All Chapters of Claiming his Runaway Luna: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Hunt for AaronThe night smelled of blood and iron as I crouched beside Lucian on the roof of a dilapidated warehouse overlooking East LA’s supernatural area. The moon was a sliver of silver fury above us, slashing through the storm clouds with a fierce radiance that painted his profile in stark, fatal beauty. “Where is he?” I mumbled, eyeing the neon-streaked streets below where rogue wolves and vampires swapped secrets in dark alleys and shattered clubs. Lucian didn’t answer immediately. His wolf eyes gleamed molten silver, pupils slit like a predator as his nostrils expanded, scenting the wind for Aaron’s trail. His fists were gripped on his knees, claws halfway out, shaking with control. “Don’t shut me out now,” I said, my fingers caressing his stiff jaw. “Don’t become the monster they want.” His gaze flicked to me. Pain flared there, breaking through the rage barely for a moment. “I already am, Elara. They just haven’t learnt to fear me enough yet.” A hot tear slipped d

Bloodbound Prophecy“Everything,” he muttered, stroking his cool fingertips down my cheek. “You see, Elara… the Council’s wards were not meant to keep foes out. They were meant to hold you in.”My breath caught. “What… what are you saying?”He grinned, standing back to sweep his arms at the destroyed chamber. “Your mother was never banished for defying the Council. She was banished because she mated with me a cursed blood wizard descended from the Reaver Kings. You were born to shatter the seal confining the Reavers in the Veil Realm. You are their vessel, their key… their queen.”I staggered back, nausea rising in my throat as Aaron sobbed against me. “You’re lying.”“Am I?” He went to Damien, who still grasped his ripped throat, healing with terrible magic. “Tell her.”Damien’s eyes shone with ardent desire. “You were never meant to be free, Elara. You were bred for this. To awaken the Reaver bloodlines and reinstate their dominion of shadows to this world.”I shook my head violentl

Elara AwakensBlood. The smell was heavy and metallic, and it filled the air. My wolf howled inside of me, scratching my ribs as I ran down the hall with Aaron shaking against my breast. The world around me blurred as fluorescent lights flickered above me, alarms rang in the distance, and my mate's ferocious growl echoed behind me. "Mommy Daddy " Aaron whined as he held on to my top with his small hand so firmly that I could feel his claws breaking flesh. "Don't let him die. Please. "Please." I skidded to a stop at the end of a hallway that had been wrecked, my chest heaving. My entire body trembled with anguish as my wolf climbed higher, speaking through my veins. Go back. Go back to him. Complete the connection. Save him. But terror choked me, just as it did five years ago when I retreated from Lucian’s land beneath moonless nights, holding the hidden life I carried in my belly. My heartbeat thundered so loudly I scarcely heard the bootsteps behind me until it was too late.

The Reunion We Never HadI hardly noticed the soft humming of machines that could be heard all around the clean room. I couldn't take my eyes off of the still person on the hospital bed. Louie. He looked nothing like the man I remembered. His skin was pale, and his body was covered in bandages. Wires ran from his arms to the machines that kept him alive. He was here, though. Still alive. "Mommy?" a little voice next to me asked. I turned with a racing heart. Aaron stood close and held the toy wolf that he always slept with. He looked at me with wide eyes full of questions. "Is that... Daddy?" I nodded, but I was crying inside. "Yes, kid. "That's Dad." Aaron walked up to Lucian and looked at him with a mix of fear and interest. After that, he reached out and put the stuffed dog on Lucian's chest without notice. Aaron said in a whisper, "He used to tell me stories at night." "Maybe he didn't know it. They were in my dreams." Again, my heart broke. Lucian moved around. At first

The Calm Before Betrayal"You look like you’re about to throw up." Lucian smiled and adjusted his cufflinks. "It’s just a gala, not war." As I put the clasp on my necklace, I stood by the mirror with my hands slightly shaking. I was nervous, as my reflection showed. Not because of the dinner, but because we were going to tell the whole pack the truth tonight. About us. About me. Almost everything. I was shaking when I opened the movie file. Aaron it was. He laughed and ran after a red balloon in the park. Then there was a voice that was as cold as death, soft, and low. "Enjoy your happy ending while it lasts, Elara." My heart stopped. Damien. He knew. He looked around. When Lucian's fingers touched mine in the moonlight, I felt something change in me. It felt so real and deep that it scared me. It was like the link had finally been made. His words against my skin were, "You're mine now." "No matter what, I will keep you safe." When I leaned in close to him, I pressed my fac