All Chapters of Moonbound: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

For several seconds, nobody moved.The sound continued.Boom.Emily stared at Kael.Boom.Her hand slowly moved to her chest.Boom.The heartbeat wasn't hers.It was slower.Deeper.Older.And somehow...It sounded familiar.Elara backed away."Emily...""I know."Her mother looked terrified."Don't touch it."Emily looked at her."Touch what?"Her mother shook her head."Whatever is inside you."Emily's expression hardened."You knew.""No.""You knew!""I suspected.""You suspected there was something inside me and you didn't tell me?""I was trying to protect you."Emily laughed bitterly."Everyone is always trying to protect me."She looked at Kael."And somehow I'm always the last person to know anything."Kael tried to sit up.Emily immediately helped him."Easy."He winced."I'm fine.""No, you're not.""I've been worse.""That's not comforting."He gave her a weak smile.She wanted to smile back.But the heartbeat continued.Boom.Emily closed her eyes.The chamber disappeared

Emily stared at the woman standing inside the Gate.Her.It was impossible.And yet there was no denying it.Same face.Same silver eyes.Same tiny scar near the eyebrow.Even the way she held herself felt familiar.Emily whispered,"Then tell me."The woman looked at her."Tell you what?""The truth."She glanced toward Emily's grandfather.Then toward Emily's mother.Then finally toward Kael."The truth is the one thing they were never supposed to let you have."Emily's mother stepped forward."Don't."The woman looked at her."You've lied to her long enough."Her mother's eyes filled with tears."I was trying to protect her.""You were protecting yourself.""No.""Yes."Emily looked between them."Someone tell me what is happening."Nobody answered.Emily's voice rose."NOW!"The entire chamber shook.Her grandfather smiled."There she is."Emily turned toward him."What?""That's the power I remember."He looked almost proud."Anger."Emily's eyes narrowed."You wanted me angry."

Emily couldn't breathe."Elara?"Her sister stood perfectly still.Her face was calm.Too calm.Emily had known Elara her entire life. She knew every expression on her face—the little smile when she was trying not to laugh, the way her eyebrows lifted when she was suspicious, the way she bit her lower lip when she was nervous.This wasn't any of those.This was someone else.Emily slowly stepped forward."Elara, look at me."Elara's head tilted."I am looking at you."Emily's stomach dropped.That wasn't Elara's voice.It was deeper.Older.Almost identical to the voice Emily had heard inside the Gate.Kael moved beside Emily."Don't get close."Emily shook her head."That's my sister.""Something is inside her.""I know."Elara smiled."Something has always been inside me."Emily froze."What?"Elara's smile widened."You really thought you were the only one?"Emily stared."What are you talking about?"Elara looked toward their mother."Tell her."Their mother stood frozen.Emily tu

The entire chamber had gone silent.Emily stared at the enormous silver wolf standing behind her.It was unlike anything she had ever seen.Its fur seemed to shimmer like moonlight on water. Its eyes weren't silver, exactly—they were almost white, filled with an ancient light that seemed to see through everything.Even the creature beneath the world had gone silent.Then the first wolf lowered its head.Not to the creature.Not to Emily's grandfather.To Emily.Kael stared in disbelief."Emily..."She couldn't answer.The wolf took one step forward.The stone beneath its paws turned silver.Another step.The walls began glowing.Elara whispered,"It's bowing to you."Emily shook her head."No."The wolf looked at her.And somehow, without speaking, Emily understood.It wasn't bowing because she was its queen.It was bowing because she had saved it.Thousands of years ago.Before she had been reborn.Before she had divided her soul.Before she had forgotten.Emily had been the one who

The floor split beneath them.Emily stared into the darkness.That voice—her voice—continued echoing through the chamber.You thought you could escape me.Kael immediately moved in front of Emily."Whatever you are..."His eyes flashed silver."...you picked the wrong people to threaten."The darkness laughed.You still don't understand, Guardian.Kael tightened his grip on Emily's hand."Maybe not."He looked at Emily."But I know one thing."Emily looked at him."What?"Kael stepped closer.His voice softened despite the chaos around them."I know that no matter what happens next, I'm not leaving you."Emily swallowed."Kael...""I mean it."The ground shook again.Stone fell from the ceiling.Elara shouted,"We need to move!"But Kael didn't look away from Emily."I spent too many lifetimes losing you."Emily's eyes filled with tears."I don't want you to lose me either.""You won't.""You can't promise that.""Yes, I can."He took both of her hands."When this is over..."He pause