Chapter 211

Alexander's POV So perceptive, my Luna. I should have known I couldn't hide such a monumental shift from her, not with our bond now stronger than ever. I took her hands in mine, leading her to sit on the plush sofa facing the windows. The sky outside was darkening rapidly, stars beginning to appear in the vast expanse above. "When you marked me," I began carefully, "something happened. Something... profound." Her eyes widened slightly. "What do you mean?" I stroked my thumb across her knuckles, gathering my thoughts. "Summer, I—" A flash of green light across the sky interrupted me. Then another, brighter this time. Summer gasped, her attention immediately captured by the first tendrils of the aurora borealis as they began to dance across the northern horizon. "Alexander, look!" she cried, leaping to her feet and rushing to the window. "It's starting!" I joined her, standing behind her with my arms wrapped around her waist as we watched the cosmic light show unfold. Green ribbons twist