The moon hung high above Dark Ash Pack, casting silver light over the aftermath.
Victor was gone — exiled with a broken bond and a shredded legacy. His betrayal had left deep scars, but the truth had finally come out. The curse, the fear, the silence — all of it shattered.
Sienna stood on the training ground, breathing in the night air. Her wolf stirred gently inside her, not raging, not afraid — just there. For the first time, she felt whole.
Daemon found her there, silent and still.
He didn't speak right away. Just stood beside her, watching the stars.
"You saved me," he said at last.
"I didn't do it for you," Sienna replied softly. "I did it because it was right."
He smiled faintly. "I know."
Silence fell again. But it was different this time. Comforting.
Finally, Daemon spoke again, his voice lower. "The pack council wants to honor you. They've asked for you to be named Luna officially."
Sienna looked down. "You're not just asking because of the mate bond, right?"
He stepped in front of her, lifting her chin gently with two fingers.
"I'm asking because when everything fell apart — you stood up. Not as my mate. Not as my Luna. Just as you."
Her eyes shimmered.
"And I'm choosing you," he said. "Not because the moon says I have to. But because I want to."
A tear slipped down her cheek — not from pain, but release.
"Then I choose you too," she whispered.
The next day, the pack gathered.
Daemon stood before them, proud and firm. At his side stood Sienna, no longer in chains — but dressed in ceremonial white, her mark glowing faintly on her neck.
"She is one of us," Daemon said. "She always was. We just didn't see it."
Cheers rang out as Sienna was crowned Luna of Dark Ash.
No longer cursed. No longer feared.
Chosen.
That night, Sienna walked to the place where the Black Stone had once been buried.
In its place, she and Daemon planted a tree — small and green, fragile but full of life.
As they pressed the soil around its roots, Daemon wrapped an arm around her.
"No more prophecies," she said.
"No more lies," he added.
Just them. Just the future they chose.
Together.