The Luna He Can't Get Back

r, the guy she had previously thought was her mate, lay across their bed tangled up with Isla, her y

nying the treachery. The view in front of her was incorrect, s

yes met hers and for the first time in more than a

ng to distance himself from Is

chest constricted as his words fell fr

a whisper. It's precisely what I believe. You cho

wly cut surface. Deanna, I am his genuine partner. Isla remarked

sibling. From the guy she had loved. The anger within her flar

fists shaking with rage. You t

nto something frigid and harsh. Dean

s she fled into the night, the words hardly reg

s. Though it was from something more than only physical weariness, her heart raced. Was she insu

e city's outskirts. Tyler's wolf; she could sense it in her bones. Hollow

erated in the distance, always reminding her that Tyler was not

the treachery too profound. Deanna's heart raced as she approache

ught the woodland to life; the air was heavy with the aroma of pine and earth. Every stride seemed to pull her more into th

ingle. The hairs on the back of her neck sprang up as though the tre

. Softly cursing, she grabbed the closest tree. Though not from her fall,

ees a shadow flashed; in the distance a deep growl rumbled. Deanna'

was huge; under the moonlight, its eyes shone a pale silver. Deanna

ical renegade wolf. Z

negade pack. His stare was strong and u

ct screamed for her to flee. Her

Zane's powerful voice. Deanna

efore a tall, menacing shadow swept through the trees, she hardly had time to change. Her heart skipped a beat, but it wasn't d

f pure might, Zane Blackwood, Alpha of the Moon Reavers, was just as the tales said. His dark hair fram

er of defiance, but she could hardly hold he

. "Zane Blackwood," he said, his voice deep and rich, like the forest itself

rks disturbed her, she narrowed her ey

tension in the air grew denser. Deanna, I can feel your stren

h. Though she didn't want to admit it, she felt the unrelenting draw toward him

n is what I'm providing. Assistance, refuge

rtainty through her as their eyes met once more. Unsure of what she was feeling, she stepped b

her, his look offering assistance. His big, powerful hand looked b

, the words seeming feeble even as they left her lips. The reality was that she no longer k

g every square inch of the clearing. She sensed it, a draw, nearly mag

raspy and uncertain of where this

ed momentarily. Deanna, nothing. I wish to save you

ed. "What doe

the Moon Queen's final descendent. The last of your sort. Your abilities are both a bles

moving. "How do

d closer, his presence like the wild, untamed forest itself, impossible to ignore. He added

e Deanna could answer. It was an alien sound. The wood

g direction. "Stay close," he said softly,

eart racing in her chest. Wha