Semua Bab Lumina's Eclipse : Bab 11 - Bab 13

Keith stood alone in the training yard, the echo of steel ringing faintly in the night air. The banquet was long over, yet the weight of it clung to him like armor he could not remove. His father’s gaze cold and commanding still burned at the back of his mind. He had played his role as the dutiful prince, but every bow, every word, every gesture had been another stone pressing against his chest. He was tired of being a stone in his father’s wall, an heir measured against his brothers and found wanting. His thoughts, drifted back to her. Aaliyah. The princess of the Sunlit Pack had carried herself with grace, her smile as soft as moonlight. But behind that quiet dignity, he had sensed something else, an unyielding strength and a watchfulness she kept hidden beneath her façade of fragility. Every time his eyes met hers, something inside him stirred, something older and deeper than logic could explain. It unsettled him. Because when he closed his eyes, it was not Aaliyah’s face he

The library breathed. That was the first thing Aaliyah noticed as she slipped inside and closed the door softly behind her. The air was cool and heavy with the scent of parchment, old ink, and something faintly metallic beneath it all, like blood long dried into stone. Moonlight filtered through the high arched windows, illuminating dust motes that drifted lazily between towering shelves. This place remembered things. She moved deeper, her steps soundless, fingers trailing along spines cracked with age. Many of the books here had not been opened in generations. Sunlit pack prized strength, unity, forward motion. They did not linger on the past unless it glorified them. Aaliyah lingered anyway. Her curse pulsed beneath her skin, quiet but present, like a second heartbeat. It always grew stronger at night, when the moon was full or nearly so. She had learned to ignore it, to fold the pain into herself and smile through it. But tonight, after the banquet, after the way Keith’s prese