All Chapters of The Cursed Luna’s Second Chance : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Chapter Eleven — The PromiseOrlena’s POVThe wedding was over, but I could not shake the feeling that something had gone terribly wrong.I sat alone in my room, still wearing the dress from the ceremony, my fingers resting unconsciously against the place where my mark had burned beneath the fabric. The pain was gone now, but the memory of it remained, and every time I closed my eyes, I could see the silver light spreading across my skin while the entire hall watched in frightened silence.I could still hear my wolf's voice.This is not a marriage.It is a binding.Those words had been repeating inside my mind ever since the ceremony ended.I had expected marriage to feel strange. I had expected the presence of Drayven beside me to make me uncomfortable because we barely knew each other and because our relationship had begun with a contract rather than affection.What I had not expected was the feeling that something had changed the moment our hands touched.Something neither of us ha

Chapter ThirteenWho Is LyraOrlena’s POVI kept thinking about what Drayven’s wolf had said long after I left the courtyard, and no matter how many times I tried to convince myself that I had misunderstood him, the words remained in my mind with an uncomfortable clarity.I remember you.What could that possibly mean?I had never met Drayven before the day I found him injured in the forest, at least not that I could remember, and I had no memory of ever seeing his wolf before that moment. Yet the certainty in his voice had been impossible to ignore. It had not sounded like a guess or a confused reaction. His wolf had spoken as though there was something about me that belonged to a memory I could not reach.The more I thought about it, the more questions appeared, and before long, I realized that I was no longer thinking only about his wolf.I was thinking about Lyra.I had heard her name before, but until now, I had never asked who she was. I had been too occupied with everything that

Chapter FifteenThe Luna First RuleOrlena’s POVI was still standing there, thinking about everything the maid had told me and wondering what I should do with the information, when I heard footsteps approaching from behind me.I turned and saw Drayven walking toward me.For a moment, I simply watched him.There were still so many things I wanted to understand about him, and lately it seemed that every time I thought I had found one answer, I discovered another question waiting behind it. His wolf had spoken to me in a way I could not explain, he had chosen me despite the promise he had apparently made to Lyra, and there were still things about my mark that he refused to tell me.Yet I knew I could not spend every moment thinking about those things.If I did, I would lose myself in questions that had no answers yet.So when Drayven stopped in front of me, I decided to focus on something I could actually control."I have been thinking about something," I said.He looked at me, waiting.

Chapter Seventeen — What Gima KnowsOrlena’s POVGima remained near the doorway, waiting for me to say something, and although she tried to hide it, I could see the uncertainty in her expression. She had probably been wondering why I had singled her out after the gathering, especially when I had made certain that none of the other maids noticed me calling her aside. I did not want her to think she was in trouble, because that was the last thing I wanted. I had not called her because I wanted to question her as Luna, but because there were things I needed to understand, and I believed she might be willing to speak honestly if she did not feel threatened.I gestured toward the chair opposite me.“Sit down, Gima. I only want to talk to you.”She slowly walked into the room and sat down, keeping her hands folded neatly in her lap.“I hope I have not done anything wrong, Luna.”“You haven't,” I assured her. “If you had, I would tell you directly. I called you because I want to understand s

Chapter Nineteen — Two in the MorningOrlena’s POVI did not know what had woken me.Perhaps it was the restless thoughts that had refused to leave me alone since Gima told me what she remembered, or perhaps it was the strange feeling that had settled heavily in my chest and would not allow me to sleep properly. Whatever the reason, when I opened my eyes, the room was still covered in darkness, and the quiet of the pack had become so deep that I could hear the faint movement of the wind against the window.I turned toward the small clock beside my bed.Two in the morning.The moment I saw the time, Gima's words returned to me.Lyra is going to see him around two in the morning.I sat up slowly.For several moments, I remained on the edge of the bed, telling myself that I had no reason to leave my room. I had already promised myself that I would not interfere in whatever existed between Drayven and Lyra, and I certainly had no intention of following Lyra around simply because I was cur