Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Stand-In Luna: Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

Ashley “Why are we here?” I asked the spirit, looking around the new environment we had found ourselves in. The air was still—I couldn't exactly feel anything on my skin. I could only see and talk.The spirit, who now looked more like a human, walked in front of me, feet bare and pale, crunching grass underneath. Her long, dark hair gently bobbed with a breeze I still couldn't feel but witnessed. The black pools that had been her eyes dissolved into bright jade orbs. “We are here because you must understand before you can release me,” she said, voice soft like a haunting echo. “That's the only way you can successfully free me.”I shook my head, digging my hands into my hips. The lightness of my form unsettled me. Was this how it felt to be a ghost? To be unable to feel anything brush against your own skin? “I never said I was going to help you.”She paused mid-stride, slowly turning her head to face me. “You will.” Her foot, which was angled in such a way that only the balls of her

Ashley I slicked my hair off my face, staring at my reflection in the pool of water swirling in the sink. Things are changing once again, morphing into a shape that I didn't think I could hold on to with my hands. I wasn't even sure id I could handle this new level of weight thrust upon me.But Zane was very right. Getting back the necklace was the only option we had, no matter how dangerous it was going to be. I slipped out of the bathroom, ignoring my reflection in the mirror as I passed it by. I didn't want to see the fear that I was certain my eyes held. After our discussion in the kitchens, it was clear that neither of us was going to get any more sleep. Not when we knew that Jace was on the verge of unleashing something incredibly dangerous upon us. We had to act fast, and that meant giving up on sleep. So we spent from that till early morning trading ideas on how we could somehow infiltrate Moonlit Silver and obtain the necklace. “What if we send in Bryce to go undercover?

Ashley “The rot has spread even further. Scouts estimate that in less than a few days, it will reach our borders. The consequences are catastrophic in the neighbouring villages. Crops are dying, even animals are falling sick.” Clara's heavy news was punctuated by her rapid pacing in front of us. I had never seen her so worried. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her hair fell down her shoulders in slightly messy waves. She didn't even look like she had gotten a second of good sleep in a while. Zane told me that she and her team of scouts had been working on tracking the spread of the rot, but I didn't know just how deep their work went.“Give me a more detailed estimate,” Zane said, leaning forward in his chair with a serious look on his face. His blue eyes were slightly brighter from the lighting filtering into his study, casting a serious set of shadows along his cheekbones and underneath his neck. “Three days maximum,” she said, still pacing. “And that's if by some miracle it doesn't

AshleyIt was impossible to tell how much time had passed since the point of my capture. The whole dungeon was so dark, that even the times when the doors had been opened, there was no visible light source from the outside.The cell was windowless, the air staler than week-old bread. My wrists were chafed raw from the cuffs, and my back ached from the combination of the stone floor and trying to keep my back upright. I had shifted positions more times than I could count, but nothing helped. My body was restless. A heat stirred within me, the hints of a power long forgotten trying to crawl up to the surface, and just waiting to be unleashed.But it wasn't time yet.And timing was everything in this situation.A clang echoed outside the dungeon door, heavy boots approaching with slow, deliberate step to announce his presence. I knew who it was even before I saw him, and took a deep breath to ease my body of all the evident strain and wear eating deep into me. If he saw just how uncomfo

ZaneI paced the length of the training hall, hands clenched behind my back, and pressing into my skin from the level of anxiety coursing through my veins. My brain kept running quickly like the feet of a rabbit. All I could think about was Ashley, and what could have been happening to her at that point. I knew that she wasn't dead or I would have felt it through bond, but my wolf was growing so restless with every moment that passed without her by my side.The air felt thick, charged, like a storm waiting just beyond the trees before it exploded. But it wasn’t the weather that had my wolf snarling beneath my skin. It was still Ashley.She had been gone for a full day now. A whole rotation around the sun.I should probably have gone with her when I had the chance, instead of leaving it all to her. It was too dangerous, and we weren't going to gain anything if she ended up dying because of it. I would never even forgive myself if I lost her because of something like this. I ran my h