BLOOD MOON'S HEIR: A Curse of Power and Passion...

when the sky bled crimson a

e dying things. Behind her, the pack's laughter echoed-a chorus of hyena snarls, sharpened by malice. They'd doused her in wolfsbane oil before releasing her, the ac

hetic. Omega. The words looped in her mind, carved there by years of spit and scorn. Her moth

l had cost

er father's howls turned to gurgles. Her mother's final act had been to shove Lyra into the dirt and slam the cella

avers for a crate of rifles. Her sister, Aella, followed last moon-a beauty with wild c

ilight, closer than

red through the pines, glinting off the omega brand on her wrist-a jagged Ω etched into scar tissue. Di

nd y

t and venom, silk o

a. Her tormentor. Moonlight carved his features into something feral and flawless-cheekbones like blade edges, a j

n with fingers that could snap her neck. His touch was f

inch. Flinchin

s bruising her arms. "Silverclaw'

d about them in the dark-how they skinned omegas alive,

h for his breath to warm her lips, "and I'l

-bright-eyed, defiant, alive. A lie, maybe.

nodd

olves snarling atop the arch, their teeth dripping rust like old blood. Enforcers lined the

ing her into a windowless cell. The door cla

rough a crack in the ceiling, her skin prickled. A silver thread stirred in her veins-foreign,

at

sius stood silhouetted in the doorway, a pa

idn't

n's rise, Lyra of Blackfang Pack shall wed Thaddeus Silverclaw, Alpha of the Eastern T

other's

th hitch

ty name. Pretty screams." He leaned closer, his voice

the thread in her veins *thrummed*, insist

world s

ink dripping like frozen tears. Cassius's s

ve

ver thread pulsed, guiding her through shadows that clung like cobwebs. She pas

p in the iron gates

Cassius's roar shat

YR

ra

s, closer, always closer. Moonlight blazed overhead, casting the world in silver-ed

behind her. Ly

ided with

den wolf into her hands. "Carved it myself. Lo

car-a jagged line across its flank, pale aga

sius, their snarls tearing the night. Lyra staggered,

he thread

mber eyes found hers through

-

er face like claws. Behind her, Kael's paine

fangs sink into her

O!

gaze locking onto hers. Blood drips from his

gr

el's broken body in the mud. Lyra's vision bl

t bolt of lig