Banished by My Pack, Chosen as the True Luna Chapter 09

Banished by My Pack, Chosen as the True Luna Chapter 09

Ryder found the proof three days later.

He had wanted Olivia to be wrong.

More than that—

He needed her to be wrong.

Because the alternative meant he had invited a monster into his Pack.

The evidence sat spread across his desk.

Payments. Witnesses. Messages. Names.

Every trail led back to one person.

Sophia.

For a long time, Ryder simply stared.

Then he stood.

And headed toward the Luna House.

—

Sophia knew something was wrong the second she saw his face.

“Ryder?”

He closed the door behind him.

Slowly.

Dangerously.

Sophia swallowed.

“What’s happened?”

Ryder threw the documents onto the table.

“They say you hired assassins.”

Her blood ran cold.

But she forced a laugh.

“That’s ridiculous.”

“Is it?”

His voice remained calm.

Too calm.

The most dangerous kind.

Sophia glanced at the papers.

Money transfers.

Witness statements.

Names.

Her stomach dropped.

Someone had talked.

“No.”

She shook her head.

“This is fake.”

Ryder didn’t move.

Didn’t blink.

Didn’t help her.

“Look at me.”

She did.

And immediately knew.

He already believed it.

Tears filled her eyes.

“Ryder—”

“Did you try to kill Olivia?”

Silence.

A long silence.

Then something inside Sophia snapped.

“Yes.”

The word shocked even her.

Ryder froze.

Sophia laughed bitterly.

“You want the truth?”

“Fine.”

She stood.

“You never stopped choosing her.”

His jaw tightened.

“Even after rejecting her.”

“Even after she left.”

“Even after she disappeared.”

Sophia pointed toward him.

“You still looked for her.”

Her voice cracked.

“You still worried about her.”

“Because she’s carrying my child.”

“That’s not all!”

The scream echoed through the room.

Sophia’s breathing became uneven.

“Even when she’s gone, she’s still here.”

She pointed toward his chest.

Then his head.

Then his heart.

“Everywhere.”

Silence.

Then she laughed.

A broken laugh.

“I was supposed to be Luna.”

Ryder looked at her.

Cold.

Like he had never truly seen her before.

“You’ll never be Luna.”

Sophia’s face went white.

Then Ryder turned.

And walked away.

Far north.

Life continued.

For a little while.

The settlement had begun building a cradle.

Theo insisted on helping.

Which immediately made everyone nervous.

“You can’t even build a chair.”

“I built a chair.”

“It collapsed.”

“That’s not the point.”

I laughed.

Alexander sat beside me.

Watching Theo fail spectacularly.

Again.

For a while, neither of us spoke.

Then I looked at him.

“Can I ask you something?”

Alexander nodded.

“Why did you help me?”

He didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, he watched Theo hammer his own thumb.

The scream echoed through camp.

Alexander smiled.

Then finally said:

“Because someone should have.”

Simple.

No speeches.

No grand declarations.

Just honesty.

And somehow that hurt more.

Because he was right.

Someone should have.

Ryder should have.

The Elders should have.

My Pack should have.

But they didn’t.

Alexander did.

For a moment, neither of us spoke.

Then I reached for his hand.

Without thinking.

Alexander froze.

I froze too.

Our eyes met.

Neither of us pulled away.

______

The moment lasted exactly three seconds.

Then my head snapped up.

Hard.

The world disappeared.

The sounds hit me all at once.

Footsteps. Weapons. Armor. Hundreds.

My heart stopped.

Alexander stood immediately.

“What is it?”

I looked toward the south.

And suddenly felt sick.

“They’re coming.”

His expression darkened.

“Who?”

I listened again.

The number made my stomach drop.

“More than a hundred.”

The entire settlement fell silent.

Alexander’s eyes narrowed.

“How far?”

“Not far enough.”

The attack came at sunset.

Sophia wasn’t alone.

She had gathered rogues.

Mercenaries.

Disgraced wolves.

Anyone willing to fight for money.

The settlement erupted into chaos.

Alexander shifted first.

His massive black wolf charged directly into battle.

Theo followed.

Then Maya.

Then everyone else.

Nobody ran.

Nobody surrendered.

This was their home.

And they intended to keep it.

At the same time—

Ryder arrived.

His warriors stopped beside him.

The battlefield spread before them.

Smoke. Blood. Chaos.

And in the center—

Sophia.

Leading the attack.

Ryder stared.

For several seconds.

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

Then one of his warriors cursed.

“Alpha.”

Ryder shifted immediately.

The giant silver wolf exploded into the battlefield.

And the war truly began.

______

I stayed near the settlement.

Protecting the children.

Protecting the injured.

Then someone screamed.

Theo.

I turned.

A rogue’s blade was heading toward him.

Without thinking—

Silver light exploded from my hands.

The rogue flew backward.

Another attacker charged.

More silver light.

Another body hit the ground.

The power felt different now.

Natural.

Like it had always belonged to me.

People stopped fighting just to stare.

Moonlight wrapped around my body.

Around my skin.

Around my hair.

The entire battlefield glowed silver.

And suddenly—

Everyone understood.

The stories were real.

Then everything went wrong.

Sophia saw me.

Across the battlefield.

Our eyes met.

And I knew.

She wasn’t trying to win anymore.

She was trying to kill me.

Sophia grabbed a silver dagger.

The kind designed to kill wolves.

The kind designed to stop healing.

Then she ran.

Straight toward me.

Too fast.

Too sudden.

Nobody noticed.

Nobody except Alexander.

His wolf’s head snapped around.

Golden eyes widened.

And he ran.

______

Time slowed.

Sophia raised the dagger.

I couldn’t move.

Couldn’t breathe.

Couldn’t think.

Then Alexander appeared.

Between us.

The dagger plunged into his chest.

A horrible sound escaped my throat.

Alexander staggered.

Sophia froze.

Everyone froze.

For one impossible second—

The entire battlefield became silent.

Then blood appeared.

So much blood.

Alexander collapsed.

“No.”

I was already running.

“No.”

My knees hit the ground.

Alexander lay in my arms.

His blood covered my hands.

My clothes.

Everything.

“No.”

My voice broke.

“No no no no.”

Alexander looked up at me.

Weakly.

His smile was small. Painful.

Still somehow gentle.

“Hey.”

I shook my head violently.

“Don’t.”

“I’m okay.”

“You’re bleeding.”

“Technically.”

I started crying.

Not polite tears.

Ugly tears.

Desperate tears.

Alexander raised one hand.

Slowly.

Then touched my cheek.

The gesture almost destroyed me.

“You and the baby are safe.”

More tears.

“I don’t care.”

His smile widened slightly.

“I do.”

I grabbed his hand.

Trying to keep him here.

Trying to keep him alive.

Trying not to fall apart.

Alexander looked at me.

Really looked at me.

Then whispered:

“I’m glad.”

My heart broke.

“What?”

“I’m glad…”

His breathing weakened.

“…it was me.”

“No.”

“I am.”

“No.”

His eyes began closing.

“Alexander.”

The panic hit.

Real panic.

The kind that made breathing impossible.

“Alexander.”

No response.

“Alexander!”

Across the battlefield, Ryder stood frozen.

Watching.

Watching Olivia cry.

Watching Olivia hold another man.

Watching Olivia break apart for someone else.

And in that moment—

Everything became clear.

Not the rejection.

Not the pregnancy.

Not the mistakes.

This.

This was what losing her looked like.

Olivia never ran toward him.

Not once.

Not today.

Not when she was afraid.

Not when she needed help.

Not when she was hurt.

She ran to Alexander.

Every single time.

And suddenly Ryder understood.

He had already lost.

Long before today.

I held Alexander tighter.

Blood soaked through my clothes.

My tears landed on his face.

On his chest.

On the wound.

Then something changed.

The sky darkened.

The wind stopped.

The moon above us grew brighter.

Brighter. Brighter.

Until the entire battlefield glowed silver.

Every wolf looked upward.

Every rogue.

Every warrior.

Every survivor.

A voice echoed through the world.

Ancient. Powerful. Beautiful.

And impossibly familiar.

“My Luna.”

The moonlight descended from the sky.

Straight toward us.

And for the first time—

The Moon Goddess answered.