancy, and her body recognized the signs before her mind was ready to accept what they meant.She was pregnant again.The realization hit like a wave of ice water. Part of her had known this might happen, had known they’d been trying for the past month after Elara finally cleared her physically and said her body had healed enough. But knowing it was possible and facing the reality of it were two completely different things.Through the mate bond she felt Theron still asleep beside her, his breathing deep and even,

  • The Luna’s Revenge    Between Life and Death

    The clearing was heavy with silence after that twitch of Theron’s hand. Nyx’s heart still raced, torn between hope and dread. She held onto his fingers like a lifeline, whispering, “Stay with me. Please.” Caelum shifted behind her, eyes sharp as he scanned the trees. The tension in his posture mad

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  • The Luna’s Revenge    Blood and Oath

    The battlefield was alive with chaos. The air reeked of blood, sweat, and the sharp metallic sting of iron. Wolves clashed against rogues in violent bursts of fur and steel, the ground already slick beneath their paws. “Stay with the Luna!” a warrior barked, shoving Nyx back behind the protective

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  • The Luna’s Revenge    The night before the fall

    The chamber was quiet, yet the silence carried weight. Heavy, suffocating, the kind that pressed against the skin and settled deep in the bones. Shadows from the candle flames wavered across the stone walls, crawling like restless spirits, but the man lying in the great carved bed seemed far more h

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  • The Luna’s Revenge    The missing Alpha

    The battlefield had gone quiet, but the silence was not peace. The ground was slick with blood, the air heavy with smoke and the stench of iron. Warriors stumbled back toward the center, some limping, some carrying the fallen. A few wolves still prowled the edges, making sure no rogue had survived

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