All Chapters of THE LUNA OF MY DESTRUCTION.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

~~~DARIUSI watched her leave the room.Elena, MY Luna. Every step she took out of that room was mine and mine alone. Her sentinel moved quickly behind her, and the faint click of her boots against the floor echoed like a drum in the tense room. I stayed seated, calm on the surface, but my chest thumped with a steady pride that I didn’t even try to hide.Caelum still sat there, looking torn between anger and frustration. His hands clenched into fists at the sides of his body, jaw tight, trying to project strength. You could almost see the thoughts spinning in his head.“Your mate disrespected me, and you just sat still?” He bellowedI tilted my head slightly, my voice cutting through the tension, low and sarcastic. “And what am I supposed to do? Beat my Luna because of you? You want to own her, but you don’t know anything about her. Not even close.”I could see his expression falter for a brief moment. Good, feel it too.Even I, her mate and Alpha, still get taken steadily by her. I

~~~DARIUS.By the time I returned to the chamber, the sun had already set and Elena wasn’t inside.I asked the sentinels stationed by the door, and they told me she had left for her evening walk not too long ago.The moment the words left their mouths, I knew exactly where she would be.There is a spot inside the fortress Elena always goes to when the world becomes too loud for her. The northern terrace, high above the cliffs, where the wind is sharp and quiet enough to breathe in.A place she found long before everything went wrong, and back when she still smiled as though the sun belonged to her. And so, I exited the manor and went to her.When I reached the terrace, walking past her sentinel and handmaiden, I saw her immediately.She was standing alone at the railing, her shoulders stiff, and her hair moving gently in the wind.Her back looked rigid, in quite a tired way, not anger.“Elena,” I said softly.She didn’t turn around. She didn’t even flinch or acknowledge my presence.

~~~DARIUS.It was as if the world had just crashed in on me as I felt her words pierce through my chest. “Because of you, I lost our pup! My baby!”I froze, my hands trembling, and my chest tight. The air seemed to vanish around me and I opened my mouth, but no sound came out. My mind spun in chaos, refusing to accept what I had just heard.“Elena…” I stammered, my voice barely audible. “No… no… that… that can’t be…”Her tears, and the way her body shook on her knees, cut through every ounce of control I had left. I wanted to reach for her, to hold her, and to make it right, but my legs felt frozen, heavy as stone.“Stop… stop saying that,” I muttered, more to myself than to her. “It… it is not possible… it can’t be…”Memories of that night stormed through my mind, twisting and turning. I had been so focused on protecting her, and keeping the pack safe, that I hadn’t seen her pain. I hadn’t known.Our pup.“Darius…” Her voice trembled, sharp and fragile all at once. “I trusted you… I…

~~~DARIUS.By the time I entered the room, Elena was long asleep, so I gently made my way to the bathroom without waking her and washed myself up.My wound still hadn’t healed, and at this point, I wished it would just knit shut already, because the sting was starting to feel like fire licking through my chest.I wore something light and returned to the darkened room.She lay stiffly on her side of the king-sized bed, her breathing deep and steady. For a moment I simply stood there, staring at her, a small ache twisting in my chest. A smile, barely there pulled at my lips.Despite everything… she stayed.Despite the truth slicing us open, despite the pain between us, and despite her tears, she was still here, on the same bed as me.Maybe the Moon Goddess still had mercy on me.Maybe I would have gone completely feral if I had walked in and found the room cold… empty… and her scent was gone.So, quietly, and terrified of disturbing her, I settled onto my side of the bed. The mattress d

~~~ELENA.“What are you thinking about? You have been so out of it since morning.”I turned my head slightly to look at Lyra as we walked side by side down the long stone hall and shook my head.“Nothing,” I said, even though it wasn’t true.After baring my heart to Darius last night, after finally saying the things I had buried so deep inside me for years, it felt like something heavy had been lifted off my chest.As I finally breathed again, peace never stayed long with me, because even as my heart felt lighter, my mind grew louder.I could not understand why Darius had denied being with another woman that night.Not just denied it casually, but with a force that felt… real.And what disturbed me the most was that… He was telling the truth.No, that was impossible.Darius was many things. Strong, ruthless, and absolutely calculating.But above all, he was a male who knew how to lie without being caught.Years as an Alpha had trained him to control his emotions, his face, and even hi