The Rejected Luna: Silver Wolf Rising

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efore the Crim

house as I stared at it from a distance under the cover of the trembling w

rning here like this. But I

spine. Branches trashed wildly as trees swayed to the unforgiving force of

to the already charged a

her fawns huddled, trembling in the cold and my heart thudded painfully.

pulled my jacket tighter and placed a reassurin

. We will protect you,"

ossed my mind. My world had tilted off its axis the moment I began to observe the symptoms-

ressed my hand to my stomach again, and I could almost swear I felt a faint flutter within me. The

chi

e night sky, washing the forest in eerie blue glows. The woods

till, I forged ahead. Tonight, before anything else, I was a

man who I loved the most and who had also hurt me the most. I didn't wan

Ethan, as much as he'd been a coward

d been made. I

ined everything I knew about love and fate. The man who turned his back

n't sure he would want, knowing it in my soul that he w

o another feat of self-pity as I struggled to break free of the bind. The we

She was quiet, but I could feel her silent judg

truly turn his back on his c

But no, I couldn't think that way.

n building- the Alpha's, Ethan's lair. A wave of nostalgia washed ov

scent of honey and wood enveloped me as I turned around to face the

s presence charged up the space- cold, commanding and distant. His eyes, the

m, despite all that he had done. But more than tha

barely above a whisper, thick with fear and uncertainty. "I have to tell