All Chapters of Loving Luna : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Kael screamed again, the sound tearing through Blackwood Manor. Darius started towards the library door, but Selene grabbed his arm. "Don't," she warned. His claws shot out instantly. "Let go of me." Selene did, stepping back with her hands up, completely calm. "If you go near Kael, whatever's inside me will get to you faster." Another scream ripped from the medical wing. Darius's face went hard. "He's my brother." "And you're what it wants." Luna stepped between them. "So what exactly is inside you?" Selene pressed her palm over the mark on her doorway. Black lines pulsed and shifted under her skin with her heartbeat. "I don't know its real name." The fake Cassian stood in the corner, draped in pale cloth and the real Cassian drew his silver blade. "Then tell us what the Vale elders called it." Selene looked at him. "The Hollow King." Gabriel went still. "I've heard that name." Everyone turned to him. He stared at the faceless figure. "My father used it to scare us w

THE HOLLOW KING IS LEARNING TO LOVE. THAT IS WHY IT HAS BECOME TRULY DANGEROUS. A heavy silence fell. Kael, from his medical bed, watched the reflection of the Book, a confused frown on his face. “That doesn’t make sense.” Selene, standing near the door with a hand resting on the faint scar above her heart, replied, “It does to him.” Darius’s expression hardened. “Explain.” “For thousands of years, the Hollow King existed without a body, a name, or a bond,” Selene explained. “It understood fear because fear makes people open up. It understood hunger because hunger drives people to reach.” Her gaze shifted to Luna. “But love was always something it couldn’t grasp.” “Until it touched our bond,” Luna added. Selene nodded. “Now, it’s learning through Kael.” Kael’s face tightened. “I never agreed to teach it anything.” “No,” Luna agreed. “You didn’t.” Darius walked over to the bed. The silver wards around Kael flickered as his marked wrist drew closer. Kael flinched back immediatel

Suddenly, a voice from the dark doorway cut through the silence. "My family... I've finally made it home." Amara froze, dropping the shattered pieces of the tray. Gabriel instinctively stepped in front of her, weak but still trying to shield her. "That's not Solara," he said. Amara's face went pale. "I know that voice." Gabriel added, "Luna knows it too, but that doesn't make it real." Deep within their bond, Luna felt the Hollow King watching, waiting for grief to create an opening. Darius gently squeezed her hand. "Don't answer it." "I wasn't going to," Luna replied. "You wanted to," Darius pressed. "Yes," she admitted. He studied her closely, and she met his gaze steadily. "I heard someone use the name my father called me as a kid. Of course I wanted to answer." The darkness around them shifted. The Hollow King expected denial, but Luna offered honesty. Darius lifted her hand and kissed her knuckles. "You can want something without giving it permission." "Exactly," she agr

The writing beneath the ground started to fade. "AT LAST." Blackwood Manor fell silent. Outside the shattered windows, seven strangers in armor stood. Their leader, a woman with white hair, was still bowing toward Luna. Darius stood protectively in front of Luna, tense and with his claws extended. Luna touched his arm. "Stay with me," she said. He looked back. "They broke every single window," Darius pointed out. "Yeah," Luna agreed. "And they came into Blackwood territory without asking," he added. "They're still outside, though," Luna replied. "Technically," Darius grumbled. The woman straightened up, her bright blue eyes scanning them. "You guys correct each other pretty openly," she remarked. Luna frowned. "Is that weird?" "Among rulers?" the woman asked, a faint smile on her lips. "Very." Darius's expression grew colder. "She said she isn't your queen," he told the woman. "I heard her," the woman replied. "And yet you bowed," Darius pressed. "I bowed to Choice," she cl

Seven circles just opened up under Luna, but they didn't pull her down. Instead, they opened outwards, each golden ring becoming a doorway to somewhere else entirely. One showed a garden with silver trees, another a battlefield littered with forgotten crowns, and a third an ocean under two moons. The other doorways led to a library, a burning village, an empty throne room, and a quiet bedroom where a couple slept, hands clasped together. Luna found herself staring at that last image. It looked so normal, so ordinary, which actually made it feel more significant than all the fantastical places. Darius moved closer, and as he did, the golden circles reacted. Six stayed steady, but the seventh, the one with the sleeping couple, suddenly flared brighter. Isolde slowly lifted her head and murmured, "Devotion recognizes him." Darius looked down at the light, confused. "I didn't ask it to." "No," Isolde said, "that's why it answered." Luna frowned at the kneeling members of House Aurelis.