All Chapters of THE LUNA HE NEVER WANTED: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

~Vixen~“Luna Vixen,” Beta Mitch bowed breathless. “We can’t find him anywhere.”The rate of my heartbeat accelerated. My fists tightened around the edge of my white dress.“What do you mean you can’t find him? The mating ceremony starts in ten minutes.”I had no right to be mad at them, not when it wasn’t their fault.But it was the fear that drove the rage, the fear that he would suddenly decide to end the mating ceremony again, after I had waited for five whole years.“Did you check his office?” My legs were already moving on their own accord.“He wasn’t there too. Do you want me to send an order to find him?”My legs stopped moving. The mere thought of the rumors that would follow the news, sent a shudder through me.An alpha, who ran away from his own mating ceremony. How could I bear that shame?Turning to him, I met his eyes in the darkness. “Keep it discreet.”He bowed and left with speed of lightning.I exhaled, trying to control the hard pounding of my heart.My wolf, Emmie,

~Vixen~I was up before the first ray of sunlight hit, seating in the open prison room that was made for criminals, as though I was one of them.Burying my head between my legs, I let more tears fall.It is almost unbelievable to see how I ended like this.Just then, the locks rattled as someone unlocked the door. Kael pushed the door open and walked in.As soon as he entered, I felt all hairs on my body rise, my heart twisting painfully.“Have you come to mock me, dearest Alpha?” I asked, sarcasm dripping from my every word.For a moment, something flashed across his eyes—something that looked almost like pain.“Vie—”He took a step closer, but I moved back.“What do you want?” My voice shook lightly, but I swallowed hard.“I didn’t plan for… for any of this to happen.”Looking up at him, I scoffed painfully.“Oh really, you didn’t? That’s big news.”“Vixen.”“You slept with my sister, you marked her. I understand you don’t like me, but how could you betray me like this and on our…”

~VIXEN~I sat there, clutching the bead necklace Paul had given me, my fingers curled so tightly around it they ached.It was a simple crooked necklace with uneven letters spelling Mommy, but it was the only proof I had that any of it had been real.That I had been real.Tears slipped down my face in silence.Then the dungeon door creaked open.I didn’t look up at first, until the voice came.“I thought you might be awake.”My spine stiffened.I raised my head slowly.Olaine stood just beyond the threshold, her expression careful, almost hesitant, like someone stepping into a room they didn’t belong in.“Kael told me I shouldn’t come,” she said softly. “But I didn’t want you to think I was afraid of you.”I laughed bitterly under my breath. “What do you want?”She stepped closer, her gaze drifting to the necklace in my hands.“He talks about you,” she said lightly. “Paul, I mean. He says you used to sing to him when he couldn’t sleep.”My heart clenched.“I didn’t know whether to than

~VIXEN~I stumbled out of the woods, each step stabbing my legs with pain until I collapsed on the cold asphalt.The night air bit at my skin, and my lungs burned as I tried to catch a breath. Silence surrounded me, heavy and suffocating, broken only by the distant rustle of leaves and the faint hum of far-off traffic.I tried to push myself up. My hands trembled violently, cracking the skin already raw from my escape. Every muscle screamed to stop, but I forced them to obey. I had come this far—I couldn’t let myself fail now.I could never return to my father’s pack. He was always going to take his beloved daughter’s side, and once again I would be left with nothing but myself.Emmie stirred slightly in my mind, her weight and pain tethered to mine. The bond had broken, but her silence made me realize I was entirely alone.The sly look I had seen on Olaine’s face when Kael choose her over and over again became my only motivation.My fingers dug into the rough pavement as I crawled for

~VIXEN~The moment the car doors shut behind us, silence swallowed everything.It was not the comfortable kind.It was the kind that pressed against my skin… thick, heavy… alive with things neither of us dared to say.Vaelor sat beside me in the backseat instead of the front. He hadn’t spoken since lifting me from the road.One arm stayed firmly around my shoulders, holding me steady as the car sped through the pack’s private road.His grip wasn’t tight.But it was unbreakable.I could feel the heat from his body even though the layers of his suit. The faint scent of his cologne wrapped around me, clean and dark and strangely calming.It made my head spin in ways exhaustion alone couldn’t explain.I swallowed, trying to steady my own breathing.“I’m bleeding on your clothes,” I whispered hoarsely.His arm tightened slightly.“I don’t care.”Two simple words.The way he said them, in a low, controlled, final way, sent something unfamiliar twisting deep inside my chest.The car slowed, r