Semua Bab Crowned by the Moon, Rejected by the Alpha.: Bab 11 - Bab 20

Kale’s POVThe band tore my chest like a fucking hook. I tried to ignore it and tell myself that it didn’t mean anything, but it continued. Every step I took in the forest made it warmer. My wolf was tense, running up and down and moaning as if he could no longer stand sitting in my skin. There was something else tonight.Her scent was there, it hit me as soon as I crossed the stream, still Aria, but not like in my memories. Like the moonlight mixed with wild flowers and ancient magic, I didn’t even know how to explain it, but my heart knew it.I pushed myself through the branches and ignored the sting on my face. My wolf wanted me to run, but I forced myself to stay on the ground. What did I do here? She didn’t want me anymore. I said it clearly the night I rejected it and tried to convince myself that it was the right choice since.But tonight, I didn’t feel like I made a mistake. It felt like something was calling me back. Not just the bond, but her. Something about it felt urgent.

The night was quiet, but something in me moved stronger than the wind outside. I was sitting by the fire in Sarah’s house, my hands trembling slightly above my growing belly. My body had changed, my senses were sharper and more alert, but it was no longer just the baby or the whispers of the moon goddess. It was something deeper, something buried in blood and bones, finally awakened.Sarah noticed the silence in my eyes and did not ask questions at first. He gave me a wooden bowl filled with a thick infusion of spices and sat down in front of me. The flames danced among us, casting bright shadows on worn walls: "Do you feel it, do you embrace it?" She says slowly, almost like a mother talking to a child who already knows the answer. I just nodded my head, thinking that my voice was fine."All in their blood," she continued, stopping her eyes; "not just the sign of the moon goddess; you’re wearing more than you know, Aria." I swallowed hard, the heat of the drink covered my throat, but

ARIA’S POVThe moonlight didn’t calm me down tonight.I knelt on the forest floor; palm trees were embedded in the ground as if they could tie me down and prevent me from flying. My heart beat in my ears, each one stronger than the last until I couldn’t hear at night.The decision was made, I had chosen the path, there was no turning back.A weight entered my chest, heavier than any refusal, heavier than Kales’s silence. It was about me - what I had become, what I had always been.My bones hurt like never before. Not by injury or exhaustion, but by something old, something that moves deep in my blood.I was out of breath when the first wave hit me.It was not the pain I expected - neither sharp nor torn; it was heat. A pure and burning heat that relieved all the nerves of my body. I felt it move, my spine contract, pass through my lungs and wrap around my heart like burning ivy.My cry did not have a sound, the forest swallowed it all.I dashed forward, cheek against wet foam. My fing

The forest had never been so calm. Every leaf held its breath and even the wind seemed uncertain whether to move forward or backward. I stood on the edge of the sacred veil and hummed like something ancient, which was not just magic. It was memory, threaded into bark and soil, watching me like an old friend.My heart beat slow and heavy. Not from fear but from the weight of what came next. I wasn’t the girl who was cast out anymore. That version of me had dissolved beneath moonlight and silence. What remained was something forged.Sarah was already waiting, her stick placed on her shoulder; the gleam in her eyes was no longer quite human. She had always felt more like a healer, more like a woman of the forest, and now I saw her clearly. She was the caretaker, and I was her job.Are you ready?" she asked, not worried, but sure.I nod. "It must be me."She stepped aside and paved the way. Stones arranged according to ancient models led to a circle of trees darker than night and in which

The dream came at dawn, violent and unwanted.Kale woke up in his empty bed and his sweat was cold on his skin as the images burned behind his eyelids. Aria, shining like the moonlight she took, her eyes of silver fire in the darkness. But it was not the broken omega that he rejected. It was something divine, something that impelled his alpha instincts to tilt their head down to recognize her superior strength.In her dream, she was pregnant.His hands trembled as he pressed the palm of his hand into his eyes and tried to banish his sight. It was more a prophecy than a nightmare. The bond that was to be broken by his refusal struck him faintly in the chest, and for the first time since that terrible night more than pain.It carried power. Her power, flowing through the connection he'd thought was broken forever."Moon above," he whispered into the pre-dawn darkness. "What have I done?"The pack house creaked around him, full of restless wolves who hadn't slept properly in weeks. Ever