All Chapters of THE REJECTED WHITE LUNA: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE: THE FIGHT(PHASE ONE)

The light came from the wall that Varkos came through. He hit Selene like a battering ram. The massive black wolf slammed into her side, driving her off her feet and into the stone wall. She yelped, scrambling, but Varkos was on her, jaws crushing her shoulder, claws pinning her thrashing body to the cold floor. Rowan had come. He had ridden through the battle and fought through the eastern gate, and now he was here. Aria pushed herself to her feet. The light was still in her hand. Selene was pinned beneath Varkos, still snarling, still fighting, her golden eyes blazing with undiminished hatred. She shifted back to her human form, her voice scraping out of a throat still sounding like a growl. "Do it," she hissed. "Prove you're the monster they all said you were." Aria looked at the woman who had framed her. Who had made things difficult for her and now she came after her child. And felt nothing but exhaustion. "I'm not a monster," she said. "I'm just done." She drove the l

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWO: THE SPY'S CONFESSION

Aria found Bryn in the pool of her blood. The corridor near the eastern gate was dark, lit only by flickering torches. The sounds of battle echoed from beyond the walls, howls and snarls and the clash of wolf claws, but here, in this narrow passage, there was only silence and the wet rasp of a girl struggling to breathe. Bryn lay against the cold stone, her hands pressed weakly to her chest. Blood pulsed through her fingers, soaking her apron, pooling on the stones beneath her. The sword that had pierced her lay abandoned nearby. Her face was pale as milk, her lips tinged blue, but her eyes were still open. Still spilling tears that cut tracks through the grime on her cheeks. Audra was gone. Aria dropped to her knees. "Where is my daughter?" "He took her. my father." Bryn's voice cracked. "He told me you killed my parents. That's what he always said. That the White Wolf murdered them. That taking your child would be justice, that was what made me do all these.” Aria pressed h

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE: THE CABIN

The mountain pass was silent save for the wind and the steady rhythm of Varkos's paws on frozen ground. Aria pressed herself low against his back, the spare clothes she had grabbed for Rowan clutched against her chest. The wolfsbane was not too effective, she could feel Nova, but she’s not sure she can shift. They got to the middle of the mountain and found a blood trail. They followed it until it grew thinner, the drops farther apart. Whoever had left it was slowing down. The cabin. Rowan mind linked her, sharp and focused. It’s through the trees. Aria lifted her head. There, nestled between two jagged cliffs, its windows shuttered, and smoke from the chimney. A sign that there is someone there. She's in there, Aria said. I can feel it. Varkos slowed as they reached the tree line. Aria slid from his back, her boots crunching on the frost covered ground. She turned to hand him the spare clothes, and stopped. Her eyes widened. Rowan had shifted behind her. The didn’t hear crack

CHAPTER ONE HUNRED AND FOUR: THE REVELATION

The cabin was silent. Aria's gaze moved from Selene's pale face to Lina's father. Nothing about this made sense. The man standing before her was supposed to be dead. "Aria," he said quietly. "You've grown into a remarkable young woman." Her jaw tightened. "You should be dead." Her voice trembled with anger. "Lina told me you died years ago." A bitter smile crossed his face. "Lina doesn't even know I'm alive." The words struck her like a slap. "I've been watching you since the day you were born," Simeon continued. "My mate was the healer who helped your mother bring you into this world." Rowan stiffened beside her. Simeon looked down for a moment before speaking again. "I was the one who pushed Lina to befriend you." Aria frozen. "What?" His eyes shifted toward Selene. "And when I saw the hatred Selene carried for you, I decided to use it." Aria's hand immediately found the hilt of her dagger. "Why?" she demanded. Simeon's expression darkened. "You want to know why

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE: THE FIGHT(PHASE TWO)

Aria’s mind kept replaying the words that Simeon had said. How her mother suffered, and how he had watched her suffer in the hands of the pack. He made her childhood a miserable one. "Now," Simeon said, his voice hardening, "we finish this. I will either use your daughter's power to claim what should have been mine, or we all die here together, including her." He said pointing at Audra. Aria's blood ran cold. "You wouldn't." "Try me." Selene rose from the cot. Her wounds had healed her completely, her healing was fast. The golden eyes that had been dim and fading now blazed with renewed hatred. She rolled her shoulders, and her lips curled into a cold smile. "Let me kill her," she said. "I've waited years for this." Simeon nodded. "Take her. The Alpha is mine." Selene shifted. Her clothes tore as her wolf exploded from her skin, her fur bristling with feral fury. She lunged at Aria with a snarl that shook the cabin walls. Aria shifted almost immediately. Nova surged forwa

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIX: HOMECOMING

Aria stepped out into the cold night, Audra cradled tightly against her chest. The icy wind brushed against her skin, carrying the scent of blood and pine. Behind her lay the bodies of rogues and the woman who had spent years trying to destroy her. Ahead of her stretched a future she had fought desperately to protect. But victory didn't feel the way she had imagined. Audra stirred in her arms, letting out a soft whimper. Aria looked down at her daughter and forced herself to smile. The little girl blinked up at her with wide silver eyes before curling a tiny hand around a lock of Aria's hair. "You'll never have to live through this," Aria whispered. "I promise." The sound of approaching wolves echoed through the forest. Within moments, warriors burst through the trees. With Lois at the front, his hair tangled from the hard ride and his sword already drawn. His eyes immediately found Aria. "Luna.” Lois breathed. His gaze swept across the clearing, taking in the rogue bodi

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN: THE HEALER'S WING

The healer's wing smelled of lavender and woodsmoke. Pale sunlight slanted through the high windows, washing the rows of bed in gold. At the other side of the room, propped against a mound of pillows with her chest wrapped in clean white bandages, Bryn was awake. She didn't look up when Aria entered. Her eyes were fixed on the window. Her hands lay motionless on the blanket. The silver locket, the one she had pressed into Aria's palm in the corridor, was not around her neck. Elara had returned it to her, but Bryn had not put it back on. "Luna." Her voice was a rasp, barely audible. "I didn't think you'd come." Aria crossed to the chair beside the bed. The wood creaked as she sat down. Audra was not with her, Rowan had taken their daughter to the nursery, insisting Aria needed rest before she collapsed. "How are you feeling?" Aria asked. "Like someone put a sword through my chest." Bryn's cracked lips twitched into something that wasn't quite a smile. "Elara says I was luck

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT: LETTER TO SILVERMOON

The morning light was pale and cold as Aria sat in Rowan's study, the same desk where he had once laid out the fragments of the White Wolf prophecy. Now it was covered with reports of the battle's aftermath: patrol rotations, supply inventories, lists of the dead. But Aria's attention was fixed on a blank piece of parchment. "We have to inform Silvermoon," she said quietly. "Selene was their daughter, or should I say stepdaughter. And Simeon's crimes go back decades. Alpha Magnus needs to know." Rowan leaned against the edge of the desk, arms crossed. "He's your father. You could ask him to come." "I'm not asking as his daughter." Her jaw tightened. "I'm asking as Luna of Mooncrest. Simeon murdered my mother, who was his mate. He poisoned her with wolfsbane and let the pack believe it was a natural death. Magnus has a right to face the man who killed his mate and Luna." Rowan studied her for a long moment. "And Lina? She's Simeon's daughter. She should know the truth." "S

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE: GOING TO MOONCREST

Beta Morris came to the cottage at midday. Lina saw him through the window, his tall, familiar figure striding up the garden path, his face set in the grim expression of a man bearing news no one wanted to hear. Her son was sleeping in his cradle, his tiny chest rising and falling in the quiet rhythm of infant peace. Her mother was at the hearth, stirring a pot of broth that had been simmering since dawn. She opened the door before Morris could knock. "Beta. What's happened?" He didn't waste words. He stood in the center of the small cottage, his hands clasped behind his back, his voice steady but grave. "Mooncrest was attacked. The rogues were led by your father, Simeon.” The name struck her like thunder. Her fingers tightened on the doorframe. "My father is dead." "No, Lina. He's alive." Morris's voice was uncharacteristically gentle. "He's been hiding in the mountains for years. He's the one who killed Aria's mother. He's the one who orchestrated Selene's rise. He used you—pu

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN: MOONCREST PACK

The carriage rolled to a stop in the courtyard of Mooncrest. Lina felt the jolt through her bones, or perhaps it was only her nerves, wound tight as bowstrings since the moment Beta Morris had appeared at her cottage door. Outside, she could hear the stamp of hooves on cobblestone, the low murmur of voices as the delegation dismounted. Her mother touched her knee. "We're here." Lina drew back the curtain and looked out. The courtyard was larger than Silvermoon's, wide and well kept, surrounded by high stone walls draped with green banners bearing the crescent moon. Warriors stood at attention near the main doors, their armor clean. And there, near the entrance to the pack house, stood a small cluster of wolves who could only be the Mooncrest leadership. Lina recognized Aria immediately. She was thinner than she had been in Nightfang, the softness of pregnancy replaced by the hard muscle of a warrior. Her silver white hair fell past her shoulders in a loose braid. Audra was

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