A Warrior Luna's Awakening (Freya and Caelum) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Third Person’s POV

Victor’s voice was steady, but the weight beneath it pressed like iron.

“Have you ever met her current boyfriend?”

Kade raised a brow, lounging carelessly in the chair across from him.

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“Boyfriend? Can’t say I have. But knowing Lana’s nature? It wouldn’t surprise me if she did. She’s got the kind of fire that draws wolves like moths to flame.”

Victor’s lips pressed into a thin line. Lana was a contradiction he could never unravel. Fierce with her enemies, generous with her friends. She burned bridges as quickly as she forged them, and yet people still circled back to her warmth.

Kade tilted his head, studying his uncle with a grin that was almost too sharp.

“Tell me, Uncle Victor, even if Lana has a new mate in her life, are you seriously considering winning her back?”

“Is there a problem with that?” Victor’s reply was quiet, cold, and unyielding.

Kade blinked, momentarily taken aback. His uncle’s determination was carved from stone. “Well… if you’re asking me, Lana doesn’t seem like the kind of she–wolf who goes back to the past. She’s not one to eat from the same kill twice.”

Victor’s gaze swept across his nephew like the slash of a blade.

“That’s enough. You can leave now.”

Kade only shrugged, rising to his feet. But as he reached the doorway, he couldn’t resist tossing one more spark onto the fire.

“By the way, Lana told me once she’s into younger wolves these days. If she doesn’t want you, Uncle, don’t force her. Not every hunt ends with the prey you want.”

The words hit harder than Victor wanted to admit. His grip on the fountain pen faltered, the metal scratching across parchment. He said nothing, but the silence weighed heavier than a roar.

When Kade was gone, Victor pushed away from the desk and walked to the washbasin. He braced his palms on the porcelain, staring into the mirror. The reflection staring back was strong, the same proud, stern features he had carried into countless battles–but the wild, untested spark of youth had long faded.

So she liked younger wolves, did she?

The thought tore through him like claws. He remembered the album he had once glimpsed in her home–pages of photographs filled only with young men, their faces vibrant, their eyes unscarred by war. Was her new mate one of

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them?

And if she truly did not want him… would he be able to let her go this time?

The question lingered like a curse.

Far across the city, in a guarded estate under the banner of the Bluemoon Pack, Aurora sat propped against her pillows. Her pregnancy had granted her temporary release, but chains of another kind weighed heavy. That very night, she reached for her communicator and sent a message.

‘Caelum,” she whispered into the WolfComm, “I want to see you.”

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When the door closed behind them, Aurora rose from the bed. She moved to Caelum, her steps light but her expression desperate.

“Caelum, listen to me. I know there have been… misunderstandings between us. But my feelings for you are real. And now…” She reached for his hand, guiding it gently to her stomach. “Now, there is more. Eight weeks. By next spring, you will be a father.”

But Caelum recoiled as though her touch burned. He snatched his hand back, fury trembling through his frame.

“How dare you speak to me of this? Do you have any idea what you’ve done? Because of you, I lost my mate bond. Because of you, my marriage lies in ashes. Because of you, SilverTech Forgeworks is drowning in debt. I was forced into a Lunar Severance Phase, Aurora! My company’s funds are locked by the Ironhold Consortium, and the courts won’t release them for months. You’ve driven me to ruin.”

Aurora’s eyes widened, her voice rising in panic.

“No! That was never my intention. I only wanted to free myself from Lee’s threats. I thought if I paid him to twist the truth, he could be silenced and imprisoned. If Freya Thorne hadn’t interfered, it would have worked. The funds would have returned in weeks, not months. I never wanted to hurt you.”

Her words only fanned the flames. Caelum’s fury boiled over, his wolf rising beneath his skin. His fangs flashed, his eyes glowing with the molten gold of Alpha rage.

“Threats?” His voice thundered. “You bribed Lee to tell me you were my savior, when you knew damn well it was Freya. Freya Thorne of the Stormveil Pack, daughter of Arthur and Myra–she is the one who dragged me from the jaws of death, not you. And you let me spit on her name, again and again, while you stood in silence!”

Aurora flinched, but she did not back down. Her hands clenched over her belly as though the child within could shield her.

“I lied because I was afraid. Afraid of losing you. Afraid of what would happen if you knew the truth.”

But Caelum’s eyes blazed like a wildfire devouring the last of his patience. His voice was a growl torn from the core of his beast.

“You’ve already lost me, Aurora. You lost me the moment you betrayed not just me–but her.”