la'

. "This isn't some fairy tale where I could just wave my fingers to make

my heel, prepared to

d my way. "You don't understand what you're doing. If you run

st it will be fast. At least I won't have to const

and for a split second his visage

I don't know what to think anymore. All I know is that I'm scare

k a step closer, his voice gentle but urgent. "

"Stop hiding behind half-truths and cryptic

k," It serves as a power emblem. It is a lighthouse, but as well. Indeed it will bring the

d myself unable to manage? Wi

grily, staring blankly into my ey

y breath. I looked at his face for any

ch"? My voice just abo

o sweep a hair strand from my face. "Be

ore I could answer. Lucian froze, his eye

me," his voice falli

ut turned over with

oble

big wolves with blazing eyes like molten gold. Their a

changed into his wolf form. His glittering eyes gleamed

n!" and his voice was

t felt anchored to the earth. Lucian was a natural powerhouse with unequaled

calculated eyes entered the area a

ocking and silky. "The terrible Lucian

his human form, bloodied

me shudder fro

on his lips. And you had to be the female I ha

dy coiled like a sprin

jure her. Not yet either. I simply wanted to glimpse the fa

a stop. "What are

nough." Still, think of this as a warning for now. Little bud

s before Lucian could respond, ther

Lucian. "What did he imply? Lu

enty; dread twis

ere far from finished, t

re bl

his human body, my voice shook. Blood flowed from a cut al

said, his voice

my hands on the incision to stop bleeding.

his frailty. Start caring about yourself instea

along with my terror. "You Lucian got me into this situatio

traight, stinging with the effort. "I did

said, "You keep saying it's fate, that I'm some kind of k

n't know! You are carrying the mark that I have spent millennia attemp

nd my heart twisted agonizingly. "Fo

tening his face

ere tumultuous, and his close proximity further co

ction of longing and guilt. "I hav

able to defend me, but all you have done is conceal the truth, how am I supposed to believe you?"voice low and frantic, he

face, I yelled. "Don't you see that? My li