Episode 1_ THE MOON’S FINAL WARNING
THE MOON’S FINAL WARNING
Darkness.
Not the peaceful darkness of night.
The kind of darkness that existed before a kingdom fell.
Alpha Kael Blackthorne stood alone in a forest covered in ash. The air was heavy, silent, wrong……
No warriors.
No voices.
No heartbeat of the kingdom he had protected for years.
Only the sound of something burning.
He turned.
The Midnight palace was on fire.
Flames climbed the ancient walls that had stood for centuries. The banners of the Blackthorne bloodline fell from the towers, consumed by a fire that should never have touched them.
Kael’s breath stopped.
“Impossible.”
Midnight was untouchable.
His warriors were unmatched.
His enemies feared his name.
So why did his kingdom look like it was already dead?
Then he heard it.
A cry.
A newborn’s cry.
Kael followed the sound through the burning halls, his instincts screaming at him to move faster. He passed fallen warriors, broken weapons, and shadows moving where no one should have been.
Until he reached the throne room.
And there she was.
Seraphine.
His Luna.
His goddess.
She stood in the middle of the destruction, her silver hair falling over her shoulders, her eyes filled with pain and tears.
But she was smiling, because in her arms was a child.
Their child.
The heir they had waited years for.
Kael’s heart shook.
“Seraphine…”
She looked at him.
But something was different.
There was fear in her eyes.
Not fear for herself.
Fear for the child.
“Kael,” she whispered.
Her voice carried through the burning room.
“You cannot protect what they have already decided to erase.”
The flames suddenly stopped.
Silence swallowed everything.
Kael stepped closer.
“What are you saying?”
Seraphine looked down at the baby.
Then back at him.
“Promise me…”
Her fingers tightened around the child.
“Promise me you will find him.”
The moment those words left her mouth, darkness rushed behind her.
Kael moved.
“Seraphine!”
A shadow reached toward the child.
Kael tried to fight it.
Tried to move.
Tried to save them.
But his body would not respond.
The last thing he saw was Seraphine turning away, protecting the baby with her own body.
And the last thing he heard was a whisper from the darkness.
“The Midnight bloodline ends tonight.”
Kael woke violently.
His hand moved instantly, searching for a weapon that was not there.
For a moment, the burning palace, the shadows, and Seraphine’s fearful eyes still surrounded him.
And reality returned.
His eyes turned.
His breathing was heavy.
For a moment, he did not know where he was.
Then he felt her.
Warm…..Alive….. Beside him.
“Kael?”
Seraphine’s sleepy voice pulled him back.
His eyes found hers.
The woman from his dream.
The woman who was supposed to die.
She stiffened slightly.
“What happened?”
Kael said nothing, because how could he explain a nightmare where he lost everything?
Seraphine was lying beside him, peacefully asleep, one hand resting over the curve of her stomach.
A slow breath escaped him.
“Kael?”
Her voice was soft.
Her eyes opened slightly as she noticed the tension in his face.
He stared at her for a moment, as if trying to convince himself that she was truly there.
That the nightmare had not taken her from him.
Without answering, he pulled her into his arms.
Not like an Alpha holding his Luna.
Like a man afraid of losing the only thing that mattered.
Seraphine felt the strength behind his embrace and frowned gently.
“You look like you have just returned from a war.”
Kael lowered his eyes.
“Maybe I did.”
Her expression changed.
“Kael…”
He brushed his fingers through her hair, then pressed a slow kiss against her forehead.
“I saw something.”
The playfulness disappeared from her face.
“A vision?”
He did not answer immediately, because saying it aloud would make it feel real.
Finally, he whispered:
“Our home was burning.”
Seraphine became still.
“And?”
Kael looked down at her stomach.
His hand slowly moved over the place where their child rested.
“And you were holding our son.”
The room became quiet.
Seraphine covered his hand with hers.
“He is safe.”
Kael looked at her.
But his expression carried a fear she rarely saw.
“That is what scares me.”
Her brows tightened.
“What do you mean?”
His thumb moved gently across her stomach as if he could feel the heartbeat beneath it.
“For years, Midnight has faced enemies who came with swords and armies. I know how to fight those enemies.”
His voice lowered.
“But the darkness I saw…”
He paused.
“It was different.”
Seraphine watched him carefully.
“What did you see?”
Kael’s jaw tightened.
“A kingdom falling from within.”
The words settled heavily between them.
Seraphine looked toward the window where the moonlight entered.
“The Moon Goddess does not send visions without reason.”
Kael looked back at his mate.
“And what if the reason is a warning?”
Seraphine reached up and touched his face.
“Then we face it together.”
For a moment, Kael said nothing, because she was the only person in the world who could make an Alpha feel human.
He placed another kiss on her forehead.
Then his hand returned to their child.
“Whatever comes,” he whispered, “I will protect you both.”
But deep beneath Midnight’s ancient lands…
something old stirred.
Something that had been waiting.
Kael looked toward the window.
The moon was bright above Midnight.
Beautiful and peaceful.
Yet somewhere deep inside him, a warning remained.
Something was coming.
Something that even an Alpha could not fight alone.
Before he could answer, a knock sounded at the door.
Kael moved to the next room where he could receive others.
A warrior entered.
“Alpha.”
Kael turned.
“The north
ern warriors have returned.”
The warrior bowed.
“Victory has been secured.”
The palace erupted with celebration.
But Kael did not smile, because deep inside, he knew.
Some victories were only the beginning of a war.
And somewhere in the darkness, a forgotten fate began moving towards them.
