xia

a

a sensation; it

a white-hot agony that made my v

antiseptic mixed with the earthy scent of wolfsbane

t was encased in a heavy cast, elevate

disjointed. The bar. The Rogues.

to the edge of the woods near the mil

I saw

es, protecting Kassandra, who was cowering

A Rogue was flanking h

w me. And he saw the Ro

uld define our entire existence. Save me from th

hose

e one attacking me clamped its jaws down on

the sound of my o

t, hot tears leaking o

e," a gruff

bed like vultures waiting for a carcass to cool. Jacob was

ed, my throat feeling lik

, his expression grim. "The bones were... shattered, Alexia.

ked, my heart hamme

. "Not like before.

ashed into

thing I had worked for, every sca

ing like acid. I refused to let it out.

tern man who hated anything that disrupted his precious order. "Kassandra has been

. He wouldn't mee

ficially install Kassandra as the Acting Luna. And... we need the Moonstone. I

really had-and take my mother's necklace to give

pered. "Is this

ve. "It's for the Pack, Alexia. Kassandra... she's fragile right now. She needs th

d, a broken, jagged sound.

weakly, shifting his weight.

ping to a deadly whisper. "

ast. Then I look

ept,"

unned by my comp

the title of Luna. I don

ped the Moonstone. It felt warm against my ski

tight before handing it

r Marcus scoffed.

ining steel. "Condition one: You pay for my medical bills. All of th

desperate to allevia

alties for every single healing song I compos

's ab

k robe, looking perfectly fine, not a scratch on her

his arm, glaring at me. "She's greedy

. "Let the wolves go mad without my lulla

power of my songs. They knew the peace I brought w

gritted out.

," I

to the bedspread. It land

eedy child, a triumphant smi

turning my head away. "