All Chapters of Beneath The Moon's Bite: Chapter 71 - Chapter 73

LUCA'S POVThe night before, I held him like there was no tomorrow, funny how that worked out.Rafe's arms were wrapped around me, his chest warm against my back, his breath soft and steady against my neck when I woke up few hours later.The cabin was dark, quiet and ours. For a few hours, the world outside didn't exist. No visions. No whispers. No face in the dark with my eyes. Just him. Just us."I love you." He'd murmured, half asleep. I'd turned in his arms, pressed my forehead to his. "I know."He'd smiled, that stupid smile that made my heart do things I couldn't name. "Good. Just checking." I kissed him. Slow and soft like we had all the time in the world.The battle bell rang out before dawn, but the sound this time was different it was deep, rumbling, like the earth itself was screaming. It shook the cabin, rattled the windows, sent dust falling from the rafters.Rafe was on his feet before I opened my eyes. Already dressed, moving, and shouting."Luca! NOW!” He yelled and I

NOTE: DUAL POV AHEADRAFE'S POVThey hit us again at dusk, like they knew we'd be tired. Like they knew we'd spent the day burying our dead and tending our wounded and pretending we weren't terrified.The first howl came from the east, followed by the west, then everywhere at once.I was already running before the third howl finished. The wall was crumbling, we'd rebuilt the wall with stone after the last attack. But the creatures didn't care about the stone, they climbed over it, through it and around it. They poured into the compound like water finding its way through every crack.I killed three of those ugly creatures before I reached the training grounds. Four more before I found Lyra, she was exactly where I expected her to be at the frontline of the battle, in the thick of it, her sword singing through the air like it was part of her…..I saw her life energy flowing through it. Silverpeak's Alpha didn't hide behind her warriors, she stood beside them, just as a real Alpha shoul