When The Moon Hides Her Crown novel Chapter 94

hapter 94 The Fifth Task

SERAPHINA

The clearing echoed with thunderous shouts and hollers, voices rolling like waves through the thick twilight air. Alpha energy pulsed all around, sweat, ego, and adrenaline. The fourth task had just ended, and the Alphas were ablaze with anticipation for what they had been witnessing with their own eyes. Something that they considered pure luck if they could achieve it themselves. Their eyes burned with one goal, Grace.

She sat elegantly–no, provocatively–on the lap of one of the winning Alphas from the last task, giggling as she plucked fruit from a designer bowl and fed it to him like he was some spoiled prince. That Alpha was so proud to be treated this way by her and to have the others jealous gaze focused on him that he was in nine clouds. Grace’s crimson dress bunched dangerously high along her thighs, the silky slit revealing far more than any respectable she–wolf would dare in front of a pack of Alphas. But Grace? She looked entirely at ease. No hesitation. No shame.

She tilted her head as she offered him another bite, her fingers brushing his lips, and the Alpha grinned like he’d conquered the world.

It was the fourth time today she had rewarded someone like this.

Everyone here was fighting for it.

I stayed back, partly concealed by the trunk of a wide tree, letting the shadows cover my stare. judgement but confusion.

v muscles tensed, not from

Because the truth was…I didn’t understand her. The Grace that was in front of me was very different when we first talked, then she was different when she snapped at me over Ryker and now she was a completely different person.

After the pearl task, when Ryker returned her ring and Ronan gave her the anklet, I thought I had some vague idea of what kind of woman Grace was.

Obviously, I was wrong. I did not understand this woman at all.

The winner of the second task had been called to the center of the clearing, only for Grace to saunter forward and brand his bare chest, leaving a bold red lipstick mark like a trophy. He wore it with pride, howling like a pup as the others jeered and cheered.

Then, the third task. I remembered how she leaned in, laughing as she looped her arms around the victor’s neck and kissed his throat, slowly, deliberately, leaving a vivid hickey. He looked like he was about to collapse from the honor of it.

A pole dance in the first task.

A lipstick brand in the second.

A luckey in the third.

And now, feeding grapes while sitting on his lap like a she–wolf in heat?

My eyes flicked towards Grace again. She laughed as the Alpha whispered something into her car, the kind of laugh that would’ve made any man believe he was the center of her universe.

But I noticed lier eyes kept flickering toward somewhere else. It was not the first time I noticed it. It has happened many times already. Who was she looking at?

My gaze followed her line of sight but there were many Alphas. Was I reading into it too much?

when I noticed Roman. He sat quietly near the edge of the clearing, arms resting over his bent knees, watching the up like a king above a chessboard. His wet clothes had dried into something ruggedly tousled, his hair windblown and wild. The sea had leit salt on his jawline his sharp features cast in twilight shadow.

After what happened back in the woods I had been once again abiding looking at him. Asher’s doubtful question had caught me of guard, that could actually expase may disguse it he would have thought deeper and then Ronan witnessed us together. I did out want any argument or fight between friends because of some nonsense misunderstanding so I said all of that. I actually still could not believe I say such words. And then when he brushest our fingers. This memory still made my

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Chapter 94 The Fifth Task

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I studied my breathing, forcing myself to not think about it and focus back on Grace. Who was now back to sitting between Finn and Asher. They hadn’t participated in the last few tasks. They didn’t need to. Grace had already declared them hers. They were hers with just a touch, a glance, a secret laugh in the shadows. Even Ryker had stopped competing after the pearl ring. As for Ronan he hadn’t moved since giving her the anklet.

So why was she still playing this game?

Was this her version of power?

But why had I been feeling that there was something about Grace no one was able to see?

“Fifth and final task for the day!” Grace’s voice rang across the clearing like a bell, drawing every Alpha to stillness. She stood now, a little flushed, hair a touch messy but still breathtaking. “This one,” she smiled, “is my personal favorite.”

The crowd leaned in.

“That already sounds fucking exciting!!” one of the Alpha yelled.

Grace listened to all of them and laughed, ‘Of course it is,” she smirked, “The rules are simple,” she explained. “Each participant will be blindfolded and placed inside the arena with an opponent of my choosing. You can tap out, you can be eliminated if you fall on the ground for more than five seconds, and of course this fight will continue with no time limit. An Alpha will fight only the person chosen by me until the end. The last one standing wins!”

will.

“Also the Alpha who wins this task will make his way to

he blank scroll like more than eighty percent!!” she announced

I pursed my lips. These games only sounded simple but they were not a piece of cake. She seemed to come up with her own. No wonder she was Alpha Gideon’s daughter.

The Alphas started stepping forward to participate enthusiastically. I even saw Ryker stepping in this time. No wonder, he waned that scroll. That power. But Ronan also stepping in to participate shocked me. He had not been active in the last three tasks but now he was there and had already confirmed his participation with Grace’s Omega.

Phina whispered in my mind, “Could he be participating because he wanted to win the scroll for us?”

I froze listening to her. Something curled in my chest that I feared to name, realizing his motivation to participate. Suddenly he locked eyes with me and I found myself unable to look away from him.

Then Grace held up her hand, silencing the murmurs.

“Seeing the excitement of the Alphas and how hard they are working. I have a special reward for the winner of this blind battle task,” she paused for effect Then, softly, seductively, she said. “A kiss from me.” she touched her pink lips.

A collective gasp appled through the clearing. One Alpha actually stumbled to his feet like he couldn’t believe his luck. The uproar that her kiss as a reward was louder than any other rewards so far.

My stomach flipped and my eyes immediately went to Ronan

No our could beat him. Not in a blindfolded battle. Not when it came down to instincts, strength, and control.

It means he would win Not only the task but also. Grace’s kiss?