Semua Bab The Luna With Ruin: Bab 1 - Bab 6

"I, Damoew Herstrong, Alpha of the Strong Black Clan, reject you as my mate and Luna."Jasmina heard the words but couldn't process them. She stood at the edge of the coronation platform, watching Damoew pull Arlene Swinkstrong into a kiss that made the entire hall go silent.Arlene's fingers tangled in his hair. Her body pressed against his like she belonged there.The mate bond tore. Jasmina felt it rip through her chest, a physical wound that no one else could see. Her wolf screamed inside her, clawing to get out, to fight, to make him remember what they were supposed to be.But Damoew didn't even look at her."This woman," he announced, his arm around Arlene's waist, "is stronger, smarter, and more worthy of leading beside me. Jasmina Lesvendstrong is weak. She's always been weak."The crowd erupted. Elders shouted in protests. Pack members who'd known Jasmina since childhood stared in shock. Hardy Armstrong, the oldest elder, stepped forward with his staff raised."Alpha, this vi

Theo returned the next night with information that changed everything.He waited until the other guards finished their rotation, until the dungeon fell silent except for the drip of wate. Then he crouched outside Jasmina's cell, his face tight with anger."My sister's name was Elara," he said without preamble. "Three years ago, Alpha Damoew summoned her to his chambers. Told her she'd make a good mistress. She was only nineteen."Jasmina listened, her chains clinking softly as she shifted position."Elara refused. Said she was waiting for her mate, that she wouldn't dishonor herself like that." Theo's jaw clenched. "Damoew called her defiant. Said she was disrespecting his authority as Alpha. He exiled her the next morning. There was no chance to defend herself. Nobody even listened to her own side of the story.""I'm sorry," Jasmina said quietly."Don't be sorry. Be angry." Theo pulled something from his pocket—a scrap of fabric, singed at the edges. He held it up to the torchlight.

Jasmina and Theo are now in the rotten smelling tunnel.Theo's torch threw shadows on the walls. Jasmina followed him, stumbling every few steps. The silver cuffs on her wrists burned straight through to bone. He'd tried to pick the locks but couldn't manage it.The baby hadn't moved in over an hour."We're close," Theo said. "Another ten minutes and we'll be…"Then a growling sound cut him off. As they looked closer, they saw yellow eyes in the edges. Dozens of them, surrounding them from all sides.Theo drew his knife and yelled... "Run!"A gray wolf the size of a horse slammed into him before he could finish. He went down hard, his head cracking against the tunnel wall. The torch fell and rolled away.And on the other hand, another wolf’s claws caught Jasmina's shoulder and threw her sideways. She landed on her bad arm and screamed. The fall made aaathe silver cuffs dug deeper."Stop." A voice commanded and all the wolves froze.A woman walked into the torchlight. Scars covered hal