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ce of a foreign wolf kingdom and the younger brother of the Wolf King,

ished stone. "Alpha Kevin's health... is deteriorating. The silver poisoning he

able warrior who had single-handedly turned the tide of the

e drift casually around the room. "A noble daughter from a loyal family. It would demonstrat

d anxiously into his ear. I caught fragments of the words: Kl

pressed into a thin line, his jaw clenched tight, and the muscles in his neck stood rigid with ang

opened. Servants entered,

an a living person. Yet beneath his trembling frame was a stil

Kevin

r lay limp against his scalp. A thick fur blanket had been pulled up to his chin, but it could not hide the tremors shaking hi

epths before he was seized by a violent coughing fit. It was a terrible, wet sound, as though his body were tearing itsel

my expression. I had coveted the Dread Guard for a long tim

one side. He had lost consciousness. His servants q

w words of concern be

E P

to my small cottage on

t recognize. The moment they saw me, they sprang apart, guilt written all over their faces. Martha was

walked past them a

ed open, and my mattress sat crooked on the be

nd disrespectful. "Miss Kloe. The Luna is look

wall, knelt down, and pried up a loose fl

, I retrieved a long, heavy

y, I unw

to a brilliant shine. Intricate carvings of crim

weapon. Cr

nging coursed through me. My mother, Arena, the Crimson Wolf, had been the fierces

ackward. Genuine and overwhe

oward her, the spear's tip now

ice was cold and deadly, as sharp as the s

. the Luna," she stammered, trembling violently. "She... she told me

on Crest.

atrice that if she sends anyone into my room again, the

d away like a f

m, the weight of the silver spear

face m