All Chapters of THE LUNAR THAT WASN'T ENOUGH : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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CHAPTER 31: THE TRUE PART

."Silver-eyed princess shall be born of royal blood. She will stand at the crossroads of fate. In her hands, unity or annihilation. The choice will be made when mother's love and father's bond are severed. Only then can the true path emerge."Elena had always interpreted "severed" as necessary, a breaking that would free Leila from predetermined fate.But what if it didn't mean necessary?What if it meant warning?What if the severance of bonds was the trigger for annihilation, not unity?"No," Elena breathed, horror dawning. "No, no, no..."She grabbed her research, flipping through pages frantically. Found the original text in Old Tongue. Found the word she'd translated as "severed."Korven.It could mean severed. Cut. Separated.Or—in certain contexts, wounded."When mother's love and father's bond are wounded." Elena's hands shook. "Not severed. Wounded. Damaged but not destroyed."The interpretation flipped everything.If the bonds needed to be wounded but not severed, then Elen

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CHAPTER 32: SHADOWS RETURN

The woman in the black coat had been watching the palace for three days.She stood in the tree line at the edge of the royal grounds, hidden by shadows and old magic that made eyes slide past her. Guards patrolled. Security cameras swept the perimeter.None of them saw her.They never did.Through high-powered binoculars, she tracked movement in the palace windows. Staff rushing about. Guards changing shifts. And there, on the second-floor terrace, a young woman with dark hair stepping into the evening light.Princess Leila.The woman's hand tightened on the binoculars, her breath catching.Eighteen years. Eighteen years since she'd last seen that face. Since she'd held a three-month-old baby and made a choice that had haunted her every day since.Leila looked happy. Healthy. Alive.Everything the prophecy had said she wouldn't be if she'd stayed."Was I right?" the woman whispered to the wind. "Or did I just steal a child's life for nothing?"No answer came. It never did.Eighteen Ye

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CHAPTER 33: THE TEXT

She grabbed her research, flipping through pages frantically. Found the original text in Old Tongue. Found the word she'd translated as "severed."Korven.It could mean severed. Cut. Separated.Or—in certain contexts, wounded."When mother's love and father's bond are wounded." Elena's hands shook. "Not severed. Wounded. Damaged but not destroyed."The interpretation flipped everything.If the bonds needed to be wounded but not severed, then Elena's entire plan had been backwards.She hadn't saved the werewolf world by kidnapping Leila.She might have doomed it."Oh God." Elena sank to the ground. "What have I done?"Through the binoculars, Leila and Harry walked the garden paths, deep in conversation.Harry was good to her. Respectful. Kind. Everything a mate should be.But he wasn't her mate.Adrian was.And Elena had helped destroy that bond by removing Leila from her birth family, setting in motion a chain of events that led to abuse, divorce, and separation.Wounded bonds. Not se

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CHAPTER 34: THE ROYAL INTRODUCTION

The dress arrived at dawn.Leila stood in her bedroom, staring at the garment bag like it might contain a bomb. In a way, it did, her entire future hung on whether the dress inside would successfully hide a seventeen-week pregnancy from thousands of viewers and dozens of cameras."Your Highness?" Clara knocked softly. "Madame Rousseau is here with the final fitting.""Send her in."The stylist entered with two assistants, all business despite the early hour. "Princess. Today is the day. Are you ready?"No, Leila thought. Not even close."Yes," she said.Madame Rousseau unzipped the garment bag with practiced efficiency, and Leila's breath caught.The gown was stunning. Deep sapphire blue, the royal color, with intricate silver embroidery that caught the light. The bodice was structured, elegant, with a sweetheart neckline and delicate cap sleeves.And the waistline sat precisely where it needed to, just under her bust, flowing into a full skirt that would hide her growing belly comple

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CHAPTER 35: THE PACK

Blue Moon Pack TerritoryAdrian had sworn he wouldn't watch.Had told himself that seeing Leila take her oath would only make things worse.But when the ceremony began broadcasting, he found himself in his office, staring at the screen like a man possessed.And there she was.Beautiful. Regal. Glowing in a way that had nothing to do with the cameras and everything to do with the life growing inside her.Our daughter, his wolf whispered. She's carrying our daughter.Adrian's hand clenched around his glass of whiskey.He watched Leila walk down the aisle. Watched her take the oath with a steady voice that belied the fear he knew she must be feeling.Watched her become Crown Princess in front of thousands of people who loved her.People who would protect her. Support her. Give her everything Adrian never had.The camera panned to Harry in the audience, and Adrian's vision went red.The way Harry looked at Leila. The pride. The adoration. The possessiveness disguised as respect.That shou

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CHAPTER 36: CRAVINGS AND COMPLICATIONS

The pickles arrived at midnight.Not just any pickles. Leila had sent Clara on three separate errands that day with increasingly specific instructions, the dark ones, not the sweet ones, and they have to be cold, until the poor woman had visited four different markets in one afternoon.Worth it.Leila sat cross-legged on her bed at 12:47 AM, jar open, completely content with the world.Then she reached for the chocolate.Dark chocolate. Expensive. The kind her father kept in the palace kitchen for diplomatic events.She dragged a pickle through the melted chocolate she'd warmed in a cup and bit into it without a shred of guilt.Perfect."What," said a voice from the doorway, "in the name of every wolf ancestor, are you doing?"Leila froze.Darius stood in the doorway in his sleep clothes, hair disheveled, expression somewhere between horrified and genuinely concerned for her sanity.The jar was in her lap. The chocolate was on her fingers. There was absolutely no explanation she coul

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CHAPTER 37: FAMILY DINNER REVELATION

The table was set for four.Leila had chosen the small dining room deliberately, not the formal hall with its twenty-foot ceilings and portraits of dead kings staring down at everything. The small room. The one with the fireplace and the low chandelier and chairs close enough that you couldn't hide behind the distance.She needed them close tonight.Clara had outdone herself. Roasted lamb, fresh bread, candles, wine for the men and sparkling water that nobody had asked about yet. The kind of meal that said celebration without being obvious about it.Harry arrived first, kissing her cheek, reading her face immediately the way he'd started doing lately."You're nervous," he said quietly."I'm fine."He didn't argue. Just pulled out her chair and sat beside her and said nothing else, which was one of the things she was beginning to genuinely love about him.Her father and Darius came in together, mid-conversation about something to do with the northern border patrols. William looked rela

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CHAPTER 38: THE CONFESSION TO HARRY

She almost cancelled twice.Once at breakfast, when she picked up her phone to text him and then set it back down and stared at the wall for four minutes. Once at noon, when she got as far as typing Can we reschedule our walk before deleting every word.By three o'clock she was in the garden, waiting, which meant some part of her had decided for the rest of her.The palace gardens were quieter on weekday afternoons. The groundskeeping staff finished their rounds by two, and the security detail kept a respectful perimeter that felt like privacy without actually being any such thing. Leila had learned to appreciate the difference.She heard Harry before she saw him — his footsteps on the stone path, unhurried, steady. The way he moved through every space. Like a man who'd made peace with his own presence."You texted early," he said, falling into step beside her without preamble. "You never text before four.""I needed air."He glanced at her sideways. Said nothing.They walked in silen

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CHAPTER 39: ADRIAN'S BREAKING POINT

The rumor reached him at dinner.Not through official channels. Not through any of the reports Alex compiled every morning and left on his desk. Through Marcus Webb, his Beta's brother-in-law, who mentioned it the way people mention things they assume you already know."Congratulations are probably in order for Thornfield, then. Engagement rumors are all over the northern territories."Adrian had set down his fork."What rumors?"Marcus had looked up. Read Adrian's face. Gone slightly pale."I — there's talk. About Princess Leila and Alpha Thornfield. Sources are saying a formal announcement is coming before the end of the month." He cleared his throat. "I assumed you'd seen the...""Thank you, Marcus." Adrian's voice had come out completely level. "That'll be all."He'd waited until the room emptied.Then he'd gone to find a drink.The problem was that Adrian Blackwood had never been a drinker.Not seriously. A glass of aged whiskey at diplomatic events. A drink with his Beta after a

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CHAPTER 40: THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

They gave her forty-eight hours.That was how long it took from the moment the leaked story hit the media cycle to the moment her father's communications director placed a single sheet of paper on the dining table and said, very calmly, "We need to get ahead of this by Friday."Forty-eight hours of watching headlines multiply. Of reading speculation she couldn't correct without making it worse. Of her phone becoming something she stopped looking at directly, the way you stop looking directly at something bright enough to damage you.Royal pregnancy rumored. Palace silent.Who is the father of Princess Leila's child?Alpha Blackwood's insider reveals shocking custody arrangement.Friday came fast.The press room in the east wing seated sixty journalists.Every seat was filled.Leila stood behind the closed doors and listened to the sound of that many people in one room, the shuffle, the low voices, the click of cameras being adjusted, and felt her body make a very strong argument for t

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