All Chapters of Luna's Shadow: Chapter 31 - Chapter 34

032The ceremonial grounds were no longer a place of worship but rather a graveyard of tradition.The firepits had been overturned, spilling ash and embers across the stone like scorched snow. The scent of merriments and celebration had been replaced by the heavy, iron stench of blood and the acrid smell of spent gunpowder.Kenziel stood at the center of the wreckage, his chest heaving loudly in his chest. His knuckles were split, and his dark tunic was torn, but he felt none of it. His eyes were fixed on the empty space near the stone pillar where Rebecca had been standing only moments before."Alpha..." Alexander called in a jagged edge like voice as he approached from the shadows of the infirmary. He was wearing a mask of cold and controlled fury on his face. In his hand, he held a small, delicate object that shimmered in the dying light of the torches.Kenziel turned abruptly, his gaze dropping to Alexander’s palm — it was a fragment of the silver tray Brenda had been carrying an

034The silence that followed the slamming of the door was suffocating.Rebecca hung from the silver shackles, her wrists throbbing in perfect rhythm with the heavy pulse in her ears.The confirmation of the life growing inside her should have been a moment of joy, but in this windowless hole, it felt like a death sentence.It wasn't just her heart beating now; it was something Klaus intended and was determined to snuff out.Brenda stood up from her bench, the serene mask she's been keeping since the ceremonial ground finally cracked completely around the edges. She paced the small cell, her footsteps clicking sharply against the concrete."Pregnant, ehh!" Brenda muttered, more to herself than to Rebecca. Her voice held a rough edge of resentment. "Of course you are! One more thing for Kenziel to be 'noble' about, and one more reason for him to be the hero."Rebecca forced her eyes open, her vision blurring in the dim yellow light. "Is that... what this is?" She wheezed out. "Jealous