Blood Moon Captive

rgreen!" one of the

ooked over the crowd. "She has

chair jumped to his feet. The woman, too, stood, and moved to stand be

smiled. "She has been chosen for my house, and as I

e room. "My blood wasn't placed in the bowl, you all saw

him. "Whatever was done, the C

ur stupid tradition,"

ght and his hands balled into fists at his

oung woman to spare quarters and the matter will be settled later. For now we must get these o

nd me. I didn't have the strength to fight when two

ct. She is one of us now,"

eads. "Yes, My Lady,"

uldn't follow where we walked, but I did notice when the rock walls were replaced with ones made of white sheet rock. The floor, too, changed to hardwood

oom was furnished with a four-poster bed, dresser, and a door to o

rabbed my arm and looked at the burned spot. There, etched into my skin by some invisible, heated scalpel, was a small emblem of a moon. The details w

d all my thoughts on two things: escape from the room and helping the others. I didn't know

ed to the door. I'd only covered half the distance when t

n the bed,"

e," I s

gh distraction for me to dodge around him and through the open door. I raced down the hall with the guard in hot pur

ar halls, and those were connected to more halls. That meant a lot of corners. I grabbed the wall of one of the corne

" he s

nd repeated. Unfortunately, all my efforts didn't give me a foot more distance between us, and the guard actually started to gain o

of the larger statues. I held my breath, and a moment later the guard swept past me and down the hall. He stopped at the next intersection and whip

o me and stood before the alcove. "Come out. I kn

ack of the statue. It tipped forward and the guard put bo

ed around and collided into a soft chest. I flailed and pushed against my ne

u," a woman's vo