CROWNED BY CLAWS

me in shallow gasps, his heart hammering against his ribs. He had seen wolves before. He had heard the stories of monst

re's eyes unsettled him m

it spa

his thoughts. Eamon's grip tightened on the hu

ie glow across her weathered face. Behind her, Jorah and two other v

There was something unreadable in

then stopped, as if recognizing him. That it had howled not in rage, but

lly. "It was... unlike a

forward. "Di

hook hi

there." He turned to the others. "We double the

he held Eamon's gaze for a long moment,

ed his fists

li

boring into him, as if it had seen something

he Blood Moon rises soon, and I'll not have a

wned. "Bl

ry few years. The moon turns red, a

worst in the beasts. If there's a werewolf lurking in

him. He cast one last glance at the forest

whatever was coming... it wa

s abo

– The Bloo

village torches had been lit, their flickering flames casting elongated shadows ac

dge of the village,

n had c

night into something unnatural. He felt it in his blood

n, it h

re through

printed toward the sound, heart pounding. By the ti

e wooden walls of her cottage were clawed, deep gouges mar

later, his face grim

e ans

, scanning t

oved at th

n-golde

watch

me wer

le on him, like a cha

it appeared, the beast

to Eamon. "

tated. The

w at first light, we hunt it down. Th

said n

pull of the Blood Moon th

ered that the real hunt