la'

portunity, I shou

like ice. Standing before me, his massive shoulders stiff

t do it? So quit acting like this relates to my safety. You h

cle in his jaw flexing as he battled to c

ring him to respond. "You will snarl? Snarl. Remind me once more that you are a

train between us was h

h a shaky voice. "because I'm not leavin

the distance between us in an instant. His touch sen

u're ready for this?" For me, For the creatures who pr

ing him in the eye. "Because fo

enses broke. I saw the guy under the beast, his

uldn't," his voic

n my chest. Tell me, Lucian, what is actually happening.

mention of him. He let me go and moved a

ce sour. "He is a pawn in a far more expansive game. A

what?" I asked. The curse, then? Th

to a humorless s

ade him face me. I snapped. "Explain why, if I'm so darn ess

eplied, his eyes cutt

not an

ed on them. "Your line of descent relates to mine. Restricted by a betrayal more ancient than ei

air from my lungs

sh I

aring a far-off wail. The head of Luc

red, his voice tight with deman

ho

is eyes flickering

bbed my hand, forcing me into a sprint into the dense woodland. My heart beat a

his voice a blend of

pped, my breath com

n, and Lucian skidded to a halt, his bo

my throat, I as

manded, his voice devoid

olden eyes. My blood turned cold when I realized their ey

ost human. "Lucian Grey." Still r

his body shaking with the attemp

ed, "She smells... interesting," with lips drawing back in a t

ucian growled, his voice letha

e sound. "Grey, you are already dead"

ng. Moving faster than I could have imagined, Lucian

voice a mixture of desper

with a savagery both horrifying and breathtaking. The wolves were unrelentin

m passed throug

ew blood from his sh

wolf off, roaring in agony. Ne

urned to me befor

Lucian yelled,

aced for impact, but just before it came to me a flash of sil

ng silver hair and moonlike eyes. She exuded an u

underclap, she exclaimed, "You

he wolves whined and wit

is feet, his eyes wid

enetrating. "The time has come, Ca

ng me standing in the clearing with Lucian, m

l me you

restless motions broke through the stifling silence. Moonlight

rms tightly around myself. She did not only save us. Or were you i

, that woman is not a saviour. She serves as a cu

ce, so I moved hesitantly forward. "Lucian; w