VOWS TO THE DEVIL

eyes did

black silk sheets, her heart slamming against her ribs. The eyes watched from the corner, l

scream

her head. Deep. R

ut too big, too aware. Fur black as void. Muscles like

efore. In her dreams. In

f said. "The screams yo

constricted.

y came for you.

llers to murder her

anaged. "Who

"Your husband is investig

" she whispered. "

d at the edge of her bed. Its w

ou dreamed of me, you called. Every time you fel

head. "I don'

It is not gone. It has been sealed. Boun

ed? B

fear what yo

s head. Its amber

the most powerful wolf to ever exist. The Moon Goddess hersel

don't have any power. I ca

istence. And they have made you believ

osted across her face. Pine

e beginning. The man who sent them will try again. And aga

ho sent

ard the door. Ears

ou trust. The ones who smile at you

n know who you ar

back. Its ambe

part of you that was stolen. I am y

or bur

against torchlight. Black tunic stained dark at the col

t the room. "

e is

it. Something was

. The shadow was gone. Only the

nothing. I

guards heard you scream. And I felt-" He stoppe

'm fine. The screams I

eyes met hers. Recognit

were heading fo

u catch

dead. Al

n them? Find out

hifted in his posture. Tensio

ymous contract. The tr

warned her. The ones who smile at you

serva

n in the palace will be interrogat

ctiveness. Involuntary. As if the wor

ly. "You said I was nothing to you

low my possessions to be stolen or destroyed.

slap. He hadn't come to protect her.

ed away.

felt his eyes on her, weighin

chambers. You will not leave with

without loo

d. "The wolf you saw... if yo

"How do you kno

hold. Glanced back. Hi

said quietly,

losed. Lyr

ones who smile at you are oft

sive. But he had come when she screamed. He had killed

id tha

antly-who had s

lm, she felt it again. The pressure. The caged th

ll become. I wil

darkness. Her life

s whether she w

*

rived with

She had spent the night sitting upright against the headboar

requests your presence in the throne room

food on the tray.

nd I will be t

ervan

rs of Black Hollow. She looked at her reflection. The gow

mething stirred. Something

*

was more intimid

expressions cold. Wolves who smelled

and bone. Formal black armor. Hair pul

s, recognition flickered.

ed. Whispe

an't s

Alpha choose

won't

r. Stopped inches away. His

new Luna," he announced.

Draven. Bound to him. Married t

eyes say somet

against stone. Lyra forced a smi

presence. Cold. Ca

tu

rey-haired. A face that might have been kind

de her stirre

in her mind. The ones who smile at yo

smiling man. A chil

w his name. Bu

wolf was

*

to the darkness. Guards posted outside. Windows lo

ck wolf had

ing in her chest. Pressing aga

else. A presence in the s

ure stood. Grey hair. Warm sm

his hand

pounding. The wolf in her

't know

certainty, he was the one

as comin