All Chapters of Loving Luna : Chapter 101 - Chapter 106

The crying stopped before Darius reached the children's room.He stopped outside the door.Luna, still in his arms, listened.Silence.Darius narrowed his eyes.“That is suspicious.”Luna smiled.“They probably went back to sleep.”“Our children?”“Yes.”“The same children who once woke the entire eastern wing because Nyra's blanket touched her foot?”“She was two.”“She declared war on fabric.”Luna laughed.“Put me down.”“No.”“Darius.”“You're comfortable.”“You're impossible.”“You married me.”“We never actually had a normal wedding.”Darius stopped.Luna felt his entire body become still.Oh.She knew that stillness.Dangerous thought.“Darius.”He looked at her.“What?”“Don't.”“Don't what?”“Whatever just happened inside your head.”His expression became offensively innocent.“Nothing happened.”“You have the face.”“What face?”“The one you get before rearranging an entire kingdom.”“I don't rearrange kingdoms.”“You helped rewrite Black Moon's government.”“Necessary.”“Yo

Auren did not hear his shadow speak.Nyra did.She stopped licking icing from her finger.Her eyes moved beneath the table.Auren sat beside her, carefully separating berries from his cake because apparently five-year-old Auren had developed principles concerning fruit placement.Nova was explaining to Nia why stealing icing was “an unequal distribution of resources.”Nia was ignoring every word.Nyra stared at the floor.Auren's shadow looked normal.Mostly.Then its head turned.Auren didn't.Nyra's eyes widened.“Brother.”Auren looked up.“What?”“Your dark moved.”He glanced down.“No.”“Yes.”“Shadows move when we move.”“You no move.”Auren frowned.“You mean didn't move.”Nyra glared.“Not school.”Across the room, Luna stopped mid-bite.Darius noticed immediately.“What?”She looked toward the children.“Nothing.”His eyes narrowed.“That was your nothing voice.”“I don't have a nothing voice.”“You absolutely do.”Nyra crawled beneath the table.Luna immediately stood.“Nyra

Nobody answered.The Stranger waited.That frightened Luna more than an attack would have.Hunger had demanded.The Order had taken.Gods had commanded.Even the oldest creatures they had encountered had arrived believing their age gave them some right to decide what happened next.But the thing beyond existence had knocked.And asked permission.MAY I COME IN?Darius stood beside Luna, sword drawn.“No.”Luna looked at him.“You're answering?”“Yes.”“You don't know what it is.”“Exactly.”The starless sky remained silent.Then—I ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER.Darius blinked.Luna blinked.Lucien looked almost disappointed.“That worked?”Darius slowly lowered his sword.“I told you.”Luna stared at him.“You didn't know.”“I was confident.”“You were guessing.”“Confidently.”Silas rubbed his face.“Can we perhaps appreciate that the incomprehensible entity accepted the boundary instead of discussing Darius's ego?”“No,” Luna said.“Yes,” Darius said simultaneously.Then the stars began retur