Lahat ng Kabanata ng The DYING LUNA’S SECOND CHANCE: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Darius POVThe report sat on my desk unopened.I had read it once already. Twice, if I counted the way my eyes kept dragging back to the same lines, refusing to move past them.Still… it felt like I hadn’t read it at all.My fingers pressed against the parchment, the edges crinkling under the pressure. The room was quiet, too quiet. Even my wolf had gone still, like it was waiting for me to decide what to do with the truth now sitting in front of me.Lucian stood across from me, arms folded, watching.He hadn’t said anything since handing it over.He didn’t need to.“The healer confirmed it,” I said finally, my voice low. “The timeline doesn’t align.”Lucian didn’t move. “No.”A pause stretched.I let out a slow breath, dragging a hand down my face. “And the rest?”“You read it.”“I want to hear you say it.”His jaw tightened slightly.Then, “Seraphine was never who she claimed to be.”Silence pressed in again.I looked back down at the report, my vision sharpening over the ink.Hidd

Lycan POV I leaned against the stone pillar just outside the inner courtyard, arms folded, eyes tracking the movement below. “They’re restless.” The voice came from behind me. I didn’t turn. “I noticed.” Footsteps approached, slow, measured. My second stopped beside me, his gaze sweeping the same space mine had already dissected. “They’re watching her,” he said. My jaw tightened slightly. Of course they were. Kaelira Vale had gone from invisible to unpredictable in a matter of days. Packs didn’t like being unpredictable. They eliminated it. Or controlled it. “And the Alpha?” he asked. I let out a quiet breath through my nose. “Unstable.” That was putting it lightly. The bond between them was gone. I had felt it snap from miles away. Felt the echo of it like something tearing through bone. And now.. Now he moved like a man trying to pretend nothing had changed. But everything had. “Then this pack is weaker than we thought,” my second said. “No,” I corrected, my gaze

Lycan’s POVThe moment I stepped fully into Ironfang… I felt it. There was tension.Not the kind born from battle. This one was sharper. Politics. Fragile. Eyes turned. Warriors stiffened. Guards shifted their stance like they didn’t know whether to attack or wait.Good.I should let them hesitate. My gaze never left her.Kaelira stood in the center of it all, spine straight, chin lifted slightly. No retreat, no panicEven now… weakened, unstable..She didn’t step back.Interesting.“You just crossed into my territory,” she said.She was calm and controlled like she wasn’t surrounded by wolves who would tear me apart on command.I held her gaze. “I didn’t come to your territory.”A beat.“I came for you.”The words landed.Not softly.Around us, the reaction was immediate.Murmurs, shift and a ripple of unease through the pack.I could feel it.They didn’t understand.Good.They weren’t meant to.Kaelira didn’t react the way they expected either. No visible shock and denial.Just that

Lycan’s POVThey didn’t learn, not after the courtyard or after I stood beside her. If anything… they got bolder.I heard them before I saw them.“She’s losing control.”A scoff. “She never had it.”“And now she’s dragging outsiders into pack matters..”“Outsiders?” another voice muttered. “That Lycan looked like he owned the place.”A low laugh followed.“She’s weak. Always has been. The Alpha should have replaced her years ago..”I stepped out.No warning.No sound.Just… there.The laughter died instantly. Four of them.Warriors.Not careless and not inexperienced.But right now..They were just stupid.One of them straightened, jaw tight. “We were just..”“Talking.”My voice cut through his before he finished.Silence. I walked closer.Slowly and measured. Each of my steps were quiet and bold. “And you think saying it quietly makes it less true?” he added, trying to recover.Interesting.He had more spine than the others.I stopped in front of him.Close enough that he had to tilt

Seraphine’s POVThe door shut behind me harder than I intended. The sound echoed through the room. I didn’t turn back. Didn’t slow down neither. I just kept walking and went straight to the table.My fingers pressed into the wood, hard enough that the edge dug into my palm.He didn’t even look at me.Not properly.Not the way he used to.A bitter laugh slipped out before I could stop it.“Interesting,” I muttered.No answer.Of course not.Because I wasn’t speaking to him.Not anymore.I straightened slowly, smoothing my dress like the movement could pull my control back into place.It didn’t.My chest felt tight.Not fear.No.Something worse.Slipping.Everything was slipping.Darius.The council.The pack.And all because of her.Kaelira.My jaw tightened.“She stands differently now.”My own voice from earlier replayed in my head.Soft.Measured.Careful.Lies wrapped in truth.And still…He hadn’t taken it.Not fully.Not the way he should have. I pushed away from the table, paci