Semua Bab THE BROKEN LUNA: MATED TO THE CRIPPLED ALPHA: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Aria stood still, her pulse loud in her ears, her eyes fixed on the doors where her stepmother had just disappeared into.It was only when she heard the sound of Lucien’s feet hitting the ground that she remembered how to breathe. She turned towards her mate and, once again, froze.He was crossing the marble floors of the throne room without his usual arrogant stride. Instead, his movements were more muted, careful and deliberate, as though he didn’t want to alarm her.His cane, a piece which she still did not understand, tapped softly with each step he took. His eyes searched hers with an expression stripped of every emotion but concern.“Are you okay?” he asked softly, his voice laced with concern.Aria forced herself to both smile and nod. “I’m fine,” she replied, the words sounding brittle as they left her lips.Lucien nodded. He could tell she wasn’t, but he didn’t push. He was sure that she would tell him whenever she wanted. He kept on walking forward till he reached her side.

The hug lingered for a while, but eventually Aria knew she had to pull away.Rose, with a huge smile on her face, gave a small nod, her eyes glinting with both relief and urgency. “How have you been?” she asked, a note of worry in her tone as she shifted the basket of herbs on her hips and prepared to walk Aria deep into the human quarters.Aria smiled and nodded, “As well as I can possibly be.”Rose frowned at that statement but eventually shrugged and gestured for Aria to follow her. They slipped through the tiny cracks between huts in the courtyard. Human children peered out of doorways, their parents dragging them back wherever they passed.Women froze mid speak, men stopped whatever they were doing. For a while, it seemed like the entirety of the human quarters had frozen in place. Then, the whispers began, some of them loud, others low.All of them open words about what Rose was doing with the new luna.Aria ignored their looks and words, her mind was far too occupied to care ab

Aria stormed out of the hut, letting the creaky brittle door slam shut behind her. Her soft luxurious cloak whipped the air behind her, her heart beat still pounding hard in her ears from her clash against the old matron.Behind her, the door sprung open as Rose rushed out, and her legs moved fast as she tried to catch up to Aria. She called out in a soft, hesitant voice when she realized that no matter how fast she moved, she was not able to catch up to her friend.“Aria, please wait -” her voice was laced with a note of panic,The sound of her friend’s voice made Aria freeze in place. She slowed, exhaling hard as she slowly turned around to face Rose. Her eyes twitched when she saw the guilt clearly etched on the face of her friend. “Don’t Rose, I’m not angry with you,” she said softly, speaking up before the apology she knew was about to leave her lips. “I’m only angry with Lucille and I still believe you did the right thing by bringing me to meet up with her, I needed to speak wit

The grand doors of her throne room swung wide open with a groan as Aria stepped inside. Her leather boots clicked loudly against the polished marble floors; the sound echoed through the entire room.Her mate, Lucien, sat on his throne, his posture composed as his eyes darted from the cluster of elders in front of him to the door. The air in the throne room grew still and the voices of the elders hushed the moment they all noticed Aria walking in.Seemingly in perfect unison, each one of the elders froze. Their backs straightened as a flicker of raw emotion passed through their faces. Without missing a beat, they all turned their gazes down.Then, one by one, they all turned towards her and bowed. Their bows were so deep that it actually looked painful to Aria.Immediately they were sure that she had acknowledged them, they all began to look for excuses in order to depart the throne room.“My luna.” One of the elders took a step forward, his head still bowed, “Forgive us, but we must a

Rose’s POV:SWOOSH!The sound itself was almost silent, but knowing that what she was doing could get her burned at a stake, Rose was very alert.And even a silent sound like that tore through the air like a blade.The sharp, unnatural rustle of a cloak completely split the quiet harmony of the creek. Rose’s hands, in motion, froze, she stopped just above the linen she was currently drying.Her expression also froze, as a deep pang of fear began to rush out within her.She had checked, twice.And she hadn’t just used her normal sight, she had also used weaver-sight and even though her range was only ten meters, she was at least able to differentiate auras from at least double that.And no matter how she checked, she hadn’t spotted any creature, human or animal.Yet, the sound she had just heard told an entirely different story.Slowly, almost against her will, Rose took a deep breath and snapped her head backwards, shock etched on her face.As she moved, her lips parted in a whisper o