uld feel them boring into her even from behind Evelyn's shoulder.

Evelyn asked, h

smile. "Detective Rowan

hat?" Evelyn didn't mo

cond. "Let's just say we handle matt

g glance. "You're not here about a girl. Yo

ed into a friendly expression, but it didn't rea

you know

red under the town's guardian list.

les whitened a

inued, his tone smooth. "But you did witness an unaut

said, trying to soun

ed at the name. "So

hing more to say, officer. And unless you've got a warra

"Very well. But if you see Kade again... do tell him other

lked off into the night, his

ked shut, Evelyn bolted

to go near th

ed. "He sav

don't let witnesses walk free. That

about Kade? And why

him. And it nearly destroyed her. You don't understand the war you're walking into,

?" Aria w

t stirs, it could shift the balance of power between vampires and werewo

r chest, her heart poundi

cked the heavy trapdoor. "If they want the Moonborne blo

quietly building for years-silver-tipped arrows, wolfsbane, spellboo

al life

r was just

with something older than dust-power. The walls were lined with ancient relics: blades inscribed with runes, vials of glow

e been preparing for t

e metal and stone. "Since the day your mother died. They called it an a

the hilt of a slender b

earing. Your power-your heritage-is awakening. And those who serv

different,"

. Your first shift, if it comes, will break you. Bone b

atened to buckle.

nstone encased in silver, warm to the touch. "You train. You

respond, something

both

-a g

man. N

rmly, already gripping a bl

en. Moonlight spilled across the floor, highlighting

nto the room, colla

badly, claw marks down his back, and his skin b

e else to go," he ras

d them here. Dammit, Aria, get

ment flickered in the shadows outsid

lyn muttered. "And no

was no lon

s hun