Semua Bab SAVING ALPHA THORNE: THE MOONBOUND PACT: Bab 21 - Bab 24

Ashval's POV Just then, the doors of the shrine groaned open once more with that serpentine exhale, the sound of breath slipping between the fangs of gods. Cold air slinked through the shrine, heavy with secrets. I froze. Even within the cage of Ian’s flesh, I felt it, that sacred air shift and ripple. My heart thundered. I turned swiftly, facing her. Selene. And my eyes screamed the words my mouth couldn’t. “Do something, mother!” She moved like mist, like memory, silent and soft. One swift turn of her hand and her cloak unfurled like a storm-born wing, sweeping around me. A veil of magic cloaked us both, rendering us as whispers within the walls. Not seen. Not heard. Not known. It hid us. Swallowed our scents. Made us one with shadow. But even as we vanished from sight, I trembled inside this flesh. To stand so near to her, so near to divinity, unsettled me. Not merely for the raw power that shimmered off her skin like heat from a forge, but for the memories her pr

Ashval's POV I was running. My boots pounded against the cold stone of the dim corridor. The flickering torchlight in the sconces wasn’t enough to push back the gloom, but I didn’t need it. Vision that didn’t belong to me shone bright red, piercing through the dark. Every muscle in my body burned with a heat I couldn’t name. Every thought in my head spiraled around one name. Selene’s last words to me when she gave me the magical flower, reverberated in my head. Energy rippled inside me. Strength. Resolution burning bright. Ian. I need to reach his chamber before anybody finds out. I need to protect him. Suddenly, my heart thundered in my chest, not just from exertion but from fear. A fear that clawed its way up my throat. Something was wrong. I felt it in my bones. That’s when someone appeared. A cloaked man, draped in a black robe, hood shadowing his face, stepped out of the darkness ahead of me. My feet skidded to a halt, breath caught in my lungs. The wizard. I turned sha