บททั้งหมดของ The Banished Luna's Awakening: บทที่ 111 - บทที่ 120

I was happy. Truly happy.I reached the bottom of the back staircase, heading toward the main office to handle the pack paperwork like I had been doing for the past few days. Suddenly, a shadow stepped out from the side of the corridor. Before I could react, a heavy hand grabbed my wrist and slammed me against the stone wall.“Elara—”I barely had time to draw breath to scream before Lucien’s mouth came crashing down on mine. It was a frantic, forceful kiss, heavy with desperate, suffocating heat. For a fraction of a second, driven by muscle memory and the fading remnants of our dying bond, my lips moved against his. Then reality hit me like a bucket of ice water.A wave of intense revulsion flooded my veins. I snapped out of it instantly, brought my hands up against his broad chest, and shoved him with every ounce of force I had.Lucien stumbled back two full steps, his boots skidding against the polished floorboards.In the past, every encounter with him had left me angry, hurt, or

Elara's POVInitially, Ryker and Kael barely let me do anything. They kept insisting that I needed to rest and that there was no reason for me to concern myself with every little pack matter. If something was minor, they might let me handle it. A logistics review here, a supply reroute there. But anything they considered too demanding was immediately taken out of my hands.It drove me insane.I had been a Luna before. I knew how to manage a pack, organize supplies, deal with administrative matters, and sit in on strategy meetings. I wasn't made of glass. But the more I pushed to be involved, the more protective they became. Then came the Breach at the border.The rogue packs had changed their tactics, using coordinated pincer movements that had our commanders completely baffled. During an emergency war council, while Ryker and Kael argued over pulling patrols from the eastern perimeter, I finally stepped forward. I walked to the map and laid out a counter-strategy. I pointed out the

By the time I finally closed the ledger, the candles on my desk had burned down to low, guttering wicks. A dull ache had settled in my lower back and climbed into the stiff muscles of my neck. All I wanted was to strip away the weight of my clothes, sink into a steaming bath, and fall asleep before my mind could churn through everything that had happened today.I dragged my feet down the quiet corridor toward our quarters, listening to the heavy stillness that had settled over the pack house while I had been locked away in my office. Pushing open the massive oak doors to the master bedroom, I stepped inside with a long, tired sigh, only to freeze mid-step.The room was almost unrecognizable.The usual harsh lamp glow had been replaced by the soft light of candles scattered across the room, filling the space with the comforting scent of winter pine and warm vanilla. Near the rug, a thick pile of cushions had been arranged around a low table, which held a large wooden tray filled with s

"She is my mate," Lucien growled, the sheer weight of his conviction echoing through the lounge. “I didn’t choose her, and neither did she choose me, but that doesn’t change what the bond is.” He looked from me to Kael, his voice becoming more serious.“She is my mate, and I hope the two of you can start treating her like one of us instead of constantly treating her like she doesn’t belong here.”That silenced both of us.“She has been trying to find her place here,” Lucien continued. “She's helped wherever she could, even when she knew none of you were ready to accept her. And every time she tries, she has to wonder whether she's making things worse simply because her existence reminds everyone that I have another mate.”He swallowed.“I don't want to keep doing that to her.”Kael slowly lowered himself back onto the couch, but his expression remained troubled. “And what about Elara?”Lucien was quiet for several seconds, then his eyes lowered. “I don't know.”For the first time that

The mention of Lucien immediately made my stomach tighten.I searched Ryker's face, noticing the slight tension in his jaw. "About Stella?" I guessed.He didn't answer right away. He simply stood there in the quiet hallway, his golden eyes difficult to read as he looked somewhere just past my shoulder instead of meeting my gaze. The silence between us seemed to stretch longer with every passing second.My stomach dropped. I didn't need him to say anything else. The sudden change in his behavior, and the tension hanging around the private wing that morning—it all seemed to fall into place at once. Stella had spent months trying to prove herself and find a permanent place within the pack. She had been helping wherever she could, making herself useful and slowly becoming more involved in pack matters. And lately, Lucien had been spending more time with her, defending her whenever a few pack members questioned her actions.I had noticed it.Ryker seemed to realize exactly where my thought