Alle Kapitel von The Rejected Luna ( his love, her obsession): Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 39

Chapter 32 Morning came slowly inside the Alpha’s house. The sunlight that slipped through the tall windows did not feel warm. It only made the stone walls look colder and sharper. I stood near the edger of the window, staring down at the lower streets of Blackrige. From here the pack looked different. The people moving below had no idea that the Alpha had brought a woman like me into his home. A woman who hated him. A woman whose mother had died by his hand. A prostitute. The word ranged deep in my ears I still did not understand why I was here. Last night felt like a strange dream. The Alpha had taken me from the streets and placed me inside the largest house in Blackridge as if I were something valuable. But I knew better. Men like him did nothing without reason. A quiet knock sounded at the door. I did not answer. The door opened anyway. A young servant stepped inside carrying folded clothes. Her eyes flickered toward me for only a second before she lowered her h

Chapter 34The storm did not stop that night.Wind rattled the tall windows of the Alpha’s house, and thunder rolled over the mountains like distant drums. Even inside the thick stone walls, the sound carried through the halls.I could not sleep.The events of the evening replayed endlessly in my mind.The whispers in the hall.The laughter.And the moment the Alpha had stood up.I had expected anger.Violence.Instead, he had spoken calmly, and somehow that had been far more powerful.I turned in the bed again, staring at the dark ceiling above me.The room felt too quiet.Too still.The storm outside pulled at something inside my chest.Eventually I stood up.If I stayed here any longer, my thoughts would drive me mad.I wrapped the cloak around my shoulders again before leaving the room. The fabric was heavy and warm, shielding me from the cold air that filled the halls.The Alpha’s house was mostly silent at this hour.Servants had gone to their quarters.Most warriors slept.Only

Chapter 36 Sleep would not come. The palace had long fallen into silence. Torches burned low along the outer walls, their flames shrinking into thin threads of orange light. Even the night guards moved quietly through the courtyards below, their footsteps fading into the distance. Yet my mind refused to rest. I had tried everything. Reading. Walking the length of my chamber. Even closing my eyes and forcing stillness. Nothing worked. Thoughts drifted endlessly, circling the same places like restless birds. Finally I rose from the bed and crossed the room. Moonlight slipped through the tall windows, spreading across the marble floor in pale silver patterns. The air felt cool and still. Perhaps that was what I needed. Fresh air. I pushed open the balcony doors and stepped outside. The night wrapped around me immediately. The wind carried the scent of damp grass and distant water from the river beyond the palace grounds. Somewhere far away an owl called once, then the sound fad

Chapter 38The palace was quiet when I left her chamber.The corridor stretched long and empty ahead of me, lit only by a few fading torches along the walls. Their light flickered against the stone, casting thin shadows across the floor as I walked.My steps were slow.Unhurried.Anyone watching would have thought nothing of it.But my mind was nowhere near as calm as my footsteps suggested.Bridget.The name lingered in my thoughts longer than I liked.I should not have gone to her chamber tonight.That much was obvious.Yet the moment I saw her standing on that balcony, watching the training yard below, the decision had already been made.I knew she was there long before she realized I had noticed her.A person who trains alone at night learns to feel eyes.Even silent ones.At first I had assumed it was one of the palace guards. But when I lifted my head and saw the thin outline of her figure against the balcony rail, something inside me shifted slightly.The princess.Watching.Sh