All Chapters of The Moon Chose Him, I Didn´t : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The night smelled like anticipation.It clung to the air—thick, electric, almost suffocating. Laughter echoed across the clearing, mixed with the low hum of excitement that rippled through every member of the pack gathered tonight.The Mating Ceremony.The most awaited night of the year.The night everyone dreamed of.Everyone… except me.I stood at the far edge of the crowd, half-hidden beneath the shadows of the tall pine trees, my arms crossed tightly over my chest as if that could somehow shield me from what was coming.Or what I feared might come.“Aria,” Lila’s voice broke through my thoughts as she stepped beside me, her golden curls bouncing with every movement. “You look like you’re attending a funeral, not your potential mating night.”I forced a small smile, one I had perfected over the years. “Maybe I am.”She laughed, but I didn’t.Because for some of us, this night wasn’t a blessing.It was a sentence.The bond between mates was sacred. Unbreakable. Absolute.That’s what

The silence didn’t last long.It shattered.Whispers exploded across the clearing, fear and curiosity mixing into something sharp and uncontrollable. Every pair of eyes was on me now—not with pity, not with judgment…But with something worse.Suspicion.I could still feel it.That power.That surge that had slipped through my control like a crack in a dam. My chest rose and fell unevenly as I tried to steady my breathing, but it was useless.Everything had changed.And Kael knew it.“You’re hiding something,” he repeated, his voice quieter this time—but far more dangerous.I took another step back. Then another.“Stay away from me,” I warned, even though my voice wasn’t as strong as I wanted it to be.Big mistake.Because instead of stopping—He moved closer.Faster.Predatory.In a blink, he was in front of me again, his presence overwhelming, suffocating, impossible to ignore.“You don’t get to give me orders,” Kael said, his tone low and controlled. “Not after what just happened.”

Sleep didn’t come easily.It hovered just out of reach, like something my body refused to accept. I lay still in the unfamiliar bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to the silence of the Alpha’s house.It wasn’t peaceful.It was heavy.Alive.Every shadow felt like it was watching me. Every creak of the wood made my senses sharpen. My wolf was restless again, pacing, uneasy… alert.And the bond—It wouldn’t stop.It pulsed softly beneath my skin, like a second heartbeat that didn’t belong to me. Every time I shifted, every time I tried to ignore it, it answered back… pulling.Toward him.I turned onto my side, pressing my face into the pillow.“Stop…” I whispered.But it didn’t.It only grew stronger.At some point…I drifted.Not into sleep.Into something else.Darkness surrounded me.Endless. Silent. Cold.I stood alone in the middle of it, my bare feet touching something that didn’t feel like ground, but wasn’t air either.A void.“What is this…” I murmured.My voice echoed stra

She rejected me.The words still echoed in my mind, sharp and unwanted.Not because of what they meant.But because of how they made me feel.I stood there, staring at her, as the silence stretched across the clearing like something suffocating. The entire pack was watching—waiting—for my reaction.For my authority.For control.And I would give it to them.I always did.But something was wrong.Very wrong.Because the bond—It was still there.Burning.Alive.Unbroken.That wasn’t possible.A rejection was final. Absolute. It severed the connection instantly, leaving nothing behind but emptiness.I had seen it happen countless times.I had enforced it.So why—Why was I still feeling her?I could sense her presence like a second pulse beneath my skin. Every breath she took, every shift of her body… I was aware of it.Too aware.It was irritating.Unacceptable.And dangerously distracting.“You reject me?” I repeated, my voice calm, controlled… even as something darker stirred beneath

I gasped slightly, my hand instinctively pressing against my chest.Kael’s jaw tightened.“You feel that?” I whispered.“Yes.”It came again.But this time—It wasn’t just the bond.Something deeper stirred beneath it.The same energy from before.Rising.Waking.My pulse spiked. “No… not again—”Kael moved instantly.Grabbing my wrist.Pulling me inside before I could react.The door slammed shut behind me.And the moment it did—The power surged again.Stronger than before.More violent.More alive.The air in the room shifted instantly, heavy and electric as the energy burst out of me, cracking against the walls like a storm trying to escape.I stumbled forward.Kael caught me again.Too easily.Too naturally.“Focus,” he said sharply.“I’m trying!”“Try harder.”“I don’t know how!”The energy surged again, brighter this time, almost visible—like threads of silver light flickering around my hands.Kael saw it.I knew he did.Because this time—He didn’t look surprised.He looked ce