All Chapters of Bound to the moon: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

That night the courtyard still reeked of burnt herbs and blood.Smoke curled from the pyre where the two bodies had been reduced to ash, and the scent clung to everything—the stone, the sky, even my skin. I stood in silence, surrounded by people yet feeling utterly alone, watching as the flames died.Kael was gone.And so was she.I didn’t need to ask where. I felt it deep in my chest, like something cracking open.He’s with her.The wind howled outside the northern wing as Kael stepped into Celina’s chamber.The air inside was heavy, laced with incense, sorrow, and something sharper.Celina stood by the window, arms folded, eyes locked on the garden below where the fires still glowed. She didn’t turn when the door shut.“I told them not to light a pyre,” she said softly. “She hated fire. It made her feel small.”Kael’s voice was rough. “I’m s

The pulse in the bond didn’t let me sleep.It wasn’t Kael’s warmth or Thorne’s grounding calm. It was something else—twisted, cold, and pulsing with a quiet malice that made my skin itch.I lay awake long after the torchlights dimmed, hand pressed against my chest as if I could calm the storm inside me. But nothing silenced that pulse. It wasn’t just the bond between mates—it was something deeper. Older. Tainted.And it was coming from Celina.I rose before dawn, unable to bear the weight of the silence anymore. My wolf paced under my skin, restless. Angry. Grieving. But more than anything, she was alert.Something’s coming.I didn’t bother with armor. Just a cloak. Boots. Dagger.As I stepped into the hallway, I found Riven already waiting by the outer door.“You felt it too,” I said.His jaw tightened. “She’s pregnant, and yet the magic around her is wrong. It’s too dark.”“She’s a threat.”“She’s a symbol,” Riven corrected. “To the ones who still whisper behind closed doors—she’s t

The silence in my chambers felt like a scream pressed into the walls.I lay curled on my side, the blanket pulled over my body like it could hide the hollow space inside me. The space where life used to grow. Where my baby had been.Gone.I’d felt it when the pain hit me during training. A cramp so sharp it knocked the breath out of me, blood soaking the sand beneath my boots.I’d known in that instant.My baby was gone.Now, everything inside me was rage. A deep, trembling storm I couldn’t voice.Because he wasn’t here.Kael.He hadn’t come again after I confronted Celina.Thorne had stayed. He’d held my hand, even as I screamed and bled. But Kael, he'd gone to Celina. Comforted her. Tended to her like she was the one broken.Maybe she was.But I was shattered.A soft knock at my door snapped me from the spiral. I didn’t answer, but the door opened anyway.Thorne stepped in.His face was drawn, his shoulders tense. He hadn’t slept either, judging by the shadows beneath his eyes.“I b

Chapter 52 - The Unseen BladeThe fortress woke screaming.Not from an attack. Not from war drums. But from within.Guards shouted, steel clanged, and voices echoed down the hallways like a storm tearing through the stone.I was already on my feet, the scroll clenched in my hand, when Thorne burst through my door.“She’s missing.”“Who?” I asked, though I already knew.“Celina.”The court was in chaos.Elder Darius stood before the High Table, eyes blazing with a fury I hadn’t seen since the execution. His robes were half-clasped, as though he hadn’t finished dressing before marching into the chamber. The court seer hovered behind him, face pale and lips bloodless.“She knew!” Darius shouted, slamming a silver seal down on the table. “She knew the test was coming!”“What test?” Kael barked, stepping forward. He looked disheveled, as though he’d just been dragged from her bed.The air in the chamber turned ice-cold.Darius turned toward his son slowly. “The bloodline talisman.”My brea

The training grounds echoed with the clash of steel and breathless grunts, but I didn’t see Riven among the fighters. He hadn’t shown up for the morning drills. Again.He was avoiding me.Since the night I confessed to Kael—since the moment I told him I loved him more than the others—Riven hadn’t said a word to me. He hadn’t even looked my way. And worse… I couldn’t stop replaying the way his expression twisted in the shadows when he overheard.Gutted. Betrayed.My stomach curled with guilt. I didn’t mean to break him.“I thought you were stronger than this,” I muttered to myself, slashing my dagger through the air. But my blade faltered mid-swing, the weight of my own turmoil stealing my rhythm. I dropped to my knees in the grass, breath catching in my throat.My wolf stirred uneasily. She didn’t like this. The silence. The cold shift in our bond. The fractures forming between us.“Again?” Thorne’s voice startled me. He tossed a practice blade near my feet. “You’ve been training like