tered open to the sme

in the fore

y torches. A fire crackled nearby, and her body ached as

fast, groanin

e? Who broug

low voice - male,

ed her he

ed out from

emple to his jaw. His eyes... piercing sil

w him - but he

ace?" she demand

"You're in the Hollow. A neutral g

she snapped.

a long, heavy mom

me is

ked. Tha

sper it when she thoug

the Ash

th. A cursed bloodline - wip

ou should

ed. "I get

-

from

"Your energy... it nearly shattered the fores

I did," she muttere

ed. "But your

slowly, like approac

e old blood. Ancient. And something inside

er eyes. "You

at you're

est tightened.

voice

d to blood and death is sworn under a Crimson Eclipse, not

-

She Nev

fire. "Lucian... he kill

ression tur

Your father was the last Alpha standing in

ailed

at him. "What a

r power. She knew what lived inside you... an

e didn't seal it to protect me.

t control, you could become the very thing t

-

g in the

nelt be

at's inside you. Because Lucian is prep

d, angry, hollow. "

Forgotten Alpha. The one cast out of time - the origin of t

a's brea

re ly

sh I

roll onto the ground. Bl

open

at the center was an image

fire... standing above the a

-

ice i

voice wa

don't master what you carry, your oath won

t the fire again,

meant to be the

eant to be the

s her fate, she'd control

train," she

nodded

morrow,

-

Chapt