He Sacrificed My Wolf for Her, So I Became Silver Ridge's Luna의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

After sending in my resignation, I went to the sealed Moon Hall in the farthest wing of the pack's administrative complex.It was where Adrian had once planned to hold my Luna ceremony.Eight years ago, after I was poisoned at the full moon trial and my wolf went silent, he locked the hall himself.He said that as long as I couldn't feel the pack, he would never let anyone set foot in that room.But the caretaker didn't look the least bit surprised to see me."The Alpha isn't here yet. You can wait inside. He comes every full moon and stays all night."Every full moon.That was when the moon was fullest and my wolf hurt the most.For the past eight years, whenever the full moon came, Adrian claimed he needed to be alone to stabilize the pack's mind-link.I never doubted him. Then I stepped inside and saw the truth.The long table was covered with appointment paperwork for Vivian's return to the pack.The file on top read:Reinstatement applicant: Vivian Hale.I stared at that line for

On the day of Vivian's reinstatement hearing, Black Pine's Beta, Marcus Cole, sent me an address.He said my acting Luna file needed to be signed for in person.I arrived at the central assembly hall to find the entrance packed with media and pack members.On the public agenda, my name was listed under "Witness to the Accident Settlement."I turned to leave.A staff member stopped me."Ms. Ward, the Alpha has already approved the agenda."I saw the document in the host's hands.Elena Ward publicly confirms: the full-moon trial incident eight years ago resulted from a medication accident and was unrelated to Vivian Hale.He had even scripted my silence for me in advance.Inside the hall, Vivian stood in a white gown, weeping for the cameras.She said she had carried the blame for eight years and had finally lived to see the pack welcome her back.Adrian stood behind her.His voice dropped to a murmur. "Don't be afraid."She had taken the stabilizer Adrian prepared for her himself.My wo

Half an hour later, Adrian came rushing in.He charged to the nurses' station, but I was long gone.Before the plane took off, my phone kept buzzing.The screen was full of his name.Elena, where are you?Did you go back to the main house?Rejecting a mate isn't a joke. Retract it now.Your body can't withstand the backlash. Answer me.He even forced open the broken psychic channel between mates.But all that came through was chaos and pain.For the first time, I shut that channel down completely on my own.So Adrian could search for someone this desperately after all.It was just that before, that someone was never me.The announcement told us to switch our devices to airplane mode.I took one last look out the window.The lights of Black Pine territory merged into a single glow in the dark.For eight years, I had believed I couldn't leave this place.Couldn't leave Adrian.Couldn't leave the man who stayed with me through every failed shift and taught me to run a pack without a mind-

During the first awakening session, the pain almost made me dig my nails into my palms.Dr. Monroe guided me as I searched for my shift core.But my mind held nothing except scrambled static, splintering bones, and the memory of wolfsbane burning into my blood eight years ago."Hold on a little longer."My body began to shake out of control.Elias stood outside the observation window.The moment he saw my body start to convulse, he shoved open the training room door and hit the emergency stop.The machine's hum cut out.He crouched in front of me and took my sweat-soaked hand in his."If it hurts, cry out. If you can't take it, stop."Elena, here with me, you don't have to prove your strength by letting yourself get hurt."Tears spilled before I could stop them.Not from the pain.Because there really was someone in this world who knew that pain was allowed to stop.No need to be sensible.No need to endure.No need to grind myself into a silent wasteland just so someone else could be

On the recovery program's open day, the hall filled with young people who had lost their wolves to wolfsbane and trauma.One girl was sixteen.Before her first shift, someone had fed her trace doses of wolfsbane over a long period, and her wolf had never appeared.The doctor called her name softly."Anna."The girl froze.The next second, her head snapped up."I heard her."She threw herself into her mother's arms, sobbing so hard her whole body shook.Applause broke out across the room.I stood outside the training room, my eyes warm.My own wolf still couldn't complete a full shift.But she lay quietly in the depths of my mind.I could feel her breathing.That was enough.Elias stood not far away.He had been watching me the whole time, cedar wound tight around the edge of my consciousness.His voice came through our private mental channel, barely contained."I want to walk over there and hold you right now."I answered, "The event isn't over.""I know."I've been holding back for tw