BENEATH THE MOON'S BITE

e's

to tear, to break, to sink its t

harply in my ears, a cold dread filled my heart, where the bond had been. But I could

fury. I crouched, snatching the silver dart from the mud, its tip

af

tree line, his voice sounded hoarse,an

art in my hand his face twitched,

He said, nodding

Rafe, they don't hunt for s

ed strange, it was filled with

kno

him something

was a flicker i

rmured to himself, but th

asked curiously and t

ge and fear. "What did they mean

th a lopsided smile. "Hope and a death

ircles!" The snarl

e is m

ne's laugh was s

ted a target on his back twice as bright as th

k a 'Lunar Omega' is a key to power. To break

made me furious

untains, and pointed to nothing. "Th

anywhere in there. And they won't be the only ones

t wasn't physical. It was like the inner body was thrown in

red, grimly as the p

id, his voice

ock." He paused, his gaze t

e heart of it, to the only priso

ho

pains and secrets in his eyes

other,

, disbelief flooding my heart. "She's dead

think. What he was supposed to think

er. For the same reason they just t

r my feets. Luca's mother. Alive. A pr

second he sees her, or smells

ill break him wide open. His control, his power, everything will

asn't just about rescue anymore. It was about containment

ve to

want to fall into it." Zayne warned, bu

bond-scent. You'll lead ev

sk. It'll block everything. Your trail. Your emotions. Your bond

ery faint, like listening through a wa

tuff on my neck, my pulse points, over my woun

ed. Worse, the brilliant, guiding thre

lt b

s we have to." Zayne's orders were sharp and short.

ent, every snap of

my blood. I couldn't tell what he was f

" The question left my li

what?" That his mother was alive in a hole because of what she was? T

ked, until I could find her and get her out, I faked my de

and now they

a black tear in the rock, veiled by thorny growth, fire

The quiet bond in my chest gave a strange, fluttering sound. It f

l not to

ut but a broken frail sound. It so

om

ed bond s

rment, and fury blasted through the bond link between us, it was so inten

, his fingers diggin

gnal my own wolf couldn't ignore. A low, protective gr

voices in the

silence f

widened. We w

ring toward the entrance, to run

he cold kiss of a silver blade pr