CHAPTER FOUR:THE LUNA's SECRET
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The world around Aria seemed to stop.
The cold wind.
The whispering trees.
Even the wolves themselves stood frozen in silence.
*She was my mate.*
Darius’ words echoed painfully inside her mind.
Kael’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “You lie.”
But Darius remained calm.
“I have no reason to lie anymore.”
Aria looked between them, her thoughts spinning wildly. “There was another Blessed Luna before me?”
“Yes,” Darius answered quietly. “Her name was Selene.”
The moment he spoke her name, the moon above flickered strangely.
Silver light danced briefly through the forest.
Darius stared upward with distant sorrow in his crimson eyes.
“She was born over six hundred years ago,” he continued. “Kind. fearless. Powerful beyond imagination.”
Kael crossed his arms. “And because of you, she died.”
Pain flashed across Darius’ face for the first time.
“You know nothing about what happened.”
Aria watched carefully.
The hatred between them felt ancient.
Dangerous.
“What happened to her?” Aria asked softly.
For several seconds, Darius said nothing.
Then finally—
“The packs betrayed her.”
The wolves surrounding them shifted uneasily.
Darius stepped closer to Aria, his voice low and heavy.
“They feared her power once she united the kingdoms. The Alphas believed the Blessed Luna would eventually rule over them all.”
Kael immediately shook his head. “That’s not the full truth.”
“It is enough truth,” Darius snapped coldly.
The forest trembled slightly beneath his anger.
Aria’s chest tightened nervously.
“She trusted them,” Darius continued. “And they murdered her beneath the eclipse moon.”
A painful silence followed.
Aria felt her heart ache strangely.
Though she had never met Selene, the story stirred something deep inside her soul.
Almost like memory.
Then suddenly—
A sharp pain exploded through Aria’s head.
She gasped and stumbled backward.
Visions flooded her mind instantly.
A woman dressed in silver standing beneath a glowing eclipse.
Blood covering white stone.
A man screaming in agony.
Crimson eyes filled with tears.
Then—
Darkness.
Aria collapsed to her knees.
“Aria!” Kael rushed toward her.
But before he could touch her, silver energy burst violently around her body.
The ground cracked beneath her.
Trees bent under the force of the power.
Darius stared at her in shock.
“She’s remembering…” he whispered.
Aria clutched her head painfully as another vision appeared.
This time she saw Selene clearly.
The woman turned slowly toward her.
They had the same silver eyes.
The same face.
Selene smiled sadly.
*You have returned.*
Aria’s breathing stopped.
“What…?” she whispered weakly.
The vision disappeared instantly.
Kael grabbed her shoulders carefully. “What did you see?”
Aria looked at him fearfully.
“I know her,” she whispered. “The Luna… I know her.”
Darius’ expression darkened with realization.
“The moon reborn her soul,” he said quietly.
Kael froze.
“No.”
But deep down, he already knew it was possible.
The ancient legends spoke of it.
When darkness threatened the world beyond saving, the Blessed Luna would be reborn through the bloodline of the moon itself.
Aria slowly stood, trembling.
“This can’t be real…”
But before anyone could speak again—
A massive explosion shook the forest.
Flames suddenly rose between the trees behind them.
The wolves growled in alarm.
Hunters.
Hundreds of them.
Torches surrounded the forest from every direction.
Kael cursed immediately.
“They found us.”
Then a voice thundered through the flames.
“Bring us the Blessed Luna!”
A tall figure stepped forward wearing golden armor marked with crimson symbols. His silver blade glowed beneath the moonlight.
Commander Lucien.
Leader of the Crimson Order.
His cold eyes locked onto Aria instantly.
“You carry the curse of the moon,” he declared. “And tonight…”
He raised his blade.
“We end your bloodline forever.”
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