ra'

t to me, and each and every face in that crowd looked at me like I ha

e trembling with rage, which he was not hiding. "Tak

d to beg them to be gentle but no words came out, legs shaking from the shock of what ju

me attention. His face twisted with rage and humili

aedmon. "She has disrupted the

in front of the platform. Her eyes scanned me slowly, absorbing the scar that was now expo

Veyra Noctelle. W

he next the essence approached me and then it just..." I gulped. "It just came to me, I d

you expect us to believe that?" Caedmon asked. "Rhydian's own wol

my voice down. "It's what really happened and I have

it's convenient," said one of the othe

erstand what this is." I begged, frust

're an omega? Is it my fault that the moon goddess bles

Elaris, I've been trying to stay out of everybody's way my whole life

a table, "Describe how a cursed omega, untrained, without any standing, and no magi

don't know, I don't have an answer

an, who stood off to the side, his expression I didn't have time to read - somewhere between confusion a

solde replied. "If magic was used to disrupt a sacred bonding

en the pack itself could not find a solution. A few minutes later, a woman, older than Ysolde, was escorted through the crowd, w

ony between Rhydian Vael and Elaris Noctis, his wolf essence has selected this gi

und and not move away from her u

" Ilyenne sai

ur name?"

a Noc

start, don't leave anything out." She said in

tar-reading failed between Rhydian and Elaris and then the elders told Alpha Rhydian to release his wolf essence, it went to

fingers lightly to my temple, next to the edge of my scar. Her touch was cool, I fel

"Have you been tutored by anyone? Went anywh

ever, if I tried

like this? Wanted to steal what didn

my voice. "No, I've never wis

ack, her face unfathomable. She went t

ere's magic here, I can feel it, but it will take me time to see who created it, who's hands did it

ke, how long?" C

rld. "Rhydian, I need you to come with me to set up the ritual

stily marked out in the dirt, with herbs and old bone charms scattered around the circle. Rhydian was force

peaking in a language I didn't understand. One by one, the charms around the ci

move. I d

or hours - every minute seemed to follow the next, as Ilyenne's chanting changed, the charms

immed from the charms an

and looked at the council. Each one of those people

asked. "What di

d darted from Ysolde to Caed

black