Lunar Chronicles Cress Novels & Stories

I took a breath, then reached out and touched her skin. The vision slammed into me like a wave crashing over my head. Flashes. Darkness. Cold. Blood on the snow. Jaxson’s face is older, harder. His eyes weren’t wild anymore. They were clear. Clear and cruel. A gathering. Wolves standing in rows, too still. Too quiet. Young wolves. Pups. Barely shifted. Trained to obey, trained to fight without question. And underground a room of steel and stone. Maps. Weapons. A calendar marked with red. And a symbol drawn over and over: a crescent moon bleeding down its curve. Then Hana, crying in silence while she cleaned blood from a blade that wasn’t hers.

Then, Darren stepped forward, I held my breath as I saw his movement. He turned to the crowd and said loudly, “The Moon Goddess has blessed me with my mate… Lily.” Lily. The Beta’s daughter. There were gasps and cheers. Lily walked toward him gracefully, smiling like she had just won the lottery. Darren pulled her into a kiss as the crowd erupted in applause. I froze. I couldn’t breathe. everything around me froze in that moment. No. No. This wasn’t happening. I took a step forward, then another. My head spun. “Darren!” I called out.

On the underside of her forearm, pale against her skin, was a mark. It was faint, almost translucent, but unmistakable: a crescent moon, curved and delicate, glowing faintly as though lit from beneath her flesh. Evelyn stumbled back from the mirror, clutching her wrist. The mark pulsed once, in rhythm with her heartbeat, before fading to nothing more than a faint silver shimmer. Her throat went dry.

"I didn't, this pack just has too many lands which I'm not familiar with" Annaliese sighs and mentally facepalms herself. "Kieran is going to kill me". "Well he was going to kill you the moment you decided to run away from him". "Just howl, they'll hear us". "Hopefully". Crescent howls loudly and suddenly, Annaliese feels the presence of two other people. "Well well well, if it isn't the special luna. This must be my lucky day". Annaliese can smell them but can't see them.

Her expression was calm, but in her hand, she held something that shimmered faintly in the moonlight—a small pendant, shaped like the crescent moon we’d seen etched in the oak. She extended it toward me, her gaze steady. “I found this near the edge of the forest.” I took the pendant from her hand, the cool metal pressing into my palm. The weight of it felt both familiar and foreign—like a reminder that the past would never stay buried for long. Ava’s voice was quiet but certain. “It’s not over, Sera. Not yet.” I looked at the crescent pendant glowing softly in my hand, a strange sense of recognition settling over me.

Her lips parted as if she wanted to speak, but she stopped herself. Hunter. It clicked. She had feelings for him. How had I missed that? And my mind jumped into bothering about all the wrong things. “Beta,” Viktor said in a low voice, gesturing toward the door. “We need to move.” Gaia’s voice was quieter now, almost reluctant. “Do you know who might be sick?” But I already knew. “From the direction they’re heading... probably someone in the dungeon.” “A rogue then.” ——— Gaia’s fingers lightly traced the delicate petals of a flower. “This one,” she said, her voice soft, “is called the Lumina Petal. It only blooms under the full moon. But it’s fragile. Too much touch and it’ll wither.”

she demanded at once. “I am cursed…or I was cursed.” I said and Kylo squished my hand. “My Luna and my pack went through a big tragedy, Alpha Zenith. A half-witch cursed her to be the misery of my pack, and after our coronation, the curse started to happen. And the only way to cut the curse was her death, we asked the Hybrid Reaper’s help but he created a bond with her. I hope you can help us cut it.” She looked at me, and pity lingered in her eyes.

Passing wolves bowed their heads, smiled, and showed their respects as they headed to the infirmary. They know who Ophelia is and what she is going through, and they have gradually warmed up to her over the last month. Ophelia smiled at them as she and Cressida proceeded down the corridor to the healer. Cressida knocked on the door, and the healer opened it instantly. With a respectful bow, she opened the door and invited them inside. "Ech hunn dës aus der Emgéigend Mënsch Stad, Luna Cressida." As she handed Cressida a small pouch, the healer stated. (I brought these from the nearby human town, Luna Cressida.)

He raised his head at Matt at the alarming question raised. "That should be this full moon." Alpha Andrea finally answered even with Fiona's intent to intrude, I smirked behind my puffy face from the food I was trying hard to masticate. "Oh I see, that is perfect timing, the season of the Moon Goddess, blessing the Aloha and his Luna, we could have what such auspicious date, but we're so engrossed in each other that as a common Gemma and Omega we choose a normal day." Matt let out his hand scrolling through his phone and Alpha Andrea's eyes were red, and the redness I could see calming to purple anytime soon.

“This did not come from her mother. The seal was forged. Someone tried to lure Luna Nyra out of the fortress.” Nyra turned toward him, confusion mixing with fear. “Who?” Cassian glanced at me before answering. “We do not know yet. But the messenger carried this.” He placed a small metal crest on the table. An ancient symbol etched into silver. A crescent moon intertwined with thorns. Recognition slammed into me. I had seen that crest only in old archives. Nyra noticed my reaction. She stepped closer, her voice urgent. “You know that symbol.” I remained silent at first, weighing how much to reveal. She pressed anyway. “What does it mean?”