Moonraker Novels & Stories

Teegan asks from behind me. "He said his name is Ryker, and he's the alpha of the Savage Moon pack in Tennessee." Joel pulls out his phone to make a call. "Marcus, I need you to tell me everything you can about the Savage Moon pack in Tennessee. Petra just received a call from Alpha Ryker, who says he has information about what happened to the Mystic Moonlighters." Teegan reaches out and takes my hand as Joel puts the phone on speaker. We only wait a few minutes before Marcus comes back on the line.

We bent to read the plaque. "Luna Jessica of the Blood Moon pack, the second of the pack to be Corrupted, victim of the Silver Hands." the plaque read. "Your mother," Mabel told me. She walked to a cabinet I hadn't noticed and got out a round, white rock. It was big enough to fit in the cup of her palms. "Moon rock," she told me. "Harnesses the light of the moon. It captures moonlight, and releases it when the user needs it."

*** RED MOON PACK (Home Of The Warriors) ***ALPHA RYKER*** I sipped my coffee as I flipped through the papers. A picture of White Moon Pack appeared with a little story about how they healed a woman with a damaged bone. I closed the newspaper and tossed it away. I needed something different. Something that wasn't about Blue Moon and White Moon, all the time. There was a gentle knock at my door and my ears perked up. “Come in,” I ordered. The door opened and my beta, Miles, entered. He bowed before me as a way of greeting me before blessing me with the details of what we had successfully won this time.

I wish I could have a mind link right now. “On the outskirts of the Moonlord territory,” I began, “there is a barren stretch of land. Looks like nothing but a dry, unclaimed, worthless piece of land that no one pays attention. But it’s not. Alpha Juno and Hector use it to launch rogue attacks on other packs.” Vespara’s eyes sharpened. She was listening now.

“Alpha douchebag happens to have a lover he’s in love with—well, according to the source—and he thinks she’s a devil out to separate them. Worst part? He doesn’t believe in the moon goddess or any of that jazz. In case you don’t know, the Sinister Smile Pack and the Blood Moon Pack are two of the few packs that don’t come to the MPMAC.” “MPMAC? What’s that?” “Moonlight Pack Mate Awakening Ceremony! Where the heck have you been all this time? Well, that aside, back to what we were talking about—it’s exactly like your situation seven years ago: the moon goddess is giving her a taste of her own medicine.”

We'd be in mortal danger. But there wasn't a hint of softness in Ryker's eyes, nothing like a mate's. Just a cold command. "Selena," his voice was a low, chilling rumble, "you're about to be my Luna. The pack needs you to contribute. The 'Moon Soul Crystal' will boost our 'Blood Moon Altar,' awaken the ancestral totems. It's vital for the Howling Moon Pack." He saw me hesitate. He put his hand on my stomach, and the pressure was unsettling.

**KELLY THOMPSON'S POV** The moon's corpse hung low, a bloated specter leaching color from the sky. Its craters pulsed like open wounds, and the sea beneath it had gone still, a black mirror reflecting its rot. The *Kinslayer* cut through the water, its heartstone hull groaning as if mourning the world it sailed toward. Selene's wolves clustered at the bow, their star-metal blades glinting like shards of dead constellations. Rhydian stood apart, his serpents restless beneath his skin, their scales shimmering with a light that matched the moon's sickly glow.

I knew Red Moon Pack was big, but I hadn’t realized it was this big. As soon as they had seen us, everyone had stood up to greet us, and Aiden gestured for them to sit down and they obeyed. “As you all know, I have gathered you all in order to introduce you to someone who is not only very important to me, but will also be an important part of our pack.” I felt his grip tighten on my hip. “Everyone I would like to introduce to you, Aria Kronex – my mate and your Luna.” Applause erupted immediately and I couldn’t help the sigh of relief. Hey, at least they hadn’t all started booing and trying to kill me.

All were silent and patiently waiting, most were parents and understood the interruption. “I apologize for that. We do know the when and where. The prince plans to complete his goal at the full moon festival during the spring equinox.” “That is a sacred time of year when wolves from all over the country join together the renewal spring represents, the season and our bond with our king.” Gamma Derek said, sounding shocked and horrified. “It's almost the perfect plan they can blend in with the crowd and the king will be most vulnerable during the bonding ceremony; it would be the perfect time to strike.” Beta Zara sounded almost impressed.

The scent of sour rust and necrotic rot was thick around him, but his gold eyes—murky as they were—locked onto Ryan with a lethal, ancient clarity. "He... is not... a ward," Kael wheezed. Each word sounded like it was being excavated from a grave. "The Moon Pack... does not... concede." "The Moon Pack is a graveyard, Kael," Ryan said, not even looking at the broken Alpha. "You have no core, no vanguards, and your core integrity is at ten percent. You can't even ground your own fever, let alone his." Ryan stepped closer, violating the distance I had set. He reached for Leo’s shoulder.