All Chapters of Luna Maya: Destined as the Alpha's Desire: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Maya's POVI was about to walk back inside the gates when Grayson’s voice stopped me.“Luna Maya.”The guards stiffened. I turned slowly.He stood where I had left him.“There’s one more thing,” he said.I almost told him to save it. My head was already full with war plans, alliances, visions, Lucien bleeding in my arms.But something in his voice made me pause.“What is it?” I asked.He hesitated.“You said you need help,” he said carefully. “For the visions.”My heart skipped.“Yes.”“I know a healer.”The air seemed to freeze.“Who?”He swallowed, before the name came out of his mouth.“Alpha Maverick.”The name hit me like a stone.“Alpha?” I repeated. “You said healer.”“He is both.”The guards exchanged uneasy looks.I stepped closer, lowering my voice. “Explain.”“He used to lead a strong pack in the northern hills,” Grayson said. “Until the council accused him of practicing forbidden mind work. They called it dangerous.”“Forbidden?” I asked.“They feared it,” he corrected.

Lucien's POVI was still angry. Not the loud kind.The quiet, burning kind.The kind that sits in your chest and refuses to leave.Maya sat beside me in the Royce truck, staring ahead at the winding dirt road that led toward Ashen Woods. Her hands rested calmly on her lap.“You shouldn’t have gone,” I said again.She didn’t look at me.“I know you’re upset.”“Upset?” I let out a sharp breath. “You walked outside our gates. Alone. To meet a wolf who betrayed us.”“There were guards.”“That’s not the point.”The engine growled beneath us as we climbed a rough patch of road.Maya finally turned her head.“He came back to warn us.”“He could be lying.”“He isn’t.”“You don’t know that.”She held my gaze steadily.“I do.”That confidence both impressed and frustrated me.“You trust too easily,” I muttered.“No,” she said softly. “I see clearly.”That stung.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel.“You’re Luna,” I said. “If something had happened to you”“But it didn’t.”“That’s not goo

Maya's POV"Stay close," Lucien murmured, his hand finding mine. "We're being watched."I'd felt it for the last hour, eyes tracking our every movement. The weight of predatory gazes pressing against my skin like physical touch. Lyra stirred restlessly inside of me, she was not afraid, but alert. The forest floor was soft with ash, muffling our footsteps. Everything here was muted, and colorless. A world drained of life, then they appeared.One moment the path ahead was empty. The next, wolves materialized from behind trees, from shadows that shouldn't have been deep enough to hide them. Ten. Fifteen. Twenty. More emerging every second.But these weren't ordinary wolves.They were massive, scarred, feral. Their eyes held a wildness that pack wolves had long since bred out. One had a chunk missing from his ear. Another bore claw marks across her muzzle so deep they must have reached bone. A third was missing an eye entirely, the socket a testament to battles survived.They formed a

Maya's POVThe memories hit like a tsunami, drowning me in truths, hidden from me for years.I wasn't Maya. Not originally.I was Aelindra Moonwhisper, daughter of Queen Celestia, heir to the Lunar Kingdom, a realm so ancient that most wolves had forgotten it ever existed. A bloodline of Lunas so powerful they didn't need Alphas to rule. We were the first. The original wolves. The ones from whom all others descended.And someone had tried to kill me, because of who I really am."No," I whispered, even as the memories kept flooding in. "No, this can't be""Breathe." Lucien's voice cut through the chaos. His arms tightened around me, grounding me. "Maya, breathe."But I couldn't. The weight of who I really was pressed down like a mountain on my chest.I remembered the palace now. Silver spires that touched the clouds. Gardens where flowers bloomed under moonlight alone. A throne room where my mother sat in regal beauty, her power so vast it made the air shimmer.I remembered my training.

Back in Ashen woods at a very high wolf speed.Maverick's ritual room was unlike anything I'd ever seen. Carved directly into the bedrock beneath his compound, the circular chamber pulsed with ancient power. Symbols covered every surface, walls, floor, ceiling glowing with a soft silver luminescence that hurt to look at directly."These markings are older than the modern packs," Maverick explained, trailing his fingers along one particularly intricate design. "From a time when magic and wolf were inseparable. I've spent years studying them, hoping one day they'd serve their true purpose.""Which is?" Lucien asked, his hand never leaving the small of my back."Connecting a Luna to her bloodline." Maverick's mismatched eyes found mine. "Your mother didn't just hide you, Aelindra. She tethered herself to you. Left a thread of her own life force woven through yours so she'd know if you lived or died. That thread works both ways."My breath caught. "I can use it to find her.""More than fi