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The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 170•
SeleneLater, when gentle music filled the night sky and the feast spread out before them, Ashley found herself sitting with Zane a little ways from the crowd on a warm patch of grass. Lanterns cast a golden glow over his magnificent features, highlighting the strength in his jaw, the endless blue depth of his eyes. He looked like the man she had fallen for all over again: fierce, stubborn, but endlessly loyal. Just like how I created him to be.Ashley's thoughts had been gnawing at her all night, and finally she let them spill into the open like a cracked egg on the ground.“Zane,” she began softly, her fingers brushing the back of his hand, which she had placed on her thigh as she sat in front of him cross legged. “There’s something I need to tell you.”He turned to her instantly, always attuned to the subtle shifts in her tone. “What is it?”She exhaled, staring at the stars above, meeting eyes with me but oblivious to that fact. “I was afraid. Not of you. Never of you. But of wha
The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 169•
Selene/Moon GoddessI have been called by many names. I have seen many lifetimes be born and others be destroyed. Some, I intervened, others, I allowed to run their course.Unlike many believe, I am not the one who determines the future. I can only see it, but most times, there's nothing I can do but give a nudge in the right direction.Yes, I am called a useless goddess because of it sometimes, but my creations have always been ignorant creatures. But as they do say, even if a monkey is ugly and stupid, it will still find love in the arms of its mother.My creations, although with a tendency to be very stubborn and ungrateful, are so dear to me that I can't help but watch over them whenever my window is full. I can't help but smile when they laugh at the most mundane things, or cry when something they love disappears. I see it all. I know it all. But in the end, I am only as powerful as they allow me to be.I rotated my orb, watching a particular set of people who had held my intere
The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 168•
Ashley “What are you doing?” I asked.“You did not just fight,” she said, her voice raw from shouting commands during battle. “You bore the burden of prophecy, and you carried us to survival. Without you, this war could not have been in our favour.”I swallowed, my throat tight. “I only did what was necessary, it's what any of us would have done if the roles were reversed.” I murmured, though the words felt small against the weight of what had just happened. “The safety of the tribe is over anything else.”A small smile tugged at the woman's lips, softening her usually sharp face. “Spoken like a true Lycan Queen.” She turned to Zane. “You made the right choice in the end.”“I never doubted it for one moment,” he replied, wrapping an arm abroad my waist and pulling me close with a roguishness that made me blush. Another voice followed, Sir Lazarus. He didn't look like he had fought much, because his clothes were still intact, somehow. His eyes, sharp and proud, softened as he looked
The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 167•
Ashley The embers and sound of battle were no more. I almost expected something to crash or thud in the distance as I walked through the path leading to the grove. The smell of wet earth and new beginnings threatened to emerge, but I couldn't fully bask in it until I was sure Clara was okay. Seeing her body getting thrown off that hill did things to my mind that I could have never imagined. She had become like a sister to me, even though our first meeting hadn't exactly been a good one. It almost made me laugh when I remembered how she'd held a spear to my throat and planned how I was going to get executed for potentially being a threat to Zane.Her loyalty was unmatched.When I reached there, Bryce was beside her on the bed, in clean clothes. From the dampness of his hair, he likely just even had a bath since the last time I saw him. “I had to force him to go and get a bath,” said Alicia with a sad look in her eyes. Looking at her then, I was curious to know what he thought about
The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 166•
Ashley There was a way to save him. She could call him back, tether his existence to her own, at a cost. “The physical may die, but out spirits extend beyond our physical bodies. I can still feel his wolf, struggling underneath it all. He's calling out to me, and it hurts to see him so broken, but I know I can solve this…”“How?”“I already told you. I'll bind us together with an eternal vow, Ashley. It's like a mating bond, but while a mating bond brings the physical together, this vow brings our spirits into one existence. We would be one.”I immediately understood the implications. “But that would mean—”“I would technically lose my presence in you to some degree. Since a shared spirit cannot be in two places at one. The unity will connect us, but…”“It's also very risky. I could lose you forever.” I looked down at my hands, covered in the dried blood belonging to Zane. I had promised that we would never be separated again, and I was telling the truth. I wasn't going to let him d
The Stand-In Luna •Chapter 165•
Ashley My hands trembled as I pressed them against Zane’s chest. His skin, usually so warm, was ice beneath my palms. His heartbeat was silent, his body still. The battlefield, moments ago alive with the clash of steel and the roar of wolves, seemed to shrink away, leaving me kneeling in the dirt beside him.The smell of death hung in the air, so still and heavy that the weight almost crushed my lungs. In my head, no ideas emerged to show me the way to save Zane. I didn't know what to do, and my hands started to tremble from the sheer helplessness I felt. I couldn't lose him, but it had been so late.I could still see the image burned into my mind—Jace killing him by plunging that blade into his chest, the way the light left his eyes. His cry of agony as the blade pierced through his flesh and emerged from his back cleanly. His blood pouring out of his body was he fell to his knees, turning to me one last time before he fell into the dirt.All around me, the chaos no longer reigned.
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