All Chapters of The Space Between Full Moons: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Chapter Thirty-TwoThe video continued, Vera's voice steady despite the visible exhaustion in her face. "They want the location of every pack connected to yours. Every family like ours, scattered across this region, that you've maintained contact with over the years. Alliances built for protection, for shared warning if one family's secrecy is ever threatened." She paused, her jaw tightening. "They've been hunting families like ours for longer than any of us realized, Callum. Decades, maybe longer. I found evidence of it twenty years ago, evidence that got Walter Pruitt killed when he stumbled into the wrong part of my search. That's why I disappeared. I thought leaving would keep this family safe from what I'd uncovered."The video cut briefly to static before resuming, Vera's composure visibly cracking for just a moment before she steadied herself again. "It didn't work. They found me three months ago, and they've spent that time trying to extract every piece of information I have.

Chapter Thirty-FourRowan reached the gate first, Elena close behind him, both of them tense with the accumulated fear of everything the night had already thrown at them. Dax and two other pack members stood guard near the entrance, their postures wary, eyes fixed on a lone figure standing just beyond the property line.She was older, gray-haired, dressed plainly in clothes that looked slept in, carrying nothing but a small canvas bag over one shoulder. Elena studied her carefully, some instinct telling her this woman was not a threat in the way Jonah's men had been, though something about her carried its own quiet danger."I need to speak with Callum Ashford," the woman said, her voice carrying clearly across the distance. "And I need to speak with the photographer. Elena Voss.""Who are you?" Rowan asked, stepping forward, his stance protective without being openly hostile."My name is Renata Kessler. I used to work with your mother, twenty years ago, before everything fell apart."

Chapter Thirty-Six"Within the hour" turned into three, once the practical reality of the situation set in. Naomi refused to let anyone leave without proper medical supplies packed and checked twice. Renata insisted on reviewing the maps one more time, cross-referencing satellite images against her hand-drawn notes until she was as certain as she could be about the facility's layout. And Callum, despite his exhaustion, refused to let the team depart without first addressing what he called "unfinished business inside these walls.""We can't leave with Mara and Elias both still unresolved," he said, gathering Rowan, Elena, and Naomi in the study while the others continued preparations elsewhere. "If something happens to us on this journey, this family needs stable leadership behind us. That means settling both matters before we go, not after.""You want to hold council right now?" Rowan asked, disbelief clear in his voice. "We have a deadline, Dad. Every hour matters.""Every hour matt

Chapter Thirty-Eight"Rowan." Elena's voice shook as she held out the phone, the dark screen somehow more terrifying than anything they'd seen so far. "It cut off. She said they know we're coming."Rowan pulled the truck onto the shoulder hard enough that gravel sprayed beneath the tires, radioing the second vehicle immediately. "Dad, we have a problem. Vera just called Elena directly. Said they know we're coming, said the timeline moved up again, and then the call cut to static."Callum's voice came back tight over the radio. "Static, or was it cut deliberately?""I don't know. It happened too fast to tell." Rowan's hands were white on the wheel despite the truck being stopped. "Renata, does the Accord have the capability to intercept a call like that? Trace it, jam it?"Renata's voice crackled through, grim. "Yes, easily. Which means one of two things. Either they cut the call themselves, to stop her from saying something they didn't want us to hear. Or the equipment she used to rea

Chapter FortyElena followed Renata through the sudden darkness, her heart pounding so hard she could feel it in her throat, the camera forgotten now, hanging useless around her neck as pure survival instinct took over. Around them, the chaos at the loading dock continued, muffled shouts and scattered gunfire cutting through the black compound like something out of a nightmare she couldn't wake from."Stay close," Renata whispered, moving with a confidence that suggested she'd navigated far worse situations than this one before. "The power outage will confuse their systems, but it won't stop them from hearing us if we're careless."They reached the edge of the loading dock just as Elena's eyes adjusted enough to make out shapes in the darkness. Rowan, back in human form now, was pulling Vera toward the tree line, one arm wrapped protectively around her while Dax limped along beside them, still partially transformed, blood visible along his flank even in the dim light. Jonah brought up