chapter 8
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The entire Silver Moon Pack fell silent.
Kate stood in the middle of the training grounds, surrounded by terrified warriors who had forgotten how to breathe.
Silver light surrounded her body, moving beneath her skin like something alive. Her heart pounded against her chest, but for the first time since her rejection, she didn't feel weak.
She felt powerful.
The Alpha stared at her with horror.
“No,” he whispered. “This isn't possible.”
Kate slowly lifted her head.
Her eyes were no longer their ordinary color.
They glowed silver.
“Tell me who I am,” she demanded.
The Alpha stepped backward.
“I said, tell me who I am!”
A deep growl escaped Kate's throat, so powerful that several warriors instinctively dropped to their knees.
Luna's voice echoed inside her mind.
You already know the answer.
Kate swallowed.
“I want to hear it from him.”
The Alpha's face hardened.
“You are a danger to this pack.”
Kate laughed bitterly.
“A danger? You rejected me, lied to me, and tried to hide my identity. And now you're calling me dangerous?”
“You don't understand what you are capable of.”
“Then explain it!”
Before the Alpha could answer, a familiar voice came from behind him.
“She's the last Moon Princess.”
Kate turned.
Her former mate stood there.
His clothes were covered in dirt and blood, and his expression was filled with guilt.
The moment their eyes met, Kate felt something inside her twist.
Her old heart still remembered him.
But she refused to let those feelings control her.
“You knew,” she whispered.
He lowered his head.
“Yes.”
Kate's eyes filled with tears.
“You knew who I was before you ever approached me.”
“Yes.”
“And you still let me believe you loved me.”
“I did love you.”
“Don't.”
Her voice cracked.
“Don't tell me you loved me after what you did.”
He took a step toward her.
“I was trying to protect you.”
“You broke me.”
“I know.”
“You watched me cry.”
“I know.”
“You watched me call for my wolf for four days.”
His eyes filled with regret.
“I know.”
Kate's hands trembled.
“And you did nothing.”
“I was trying to keep my father from finding out that your powers were awakening.”
Kate stared at him.
“You should have trusted me.”
“I was afraid.”
“Of me?”
“Of losing you.”
The words silenced her.
For a moment, nobody moved.
Then a scream came from the edge of the forest.
“INTRUDERS!”
Everyone turned.
A group of warriors came running toward the training grounds.
“Alpha!” one of them shouted. “We're under attack!”
The Alpha's expression changed instantly.
“How many?”
“We don't know. They're carrying silver weapons.”
Kate felt Luna stir inside her.
They have found you.
“Who are they?” Kate asked.
The Alpha looked at her.
“Hunters.”
A loud explosion shook the ground.
The pack members screamed as several warriors were thrown backward.
Kate's former mate immediately shifted.
His bones cracked, his body transforming into a massive black wolf.
Kate watched him run toward the forest.
Xander grabbed her arm.
“Kate, we need to get you somewhere safe.”
She pulled away.
“No.”
“Kate!”
“They came for me.”
Xander stared at her.
“You don't know that.”
“Yes, I do.”
Luna's voice became stronger.
They came for the Moon Bloodline.
Kate looked toward the forest.
“I won't hide anymore.”
She closed her eyes.
Her body began changing.
A sharp pain travelled through her bones as her transformation began.
She fell to her knees.
“Kate!” Xander shouted.
But then a blinding silver light exploded from her body.
When the light disappeared, a magnificent silver wolf stood where Kate had been.
Her fur shimmered beneath the moonlight.
Her eyes burned silver.
The warriors of the Silver Moon Pack stared in disbelief.
Even the Alpha looked afraid.
The silver wolf lifted her head and released a howl that echoed through the mountains.
Every wolf in the territory felt it.
The Moon Princess had awakened.
Kate charged into the forest.
She moved faster than she had ever imagined possible.
Trees blurred around her.
She could hear everything—the beating hearts of the hunters, the footsteps of the warriors, the frightened cries of pack members.
Then she saw them.
Hunters dressed in black surrounded several Silver Moon warriors.
One raised a silver sword.
Kate attacked.
She slammed into him before he could strike.
The hunter flew backward.
Another hunter fired a silver arrow.
Kate twisted through the air, narrowly avoiding it.
She landed and growled.
Suddenly, silver light burst from her paws.
The ground beneath the hunters cracked.
They fell.
Xander arrived moments later in his wolf form.
He stared at Kate.
“You're incredible.”
Kate didn't answer.
Her attention was fixed on the final hunter.
He stood completely still.
Then he smiled.
“You have your mother's eyes.”
Kate froze.
“My mother?”
The hunter laughed.
“You really don't know anything, do you?”
Kate stepped closer.
“What do you know about my mother?”
The hunter's smile disappeared.
“She is alive.”
Kate's heart stopped.
Luna whispered inside her mind.
We knew it.
Kate's entire body trembled.
“Where is she?”
The hunter looked toward the mountains.
“The Moon Kingdom.”
Kate's eyes widened.
“That kingdom was destroyed.”
“So everyone was told.”
The hunter suddenly reached for something beneath his coat.
Xander lunged forward.
But the hunter wasn't reaching for a weapon.
He pulled out a small silver pendant.
Kate recognized it immediately.
Her mother had worn one exactly like it in her childhood memories.
Kate stepped forward slowly.
“Where did you get that?”
The hunter smiled.
“Your mother gave it to me.”
“Why?”
“Because she knew one day you would awaken.”
Kate stared at the pendant.
“Take me to her.”
The hunter laughed.
“You don't give orders to the people who know where your family is.”
Kate's eyes began glowing brighter.
“You're right.”
She stepped closer.
“But you forgot something.”
The hunter looked at her.
Kate smiled coldly.
“I don't need you alive to find my mother.”
The hunter's expression changed.
And for the first time, Kate understood what Luna had been trying to teach her.
She wasn't the helpless girl who had been rejected by her mate.
She was the heir of the Moon Bloodline.
And the entire supernatural world was about to learn her name.
Kate.
The last Moon Princess.
The future Moon Queen.
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