Chapter 13 +5 Points You’d think being the Luna of the richest, most powerful Alpha in the Shadowborn Pack would feel like a dream. It doesn’t. Not when that dream is someone else’s fantasy, and you’re just the placeholder until she shows up again. After my rebirth–yes, rebirth, because the Moon Goddess clearly thought I … Read more
Chapter 12 Later, I had another dream–one that clawed its way up from the depths of a past life. A nightmare. I hadn’t died by falling from a tall building. No. I died crushed beneath the metal teeth of an excavator. Chapter 12 5 Points The earthquake had ended. Dust choked the air, and silence … Read more
Chapter 11 That night with Alpha Zachary was tender, unforgettable. Afterward, as dawn slipped gently through the curtains, painting gold across our tangled sheets, he looked almost bashful. His voice was low, thick with concern. “Sorry,” he murmured, brushing his fingers over the marks he’d left. “I was too rough… too Chapter 11 +5 Points … Read more
Chapter 10 Chapter 10 + 5 Points I laughed–softly, coldly–the kind of laugh that echoes through the bones of a wolf and makes even the fiercest predators uneasy. Looking straight at Alpha Freddie, I didn’t bother hiding the shimmer of pity in my eyes. “A pack… an Alpha,” I said, voice as sharp as a … Read more
Chapter 9 “You really think Wesden–the top medical. university in the world–will just let her in because you ran a smear campaign?” “You’re insane,” I whispered. “Both of you.” And I meant it. Because no matter how twisted this pack’s politics were, even the Moon Goddess herself wouldn’t grant Shirley what she was chasing. Chapter … Read more
Chapter 8 5 Points: Watched the Crescent Pack elders exchange glances, their faces a web of silent schemes and thinly veiled manipulation. They had hoped to trap me with a fait accompli -force a decision, pressure me while I grieved. Lock me into a life I never wanted. But they underestimated me. Because just then, … Read more
Chapter 7 At Alpha Zachary’s funeral, the villa still bore Chapter 7 +5 Points the remnants of the wedding that would never come to pass. Crimson double–happiness. banners fluttered faintly in the breeze–symbols of joy and union that hadn’t even gathered dust before being ripped down and replaced with stark black mourning streamers. I remembered … Read more
Chapter 6 5 Points Alpha Zachary, normally elusive, had spent the past month appearing at my doorstep nearly every day. In just a few weeks, we’d spoken more than we had in all the years of my youth combined. That day, he arrived with a bouquet of blooming hyacinths. The purple petals trembled in the … Read more
Chapter 5 + 5 Points “You were scared of the dark–I walked you home every night. You were always cold- I brought extra jackets. You were allergic to wheat–I learned how to make rice cakes from scratch!” “I bent over backward for you! I treated you like the moon itself–but it was never enough for … Read more
Chapter 4 5 Points At the hospital, after all the drama had settled and Shirley had been declared out of danger, Old Luna Kate turned to her with a rare softness in her voice. “What would you like as thanks, dear?” she asked. Shirley tilted her head and smiled sweetly, “I don’t want anything,” she … Read more