Semua Bab CROWNED BY BLOOD: Bab 1 - Bab 5

The ivory silk of my wedding dress rustled like autumn leaves as I stood before the ornate mirror in the Silver Moon Pack's bridal chamber. My reflection stared back, eyes bright with anticipation, cheeks flushed pink with excitement, dark hair cascaded in waves down my back exactly as Marcus preferred. Tonight, I would become Luna of the Silver Moon Pack. Tonight, Marcus Steele would complete our mating bond and make me his forever."You look perfect, Luna," my best friend Victoria cooed from behind me, adjusting the delicate silver tiara that had belonged to Marcus's mother. Her fingers were gentle as they tucked a wayward curl behind my ear, but something in her tone made my wolf stir uneasily. "Marcus is so lucky to have you."I turned to face her, drinking in her reassuring smile. Victoria had been my constant companion through the three-year courtship, helping me navigate the complex politics of pack life, teaching me what it meant to be an Alpha's mate. Without her guidance, I

The days blend into each other, marked not by sunrises and sunsets, but by sweat, bruises, and power I’d never known lived inside me. Celeste trained me without mercy, her gentle grandmotherly mask long discarded. In its place stood a woman carved by battle, whose eyes held lifetimes of wisdom and pain."Again," she barked as I gasped for air, my palms bleeding as I pushed myself up from the forest floor. My muscles trembled, from exertion, my knees skinned raw, but I obeyed.Three months. of relentless training since the night Marcus broke me. Since I found out I was the last of the Moon Goddess’s royal bloodline. Since I was reborn.Each morning began before dawn. Celeste woke me with a bucket of cold water and a command. No time for grief, no time to sulk. She believed in discipline, and pain, and pushing beyond limits. It wasn’t about vengeance, she said. It was about power, about becoming what I was always meant to be.“You have the blood of queens in your veins,” she reminded me

The moon hung low and full over the clearing, casting silver light on the carnage left behind by the rogue attack. The air was heavy with the scent of blood, singed earth, and fear. Medics scurried among the wounded, and the once vibrant gathering grounds now resembled a battlefield. I stood off to the side, my cloak pulled tight around me, heart still racing from the adrenaline.I had revealed too much. The power I’d unleashed wasn’t something ordinary wolves could understand, certainly not something I could explain away. I expected whispers, suspicion, maybe even fear. What I hadn’t expected was for Kai Nightshade to seek me out the moment the dust settled.He approached quietly, his steps purposeful but careful. There was something calculated in his posture, not threatening, but deliberate. I could feel his presence like a gravitational force impossible to ignore.“You fought like you were born to,” he said, his voice low and steady. “Not just trained. That was instinct. Legacy.”