All Chapters of The Rise of a Forsaken Luna: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

ALPHA REXTON~~Lady Tanya?The name… dammit! That lie would have been comical if Seraphina weren’t living it way too perfectly. I sat there, my fingers digging into the velvet fabric of my chair until the wood beneath groaned, while she, Seraphina, stood up gracefully. Every instinct I possessed… every drop of Alpha blood in my veins was screaming that the woman standing across from me was the same one I had once called mine. “She was ours, and she still is,” Kane growled within me, pacing frantically, filling my chest with a suffocating heat.Unlike me, he didn’t care about the games I was playing. Nor did he seem to care about where she had been these past few years. All Kane cared about was the fact that she was standing there, in the flesh and also claiming her. “She’s our mate, Rexton.” Karn gritted his teeth at the back of my mind. “You have to be kind to her—"“I have been kind to her, but she betrayed me.” I seethed as her lips began to move. “Dammit, she betrayed us, K

DAHLIA’S POV~~I stared at the woman standing before me, and for the first time in years, I felt the cold prickle of genuine terror.She wasn’t supposed to be back. She was never meant to return, yet there she was, staring at me like I was nothing but a helpless fly she could stomp on if she wanted. I could see her. Seraphina.The shape of her eyes, the curve of her jaw… and yet, I couldn't see her at all. The girl I had carefully destroyed was gone. If Camille hadn't whispered those venomous suspicions in my ear earlier, I might have convinced myself I was hallucinating. I wouldn't have known for sure that this so-called Lady Tanya was the same pathetic creature I had failed to kill five years ago. “Why is that any of your business, Dahlia?”Her voice hit me like a crashing plane as she responded to the question I had forgotten I asked. There was no tremor of fear, no pleading for mercy. Her tone was unwavering and thick with confidence.“And is that fear rolling off you?” S

SERAPHINA~~He let me go. Just like that? Even after he figured out that I had fooled him? I couldn’t believe it, even as I settled in the car with Kieran, who turned on the engine and drove out of the garage calmly. “He is a coward,” Kia muttered within me, pleased that it was finally over. And I was pleased too, but still I couldn’t help but think back to the moment I realized he, Alpha Rexton, was my destined mate. Plus, the way he just let me go, picking political benefits over me, caused my heart to tighten. It was a bitter reminder of everything I already knew. To Rexton, I was never a person. I was a prize, an asset, or a liability.Tonight, I was a liability he couldn't afford.Yet, the moon goddess chose to pair me with him? It made no sense. “You’re shaking, Princess,” Kieran said softly, his eyes flicking to me briefly before returning to the dark road ahead.I looked down at my hands. They were trembling so violently that the silver fabric of my gown shook along

ALPHA REXTON~~It had been a week. Seven days of the destined pull tugging at my ribcage, dragging my thoughts miles away from my body like a compass needle stuck on a single coordinate.A week since the Gala… A week of torture and—“It has also been a week since you stupidly let her go,” Kane snarled, his claws scraping against the back of my skull. He had been beyond mad since the gala, mourning the loss of the woman he had finally recognized as his mate after five years of unexplained longing. “I told you we would get her back,” I growled internally, throwing on my clothes impatiently. I had come home to freshen up and change my clothes, but I needed to get out of the mansion before Dahlia found me. She had been hovering like a shadow for days, trying to get my attention. Since she had to return to the pack from the Gala all by herself, I knew she would be mad, and I wasn’t ready to listen to her rants.I have other pressing matters—“But she still isn’t your priority,” Kan

ALPHA REXTON~~The report from my spies was all the confirmation I needed. Now that I knew where Seraphina was and was certain she wasn’t leaving anytime soon, I didn’t hesitate to pick up my phone after Ethan left, taking the next step towards getting what was destined to be mine. “Alpha Rexton?” The shaky voice of an elder I knew and respected hit my eardrums after only two rings. “Councilman Brandon.” I greeted, my voice smooth and measured. I leaned back in my leather chair, staring at the map of the Lycan territory pinned to my wall. “I trust you’ve had time to review the recent reports regarding the rebel activity near the Northern borders?”“I have, Alpha. The Council is concerned about the reactions of the Lycans to this new development," The old man replied, a hint of fatigue in his tone.“As am I,” I said, letting a note of false concern color my words. Not that I wasn’t worried too, but I was more pumped about something else, and I didn’t think twice before I added.