the white wolf, her dag

u're mi

, turning each strand of fur almost luminous. Its pale eyes held no

lied to since b

Amara raise

lowered

ed. The dagger dro

ething inside her were being strangled. Now, at the sound of the creature's voice, war

d to retreat, but her legs had lock

shattered

A silver-haired woman clutched a newborn to her breast, one arm wrappe

boomed throu

bloodline before

sible instant, Amara saw her ow

vision ri

he snow. She clutched her head as the images van

I am Eryndor, last guardia

mouth with the back of her

begi

ame too quickly, as if saying them could m

She was the last known descen

less. "I spent seven years swallowing potions because I coul

that no woman would ever rule the werewolf kingdom again." Eryndor's eyes narrowed. "Your mother e

Amara's wrists puls

blocked your royal abilities,

. "Are you telling me

ce an heir for a man who stole

sed one hand to her stomach. Seven years of pain. Seven yea

snapped thro

lves, half-shifted, their eyes flashing gold. At their head ran a

ded Luna!" he shouted. "Bri

k with blood, and her knees still trembled. Ery

and t

ha

ir queen. Co

ader l

side her chest. It was not the silent wolf she had known-or the silence s

NE

ndered throug

r's claws gouged twin furrows, but he could not lift his head. Each w

ll marked her wrists, but beneath them a fai

id t

ority they were taught t

d his teeth against th

him. "The person you

ed you?" s

is face. Then the silver pressure vanished. He sprang uprig

r them, but Eryndo

uences. Every Alpha in the

ran

ially

the man who had called her nothing now knew she coul

" Eryndor said. "If they canno

. For seven years she had begged one man to see her

who stole my

ifted in front of her so abrupt

rossed the mou

d pendant, its dark chain wrapped around one gloved fist. On its face gl

r flung it

d, "your mother did no

d to pick it up.

o sits on y

aceup. A wolf's head surrounded by a ring o

blood

loved might be the son

turning toward her. Eryndor stiffened. The kingdom ha