All Chapters of The Alpha's Lost Luna : Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

Highbranch burned slowly.Not all at once, and somehow that made it worse.Smoke rolled upward in thick black pillars while distant screams carried through the forest valleys long after the gates fell. The great reinforced walls that once made people feel untouchable now stood broken inward, splintered beneath Embermoon rams and fire. By dawn the mountain winds carried ash instead of dry leaves. The war lasted four hours, four hours of fighting through cliffs, woodland trenches, and narrow settlement roads while Highbranch warriors dropped one after another beneath Embermoon numbers.The Blood Moon led the second breach personally.People recognized him immediately.Tall, broad shouldered, dark armor streaked with old dried blood. The lower half of his face carried a jagged scar running from beneath his jaw into his throat like something once tried tearing his neck apart. Silver threaded through parts of his hair thoug

Holden entered first.The heavy throne room doors shut behind him with a deep echo that rolled through the chamber.“My Alpha,” he greeted casually.At the far end of the hall, seated upon the dark throne carved from black stone and silver, Evren barely looked up from the documents being passed to him by Leander. “You returned earlier than expected.”His voice carried easily across the room, calm, controlled, cold. The voice of a man used to obedience before he even finished speaking.Holden walked further inward, boots clicking against polished stone.“Yes well, Highbranch collapsed faster than anticipated.”Several nobles shifted subtly nearby while commanders remained still along the sides of the throne room.“And?” Evren asked without interest.Holden’s grin widened.“And I found something interesting.”That made Evren finally look up.Only a few things ever held

AJ looked up instantly from the couch near the windows. His expression flattened. Boo’s mouth twitched slightly.“You came all the way here shirtless just to flirt?”Holden glanced down at himself casually. “You noticed.”Boo snorted softly under his breath.Behind Holden, Snow finally looked annoyed. “Uncle Holden keeps talking instead of taking us inside.”“I am building connections,” Holden defended.“You’re staring,” Forrest corrected sleepily.Holden ignored that completely. His eyes dragged over Boo again slowly and somehow shamelessly. Fresh curls. Warm skin. Loose dark robes hanging carelessly from one shoulder. Moon Goddess. The bath earlier genuinely made Boo look unfair.Holden had seen beautiful people before. Embermoon was full of nobles obsessed with breeding pretty children. This felt different. Boo looked soft in a way that made a person want to ruin their own life a little.AJ’s fingers

Eira looked away, remaining silent. Evren watched her for a long moment before sighing. He wanted answers. Moon Goddess, he wanted answers. Seven years of questions had followed him into every battlefield, every council meeting, every sleepless night. But she was here now. Alive. Breathing. Close enough to touch."Fine." He rubbed a hand over his face. "Keep your secrets for one more night then. You're not going anywhere."Eira's throat tightened unexpectedly. He should have been angry. Maybe he was. The worst part was that he was trying not to be."In the meantime," he continued quietly, his hand settling against her leg, "you will stay here."Eira looked up. Something in his expression made her chest hurt. Not because he looked furious, but because he looked tired—exhausted in a way she had never seen before.Then he added, "You will be my mistress."The words hit her like a slap. Mistress. Not Luna. Not mate. Mistres