a
r, but hung in the upper gloom of th
he dark wound on her neck a stark, lipless mouth. The silver had left a blac
snagged on the splinter
ould sense the stains on their souls, the guilt they carried like tumors. The Rogue's was a blazing red inferno of grief a
s of the silver was a memory, as was th
the place where my heart had been. It wa
he despi
imple, brutal thin
nd the whispers of the old O
Moon Pack stood on the precipice of annihilation, its warriors decimated by rival clans, she had summoned her
d came wit
tal contribution to force Silas's hand. They bound him with a magic
of the pack, destined t
ady given to another-a hig
Selene, an act that carved a can
he submitted to his cold authority. She sought to awaken the wo
suffocation of magic and duty. His heart did not
ore the contract ever bound her to Silas, a secret she took to her grave. Some whispered my true f
before she could hold me, her final breath
out within a year of her death. Silas had branded them traitors and banished the
d Omega, Nana, re
na had murmured to me years ago, her voice thin as cobwebs. "Wh
ana, my child's eyes
ng more than any blow. "No, child. He drew a long, slow breath. He l
did no
the pack. He gave her the keys to the mai
d
e nursery, my blood carrying the tain
ed the nurs
nching the bridge of his nose a
ed Nana t
e a physical force that made Nana's knees buckle. "I will grant you ten
e as one would
yes and looked down up
t, lived as a walking error, and
or of rust. The television eventually dissolved into static, its flickering life replaced by a dull, humming grey screen. The silenc
ir in the room seeme
st gave a sharp, violent tug, a
ead toward th
ent watching my own flesh grow cold. But now, I
llway. The footfalls were heavy, me
that
was
steps away from the truth now. Would he smell the blood? Or would he walk
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