All Chapters of The Luna He Rejected, The Queen He Lost: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

NadiaThe pull didn't go away.I felt it the next morning at the lockers, a faint tug in my chest before I even saw him. Then Kade rounded the corner with two friends, laughing at something, and the feeling sharpened into something I couldn't ignore.I turned my back and pretended to look for a book."You keep doing that," a voice said beside me. I jumped. It was a girl from my history class, short, dark ponytail, friendly eyes. "Hiding from Kade Ashford, I mean. Everyone else fights to get near him.""I'm not hiding.""Sure." She smiled and stuck out her hand. "I'm Priya. You're the new girl who sat alone at lunch for two weeks straight. I decided that's enough."I almost laughed. "Nadia.""I know. Come sit with us today. My friends don't bite. Mostly."I hesitated. My father's rules ran through my head keep to yourself, don't get close, don't give anyone a reason to look twice. But two weeks of eating alone had worn me down more than I wanted to admit."Okay," I said. "Just for lunc

Nadia"I'm nobody," I said. "Just a transfer student. That's all."Kade didn't move. "You're lying.""I'm not""Nadia." My name in his mouth sounded different than usual, quieter, more careful. "I've sparred with a hundred students who claimed to have no training. None of them moved like you. None of them made my wolf sit up and pay attention just by walking into a room."I took a step back. "You're imagining things.""Am I?" He closed the distance again, slower this time, like he didn't want to spook me. "Tell me you don't feel it. Tell me right now, and I'll drop it. I'll never bring it up again."I should have lied. My father's voice was loud in my head, every warning he'd ever given me stacked up like a wall. But looking at Kade in the firelight, waiting for an answer he clearly already suspected, the lie wouldn't come."I feel it," I admitted quietly. "I just don't know what it means."Something eased in his shoulders, like he'd been braced for me to deny it completely. "It means

NadiaMy father called a meeting three days later, the kind that meant something serious. I sat across from him in his study while he explained who was coming: two of his advisors, and a man named Elder Row, head of a smaller allied pack."Elder Row's son is here too," my father added carefully. "Marcus. You met him once as a child."I didn't remember Marcus at all, but something in my father's tone told me this wasn't a casual visit.They arrived that evening. Marcus turned out to be tall, polished, the kind of confident that came from being told his whole life he was important. He greeted my father with practiced respect, then turned to me with a smile that felt more like an inspection."Nadia," he said. "You've grown up since we last met.""I don't really remember that.""We were young." He didn't seem bothered by my bluntness. "Your father tells me you've been attending public school. Bold move for someone in your position.""It's been fine.""I'm sure." His eyes lingered a beat t

NadiaThe meeting was set for the following weekend, at neutral ground between our two territories. My father spent the days before preparing like it was a battle, going over talking points with his advisors, reviewing border reports, making sure nothing about the Royal Pack looked weak or desperate."Wear the blue," he told me the morning of, nodding at the formal dress laid out on my bed. "It's our pack color. If you're standing beside your mate as who you really are, you stand as our future Alpha, not just a girl from public school."I ran my hand over the fabric, feeling the weight of it — not just cloth, but everything it represented. "I've never worn this outside the house before.""Today you will." His voice was steady, but I caught the flicker of pride underneath the nerves. "Today, everyone sees exactly who you are."The clearing where we met was simple — a wide, open field with old stone markers on either side, said to be neutral ground for generations. My father's advisors

NadiaThe attack came eleven days after the three-pack alliance was signed.I was in training hour when the alarm horn sounded, three short blasts that meant border breach, not drill. The whole gym went still, then erupted into motion — teachers pulling students toward the shelter halls, phones buzzing with emergency alerts.Kade found me in the chaos, gripping my arm. "That's coming from the north. Row's line.""We need to go.""Nadia, you can't just run toward a breach—""My father will be there. Yours too, probably." I pulled free, already moving. "I'm not hiding in a shelter hall while our packs fight without us."He didn't argue further, just fell into step beside me, pulling out his phone to call his father as we ran.By the time we reached the northern ridge, the fighting had mostly stopped, though the air still smelled sharp with tension and the acidic edge of shifted wolves. My father stood near the tree line, alive, unhurt, but grim-faced, surveying a scene that made my stom