All Chapters of LOST AND FOUND: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter 21 – Shadows of Betrayal

The glade was quiet, far too quiet for Serenya’s liking. The night had its usual chorus—an owl’s cry, the rustle of something small slipping through the undergrowth—but beneath it all lay a stillness that felt deliberate, as if the world itself held its breath. She woke to it, heart hammering, breath shallow, her palms damp though the night air was cold enough to bite.She sat up, tugging the cloak tighter around her shoulders. The embers of the fire she and Kaelen had left burning had gone out, though she remembered him tending them not long before dawn. He should have been here. The space beside her was empty, the blankets still carrying his heat but no sign of him.Then came the whisper.Soft, coiling, slipping beneath her skin like smoke: Serenya.Her breath hitched. She looked around, sharp-eyed now, but the glade was empty. Moonlight spilled silver over the grass, painting shadows into long reaching fingers. Nothing moved, and yet the whisper curled again, steady this time, coax

Last Updated : 2025-10-01

Chapter 22- Broken Vows

The sigil burned hotter than ever.Serenya pressed her palm against her chest as though she could smother it, but the heat spread in ripples through her ribs, down her arms, and into the marrow of her bones. Her breath came sharp and shallow. She leaned against the stone archway of the stronghold’s inner corridor, her head swimming.The flicker of torchlight above her blurred, then steadied. Her vision, for an instant, showed two worlds layered atop one another: the dim passage of the wolves’ stronghold and a shadowed hall of black marble where sorcery hummed like the toll of a distant bell. Maelis’s work—Serenya could feel her clawing touch inside the magic.“Serenya.”Kaelen’s voice broke through. His hand gripped her shoulder, steadying her. Concern darkened his features, though he tried to mask it with the practiced calm of an alpha.“You’re pale,” he said. “What happened?”“Just… the sigil again. It flared.” Her lips twisted into something between a grimace and a weak smile. “You

Last Updated : 2025-10-02

Chapter 23 – Shackles of Blood and Shadow

The chamber smelled of iron and damp stone. Serenya woke to that scent first, before her eyes adjusted to the dim light leaking through a slit in the wall. Chains clinked faintly as she shifted, wrists raw where the cuffs had rubbed skin to pink welts. The bed she lay on was not a bed at all—just a slab of cold granite covered with coarse furs that smelled of musk and smoke.Her head throbbed. Not just from exhaustion, but from the pulse of the sigil on her skin. It glowed faintly beneath the torn sleeve of her tunic, rising and fading in rhythm with her heart. The more she tried to still her panic, the hotter it burned. She pressed her arm against her body to hide it, even though no one else was in the chamber yet.The door groaned.Eryndor filled the space before she could sit upright. His height blocked the light in the hall, shoulders brushing the frame. He carried no torch—he didn’t need one. His eyes glimmered faintly red, catching what little light there was and twisting it int

Last Updated : 2025-10-03

Chapter 24 — The Gathering Storm

The courtyard of the Drazmir stronghold carried the smell of smoke and iron. Torches burned against the damp wind, throwing restless shadows over stone walls scarred by old battles. Wolves gathered in knots, their voices low, their eyes wary. Kaelen stood at the center, a figure carved from endurance itself, his shoulders squared though exhaustion bled through his movements. He had dragged his people through fire and betrayal, but the coming days promised worse.Serenya lingered at the edge of the circle, her cloak drawn tight. The night pressed against her skin, her heartbeat thrumming with the strange energy that never truly left her since the sigil awakened. She saw the distrust in the glances thrown her way. Some looked at her with curiosity, others with a fear they didn’t bother to mask. She understood it—bloodlines carried old curses, and hers was steeped in them.Kaelen’s voice cut through the murmur. “We stand on the edge of the Harvest Moon. Eryndor is not resting. He gathers

Last Updated : 2025-10-04

Chapter 25 - The Sorceress Revealed

The gates splintered with a thunderous crack. Wood and iron burst apart as if struck by a god’s hammer, the shards flung inward like spears. The courtyard of the Drazmir stronghold filled with screams. Wolves in half-shifted forms lunged to meet the surge, their claws sparking as steel crashed against them.Kaelen was already there, his great blade lifted high, storm-blue eyes flashing in the firelit chaos.“Hold the line!” he roared, his voice cutting through the din like a whip.The command steadied those near him, but only for a heartbeat. The enemy poured through, armored men with torches and blades, followed by wolves of Eryndor’s pack, lean and savage. The courtyard erupted into a frenzy of steel, fang, and flame.Serenya stood just behind him, chest heaving, her gray eyes wide with horror. The sounds—the clash, the shrieks, the thud of bodies—struck her with a familiarity that wasn’t memory but something older, buried deep. Her hands shook until she forced them into fists.Besi

Last Updated : 2025-10-05

Chapter 26 - Wolves at the Pass

The ruined chamber groaned like a wounded beast. Stones cracked, dust rained from the fractured arches, and every heartbeat carried the threat of collapse. Serenya’s arms trembled as she tried to hold Kaelen upright, his weight heavy against her. His breath came ragged, chest rising in shallow jerks, the gray of his eyes half-hidden beneath lids that refused to stay open.“Stay with me,” she whispered, though her throat was raw. “Don’t you dare let go.”Kaelen’s lips curved, the faintest mockery of a smile. “I’m…not the one who…falls,” he rasped, then coughed blood onto the stone at his side.The sound nearly broke her.Around them, wolves scrambled through the wreckage. Mireya barked orders, her voice hoarse but steady. “To the western arch—move, before the ceiling drops!” Two packmates hauled away a slab pinning another, their muscles straining, while others formed a wall to shield the wounded Alpha and the girl who refused to leave him.Then, like the hiss of a knife sliding free,

Last Updated : 2025-10-06

Chapter 27 – The Aftermath of Light

The silence after the blast was deafening. Smoke coiled above the valley, the sharp tang of scorched earth stinging every breath. Wolves lay strewn across the grass—some groaning, some still. The river below carried the echo of the explosion, ripples breaking against its banks like muffled applause to the ruin above.Serenya stumbled to her knees. Her hands trembled, the skin on her arms glowing faintly with the aftershock of light she had unleashed. Her ears rang, her vision swam, and everywhere she turned, she saw the wreckage she had caused.Kaelen.She dragged herself toward him. His broad frame lay twisted near the broken stones of the ridge, blood darkening the earth beneath his shoulder. His face was pale, too pale, lips cracked as if the strength had been leached from him. His chest rose and fell in shallow rhythm. Relief collided with terror—he was alive, but barely.“Kaelen,” she whispered, her voice rasping, “don’t leave me.”Mireya appeared at her side in a blur, golden ey

Last Updated : 2025-10-06

Chapter 28 – The Echoes of Betrayal

The night had gone still, as if the world itself feared to breathe.Mist rolled through the valley like restless spirits, curling around the fallen. The battlefield that had moments ago blazed with fury was now only smoke and broken forms. Wolves—Kaelen’s and Eryndor’s alike—lay strewn across the grass, their bodies shifting slowly back into human form under the waning moon.Serenya knelt beside Kaelen. His weight pressed heavy against her lap, his blood staining her palms dark. He wasn’t moving. Not even a shudder of breath.Her pulse thudded in her ears. No. Not him. Not now.She pressed her trembling fingers to his throat and found it—the faintest flutter, fragile but alive. Relief crashed through her, leaving her shaking so violently she nearly dropped him.“Stay with me,” she whispered. “Please, Kaelen… you can’t—” Her voice broke. “You can’t leave me now.”His head lolled to one side, his face pale beneath the streaks of dirt and blood. The scar along his jaw caught the moonligh

Last Updated : 2025-10-07

Chapter 29 – Shadows of the Bloodline

The highlands held their breath.A bruised sky stretched over the Drazmir stronghold, dark clouds tumbling low across the peaks. Wind clawed through the stone battlements, carrying the scent of iron and ash. The wolves had been at work since dawn—hammering, hauling, sharpening. The clang of steel echoed between the walls, a rhythm of defiance in the face of what waited beyond the valley.Kaelen stood at the courtyard’s edge, his jaw set, his eyes following the horizon. His coat was still torn from the last battle, a streak of dried blood at his collar. Around him, his warriors moved with grim focus—tying armor straps, testing blades, scenting the air. No laughter. No boasts. Only silence thick enough to hear the heartbeat of the mountain itself.Mireya approached, wiping her hands on a bloodstained cloth. “They’ll be here before the next nightfall,” she said. Her voice was low, but steady. “The wind’s changed. I can smell them.”Kaelen’s gaze flicked toward the distant valley, where m

Last Updated : 2025-10-08

Chapter 30 – The Wolf King’s Chains

The first thing Serenya felt was the cold.Not the ordinary chill of night or wind, but something deeper — a cold that hummed, that pressed against her veins and bone as though the air itself wanted to silence her blood.She tried to move. Chains answered.Silver links coiled around her wrists, humming faintly, threads of light slithering through them like liquid moonfire. Every pulse of her heartbeat sent a sting down her arm. Her sigil — the mark that had defied sorcery and prophecy alike — flickered dimly beneath her skin, struggling to breathe.She sat up slowly, her back scraping against rough stone. The room was narrow, windowless, carved into the heart of the mountain. A single torch guttered near the door, its flame blue instead of gold.Outside, she heard wolves — their claws against stone, the low growl of discipline, the clink of armor.She wasn’t in a dungeon. She was in a fortress.And not Kaelen’s.Her breath caught. “Eryndor.”The name tasted like iron.She remembered t

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

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