All Chapters of Bound by the Moon: Mated to Triplet Alphas : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Zack’s POVI didn’t mean to stand outside her room.I’d been on my way past, nothing more but my feet stopped on their own and before I could order myself to move, I heard her voice. Ava’s voice.“…If it were two, I would have chosen Kane and Lucas not Zack.”The words tore through me sharper than any blade.My chest locked, every muscle in me rigid. I didn’t even hear the rest of what she said, only that sentence kept replaying over and over like it was carved into my skull.Not Zack.I forced my face blank when the guard walked by, saluting me. My name in his mouth broke the moment and I knew she realized I was there. Our eyes met, just for a second.But it was enough, the bond between us burned, angry and raw, screaming at me not to walk away but I did, had to.I didn’t stop walking until I reached the far edge of the training field, it was empty at this hour. I braced my hands against the wooden post, my breath ragged.The rejection shouldn’t have hurt this much not after everythi

Ava’s POVMy chest ached and I didn’t know if it was from the tears I’d shed or from the bond tugging mercilessly at me. I wiped my cheeks quickly, trying to regain some dignity, when Zack suddenly tilted his head, his eyes narrowing on me.“So,” he said slowly, voice low but steady, “what is this about you being able to break the bond?”My breath caught. I stared at him, wide-eyed. “How… how do you know? you heard that too?” His lips curved into something that wasn’t quite a smile. “You forget, Ava, your whispers aren’t as quiet as you think. I heard enough when I passed by your door.”Heat rushed to my face. My hands twisted in my lap, my nails biting into my palms. “The witch told me,” I admitted at last, voice barely above a whisper. “Before I left her house, she said… I can break two bonds and keep one or… accept all three.”For a long moment, Zack just watched me. His eyes flicked over my face. Then he made a sound low in his throat and leaned back slightly, stroking his chin w

Ava’s POVThe books felt older than time itself, dust rose in tiny clouds as I cracked open the first book, coughing quietly into the back of my arm. My fingers traced faded ink, words in an ancient script I could barely follow. Pages of lineage records, names of Alphas long dead, descriptions of battles that were nothing but stories now. I skimmed through line after line, desperate for anything that whispered of bonds or gifts.“This one’s useless,” I muttered under my breath, shutting the book harder than I meant to.Zack raised an eyebrow but said nothing.I reached for another, a thinner one. The cover nearly tore in my hands, my eyes skimmed quickly, heart thudding. This one spoke of the Moon Goddess and her first chosen wolves born with gifts that could either heal or destroy. Wolves meant to be balance keepers.I swallowed, my wolf stirred inside me at the words, Ella pressing against the surface of my mind.This feels familiar, she whispered.“Find something?” Zack’s voice wa

Ava’s POVI walked back to my chamber still holding the scroll tightly against my chest. My fingers wouldn’t stop shaking, I didn’t even realize how fast my heart was beating until I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, breathing hard.The room was quiet, the sound of my heartbeat was the only thing I could hear.I sat on the edge of the bed, slowly unrolling the scroll again. My father’s handwriting stared back at me…strong, sure and filled with the same confidence he always had when he spoke.> The Alpha of the Shadowlands has taken what is mine, my Luna, my mate, my heart.Those words burned into me like fire.The red-eyed Alpha.I had seen him, his face and his eyes, when I was taken. He didn’t look old, he didn’t even look middle-aged. He looked young, strong and powerful.If he was the same Alpha who took my mother… then that would mean he was alive decades ago. He should have aged.Unless…My breath hitched.Unless he was one of those wolves, the ones born under the

Ava’s POVKane’s words still echoed in my head long after I left the war room.“Don’t think too much about it, Ava.”It sounded so easy when he said it but the truth was, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.No matter how hard I tried to focus on Kane’s reassurance, my mind kept circling back to that parchment, my father’s writing, his plea for help and the possibility that his death was connected to the same monster who’d taken my mother.I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t see Zack until I almost walked right into him.He was standing at the turn of the hallway. His eyes locked on me instantly.For a heartbeat, we just stood there. Then I moved to walk past him.“Ava,” he said, catching my wrist before I could walk away.His grip was firm but not rough, it was just enough to stop me.“I’m sorry,” he said quietly. “For last night, for leaving like that.”I froze. My heart stumbled in my chest.“I knew if I stayed there any longer,” he went on, his voice low, “I might’ve done some