tory looked different fr

he wooden cabins of the village didn't look like the impenetrab

g the reins so tightly my knuckles were white. Beside me, Kael rode a be

were thousands of them. They didn't speak, didn't shift. They just stood

shut tight. On the other side, I could hea

, intimate rumble that carried only to my ears. He was we

of deep crimson silk that clung to my curves, topped wit

thought of the rejection

I said, my

ed one gl

walked. A slow, methodical advance. The sheer weight o

d warriors were lined up behind the barricades,

command that seemed to shatter the morning air. "Or I wi

Then, the heavy iron gat

r, trying to look every inch the powerful Alpha. But I saw the truth. I saw the way his han

ed in white furs

ross a dangerous line. The Blackwood Pack has no quarrel

urged his horse forward, stopp

Kael loo

nded hi

let Kael help me down. He kept his hand firmly on t

nto the light, the Bla

gh the crowd. The Ome

drained of color. For a second, he look

ut. "What... what is

rward. Her face twisted in ugly, jealous rage. "You're suppose

gaze. I looked at her the way one

ringing out clear and cold across the clearing. "And I

hat followed

e fresh, unmistakable mark on my neck that was no lon

n stammered, his face twisting in d

AC

d, he was standing beside me. The next, he was in fron

ed nothing. Damien's sword clattered to the dirt

is crimson eyes burning with lethal malic

hina screamed, draw

at her. He released

raphina's dagger fell from her hands as she collapsed to her knees, gasping for air. Behind th

ra didn't touch me. It flowed ar

I said

them flickered, then calmed. He opened his hand,

ce carrying across the silent pack. "Look

s eyes wide, filled with a mixture of terror, regret, and desperate longing. The mate bond

. "I... I made a mistake. The Moon Goddess... she

The man I had loved. T

in my chest di

o a whisper, though the wind carried it to ever

against the stone pathway. I stopped

g like sweet, dark wine. "I am a Moon Blessed. And you, Dam

him. I turned my b

er my shoulder. "Take what

, predatory, and utte

and yanked his head back, forc

s now mine. And if I ever see you look at her again,

lked back to my side, hi

rmured, his voice dark

ses, Seraphina, still trembling o

oice unhinged. "She's a monster! She's c

, a sharp, blinding pai

isi

t, sudden, an

aw Damien on his knees, screaming. But

was

my eyes glowing a terrifying, monstrous si

g backward. Kael c

ce sharp with concern. "Wha

nds. They were cl

om heat of the fire on my skin.

breath coming in sh

red, a cold dread settlin

I pulled away and pract

f the vision wasn't the

hat I en

own, that this was