บททั้งหมดของ THE LUNA HE REJECTED! : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Chapter 52Ashes and VowsKaius' POV I knew she was looking for me when she stepped inside. My eyes found hers first before she saw me. The moment how eyes met, something clicked and it looked as though I couldn't just take my eyes off her for anything.Suddenly, one of the nobles spoke behind me, bringing me back to consciousness.“Stand straight. The kingdom watches you today.”The words came from Lord Daramis in a low tone. I heard them as he adjusted the ceremonial sash across my shoulder. I resisted the urge to brush his hands away, because of the way he distracted me.“I am standing,” I said, looking away.He bowed slightly and stepped back. Nobles lined the stone corridor ahead, each dressed in mourning white, their heads lowered as the incense burned along the walls. Adelaide stood several paces away near the entrance, speaking quietly with the palace seamstress. And for a moment, I couldn't help but stare at the way she spoke.She turned then, as though she felt my gaze, a

Chapter 54Ashes and EchoesAdelaide’s POV“Is… is it true she’s coming here?”The question drifted off from the villagers before I even stepped down from the carriage. It wasn't a too long journey, but I was already tired. No, I mustn't show weakness. I said internally, my eyes scanning the whole place.“Is that the Luna?” The voice belonged to a young woman clutching a child to her chest. She wasn’t speaking to me directly. She spoke to the healers unloading supplies, to the guards securing the place.“Yes,” Master Healer Senra answered gently. “She is already here.”Their eyes locked on me instantly, with a smile beneath it. It still startled me how silence followed whenever people noticed me and I wondered what was going through their minds.I stepped down, walking through them. The guards moved at once, as though trying to protect me from them.“Stop! You don't have to follow me around.” I said, looking straight at the guards.They exchanged glances and one moved forward, “my

Chapter 56The Marking ArgumentKaius’ POV“That's them.. the Luna is back!” Rafaello said behind me, a smirk spreading across his face.I nodded, but hid my smile, I didn't want him to know how I felt. I moved quickly outside to meet her and I stopped at the entrance waiting for her to get closer.“You should not have gone alone. I hope you weren't stressed that much…”The words left my mouth, before I even realized I had spoken.Adelaide stopped just inside the palace entrance, dust still clinging faintly to the hem of her dress. She turned toward me, surprise crossing her face. Then her lips curved into a smile like she hadn’t expected me to be standing there waiting.“I wasn’t alone,” she said softly. “Your guards followed every step I took. I could barely breathe without them shifting.”I crossed the distance between us without thinking, as my boots echoed. I stopped very close to her, my eyes moving over her whole body searching for any scratch.She noticed. Of course she noti

Chapter 58The Witch’s TrailAdelaide’s POV His thumb traced lightly across my cheekbone and my breath caught.“You make it sound easy,” he whispered.“It isn’t,” I admitted. “But it’s honest.”His gaze dropped to my lips.The world seemed to shrink around us. His hand slid to the back of my neck, gentle but firm.“Adelaide…” he said my name like it meant something fragile and sacred at the same time.My fingers slowly curled into the front of his shirt, holding onto him without thinking.He leaned closer that I could feel his breath.But, just before our lips met, a loud knock slammed against the chamber door and both of us froze.Another knock came, urgent this time.“Alpha! Emergency message from the border scouts!”Kaius cursed under his breath, pulling back immediately. His hand dropped from my neck, but his eyes stayed locked on mine.“Come in,” he called sharply. The door opened, and one of the guards rushed inside, bowing quickly.“Alpha, we have movement along the eastern bo

Chapter 60The Witch Visits The Luna Adelaide’s POV “Kaius?” I called, moving closer to the body the soldiers held. “My lady, you can't see him..” Paula held me, trying to stop me with a little shake of her head. “Is that really him?!” I kept moving, ignoring her completely. The courtyard felt too loud and too quiet at the same time, soldiers shouting and boots slamming against stone, but none of it made sense because all I could see was the body they carried between them.Four men carrying a man, whose hand looked too loose to be alive.My heart stopped beating. “Kaius!” I shouted again, my voice breaking as I pushed past two guards who tried to block me.They lowered the body near the fountain as I dropped to my knees immediately. That was when I saw his face, it wasn't Kaius at all. The breath I didn’t know I was holding left me in a rush as my vision blurred.The scout lying there was young, barely older than a boy. His neck was bent wrong and his eyes appeared too cold like