A Warrior Luna's Awakening (Freya and Caelum) novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121

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Third Person’s POV

“So you won’t put deeper meaning to Silas Whitmor’s words?” Kade pressed. His voice was cautious, but edged with a grow! that betrayed the wolf in him.

Freya shook her head. “No. I know the way of Alphas like him. Perhaps he speaks of ‘courting out of fleeting interest. But I… 1 am not so careless. Not after all I’ve endured.”

Kade’s chest tightened. She spoke with that clipped discipline of a soldier, and yet, beneath it, he could hear the ache of old betrayal. She was no fragile human woman to be won with flattery–she was Stormveil–born, raised under oaths and blood.

“Then.” Kade asked, lowering his voice, “you feel nothing at all toward him?”

Her answer came firm, unyielding. “I’ve only just divorced, Kade. My heart has no room for new entanglements. What I want is simple: to finish my contract as Silas Whitmor’s bodyguard, and when those three moons are done, return to The Capital. There, I’ll resume my work–and continue searching along the border for Eric.”

JAt the mention of her brother, Kade stilled. The Iron Fang Recon Unit had scoured the borderlands five years ago, finding

nothing but silence and ash. To all others, Eric Thorne had perished, swallowed by the chaos of war. But Freya’s conviction remained unbroken.

“Freya,” he said softly, “five years without a sign. even the strongest hunters in the Legion never found him. Are you certain

“He’s alive,” she cut in, eyes blazing. “I feel it. No one will shake me from that belief.”

Silence stretched between them, heavy as steel.

Finally, Kade exhaled and said, “Then let me go with you.”

Her head snapped up. “No. That is my family’s burden. I’ll carry it alone.”

“Alone?” His wolf rumbled beneath his skin, furious at the thought. He leaned forward, his voice raw. “Freya, I call you A’she -sister–not as some idle endearment. You are more to me than you realize. I cannot let you walk into the borderlands without me.”

“Kade-

“Listen to me!” His interruption was sharp, his fists clenched on the table. “You think I call you sister because of Iron Fang? Because you once shielded me in battle? No. It’s more than that. You are my anchor. My wolf trusts only you. If you go, I go.”

Her lips parted in surprise. For a moment, the fierce Alpha–blooded warrior softened. Then she lowered her gaze, uncertain. “Even if you come, I don’t know how long I’ll stay. It could be weeks. Months. Longer still.”

Kade’s answer was instant, fierce. “Then I’ll stay. A year, a lifetime–it doesn’t matter.”

Freya’s brows drew together. “You don’t need to do this. I looked after you in the Iron Fang Recon Unit because you were my soldier, my responsibility. That was duty. You owe me nothing.”

But Kade’s eyes burned with the truth he had held too long. “It isn’t duty that drives me. Yes, I owe you. But it’s more. It’s always been more.”

“What is it” Freya asked, her voice softer now.

“My grandfather’s law firm, there’s trouble. It’s tied to matters from when I was overseas. I have to return to The Capital immediately.”

Freya nodded. “Then go. Handle it.”

But he lingered, eyes locked on her. His wolf howled within, refusing to part from her side. He wanted to snarl, to claim, to chain himself to her shadow.

Instead, he said only, “You’ll remain Silas Whitmor’s bodyguard for three months, and then return to The Capital?”

“Yes,” she replied simply. “Three months. No longer.”

Kade drew a steadying breath. “Then I’ll be waiting for you. And when you come back-” His voice hardened with resolve. “I won’t remain only your brother–in–arms. I’ll tell you what I truly want.”

Her golden eyes lingered on him, searching. But before she could respond, he turned away, shoulders squared like a wolf going to battle.

And in his chest, his wolf roared one truth over and over again: She is mine.

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