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Chapter 120
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The Demoted Luna Chapter 120
Torin's POV I stared at the thick, rolled document resting in my hand, the rough texture of the grease-stained linen scratching against my skin as the weight of the moment settled heavily in the room. The metallic scent of the fresh hemlock root extract still lingered in the stagnant air of the war room, rising directly from the pale corpse that lay completely motionless on the stone floorboards. My chest rose and fell in heavy, ragged cycles as I tried to process the absolute nightmare that was currently unfolding around my family. Narek hurriedly tore open the fragile wrapping with his trembling fingers and unrolled the stiff parchment right in front of my face, his eyes scanning the lines with a rapid, terrifying intensity before he began to read it aloud to the chamber."The terms are explicitly clear, Alpha, and they require your immediate, absolute compliance if you ever wish to see your family alive again," Narek read, his voice shaking with a rare, unfiltered dread that made
The Demoted Luna Chapter 119
Torin's POV The iron hinges of the war room doors groaned loudly as I pushed them open. The air inside felt heavy with the scent of old parchment and stressed warriors. I scanned the long wooden table for Nia, but her chair stood completely empty.Gamma Raphael stood near the weapon racks with his back turned to me. He was aggressively polishing a silver blade with a piece of dark burlap cloth. His shoulders were hunched over, and his entire posture radiated a sudden, volatile tension."Have you seen Nia and Kiera around the residential sector, Raphael?" I asked, my voice echoing roughly against the bare stone walls. "I just returned from the northern ridge outposts, and the guards haven't seen them since morning."Raphael stopped his movement instantly and lowered the blade to his side. He turned to face me, revealing heavily bloodshot eyes surrounded by dark shadows. His left cheek still carried a faint bruise that looked like the imprint of a human hand.He shook his head slowly,
The Demoted Luna Chapter 118
The metallic tang of iron clung to the back of my throat, thick and cloying like a physical weight. I didn’t bother wiping the splash of crimson that had dried across my cheekbone, feeling it tighten against my skin as the cold northern wind swept through the valley. Beneath my boots, the ground was no longer earth but a slurry of mud and cooling gore. I stepped over the mangled remains of a rebel commander, my weight crushing his ribcage with a hollow snap that echoed against the silent treeline. He had begged for mercy ten minutes ago, but mercy was a currency I didn't trade in, especially not when the debt was treason.I kept my pace steady, my black cloak heavy with the dampness of the slaughter as I navigated the field of the fallen. My warriors were already moving among the bodies, their blades finishing the work that the initial charge had started, but I didn't look back at them. My eyes were fixed on the horizon where the jagged peaks of our ancestral home pierced the gray sky
The Demoted Luna Chapter 117
“Nova! You did it again!”I barely had time to sip from my half-cold coffee before Jones clapped me on the back, grinning ear to ear.“Twenty-three years, and no one could touch the Black Ribbon Killer,” he said, spinning his chair toward me. “Until you decided to roll in and embarrass the Bureau.”“Don’t exaggerate,” I smirked, shaking my head. “It was a team effort.”Mara raised her cup. “Team effort my ass. You connected the pattern no one else could. If you didn’t catch that symbol carved on the wrist in the old 2003 photo, we’d still be twiddling our thumbs.”“Stop,” I said, but a smile tugged at my lips.“Toast!” shouted Jacobs, raising his water bottle dramatically. “To Detective Nova Cross. Slayer of cold cases, heartbreaker of perps, and legend of Halemore PD!”Everyone joined in, laughing and clinking plastic water bottles and coffee mugs. Even Captain Reyes stepped out of his office to give me a tight-lipped nod of approval before vanishing back behind his door.“You better
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Ella's POV"Hello, is this Miss Ella Spencer? Congratulations, you have passed the final interview stage for the assistant manager position at the Blumtech Corporation. You are to resume on Monday, and please see the attached file in the email we sent for any other necessary information you might need to know. Once again, congratulations."The professional voice on the other end of the line faded into a sharp dial tone. I stood completely frozen in the middle of our cramped living room, the smartphone pressed hard against my ear. For a few agonizing seconds, my brain refused to process the words until the reality of what he had just said finally crashed through my defenses.A breathless, euphoric scream tore from my throat as I leaped into the air. I turned on my heel and bolted down the narrow hallway, my heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. I threw open the door to my best friend’s bedroom with enough force to rattle the frames on the wall, and without giving her a s
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Darien's pov I walked back into my office and slammed the heavy oak door shut behind me. My head was pounding, the skin of my jaw still throbbing from the brutal punch Raphael had delivered the night before. I did not care about my face right now. The entire northern alliance was about to collapse into a bloody civil war if I did not control the narrative immediately.I sat down at my desk and closed my eyes, forcing my mind to open the pack link. I bypassed the local channels and reached across the border, targeting a specific frequency.*Darren, do you hear me?* I sent the message through the mindlink, my mental voice sharp and commanding.It took a few seconds before my Beta’s voice echoed back in my head. *I hear you, Alpha. What is the situation? The banquet hall is still in absolute chaos over the triplets.**Listen to me very carefully,* I commanded. *I need you to intercept and keep off any intel that might arrive at the Blood Thorne pack from our territory. Block the regular
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Rapheal's POV The first pale rays of the morning sun slowly filtered through the narrow glass windowpane, casting long streaks of amber light across the tangled mess of dark blankets covering my bed. I blinked heavily against the sudden brightness, the lingering fog of sleep lifting just enough fo
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Raphael's POV The heavy, suffocating silence of the room returned almost immediately after the final, violent waves of our shared completion subsided, leaving only the sound of our frantic, synchronized breathing to fill the dark space between us. I lay entirely motionless for a few long moments,
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Rapheal's POV The sudden, heavy impact of our bodies hitting the floorboards seemed to vibrate through the entire room, the thick rug beneath us doing very little to cushion the brute force of our collision. For a second that felt entirely too long, neither of us moved, our breathing coming in shor
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Narek's POVThe flickering torchlight along the eastern corridor of the main fortress cast long, distorted shadows against the damp stone walls as I made my way toward the Alpha’s private study with a heavy leather ledger gripped tightly under my left arm. The evening patrol had just returned from
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