ZELENA THE MOON GODDESS REBORN

that came from deep within rather than from the outside. I made an effort to pay attention to my surroundings, including Gunner, wh

oddess has

hey were staring at me as if I had the secret t

strong as I had hoped, I needed answers. I had had enough of the darkne

rward and put his elbows on his knees. He appeared even more threatening due t

be hard to explain." But you are different from the o

word just seemed to reach out and touch something, a memory perhaps

n tracking y

tone. "And they won't st

ighting disbelief. "I'm not

worldly energy, and her silver hair glistened in the flickering firelight. Something strong and ancie

e Moon Goddess chose you. There is a power within you-one that even you have yet

cing. Nothing made sense. How could I possess

me. "We don't know everything yet," he admitted. "But there's

s, thinking they would shake, but they didn't. I felt no differe

than to them, "I'm not dangerou

d in a steady, confi

identified with a goddess I had never heard of. I just wanted to remember myself, my origins, and who I was. Th

, trying to control

ou stay with us. We'll protect you from the hunters. But Zelena, you have to understand. I

the pack if they

appeared that I posed a threat to everyone around me. I was told that I had no memory of my

e breaking, "I don't

I could see compassion or understanding there. He said, "We don't blam

oud *crack* before I could reply. A tall man with a wild and angry

s voice was deep and m

moved ahead of me, his body tense and

r said sharply

aze fixed on me. "That girl is a danger

aw me as a threat, even though I had no idea who he was. Dolph

unner snapped, moving to block Dolph's

u're putting the whole pack at risk for her. Do you e

t need to remember my past to know that this was familiar. I was always a burden, always a threat. But w

ontrast to Dolph's rage. "The Moon Goddess has pl

atred in his eyes, he glanced back at me and then suddenly turned

r what Gunner said, I could feel it. Darren hated me. The hunters wanted me. And

hurt you," he said, though I wasn't sure he believed his

my lack of confi

ver I was, whatever the Moon Goddess had planned for me,