strange but powerful, carrying her faster than she'd ever gone before. She had never ventured this f

night fur was tangled with leaves and twigs, her purple eyes glowing in the reflection

up, her ears swiveling toward the sound. A

ia

uman form. His golden hair shone in the moonl

ory by dawn," he said, his voic

ng back to human form. The pain was searing but quicker this time. Within moments, sh

ice hoarse. "I don't understand wha

"The Onyx wolf appears only when darkness taints the bl

d down her face. "We were supposed to be m

eyes-doubt, perhaps even re

"The elders have searched the ancient texts. The Onyx wolf bring

yone," Serena whispere

htened. "The pack has made its

esh wave of pain through Serena's h

elf." Elias's voice softened slightly. "He said no

per-like the foundation of her very self was splitting apart. The dark power

ening within her. "Born beneath a crimson eclipse, the Onyx wolf will either s

kill me?" Sere

unting party is coming-your father leads th

ple howls rose into th

if I'm such a monste

ed once to protect you. This warning

burst from the trees-her father. His teeth were bar

, cousins, pack members who had celebra

th lightning speed, his naked body

erena. "My own blood,

er, p

ughter would have been a silver wolf, p

Serena stumbled back, feeling the strange po

der Thorne consulted the ancient scrolls. The Onyx

athered wolves, already in human form. The ol

wolf born under a crimson moon brings the End of

anything wrong!"

hid this taint well, but blood will tell. Now we know why Isolde Vale

hen I was a baby,

d. "Or did she run to hide her shame?

gathered wolves. Serena's hea

her growled. "The abom

is body changed. The other pack members followed suit, t

s face troubled. "Caius, pe

ather snapped before his words dissolved in

a one last time, conf

he wh

shifted into his wolf form-not silver like her father

pain of transformation. This time, it happened faster, her body remembering the change. Withi

outward. Trees around her bent as if in a hurricane wind.

new this was her only chance. She sprang away, her pow

r. Her display of power had frightened them, but also confirme

d ever known was gone. Her home. Her family. Her future with Eli

to the forbidden lands-territory claimed by the feared Nightfang Pack. Any other ti

chased her from behind, and

len back or were being more cautious as they approached Nightf

aled her fate was sinking toward the horizon. Soon

out what to do next. The stories about Onyx wolves-were they true? Was she

se-unfamiliar wolves.

between her pursuer

the trees around her, encircling her completely. Not silver wolves like her former p

His fur was dark gray, almost black, with a striking white mark across his

l rising in her throat. Bu

g, with the same dark hair as his wolf and cold amber eyes. A jagged scar ra

ave we here? A lone Onyx wolf running from the Silver Ridge C

g to appear dangerous

ontinued, seemingly unconcerned by her display. "And you, lit