All Chapters of MOON BOUND : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Luna Hale had always hated the full moon.She had never known why.It wasn't a fear she could explain. She wasn't afraid of the dark. She could walk through the house at midnight without turning on a single light, and she had spent countless nights sitting beside her bedroom window watching thunderstorms roll across the sky.But the full moon was different.Whenever it appeared—round, bright, and impossibly close—something inside Luna became restless.Her dreams changed.Her senses sharpened.Sometimes, she woke in the middle of the night convinced that someone was whispering her name from somewhere beyond the trees.And lately, the dreams had become worse.Much worse.Luna sat on the edge of her bed, staring at the silver light spilling across her bedroom floor.Tomorrow was her eighteenth birthday.Most girls her age would have been excited.Luna wasn't.She couldn't shake the feeling that something was waiting for her.Something she couldn't see.Something she couldn't escape.She

The gates shook again.Luna flinched.A second impact followed, louder than the first.CRASH.The metal bars rattled violently, and several wolves around the courtyard growled in response.Kael stepped forward."Everyone inside."No one moved.His eyes flashed gold."Now."The command rolled across the courtyard.The wolves immediately obeyed.Luna watched them disappear through the doors of the mansion.She remained where she was.Kael turned toward her."I said inside.""And I said I'm not leaving.""This isn't a discussion.""Then stop talking to me like I'm a child."Another impact struck the gate.This time, a crack appeared in the metal.Kael's expression hardened."Luna."She looked at him."I can feel them.""What?""The hunters."His eyes narrowed."What do you mean?""I don't know."Luna pressed a hand against her chest."They're angry."Kael stared at her."You can sense them?""I think so.""How?""I don't know!"Her voice cracked.The mark on her wrist suddenly burned.Lu

Luna didn't sleep.She lay awake beneath the heavy blankets, staring at the ceiling while the words of the council repeated themselves in her mind.Three nights.Three nights until the test.Three nights until everyone decided whether she was a threat worth destroying.She turned onto her side.The room was silent.Too silent.She sat up.Moonlight slipped through the curtains, painting the floor silver.Her wrist tingled.Luna looked down.The crescent mark was faintly glowing.Again.She pulled the blanket away and stood.Something was drawing her toward the window.She didn't know why.She simply followed the feeling.When she opened the curtains, she saw the forest.Dark.Still.Waiting.Then she noticed someone standing beneath the trees.A man.Luna's heart jumped.She leaned closer to the glass.The figure didn't move.She couldn't see his face.But somehow, she knew he was looking directly at her.Her mark burned.The stranger lifted one hand.Luna stepped backward.Then the f

The mansion shook again.Luna grabbed the railing as another tremor moved beneath her feet.Dust fell from the ceiling.The silver symbol beneath the floor grew brighter.Darius stared at it.For the first time since Luna had seen him, he looked genuinely afraid."No," he whispered.Kael stepped in front of Luna."Stay behind me."Darius looked at him."You don't understand what you've done."Kael's expression hardened."I didn't do anything.""You brought her here.""She belongs here.""She belongs nowhere near this place!"Luna stepped around Kael."Stop talking about me like I'm not standing here."Both men looked at her.Luna's mark burned."Tell me what is happening."Darius stared at the symbol."The gate is waking.""Why?""Because of you."Luna shook her head."I didn't open it.""You don't have to.""What does that mean?""The gate recognizes your blood."Kael looked down at the floor."We have to get everyone out."Darius laughed bitterly."Too late."Another tremor shook th

The silence after the gate slammed shut was terrifying.Luna stared at the council leader."You."The old man didn't move.Kael stepped in front of Luna."You knew."The council leader's expression remained calm."I knew enough.""You knew her father was alive.""Yes.""You knew about Selene.""Yes.""You knew about the gate.""Yes."Kael's fists tightened."Then why didn't you tell us?"The old man looked at Luna."Because you weren't ready."Luna laughed bitterly."Everyone keeps saying that."She stepped forward."Ready for what?"The old man looked at her."To understand what you are."Luna's mark began to glow."I already know.""No."His voice was quiet."You know what they have told you.""Then tell me the truth."The old man looked toward her father."Your father was never the Shadow King."Luna froze."What?"Selene stared at him."You said he was.""I said that because it was necessary."Her father stepped forward."You lied.""I protected you.""You imprisoned me.""Because