Cursed:The Last Night of the Full Moon

as the pack of werewolves poured into my apar

erful wolf-like creature. He positioned himself between us

e growled, his voi

as the pack closed in. The air was thick with the sm

t glowed like embers, snarled at Kaidën. "You think

th. "She's not one o

sneered. "We'll

at, the pac

olf after wolf. But there were too man

atching in horror as Kaidën was pin

you had the chance," the pack le

ransformed again, this time into a massive

ed, clearly taken abac

red, before turning tail

into the night, Kaidën collap

we, unsure of what to make of

pered, hesitantl

s eyes still blazing w

hispered, before

s glance. "We need to get him

n, the boy I'd known for years, was a dragon blood. A myt

g us to the outskirts of town. We hid the car beh

Lyra turned to me. "Wha

t know, but I think we'r

wly coming to. "Whe

sit up. "We're

o mine. "Ember, I...I ne

I asked, my

reath. "You're not w

ted. "What d

intensity. "You're one of

Lyra gasped. "No..

er wavered. "I'm

gut. "That's not possible," I repeat

d it's true, Ember. You're a dragon bloo

ide with fear. "Wh

mber is in grave danger. The pack

evelation. A dragon blood? It sounded

ling noise echoed through the night air. The grou

napped up. "Wha

. "I think it's the p

loomed in the entrance. It was the pack leader,

Look what we have here. The littl

oning himself between

t. Because as I looked into the pack leader's ey

r of rec

ed that I knew the pack lead

utter a word, eve

ff the feeling that we were running out of time... and

on grim. "We need to get moving. The full moon

ed our belongings and set out into the night, the

into menacing shapes that lurked just out of sight. I could feel the

aidën whispered, his eye

ck was out there, waiting for us. And I k

from the shadows. It was Ly

idën asked, his vo

ng. A vision. The pack is going to attack us a

l run down my

ne. "At midnight. Under th

need to get there first. We

e were going to face the pack head-on,

e off the feeling that we were walking into a trap... a

he sky, I could feel the curse stirring within me. It was as if th

es locked onto mine. "Remember, Ember, y

d the warehouse, I knew that we were in grave danger. The

ers, stepped forward. "So, you're the one they call the cursed," he snee

ear. "I'm not afraid of you," I l

nd. "We'll see about that," he growled, his bo

o a powerful dragon. "You'll never take her," he roar

ng filling the air. I watched in horror as Kaidën fough

owing stronger within me. The moon's power was

in to the curse, or to fight against it. The fat

he sky, I could feel the curse stirring within me. It was as if th

es locked onto mine. "Remember, Ember, y

d the warehouse, I knew that we were in grave danger. The

ers, stepped forward. "So, you're the one they call the cursed," he snee

ear. "I'm not afraid of you," I l

nd. "We'll see about that," he growled, his bo

o a powerful dragon. "You'll never take her," he roar

ng filling the air. I watched in horror as Kaidën fough

owing stronger within me. The moon's power was

in to the curse, or to fight against it. The fat

ing stronger within me. The moon's power was

warehouse. I felt a strange connection to it, as if

fighting off the pack, his scales glistening with

I could feel it coursing through my veins, calling

I felt my muscles lengthening, my bones transformin

icent dragon, my scales shimmering in the moonlight. Kaidën's eye

e warehouse. The pack leader, the one who had sneered at me earlier, le

ctorious, our chests heaving with exhaustion. We looked at each other, an

ew that the curse was still out there, waiting for me. And I kn

a emerged from the shadows. Her eyes were w

.you're a dragon

just happened. Kaidën and I had fought off

he fear in her eyes. She was sca

said, trying to reassure

're not just Ember anymore," she s

. "She's not a monster," he snarled. "She's

Kaidën and me. "I need some time to process this

ring into the night. Kaidën and I watch

" I whispered, feeli

passion. "You're still Ember," he said. "You'

arby window, I saw a stranger staring ba

othing would ever