LUNAR VEIL

orest on the other side of the river. The icy water dripped from their clothes, soaking into the ground bene

ing?" Eira demand

ace," Draven r

you after everything that just happened? You

o face her. The intensity in his go

if you can't focus on staying alive, none

She hated how right he sounded, even

struggle," Jonah said, his voice trembling, "b

ented the air. "For now, they've lost our trail. The river wo

sponse, he turned and con

nce with Jonah before

enter stood a dilapidated cabin, its wooden walls covered in moss and ivy. It looked abandoned,

is hand against the door. The air shimmere

id, stepping asi

dy screamed at her not to trust him. But the exhaustion weighing her down

ng a warm glow over the small space. There was a table with a few mismatched chairs

he door behind t

plained. "No one can track us

ent. Why do you have a warded h

ession unreadable. "Because I've been running

ning," Eira s

. "Keep telling

someone please explain what's going on? Who ar

nt, Eira thought he wouldn't answer. But then h

ntain the balance between wolves, vampires, and humans. But their idea o

ids," Eira

hybrids. And anyone wh

. "So just knowing Ei

nger just by being her

tration boiling over. "Why do y

ers aren't just hunting hybrids. They're hunting some

"What are you

d of both wolf and vampire blood will rise to either unite the fac

he gut. She shook her head. "That's r

hers. "Maybe not. But the Veil

weight of Draven's words settli

, his voice trembling. "

ry to determined. "We prepare. If the Veil Keepers

ion caught up with her. She hadn't slept in

t the back of the cabin. "There's a be

warring with her fatigue. B

peared into the room, leaving Jo

questions. Who was Draven, really? What was his stake in all thi

window, bathing the room in a faint red glow. Eira

ing this was on