Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 367: The Trap Astrid's POV

The forest around the Emberwood ruins was a tangle of shadows and silence.

Every crunch of leaves beneath our boots and rustle of branches above felt amplified in the eerie stillness.

My wolf stirred uneasily within me, its senses sharp as if anticipating an ambush. Killian walked at my side, his posture rigid with tension.

Drystan and Nova followed close behind, their weapons at the ready, and a small group of warriors flanked us.

We'd planned this mission carefully, but the weight of the Forsaken Amulet and the shadow of the Rogue King made every step feel like a gamble.

As we approached the ruins, the crumbling stone walls loomed into view, covered in moss and vines.

A cold wind blew through the trees, carrying a faint metallic tang that made my stomach churn.

"It's too quiet," Killian muttered, his eyes scanning the treeline. "I don't like it." Drystan nodded grimly. "If the Rogue King knows we're here, he's waiting."

"We don't have a choice," I said, gripping my blade tightly. "We need to find the relic before he does."

We stepped cautiously into the ruins, the air growing colder as the trees gave way to crumbling archways and uneven stone paths.

The ruins stretched out before us, a maze of fallen towers and collapsed chambers.

"Spread out," Killian ordered, his voice low but firm. "Search every corner. If the relic is here, we'll find it."

As we moved deeper into the ruins, I couldn't shake the feeling of being watched.

My wolf growled softly, a warning I couldn't ignore. I scanned the shadows, but there was nothing-only the oppressive silence and the distant whispers of the wind.

Nova paused near a collapsed wall, her fingers brushing over an ancient carving. "Liora mentioned these ruins in her journal," she murmured. "She wrote about the rogue leaders meeting here, but... something's off."

"Off how?" Drystan asked, his voice tight.

furrowed. "She described the ruins as abandoned,

through the ruins sending a shiver down my

within me, and I

emerged from the shadows—rogues, dozens of them, their wolves snarling and ready

Drystan roared, his voice carrying above

words were needed. The moment the

was instant, muscles stretching, bones snapping into

and sleek, growled with fury,

tearing into

darted between attackers, her teeth flashing as she ripped into her

rogues were fast, but we

nearest rogue, sinking my teeth into its shoulder and throwing it to the

me, but I didn't

a swift motion, I ended its threat and turned to face the next

strength and speed, his jaws snapping at a rogue that

into it, pinning it beneath his paws, and growled low in warning before finishing it

spattered his dark fur, but he barely

wolf howled, her voice sharp with urgency as she leapt away from an attacking

raking across its side before it could land a

his sheer size and strength cutting through

a group of rogues, scattering them

tried to latch onto his hind leg, but he whipped around, throwing it off with a vicious

out of the corner of my

that the

I shouted through the link. "The Rogue King is here!” I sprinted off to chase after the

ran away as soon as he saw me coming

"After them!" Drystan roared.

bolted toward the treeline, his massive