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The alpha's lost luna

Maia's pov“Stop right there!”The shout came before I even reached the gate. I froze, my boots sinking into the wet ground. Three guards stepped out with torches and swords in their hands.I lifted both hands slowly. “Easy. I’m not here to fight.”One of them squinted. “Who are you?”“My name’s Maia Wren.”The youngest one’s eyes went wide. “That can’t be. You were banished.”A small smile touched my lips. “Guess I didn’t stay gone.”They looked at each other, unsure what to do. One whispered, “Should we tell the Alpha?”“You should,” I said. “Tell him Maia’s come back.”He ran off toward the keep. The other two just stared at me like I was some kind of ghost.The rain started again. I could smell the pine trees, the wet earth, the smoke from the forge inside the walls. It all felt the same as when I left. But I wasn’t the same woman anymore.The gates opened with a groan, and I heard footsteps coming my way. I knew that walk even before I saw him.Varek.He stepped into the torchligh

Last Updated : 2025-10-18

Fresh wound

Maia's pov“Stop looking at me like that,” I said.Varek leaned back against the table, arms crossed, eyes fixed on me. “Like what?”“Like you’re trying to read my mind.”“I don’t have to,” he said. “You’re angry. You’ve always been easy to read when you’re angry.”I gave a short laugh. “You lost the right to read anything about me the day you let them tear that bond apart.”His jaw tightened. “I did what I had to.”“No,” I said, stepping closer. “You did what was easiest. There’s a difference.”The air between us thickened. He didn’t move, didn’t look away. I hated how close we were — hated that my heart still reacted like it used to.“Why are you really here, Maia?” he asked quietly. “If this is just about the red moon, you could’ve sent a message. But you came yourself.”“Because messages don’t bleed,” I said. “And this curse does.”He blinked, caught off guard by the sharpness in my voice.I dropped my bag on the table, opening it to pull out a small vial. Inside, the liquid shimm

Last Updated : 2025-10-22

That night of betrayal

Maia's pov“Varek?” I called softly, pushing open his chamber door.No answer but I heard the sound of low breathing and the faint rustle of sheets.“Varek, we need to talk about the bond—”The words stopped in my throat.Selene’s laugh broke the silence first. Then I saw her.On his bed. Wrapped in his blanket. Her hands on his chest.For a moment, I couldn’t move. My heart stuttered.She turned her head, hair falling over her bare shoulder, and smiled when she saw me. “Oh. You’re back early.”Varek shot up, pulling the blanket around himself. “Maia....wait....this isn’t—”“Isn’t what?” My voice cracked. “What it looks like?”Selene’s smile widened. “He couldn’t sleep. The bond’s been… bothering him. I just offered a little comfort.”I stared at her. My step-sister. My blood. “You offered him comfort in my bed?”Varek stood, trying to come closer. “It wasn’t planned. The bond—”“The bond?” I laughed, a sharp, broken sound. “Don’t you dare blame the bond for this. You made a choice, V

Last Updated : 2025-10-27

Redmoon alpha

Aeron's povI floated on the calm river, feeling the atmosphere, but a single impact broke my peace. Thwat!Someone had fallen.I dove toward the current. The water pulled hard, cold enough to steal breath, but the body was easy to find.I caught her arm, rolled her against me, and kicked upward. She was limp but alive, her pulse vibrated once under my thumb.We broke through the surface. She coughed, choking, fighting to breathe.“Hold still,” I said.But she didn’t.Her hands pushed weakly at my shoulders. I tightened my grip and swam for the shallows. When we reached the bank, I lifted her out, set her on the wet sand, and leaned over her until she dragged in a full breath.Her eyes opened.They were sharp, gray-green, going through the haze like steel through mud. For a second neither of us moved. The river thundered behind us, but everything else felt strangely quiet.“You fell from that cliff?” I asked.She nodded once, small, dazed. “Guess so.”“You guess?”“Wasn’t planning on

Last Updated : 2025-11-01

River line

Maia's povThe moment he wasn't looking, I took my heels, ran as far as I could. Felt as if I'm his captive, I need not stay under anyone anymore. No rules and command.“Maia.”His called out. I ignored it and ran harder. The wet ground betrayed me, roots twisting underfoot, I stumbled once but caught myself, and kept running.Suddenly , a hand caught my arm.“Let go!” I snapped, twisting hard, but Aeron’s grip didn’t budge.“You’ll get yourself killed.” His tone wasn’t angry, breathing quick, like he’d already counted how fast death could reach me. “Ironclaw’s awake. They’ll smell your fear before you even make it to the next ridge.”I froze, breath heaving. “You don’t know that.”He pointed toward the distance where faint smoke swirled above the trees. “They’ve been burning signal moss. That means patrols. You think they lit that for decoration?”My throat tightened. The smell hit me like an iron.Varek’s men.“I’m not going back there,” I said.“Then stop running blind.”His hand l

Last Updated : 2025-11-01

The blood pact

Maia's povAeron still stood a few steps from me, blood dripping down his arm, the marks on his skin glowing faintly through the haze. The guards were frozen in place, eyes darting between us and the wall that had just cracked from the inside out.No one spoke at first.Then one of them whispered, “Alpha, what in the hells was that?”Aeron didn’t answer. He just looked at me but like he was trying to piece together something impossible.The sigil on the wall still burned red, faint but alive. The smell of burnt stone mixed with the wet scent of river and blood. It made my throat ache.Finally, Aeron turned toward the guards. “Get the healer,” he ordered quietly. “And the Seer.”That got their attention. The men moved fast, too fast, boots hitting stone as they ran for the hall.He looked back at me. “Don’t move.”I almost laughed. “You giving orders again?”“Until I figure out why my pack’s wards think you belong here, yes.”I crossed my arms, though my hands were still shaking. “I do

Last Updated : 2025-11-02

Blood pact

Maia's pov.Across from me, Aeron stood still, jaw tight, the same golden shimmer fading from his palm. His gaze flicked to me once, unreadable, before turning to the Seer.“Undo it,” he said quietly.The Seer shook her head. “It cannot be undone.”“Everything can be undone,” he snapped.Her voice didn’t rise. “Not this. The blood chose, not the spell.”“The bond is now life-linked,” the Seer continued. “If one of you bleeds out, the other will follow. If one falls… the other burns.”The words landed like ash in my throat.I took a step back. “You mean if he dies—”“—so will you,” the Seer finished simply.For a moment, all I could hear was the blood in my ears. The air was too thin. My pulse felt foreign.Aeron’s face didn’t move, but I saw the muscle tick in his jaw, the faint tremor in his hand as he clenched it into a fist.“I didn’t ask for this,” I whispered.“No one ever does,” the Seer said again.The elders murmured among themselves, low voices blending like bees. One of the

Last Updated : 2025-11-04

Prophecy of the old

Maia's povIt swept through Redmoon’s ramparts, heavy with pine and something metallic underneath a scent I hadn’t breathed in since Ironclaw. I stood at the highest tower, watching mist drift over the treetops. The river below still glimmered faintly gold from the Blood Pact, like it refused to forget what we’d done.Behind me, the door creaked open.“You’ve been up all night,” Aeron said.I didn’t turn. “So have you.”He came to stand beside me, the faintest shadow under his eyes. The dawn light caught the scar at his temple, a thin silver line that made him look more human than Alpha.“Their scouts are gone,” he said. “Pulled back north before sunrise.”“That doesn’t mean they’ve retreated.”“No. It means they’re waiting.”For a while, neither of us spoke. The silence between us had grown strange — no longer sharp like it used to be, but restless, like a storm circling without breaking. The bond made everything louder: the brush of wind on his sleeve, the steady rhythm of his puls

Last Updated : 2025-11-04

A taste of honey

Maia's povThe city moved differently than the forest ever had.Everything ran on noise and motion — engines, voices, footsteps that never stopped. For Maia, that was the point. A city this loud could swallow anyone whole.She’d arrived with nothing. No name, no pack, not even a direction. Only the rhythm of running still in her legs and a hollow ache in her chest where the bond used to burn. She didn’t think, didn’t plan. She just kept moving until the trees were nothing but a memory and the scent of rain was replaced by smoke and oil.Here, she told herself, she could start again.The first nights were spent in cheap rooms that smelled of damp linen and cigarette ash. She lived off vending machine coffee and stale bread, folding herself into corners where no one would look. Sleep came only in small fragments, between sirens.But hunger had its own way of forcing decisions.She found the small restaurant by accident — a narrow place tucked behind a line of shuttered stores, half-hidd

Last Updated : 2025-11-06

The spill

Maia's povThe kitchen was so busy, clattering knives, voices rising and falling. It was the kind of chaos that made sense to me. In this noise, no one asked who you used to be. You were only as good as your next dish.I’d been working here for seven months. Seven months of silence, work, and nothing else. No pack, no scent marks, no one breathing down my neck. Just fire, knives, and order slips.And somehow, I’d made it.After the regional competition, the manager, Mr. Han had given me the title of Head Culinary Artist. Fancy words for what I already did, but I didn’t care. It was mine. I’d earned it with burns on my hands and sleepless nights.I told myself I didn’t miss the forest. The moon. The bond I’d once sworn would never die.But sometimes, when I was alone, I still heard it, the echo of something half-broken inside me. A name. A pull.I buried it under work. Always work.“Alright, people, focus up!” Mr. Han’s voice cut through the steam. He stood by the prep counter with his

Last Updated : 2025-11-06

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