ling of her new chamber. The light was softer here than in the Bloodmoon Pack-

too heavy to carry. His parting words

told you you were. You are my

ined bed, nails digging into the

rin

ro

her veins. And she had lived eighteen year

o

believ

r entire life. Her identity. Everything she thought she was-a burden, a

hide

a pack that trea

her be

rack, and a slim figure stepped through. A woman, graceful and silent

aid with a bow. "The King

nce

still fel

ll ached, but she didn't flinch. She wou

wall glimmered with runes, and the air pulsed with power-old power that made her skin tingle. She pass

o another world-one she

me easy when your whole

ndow overlooking the frozen peaks of the North. Snow blanketed the la

urn as she

o you remember?" he asked, voi

" she said,

ause there

fened under the weight of his gaze-

estial event that occurs once every hundred years. Wolves born

owed. "Gi

antly..." His eyes narrowed. "You carry the ancient bloodline of the first Alpha

aggered ba

ate. "That's why you were hidden. Many wou

my mo

es, gone in an instant.

ache that had always felt like something missing-it w

ou have a choice, Arielle. Remain

w anything about being a queen. I was ra

't flinch.

fell bet

sked. "Why revea

s. And your appearance has already begun to stir the bal

. "You me

r place. But he will come back. And when he does,

he memory of Kade's vo

nothin

oldly. "He won't find the

hen you must begi

ain

a second door o

ierce, with braids like whips

l teach you how to fight. How

"You ready to

em. Her heart beat faster, but it wa

so

born bl

der. "Good. Then

walls loomed overhead, and the air was thick with the scent of sweat, blood, and raw power. Soldie

art pounding so loudly she swore

lver runes, he was every bit the nightmare they'd warned her about. Scarred. Ruth

e," Kaelen growled, his voice like gravel d

hat felt more like a log in he

d with a cruel grin. "If you can do t

he at

ing. No

ruck it with such force it ripped from her grip and clatter

d. "You're not a warrior.

nickered in the dista

e didn

scraped and bleeding. Her breath came in shallow gasps. But

ell. Maybe you're no

real trai

Kaelen be

kill-just en

block, dodge, fall, rise. Every part of her scream

ll, she

and

in bruises, her lip was spli

ed. "Crawl back to your p

hrough swollen eyes. Her v

N

express

bling. "I won't stop. Not until

nt, he sai

he sm

t real smile she'd

t N

lk sheets of her unfamiliar b

d... her mi

the pain, someth

ago now felt strange. Stronger. She curled them into fist

gn. A

ing...

t it. Like a whisper in her blood, ec

just traini

omething buried deep - w

s That

ushed he

he worked her

rpened. Her wounds healed quicker than they sho

was disa

, feral, and terrif

hey mocked her. Then, they watche

ers s

oesn't

als too

- they glo

elle disarmed one of Kaelen's top warriors - a

dge of the ring, arms

learn that move

"I didn't. It ju

eyes. "It wasn't ins

ran down

Eve

d her to the o

cient, damp, and filled with weapons, scro

le in front of her. The title was written in arch

this?"

d through the pages until he

glowing with power, surro

our kind," Kaelen said softly.

le st

lance was

e continued. "Assassinated, they said.

ent dry. "Yo

n said, voice low. "But your blood

ew thick w

's worl

just a lost girl

ancient queen. The one destined

s very, v

he S

ess, King Lucien watch

fiance in her stare. The way the moonlig

ng," he murmur

beside him. "Sho

her fight. Let her bleed. L

loak billowi

a Kade. If he steps foot