Lunar Claimed

Chapter 10

I couldn’t wait until tomorrow night.

The moon was already pulling at me, whispering things I didn’t understand. My body felt like a bomb with the timer ticking down. If I was going to face whatever waited for me under the full moon, I needed answers first.

So I did something stupid.

I waited until the manor was quiet, slipped out through the balcony window, and climbed down the ivy like a thief in the night. My silver eye burned the entire way. Every step into the woods made the voices louder.

“Find the truth…”

“Before it’s too late…”

Jax had left a note on my locker earlier. A meeting place. Midnight. Deep in the neutral territory between Blackthorn and Silverfang lands.

I found him waiting in a small clearing, moonlight cutting through the trees onto his face. He looked tense, eyes scanning the darkness.

“You came,” he said, relief flooding his voice. “I wasn’t sure you would.”

“I need to know about my mother,” I said without wasting time. “The real story. Not the version everyone keeps feeding me.”

Jax exhaled slowly. “Your mother was a Lunar Born, just like you. She was supposed to be the bridge between the packs. But Victor Blackthorn saw her as a threat. He hunted her for years. When she got pregnant with you, she ran.”

I swallowed hard. “And my father?”

“Dead,” Jax said quietly. “Killed protecting her. The Blackthorns made sure of it.”

The truth hit like a punch to the chest. My legs felt weak.

Before I could ask anything else, a low growl ripped through the trees.

Darius and Damien stepped into the clearing like shadows given form. Their eyes were glowing — bright silver and stormy gray. Power rolled off them in waves.

“Get away from her,” Darius snarled, stalking forward.

Jax didn’t back down. “She deserves the truth, Blackthorn. You’ve been lying to her since day one.”

The air crackled with aggression. More wolves emerged from the shadows — Blackthorn enforcers on one side, Silverfang on the other. The two packs faced each other across the clearing, teeth bared, eyes glowing.

This was about to turn bloody.

“Stop!” I shouted, stepping between them.

My voice carried more power than I expected. Several wolves flinched.

Damien’s gaze locked on me, furious and desperate. “You snuck out. Alone. Do you have any idea how dangerous that is right now?”

“I needed answers,” I fired back. “Real ones. Not the half-truths you keep giving me.”

Darius moved closer, his body vibrating with tension. “We were trying to protect you.”

“Protect me?” I laughed bitterly. “You were ordered to kill me the day I arrived. Don’t pretend this was ever about protection.”

The clearing went silent.

Damien’s face tightened with pain. “Yes,” he admitted, voice raw. “We were ordered to kill you. Quietly. Make it look like an accident. That was our mission.”

My heart cracked.

“But we couldn’t,” Darius continued, stepping even closer. “The second we smelled you, the bond took over. We would rather burn our entire pack to the ground than hurt you.”

The wolves around us shifted uneasily. Some Blackthorn enforcers growled in disapproval.

I looked at both twins, tears burning in my eyes. The power inside me surged, hot and uncontrollable.

“Choose,” I said, my voice trembling but clear. “Right now. Your pack or me. Because I’m done being caught in the middle. I’m done being a pawn in everyone’s war.”

Damien and Darius stared at me.

Then, without hesitation, they both moved.

They walked past their own enforcers and came to stand beside me — one on my left, one on my right. Openly. Defiantly.

Darius looked straight at the Blackthorn wolves. “She is our mate. Our Luna. If you want to get to her, you go through us.”

Damien’s voice was colder, deadlier. “Our father’s orders no longer matter. Nova comes first.”

Gasps and growls erupted from both sides.

The power inside me exploded.

A bright silver light burst from my body, illuminating the entire clearing. Wolves whined and backed away. Trees creaked. The ground trembled beneath my feet.

I gasped as the energy rushed through me like a river breaking free. For one breathtaking moment, I felt every wolf in the clearing — their fear, their loyalty, their confusion.

Then it was gone, leaving me breathless and shaking.

Jax stared at me with wide eyes. “You’re even stronger than we thought…”

Before anyone could speak again, a sharp pain tore through my spine.

I cried out, doubling over.

The full moon was beginning to rise.

My bones started to break.

The first c***k echoed through the clearing like a gunshot. I fell to my knees, gasping in agony as my body began to tear itself apart from the inside.

“Nova!” Both twins dropped beside me, hands reaching out.

The shift was starting.

And I was completely unprepared.