Semua Bab THE LOST WEREWOLF PRINCESS: MATED TO THE RIVALS: Bab 51 - Bab 60

KAIA'S POV: The air thickens with tension, the moment too still to be natural. I stand at the edge of the pack border, everyone else frozen behind me, waiting, watching. The silhouette that called my name steps closer, emerging from the veil of darkness like she’s been a part of it all along. Her eyes glint silver in the moonlight, and her scent smells wild, earthy, and old which curls around me like smoke. “I mean no harm,” the stranger says, her voice deep and hoarse, like it’s weathered centuries. “My name is Veyra.”The name curls in my gut like it means something, but I can’t place it. Rhea steps protectively in front of me, one hand glowing faintly with magic. “You crossed into Guen territory. Speak fast.” “I once served Mavilla,” Veyra says, eyes never leaving mine. “Kaia’s mother. I came for her.” Gasps ripple through those gathered, but I barely hear them. The world tilts sideways, and I step forward before I realize I’m moving. “My... my mother?” Veyr

KAIA'S POV: We are training again today. Birthday is over. The ground beneath my feet smolders. The air shivers, hot and sharp with energy that isn’t mine or maybe it is. My heart races as blue flames crackle around me, licking at the earth like living things, like serpents made of skyfire. I can’t stop it. I can’t breathe. Ezra’s voice cuts through the chaos. “Kaia! Kaia, look at me!”I whirl around, eyes wide, hands trembling with celestial fire I never asked for. Ezra steps forward, his usually playful face now deadly serious. Sweat clings to his brow, and despite the choking heat, he doesn’t stop. “You’ve got this,” he says, voice firm, even as his boots sink into the scorched ground. “You’re not going to hurt me.”“I am hurting you!” I scream, tears mixing with the smoke. “I can’t stop it Ezra, please! Don’t come closer-” A violent surge pushes out of me, a burst of light that sends Ezra flying backward like a rag doll. He lands hard, his body unmoving for a second t

KAIA'S POV: It's been a rough few days since my birthday. Nightmares here and there. My birthday had to end on the worse set of notes for effect. My brothers decided that going to the Temple of the moon would be the right thing to do right now - would help me stay away from the Nightowl's threat and would help get some training for my powers. The wind howls as we leave the pack border behind, dragging its cold fingers through my hair like a final goodbye. I glance back one last time; at the towering trees of home, at the glowing windows of the main house, at everything I thought I understood, and then I face forward. Toward the Temple of Moons. Toward the truth I’m not sure I’m ready for. Rhea walks slightly ahead of me, her movements fluid and purposeful as always. There’s something different about her tonight. Not just the faint shimmer of silver under her cloak or the quiet way her eyes keep flickering toward the sky, but the tension in her shoulders. Like even she

AUTHOR'S NOTE:I LAUGHED WHILE WRITING THIS CHAPTER. HOPE YOU ENJOY!KAIA'S POV: I wake to silence.No chirping birds, no wind, just the steady thrum of the Temple walls around me, like a heartbeat, like a warning. My limbs ache. Every inch of me feels like I’ve been stretched thin, stitched with moonlight and shadow and barely held together by will. I sit up slowly, clutching the crescent moon crystal still hanging around my neck. It's warm against my skin, pulsing gently, as if it's waiting, no, expecting something of me.Great. Even magical jewelry has expectations now. The chamber I slept in is simple. Stone floors. A silver basin in the corner. No windows. No doors, even. But I know the Elders are watching. I feel their eyes like heat on the back of my neck. I splash cold water on my face and whisper to my reflection in the basin."You’ve survived worse."Not really. That's just a lie. Things get worser by the day. The wall behind me hums and then, like liquid gl

KAIA'S POV: My legs ache from the final sprint, and my arms feel like jelly from the relentless drills. Sweat drips down my spine as I double over, hands on my knees, breathing hard. The training session was brutal, more so than usual. The Elders have been unrelenting ever since we got here, but today they really went in. I think one of them; the stern one with the piercing silver eyes, had me doing double the reps on purpose. She’s always watching me like she’s waiting for me to break.But I didn’t. “You were insane out there,” Ezra grins, jogging over and throwing his arm around my shoulders. “Tell me you didn’t see how you flipped that grown-ass warrior with one hand.” “I saw,” Rhea pipes up from behind him, her voice bright. “We all did. Even that one guy who thinks he’s too cool to be impressed.” She juts her chin toward Kai, who’s leaning against a tree, arms crossed, his usual unreadable expression fixed on me. Axel whistles low, swaggering up beside us. “Gotta a