The Moonlit Heiress
yet something in it sounded hauntingly close. She heard her heart beating faster as she
with you, Alex?"
o the dark line of trees beyond the cliffs.. A
ispered low and urgent
ut
loser and catching her arm li
s. It wasn't fear-at least, it wasn't of
explained in her brain as she nodded an
crashing loudly somewhere in the neighborhood. And within Clara, a storm indeed continued–a proper
Jennie was gone, her lights off but the glow over the counter still on. Clara pulled out her keys and
Alex had briskly locked the door behind them before she began chec
?" Clara asked, crossing her arms over he
d been long-warned. In a flash it would become dark. The other way became him turni
fe, out there
is out there? Why act all of the time
and through his dark hair. "You w
y m
moment. Then he seemed to make a d
voice low and deliberate, "things most people don't
ded painfully
ke
. "Not the kind you're thinking of. These wolves. They w
her mind struggling t
d finally, though there
, didn't leave hers. "There's a reason
mach twist. "Wha
," Alex said, voice low. "An
d back. "This is crazy," she mu
he said closer.
essed, her voice risin
ing like regret in his expression. "They want you,"
oice cracked. "Wha
s voice hard. "You're Isabella Hayes. And your bloodl
tened to buckle ou
ered. "This can
ng a tone. "And the sooner you accep
booth, dropping her head into her ha
in front of her, his hand
e special than you know. And though it may be hard for you to
n, try to convince herself it wasn't real. Yet deep inside, a small voice was sure he was speaking the tru
sharp crash. Clara jerked her head, and her heart seemed
that?" she
e," he sa
le
again ordered, leavin
; Clara watched her breath catch. For one brief moment, his hands seemed to
n, immediately followed by a deep rumbling
he called
owled. "And don't open
er him. Clara came to the window, shivering, peering out. There was no o
the darkness; her breath hitched in the back of her throat as one sha
s walking r