Rejected By The Alpha King : Silver Luna

Chapter 6: Training the Silver Wolf

*"Don’t touch me."*

My voice was as cold as the Forbidden Forest, but my body was on fire. The *Eclipse Bond* pulsed every time Ryker got within two meters.

He stood three meters away, hesitant to step closer. His obsidian-silver claws were tucked away, but his Alpha aura still pressed down on me. Once, it made my knees weak. Now? *Nyx* growled in my head, bouncing back the pressure.

Twenty Eternal Moonpack warriors formed a distant circle, scared. Yesterday, their Alpha King bowed to a former servant. Today, that servant was giving orders to the Alpha.

*The world turned upside down.*

*"I won’t touch you,"* Ryker raised his hand, his voice hoarse from lack of sleep. He’d kept watch outside my cave. *"But you need to learn to control Nyx. Three days until the eclipse, and Kaelan is coming. If you shift like that again, you’ll break."*

I glanced at my normal claws. Inside, *Nyx* was restless, hungry to hunt, to kill Kaelan.

*"Teach me,"* I said. *"But if you say anything stupid, I’ll stab you."*

Ryker smirked—a smile that used to melt servants, now made me want to slap him. *"Step one: Feel Nyx. Don’t fight her. If you resist, she’ll push back. You have to... dance with her."*

*"Dance?"* I shot him a glare.

*"Yeah. Like when you danced with me during the... bond."*

The *Eclipse Bond* flared in my chest. Heat rushed to my face. He was doing it on purpose. *Damn.*

*"Close your eyes,"* he commanded gently. *"Find the silver light in the dark. Just pull a little. Not all of it."*

I obeyed. Eyes shut. Darkness. Then... I saw it. A lake of silver light. Calm. *Nyx* swam within, watching me, waiting.

*"Good,"* Ryker’s voice was close. *"Now, imagine holding a bow. Not a wooden one. A moonlight bow."*

I pictured it, raised my right hand. Suddenly... it was cold. Something icy formed in my palm.

I opened my eyes.

*Jaw dropped.*

In my hand... a bow. Long, silver-white, no string, but arrows formed from light floated above it. *Moonlight Arrow.* An Ancient Moonborn weapon.

The warriors gasped. *"Moon Goddess..."*

Ryker swallowed hard. His red and silver eyes... *hungry.* Not for power. For *me.*

*"Aim,"* he quickly pointed to a dead tree fifty meters away. *"Release. Don’t think. Feel."*

I drew back... no string, but the light arrow moved with intention. I let it fly.

*SRRR-WUSHHHH!*

The arrow didn’t fly straight. It curved, dodged the tree, then... *BOOM!*

The tree didn’t fall. It turned to silver crystal from roots to leaves, then shattered into sparkling dust.

Silence.

*"That... that’s Luna Queen level power,"* Kael, Ryker’s Beta, whispered. *"Alpha, your mate... she’s no ordinary Moonborn."*

Ryker didn’t answer, just stared at me. *Orion* in his eyes howled with pride... and jealousy. Because I was strong without him.

I wanted to say, “I can leave now,” when...

*AUMMMMMM!!!!!!*

Not *Nyx*. Not *Orion*.

*One hundred howls.* From every direction.

The ground shook. Trees fell. The stench of decay filled the air like a thousand rotting corpses.

*Rogues.*

They emerged from the trees, a hundred of them. Red eyes, diseased bodies. Some half-human, half-wolf. Some with twisted limbs. *Mutations. Kaelan’s experiments from four hundred years ago.*

And leading them... *three Alpha Rogues.* Former Alphas Kaelan had defeated but not killed. He *enslaved their minds.* The Alpha fangs in Kaelan’s chains? Those were the ones who fought back. These others had bowed.

The Alpha Rogue screamed: *"KING KAELAN SENDS HIS REGARDS! HE WANTS HIS SILVER BRIDE! HAND OVER THE MOONBORN, OR WE’LL DESTROY ETERNAL MOONPACK!"*

Twenty Eternal Moonpack warriors shifted into Berserk Form. But... twenty against a hundred? They’d be slaughtered.

Ryker *AUM!* in full Berserk Form. Twelve feet tall. His body was obsidian black, but silver veins glowed on his chest, matching the pattern of the *Eclipse Bond* with me. *Eclipse Flame* roared from his mouth.

He looked at me. *"Run into the cave. That’s an Alpha order."*

I laughed, cold. *"You forget? You’re no longer my Alpha. You’re my sword."*

I raised my hand. The *Moonlight Bow* reappeared. This time, *three arrows* floated above it.

*"Nyx,"* I whispered. *"Dance?"*

*"Dance,"* Nyx laughed in my head. *"Until death."*

The first Rogue lunged.

*WUSH-WUSH-WUSH!*

I released the three arrows. Not at the rogues, but at the ground in front of them.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*

A massive *Lunar Barrier* formed, not to block, but to trap. Thirty rogues were caught inside. The barrier walls *came alive.* Touch them, and *Moonlight Healing* turned into *Moonlight Poison.* Their skin melted away.

Ryker was stunned for a moment. Then he *laughed. Laughed like crazy.* *Orion* loved it. His mate was fierce.

*"ORION! ECLIPSE FLAME!"*

He unleashed the eclipse fire. It didn’t burn the rogues. It *sought.* Sought out the rogues with Alpha blood. Because *Eclipse Flame* was made to punish rogue Alphas. The three Alpha Rogues shrieked until their throats tore and turned to dust.

Ryker and I stood back-to-back. I shot *Moonlight Arrows,* he blasted *Eclipse Flame.* *Silver + Black.* Moon + Eclipse.

The *Eclipse Bond* between us *shone brightly,* forming a thick rope of light. Every time I was about to be clawed, his fire held it back. Every time his flames threatened to go wild, my light calmed it.

*We weren’t Alpha and Luna. We were Twin Weapons.*

Seventy rogues left. But they were scared. They backed away.

Suddenly... the sky darkened.

*Blood shadows* fell from above. The shape of *Kaelan.* He didn’t fully descend, just floated.

He clapped. *"Impressive. The Eclipse Bond is fully active. Too bad... in three days, during the full eclipse, this bond will make you two... CONSUMMATE. And then, the Moonborn blood will be at its weakest. Easy for me to slaughter."*

He licked his lips. *"Enjoy your last three days, 'Luna.' After that, you’ll be my corpse bride."*

*SHADOW SHIFT!* He vanished. All the rogues followed suit.

It was just me and Ryker, gasping. The *Eclipse Bond* still glowed between us. Hot.

Ryker looked at me. I looked at him.

*"Consummate..."* I repeated Kaelan’s words, face burning.

Ryker bit his lip. *Orion* roared in his eyes. *"If... if the bond forces it... I’ll refuse. I won’t touch you without permission. Not even if it kills me."*

I should’ve felt relief. But... why did my chest ache at those words?

*Nyx* laughed. *"You want him to touch you, right? Just admit it."*

*"Shut up!"* I yelled at myself.

Ryker misunderstood. *"Sorry... I’ll be quiet."*

*Ugh. Stupid.*