All Chapters of The Banished Luna Returns!: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

•LEO•I followed the scent, letting Ranger’s instincts guide me to where Catherine was. I didn’t care about making peace with the doctor anymore, not when it meant I had to fail Catherine again for the second time.But when I pulled my car outside an old cabin, it looked dark and desolate. It was in the woods that most rogues lived.My heart broke when I saw the place. I couldn’t believe that she had lived there for five years because of me.‘What did we do, Leo?’ Ranger murmured. ‘We subjected our mate to this place? It looks like death. No one can survive here. What if rogues attacked her?’I shook my head and hoped that whatever Ranger was saying wasn’t true. I headed to the door and hoped she was still alive.But when I opened it, there was no one inside, but an empty single bed in the corner.Her scent filled my nostrils when I walked inside, but it ended right there. I couldn’t detect her scent anymore, or where she could’ve gone.Her heartbeat was faint in mine, and I knew she

•MARY•“Leo?” I called out, pushing the door to his office open, but he wasn’t inside.The silence in the room was uncomfortable, and I felt a cold chill down my spine. There wasn’t even a sign that Leo had been there.He didn’t even sleep in our bed last night. He usually returned to bed in the morning if he slept in his office, but today, there was nothing.I shook my head and thought maybe he had gone out to see Rylan again, since he had been spending more time at his house lately.But it didn’t sit right with me that he was convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Catherine was innocent. He was even willing to find her wherever she was, so he could expose those who framed her.Not only that, but he believed she was still his mate. But I’d never let him get back to her, not when I lost my mate as well.Leo was my husband, and the Crescent Moon Pack was my home. It was too late for either of us to move on now.***After waiting in Leo’s office and trying to call him with the landlin

•CATHERINE•Viktor didn’t hesitate when I told him we had to leave before Leo could find me. He took me to his car, and we drove all the way to New York.We went to his penthouse there, and even though I didn’t need to mask my scent, I did it so Leo wouldn’t be able to reach out through the mate bond to find me.I was still confused about how in the world the bond wasn’t severed, but I also didn’t want to think much about it.“Your place is beautiful,” I muttered as I stood near the window and watched the view. It was a busy city, but the noise was barely heard from the penthouse.“Alexandra bought this place for me when I first became his beta,” he huffed as he leaned toward me. “He’d let me use it whenever I needed some space to myself, especially when I was still dealing with being banished from my pack.”“Did it help?” I looked at him.I wasn’t sure if I had dealt with my own pain of being banished. After my last trip to Crescent Moon, I realized I could never get over what they d

•CATHERINE•The taxi driver kept glancing at us through the rear-view mirror, pretending he wasn’t staring.I could see his eyes flick up every few seconds, like he was checking for ghosts. Or maybe just two people who couldn’t keep their hands to themselves.Viktor sat beside me, far too close for public decency, his arm stretched behind my shoulders.Every bump in the road nudged us even closer. My thigh pressed against his, and he didn’t move away. If anything, he leaned in more.“Stop looking at me like that,” I whispered.“I’m only looking,” he murmured. “Because you’re beautiful.”The driver let out a tiny groan, like he regretted every decision that had brought him to this moment.I covered my smile. “You’re going to get us kicked out.”“We’re paying customers,” Viktor replied, lowering his voice as if that would help. “He wouldn’t dare.”The driver cleared his throat loudly. “Sir… ma’am… please sit normally. No kissing, no whispering, no… whatever it is you two are doing.”“We

•MARY•My heart was still hammering long after Leo had left me in the hallway last night. He didn’t even come to bed after that, and he said nothing to me.He didn’t even apologize when he choked me. His wolf was so close that for a moment, I thought he’d rip my throat out.He claimed Catherine as his mate and Luna, but I’d die before I let him bring her back.I knew that if Dr. Vale and Catherine were out of the picture, Leo would be mine again.So I called James to inform me about his search for Catherine.In the morning, Xander and I will set out to find Dr. Vale in Eclipseborn and end things once and for all.“Miss Whitlock,” he answered.“Did you find her?” I asked, getting off the bed.“No,” he replied, his voice low and tense. “But I found his sister, Aisha Storm. She’s the only one who might know where Catherine is. I have her cell phone number for you to call her.”I was so happy to hear that. “Alright, send her number and I’ll call her as soon as I can. But while on that not