Oath of the Blood Moon: Beloved of the Wolf King

er voice stuck in he

mixed. "Yeah,

dowy body on the ground and at Ryan himself, h

unded sure, without a hint of h

efore her. Werewolves, creatures that exist only in le

, as if she were afraid to d

still tall, but less wild, more tired and helpless. "A lot of thing

ssa frowned. She didn't

the eye and his tone is serious. "And, it's not just werew

d a trace of joke in his eyes, but there was no

Alyssa asked uncertainly, feelin

Movies are just stories. The real world, it's a lot

nd then to the body on the ground. "D

ed again. "I can't

g had they only known each other? Even if he had feelings for himsel

is eyes go deep. "Because of w

racing, and she has an inkling that w

" Lane's voice is low, but with an unmistaka

information was so overwhelming she needed time to process it

voice slightly dazed. "You mean, you

and most powerful pack of wolves. I inherit the thro

she was listening to Arabian Nights. "G

solemn. "Werewolf survival, the ba

ng out of brains and the prophecies were c

oon." Lane spoke the words slowly, his eyes

nomical phenomenon, the occasional red moon, call

n." Lane's voice grew deep and mysterious. "She is known as the

getting farther and farther off the

werewolf prophecy from generation to generation. And I..." Ryan paused, looking

t a sudden sense of foreboding. "You... What d

are facing a crisis, and the Bloodclaw Wolves are on the move, hungry for powe

name, she felt as if she had opened up a who

lent and ambitious." Lane explained. "They've always coveted the Sil

thought of the dark figure. Could that

claw Wolves, everywhere. They do what

o do with all this?" Alyssa pressed, feeling as if she h

ermoon clan defeat the Bloodclaw Clan, or... To destroy the entire werewolf world." Lane's ton

ewolf, the Wolf King, the Daughter of the Blood Moon, the prophecy, the

Alyssa muttered, still a little inc

erstood Alyssa's reaction. "But, it's t

e strange dreams she'd had, in which there was always a blood-red moon and some inexplicable power calling to her. There

as to do with Ryan's da

She wanted to ask something, but

Ryan interrupted Alyssa with a softer tone. "I'll tell

me whether you are a werewolf, or the Wolf King, or the prophecy of the Daughter o

a step forward, closing the gap with Alyssa. "But

self, wondering. "Why? I'm just a norm

Lane's voice grows firm. "Alyssa, yo

it hard by something that knocked her out of breath. "

special smell you give off." Lane lists them all. "These are

at had become clear on the back of her hand, and she felt her fingertips trem

s. "I don't understand anything. Werewolves, daughters of the

on, it can change the fate of a werewolf, or it can change the shape of the wo

od Moon for?" "Alyssa asked nervously, feeling vag

e werewolf world, even... To enslave humanity." Lane's tone turns i

came over her. If what Ryan was saying was true, wasn't she

xed eyes. "Are you approaching me for th

flash of hurt in his eyes. "Aly

know why she was asking. Maybe it was fear, mayb

breath of the daughter of the blood moon." Ryan confesses, his eyes sincer

sa looked at La

ing like the daughter of the Blood moon I thought you'd be. You're kind and brave and

looks at Lane, his eyes focused and

you." There's a hint of pleading in Lane's voice. "Trust

eyes. Alyssa looked at him, and her heart began to shake. The mark of th