Semua Bab MOONBOUND: THE HUMAN HEART: Bab 31 - Bab 33

The days that followed were strange and uncomfortable for Ela. She remained in Lukas's private quarters, not because she wanted to be there but because she did not have the energy to leave. The hollow inside her was still there, vast and cold, and every movement required a effort that she could barely summon. Lukas was attentive in his own way, bringing her food and water, sitting with her in the evenings, reading aloud from books she did not listen to. But she could feel his impatience growing beneath the gentle surface. He wanted more from her. He wanted her to feel something for him, to choose him, to bond with him. And she could not give him what he did not have. Sasha visited her every day. He did not ask permission. He did not knock. He just walked into her room as if he belonged there, as if the walls had been built arou

The Council chamber was at the very heart of the academy, a circular room carved from black stone, lit by torches that burned with blue flame. The walls were lined with portraits of the wolves who had come before, their painted eyes watching everything, judging everything, condemning everything. Ela stood in the center of the room, her hands bound in front of her with silver chains that burned her skin. She had not been allowed to change out of the clothes she had been wearing when Lukas's guards came for her, a simple shirt and pants, stained with Nikolai's blood and her own. Her hair was tangled, her face was pale, and the black veins on her arms were visible for everyone to see. There was no hiding anymore. There was only the truth, and the judgment, and the fear that had settled into her chest like a cold stone. The Council