บททั้งหมดของ The Twice Rejected Luna: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

~SilverThe days after I ran from the palace blurred together in a way that made it hard to tell when one ended and the other began. I moved through the woods like a ghost carrying my bag close to my body and my fear even closer my feet sore and blistered from walking for hours without rest. I kept thinking that maybe after the first night things would get better, that maybe the world would soften once it realized how tired I was but it never did. Every new morning came with the same cold air biting into my skin and the same dull ache in my chest that reminded me I was truly alone now.I tried to approach packs. I really did. I would stand at the edge of their territories, my hands shaking, my heart beating so loudly I was sure they could hear it and wait for someone to notice me. When they did, their eyes would narrow the moment they saw my hair and my thin frame and the way I stood like someone expecting to be hit at any moment. Some of them did not even bother asking my name. T

~Silver Walking into Mike’s pack felt strange in a way I could not explain properly even if I tried. I had expected something loud and intimidating like the palace or harsh and broken like my former pack but this place was neither of those things. It was not flashy or grand and there were no towering gates or marble floors but it was alive in a way that made my chest ache. People moved freely and laughed loudly and children ran past us without being shouted at and the sound of life wrapped around me so suddenly that I almost stopped walking because it felt unreal. As we passed through the heart of the pack I noticed how people greeted Mike and it caught my attention immediately because there was no fear in their eyes when they looked at him. They smiled openly and bowed their heads with respect but it did not look forced or rehearsed. A woman with flour on her hands waved at him and said “Alpha you are late again” and he laughed and apologized like he was just another person

~Silver The morning sun filtered through the curtains of my small room in the Wane Moon Pack house and I groaned as I rolled over. My body still ached from everything I had been through and the baby growing inside me made every movement feel heavier than it should.I wanted nothing more than to stay in bed and pretend the world outside didn’t exist. Pretend that I wasn’t a rejected mate. Pretend that I hadn’t been used and discarded like trash. But Alpha Mike had other plans.There was a knock at my door and before I could even answer he pushed it open with that easy confidence he always carried. “Silver. Get up. You’re training today.”I blinked at him from where I lay tangled in the sheets. “What?”“Training,” he repeated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest. His blonde hair was still damp from what I assumed was his own morning workout and his blue eyes were firm. Not unkind but not leaving room for

~SilverThe evening walks started by accident. I had been sitting on the porch of the pack house one night about a week after my nightmares began. I couldn’t sleep. Every time I closed my eyes I saw them. Caspian’s cold stare amd Bastian’s cruel smile. The way they had looked at me like I was disposable. So instead of torturing myself with another sleepless night I had wrapped a blanket around my shoulders and gone outside to sit in the cool air and try to calm the storm inside my chest.Mike found me there. He didn’t say anything at first. Just sat down beside me on the steps and stared out at the darkened forest beyond the pack grounds. We sat in silence for what felt like hours but was probably only a few minutes before he finally spoke.“Can’t sleep?”I shook my head. “Not really.”“Me neither.” He leaned back on his hands and tilted his head up toward the sky. “I’ve always had trouble sleeping. Too many thoughts I guess.”“What do you think about?” I glanced at him. He was quie

~Bastian I couldn’t stand the look on my mother’s face. That knowing expression. That I told you so smile that wasn’t really a smile at all. She stood in the throne room with her hands clasped in front of her looking every bit the queen she used to be. Caspian sat on his throne looking haggard and tired like he hadn’t slept in days. Which he probably hadn’t. I stood between them feeling like the only person in this entire palace who was willimg to face reality instead of chasing fairy tales. “This is exactly what I feared would happen,” my mother said and her voice echoed in the large empty room. “The moment you rejected that girl everything started falling apart.” I clenched my jaw. “It’s not because of her. It’s because we’ve had bad luck with the crops and the traders are being difficult. These things happen.” “These things don’t just happen Bastian. Not like this or all ot once.” She walked closer to us and her expression was hard. “Your father spent his entire life building