บททั้งหมดของ The Awakening Of The Hybrid Luna : บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

Aurora’s POVThe air was crisp and damp as Ember and I left the stadium, the roar of the crowd fading behind us like an echo I couldn’t shake. The field lights stayed on, bright enough to sting my eyes, casting long shadows across the parking lot and the empty bleachers we’d just climbed down from.I clutched the paper cup of now-cold hot chocolate between my hands, my fingers stiff with nerves more than the cold.“Best. Game. Ever,” Ember practically shouted beside me, her ponytail bouncing as she nearly skipped across the asphalt. “Did you see Zander? He was in full-on beast mode.”I forced a smile. “Yeah… he played well.”That was an understatement.Zander didn’t just play well—he was brutal. Powerful. Every pass, every hit, every growl of frustration that left his throat felt like it was aimed straight at me.But I didn’t want to tell Ember that.She wouldn’t get it. Or worse—she’d try to fix it.And there were some things you couldn’t fix. Not when they were tangled in years of

Rowan’s POVThe sun hadn’t even risen yet when I opened my eyes. Not because of the alarm. Because of her. Aurora Hayes. The girl who shouldn’t matter.The girl who had no idea what kind of chaos lived just under the surface of this town. The one I left my pack for in order to warm her up and have her come back home with me as my Luna.She mattered to me. Too much some people might say but they wouldn’t understand.I had only been in Silver Creek for a few weeks, but every second near her felt like being rewired from the inside out. Like someone had taken my bones apart and built them around her.She didn’t even know what she was. But I did. And so did my wolf.The moment I stepped onto Pine Ridge High’s campus, my senses had zeroed in on her like a damn compass. Her scent is lavender and rain. Her voice is warm and unsure. Her laugh, rare but real.And those eyes…My wolf went silent the first time we locked eyes. Not from confusion. From recognition. And now? Now I couldn’t stay awa

ZANDER’S POVI wasn’t going to go to the club. I told Ember no.Twice actually. And again, when she stood in my doorway with her arms crossed and that knowing look that saw straight through me.“You’ll regret it,” she said. “If you don’t go tonight, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”I scoffed. “I doubt that.” But the truth? I was already regretting everything. Because today—July 15th—was her sixteenth birthday. Aurora Hayes.The girl I’d spent years pretending to hate. The girl I pushed away to protect, to punish, to hide from. Because even before the shift. Even before I was ready to admit what she meant—I felt her. Heard her laugh over the crowd. Caught her scent in the hallway. Dreamed about her when I damn well shouldn’t have.I told myself it was just an obsession. Annoyance. Hormones. But it wasn’t. It was the bond. And I’d ignored it for so long, I thought maybe it would go away. But It didn’t.Because the second the clock struck midnight, something inside my chest s

Aurora’s POVThe second Zander disappeared into the crowd and slipped out the back door, the air around me felt thinner—like he’d taken something with him.I stood there, my pulse hammering, trying to make sense of the last few minutes.Mate. That’s what he’d said. Like it was supposed to mean something to me. Like I was just supposed to nod and understand why my skin had been on fire since he walked into the club.But I didn’t understand. Not even close.All I knew was the way he’d looked at me—like I was both a treasure and a threat. And the way my body reacted to his touch… I couldn’t explain it. Sparks. Heat. A pull so strong it felt like my bones might snap if I tried to resist it.And then he’d run.Just… gone.“Come on,” Ember’s voice cut through my thoughts. She was smiling like she had no idea I’d just had my entire sense of reality upended. “We’re here to dance, birthday girl.”Before I could argue, she grabbed my hand and tugged me toward the middle of the floor.The bass

Zander’s POV Continued Aurora’s gaze flicked, frustrated. “You both keep saying things like I should already know what they mean.”“You will,” Rowan said, and I hated the gentleness, the patience, the way he could make his voice sound like a safety net. “Not good enough,” Aurora said. She looked at me, directly. “You called me your mate.”My throat clicked. “Yes.”“What does that mean?”I took a breath that didn’t feel like air. “It means you’re mine.”“Not helpful,” Ember said.“It means,” Rowan cut in, “there’s a bond—older than choices, older than names. It pulls two people into one life. It’s… a vow you can hear in your bones.”“Like soul mates,” Aurora said.Silence swallowed the lot for a beat.Zee prowled with a pleased rumble, like he knew a punchline nobody else did.I kept my voice even. “Not exactly.”Her eyes sharpened. “What does that mean?”“It means,” Rowan said—careful, damn him, like he was stepping through glass—“on your sixteenth, the world starts… fitting differe