ugh crystals of sorcery that resonated with its glimmer. The city rested not. Whispers entwined itself upon the corridor

een in

who might

far too long letting them control her life

ragile to be

he wept the

d creates a b

that time. But tonight, t

re he

s going to

e false sky fading into darkness as the spell-candles b

ra said, folding her

n," Selene replied, ey

ho

ei

stiff

rned. "Yo

wit

he was Kael's advisor. and my f

he's a

led. Or fram

ou want to go out an

after I was banished. No trac

ou expect the wind to deli

t I think I know where

wned in di

, pacing the war room. "To your old

here's a druid circle in the Whispering Pines. Reina used t

r a look. "Win

agreed. "Bu

ing his hair back. "Th

't. You're the King of this cit

haunted forest with nothing but ghosts an

that. But this is

her, then, finall

Blend into the forest. Don'

m a grateful n

d her as

id softly, "whisper my name

eyes l

decade, Selene felt like s

the land of her old pack. A land once steeped in legend and druidic reverence, it

didn'

recalled

es like mourning cloths. Each wind bore voices-gig

of an old pine tree, reciting a incant

ams, voice th

ings that yo

brated bene

r thic

red-though not through her

ned the truth. Blood on

asped. "

uty and terror. She spok

e?" Selene s

d furiously, ca

her away. Silver chain

ook a st

fell besi

you see?"

I was exiled. Silver chains. I think. I th

tor is still in cha

nds into fi

. Someone who wished

d back at the

ind spoke

es where the

to the black canopy, racin

. "That's e

e'll cl

city at dawn, cloaks torn and

ad waite

?" he

have died to save me. The lies

deringly. "Then we

're not going to try to

cian replied. "I'd rather be fig

ic hybrid king, but the man who heard her, not

there was once a time when I thought Kae

ed at her.

I'm the one who

one," he said to her, sweeping

finger

efest instant,

. No wh

tween two hearts smoldered a

y's grand hall. Warriors, spies, and seers clustere

od Moon Cliff n

ran throug

er, resting his hand on

e to be served," he declar

ame like a

ee

did n

ccept

na

d the gates, as if the

poke not of

red of he