's
wolfsbane a fire devouring me from the inside out. My limbs were leaden, unresponsive. B
her expression one of detached fascination
my throat. It was meant
ood bubbling on my lips. "
was sharp and brittle, echoing off the tiled wall
he blood on the floor. She tapped my cheek with the fl
laced with cruel amusement. "The person who wants th
led, refusing to accept it. He was my fated mate. The Moon
s a denial against the c
ed to relish this, the slow, me
the floor with the bloody tip of her dagger. "He never wanted you. He wanted your pack's alli
e way his touch sometimes felt more like a duty than a desire. I had explain
tinued, her voice a relentless torment. "A child with Blackwood
m as if she were on a stage,
nt' during childbirth. Everyone would mourn the poor, unfortunate Luna. And
struggle. My inner wolf whimpered, a d
t the full moon. "Soon, I will be the Lu
urrowing in annoyance as sh
" she sighed, walking towards me, r
a key turning in the loc
hid the dagger in her skirts, and her face crumpled into a mask
or swu
doorway. His eyes, the color of a stormy sky, swept the room, w
f into his arms, her
came in and she was... she was like this!
ild, holding my murderer in his arms. The la
, but all that came out was a wet, gu
ion was a complex mixture of shock and something else... something
ked towards me, his heavy boots s
orld turning dark. He knelt beside me, his
w a flicker of remorse in his eyes. I thought
e to my ear, his voice a lo
red what was left of my soul and d
urmured, his voice devoid of all em
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