Loving Luna 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 151 - 챕터 160

The first part of Blackwood gave way before Darius and Luna even made it to the stairs. The crash echoed through the underground settlement like thunder, followed by a jolt that sent cracks snaking across the ceiling. Dust rained down, people cried out for their children, and wolves bolted from the falling stone as Rhea shouted for everyone to head for the central cavern, the most secure spot.Darius paused at the base of the stairs when another impact shook the ground. "If the upper structures are tied to the old network, shutting down the Alpha system must have unleashed whatever was holding them up."Rhea caught up to him. "The foundations under Blackwood are way older than the settlement above. Some passages were actually reinforced by the network itself, but we never really knew how much of the surface depended on them.""So we messed with one system without knowing what else was linked to it," Luna chimed in.Malric jogged up behind them, still catching his breath after leaving

The first cry pierced the air from near the northern wall, quickly followed by another from the heart of Blackwood. Luna’s head snapped towards the sounds. She watched a man falter, collapsing next to a gray wolf. Both were enveloped in the same eerie red glow that had started seeping from the ground throughout the settlement.The wolf tried to pull away.It couldn't.An unseen force yanked it back towards the man.Their shadows met first, stretching unnaturally until they merged into a single, distorted shape. The man cried out as gray fur bloomed along his arms.Luna gripped Aurora’s hand tighter. “Is this the merging?”Helena nodded grimly. “The start of it. Once their bodies follow, pulling them apart might become impossible.”Darius glanced at the eastern horizon, where the darkness was already beginning to lift. “How much time do we actually have?”“Less than an hour.”Kael shot Helena a look. “You might have wanted to mention that *before* saying sunrise.”“I just did.”“That w

The wolves kept howling long after night fell over Blackwood, their cries echoing from the northern mountains in waves that seemed to ripple through the entire forest. These weren't the familiar calls Luna had grown up with; they were rougher, more chaotic, lacking the distinct patterns packs used to mark territory, signal danger, or call for a gathering.Aurora sat with Luna on the broken wall, also listening.Darius finally broke the silence. "How many?""I couldn't really tell," Luna admitted."Hundreds?""At least."Another howl pierced the night, making Onyx frown. "If they have no human forms and were never part of the bond, why would they care what's happening here?"Aurora turned to him. "Because that promise was theirs too."Luna remembered the ancient carvings she'd seen beneath Blackwood. A woman placing her hand between a wolf's jaws, neither surrendering their ability to harm the other. Long before Alphas, inherited bonds, or experiments, there had simply been a choice be

The injured wolf staggered, his legs shaking, though his wounds should have made standing impossible. Dark veins crept under his fur, and his clouded white eyes were fixed on Varro with a disturbing emptiness that made Luna’s inner fire flare brighter.“Give us bodies,” the creature rasped, its voice a disturbing blend of sounds—wolves, humans, and something trapped between them.Varro stepped back, not in fear, but in caution, positioning himself between the creature and the trees. Aurora stayed close to Luna, while Onyx, now a wolf, moved to Darius’s side.Theron drew his sword.“Don’t attack it,” Helena warned.Theron shot her a look. “It just threatened every living wolf in that forest.”“And if you kill this body,” Helena continued, “whatever’s inside might just jump into another.”That gave Theron pause.Darius turned to Helena. “You’re guessing.”“Yes.”“Wonderful.”“I’d rather admit I don’t know something than pretend I do, especially when the founders deliberately hid it.”Th

Luna stared at her empty hand, trying to summon the familiar warmth that had always responded to her touch. But there was nothing – no spark, no heat, no sense of power ready to be unleashed. Her fire was gone.Darius noticed immediately. “Luna?”“I’m fine,” she said, though it wasn’t true.“That wasn’t what I asked,” Darius pressed.She closed her hand and turned to Adrian. “What just happened?”The dead man’s white eye remained fixed on the ground. “The balance is correcting itself.”Aurora moved closer to Luna. “By taking the fire back?”“Perhaps,” Adrian replied.“Perhaps?” Darius echoed, exasperated. “You’ve just told us about some ancient debt, Luna loses her power, and now we’re back to ‘perhaps’?”Adrian’s expression hardened. “I carry fragments of those who remembered pieces of the truth. I am not the truth itself.”Helena approached Luna and gently touched her wrist. “Can you feel anything?”“Nothing.”“What about pain?”“No.”“Heat?”Luna glanced at the rising sun. “Only th