Chapter 152. Blood Moon Reunion

Celeste’s POV

“Leon?!” I yelled, my voice echoing through the clearing. My heart pounded so loudly I was certain he could hear it.

I simply could not believe what I was seeing: Leon had somehow achieved his true Lycan form, the identical transformation that only the Lycan Goddess was known to master—and that, after years of strict meditation and discipline. There was no plausible way he could have unlocked that power so quickly. Unless… had he eaten a human heart? No—that would have left him reeking of the same foul odor as the Dreadmaw pack members, but he still smelled unmistakably like himself. Incomprehensibly, Leon had accomplished this feat in mere days.

He looked at me—still half-human, half-Lycan—and offered a warm smile that carried genuine relief and joy.

“It’s good to see you again, Celeste. How have you been?” he asked, his voice soft and steady.

I hesitated, uncertainty flickering through me. His expression felt honest; I sensed no