All Chapters of LUNA'S CURSE; Her Three Messiahs: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

  “Look who finally crawled back from the dead.” I flinched at the mocking voice as the guards dropped me off at the Trial grounds. The other girls stood in clusters, gossiping loudly. My knees ached as I forced myself to stand straight. “She probably hid in a hole all night,” another girl sneered. “Like the rat she is.” My chest burned. I clenched my fists, nails biting into my palms. I didn’t want to cause trouble. I didn’t want to give them a reason to hurt me more. But then one girl stepped forward, her painted lips curling with disgust. “Tell me, omega. Did you spread your legs for a wild wolf to keep warm last night?” My vision went red. “Shut up,” I snapped, my voice trembling with rage. “At least I didn’t spend the entire night crying over a broken nail.”

Keira's POV I woke up before dawn, my heart thudding so hard I thought it would rip out of my chest. For a moment, I just lay there on my straw mattress, staring up at the cracked ceiling. My fingers curled into the rough blanket as I whispered to myself, Today… I’ll show them I’m worth something. “Kiki… you’re awake before the chickens again,” Nylo’s tiny voice came from beside my pillow. I turned my head to see his small wolf-fairy body curled up like a sleepy kitten. His silver fur shimmered under the moonstone lamp as he yawned dramatically. “Don’t tell me you’re nervous about these two-legged fools and their silly games.”I couldn’t help a tired smile. “Of course I’m nervous,” I whispered back. “This is the first time they’re letting an Omega perform on stage. If I mess up, they’ll use it against me forever.”I mean, the last time I danced, it was because the Alpha ordered. And it was just him. But this was different. Nylo hopped onto my shoulder, his small claws pricking my s

Kai's POVI kept my face blank as I stood before the crowd, announcing her rank.“Keira. Last place in today's trials.”The words left my mouth cold and sharp. I watched her flinch, just slightly, like a wounded deer trying not to show its pain. Something twisted painfully in my chest, deep and hot. My wolf growled low inside me, pacing restlessly.We hurt her. She sang. She was brave. She is ours.I clenched my jaw, shutting him out. She is nothing, I told myself. She cannot be ours. She can never be ours.I forced myself to look away from her teary eyes. I focused on the scores in my hand, scribbled in neat black ink. Her name sat at the bottom, circled twice.Good, I thought. She needs to remember her place. She needs to stay away from me.But my hands were trembling. I curled them into fists, willing them to still as the hall buzzed with whispers around me.“She deserves last place.”“Did you hear her song? Creepy.”“Ugly Omega should have just danced and saved us the trouble.”Ea

Keira's POV The sun rose blood red that morning. I watched it through the small window, my stomach twisted in tight, painful knots. Nylo sat in my hair, combing out the tangles with his tiny claws.“Another day, another trial to make you feel like a squashed beetle,” he grumbled. “Honestly, Kiki, let’s just run away. I know a hollow tree near the eastern border. We can live there. You can dance naked under the moon and I’ll catch bugs for dinner.”A small, tired laugh slipped out of me. Nylo said the most unhinged things. “Thank you, Nylo,” I whispered, “but I can’t leave. Not yet.”He huffed loudly, crawling down to sit on my shoulder. “Then don’t die today, okay? I forbid it.”When the announcement bell rang, we were gathered into the main courtyard where the three Alphas stood waiting. The other girls fluttered around like brightly coloured butterflies, batting their lashes and giggling nervously.“Today’s trial,” the instructor announced, “is one of emotional connection. Each Alp

Keira's POV Nylo was chattering in my ear about river frogs again, his tiny voice muffled by the rush of water below us.“…and then the fat one tried to eat a whole dragonfly. Can you imagine? I mean, I could do it, but I have teeth sharper than—”I wasn’t listening. My mind was far away, lost in the cold ache wrapping around my chest. The water flowed fast and dark beneath the stone bridge where I stood, the breeze making my thin dress flap against my knees. The river always smelled of moss and wet earth, comforting in a way nothing else was here.I closed my eyes, feeling the evening wind brush my face. For a moment, just a small, fleeting moment, I let myself imagine a world where I wasn’t fighting to survive. Where my songs weren’t mocked. Where someone loved me without shame.Nylo tugged gently at a strand of my hair. “Kiki… you’re quiet. Are you thinking about food again? Because I swear, if we ever escape this place, I’m taking you to that human village with the meat pies—”Th