Chapter 161: Luna’s Support
LUNA POV
I threw myself between Lily and the lead Void Walker without thought.
"Get away from her!" I snarled, my beta wolf rising to the surface. The creature’s empty eyes fixed on me, and for a moment I felt like I was looking into an endless black hole. Terror tried to freeze my muscles, but I refused to back down.
This was not how I’d planned to spend my evening. An hour ago, I’d been plotting ways to get rid of Lily so I could take my rightful place as the next Luna. Now I was actually putting my life on the line to protect the girl I’d hated for so long.
"Luna, what are you doing?" Lily gasped behind me.
"Something I should have done months ago," I answered, not taking my eyes off the Void Walker. "Standing up for what’s right instead of what I want."
The thing tilted its head like it was studying an interesting bug. "You would sacrifice yourself for the one who took your destined place?"
"My destined place?" I laughed, but there was no fun in it. "I’ve been such an idiot. There was never a set place for me with the triplets. I just told myself there was because I was too scared to figure out who I really was."
Around us, more Void Walkers flickered into life. The basement was filling up with animals that looked like holes cut out of reality itself. But something strange was happening - they weren’t attacking. They were just... waiting.
"Luna," Aiden said slowly, "what’s your plan here?"
"Honestly? I have no idea," I admitted. "But I’m tired of being the mean girl who makes everyone else’s life harder just because I’m unhappy with my own."
The lead Void Walker spoke again, its voice like wind through a graveyard. "Your feelings are irrelevant. The change cannot be stopped."