บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha’s Treaty, Now His Luna: บทที่ 61 - บทที่ 66

PENIELThe world tilted. I felt the blood drain from my face. "Gone?"My knees buckled. I felt rather than saw the ground rush up to meet me, expecting to hit the hard ground I closed my eyes, except it didnt happen.From the scent, I could tell I was in my mate's arms. Luciano had caught me. I opened my eyes and stared into the worried gaze of my mate. He pulled me into his arms, dragging his gaze to meet Preya’s, “Did you notice anything else?”Preya nodded, tears streaming down her cheeks. "There's... there was a note. Nailed to the table."I didn't remember pushing out of Luciano's arms and taking off running. My legs just moved. Preya ran behind me, calling my name, but I couldn't hear her over the roar of the wind in my ears.I got there and nearly wept all over again.The cottage was a wreck. The comfortable chair was overturned. Herbs were scattered across the floor. A cup was shattered. And there, in the center of the small wooden table, was a dagger pinning a piece of rough

PENIELIt wasn’t perfect. I wasn’t a trained warrior so, the move was desperate and clumsy. Something I intended to change when I got back.I shoved him hard, so he went off balance, toward the wall. At the same time, I picked up a big loose rock, said a light prayer that he didn't die and hit him on the head. He slumped to the ground. I didn't wait and inspect whether he was dead. I just turned and ran, not for the gap in the wall, but parallel to it, deeper into the shadows between the sheds. I made a lot of noise, probably alerting some stray guard, but my priority right there was slipping through the narrow gap behind the woodpile and out into the dark forest beyond the perimeter.Guilt choked me as I ran. I had tricked a boy who was only trying to do his job. But I couldn't think about that now.I ran until my lungs burned, following the deer trail I knew would lead north toward the river. The forest was alive with night sounds, but I heard no pursuit. Not yet.I had just crosse

PENIELA test. He was watching, or listening, to see if I had brought anyone.“I’m alone!” I called out, my voice bouncing off the stone walls. “Just like you wanted! Now, where is she? Where is my mother?”Silence. No one answered.I looked past the stool. The tunnel continued on the other side of the cavern. But written on the wall in what looked like mud were the words:THE MOON’S EYE SEES THE TRUTH.The moon’s eye? What was that supposed to mean? The moon… it was out tonight. Did its light… did it shine down here? I looked up. There were thin cracks in the ceiling of the cavern, and faint moonlight filtered through in one spot, creating a small, bright circle on the far wall.The moon’s eye. That spot of light.I walked over to where the light touched the wall. The beam was so bright it made the surrounding stone look even darker. I ran my hands over the wall inside the circle of light. There, almost invisible unless the light touched it, was a narrow, vertical crack in the stone.