All Chapters of The Alpha King's Forgotten Luna: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I caught the whisper before I even meant to listen.It was late, past the hour most of the camp had settled into sleep, and I'd wandered out past the training chamber to clear my head after another brutal session with Renata. My whole body still ached from hours of holding back the shift, and I told myself a little night air might help me sleep. That's when I heard Marisol's voice coming from behind one of the crumbling walls, low and urgent, the kind of tone people use when they don't want to be overheard."I already told you, she's not ready yet," Marisol whispered. "Give it more time."I froze mid step, my whole body going still."Time isn't something we have," a man's voice answered, distorted slightly, like it was coming through something rather than a person standing there directly. "Kestrel is losing patience."My stomach dropped straight through the floor.I pressed myself against the wall, heart pounding so loud I was terrified they'd hear it."She trusts me," Marisol continu

Someone left a note pinned to a tree at the edge of our camp, and it wasn't from Kestrel. I found it just before dawn, the paper damp with morning dew, the handwriting neat and careful in a way that felt strangely formal for something meant to be secretive. My name was written across the front in ink that hadn't fully dried when I picked it up. Whoever left it hadn't been gone long, which meant they'd risked coming close enough to be caught just to make sure it reached me. "Kael," I called out, my voice tight. "Someone was here." He appeared instantly, weapon already drawn, scanning the treeline before his eyes landed on the paper in my hand. "What does it say." I unfolded it slowly, my heart hammering as I read the first line. The trial is a trap. My father intends to execute Damian regardless of the verdict. If you're planning something, move faster than three days. It was signed with a single letter. S. "Selene," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. Kael's jaw tightened

I didn't think. I jumped.The gap in the stonework was barely wide enough for a body to fit through, but fear has a way of making impossible things happen. I dropped down into the execution chamber in a crouch, the impact jarring through my knees, pain shooting up my legs, and came up already moving toward the guard with the blade. There was no time to think about strategy, no time to weigh whether this was smart or reckless. There was only the blade inches from Damian's throat and the certainty that I couldn't watch it fall."Elena!" Damian's voice cracked with disbelief.The guard turned, startled, giving me just enough time to slam into him before the blade could finish its arc. We hit the ground together hard, and I braced myself for the moment my strength would vanish, for the wards Selene warned me about to strip everything away and leave me as weak as any ordinary human.It didn't happen.I felt the pressure of the wards immediately, a strange heaviness settling over my skin li

We rode through the night like the world was ending, because for the people I loved most, it might have been.Damian insisted on coming despite his injuries, refusing every argument Renata threw at him, and honestly I didn't have the energy left to fight him on it. Kael rode beside me, Selene and Garrick close behind with what remained of the loyal palace guard, everyone pushing their horses harder than should have been possible. My whole body still ached from the fight in the execution chamber, but none of that mattered compared to the fear clawing at my chest with every mile we covered."How did they find Ashwood," I shouted over the wind. "We were careful. Nobody outside our group knew exactly where we were headed.""Your power," Renata called back, her expression grim even through the darkness. "When you broke those wards tonight, it sent something out. A signature, like a flare visible to anyone trained to sense that kind of magic. Kestrel's trackers would have felt it instantly.

Selene returned four days later with an army at her back and a woman riding beside her who commanded attention just by existing.I felt it the moment they crossed into what remained of Ashwood, a presence in the air that made every wolf in the camp instinctively straighten their spines. The woman rode a black horse with confidence bordering on arrogance, silver hair braided elaborately despite what must have been days of hard travel, and eyes so pale blue they looked almost white in the afternoon light."Elena," Selene called out, dismounting quickly. "This is Alpha Rhea. Ruler of Veyra."Rhea dismounted with far more grace, studying me with open curiosity as she approached. "So you're the girl who broke wards three hundred years old and lived to tell about it.""I'm the girl trying to stop a man who's murdered enough people to fill a kingdom," I said. "Whether that makes me interesting or not seems beside the point."Something like approval flickered across Rhea's sharp features. "Go