All Chapters of Moonlight Knows My Name : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Eve’s POVThe hall had never been this full, no one saw this coming! I’m talking about me, I never saw this coming! Blackthorn and Hartmann in the same space. Wolves muttered under their breaths, their shoulders and jaw tight. Hartmann warriors stood fixed while Blackthorn’s wolves stood opposite them, alert and ready, obviously exhausted from the weeks of fighting and surviving whatever spell the Hartmann’s had placed on us.This should have felt like progress, some type of deep breath even, but instead it felt like they had just ignited another fireI was beside Malik, our shoulders touching, he offered me a warm smile with a grounding nod. Dorian stayed at the center of the room, stiff and unreadable. Astrid…well she was somewhere at the far end of the room, her arms folded, she didn’t look like she wanted to be here and honestly? I was with her on that. Now this was the dramatic part! Morwenna didn’t make it to the meeting but she sent a raven marked with the first letter of her

Dorian’s POV I felt it the moment we entered the forest, it felt so unnervingly calm, I mean it was too still for what Blackthorn was now living in, there were no rustlings, no howling, even the air felt thick and heavy. Beside me was a quiet Malik, his jaw remained set while his eyes scanned the trees with same type of urgency I felt inside of me, I could tell we were probably thinking the same thing. For the past two days, he has treated Eve like some egg that would break if taken away from his side for even for a second, I hated to admit it but I was glad she had him in her corner. I looked at him for a second, the silence between us made me miss when we still held our bond as brothers, the love between us, I didn’t know what it meant to be this quiet with Malik, even as kids fighting never made our journey short. “We need extra patrol around these areas, what do you think?” I asked trying to get him to speak. “Astrid suddenly just appeared again and if even if my opinion turns

MALIK’S POV Dorian pressed his palm hard against the tree, I could have easily moved on and totally forgotten about how I felt with how much his eyes glistened with what looked like unshed tears.“Malik..” he whispered “No, let me finish.” I cut him off as soon as he startedHe closed his mouth.“When the rogues cornered me that night, I let them, I could have ran for my life but it was either that or they ran towards you, so I fought, but I was stupid. Oh, when I fought I believed you were coming, at some point I truly thought you were right behind me, I still told myself even when I realized you weren’t behind me that I had to fight, cause if I fought long enough, you would come. I kept feeding my delusions. Despite my anger towards you, I still believed you would never leave me at a time I needed you most.”My voice cracked “but you did exactly that. And even when I realized I was all by myself, it wasn’t fear that hit me, it was a type of betrayal that broke every ounce of trus

EVE’S POV Truthfully, I wasn’t okay, I knew Malik could smell it tooA knock landed on the door and before I could speak Malik was on his feet already, his posture shifting slightly into defense. Dorian pushed the door open, he took a single look at the condition of the room, the broken dresser, the claw marks on the wall, and broke wood on the floor and his expression hardened. “What happened here?” he asked me quietly. Malik looked away and I slowly rose to my feet.Dorian stepped further inside, his gaze sweeping across every edge like it was unwrapping a present. Then he looked at me, his eyes narrowing. “Eve,” he said softly. “Tell me everything.” I almost asked him what capacity he was questioning me in? I wanted to walk away, I wanted to be so rude but I held myself together because at the end of the day, it wasn’t me, that was the voice of the woman that wanted to show her love that she was over the man she once loved. I looked at Malik and to my surprise me he gave me no

Dorian’s POVThe room was dimmed when I finally stopped pacing, I let myself collapse onto the bed. My own thoughts were now becoming really unhealthy for me. They were now clouded by images of Eve and thoughts of her and I couldn’t even blame anyone aside me, I was the one who pushed her away, I was the one who failed her over and over again. Astrid stepped into the room quietly. She always moved like she had perfectly rehearsed it, soft enough to seem gentle but executed enough to keep me watching, she studied me for a second and then closed the door. “You look…terrible.” She said,I exhaled, leaning forward with my elbows on my knees. “I’m fine.” “That's a lie,” she murmured, walking closer. “I can tell you’ve barely slept, you’ve barely eaten and you do look like you were stabbed.” “I know you still love her.” She blurted Her words were probably meant to soothe but now she had just sliced through my armor, I didn’t respond, I couldn’t She sat next to me, her thigh brushin