บททั้งหมดของ THE LUNA HE FORGOT TO LOVE : บทที่ 121 - บทที่ 130

Auren's POVThe rough trunk of the tree scraped against my back. I sat beneath it with my knees drawn up, my arms wrapped around my legs, my head resting against the trunk.The forest stretched around me, dark, quiet, and endless. My legs had stopped carrying me hours ago. They had gone numb from the long walk with no direction. My stomach ached with hunger, and my throat was dry. My feet were blistered and bleeding inside my boots.I pressed my palm against my stomach. The warmth there was the only thing keeping me from crying."I'm sorry, my baby," I whispered, looking down at my stomach as I slowly rubbed my hand over it. "I'm sorry I don't know where we're going."I sat in the dead silence of the forest for a while, catching my breath. The thought of being completely alone kept creeping into my mind, sending chills down my spine and raising goosebumps across my skin. I pushed the thought away and replaced it with happier thoughts about the future—my baby and how life would be for

Ronan's POVI had just flung my cloak over my shoulders when the door to my chambers opened without a knock.Isolde stepped inside, her presence filling the room before she spoke a single word. I was standing near the window, my back to her, my hand reaching for the large bow that hung on my weapon rack. I didn't turn around."Where are you going?"Her voice was sharp and commanding, cutting across the room. I walked past her and opened the door without saying a word. She fell into step beside me, speaking as we moved down the hall, her voice echoing against the stone walls.“Ronan, I am still speaking with you. Have you suddenly lost all respect for your mother?”I kept my eyes on the courtyard below. Warriors moved between the buildings, while guards patrolled the walls."I'm going to look for Auren."She stopped in front of me, spreading her arms wide, blocking my path."What do you think you are doing? You want to throw your future and the future of this pack away?” she barked, he

Auren's POV"Do you even know what you're saying?"Ben's voice was sharp. He had risen from his chair and crossed the room before I could blink. His eyes were fixed on me, hard and searching.I still had the tray in my hands. I didn't set it down. I gripped it tightly. "Is there a law that says I can't try?"He moved closer to me, his eyes fixed on mine. "Matters concerning the king aren't something a stranger can interfere with—""Auren." Beckett's voice cut through Ben's. He was already moving toward me. "Come with me."He grabbed my hand and moved toward the door. I looked at him. "Where are we going?""To meet the King."Ben stepped between us, his voice echoing loudly through the room. My leg almost buckled."Beckett, what is wrong with you?"Beckett's patience snapped. I saw it in the way his jaw tightened, the way his hands curled at his sides. His voice suddenly rose."Move aside. Now."Ben didn't move.Beckett snapped, "I'm done listening to you tell me what I cannot do while

MELVIN'S POV"Alpha, another patrol missed their check-in. It's not a good sign."I looked up from the map spread across the table. Commander Reyk stood across from me, his jaw tight, his hands clasped behind his back."Which section?""The eastern pass, eight warriors. They were due back at dawn."I looked at the map. The eastern pass sat at the narrowest point between Thornridge and the northern territories, a patrol route we had run for years without incident."How many warriors do we have stationed there now?""Twenty-two.""And how many were stationed there last month?"Reyk paused. "Forty."I straightened. "Why was there such a huge cut?""Supplies, Alpha. We were short on supplies, so we could no longer sustain forty."I studied him for a moment, then looked at the map in front of me."How many weapons remain at the eastern post?"He hesitated. I leaned forward. "Commander Reyk?""We received the standard allocation. Three crates of blades. One crate containing arrows.""How mu

AUREN'S POVMy fingers found the pendant. The crescent was smooth and cool beneath my thumb.I never knew my mother, I never knew her name, what she looked like, what her voice sounded like, or whether she would have wanted me.Now I was wearing something that had once rested against her skin, something she had cherished.My eyes burned, I blinked hard and looked up at the ceiling.Naya didn't say anything. She simply fastened the clasp at the back of my neck.***Before we left, I caught sight of myself in a tall mirror near the door. I didn't recognize the woman looking back at me.This wasn't the Auren who had been humiliated because she had no family, this woman before me was different.I looked important, I smiled at my reflection.The dress made my shoulders look straighter, the pendant caught the candlelight and threw tiny silver sparks across the fabric. The maids had pinned my hair back with small silver combs I hadn't even noticed them place.I remembered kneeling on the flo