ELA

, my mouth wide open. Nothing I had dreamt or imagin

Her raven hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, the fine strands writhing like they w

eyes were impossibly fierce a

complete reverenc

u to my presence tonig

on Goddess must know the fate t

ecause my parents have been killed. We suffered an attack tonight and were be

pect them. That is the first lesson you would learn on

her off, my anger back in full force, "I

evenge is taken by the ones who

not strong enough. I am a sickly

you kn

er. There was a reason? I thoug

scared of what I

e together. Except there was a problem - your father's fated mate. She didn't want to let him go. So your parents set her up

mall frown. My parents ne

"When Alpha Trojan himself appeared in my presence and his only request was a child, not prosperity for his pack,

h tears began to

r told me any of

at is the second lesson you will need to learn on

ough I didn't qu

nnihilation of my pack, Goddess. I pray to you to take

ther's mate. Or the banishment. Or the beatings. It was the shaving of her head that broke her. She had never cut her hair and never intended

ands through my long silvery hai

hair, Goddess. I can

On the condition that your first s*xual intercourse is with your fated mate. Since your parents disregarded the mate b

thing else. You can give me bad skin, crooke

you have to make your choice fast; you have limited time to be here. Do

hat the Moon Goddess answered my summon even when I hadn'

as a sickly wolf, I would be dead before the next full moon and the slain wolves of Lef

he Moon Goddess's eyes. "I would do it. I

ted mates are not always as they appear. Do

overcame me. In seconds, I lost consciousness and was staring into pitch blackness. I didn't kn

the top of my head and immediately started crying. My head was now bald and smooth

ide eyed. "What... wh

the Moon Goddess, conveniently leaving out the part a

. "It is good that you have gained strength. Now I can die

f blood on his left lumbar region. Lifting his s

d they attack you

losing blood. Sadly, I didn't leave home with any potion that would

upid for not noticing B

ostin. Let me he

es of arrows reverberated through the for

ani. To kill or to capture. Ru

... your

n the sound of foo

out me. You are our only hop

of hair into Bostin's bag and se

~

my life. But I was no match for seven Shana warri

ied my hands behind me like a criminal and forced me t

zable and held no mark of the ceremony that was holding in it just hours ago. Most structures were burnt or broken. Bodies were scattered on the floor,

they landed on two heads displayed on a makeshift table, I wished they didn't. The heads

heading to Shanakoi, my eyes dry because I had no

was called Lord Yuso and he had already slapped me at l

ut alive enough to admire the beauty of Shanakoi kingdom. Even my hate for Shanas - one that had been born

the grasses sprawled for acres with short

ion and you could tell that the Shanas loved art - and they were wealthy! Ther

nd my left ankle. Then I was thrown into a large prison cell that hel

racks in the high walls over and over again, ign

t me all the way just to let me die of hunger wh

inger at me, "The kin

d fall off. The king. You mean the man who b