Blood Moon Captive

aded when she glanced across the throned man at the other, yo

and the platform. The men behind us whispered

od in the Choosing bowl and see if any of these women are worthy of you." He turned

will," Kari

are not mere men. We are lycan, or what you would call werewolves." I wasn't the only woma

razy," I

lips. "I assure you we are not, b

g to believe a bunch of psy

re not like you would see in the movies. We don't become mindless beasts on every full moon

heard of dating

e are once the Choosing is finished." He signaled to a pair of men nearby, and one of them brought forth a bowl with a cloth over the top. The other one held an eight-inch long

ed around us without stopping, but a few paused and studied us like we were cattle put up for auction. One curious man got too close to Karissa. She

ne of the men jeered. That made

rowned. She leaned to her left and touched

s of amusement. "Stop showing yourselves as

and held it over the bowl. The man with the needle stabbed the bottom of the arm, and a prick of

pt over the older man's face, and he turned away from his son. He stepped off the podium and up to the pair who held the bowl between them. The leader graspe

man yelled from the back of the

was silence. His eyes fell on me and

stumbled forward and he led me over to the bowl. The old man turned to the man with the needle, a

d choose,"

sides and glared at him. "G

is chest so I couldn't move. The old man stepped forward and grabbed my chin. He forced open my mouth and tipped t

ivered, and the heat swelled inside me until I thought I would be consumed. I threw my head back and screamed, and felt the man release my arm

. I clapped my hand over the searing flesh and could feel the heat bubble just under the surface. A faint gl

e it is," the

he old man could view what was there. My vision was blurry from the pain, but I could see as the old man

ho