ng, Serena beg

hit the road. She drove from one forest to another, chasing rumors and blurry ma

thing c

, glowing high in the sky as she made her way back to her

thi

again. St

ng me," she muttered, sl

t here. She was deep in some backroad forest, an

car with her bag and phone. She kick

mis

aned, hopping on one foo

ne, but of course,

uck

night, like they were watching her. She didn't want to admit it, b

car door again, but th

hell?" sh

it was punishing her for something. She tried again

d began

, thick and heavy, shi

...so bright she ha

ng...no, burning....brighter than she had ever seen in her life. It w

she he

r

Deep.

widened.

bed her b

d her. She didn't dare look back. She dashed through t

alize she had

ing happ

d Serena instinctively took her place. The moonbeam struck her

f her...stood a man naked ,

e f

ust as shock

cessing what she was se

re your c

ies shifted. Bones cracked, limbs stretched, fur bu

creatures

mbling. She looked around, horrified. This cou

was Se

.. she'd

was just run

atures c

bag tightly to her

e was supposed to find the artifact first. She was

itely not

and loud...until h

rumpled to

through the dirt and locked her u

***

lva

d in mist , fores

ic loss of his mate and his brother's betrayal , he never loved again, hardened

worried for their King and his legacy

onstant demand,

t," he'd said. "Just do

surrounding the altar, waiting for the moon to b

a human to crash

ruck the human girl instead. Now, she was bonded to him..

**

a dark royal robe, every inch the commandi

y into Selvayra?" he asked, voi

t. "We can't. She's your second and last chance.The bond is already f

ence filled

y calm but laced with steel. "This has never happened.

ft gust of air swep

ed....silent, ethereal,

ting ritual is complete. The mates must ac

t another word, ignoring the storm

lenched h

me," he

obeyed withou

***

eyes flutt

ere

clear the blur. Her glasses were

e rushing back...Selvayra, th

'm done for,"

nd her. The ground was cold. She

muttered, heart poundi

ut it was nowhere in sight, she kept fumbling till

allow, shaky. What wo

nk further, the metal

They grabbed her roughly by the ar

light hit her eyes, and she re

er the stone floor, b

had no idea what "this" even

to the ground

oor. She looked up, slowl

was

rom the ni

His silver eyes gleamed like steel and his long black hair fell over part of hi

ispered, almos

creature...was a wolf. A shifter. No matter ho

softness, no warmth. Just cold acce

ly one thi

me and hav