A Warrior Luna's Awakening (Freya and Caelum) novel Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Freya’s POV

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I studied Silas carefully, taking in the fading redness along his cheek, the split at the corner of his lips, and, almost instinctively, I checked his teeth. Kade’s punch had not been gentle. The Iron Fang Recon Unit operative wasn’t someone who held back, and Silas had taken that full force.

“From now on,” I said, my voice soft but firm, “no matter who tries to hit you, don’t just stand there and take it. Dodge at least.”

Silas gave a small nod, a grin tugging at the corner of his bruised mouth. “Alright. But if it’s you who hits me…” He hesitated, then added, “I won’t dodge. I’ll let you hit me all you want.”

I laughed lightly, shaking my head. “And why would I hit you?”

He looked down, his dark lashes trembling as he tried to figure out how to say what he meant. “Maybe… because I’ve done something wrong?”

I arched an eyebrow. “Like what?”

His words faltered. How could he tell me this “like what” without sounding foolish? Without revealing all the things he carried in the shadows of his past?

Then, without warning, he leaned forward, his arms wrapping around my waist. I was standing while he was sitting, so his face naturally pressed against my abdomen. His voice was low, urgent, and tinged with vulnerability.

“If… if I ever do something wrong again, and you’re angry with me, you can hit me, scold me… do whatever you need. But please… please don’t ever leave me. Can you promise that?”

The desperation in his whisper tugged at my chest. His wolf, I knew, mirrored the intensity of his plea- every instinct, every sinew radiating a need for connection.

“If you know something is wrong, then don’t do it,” I said gently.

“But… what if it’s already done? Or… maybe I didn’t even realize it was wrong at the time?” His hands tightened around me slightly. “Before I met you, Freya, I wasn’t a good man. I didn’t care about anything -didn’t care if people lived or died… but…” He paused, his voice softer now. “I will be a better man, from now on. So… no matter what I did before, will you forgive me?”

I studied him, seeing the anxiety, the uncertainty, the rare flash of urgency in his gaze. It was like my answer was the axis on which his world turned.

And yet, why was he so concerned with whether I could forgive him for the past?

I pressed my lips together, considering. “As long as what you did didn’t betray the Pack, didn’t go against justice, didn’t harm innocents then yes. Even if you truly made mistakes, I can forgive you.”

I could see it then-the relief washing over him, subtle but palpable. Silas exhaled sharply and pulled me closer. “Thank you Freya Thank you for forgiving me.”

In the days that followed, I moved the belongings from our old estate to my apartment in the Capital.

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Kade tilted his head toward the tree, a ghost of a smirk on his lips, though his eyes betrayed fleeting doubt. He shook his head, amused at his own thoughts-he had never believed in such things.

Silas, on the other hand, mirrored my gesture, fingers entwined, eyes tightly shut. For the briefest moment, I glimpsed a different side of him: a man not defined by power or fear, but by hope and longing.

I opened my eyes and turned, catching Silas’s gaze meeting mine.

“You’re making a wish too?” I asked. After all, someone like him-Alpha of the Ironclad Coalition- should have everything he could ever want. Why would he need a wish?

Silas’s eyes softened, the steel tempered with warmth. “I wish… that we grow old together.”

I blinked, taken aback, and Kade frowned, voice sharp with disbelief. “You two have only been together for a short time.. and you’re already talking about growing old together?”

I felt a gentle warmth in my chest, watching him-the man who had weathered darkness and violence,

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now showing me this rare, fragile vulnerability. My wolf stirred, not with doubt, but with the steady rhythm of trust, of belonging.