All Chapters of Luna Eclipse: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

267 Chapters

Miguel Reaches Out Again

POV: LunaI fall asleep almost the moment my head hits the pillow.The training with Ryder exhausted me more than I realized. Every muscle aches. Even my bones feel tired.But sleep doesn't bring rest.Instead, it brings him.Miguel.The dream-link activates so suddenly and intensely that it feels like being pulled underwater. One moment I'm in my bed at the Academy, the next I'm standing in a forest I recognize.The woods near Miguel's house.And he's there.Running."Miguel!" I call out, but my voice sounds distant. Echoed.He doesn't hear me. He's too focused on whatever he's running from.Or running toward.I follow him through the trees, my feet barely touching the ground. Everything has that hazy, unreal quality of dreams, but this feels different from normal dreams.This feels real.Miguel stumbles over a root and catches himself against a tree, breathing hard. He's thinner than the last time I saw him. His clothes are dirty and torn. There are dark circles under his eyes."Luna

The Calm Before

POV: LunaI can't sleep.The charm bracelet has stopped glowing, but I can still feel it. That pull. That desperate connection to Miguel.He's dying.And I'm sitting here doing nothing.I slip out of bed as quietly as I can and move to the window. The moon is full tonight, bright enough to cast shadows across the dorm room.I press my forehead against the cool glass and close my eyes.What am I supposed to do?Every instinct screams at me to run. To leave right now. To find Miguel before it's too late.But Nova's words echo in my head. "You're supposed to choose survival."Choosing survival means staying here. Getting stronger. Waiting.But what if waiting means Miguel dies?"Can't sleep either?"I turn to see Nova sitting up in her bed, watching me."Sorry. Did I wake you?""No. I've been awake." She gets up and joins me at the window, wrapping a blanket around her shoulders. "That whole glowing charm thing was pretty intense.""Yeah."We stand there in silence for a while, both looki

Under Siege

POV: LunaThe Great Hall is chaos.Students pour in from every direction, some still in pajamas, all of them scared. The younger years are crying. Even some of the older students look terrified.I've never seen the Academy like this.Faculty members stand at every entrance, checking students as they arrive. Professor Thorne is at the front, barking orders."First years to the back! Second and third years in the middle! Fourth and fifth years, you're our first line of defense if the wards fail!"If the wards fail.Those words send a chill through everyone.Nova grabs my hand as we're pushed deeper into the hall by the crowd. We end up near the back with the other first years, pressed against the stone wall."What's happening?" someone asks."Are we under attack?""I heard it's rogues.""How many?"The howls continue outside, that awful distorted sound making my skin crawl.Headmaster Sterling appears at the front of the hall, and everyone falls silent."Students of Silverwood," he says

Hidden Threats

POV: LunaWe wait until late afternoon to make our move.The campus is busy with faculty reinforcing wards and students whispering nervously in groups. Perfect cover.Marcus meets us near the east gate, looking pale but determined."This is a terrible idea," he says."Probably," I agree. "But we need to know what we're dealing with.""The wards are on high alert. Getting past them without triggering alarms is going to be tricky.""Can you do it?"He pulls out his homemade ward detector. "Maybe. For about three minutes. That's all the time I can give you before the system resets and flags us.""Three minutes is enough."Nova shifts nervously. "And if we get caught?""We won't," I say with more confidence than I feel.Marcus studies his device, waiting for the right moment."Now," he whispers.We slip through the ward line, and I feel the magic part around us like a curtain. Marcus did it. We're through.We run into the forest, heading toward where the rogues gathered last night. I can

Rival Pack Warning

POV: LunaI find the note the next morning.It's slipped under my dorm room door, sealed with dark red wax. No name. No return address.Just a symbol pressed into the wax. A wolf's head with crossed claws behind it.I don't recognize it."What's that?" Nova asks, still half asleep."I don't know."I break the seal and unfold the paper. The handwriting is sharp and angular, like whoever wrote it was angry."Eclipse Wolf,The rogue attacks are just the beginning. What happened at your gates was a taste of what's coming. You've drawn attention from forces far beyond your Academy's walls. Forces that don't take kindly to Eclipse bloodlines interfering with their plans.Consider this a courtesy warning. Leave Silverwood. Disappear. Or face the consequences when we come for you.You have one week.Blackclaw Pack"My hands shake as I read it twice.Nova takes it from me and reads it herself. Her face goes pale."Blackclaw Pack? I've heard of them. They're one of the most dangerous packs in t

The Visitor

POV: Luna"We need to move. Now."Ryder grabs my arm and pulls me toward the main building.The presence is getting stronger. Closer. My mark burns so hot I can barely think.We burst into the Great Hall where students are gathered for dinner. Conversations stop when they see our faces."Everyone stay calm," Ryder calls out. "But we need faculty here immediately."Professor Cael appears from a side door, already moving toward us. "What's wrong?""Someone's approaching," I gasp. "Someone powerful. I can feel them."Professor Cael's expression hardens. "Show me."We rush to the eastern wall. Other faculty members are already gathering there, having sensed something wrong.The Headmaster arrives, his face grave. "Report.""Powerful presence approaching from the east," Professor Cael says. "Miss Eclipse detected it first.""How powerful?"I can barely speak through the burning in my mark. "More than anything I've felt. More than you. More than all of you combined."The faculty exchange wor

Full Moon Transformation

POV: LunaThe howls grow louder.Closer.Everyone in the Moon Circle tenses, but the Headmaster's voice cuts through the panic."Hold your positions. Do not break the circle."The standing stones around us begin to glow, pulsing with ancient magic. The Moon Circle isn't just a gathering place. It's a fortress."The wards will hold," Professor Cael says calmly. "Continue the ceremony."But everyone's focus is broken. We're all listening to those howls. Counting them.Too many.Way too many."Focus," the Headmaster commands. "The moon's power is at its peak. Draw on it. Let it strengthen you."I try to focus on the moon above, massive and silver and impossibly bright.And something happens.The pull I've been feeling intensifies. Not just from the moon. From something deeper.My Eclipse mark blazes with light so bright several wolves nearby yelp and back away."Luna?" Ryder's voice, concerned.But I can't respond.Because power is flooding through me. More than I've ever felt. More than

Miguel in Danger

POV: Luna"Miguel, RUN!"My scream breaks through his paralysis.He turns and runs, crashing through the underbrush.The creature follows. I can hear it even though I can't see it clearly. Something impossibly fast. Impossibly wrong."Luna, help me!" Miguel gasps as he runs. "Please, I don't know what to do!""I'm trying!"But I'm not really there. I'm stuck in the dream-link, watching helplessly as he runs for his life.I can see the old mill now. A crumbling structure by the creek, half-collapsed and rotting.Miguel heads straight for it, scrambling through a broken window.The creature stops at the edge of the building. Circling. Waiting."Why isn't it following him inside?" I wonder aloud.Then I realize. The mill must have some kind of protection. Something keeping the creature out.But for how long?Miguel is curled up in the corner of the mill, shaking. His clothes are torn. His face is covered in dirt and scratches.He looks like he's been running for days."Luna," he whispers

Tragic Loss

POV: LunaThe creature blocking Miguel's path doesn't move.It just stands there in the darkness, red eyes glowing.Miguel backs up slowly, his breathing ragged with terror."Luna," he whispers. "I know you're watching. I can feel you."I am. I'm trapped in this dream-link, forced to witness whatever happens next."I'm here," I say, even though I know he can barely hear me. "Miguel, I'm here.""I love you," he says to the empty air. To me. "I need you to know that. Whatever happens, I love you."Tears stream down my face in the real world. I can feel them even through the dream."I love you too."Miguel looks around desperately. The mill is behind him, the creature ahead. No escape route."I'm going to try to run past it," he says. "If I don't make it—""Don't talk like that!"But he's already moving.He feints left, then breaks right, trying to get around the creature.It's fast.Faster than he is.It lunges, and Miguel barely dodges. But there are more of them now. I can see them eme

The Silent Return

POV: LunaI haven't spoken since that final scream.Can't speak.My throat feels raw and broken, but that's not why I'm silent.The words just won't come.What is there to say?Miguel is dead.Everything else is meaningless.Ryder carries me from the Moon Circle back toward the main building. I'm vaguely aware of Nova walking beside us, her hand on my arm. Other students have gathered, staring, whispering.I don't care.Let them stare.Let them whisper.None of it matters anymore.My legs won't hold me. Every time Ryder tries to set me down, I stumble. So he just keeps carrying me, his arms steady and strong.I should feel embarrassed. Vulnerable.But I feel nothing except the crushing weight of grief.We reach the entrance to the main building. The wards shimmer faintly in the moonlight.No alarms sound as we pass through.Someone turned them off. Let us move freely.Probably the Headmaster, giving me privacy in my grief.Professor Cael is waiting just inside the doors.He takes one l

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