grew brighter and redder, staining the sky with a dreadful shade of crimson. Everyone could

ening in my chest was just nerves. But dee

lood

neath ancient secrets. The air was thick with tension, and the wolves-our wolves-were restless. I wasn't the only on

rain with warriors, especially not in front of them. But I had found a small corner b

ring the stance of a warrior I'd watched earlier t

balance, landing in

ng flat on my

ointless,"

espond. Not e

ou are," I a

felt her stir, and with the Blood Moon g

y arms. The sky darkened, tinged with red

Moon was

ple Hall-one of the few buildings on the Pack grounds forbidden to Omegas. I had only caught gli

of them mumbli

moon turns to blood, and the e

e

o think that "h

always was. No one came out this far unless they needed to hide. It was a quiet part of the Pack, far

soli

every passing hour. Arguments flared over trivial matters. Warriors snap

ood by the water trough, absently stirring it with a

a?" she asked sweetly, her

. "Not in the

ehind me. "You

y fists but

if she were waiting for something. Or someone. I didn't trust her, and I

de. I had bigger worries

moon was nearly full now, already touched with a dark, rusty hue that mad

something inside me

w," I wh

howled in

o the rustle of leaves, the occasional d

ame th

beneath a blood-red sky. A dis

d

l, fire curling around my arms,

t. My pulse raced like a war drum, a

i

l no

l it. I wasn't imagining it anymore. S

e. I stepped out into the yard and faced an

new what t

od

before fate, or prophec

whispered to each other, eyes darting. Some packed bags. Others cl

, I saw Alpha Caden

ade Pack h

ass. Tall men in dark armor, a woman with a bow sl

i

a Ca

ked like a storm, all sharp angles and unreadable intensity. Hi

before he co

uss the Blood Moon. Or

re which sc

e sun dipped below the horizon, t

were

began

oon rose-deep red a

sti

shiver. Like breathing

clutchin

w

as wa

so w