The Banished Luna's Awakening のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 131 - チャプター 140

"Do you know what it's like to spend a long time thinking there was something wrong with you?" tears burned paths down her face as she looked from Ryker, to me, and finally to Lucien. "I thought my wolf abandoned me. I spent every night wondering what I did wrong. I thought I wasn't good enough. I thought I was broken. I carried that shame every single day while this pack looked at me like I was a tragic mistake!"She swung her gaze back toward Stella, who was curled small against Lucien’s chest, hiding her face in his neck, her pale shoulders shivering beneath her torn cloak.“And she knew the whole time,” Elara cried, her words breaking apart between shaky breaths. “She knew why my wolf disappeared. She took it from me before it could even fully develop! She left me completely alone and helpless!”I tightened my grip on her arm, my stomach twisting uneasily. What she was saying made no sense. A second wolf? A golden cocoon? It sounded like she was saying things she didn't even under

She hesitated behind me. I turned sharply. “I asked you where they are.”The assistant let out a nervous breath. She must have heard the change in my voice—the edge that made it clear I wasn’t asking anymore. “The upper shelf on the far left,” she said quietly, pointing toward the dark corner beside the unlit hearth. “There’s a velvet-lined chest there. Elspeth keeps the oldest lineage texts locked away. The key should be beneath the pewter bowl.”I didn't thank her.I hurried past, my bare feet making almost no sound against the cold stone floor. I reached beneath the bowl and found the iron key exactly where she said it would be. My fingers shook as I shoved it into the lock. The chest opened with a soft creak. There was only one manuscript inside, yellowed with age and tied with a faded crimson ribbon.My heart lurched. I dragged it out, carried it to the table, and yanked the ribbon loose. My heart was hammering so hard I could hear it in my ears. I threw open the heavy cover, sen

Without another word, I turned my back on her and walked out of the sanctuary into the cold stone corridor.But I couldn't completely shake the suspicion that had taken root in my mind.What if Elspeth was involved too?What if she had known about Stella's plan all along? What if she had been helping her take my place?I had no proof, and I wasn't ready to accuse Elspeth without one. Still, I couldn't simply rule it out anymore.I had to find those missing pages or at least discover an alternative source of information, but before I could even think about planning my next move, my stomach growled so fiercely that I was forced to stop dead in the middle of the corridor.For a long moment, I simply stood there on the cold stone floor, staring down at my bare feet as a wave of dizziness washed over me. I genuinely could not remember the last time I had eaten a proper meal. Everything that had transpired since Stella came into our lives had completely pushed food, sleep, and every other b

Elara's POVI was sitting in my office on the second floor, dipping my quill into the inkwell when the heavy horn from the northern watchtower suddenly blared three sharp blasts.Distress. Ambush.My hand jerked, and the quill slipped from my fingers, splattering black ink across the ledger.I pushed back from the desk and rushed to the window. The estate had already erupted into chaos. The iron gates slammed shut while warriors ran across the cobblestones, grabbing weapons and fastening their armor as they moved. Below, the guards were already running across the courtyard, some shifting into wolf form as they hurried toward the gates.People were shouting. A few servants stood frozen for a second before scrambling out of the way. Warriors were pulling on their armor as they ran, while others grabbed weapons from the racks.I could feel the panic spreading through the estate.“It’s the western patrol!” a young guard shouted from the defensive wall. His voice shook as he spoke. “They w

Elara's POVI didn't respond right away, letting the silence between us grow.Kael drew in a long, deliberate breath, his shoulders dropping only fractionally. “But we need to figure out how something like this could have happened.”“And naturally, you came straight to me,” I said, keeping my voice steady despite the sudden tightness in my throat.His jaw flexed, a faint shadow of tension passing over his features as he tried to maintain his composure. “I came here to ask if you had any knowledge of the situation.”A harsh, breathless laugh almost escaped me, though I managed to swallow it back down. Once, he would have sought me out first without question. Now, he was standing in my room because my name had appeared on a clearance log linked to a deadly ambush.“No,” I replied, the word falling flat and devoid of emotion.The simplicity of the answer caught him off guard, and Kael looked slightly taken aback by my lack of hesitation. “You’re saying you didn’t authorize the alteration