Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mute Luna Bride : Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

KAELI sat in my chambers, alone, swirling the half-full glass of whiskey between my fingers. The fire burned low in the hearth, and I hadn’t lit any candles. I didn’t need the light tonight. It would do me a lot of good to become accustomed to darkness, become one with it, because once everyone found out about my situation, I knew that I would no longer mean anything to anyone. I hadn’t spoken to anyone in hours. Not since the healer left, mumbling something about fertility issues and probabilities that didn’t matter. The only thing I’d heard clearly was that one sentence that made me know that my father’s lineage would end with me.Kranos Stormrider would rather murder me in cold blood than allow that to happen. A bitter laugh tore through my throat. It was really funny when I tried to think about it. I had always done everything right. I ruled with a just hand, treated people fairly. And what did I get? What did I fucking get? The door creaked open.I didn’t move.“Whoever you

ELORAI didn’t…couldn’t understand what was happening in front of me. One moment, I was returning from Azrion’s cottage, still reeling from everything he had told me, and the next, Kael’s voice had cut through the courtyard, sending chills down my spine like a frozen whip. His moss green eyes burned with anger and hatred as he looked down at me, and I found myself wondering what it was…what dreadful sin I had committed to be stared at like that. I froze where I stood, every muscle in my body seizing with disbelief. The guards didn’t hesitate. They grabbed me by the arms before I could even think to shift or scream.A million and one things ran through my mind as I was being dragged into the palace. Did he know? Had the person who had constantly watched and kept an eye on me finally told him? Had my secret been revealed? What was he going to do to me now? Kill me? Make an example of me by dragging me naked around the village before finally deciding to kill me? What would I do? How

AUTHOR The late afternoon sun bled into dusk, painting the sky in bruised shades of violet and gray. It had not rained for a long time in the northern lands of Stormrider, but that night, thunder rolled across the hills beyond Stormrider Palace. Selene wondered if it was because the goddess could sense the storm brewing in her lands. As far as she was concerned, Stormrider was on fire. The alpha king was sterile. He would have no heir to take over his throne. His entire court would revolt. What would happen to her? What would be her fate if she was dragged to the pit of nowhere to live as a nobody? What if they refused to let her live for fear that she would revolt? Kael had already given up, but she wouldn’t. She had coke too far to do anything of that sort. The door slammed open without warning, and Selene whipped her head around to find her mother and father sauntering into her chambers. The last time she spoke to the both of them at once, it had been about a child. How would

ELORA I couldn’t believe my eyes or my ears. I know I had said this before, but the thought and the sound filled my ears again. The sound of metal groaning filled the dungeon, and I was more than terrified someone was going to come in and see him, see us. But that was the least of my worries. I gasped, stepping back as Ryker’s arms flexed and the chains that had shackled him for days on end cracked. He made one final pull, and they snapped.I watched, heart in my hands as the steel clattered to the floor.He stood there, panting, his amber eyes were glowing white, filled with all the power of his silver wolf. His wrists were red and bruised, but he didn’t seem to feel the pain.“You broke them…” I whispered.“How long…how long have you been able to do that?” I wasn’t sure if I had asked the question before. To be honest, the last couple of minutes had been a blur. I couldn’t wrap my head around anything that had happened in the last couple of minutes. His eyes met mine, as he ca

ELORA I almost couldn’t believe it. My eyes continued to wander around, and my hands and feet touched everything and anything that they could.Even the dry grass crackled beneath our feet, brittle and gold under the pale moonlight. Thick black smoke stained the sky behind us, the scent of fire and blood chasing our every step. They had lit up touches and smoke signals to inform everyone who cared, and everyone who could stop Ryker, that he had escaped. We should’ve been running, or hiding, or even planning our next move. But we didn’t. No. I couldn’t even believe that I was finally outside, out here, with him! I could hold him, reach for him, without having to pass through iron bars. But for a moment, we just… stood there, alone beneath the stars. The world behind us was out to get us, out to kill us. “I don’t know how much longer we have,” I whispered, my voice barely above the breeze. “ I know that we’re excited. I’m excited to have you here and hold you,” I couldn’t stop look