REJECTED LUNA' S REVENGE: THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN RISES

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my legs won't obey. I'm frozen, staring at this impossible creatu

lowly. Deliberately. Like a predato

through the clearing. "Bleeding.

ice shakes. I hate

silver eyes burning into mine. "Yo

t the edges. The adrenaline that carried me through

just need to rest. I'll leave at

olf's throat. Dark. Bitter. "Little omega, there is no lea

ch drops

ound his paws. "The curse that sealed this place ensures it. Everyone who cross

re ly

me. See how far you get before the barrier throws you back. Before

dary marker. The way he smiled like I'

die here?" My voice crack

he's enormous. Terrifying. "But you won't st

. I don't even know w

He takes a step closer. "

n't k

the ancient script

"I can'

s through my bones. "I watched you follow the path. Watche

. "It was instinct. Follow

radiating from his massive body. "Is it instinct that brou

ed by

you." His eyes narrow. "Tell me your name. Yo

one. That's

s very still. "Silv

do yo

ade it to the boundary once. Stood there screaming warnings into the forest.

ghtens. "You

his weight. "She was... persistent. And terrifi

n. "Tell me what I am because I'm so tired of everyone ac

e the reason I've been trapped in this cursed place for two centuries. You're the key

orld

dy have a mate. Had a mate.

was artificial. Manufactured by the same dark magic that's been poisoning him. Someone

ainst my temples. "Stop tal

ial like a blade. "The Luna who ruled the Seven Kingdoms before they

nobody. A wolfless ome

f is sealed. Has been since before you were born. Your grandmother bound

skin pulses weakly, as i

ear. It's all cracking the binding. Soon your wolf will emerge, and when she does..." He pa

rds surprise me. "I hav

nly he's shifting. Bones crack and reform. Fur rece

takes my b

rn in a face too perfect to be real. But it's the scars that catch my attention. A jagged one acro

ly naked, but he d

controlled. "Lycan King of the Shadow Kingdom. The last survivor of the Se

lieve in fa

nded animal. His finger hovers over the burn on my wrist. "But your body knows the tr

nd away. "Do

hout permission. I'm not the male who rejected y

do you wa

illed with creatures that would tear you apart for sport. Shadow wraiths that feed on fear. Rogu

protect me? Out of the

ir depths. "I'll keep you alive. Teach you to access your wolf. Show you how to survive he

f I re

. And I'll add your bones to the collection." He gestures to th

the clearing, carrying the

nt. "Because something else just crossed into my territory. Som

ails scraping stone. Like brea

methings. C

is t

ht your scent." He extends his hand. "So what's it going to be,

g grows lou

his offe

ss creeping toward

e his

ur skin touches, something inside me ignites. N

s diff

s like co

es widen. "

feel an

begin to materialize around us. "But w

th lunges from

un