All Chapters of Silver Moon Rising : Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Sera POV I should have known something was wrong when Damien didn't look me in the eye all morning. Now, standing in the center of the ceremonial circle, watched by hundreds of pack members, I finally understood why. The white ceremonial gown they had given me suddenly felt like a shroud instead of a festive robe. Above us, the full moon hung unimaginably large and bright, as if the goddess herself had come to witness my humiliation. "Sera Blackwood," Damien's voice echoed across the glade, formal and cold. This wasn't the voice of the man who had confessed his love to me just three nights ago. This was Alpha heir Damien Thorne, son of the most powerful Alpha in the Western Territories, and I was about to learn just how little those whispered promises had truly meant. My wolf whimpered inside me, confused. She sensed our consort, standing just a meter away, sensed the bond that had been forged on my eighteenth birthday six months earlier, that golden thread that would unite u

Kade POV The girl had fallen asleep before we even left the neutral zone. I watched as her head sank against the window, her breathing becoming steady yet painfully audible. My Beta, Marcus, kept throwing glances at us in the rearview mirror. I could feel his questions building like the pressure before a storm. “Let it go,” I said. He wisely stayed silent for another five kilometers. Then his curiosity won out. As always. “A Moonwolf,” he said. It wasn’t really a question. “I thought they were extinct.” “Clearly not.” “And you just happened to witness the Nightshade Moon Ceremony when you found her.” I didn’t answer. Marcus knew exactly why I had been there. For months we had been tracking reports of unusual wolf births in Nightshade territory. A pup born during a lunar eclipse. Twin girls with identical silver eyes who died before their first shift. Small things that added up to something bigger if you knew what to look for. I knew what to look for. My grandmother had made s

Damien POV I stood in the ceremonial circle for a long time after everyone else had left. The moon had set. Dawn was breaking over the eastern ridge. My father and Vanessa had returned to the pack house hours ago, but I couldn’t move from the spot where Sera had knelt. Where I had destroyed her.My wolf was silent. He hadn’t spoken a word to me since the rejection. It was his own form of punishment. Wolves were not supposed to reject their mates. The bond was sacred. Breaking it went against every one of our instincts, and my wolf made sure I fully understood what I had done.The ground still bore burn marks where the silver light had scorched the earth. I crouched down and touched one. The soil was still warm. Whatever power had come from Sera had left a lasting mark on this place. Just as she had left a lasting mark on me.“You’re still here.” Elder Corvus’s voice made me flinch. I hadn’t heard him approach. The old wolf moved with lightning speed. “Brooding in your guilt won’t cha

Damien POV I stood in the ceremonial circle for a long time after everyone else had left. The moon had set. Dawn was breaking over the eastern mountain ridge. My father and Vanessa had returned to the pack house hours ago, but I couldn’t move from the spot where Sera had knelt. Where you had destroyed her. My wolf was silent. He hadn’t spoken a word to me since the rejection. It was his own form of punishment. Wolves were not supposed to reject their mates. The bond was sacred. Breaking it went against every one of our instincts, and my wolf made sure I fully understood what I had done. The ground still showed burn marks where the silver light had scorched it. I crouched down and touched one. The earth was still warm. Whatever power had come from Sera, it had left a lasting mark on this place. Just as she had left a lasting mark on me. “You’re still here.” Elder Corvus’s voice made me flinch. I hadn’t heard him approach. The old wolf moved like lightning. “Lingering in your guilt