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Chapter 21

Penulis: Vine Ifechukwu
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-03-31 16:36:20

The cold night air stung my skin as Damien and I ran through the dense forest. My heart pounded furiously against my ribs, not just from exertion but from the sheer intensity of what we had just done. I had escaped. I had left Luca behind.

Branches whipped against my arms, the underbrush crunching beneath my bare feet as I struggled to keep up with Damien’s swift movements. He barely made a sound, his agility remarkable, while I felt clumsy, each step a battle to stay upright.

“Where are we going?” I gasped.

“Somewhere safe,” Damien murmured without looking back.

Safe. That word had lost its meaning a long time ago.

Still, I followed him, my body pushed to its limits, desperation fueling me.

Then, suddenly—

A howl.

Not just one.

Multiple.

A shiver ran down my spine.

They were coming.

Damien cursed under his breath. “We need to move faster.”

He grabbed my wrist, pulling me forward with renewed urgency. My legs burned, lungs screaming for air, but I refused to slow down. Not now.

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 22

    CHAPTER 22The warmth of the cabin wrapped around me like a fragile cocoon, but it did little to settle the storm raging inside me. The crackling fire cast flickering shadows across the wooden walls, and for the first time in what felt like forever, I was dry, my body no longer trembling from the cold river.Yet, my mind refused to rest.I sat on the small cot, pulling the threadbare blanket over my shoulders. Across the room, Damien leaned against the wall, his sharp eyes watching me, his expression unreadable.“You should sleep,” he said.I shook my head. “I can’t.”The adrenaline was still coursing through me, my heart pounding like a war drum. Even though we had put distance between ourselves and Luca’s pack, I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was close. Too close.Damien sighed, pushing off the wall. He crossed the small space between us and crouched beside the cot, his gaze level with mine. “I know you’re scared.”I stiffened. “I’m not scared.”A ghost of a smirk touched his l

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 23

    The warmth of the cabin wrapped around me like a fragile cocoon, but it did little to settle the storm raging inside me. The crackling fire cast flickering shadows across the wooden walls, and for the first time in what felt like forever, I was dry, my body no longer trembling from the cold river.Yet, my mind refused to rest.I sat on the small cot, pulling the threadbare blanket over my shoulders. Across the room, Damien leaned against the wall, his sharp eyes watching me, his expression unreadable.“You should sleep,” he said.I shook my head. “I can’t.”The adrenaline was still coursing through me, my heart pounding like a war drum. Even though we had put distance between ourselves and Luca’s pack, I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was close. Too close.Damien sighed, pushing off the wall. He crossed the small space between us and crouched beside the cot, his gaze level with mine. “I know you’re scared.”I stiffened. “I’m not scared.”A ghost of a smirk touched his lips. “Lying

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 24

    The forest was alive with danger. Every snapping twig, every rustling leaf sent my heart hammering against my ribs. Luca was close—too close. His voice had been unmistakable, a dark echo that sent icy fear down my spine.Damien’s grip on my wrist tightened. “We need to move. Now.”I nodded, barely able to find my voice. My legs ached, exhaustion clawing at me, but there was no time for weakness. No time for rest.We ran.The damp earth shifted beneath my feet as I struggled to keep up. Damien moved like a shadow, weaving through the trees with effortless grace. I, on the other hand, stumbled more than once, the roots and uneven ground conspiring against me.Branches scraped against my skin, but I barely felt them. The only thing that mattered was putting as much distance as possible between myself and Luca’s hunting party.The wind carried their voices—low, urgent whispers carried through the dense foliage. They were tracking us, following our scent.“We won’t outrun them like this,”

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 25

    The night air was thick with tension. Even though Damien assured me we were safe for now, I couldn’t shake the unease curling in my stomach. The forest was quiet—too quiet. No rustling of leaves, no distant animal calls. Only the faint whisper of the wind moving through the trees.I hugged my knees, my damp clothes sticking uncomfortably to my skin. My body ached, exhaustion weighing down on me, but sleep felt impossible.Damien sat a few feet away, sharpening a small dagger against a stone. The rhythmic scrape of metal against rock was oddly soothing. His face was unreadable in the dim light of the moon, but there was something in his posture—something tight and restrained.He was worried too.I cleared my throat softly. “Do you think they’re still looking for us?”Damien didn’t glance up from his blade. “Luca won’t stop hunting you, Angelina. He’s an Alpha. His pride is wounded, and Alphas don’t take betrayal lightly.”Betrayal.The word left a bitter taste in my mouth.I wasn’t the

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 26

    The cabin felt eerily silent after Damien left. I sat on the edge of the worn-out couch, staring at the wooden door as if willing him to come back. But I knew he wouldn’t—not yet. He had things to take care of, and whatever they were, I doubted they were simple.A cold wind seeped through the cracks in the cabin walls, making me shiver. I pulled the thin blanket tighter around my shoulders and took a deep breath, trying to steady myself.I was safe here.For now.The rogues had accepted our presence, or at least tolerated it, but that didn’t mean I was truly welcome. I had seen the way they looked at me—curious, suspicious. A pack wolf among them was unheard of, and they probably wondered how long I would last before running back to my Alpha.But I wasn’t running back.I would never return to Luca.I shook off the thought and rose to my feet. My body ached from exhaustion, and my muscles screamed in protest, but I couldn’t just sit here waiting for something to happen.I needed to do

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 27

    The night air was heavy, thick with moisture and the scent of damp earth. The rogue camp was quiet, but I could feel the unease pulsing beneath the surface, lingering like a storm waiting to break. The past few days had been a whirlwind—training, observing, and trying to understand where I fit in.I wasn’t one of them, not yet. But I wasn’t anywhere else either.I stepped outside my cabin, rolling my shoulders to ease the soreness. Training had pushed my body to its limits, but I didn’t mind. The more I learned, the better my chances of surviving.A flicker of movement caught my eye.Damien stood at the edge of the camp, his posture tense as he spoke to a group of rogues. Even from a distance, I could see the rigid set of his shoulders, the way his hands curled into fists.Something was wrong.I took a deep breath and walked toward them, feeling their gazes shift in my direction. Some of them still saw me as an outsider, a weak Omega who didn’t belong in their world.I didn’t care.As

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 28

    The scent of blood still clung to my skin, thick and suffocating. My hands were sore, my body ached, but I was still standing. That had to mean something.I tightened my grip on the dagger Mira had given me, the worn handle now slick with sweat. My heart pounded as I scanned the battlefield—if it could even be called that. Bodies lay scattered across the ground, some groaning in pain, others still. The rogues had taken a hit, but so had Luca’s warriors.And yet, I knew this wasn’t the end.Luca wouldn’t stop.Not until he had me back under his control.Damien stood nearby, his golden eyes scanning the area with sharp precision. Blood streaked his jaw, and his breathing was heavy, but he didn’t seem fazed by what had just happened. Unlike me, he had seen countless battles. This was just another fight to him.For me? It was survival.“We need to move,” Damien said, his voice steady. “Now.”I swallowed hard and nodded.We couldn’t stay here. If Luca’s warriors had found us once, they wou

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 29

    Luca’s voice sent an icy chill down my spine.Found you.Two simple words, yet they carried the weight of my past, my suffering, my fear.I tightened my grip on the dagger, my pulse pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. My instincts screamed at me to run, but I forced myself to stand my ground. I wasn’t that weak Omega anymore.Luca took a slow step toward me, his piercing blue eyes filled with something dark and possessive. He was calm—too calm, like a predator savoring the moment before striking.“I have to admit, Angelina,” he mused, tilting his head slightly, “you’ve surprised me. I never thought you had it in you.”My jaw clenched. “You don’t know me.”His smirk deepened. “Oh, but I do. I know every inch of you.” His gaze dropped to the blood staining my hands. “And now I see you’ve embraced the part of you I always knew existed—the part that belongs to me.”Rage erupted inside me, white-hot and blinding. “I don’t belong to you,” I spat.Luca sighed, as if I was a child th

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  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 117

    The wind howled through the ruined temple as we stood at the precipice of the final battle. The sky churned with dark clouds, unnatural in their movements, as if the world itself knew what was coming. A storm was brewing—not just in the heavens, but in our souls.I could feel it. The darkness. The raw, unrestrained energy that had been sealed away for centuries, now clawing its way back into existence.And at the heart of it all, him.The one who had orchestrated it from the shadows.The one who had betrayed Lunara all those years ago.And the one who now stood before me, watching with eyes that glowed like molten fire.Malakai.I took a slow step forward, my pulse steady even as my body braced for what was to come. Luca and Damien flanked me, their presence grounding me, but I knew—this was my fight.Malakai smiled, his voice like silk laced with poison. “So, you finally remember.”I clenched my fists, power humming beneath my skin. “I do.”His smile widened. “Then you know why this

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 116

    The weight of the revelation pressed down on me like a crushing tide. My breath came in short, shallow gasps as I stared at the altar, the symbols etched into its stone glowing with an eerie light.The last of my kind. A forgotten bloodline. A ritual that would unlock the truth.Every nerve in my body screamed at me to stop—to turn away before I unleashed something I couldn’t control.But I had come too far to stop now.I forced myself to stand, my legs trembling beneath me. Luca’s hand shot out to steady me, his touch firm yet careful.“Angelina,” he said, his voice low, controlled. “Are you sure about this?”I looked up at him, into those dark eyes that had seen too much, endured too much because of me. I could see the war raging inside him—his need to protect me battling against the understanding that I needed to do this.I nodded. “I have to be.”Damien exhaled sharply behind me. “Well, this is either going to be a breakthrough or an absolute disaster.”I ignored him and stepped t

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 115

    The figure’s silver eyes burned into mine, their glow the only source of illumination in the endless void around us. My breath hitched, my heart hammering as I struggled to process their words.“Who are you?”It was such a simple question, yet it sent a shiver down my spine.Because I didn’t know the answer.I had been an omega—weak, unwanted, discarded. Then, I had been a wife—betrayed, used, thrown away. Now, I was something else entirely.Something more.The figure took a step forward, their form shifting as if they weren’t entirely bound to this plane. I instinctively tensed, ready to run if I had to, but something about them held me in place.“You don’t know yet, do you?” the voice mused, a strange mixture of amusement and something… deeper. Something ancient.My hands curled into fists at my sides. “I don’t know what you mean.”They tilted their head, as if observing me more closely. “You stand at the edge of two worlds, yet you belong to neither. The blood in your veins remembe

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 114

    The clearing was silent, the air thick with tension. My pulse pounded in my ears as I tried to steady my breath, my body still tingling from the power that had surged through me. The creatures lay scattered, their twisted forms crumpled against the trees. But the silence wasn’t reassuring. It felt like the calm before a storm.Luca’s grip on my arm was firm but not painful, grounding me as I wobbled slightly on my feet. His eyes bore into mine, dark and unreadable. “Angelina,” he said, his voice low but urgent, “what did you feel?”I swallowed hard, my throat dry.How could I explain something I didn’t even understand?“It was like…” I hesitated, searching for the right words. “For a moment, when my power touched them, I could hear something. Not words, exactly, but—” I stopped, frustrated.“A connection?” Damien guessed, his gaze sharp.I nodded slowly. “Yes. It felt… ancient. And familiar, somehow. Like a whisper in the back of my mind.”Luca exchanged a glance with Damien, somethin

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 113

    The forest remained eerily quiet as we moved forward, the only sound coming from the rustling leaves beneath our feet. The adrenaline was still coursing through my veins, making my fingers tremble slightly, but I forced myself to stay focused. Whatever had just happened—whatever power I had used—I needed to understand it. Control it. Because if I didn’t, it could consume me.Luca’s gaze flickered to me every few seconds, as if he was assessing me, trying to make sense of what I had done. He wasn’t the only one. Damien, who had been tense and sharp through every battle, was unusually quiet. He kept his distance, but I could feel his eyes on me too, wary and calculating.I didn’t blame them.Even I wasn’t sure what I had become.I clenched my fists at my sides and focused on the path ahead. The trees had started to thin, the density of the forest giving way to a faint, silvery mist. It curled around our legs, making it feel like the ground itself was shifting beneath us.“We’re close,”

  • The Rogue Luna    Chapter 112

    The darkness of the forest pressed in on all sides, the shadows seeming to stretch further with each passing minute. The air was thick with the smell of wet earth, and the distant rustle of leaves only heightened the sensation of being followed. Every step felt heavier, as though the forest itself was conspiring against us, drawing us deeper into its labyrinth of twisted trees and tangled underbrush. The weight of the unknown pressed down on my chest, suffocating me.I had always known that power came at a cost, but I had never fully understood it until now. The force that surged within me—this strange, dangerous energy—was both a gift and a curse. Each time I used it, I felt like I was losing a part of myself. I wasn’t just tapping into some external source of power; I was becoming something else. Something more dangerous.And the worst part? I didn’t know if I could control it.Luca’s presence beside me was a steadying force, though. His calm, unshakable demeanor seemed to balance o

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 111

    The forest was suffocating. Even though the cool night air should have offered some relief, it felt oppressive, heavy with the weight of danger that lurked just beyond the shadows. I couldn’t shake the feeling that we weren’t alone, that the darkness was closing in around us. Every crack of a branch, every rustle of leaves sent my pulse racing.Luca’s grip on my arm was firm but gentle, as if sensing my anxiety. He didn’t speak, but I could feel the quiet strength radiating off him, steady and unwavering. Despite everything that had happened, I found comfort in his presence. There was a calm in him that I didn’t have, a peace that somehow anchored me in the chaos.We moved quickly, following Damien as he led us through the dense trees. His eyes darted from side to side, scanning for any movement, any sign of a threat. I could see the exhaustion on his face, the way his breath came in shallow gasps. We had all been through so much already, and it felt like there was no end in sight.“A

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 110

    The air was thick with tension, the stench of earth and decay mixing with the sharp scent of danger that was creeping in on all sides. My heart raced, and my chest tightened as the power within me surged once more, a raw, untamed force that I struggled to keep at bay. I could feel it, like an electric pulse beneath my skin, urging me to unleash it, to let it consume everything around me. But I fought it. I had to. I couldn’t let it take control. Not again.The creatures—there were more of them now—surrounded us, their glowing eyes flickering like embers in the darkness. Each one was larger than the last, their bodies sleek and muscled, their claws scraping the ground with a sound that sent shivers down my spine. They were closing in, their low growls vibrating through the ground beneath my feet. It was only a matter of time before they attacked.Luca stood beside me, his presence a calming force amidst the chaos. His hand was on my arm, grounding me, but even he couldn’t hide the tens

  • The Rogue Luna   Chapter 109

    The forest stretched endlessly before me, its towering trees standing like silent sentinels, casting long shadows across the ground. The air was thick with the scent of pine and earth, the stillness of the morning broken only by the rustling of leaves beneath our feet. My heart beat steadily in my chest, though every step felt heavier than the last, weighed down by the unease gnawing at me.Luca walked beside me, his presence like a steady anchor, grounding me in a world that seemed to be spinning out of control. His gaze was fixed ahead, but every so often, his dark eyes would flicker to me, searching for something. I didn’t know what he was looking for—maybe reassurance, maybe fear—but I didn’t have the answers he wanted. Not yet.We had made it through the night, but the danger was far from over. The creatures that had attacked us in the forest, the ones that had been stalking us from the shadows, were still out there. And whatever power was stirring inside me, whatever it was that

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