All Chapters of His Fear Her Becoming : Chapter 21 - Chapter 29

Lyra's POVThe Moon Goddess stood at the foot of my cell, smiling down at me.She was more radiant than I remembered. Her hair flowed like liquid moonlight, her gown shimmered with stars. But her eyes—her eyes held a sorrow that made my chest ache.“ My child," she said. Her voice warm and terrifying, like a fire you wanted to touch even knowing it would burn. “You have suffered much.”I pulled against my chains, crawling my way towards her. “Then why won't you free me?”“Because your freedom is not mine to give. It is yours to take.” She stepped closer, and the more she came closer, the more the silver chains on my wrists glowed. “But first, you must see.” She said.“See what?”“The truth.” She raised her hand. “The truth you were denied. The truth was Aiden was too afraid to seek.” She said and touched my forehead with her fingers. And the world suddenly disappeared.I was no longer in the cell; I stood in the great hall of Howler Pack, but it was no longer the beautiful pack I grew

Nicholas POVIt was getting dark when I found Lyra and a Lycan woman I didn't recognize, stumbling out of the treeline, half-dead, covered in blood and ash and something that looked like silver light still clinging to Lyra's skin.My heart stopped for a movement,then it started again, pounding so hard I thought my ribs would crack."Lyra!" I found my foot running towards her before I could think.As she saw me,her face crumpled. And then she was running too, closing the distance between us, crashing into my chest so hard I nearly fell backward."I thought I lost you," I whispered into her hair."You didn't." Her voice was muffled against my shirt. "I'm here. I'm okay."I held her tighter,not wanting to let go,and I was planning on doing that if the lycan woman didn't clear her throat."I'm Sera," she said,like I cared. "I helped her escape. The Rogue King is going to come looking for her. Soon."I pulled back from Lyra but didn't let go. My eyes scanned her face, her arms, her hands,f

Aiden's POVShe walked out of my office without looking back."I wish you won't make my staying here harder than it already is."Her words cut deeper than any blade could.I stood there for a long moment, staring at the door she had disappeared through. The map was still spread across the table. The candles were still burning. But everything felt colder than before.She was here. Lyra was here,and yet she felt so far away. And she even came with another man.The rogue. Nicholas. The way he had stood by the door, watching me like a wolf protecting his territory. The way he had growled at me—growled—like I was the enemy.Like I was the one who didn't belong in my own pack, made me feel all sorts of emotions that I didn't like."Alpha."Grayson's voice pulled me from my thoughts. I hadn't heard him enter,I have been so distracted these days that I'm hardly aware of the presence of someone."What?""The rogues are settling in the eastern barracks. Lyra requested a tent near the training y

Aiden's POVShe came to the war room at dawn, exactly as she'd promised. No Nicholas trailing behind her this time. Just Lyra, her hair still damp from washing, dressed in the leathers that Raven had given her, instead of anything that belonged to the pack.I tried not to notice how well they suited her."You wanted to talk battle plans," she said, stopping at the edge of the table. Not crossing it,she kept the wood between us like a wall she'd built on purpose."I did." I cleared my throat and forced my eyes to the map instead of her face. "The scouts spotted the first of the Rogue King's forces moving through the northern pass last night. If they keep that pace, they'll reach the valley by tomorrow's dusk. Right as the blood moon rises.""Of course they will." Her mouth twisted, bitter. "He's always had a flair for theater.""You know him.""I know what twenty years of hatred does to a person who used to be an Alpha." She moved closer to the map, studying the markers Grayson had pin