Chapter 28. Luna

Luna.

That word rang in my head over and over again.

Luna.

Did I just become... Luna of the Awoke Pack?

I’d never given much thought to what being marked by an Alpha truly meant—not in the real, life-changing sense. But hearing someone call me that—Luna—it slammed into me like a tidal wave of reality.

I wasn’t just the girl from the Banished tribe anymore. Not just someone lost in fragments of her past. I was Luna now.

My fingers moved instinctively to the mark on my neck—still fresh, still pulsing faintly like it was alive. Like it was breathing. Tethered to me. To him.

I looked up at Aries.

He was already back in Alpha mode—shoulders squared, presence crackling with command as he processed the warrior’s words. But then he turned to me, like he felt the same shift I just had. His eyes softened, his hand brushing against mine.

"You okay?" he asked quietly, his voice grounding me.

I nodded, thou