Todos os capítulos de THE LUNA HE TOOK FOR GRANTED: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

The forest had gone completely silent.Lyra stared at the woman standing in front of her.She had Elena's eyes.That was enough to make Lyra's entire body go cold.But the woman wasn't Elena.At least, that was what she had said.“Who are you?”The woman looked at her for several seconds before answering.“My name is Maraine.”Lyra's brow furrowed.“Maraine?”“Yes.”“You knew my mother.”Maraine's gaze softened.“I knew Elena better than most people ever did.”“Then tell me where she is.”The woman looked away.“I can't.”Lyra stepped closer.“You just gave me a letter with my mother's handwriting.”“I did.”“You knew she was alive?”Maraine hesitated.“I knew she was alive when I last saw her.”Lyra's heart jumped.“When?”“Twenty-three years ago.”The hope that had risen inside Lyra collapsed almost immediately.“So you don't know where she is now.”“No.”Lyra stared at her.“You expect me to believe that?”“I expect nothing from you.”Maraine's voice remained calm.“I came because

The pounding came again.Once.Twice.Then silence.Lyra stood frozen in the middle of the room.Darian's voice still echoed in her mind.Your father is alive.Kael had not moved.His face had become unreadable.Rowan looked toward him.“Alpha?”Kael lifted one hand.“Don't open it.”Darian laughed softly from the other side.“You always were cautious.”Lyra stepped toward the door.Kael immediately moved in front of her.“Don't.”She looked up at him.“He says my father is alive.”“I heard him.”“And you want me to stay here and do nothing?”“I want you to understand that Darian has lied to you before.”“He also gave me my mother's letter.”Kael's expression tightened.“That doesn't make him trustworthy.”Lyra stared at him.“Neither does your family name.”The words landed.Kael didn't argue.For a moment, something painful crossed his face.Then he stepped aside.“Ask him.”Lyra looked surprised.“What?”“Ask him whatever you want.”She approached the door.“Darian.”“Yes?”“How do

The room remained frozen. Lyra could still hear the words in her head. The man your mother spent twenty-three years running from. Her father had barely finished speaking when another crash came from outside. Elias flinched. “There's no time.” Lyra stared at him. “No.” He looked at her. “I've waited twenty-three years to hear your voice. I'm not leaving you again.” Something broke inside her. “You already did.” Elias lowered his eyes. “I know.” “You missed everything.” Her voice trembled. “My first day at the academy. My mother's funeral. The day I left Mooncrest. Everything.” “I know.” “You don't get to say that.” “I know.” Tears gathered in his eyes. “I've imagined this conversation for years. In every version, I had an explanation good enough to make you forgive me.” He shook his head. “But I don't.” Lyra stared at him. For the first time since seeing him, she didn't see the mysterious man from the photograph. She saw her father. An imperfect man standing i

“Dead.”The word stayed in Lyra's head.For one terrible second, nobody moved.Then Kael grabbed her hand.“Run.”They rushed down the narrow corridor.Elias stumbled behind them, one hand pressed against his injured shoulder.Lyra looked back.“Dad—”“Keep going.”“But you're bleeding.”“I've survived twenty-three years of worse.”Aurelia followed closely.“There's a passage beneath the eastern wall.”Kael looked at her.“You're sure?”“I built it.”That earned a brief silence.“You built it?”Aurelia gave him a look.“You were seven. You used to hide in there whenever your tutors came looking for you.”Kael almost smiled.Almost.Then the sound of footsteps above them killed whatever warmth had appeared.“They're inside,” Rowan warned.Kael pushed open a narrow wooden door.A staircase descended into darkness.Lyra stopped.“This is another hidden passage?”Aurelia nodded.“Mooncrest has more secrets beneath it than above it.”They descended.The door closed behind them.For the fir

“She's remembered.”The man's words sent a chill through Lyra.There were six of them.They stood among the trees wearing dark cloaks marked with the old crescent and three stars.Not the emerald-eyed wolf of the Shadow Guard.Something older.Something Lyra had never seen before.Kael stepped in front of her.“Stay behind me.”Lyra didn't move.The man at the front smiled faintly.“You always did stand between her and danger.”Kael's expression hardened.“You know me?”“I knew your father.”Elias immediately stepped forward.“Don't.”The stranger looked at him.“You've been running for twenty-three years, Elias.”“And you're still following me.”“We were never following you.”His eyes moved to Lyra.“We were waiting for her.”Lyra felt her stomach tighten.“Who are you?”The man lowered his hood.He was older, perhaps in his sixties, with a scar crossing one eyebrow.“My name is Corvin.”Aurelia's face changed.“Corvin.”“You remember me.”“I wish I didn't.”Corvin smiled.“That's th