All Chapters of The Worthless Luna He Lost: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Ayla Korr“Reject me, Darian.”For a moment, he didn’t answer.His eyes dropped to my hand, still holding onto the wedding ring, then returned to my face. His jaw tightened, but that was all. Darian had always been good at hiding anything he didn’t want to show.“No.”I frowned.“What?”“I’m not going to reject you.”The answer came with such calmness, such indifference.As if I had asked for something unimportant.“Darian, I just told you I don’t want to stay married to you anymore.”“And I heard you.”“Then set me free.”He let out a slow breath.“You are still my wife. The agreement between our families remains valid, and the Council determined that you are to remain on this estate.”I looked at him for a few seconds.“I didn’t ask the Council where I should live.”His expression changed.“That is not your choice.”Maybe a week earlier, I would have lowered my eyes.Maybe I would have knelt and begged like the useless woman everyone thought I was.But that night, all I could think

Ayla KorrThe mark on my neck was still burning when I returned to my room.I closed the door behind me and went straight to the small mirror hanging on the wall.The bite was there.Red and distinct.Darian had sunk his teeth deep enough for any wolf to know exactly what it meant.I raised my fingers to my skin and felt anger before I even felt the pain.It wasn't just the mark.It was his scent.It was on me in a way that no amount of water seemed capable of washing away.I washed my neck once.Then again.The third time, I scrubbed so hard that my skin began to burn even more.The scent remained.I threw the towel over the sink.“Damn him.”For two years, I had worn a wedding ring I could take off my finger.When I finally found the courage to leave it on a table, Darian decided to put his own claim on my skin.Something I couldn't leave behind as easily.It only confirmed what I already knew.I needed to leave.I opened my suitcase on the bed.It didn't take long for me to realize

Ayla KorrNeutral territory wasn't exactly how I had imagined it.It was worse in some ways.Better in others.The streets were noisy, crowded with carts, vendors, humans, and wolves sharing the same space without anyone seeming to care much about which species or pack anyone belonged to. There were markets, banks, a post office, blacksmiths, and enough shops to make the city seem just as functional as any territory controlled by an Alpha.The difference was that there were no soldiers.No flags marking territory, no guards asking my name or which family I belonged to.I saw two men start a fight in front of a shop. One of them punched the other in the face, and I turned around in alarm, looking for some kind of patrol.There was no one.The owner himself came outside accompanied by two enormous men and told them to take their fight somewhere else.They obeyed.It was chaos.But chaos that, somehow, worked.By the time I started looking for somewhere to spend the night, I had already

Ayla KorrI stood in the middle of the stairs for far too long.The man was still by the entrance, soaked from the rain, while a few drops ran from his hair down his neck. Even from a distance, there was something heavy about his presence.My wolf was still awake inside me.And, for the first time in years, refusing to hide.“Are you going upstairs, or do you plan on spending the night there?”Mara’s voice pulled me out of that state.I blinked.“Sorry.”She pointed upstairs.“Go put your things away. I’ll set something aside for you to eat.”I nodded quickly and continued upstairs.Only when I closed the door to the small room did I realize how fast my heart was beating.I put my suitcase on the floor and walked over to the basin of water.“What was that?”My own voice sounded ridiculous in the empty room.I wet my hands and splashed water on my face.My wolf remained restless.She wasn’t afraid.That was exactly what I didn’t understand.I had spent my entire life begging her to rea

Ayla Korr“What’s your name?”The question left me frozen.Rhys remained seated, waiting for an answer I couldn’t give.I opened my mouth.No name came out.“Lena.”Mara’s voice came from the other side of the room.I looked at her.Mara didn’t even stop what she was doing. She was stacking a few glasses behind the counter as if she had just answered the most ordinary question in the world.“Her name is Lena. And Lena has work to do instead of standing around talking.”It took me a second to understand.Then I pressed the tray against my body and quickly nodded.“Right.”When I looked back at Rhys, he was watching me.His eyes fixed on me.His face didn’t show much, but something had changed in his gaze. He had seen my surprise. He knew Mara had just invented that name.“Lena,” he repeated.Hearing it in his voice caused a strange sensation.As if we both knew it was a lie and, for now, had decided to leave it that way.I didn’t answer.I turned and walked away before he could ask any