All Chapters of Chrome and Claws : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 21 Hunters’ bodies littered the cracked concrete, weapons scattered like broken bones among the fallen.Iron Fang riders staggered through the wreckage, bloodied, hollow-eyed with their leather cuts torn and spattered. The roar of engines had gone silent, replaced by the crackle of fire devouring a wrecked van at the edge of the lot.But all eyes weren’t on the carnage.They were on her.Raven stood in the center of the ruined garage, chains hanging broken at her feet, her body no longer her own. The blood moon above burned crimson, staining the world in shades of red and shadow and under its light, Raven’s wolf had taken its form only it wasn’t the wild, silver-gray creature anyone might expect.Her wolf was something far more terrible.She was massive, taller than a man at the shoulder, golden fire burning in her eyes, her coat a storm of silver and her jaws dripped of blood… the hunters’ blood while her growl wasn’t a sound but a rumble that shook the earth, made bones ac

Chapter 23 Raven stood by the open window, palms pressed against the frame, her eyes fixed on the fading horizon. She wanted to run, to leap out of the window and take her chances, even if she had no clue where she was anymore, her pulse thundered in her ears as every instinct screamed at her to escape before the chains that bound her life only grew tighter.But before she could swing a leg over the ledge, the heavy door slammed open.“Going somewhere?”The voice was casual, almost mocking, but its weight dropped like a stone into her chest. Axel.She spun around, her breath hitching, and found him filling the doorway like a storm she had no shelter from. His leather jacket hung loose, dark hair swept back in disarray, and his golden eyes burned with a calm authority that rooted her to the floor. He didn’t raise his voice, he didn’t need to. The sheer certainty with which he spoke made her feel like the idea of running had been foolish from the start.Raven’s lips parted, but no sou

Chapter 25 The sacred circle quaked with the weight of Lilith’s declaration. Her voice still seemed to linger in the night air, dripping venom that clung to every ear. “This pack already has a Luna… and it isn’t you.”The Moon Riders stood in stunned silence, torn between outrage and disbelief. Wolves in half-shift bristled at the edges of the ritual grounds, growls rumbling low like distant thunder. Maids clutched each other’s hands, their knuckles white.Raven stood in the center, still crowned, still robed in white silk that shimmered beneath the blood moon, yet suddenly she felt as though a blade had been thrust through her chest.She searched Axel’s face, his jaw was tight, eyes unreadable, but his silence was deafening.Whispers roared through the gathered wolves like wildfire in dry grass.“Is it true?”“A child?”“If she carries the Alpha’s heir….”“Then this coronation means nothing…”Lilith basked in it and she turned, her red gown catching the torchlight like flame, and sp

Chapter 26 The crown still burned on Raven’s head long after the ritual ended.Not in the way of fire, but in the weight and pressure of it like it wanted to sink through her skull and fuse with her bones.The sacred circle had emptied, but the echoes remained. The whispers of doubt, the clash of cheers and jeers, she had been named Luna and had been affirmed by Axel, the Alpha himself and yet, as the torches guttered low and the blood moon hung fat above them, Raven felt no triumph.She felt the crack of fracture running straight through the heart of the pack.Axel walked beside her, his steps barely contained by sheer will. His golden eyes still glowed faintly, his wolf simmering beneath the surface. He had wanted to chase Lilith down, to silence her venom permanently but Raven could feel it in him, and could almost hear his wolf snarling for blood.But he hadn’t. And that restraint was more terrifying than rage.“Come,” Axel said quietly as he guided her back toward the Alpha’s

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