Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mute Luna Bride : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

ELORA One week had passed since the mark of Kael’s mate bond almost killed me.Seven days since my body burned from the inside out as my mate - or ex mate - touched another woman like he had touched me. No doubt, Selene. It had been on the night of their wedding after all. I didn’t want to think too much about it, but that night was a recurring nightmare. I would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, sweating profusely and pressing my hand against my chest for fear that it was happening again.Strangely, it hadn’t. Now, I was here, dressed in clothes that meant to belong to a warrior, yet I felt like nothing but an imposter. It was worse when I realized I was standing in a tent on the training grounds. I was about to learn to fight like them. My father’s enemies. I scoffed at the irony of it all. Who would have thought? I tugged at the stiff leather straps cutting into my arms and shifted uncomfortably in the loose tunic that hung off my shoulders. The trousers were th

RYKER The Stormrider princess had some balls on her, alright. That I could give her. I took a step backwards and let Elora stagger forward. Kiara’s eyes met nine briefly, and I nodded with a curt smile on my face. She understood the assignment. There was a reason Kiara was my best friend and my right hand. She understood me better than anyone else did. It was all planned. Every single part of it.If I couldn’t punish her the way I wanted, since I had to play the part of the patient, kind, Prince waiting to save his lady, I would make her suffer through training. The scrawny mute princess hadn’t seen anything yet. My fingers clenched into fists at my sides. I was going to make sure she experienced everything my parents went through before they died at the hands of her cruel father. General Varek Valewind, beta of Stormrider pack. Exhaustion. Helplessness. Fear. I would stop at nothing to carve it into her body, burn it into her bones, make every waking moment a walking nightm

ELORA I clutched the sides of my dress with tight fists. That explained why he hadn’t instructed me to change my clothes. “That’s it,” he said smoothly. “You will experience a torture technique used to make prisoners spill their secrets. The silver will burn you if you touch it, and the cage will be suspended over the training grounds.”I blinked. He was serious.Ryker’s lips curled at the edges, something cruel and almost amused flashing across his face. “I can sense hesitation, princess.” He inched closer to me, eliminating the distance between us. “You want to be a warrior, don’t you?”I let out a shaky breath as I nodded. His lips thinned into a smile. “Warriors do not only fight. Sometimes, they are forced to sit in cages like prisoners. Like animals.”The glimmer in his eyes and the smile on his face disappeared. He appeared to be lost in thoughts, until he turned slowly to look at me. “Get in the cage, Elora,” It was an order. One I would be a fool to go against. I cou

ELORA He said his plan was to train me till I become stronger. That I deserved a second chance at life. I deserved to be regarded and seen as something more than my disability, but in that very moment, I saw through him. Whatever his plans were of helping me, of training me, it was all born from a place of malice. The hatred in his eyes when he spoke of his people told me all I needed to know. Yes. He wanted me to get stronger, but through ways his people were punished. When he turned his back on me and began walking away, I fought hard to pull myself from the ground. Something had happened. I could feel the shift and the sudden surge of strength within me. Was it Sierra? Or was I just so pissed I could have killed him at that moment? “Here, let me help you.” A girl offered me her hand, but I didn’t want to take it. She had short brown hair and black eyes as dark as onyx stones. Her face was one I had seen on the training field a couple of times. I looked away from her and slowl

KAEL I heaved a sigh and rose to my feet. He was seemingly right. By logic, he wasn’t supposed to know about Elora. Varek Valewind made sure that knowledge of her never went past the tower she had been kept in as a child. Selene Valewind was his shining star, and the people of Stormrider sang her praises. She was their Luna afterall, my wife. She had also been terribly displeased when I told her of my decision to search for Elora. “Are you really going to leave me behind and venture into the enemy’s den because of a girl you know is dead? She was attacked and killed. Why should it matter?” Selene had said. I couldn’t understand why she was so full of hate towards her sister. “Why should it matter? How can you ask me that, Selene? She was your sister! If she’s been killed by the enemy, don’t you think she deserves vengeance? Don’t you even want to see her body? Don’t you want to give her the burial rites she deserves?” Selene let out a scoff as she rose to her feet that night. W