Semua Bab Luna’s Rebellion : Bab 81 - Bab 90

They say when a wolf dies and returns, she’s no longer the same. They were right. The moment my soul snapped back into my body, something ancient awoke. It sat behind my ribs like a storm chained to lightning. It didn’t wait for my permission. It claimed me. Now, every breath I took burned with power that hadn’t belonged to me before. Not just the Luna Star. Something else. Something older. Kael stood at my side as I addressed the gathered wolves inside the Frostmoor stronghold. Dozens of them, from packs scattered across the regions—some allies, some skeptics, and a few former enemies who couldn’t ignore the shifting tides. “I died last night,” I told them, voice steady. “And I came back carrying a warning.” They leaned in. “The gods aren’t done with us. The Vale bloodline wasn’t an accident. It was a weapon they forged centuries ago. Three heirs. Three paths. One end.” “Death,” Lucan said from beside the fireplace. “No,” I replied, locking eyes with the younger wolves in

The void wasn’t black. It was alive. It wrapped around me the second I stepped through the veil, not like shadow, but like memory. Like every piece of fear and failure I’d ever tried to bury clawed its way to the surface to greet me. I couldn’t scream. Couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t see. But I could feel him. Kael. His heartbeat—slow, distant, flickering like a dying star. And beneath it, deeper… something monstrous. A second pulse. Heavy. Ancient. Hungry. I moved through the dark with no sense of direction. Just instinct. Just love. Because that’s what they never understood about me. I didn’t rise for the crown. I didn’t fight for fate. I burned for him. “Kael,” I whispered, my voice pulled apart by the windless air. The darkness shifted. I felt something ripple—like breath against my neck. And then— A whisper, not from Kael. Not from me. From it. “You came after him.” I turned. No form. No face. Just a voice that rattled the bones of the world. “He begged. He bl

She tilted her head, my mirror in every way except the eyes. Mine burned with fury. Hers shimmered with absence. Like the moon right before it goes dark. I tightened my grip on the Moonfang. Kael stepped beside me, still unsteady but upright. “What is she?” “Me,” I said. “Or who I’d be… if I stopped caring.” Shadow Elara smiled wider. “You make it sound like a bad thing.” “She’s a fracture,” Kael muttered. “A product of the void. You bled yourself into this place, and it took that blood. Fed on it. Shaped it.” “I didn’t ask for this,” I said through gritted teeth. She laughed. “No. But you needed me. And now you’re wondering—how much easier would it be if you stopped bleeding for everyone else?” The air pulsed around her like a second heartbeat. The void liked her. She was made of its silence, its secrets. And it was offering her to me. As an upgrade. “I’m not broken anymore,” I told her. She shrugged. “Maybe. But you’re still afraid.” “No,” I said, stepping forward. “Yo

Liam. I saw him before anything else. His small body locked in Damon’s arms, squirming, terrified—but alive. “Mom!” he screamed, reaching toward me. My heart dropped to my knees. Kael moved beside me instantly, but I held up a hand. Not yet. Damon’s smile was slow, cruel. “You really made it back. I’m impressed. You even brought your little Alpha dog. How romantic.” “Let him go,” I said. My voice shook—not with fear, but power. Old. Divine. Dangerous. Damon didn’t flinch. “Oh, I will. But first… we’re going to talk. You and me. About choices. About power. About what you owe me.” I stepped forward, the air thickening with every breath I took. “I owe you nothing.” His eyes glittered. “No? Then why did the void spit you back out instead of swallowing you whole? You think you’re chosen? You’re a weapon, Elara. Always have been. You were forged to destroy, not protect.” I glanced at Liam. His bottom lip trembled. He was scared, but he was watching. I had to be

There was something different in the way the wind moved through the trees. It carried whispers. Not of wolves. Not of spirits. But of me. “You feel it, don’t you?” Kael asked softly, brushing his hand down my arm. “The shift.” We stood at the edge of the forest, watching the sun dip beneath the horizon. The pack house glowed in the distance—warm, full of laughter and healing. But I didn’t feel peace. I felt a storm in my bones. “She’s not just in me,” I murmured. “She’s marking me. She’s trying to take over.” “You won’t let her.” I wanted to believe that. But this morning, I almost slapped a pup who startled me. Last night, I almost growled at Kael when he reached for me in the dark. And when Liam looked up at me with those bright, innocent eyes—I flinched. Because I wasn’t sure which version of Elara he was seeing anymore. The Luna. Or the shadow. ⸻ The Elders returned that evening. “Something is brewing,” the oldest said, her voice cracked like ancient bark. “You