Howl of the Broken Luna의 모든 챕터: 챕터 81 - 챕터 90

LYRA:Tears drop from my eyes onto his head.I stand up slowly. My legs feel weak. My eyes burn and everything around me looks blurry.“You can leave with your Alpha. We have no business with you,” the Beta says.He nods at the others. “Accompany her back.”They sounded like they pitied me. They weren’t angry or furious.I expected them to finish up, but they just stared at me like they were sad.It’s obvious they never liked their Alpha.Two guards lift Aldric onto their shoulders. His arm hangs down. His hand swings with every step.Madeline comes running from far away.“Lyra! You’re…” She stops when she sees him.Her mouth opens. She drops to her knees like her legs gave out.“Alpha!” she screams. It echoes. It hurts to hear it.I stand there with nothing left inside me.I feel empty. A broken Luna.And honestly… it feels like life just doesn’t want to give me anything good.After I deliver Aldric’s body back to Redveil, I’m ending my journey myself.I don’t deserve to keep breathi

LYRA:“Remember, Lyra, you are always welcome. It is still your pack. Even if Aldric is gone, you are still the Luna.” Madeline pulls me into one last tight hug.“Thanks, but you’ll see me soon. And the good thing is, I won’t be coming back alone.” I force a smile.She pulls away and squints at me. “You are really strange today.”It’s been a few days since that dream of Aldric. I haven’t told a single soul, and I don’t plan to.Aldric is coming back.“If you need anything, you know what to do,” she says, already walking to the door.“Wait.”She turns. “What’s up, Lyra?”“I was hoping you could send me the books from the library Aldric gave me. Funny, I never even got to open any of them.”“They’re already on the way. They’ll be knocking at your door tomorrow.” She grins.“At least it’ll help me feel closer to him.”Madeline nods, then heads out. I watch her climb into the blue car waiting outside. The engine starts and they drive off, she's returning back to Redveil.Now it’s just me

LYRA:This is really trying to freak me out.Aldric told me he was in paradise. He looked me straight in the eyes in that first dream, smiled like everything was alright, and said he just needed my help to come back to me. His voice was calm. Everything felt normal.But now I’m sitting here on this bed, knees pulled to my chest, and I can’t stop the thoughts from spinning. What if that wasn’t really him? What if something else is using his face, his voice, his behaviour? The idea that he’s being tormented, burned every time he tries to reach me… that he’s trapped in the Hollow Dome of all places… it doesn’t fit. It feels wrong. All of it feels wrong.I rub my temples hard, like I can push the doubt out of my skull.Knock. Knock.“Now what,” I mutter under my breath, louder than I meant to.“Who’s there?”“It’s Samantha. The new maiden,” a soft voice answers from the other side.New maiden? Since when does this pack start hiring people I’ve never even seen?I drag myself off the bed an

LYRA (VEMOD):This actually worked.I didn’t think it would be possible from inside a dream, but here I am, flesh and bone again, breathing real air after centuries of nothing but screams and chains in the Hollow Dome.Aldric was never supposed to leave that place alive. All Alpha who were locked there were supposed to be the lock. His heartbeat was the key. The moment that dagger went through his ribs, the seal cracked. I felt it shatter from the inside. All I needed was a mate bond strong enough to reach through, and the girl handed herself to me on a silver platter.Foolish little wolf.I open these new eyes slowly. The body is soft, warm, still smells faintly of the sex I gave her in the dream. Good. I’ll need it healthy for now.Two men sit by the bed with their arms crossed. The other leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. They both look up the second my lashes move.“Lyra?” one says. Maybe it's Ronan or Silas. I don't know which is which. I pull the name from her memorie

RONAN:It’s morning. I didn’t sleep a minute. My eyes burn, and my head feels heavy. I keep thinking about yesterday, Lyra’s mood shift, the dream she had, the way she acted. It’s already clear that something isn’t right, and pretending everything is fine will just make this worse.I already talked to Silas last night. We agreed we’d keep a close eye on her. We agreed to watch her until we figure this out. But now I need to talk to her dad. He has to know everything.While I'm showering, I'm thinking of how to explain it. There’s no good way. It’ll sound crazy. It’ll sound like I’m overreacting. But I’m not.I finish, dry off, throw on jeans and a t-shirt. My mind is not at rest, like something bad is waiting behind the next door. I step into the hallway and move toward Silas’s room. I knock.“Silas,” I call.No answer.“Yo, Silas. You in there?”Still nothing. Silence. He always answers. Even if he’s half asleep.I grab the handle. It’s unlocked. Silas never leaves it unlocked. Not e