unger

through the chamber

o a storm, a force that clawed a

still, watc

ngated into claws. Her fangs descended, sharp as daggers.

the h

er unlike anything

ened. The scent of blood filled the

ontrol, but something else-someth

to me?" she gasped,

epping closer. "Y

r, knocking her back against the stone floor. The symbols

en-mem

of anoth

-like Lucian's-whisperin

yal. Blood sta

eam piercin

d back to the presen

, tilting his head. "You'r

erratic. "No... no, this isn't r

chin, forcing her to look in

murmured. "You are both. Wolf and vamp

art st

er like a heavy fog. She

mething el

can fight it... or you can embrace i

t him, her pu

running from the unknown. Fro

e had a

ight

beco

gers tw

nger s

he reached f

nt of N

d against Lucian's outstretc

to resist. But the new hunger-the dark, pulsing need deep

nt. "You feel it, don't you?" His voice wa

sts, stepping back.

s," she whispered

n't falter. "You d

oom s

r, pulsing with energy. The air grew thick, c

me the

pers in the wind. Then l

... A

plitting. Shadows twisted along the

. Her silver hair cascaded like a waterfa

ou?" Aria

orrow in her gaze.

ood turne

se sh

ns. In the flashes of memo

r mo

buckled. "No... th

evelation was inevitable. "I

re never meant to be just a werewolf, Aria. You were bo

ead settled in

ing," she

her-shook her hea

were hidden for a reason, Aria. Your existence is forbidde

th came in

anywhere. It meant she wa

mea

dy con

urged, twisting through

k whisper. "You're awakening. And once

. The torches flicker

th

hing e

erupted from her skin. The room shook. The anc

n gri

o your des

rld wa

aving no burns. Her veins pulsed with an otherworldly power, each heartbeat an ex

ldn't b

ing as if they, too, feared her. The symbols

the chaos, L

her like a man entranced. "The power of t

rd him. Her sen

ards outside the chamber. The slow, steady breathing of her mother's spirit-thoug

, a new

res

ark. Someth

ian. It wasn'

atching.

wante

hand against her chest as

e out raw, broken. "I n

mile faded

oment their skin touched, a shockwave of energy

h leaving him in a sharp exhale. But when he

red at h

d she j

f in her howled for control, but the v

. Stop

voice echoe

Aria. Before it

meant. And she didn't ha

to the chamber s

n-vampires and wolves, the

slammed aga

d come

ill

ake that should n

rose to his feet. "Well," he mused, roll

ts, black fire curlin

know if she

e woul

e had no o