All Chapters of THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The Moon Goddess stood behind Kaelen.She wasn't the woman I had imagined.She wasn't beautiful in the way stories described goddesses.She was terrifying.Her silver hair floated around her like smoke.Her skin looked almost transparent.And her eyes...They were the same silver eyes I had seen in the woman who came through the broken moon.But there was something different now.Something colder.Something ancient.Kaelen bowed his head."My Goddess."She didn't look at him.Her gaze remained fixed on me."First Luna."I raised Moonfang.The sword immediately began to glow.The Goddess smiled."You still carry my enemy's weapon."I looked at the blade."Your enemy?""The First Alpha."I glanced at Draven.He stood beside me, completely still.The Goddess looked at him."You were always the problem."Draven's expression didn't change."Then you should have killed me.""I tried."She stepped forward."The first time."The air became heavy.Draven's wolf growled.The Goddess smiled."Do

Silence.That was the first thing I noticed.Not darkness.Not pain.Silence.I couldn't hear the battlefield anymore.I couldn't hear Draven.I couldn't even hear my own breathing.Then—A heartbeat.Slow.Weak.One beat.Then another.I opened my eyes.Draven was lying beside me.His face was pale.His eyes were closed.I grabbed his shoulders."Draven."Nothing."Draven!"I pressed my hand against his chest.Nothing.My heart stopped."No."I shook him."Wake up."Nothing.The Moon Goddess's words returned to me.One of you will have to die."No."I placed both hands over his chest."You're not taking him."I pushed my power into him.Silver light flowed from my palms.Nothing happened.I tried again.More power.Still nothing.My breathing became frantic."Come on."I pressed my forehead against his."You promised."No answer.Tears filled my eyes."You promised you'd find me."His fingers suddenly moved.I froze."Draven?"His lips parted."Sera..."I nearly collapsed with relief

The mountains grew colder with every step.I pulled my cloak tighter around my shoulders as Draven walked beside me. Neither of us had spoken for nearly an hour.The black mark on my palm burned beneath the fabric.Not like fire.Like something alive.Something that knew I was afraid.Draven noticed me staring at my hand.“Does it hurt?”“A little.”He stopped walking.I stopped too.His golden eyes settled on mine.“Let me see.”I hesitated before extending my hand.He gently took it.The moment his fingers touched my palm, the burning disappeared.For a few seconds, everything was quiet.Then the mark pulsed.Draven's expression hardened.“It reacted to me.”“I noticed.”His thumb moved carefully across my wrist.“If it tries to hurt you again—”“You'll fight a goddess?”“Yes.”The answer came without hesitation.I almost smiled.“You can't fight everything for me, Draven.”“I know.”He lifted his eyes to mine.“But I can stand beside you while you fight.”My chest tightened.That w

The ground split open.Black smoke poured through the cracks, crawling across the stone floor like living shadows.Draven pulled me behind him.The sixth Luna didn't move.She simply stared at the darkness.“Kaelen,” I whispered.A deep laugh answered from beneath us.“You finally understand.”The chamber shook.Something struck the underside of the floor.Once.Twice.On the third impact, the stone shattered.A gigantic black hand burst through.Draven shifted instantly.His black wolf stood between me and the creature.I raised Moonfang.The sixth Luna shouted,“Don't attack!”Draven growled.“Why?”“Because that's not Kaelen.”The hand slowly disappeared into the darkness.Then a voice rose from below.“She remembers.”I tightened my grip.“Who are you?”Silence.Then—“Ask your goddess.”The black mark on my arm burned.I dropped to one knee.Draven immediately caught me.“Sera!”I looked at my palm.The mark had changed.The black circle was no longer empty.A tiny silver eye had

The world exploded.There was no sound.No light.For one endless moment, there was only white.Then I heard Draven.“Sera!”His hand was still holding mine.I opened my eyes.We were standing on the silver ground again.But something had changed.The creature was gone.The throne was gone.Even Selene was gone.Only Draven and I remained.I looked down at Moonfang.The blade was different.The silver metal had turned completely black.Thin veins of light moved across its surface like living blood.“What happened?”Draven stared at the sword.“I don't know.”Then the ground beneath us cracked.A voice came from everywhere.“You cannot break the balance.”I looked up.The Moon Goddess appeared above us.Her silver dress floated in the darkness.Her eyes were furious.“You lied to me,” I said.She didn't answer.“You knew about the First Darkness.”“Yes.”“You knew about the first Luna.”“Yes.”“You knew about every life I've lived.”Her silence was enough.I stepped forward.“Why?”The