Chapter 170 WHEN THE MOON TURN IT'S BACK
The moment Amanda said yes, the world changed.
The sky above the fortress darkened completely, as if the night had swallowed the stars. The moon vanished behind thick clouds, and the wind rose violently, shaking the towers of the Nexus Fortress.
Outside, wolves howled in fear.
Inside the chamber, silence reigned.
Not a peaceful silence.
A dangerous one.
The council members stared at Amanda as if they were seeing her for the first time.
Not as their Luna.
Not as their savior.
But as a woman who had chosen her child over the world.
The council leader took a slow step forward.
His voice was low.
“Luna,” he said, “if you protect her, you stand against us.”
Amanda did not move.
Her arms remained wrapped around her daughter.
Her voice was calm, but it carried iron.
“Then I stand against you,” she said.
Andrew felt his chest tighten.
He stepped forward immediately, positioning himself beside Amanda.
“If you touch her,” he said, his voice trembling with rage, “you will go through me first.”
Ethan stepped forward as well.
His Alpha aura surged through the chamber like a storm.
His eyes burned with cold fury.
“This ends now,” he said.
The council members felt the pressure of his power and instinctively stepped back.
But the council leader did not.
“You are the Alpha,” he said quietly.
“You swore to protect the pack.”
Ethan’s jaw tightened.
“And I will,” he replied.
He looked at Amanda.
Then at the child.
Then back at the council.
“But I will not become a murderer,” he said.
The chamber trembled under the weight of his words.
The council leader’s gaze hardened.
“If the Alpha refuses to act,” he said, “then the council will.”
At his signal, the guards at the door moved.
Their hands tightened around their weapons.
Andrew’s heart raced.
He moved in front of Amanda without hesitation.
“You will not take her,” he said.
The guards hesitated.
They looked at Ethan.
They looked at the council.
They looked at Amanda.
No one moved.
Amanda felt her daughter shift slightly in her arms.
She looked down.
Her daughter’s golden eyes were calm.
Too calm.
The child looked at the guards.
Then she smiled.
The moment she smiled, the air changed.
The lanterns shattered.
The walls trembled violently.
The guards froze.
Amanda felt a sudden sharp pain in her head.
Her fragments screamed.
Not in anger.
In terror.
The child raised her tiny hand slowly.
Amanda felt her body stiffen.
“What are you doing?” she whispered.
The child looked at her.
Her voice was soft.
“I do not want them to hurt you,” she said.
Amanda’s heart stopped.
Before Amanda could speak, the child closed her eyes.
The air exploded.
A wave of invisible force surged through the chamber.
The guards were thrown backward violently, slamming into the walls.
The council members staggered.
Some fell to their knees.
Ethan felt his Alpha aura collide with something far stronger than his own.
Andrew was thrown backward but managed to catch himself.
Amanda held her daughter tightly, her heart pounding violently.
“What did you do?” Andrew whispered in shock.
The child opened her eyes again.
Her golden gaze was brighter now.
“I protected Mother,” she said simply.
The council leader struggled to stand.
His voice trembled.
“This is exactly why she cannot be allowed to live,” he said.
Amanda’s eyes darkened.
“She did not attack anyone,” Amanda said.
“She only defended herself,” the council leader replied.
He looked at the guards.
“Seize the child,” he commanded.
The guards hesitated.
Fear filled their eyes.
But they moved forward.
Ethan stepped forward instantly.
His claws extended.
His voice roared across the chamber.
“Enough!”
The guards froze.
The council leader stared at Ethan.
“You would defy the council?” he asked.
Ethan’s voice was cold.
“I will defy anyone who tries to kill a child,” he said.
The tension in the chamber reached its breaking point.
Amanda felt her daughter’s body tremble slightly.
She looked down.
“Are you okay?” she whispered.
The child looked up at her.
Her expression was no longer calm.
There was something else in her eyes.
Something deep.
Something ancient.
“I am waking up,” the child said softly.
Amanda felt fear crawl through her veins.
“Waking up from what?” she asked.
The child did not answer immediately.
She looked around the chamber.
At the council.
At the guards.
At Ethan.
At Andrew.
Then she looked back at Amanda.
Her voice was quiet.
But it carried a weight that made the world tremble.
“From being a child,” she said.
The sky outside cracked open.
Lightning tore through the darkness.
The fortress shook violently.
The council leader felt his heart nearly stop.
Andrew felt cold sweat on his back.
Ethan felt his Alpha instincts scream.
Amanda stared at her daughter.
Her mind could not accept what she was hearing.
“You are a child,” she whispered.
The child smiled faintly.
“Not anymore,” she replied.
The golden light around her intensified.
The room filled with power.
And in that moment, everyone understood something terrifying.
The prophecy was no longer a story.
It had begun.