Semua Bab A Pulse And Betrayal : Bab 81 - Bab 84

Chapter 82: The court order Gift’s POVThe city feels different when you’re running from it. Every light feels like a spotlight. Every person looks twice. Or maybe they don’t, and it’s just paranoia crawling down my spine.My feet hurt. My side aches. I can still feel where the IV was taped to my skin. I keep walking anyway.I found an old alley with a broken fence and a row of dumpsters. I ducked behind them and sat, my knees pulled to my chest. I don’t know where I am…just that I’m not in that hospital anymore. Not in that white room that smelled like bleach and lies.I should rest. But I don’t trust my body to stay alert if I close my eyes.I keep thinking about the nurse I hit. About how her head jerked forward and the sound it made. I didn’t mean to do it like that. I panicked.But this isn’t about meaning anymore. This is about staying alive. And I don’t think anyone gets to do that cleanly.Something shifts in the distance. A trash can clatters. I freeze.Footsteps.I rise slo

Chapter 84: My Luna Xander’s POVTwo years.It’s been two years since I lost my mother.Since then, our pack has been without a lunar. Without her.The weight of that loss hangs over me every day, a constant reminder of what’s missing, what’s broken. Our pack is strong, but without a lunar, there’s a part of us that’s incomplete. Without a lunar, I can’t lead us properly. And the elders know it. They’ve told me over and over again that I need a mate ….a lunar … to bring balance, to unlock the power of the throne that was passed to me when my father died.But I couldn’t find her. I couldn’t find the right one. Not until I saw her.Diane.The first day I set my eyes on her, something in me just… snapped. There was something so different about her, something undeniable. It was as if the universe had finally thrown me a lifeline. She wasn’t just a woman… she was the woman. She was the one I needed to complete this. She was the one who could make everything fall into place.And yet, I ha