Moon Eclipse Throne：Bride of the Cursed Wolf King

Liam’s coughing crackled through the satellite phone—like a rusted saw grinding into my eardrum. “Sis… it’s like wolves… chewing on my bones…” My fingernails scraped into the cracks of the altar’s stone coffin. The chill seeped through my knuckles， creeping straight to my heart. The money to save him… was pinned to this coffin lid. A silver dagger， etched with runes， stabbed right through the mural’s black wolf—dead center of its heart. Sorry， ancestors. I’ll offer you Nordic virgin boys after this. One per night， no repeats. Male models count too. I grabbed the dagger and yanked. CRACK. That’s the moment my life split in two. The coffin lid exploded into powder. Black mist shot out like venomous snakes， coiled around my ankles—and yanked me upside down into the air! From the smoke， a pair of eyes opened—left one molten gold， the right a frozen shade of blood. “A thousand years…” The voice rumbled like rocks grinding in a chest.“And I’m awakened by a little coffin-thieving rat?” The next second， an ice-cold hand wrapped around my throat and slammed me onto the edge of the coffin. CRACK. My spine nearly pierced my own neck. And then I saw him—clearly. Help. I just grave-robbed a naked supermodel. If you ignore the magma-dripping black horns and the blood-red sigils writhing under his skin. He pressed his nose to my carotid， paused， then let his fang brush my neck. Every hair on my body stood on end. “Lilian…” he whispered， voice like a blade dragged across stone.“That wound from your betrayal still burns. And you dare return?” “You’ve got the wrong girl!” I gritted my teeth and kicked his shin. Bad move. Felt like I kicked a slab of volcanic rock. “I’m Ella! I just need to sell the dagger to save my brother!” His brows twitched. My backpack burst open with a pop—medical files， hospital photos of Liam tangled in tubes flew into the red mist. “Wolfblood infection…” he muttered， eyes narrowing like he was critiquing a recipe. “Fascinating. Three months until his bones rot to dust. But you? You could die right now.” I screamed hoarsely，“No! Your blood can save him!” “It’s in The Wolfkin Chronicles， Volume Seven! The heartblood of a pureblood Wolf King neutralizes the toxin!” He paused. His grip didn’t ease—but I felt it. A flicker of hesitation. “Do you understand the price， little thief?” His fingers slid down my collarbone. A searing pain pierced my chest like branding iron. “To use my blood， you become my blood-bound bride. On the night of the full moon， you’ll let me feed.” He leaned closer. “With your body… you’ll tame my madness.” Then he shoved me against his bare chest. Sulfur and snowfall slammed into my lungs. “Choose. Sign the pact—or watch your brother rot.” My mind rang like a siren. Liam’s face flashed in front of me—the first time he called me sis when he was five. It hooked straight into my heart. …Fine. I’ll sign. Rest in pieces， Ella. In my head， I carved my own epitaph: “Here lies a graverobbing girl who sold herself for her brother. Her proudest achievement? Signing herself away to a wolf.” He bit his thumb. Dark golden blood dripped onto my collarbone. SIZZLE. Agony licked up my skin like fire. A roaring wolf totem branded itself into my flesh. I could almost hear it howling in my bones. “Contract sealed.” He licked the blood from his fingertip. His pupils dilated， voice low like a warning. “Time to collect the first payment—” NOW. I yanked out the titanium archaeological brush hidden in my sleeve and jabbed straight at his blood-red eye! “Chew on this instead!” He tilted his head. The brush scraped his horn with a sharp metallic clang. The sound exploded in my skull. My wrist went numb on impact. Silence. He slowly ran a finger along the tiny scratch on his horn… stared… then burst into manic laughter. “A thousand years! Since Lilian the traitor， no one’s dared touch my true form!” He grabbed my jaw， forced me to look up. His blood-red eyes lit like torches from hell. “Excellent. My bride… You’ve got more bite than a rat.” A chorus of howls rose from outside. The blood moon crept over the peak. The air dropped below freezing in an instant. His body jolted. Black fur erupted under his skin， swarming over his shoulders like a tide. “The full moon… came early.” His jaw clenched. Fangs shot out and pierced my neck! Blood flowed down my collarbone into the glowing totem. “Say the purification chant!” he barked. “I don’t know it!!” I choked， vision spinning. The totem blazed. My world twisted— A battlefield raining fire. A silver-haired woman drove the dagger into the black wolf’s heart— And took his claw through her gut. Blood splattered into a perfect lunar eclipse. “By eclipse… I seal—!” Her scream merged with mine， erupting from my throat. Caius recoiled like he’d been electrocuted. His eyes snapped wide. “What did you just chant?!” Before I could answer， a silver arrow shot through the cave mouth— Whistled past my ear， nailed into the bone plating on his chest. “KILL THE WOLF KING! FOR LADY LILIAN!” Dozens of shadows flooded in. Torches blazed. Silver arrows rained down like a storm. Caius roared: “Lilian! You betray me AGAIN!” And then—he fully transformed. A three-meter-tall wolf sank his jaws into my collar， flung me straight into the underground river! “Run while you can. Our debt’s not over.” As I plunged into the freezing dark， I looked back— The giant wolf stood against a silver storm. His left eye， golden， locked on me like a lighthouse. His right— A bleeding black void that could swallow mountains. The brand on my collarbone burned in the water. Fantastic. Signed a blood pact five minutes ago… and the debt collector just chucked me into hell’s deep freezer.