Lahat ng Kabanata ng When The Moon Hides Her Crown: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

RONAN“Don’t want to be seen with me, huh?” I muttered under my breath as I crouched to retrieve the book from the floor. Its pages were filled with an ancient language I hadn’t been able to decipher, until now. But had I heard Seth Darven read “rogue”?I narrowed my eyes.The letters had shifted, reshaping into English only after Seth had glanced at the page earlier. But that translation hadn’t been there before. Not until he saw it.“But how? And why?” I murmured, my fingers unconsciously brushing over the worn, yellowed paper. My thoughts raced back—to the rogue in the ruins… and again in the Blackmoon forest. This couldn’t be a coincidence.“Ronan,” Asher’s voice snapped me from my thoughts as he stepped into the room.I placed the book down carefully on the desk and turned to him.“Here’s your cologne,” he said, holding up the black bottle. “And your suspicion was spot on. The old wolf who makes your cologne confirmed someone tampered with it.”He handed it to me, his tone grim.

SERAPHINA The sun hung high by the time the Academy’s training grounds were transformed into a combat arena. The trial was finally beginning.A thick crowd of Alphas buzzing with nerves and adrenaline, formed uneven rows across the open grounds. The scent of sweat and tension clung to the air. Beyond the ring of Alphas, the hierarchy stood beneath a shaded pavilion, watching like royalty on a throne. I roamed my eyes to find Ronan standing there with Asher and in the completely opposite direction like usual was Dante. Just standing there.Not dressed to fight. Not even warming up. Finn nudged my shoulder. “They’re not participating,” he told me. "Of course, why would they? They already have those luxurious rooms,” I murmured, stretching my neck. Finn nodded, “Yeah, they have nothing to fight for here. We are actually desperate for that room,” he chuckled. I could not deny it and chuckled as well. But I realised there was no one more desperate than me. I was ready to do anything

SERAPHINA“And you say you aren’t seducing me.” The moment Ronan's words hit the air, the weight of what I’d just done crashed into me like a freight train. I had slipped. I’d broken character—not Seth, but Seraphina. I touched Ronan like a…I leaned in close, invaded his space. On top of that I did it in front of the very Alphas I was supposed to fool.I immediately let go of his hair and stepped back with a smoothness that masked my panic—controlled, casual, as if I hadn’t just nearly blown everything. I didn’t meet Ronan’s gaze. I couldn’t. Instead, I turned to face the bastards in front of me.Behind me, Ronan let out a low, amused laugh. I heard the scrape of a chair dragging across the concrete, and then the creak of wood as he sat in front of the rotting door—sin personified. One leg crossed over the other, cigarette glowing between his fingers.“Give me a good show, Alpha Seth Darven,” he murmured, smoke curling around his jaw like a halo turned to ash.I glanced at him over m

SERAPHINA Expelled.The word rang through my skull like a death knell.My body remained coiled, fists still slick with blood, chest heaving as though I’d just sprinted through fire. But the true fire burned in Alpha Gideon’s eyes—not fury, not even outrage—judgment. Final. Irrevocable.“I refuse,” I said between ragged breaths.“What?” Alpha Gideon’s face contorted with rage. He was a man accustomed to silence after he spoke, a man who had never tolerated disobedience.“I refuse to accept your decision, Alpha Gideon,” I rasped, stepping forward. I didn’t care how Ronan looked or what he might be thinking. My focus was on the Alpha who had just condemned me without trial. “There was no hearing. No testimony. Nothing. You’ve expelled me from the Academy without a single word in my defense.”“You assaulted eight Alphas,” Gideon snapped. “Inside Academy walls. Under Academy law, that alone warrants expulsion.”I wiped the blood from my chin with the back of my hand, my voice flat and co

SERAPHINAAs the words slipped passed my lips, something shifted in Ronan’s eyes. In that instant, I realized what I’d truly said. He held my gaze—steadily, silently—as if daring me to look away. As if warning me that whatever I had stirred inside him would burn me too, should I let it ignite.But then—“Are we seriously doing this?” Dante’s tone was casual, even amused, but the tightness in his jaw betrayed the crack forming in his composure. He turned to the Alpha instructors, arms spread slightly. “This is becoming a farce. I’ve been unnecessarily dragged into something I have no connection to. Not even a sliver.”His eyes met mine, and something colder than fury glinted in them—like a predator insulted to be named.“I’m here to win a battle that’s raged for a thousand years, one no wolf has conquered in the past century, and to claim my throne. I am not some adolescent playing games with berries and colognes,” he added, tone clipped with disdain. “Whatever drama these pups are ind