The Banished Luna Returns!의 모든 챕터: 챕터 41 - 챕터 50

•CATHERINE• I couldn't sleep that night after Benson left. I kept tossing and turning, thinking of everything he said to me, and about Julie. I had already sent the admin team an email not to open the hospital in the morning. Elias and I wanted to find Julie and get rid of Viktor from my life. I couldn't help but feel like the old shadow that Benson was speaking of was the rogue king. I had a scar on my left shoulder, proof of his existence on the night my parents died. He had promised to find me, and even when I knew he was far away from me, he felt close. The rogue attacks became severe and frequent when I got older. Not one knew the fear I had buried deep inside my heart, not even Aisha. But it was because I knew that when he finally came for me, they wouldn't be able to stop him. There were legendary stories about the rogue king, stories that were told to children for Halloween. Everyone knew he wasn't a normal werewolf. He was bigger and stronger than ten Alpha

•MARY•“Mom, can you read me a story tonight? I miss them,” Brian said when I tucked him into bed, and I sighed, wondering why he didn’t want to learn that he had to be a man now.I didn’t want to have a weakling who still wanted bedtime stories and lights on because he was afraid of nightmares. No Alpha kept a lamp glowing out of fear of nightmares.“I thought we talked about bedtime stories and established a rule that I won’t read them to you, Brian, or have you forgotten?” I scolded. “You are my son and will be the Alpha after your father. You must be a man.”“But...Catherin's bedtime stories help me when I have nightmares,” he muttered, his voice breaking. “Please, Mother.”“You should sleep!” I answered, turning off the lampstand. “I will be here in the morning to remind you about what you learned earlier today.”“Yes, Mother.”I headed to the door and left. Leo was on the phone when I walked in, and he looked at me once as he sat on the couch near the bed.“Yes, we must postpone

•CATHERINE• "I can't believe you brought my friend here, tortured her, and then told me to trade my life for hers just so I can come here and a wound that could've healed on its own," I groaned as I got off the bed after healing his mother from a broken hip.She was elderly, slow to heal, but nowhere near death. A simple fall down the stairs. A week or two of bedrest would’ve been enough.“I didn’t torture your friend,” Viktor replied, offering me a towel. “I only kept her here and asked her to lure you in by acting hurt. And everything I said about shutting down your hospital—I meant it.”My fingers tightened around the towel before I handed it back. “So now that I’ve helped you, do I get to leave?”“I’m saving your life, Dr. Vale,” he said, tone clipped. “Kray wasn’t given a normal portion. When he grows sick again, he’ll come for you. We gave him something powerful—something irreversible. You merely eased the symptoms.”I let out a slow, exhausted breath and moved toward the co

•CATHERINE•"You may not remember, but I was there when you got married," she answered. "Though our Alpha didn't attend the wedding, most of us were there, wanting to see the next Alpha and Luna of Crescent Moon. I knew it was you the minute you stepped into this house."The fake facade I was putting on finally faded, and I let my tears fall."How am I going to heal the pack that has caused me so much pain?" I asked, feeling my heart breaking all over. "How do I go back there and pretend as if they had never broken me? I cried under the blood moon, begging for vindication. So, how will I find justice against those who hurt me when I am asked to heal them?""You are the Luna, Catherine," she answered as she placed her hand on my thigh. "You are like a mother who is supposed to love all her kids equally, even those who cause you pain. But that doesn't mean you should forget what they did to you, but it means even when you discipline them, you must remember to forgive them.""I won't for

•CATHERINE• "Follow me, Dr. Vale," Lila muttered as she led me down the hallway toward the guest room where I would change. My heart thumped hard in my chest. I kept wondering if she could truly see me and not the face Nyra had created. Before I left Crescent, Lila and I were incredibly close. Coming back now and finding her working as a housekeeper felt unreal. She had been an amazing assistant once, someone who always stepped in to guide me when I needed help. She was closer to me than my own sister had ever been. "Thank you so much, Lila," I replied, slipping into my real voice without thinking. She froze for a second and tilted her head, looking at me strangely, as if my voice poked at an old memory she wasn’t sure she could trust. Her brows pulled together before she glanced away and cleared her throat. She pushed open the guest room door, but the confusion in her eyes didn’t fade. It wasn’t surprising. Nyra was still masking my scent, and the makeup I wore now