All Chapters of THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN LUNA: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The pack house rose out of the trees like a fortress built to intimidate rather than shelter — stone walls three stories high, iron gates that groaned when they opened, and dozens of eyes watching from windows as Kael marched her up the front steps with his hand still locked around her arm."You can let go of me now," Selene muttered. "Unless you're worried I'll make a run for it in front of your entire pack.""I'm not worried about you running." His voice was low, clipped. "I'm worried about them."She followed his gaze to the wolves gathering at the edges of the courtyard — dozens of them now, drawn by whatever silent network passed news through a pack faster than any phone call. Their expressions ranged from curiosity to open hostility, and more than one set of eyes had shifted gold, wolves fighting for control at the scent of a stranger inside their Alpha's territory."They lost people today," Kael said quietly, reading the tension in her spine. "And now they're watching their Alp

The scream had come from below the west stairs, and by the time Selene caught up to Kael, half the pack house was already awake, doors flying open, wolves spilling into the corridors in various states of undress and alarm."Where?" Kael barked at the first guard he passed."Cellar, Alpha. It's—" The guard's face had gone pale, his voice unsteady. "It's Miriam. The kitchen girl."Selene's stomach dropped. The girl who'd brought her food. The one who'd whispered about the Ashford line before fleeing down the hall as she'd said too much.She pushed past two startled pack members and followed Kael down the narrow stone steps into the cellar, where a small crowd had already gathered around something on the floor, lantern light throwing jagged shadows across the walls.Miriam lay crumpled between two wine racks, throat torn open, blood pooling black across the stone. Her eyes were still open, fixed on nothing.Selene's hand flew to her mouth. She'd spoken to this girl twenty minutes ago. Sh

"One of us won't survive it." Kael's words hung in the air between them, and Selene felt the ground tilt beneath her feet all over again."Explain that," she said, voice low and dangerous. "Right now."Kael's jaw worked, gaze flicking to the wolves still gathered around them in the courtyard, ears straining despite the pretence of looking away. "Not here.""You don't get to keep doing this." She stepped closer, close enough that the pull of the bond hummed insistent and furious beneath her ribs, twisting fear and longing into something almost unbearable. "Every time something matters, you say not here, not now, later — and I am done waiting for the version of the truth you decide I'm ready for."Something in his expression cracked — not anger, but exhaustion so deep it looked like grief. "Come with me," he said quietly. "Please."The please undid something in her more than any command could have. She followed him through the house, past pack members who quickly found reasons to be els

"How far?" Kael was already moving, barking orders down the corridor, pack members scrambling into motion around him."Two hours if they're running full speed," Marcus said, matching his pace. "Maybe less." His jaw was tight, the weight of the earlier battle still visible in the stiffness of his stride."Then we're faster." Kael threw open the armoury doors, grabbing gear without slowing. "I want six of our fastest trackers, Selene, and myself. Everyone else stays to defend the house in case this is a distraction.""A distraction from what?" Selene asked, strapping a blade to her thigh with hands that had finally stopped shaking."From an attack on Ashwood while our strongest fighters are chasing shadows in the south," Kael said grimly. "It's exactly what I'd do."The thought settled cold in Selene's stomach as they mounted horses at the edge of the courtyard — real horses, not wolves, because a shift now would burn energy they'd need later, Kael explained tersely, and because a runni

Aria's eyes found Selene's across the clearing, wide and terrified, and something in Selene's chest shattered at the sight of her — small, shaking, a face that looked achingly like the mother Selene barely remembered."Let her go," Selene said, voice raw. "This is between you and me.""It stopped being only between us the moment you decided to run south instead of staying safely behind Ashwood's walls," Vale said mildly. "You made your choice already, Selene. Now I'm simply asking you to make it out loud.""Don't," Kael said lowly, not looking away from Vale. "Selene, don't answer him.""He has a child," she snapped back, though her eyes never left Aria's small, frightened face. "What choice do I have?""You have every choice," Kael said. "This is exactly what he wants — you terrified enough to hand him a victory without a fight."Vale tilted his head, unbothered by the accusation. "Your Alpha isn't wrong. I would very much prefer this end without further violence. But I assure you, S