All Chapters of LUNA OF ASHES [THE MOON GODDESS RISES AGAIN]: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

KATHERINE ASHFORD The tower room felt smaller with every breath I took. Everything provokes me, it reminds me of all I've been through. Nikolai’s silence still remained in my mind. He hadn’t answered. He couldn’t. Because the truth was written in the blood of every woman who came before me: I was an experiment. A test. A gamble on whether this time the monster inside would win or lose. And here I thought I was the one playing a game with him. I thought I was using him as my master weapon against those who betrayed me. I pressed my palm to the mark on my throat. A bitter reminder of who I belonged to. His claim. His leash. His hope that maybe I’d be the one strong enough to survive what he’d already killed others for.Dominic had rejected me because I was too much—too defiant, too loud, too willing to fight for an omega no one else believed in. He’d thrown me away like trash to secure his throne. Nikolai had picked me up like a weapon, marked me like property, and now looked at me li

KATHERINE ASHFORD Dominic stared at me for sometime then gestured towards his men to drop their weapons. He knew at that moment that fighting with me wouldn't end well. He had a lot to lose and I had nothing to lose. “Let's go,” he said and even Nora looked surprised that he was backing out without a fight. We watched them leave her house. “I can't believe he left without a fight Katherine, there's definitely something fishy, Dominic isn't the type to just get up and leave. Especially not after these revelations.” She said and I sighed softly. “I know. But you also need to understand that he has weighed his options. He can't afford an immediate war with Nikolai, I still belong to the Lycan King. A man like Dominic would think twice before posing a threat to me.” I said and she gave a nod in agreement. “So what do you intend to do now? Are you going to take over as queen again?” She asked and I remained quiet for some time. “We are returning to Nikolai's pack.” I replied. “I tho

KATHERINE ASHFORD The next morning when I woke up, Nikolai’s arm was heavy across my waist, his breath slow and warm against the nape of my neck. Last night’s escapades had left us tangled in the sheets with our bodies still pressed together like we were afraid the space between us would separate us. I could feel him already, thick, hard, nestled against the curve of my ass even in sleep. I shifted deliberately, rolling my hips back just enough to drag along his length.A low growl rumbled in his chest at the sweet sensation. His hand flexed on my stomach, fingers spreading possessively.“You’re awake,” he murmured. I smiled at the sound of his sexy morning voice. “I Couldn’t sleep,” I whispered. “Too much in my head.”He pressed a slow, open-mouthed kiss to the mark on my throat. “Then let me take it out.”I turned in his arms, straddling his hips in one fluid motion. The sheets fell away. His eyes snapped open, hungry as I settled over him, knees bracketing his waist. His cock

AUTHOR It was still very early in the morning, Katherine stood in the clearing with Mara, Nora at her side. The surviving witches watched from a distance, arms crossed, faces still hard with distrust. They didn't want her learning how they survived, if anything they wanted her to fail, the same way she failed them. Mara tapped her staff once. “Power is not a gift. It is a storm. You do not command it. You survive it. Show me, How you call the spirits that hunt you.” Katherine closed her eyes and reached inward. The darkness answered, tendrils rising from the ground, coiling around her wrists. They snapped forward, striking a nearby log and splintering it clean. Mara nodded once. “Good. Now balance it.”Katherine tried to pull back. But it resisted, tightening, and hungry. Pain lanced through her temples. One tendril whipped toward Nora.“Stop!” Katherine gasped, forcing her will through the bond. It hesitated, then retreated—slow, reluctant.Mara’s eyes narrowed. “Better. But slo

NIKOLAI VOLKOV The sound from the war horns still entered the Arena, when Dominic's wolves breached the eastern gate. black-furred, gold-eyed. They weren’t here to negotiate.They had their claws out, fangs bared, and tore into the outer guards before the pack could even rise from their seats. People screamed as they sought for a safe place to hide. Elena shrieked something about treason; Thorne bellowed for order. I didn’t look back. My eyes were locked on Katherine.She stood alone in the center of the ring, blood still dripping from her palms onto the sand in slow, deliberate drops. The runes they used in binding her were already shattered. Her eyes now burned pure molten gold, the same gold as Dominic’s, but darker and more dangerous. The attackers reached the arena floor. Three wolves lunged for her at once, She didn’t flinch.I watched her change. It wasn’t a shift like any I’d ever seen, not the clean snap of bone and fur that marked a lycan turning. This was something el