All Chapters of Moonbound: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The creature began crawling through the portal.At first, Emily couldn't understand what she was looking at.It had the body of a wolf, but it was far too large.Its shoulders were higher than the buildings around them.Its fur looked like moving smoke.Long silver cracks ran across its body, glowing from within.Its eyes were black.Completely black.And behind its enormous head stretched something that looked almost like wings.The crowd below began screaming.Cars screeched to a stop.People ran in every direction.Police officers raised their weapons.Soldiers shouted commands.Cameras continued recording.Emily heard someone yell,"GET DOWN!"Then gunfire erupted.Kael immediately stepped in front of Emily."NO!"He threw up a silver barrier.Bullets struck the barrier and fell harmlessly to the pavement.Emily looked toward the soldiers."Stop shooting!"Nobody listened.Another burst of gunfire.The creature roared.The sound shook the city.Windows shattered.Emily felt the fe

The chamber exploded into darkness.Emily barely had time to react.Kael shoved her backward."GET DOWN!"A wave of black energy ripped through the room.It struck the stone wall behind them.The entire mountain shook.Elara hit the ground beside Emily."Are you okay?"Emily nodded, breathing hard."Yeah."She looked toward the woman.The woman hadn't moved.She simply stood there, watching them.Her eyes were black.Her claws were extended.And yet there was something strangely familiar about her.Emily couldn't explain it.She didn't feel only fear.She felt recognition.Like some part of her had been waiting to see this woman.Kael shifted halfway.His claws emerged."Stay behind me."The woman smiled."Still protecting her."Kael's eyes narrowed."Who are you?"The woman tilted her head."Her mother."Emily froze."No."The woman looked at her."Not the mother who raised you."She pointed toward Elara."Not the mother who protected you."Her eyes returned to Emily."I'm the mother

The mountain began collapsing.Stone crashed from the ceiling.The floor split apart.Dust filled the chamber.Emily could barely see Kael."Emily!""I'm here!"Elara grabbed Emily's arm."Move!"They ran.A massive chunk of stone crashed behind them.Kael shoved Emily forward."Keep going!"The tunnel ahead began collapsing too.They were trapped between two walls of falling rock.Emily looked around."There has to be another way!"The woman who had created them shouted through the dust."There is!"Emily turned."Where?"The woman pointed toward the glowing silver symbols on the wall."The old passage!"Elara ran toward it."How do we open it?""Blood!"Emily immediately understood.She pressed her palm against the symbol.Elara did the same.Kael stepped forward."Mine too?"The woman nodded."All three!"Kael placed his hand against the wall.Nothing happened.Emily looked at him."Kael?"His mark began glowing.The wall shook.Then all three symbols illuminated.A massive door op

The kingdom didn't sleep that night.Neither did Emily.Everywhere she looked, there were people trying to understand what had happened.Humans who had discovered they carried dormant wolf blood.Wolves who had spent their entire lives hiding from humans.Families who had been separated for generations.Old enemies standing beside one another because, for the first time, they had realized they had more in common than they thought.But Emily couldn't stop thinking about the red light in the sky.Three nights.The ancient creature had said they had three nights.Three nights until the Eclipse.Three nights until someone could potentially control every wolf on Earth.Emily stood on the castle balcony, staring into the darkness.Kael stepped outside."You haven't slept."She shook her head."Neither have you.""I was worried about you.""I'm worried about everyone."Kael leaned against the railing."You don't have to carry the whole world."Emily looked at him."I know.""Do you?"She smi

Emily screamed as the black energy lifted her higher.Her feet left the floor.Kael slammed against the invisible barrier again."EMILY!"She reached toward him."KAEL!"The Dark Queen stood beneath her, watching with a calm smile."Stop fighting."Emily struggled."Let me go!""You still don't understand."The Dark Queen raised one hand.The energy tightened around Emily."You have spent your entire life believing you were human."Emily shook her head."I know what I am.""No."The Dark Queen smiled."You know what they told you."Emily looked toward her mother.Her mother was crying."Mom?"Her mother didn't answer.Emily's heart began pounding.The Dark Queen looked pleased."Ask her."Emily stared at her mother."Tell me she's lying."Her mother looked down."Emily...""Tell me!"Her mother closed her eyes."I can't."Emily's heart sank.Kael shouted,"Don't listen to her!"The Dark Queen turned toward him."Why?""Because you're manipulating her."The Dark Queen laughed."Am I?"