ng, Serena beg

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

othing

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

made noises

ain, but the c

ng me," she muttered, sla

ut here. She was deep in some backroad forest, a

car with her bag and phone. She kic

g mi

aned, hopping on one foot

one, but of course,

Fuc

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

car door again, but thi

hell?" she

it was punishing her for something. She tried agai

nd began

e, thick and heavy, sh

...so bright she had

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

she h

ro

Deep.

s widened

bed her ba

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

ealize she had

ing happe

nd Serena instinctively took her place. The moonbeam struck he

of her...stood a man naked ,

e fr

ust as shocke

ocessing what she was s

are your

dies shifted. Bones cracked, limbs stretched, fur b

e creature

embling. She looked around, horrified. This co

was S

... she'd

I was just ru

eatures

bag tightly to he

e was supposed to find the artifact first. She was

nitely not

and loud...until he

crumpled to

through the dirt and locked her up

***

elv

ed in mist , fore

gic loss of his mate and his brother's betrayal , he never loved again, hardene

worried for their King and his legac

constant demand

nt," he'd said. "Just d

, surrounding the altar, waiting for the moon to

a human to crash

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

***

a dark royal robe, every inch the command

y into Selvayra?" he asked, voic

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

lence filled

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

oft gust of air swe

red....silent, ethereal,

ting ritual is complete. The mates must acc

ut another word, ignoring the stor

clenched

me," he

obeyed witho

***

eyes flut

her

clear the blur. Her glasses were

e rushing back...Selvayra, the

I'm done for,"

nd her. The ground was cold. She c

muttered, heart pound

but it was nowhere in sight, she kept fumbling til

allow, shaky. What wou

ink further, the meta

. They grabbed her roughly by the a

nlight hit her eyes, and she r

ver the stone floor,

e had no idea what "this" even

r to the ground

loor. She looked up, slow

was

from the n

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

ispered, almost

s creature...was a wolf. A shifter. No matter h

softness, no warmth. Just cold acc

nly one th

h me and ha