All Chapters of Moonbound: Twin Flames: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Aria's POV The night before your first shift isn’t supposed to feel like a funeral. But as I stared into the cracked mirror above my dresser, all I could see was someone who didn’t belong—especially not in a body destined to become something… more. Outside, the moon was already bleeding red. A full blood moon, rare even in our kind’s lifetime. The elders whispered about omens and ancestors and destiny. I just wanted to make it through the ceremony without embarrassing myself. “Aria,” came Selene’s voice from the hallway. Clipped. Somewhat commanding. “You’re going to be late. You know how important tonight is.” I sighed, pulling on the ceremonial leathers laid out on my bed. The dress was mattes black, laced, and slightly too tight, just like everything in this world seemed to be. We were born twins, me and Selene. But no one ever confused us. Selene was made of bone and fire. She had broad shoulders, a sharp jaw, her eyes were like cold steel. Hell, she walked like she knew th

Kai's POVI lied.I actually did see something in those woods.Something I couldn’t explain and decipher,something I couldn’t shake off.And now, it was following me ghostlike through the Sanctum’s underground halls.I kept my hood up as I passed through the iron-reinforced checkpoint. Facial scans buzzed faintly. Motion detectors tracked my every step. This place never slept. No one here trusted anyone,at least not fully.Me most especially.“Kai Ashbourne,” the security AI intoned. “Cleared for Level 2 access. Mission log update required.”“Yeah, yeah,” I muttered, stepping into the elevator.The walls were made of steel. My reflection stared back at me with tired eyes, sharper jawline than I remembered, a bruise forming near my temple from last week's training drill. I looked like one of them.But I didn’t feel like one of them tonight.The girl from the woods had burned herself into my head.Aria.She never said her name, but I knew it now all thanks to a stolen file I shouldn’t h

Aria's POVI didn’t tell anyone about the dream I didn’t tell Selene,didn’t even tell Mom.Sure as hell didn’t tell Kai.Because if I admitted what I felt,that strange, soul-deep recognition then I’d have to admit something else:I was changing,I was no longer the same person although it was out of my control.Not in the way I was supposed to not in the cracked-bone, fur-skin, howl-at-the-moon way.No, this was quieter, more deeper.Like something inside me had finally awakened… and it had his voice.By the end of the week, the bond started to grow stronger.I didn’t see Kai often. But when I did, I felt his presence before I saw him. It can be in the form of a low thrum under my ribs or like a string being plucked in the dark.I started hearing echoes,it was not voices exactly, just abstract emotions.When he was anxious, I tasted iron.When he was angry, the air around me felt too tight.Once, during History of Pack Law, I caught a fleeting image of his memory, not mine. He was sta

Kai The woods at the edge of Thorne Hollow were darker than he remembered. Kai moved through the underbrush with calculated ease, every footfall silent, every breath measured. The Sanctum’s surveillance protocols had always been thorough, but this assignment felt different. He wasn’t here just to observe he was here to intercept, to uncover something ancient, something forgotten. What he didn’t expect was to find her. She stood in a clearing, barefoot and trembling, the moonlight brushing her skin with silver. Her hair was a tangled cascade, her posture defensive, yet regal. For a moment, Kai’s mind blanked. Not because she was beautiful though she was. It was something deeper. An ache in his chest. A whisper in his blood. He stepped closer. She flinched. “I’m not going to hurt you,” he said, keeping his voice low. “Are you... okay?” Her gaze snapped to him, wide and wary. “Who are you?” “I could ask the same.” Kai observed the slight tremble in her limbs, the way her body r

Aria’s POV The woods whispered behind me, the air still tingling with the weight of him. I kept walking, even when my legs trembled and my throat closed with questions I wasn’t brave enough to ask myself, let alone someone like Kai. He called me Little Wolf. The nickname pulsed in my mind like a distant echo, bouncing off every part of me that had tried to stay hidden. His voice, smooth and sure, carried no hesitation. He knew. Somehow, Kai Ashbourne knew what I was and he didn’t flinch. I stepped over a fallen branch and hissed as the bark scraped my shin. Blood welled up in a thin line, stinging against the cool night air. Good. I needed the pain something real to hold on to. Everything else felt like mist. By the time the cottage came into view, I could see the faint glow of the fireplace flickering against the curtains. Of course Selene was awake. My twin’s intuition was sharper than claws. The door creaked open before I reached it. She stood there with her arms crossed, one