All Chapters of Loving Luna : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

For three heartbeats, nobody moved.The valley was silent.Not peaceful.Silent.There was a difference.Peace was birdsong after rain.Peace was Darius's heartbeat beneath Luna's ear.Peace was waking beside him with Auren and Nyra arguing inside her mind while Elara quietly watched and their newly discovered fourth daughter apparently demanded breakfast.This—was the silence left behind when something ancient disappeared from the universe.Luna stood in Darius's arms and stared at the empty sky.The crack was gone.The Unmade were gone.The last door was gone.Aurelia was free.Creation had survived.So why did Luna feel as if something was wrong?Darius felt the change through their bond.His hand tightened around her waist.“What is it?”“I don't know.”His eyes immediately scanned the valley.Silas did the same.Mira remained in wolf form, white fur streaked with blood from the battle.Eira stood beside her.Ronan's shadows curled restlessly around his feet.Astra stared at the

Pain tore through Luna.She screamed.Darius's hand nearly broke beneath her grip.He didn't complain.Didn't move.Didn't even breathe properly.He sat beside her while the healer moved quickly around the bed, issuing instructions Luna was increasingly tempted to ignore.“Again, Luna.”“I am!”“Push.”“I AM PUSHING!”Darius leaned closer.“You're doing well.”Luna's head snapped towards him.“Don't.”He froze.“Don't what?”“Tell me I'm doing well!”His eyebrows rose.“All right.”Another contraction ripped through her.Luna cried out and crushed his fingers.“Tell me I'm doing well!”Darius immediately nodded.“You're doing exceptionally well.”The healer hid a smile.Luna glared at her.“Don't laugh.”“I wouldn't dream of it.”“You're laughing inside.”“Possibly.”Darius brushed damp hair from Luna's forehead.She was exhausted.Hours had passed.Or perhaps minutes.Time had become meaningless somewhere between the second contraction and Luna threatening to personally destroy child

The first wolf attacked before sunrise.Darius heard the scream from the courtyard.He was out of bed before the second one came.Luna woke instantly.“Darius?”“Stay here.”She stared at him.He stopped halfway through pulling on his shirt.“Right.”“Three months, and you're still trying.”“Instinct.”“Bad instinct.”Another roar shook the castle.This one wasn't human.Darius's expression changed.Luna was already moving.She lifted Maeve from the cradle and placed her beside Auren, Nyra, and Elara in the enormous reinforced crib Darius had ordered built after Nyra's third unexplained flight across the nursery.White fire curled over Luna's fingers.Aurora surged beneath her skin.Wrong.Luna froze.“What?”Something wrong.Darius heard through their bond.“With the attacker?”Aurora growled.Wolf.Darius's own wolf pushed forward.Then recoiled.Darius grabbed the edge of the dresser.Luna spun.“Darius?”“I'm fine.”“You're lying.”His eyes flashed black.Then silver.Then black a

The hand descended.It covered the sky.Golden light swallowed Black Moon Castle.Luna didn't think.She reacted.“MY CHILDREN!”White fire exploded from her body.Darius grabbed her as she launched towards the staircase.“Luna!”“Let me go!”“I am coming with you.”The mountain shook violently.Stone cracked.Orion fell to one knee.Gold poured from the fractures spreading across his skin.Silas caught him.“Stay upright.”Orion laughed weakly.“You always this charming?”“Yes.”“Explains why nobody likes you.”Silas stared.“I like him,” Luna snapped.Silas looked almost touched.“Thank you.”“Not the time!”Another impact rocked the chamber.BOOM.Creation's door split.Orion's head snapped towards it.“No.”Luna stopped.“What?”He stared at the crack.“She isn't only outside.”Darius looked towards the sealed door.“How?”“The thing outside is a projection.”Silas understood.“Her body is still imprisoned.”“Yes.”Another crack.“And she's waking.”Luna's stomach dropped.Above t

Every child began to glow.Gold.Blue.Green.Silver.Four colours flooded the shattered nursery until shadows vanished entirely.Luna couldn't move.Auren burned gold in Darius's arms.Nyra's tiny body was surrounded by blue light.Maeve screamed as green power poured from her fingers and disappeared into the mountain.And Elara—Elara stood completely still.Silver eyes fixed on Destruction.Choice.Will.Earth.And whatever Nyra was becoming.“No.”Luna's voice shook.“No.”Destruction smiled with Gareth's face.“You really should stop saying that. It has never been particularly effective.”Darius's sword flashed.The blade entered Gareth's chest.Luna gasped.Destruction looked down at it.Then back at Darius.“Oh.”Darius twisted the blade.“Effective enough?”Blackness exploded from the wound.Darius was thrown across the room.“DARIUS!”Luna's Phoenix erupted.She caught him before he struck the wall.He landed hard against her.“I'm fine.”“You were just thrown through a room.