The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Dominic POV

The word missing hits harder than any blow I’ve ever taken.

It cuts through the noise of camp like a brade straight to the chest. The beer in my hand drops to the counter as I scan the edge of the tree.

Ellie isn’t back yet? I how did I miss that? 1

I blink, trying to time together. It had been hours.

My body is already moving. Pushing through the crowd torwars the trees..

She should have been here.

“Dominic-” someone starts. “Wait-”

I don’t stop, started to jog.

“Dominic!” Vivian’s voice snaps sharp, snatching my jacket. “Hold on! It’s pitch black out there! Let the teachers handle it! You can’t just-”

I turn on her so fast she flinches.

“T-this terrain isn’t safe,” she insists, tears in her eyes, worried. “I get it! I’m her sister! I’m worried too but they’ll send a search team. You can’t go charging in

“Let go,” I say.

“Dominic please-”

“Move!”

Lucas, the last person I want to see appears beside her, unusually serious, hand half-raised like he’s trying to slow a landslide. “Woah, okay, Dom,” he says carefully. “I get it, know you want to help. I’m just as worried as you, just like Vivain. But students die out there in those woods when they act recklessly. We need to let the teachers handle it.”

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Reckless.

The word barely registers.

All I can see is water-gray and violent-crashing over stone. The memory slams into me without warning: Ellie slipping beneath the lake’s surface once before, the way the world almost swallowed her whole while stood helpless on the shore.

How close I came to losing her.

What if-

“I’m not asking.” I say. “When Ellie doesn’t show, it’s because she can’t.”

And then I’m gone, rushing past them with a blast of sand and air as they shield there faces.

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The inoment my boots hit the tree line, the edge of control snaps clean through me.

I jump, bones breaking mid-stride.

My body tears itself apart and rebuilds in motion-muscle surging, fur ripping through fabric, exploding outward in a violent rush. I land on all fours, my wolf surgoing through the forest like a tank. Senses slams into me all at once: scent, sound, heat, fear.

Ellie.

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