Vance'
e next morning. It wasn't happiness, not even close, but it was a sense of purpose. A
ll, where a regal, sharp-featured w
ou
er's mother, the pack's former Luna. She sat on a plush velvet sofa, sipping tea, a picture of
ead respectfully. "Goo
arp and critical. "Don't call me Luna. I wouldn't want to be associated
and shameful, but I kep
d me with a trembling hand, holding a
a smile playing on her lips that di
vigilant, snarled a warning in my mind. Wolfsbane. Not enough to kill, but
. "Thank you, but
steel. To defy her was to defy the A
elpless wave. Mira watched me, leaning back into the cushions, her expressio
ed down your throat?
ve of dizziness and weakness washed over me almost instantly. I fought back the urge to gag, placing the empty cup back on the tray with a steady hand. I wou
have the constitution of a sewer rat, I'll give you that," she said dismissively. "Remember your
with the effort o
out of m
a creeping vine, wrapping around my limbs, but I would not falter. Not here. I cou
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