pte

of smoke. Lyria sat on the edge of a stone ledge near the healer's hut, staring out at the moonlit trees ,the n

in front of his pack. Even now, hours later, the sting of his denial flared hot beneath her breastbone, more p

fused to let

, her hand went straight for the dagger hidden in her boot , a

me a voice, Warm ,and

he clearing with a bundle of herbs, his eyes flicked t

t is watching us?" , Callen raised a brow, "All the time, t

at her hand says "So

felt it too? That pressur

nto Black fang, the pull of the moon... my dream

at her and ask

meone else's, a woman clot

od... and a n

ould talk to the Elders, If you're dreaming of blood and ancest

olerates my presence, you think he'd al

le. "You don't need his perm

her lingered in his veins like wildfire ,his wolf went just beneath his skin, agitated and restless. Rejecting the bond had felt like tearing a piece of himself out wh

ther save the packs... or doom t

he door, without turni

in, "There's something y

eastern ridge, three scouts Mau

them, his face blank, th

"Whatever did this was bigge

unds. "This was an ex

The blood scent mixed with another, a sharp,

his gut, Kael knew this attack was

ing tree, a child crying, Wolves turning

that was not a whisper, in a voice th

oon

tbeat raced like hooves against stone. The pendant around her ne

and into the night, dra

eneath it, near the sacred stones outside t

nd, "You dream," the voice was a woman's, ag

evealing her silver hair braided with feathers, Her eyes glowed

o you wan

gun, and your place in it is more dangerou

, Lyria Moon hart!! You were called, and the one who rejected

gain, the woman smiled, "I am t

he vani

tral grounds, Kael stood before them, eyes like s

der threat, Not from rogues, and not from a

a fraction too long, "I need everyone prepared, tr

d forward, "a

ile

ightened ,Lyr

una," Kael said

em flared, like a la

y but she didn't miss the way Kael's voice

ot y

, Or so she thought, the moment her fingers brushed the moon

n, with

asn't

omething unknown that