Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter

276

The air grew colder as Elyra and Dain pressed deeper into the forest. A sinister stillness enveloped the trees, and every shadow seemed alive. Elyra's grief dulled her senses, leaving her steps sluggish and her focus fractured. "We should rest soon," Dain suggested, glancing at the fading sunlight.

Elyra nodded absently, her mind elsewhere. "I'll find some water," she mumbled, wandering toward the sound of a trickling stream.

As she knelt by the stream to fill a flask, a hand shot out from the shadows, grabbing her wrist in an iron grip.

a guttural voice rasped, and

view, his form more monstrous than ever. His skin shimmered with a dark, unnatural sheen, and his eyes burned with

cried, struggling against his grip. Her pendant flared briefly, sending a pulse

tightening his hold. "No one else deserves you. Not Dain, not anyone. You're mine, Elyra. You

fury. "Get away

his power. "You're nothing," Jason spat, slamming Dain into a tree. Elyra screamed, her powers flaring uncontrollably. Light surged from her hands, but Jason's grip on her didn't waver. "Stop fighting me!" he shouted, dragging her toward a faint glow

Elyra realized, her heart

take you home,