All Chapters of Bound to the moon: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The Moon Festival was never meant for people like me.All around the clearing, wolves danced and laughed, their faces painted with silver crescents, clothes glowing with threads woven under moonlight. Lanterns floated overhead, their warm gold light casting shifting shadows on the stones below. The ancient pines swayed, whispering old prayers to the Moon Goddess.I stood at the edge of it all, half-hidden beneath the gnarled limbs of a hollow pine. My hands were clenched inside the sleeves of my simple robe—undyed, unadorned. I wasn’t dressed to be seen.Celina was.She moved like water, spinning at the heart of the crowd. Her dress shimmered with every step. Pale blue silk trailed behind her like smoke. Her silver hair coiled neatly atop her head, crowned with the Beta family’s sigil.She was the pack’s favorite. She always had been.“She’ll be Luna by sunrise,” someone muttered behind me.“Which one of the triplets, though?” another replied. “Kael? Thorne?”My stomach twisted. They

The great hall of the High Circle hadn’t been used in years.It was a wide, circular stone chamber built into the hillside near the Alpha’s estate. Alpha’s estate, with layered seating carved around a raised floor at the center. Torches lined the outer rim, casting flickering shadows against the stone. Elders filled the first two rows, their expressions hard and unreadable. Warriors stood posted at every archway.And me?I stood dead center in front of all of them.Barefoot, Guarded.The clothes they’d given me felt too thin against the cold wind sliding down the hill. I folded my arms, not for modesty—just to stop them from shaking.I wasn’t here to plead.I was here to be judged.Alpha Darius sat at the highest seat, a half-circle throne carved into the stone. To his right stood his three sons.Kael. Riven. Thorne.They didn’t speak. Didn’t even look at each other. But the space between them buzzed with tension. Kael’s jaw was locked. Riven had his arms folded, face stone cold. Thor

Her silence afterward said everything.“And me?” I asked. “Where do I fit into this?”She looked almost sad. “I believe you were born under its shadow, too. Buried. Hidden. Forgotten. Until now.”When I returned to my room, I barely made it three steps before I froze.Celina was sitting on my bed.She twirled a dagger between her fingers, smiling like she’d been waiting.“You left your door unlocked,” she said sweetly.“I wasn’t expecting snakes,” I replied.She stood, slow and graceful.“I’m not here for a fight,” she said.I didn’t move.She lunged, fast—grabbed my wrist, and slashed it, clean and shallow.I yanked away with a hiss. Blood welled instantly.“What the hell is wrong with you?”Celina leaned close, eyes shining. “You bleed like an omega. But that’s not what you are. Is it?”I stared her down.“If you ever touch me again—”“I won’t need to,” she said. “Because something’s going to snap soon. And when it does… it’ll take you down with it.”She walked out without looking b

My orgasm tore through me like lightning. I cried out, gripping him tighter, the bond flashing so hard I thought we might catch fire.Kael groaned loud and deep as he came, collapsing against me, burying his face in my neck.For a moment, the world stilled.We didn’t speak. We just breathed, wrapped in gold light and tangled limbs, skin slick and pulsing with shared power.But the mark was never completed.It faded back to a low glow.Kael rolled to the side, still breathing hard, arm resting over his eyes.After a while, he spoke—quiet, rough.“You’re not just mine,” he said. “That’s what terrifies me.”Kael was asleep.His arm was still slung over my waist, his breath slow and steady against my neck. The glow of our marks had faded. Whatever had ignited between us—whatever bond had sparked and burned through my veins—had cooled just enough to leave space between us.But the bond hadn’t been completed.I could still feel it. That unfinished thread tugging beneath the surface, restles

"Rory—""You can't all be—" My voice broke. "That's not how the mate bond works."His stare didn't waver. "Apparently it does now."We stood there for a long second, just breathing, staring at each other like the world had tilted beneath us."I kissed you once," he said quietly. "That night by the fire. You flinched."I remembered. He'd caught me watching him. He'd stepped close. Bold. Testing. And I hadn't been ready. Not then."I thought maybe it was just instinct," he continued. "Just heat from the full moon.""And now?"He stepped forward again. Slow. Careful. Like he was giving me a choice.Now, I didn't flinch."I shouldn't want this," I whispered. "You're Kael's brother.""I didn't ask to want you."His hand reached up—hovered just near my face.I felt the heat spike again. A low burn deep in my core, slow but undeniable.We didn't kiss.We didn't have to.The tension between us was electric. A slow throb between my ribs. My wolf was howling now, not in fear, not in pain—but in