Semua Bab His Hidden Luna : Bab 21 - Bab 28

The fortress was drenched in silence when Aria and Kael returned. The Moon hung low, casting ghostly light through the shattered windows of the great hall. The mirror chamber still glowed faintly, its silver shards humming with residual energy. Aria could feel it pulsing in her veins, whispering secrets she didn’t yet understand.Kael walked beside her, his expression hard but unreadable. The cut on his arm from the mirror’s backlash still burned faintly, dark lines spreading from the wound like veins of shadow. Aria wanted to reach for him, to heal it, but the air between them crackled with unease.“We shouldn’t have destroyed it,” he said quietly. “The mirror was a key. A warning.”Aria’s voice was low. “It was a curse. It was feeding off us.”Kael stopped, turning to face her. “Then why do I still feel it?”She hesitated, her eyes flicking to the faint light seeping from beneath the door to the lower hall. “Because it wasn’t just inside the mirror.”They both turned as the door cre

The forest slept uneasily that night. The mist hung low, curling around the roots like restless spirits. Aria couldn’t sleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the reflection’s smile — her face, twisted by darkness.Kael sat by the dying fire, sharpening his blade in silence. The metallic scrape echoed softly, steady and deliberate. Liam slept beside them, wrapped in Kael’s cloak, his small hands clutching a fragment of broken mirror that no longer glowed.Aria stared into the flames. “It wasn’t just a vision,” she murmured. “It was me.”Kael didn’t look up. “You said it called itself your other half.”“She,” Aria corrected. Her voice trembled slightly. “She’s part of Selene’s curse. The reflection of every Luna who ever carried her light. She said she’s tired of being forgotten.”Kael slid the blade back into its sheath and turned toward her. The firelight caught the scar on his jaw, the one she’d given him years ago during their first fight as mates. “If she’s part of you,” he

The sky was bruised with twilight as Aria stood at the edge of the cliff, the wind tearing at her cloak and tugging her hair across her face. The valley below lay bathed in shadows, the remnants of the shadow’s influence curling through the trees like living smoke. Even from here, she could feel Kael’s absence, the echo of his bond calling to her through the Moon’s pulse. It throbbed faintly beneath her skin, a heartbeat that wasn’t hers, warning her of the danger that had yet to come.She pressed a hand to the mark on her wrist, whispering, “Kael… hold on. I’m coming.”Her voice cracked with desperation, but there was no reply. Only the wind and the low hum of the valley answering with emptiness. She had to move. She couldn’t wait. Not while the shadow still claimed him, feeding on the bond they shared.The path down the cliff was narrow, jagged rocks jutting like broken teeth. Her boots crunched against gravel, each step sending tremors through the earth. A blue mist rolled upward,

The northern mountains loomed before them, jagged peaks cutting into the horizon like broken teeth. Snow clung stubbornly to the slopes, glittering under the pale Moonlight, and the wind bit at Aria’s cheeks with every step. She moved cautiously, Kael at her side, each footfall crunching through frozen snow. The air here carried a different weight, heavy with magic older than Silver Crest, as though the land itself remembered what had been lost.Kael’s eyes scanned the horizon. “The Seer said the first Luna’s spirit lies beyond these peaks,” he said, his voice low, carrying both awe and tension. “If we find Selene, maybe we can finally understand the shadow’s origin—and how to stop it.”Aria’s jaw tightened. “And maybe we walk straight into a trap. Her power is legendary, Kael. What if she’s testing us?”“We have no choice,” he replied, his hand brushing hers for a brief spark of warmth and reassurance. “We can’t fight the shadow blindly. If Selene refuses to help, we’ll face it witho