The Whisp

ra clung to the saddle, her heart still racing from the fire in the village. Behind her, Malakai was a

back pressed against his chest. She could feel the vi

he wind. "The silver hair... if m

earing her skin. The Shadows play mind games, Elara. They w

er fingers tightening around the

st her ear. "Keep that anger. It's the only thing

d by bone-white trunks that looked like reaching skeletal fingers. This was the Whisper

ai said. He hopped down an

ately. He held her in mid-air for a second, his gold eyes searching hers

spered. "Your scent is tu

d, her voice trembling as his fi

irk playing on his lips. "For you

, but not peaceful. Elara could hear faint voices-whispers tha

e... Elara... the

palm was huge and warm, grounding her. "The trees here eat th

circular stone pit. At the bottom sat the Sunken Temple. it was

a Silver Lycan can open the inner sanctum. My kind-the Black Lyc

At the entrance stood two massive statues o

he whistlin

d. The Shadows. They didn't have faces-only darkness where

Elara whispered, rea

pping in front of her. "They want to see if you

's in

lows a Silver Lycan to shift. Without it, you're just a

ack bow. Twang. The arrow hissed through t

mid-flight just inches from her face. He snapped the wo

r, Elara!" he

es, only a circular indentation in the shape of a

ng ha

working!"

body growing, his clothes tearing as the massive black wolf took his place. He lun

ge burning. She thought about Kaelen's laugh. She thought about the way Ma

e whispered to the s

her hand; she poured h

AC

s the marble like a spiderweb. The heavy doors groaned and be

i!" she

re Shadows had appeared, throwing heavy iron chains

her mind. It was a command, hea

e him. But she knew she was useless like

room, floating above a stone altar, was a single, ti

ispers said. Bec

ent her finger touched the

heat. It

and reset. Her skin felt like it was being peeled b

in as the silver light began to l

g, silver claws. Her teeth sharpened. Her vision chang

't a gir

t she was something in between. Her hair had turned completely silver, g

en with a single hand. The heavy marble flew

She saw the chains

figures turned, ra

She didn't use a sword. She

," sh

eath the Shadow. The creature didn't even have time

irl standing in the temple doorway-the girl w

smoke and disappeared into the t

for air. He was covered in scratches and blood, bu

legs shaking. He stopped a

" he wh

the ground. She felt a power inside her that was so big i

said. Her voice sounded like

d her glowing hair. Then, slowly, the King of the Ly

, showing her the

returned," he said, hi

time in her life, she didn't feel like a

ld and commanding. "We have a pack to fin

on his face. "He won't just see you,