Moonbound :The Alpha's Curse

led through the trees like a mourning spirit, whispering warnings the forest dared not speak aloud. The trees

aside,

h the night like a b

ed to shield her from more than just the cold. Blood smeared her cheek from a fresh cut, the copper

afford to f

s muscles rippled under tight leather armor, and her glowing eyes shone with fury. She had been humiliated - Aria had

u belong here?" Zara hissed, taking another threatening s

d that had gathered. Warriors, omega

d been stepped on her entire life - beaten, ridiculed, discarded like she was a plague. But n

insid

stomach instinctively, and

oice calm, though her legs trembled. "But

will you do, huh?

once been ordered to execute her months ago. He'd been the only one to show mercy, sparing

the tension, the c

d, his voice lost in th

already mad

ped into

murmurs. Zara laug

ng to en

her claws out, aime

en herself. Her reflexes had sharpened in recent weeks. The moon no longer weakened her - it

palm into Zara's ribs. A small burst of

ra staggere

the only

within her, wild and hot, like it had a mind of its own. Elemental? Or something else? S

. She shifted midair and lung

a stood

eyes... and r

nt Zara's massive wolf body lunged, Aria vanished - reappe

t tele

appened - only enough to kick Zara stra

d from the yo

ft back, but Elric stepped

ted but humiliated

unded pride more pa

eart thundering - and t

He had always been kind, quiet, protective, one of the only

s were not

.. on the way she had clutched her stomach jus

la

ssion, confusion, dawning real

ly, stepping closer

lips parted, but the

s jaw ti

else h

with it, held the power to

ickened with unspoken questions and looming danger. The secret she had tried

voice barely above a whisper, "Pl

owing. "How could you hide t

. Scared you'd hate me. Scared they

o a thin line. "You'

ht of her secret pressing dee

the tense silence. It cut through the ni

ed toward the sound.

t, he grabbed her arm g

but she nodded, following him through

ows twisting and dancing beneath the cold moonl

haos. Wolves shouted, weapons were drawn, and the sce

ing and resolute despite the chaos

shouted. "I want warriors at every entrance! I

his voice low. "You need to be in

. "I'm not safe any

ened, but he

trees, snarling and fierce. Their eyes glowed red

s er

d away. One of the rogues broke from the

her legs betrayed her

ct too

out, and the air around her trembled. A blast of wind, sharp and w

fell silent f

s widened i

k, her breath comi

?" a young war

't have t

nge energy humming beneath

er abdomen. She doubled ov

ning sensation

now," s

de instantly, concern

What

head, strugg

now," she

ed, radiating o

tensified around her, bath

d back, eyes wide

voice urgent. "Hold on,

ead, fighting t

breathlessly. "The

er hand, gripp

is is, you'r

surged again,

the whispers of witches and rejects, the

e her, a powe

hem all, or destroy e

cing again, their howls bre

the pack's survival