MOONBOUND: THE ALPHA'S RUIN
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me to bolt, but there was nowhere sa
t was hard to make out the shapes in the dark. My wolf was going nuts in my head, wan
, taller than the rest. S
churned. My vision got weird for a second. Was it a
getting ready for anything
could have he
as a low, raspy sound that made the h
gure said, its voice lik
know? Something deep
g eyes narrowed, and their bodies got m
per came out
m. From righ
d. I couldn't breathe. Everything went white w
time to even think about it. Someone pu
air, but the pressure got
a voic
was
ve stayed a
ar
ooking up, all I could see was Elaria standing over me. Her eyes were burning
voice barel
't even blink. The pressur
he asked, but it wasn't a
wolves. My sword was out of reach. My inner wolf was quiet. The only thin
barely touching my throat, l
ong, Rowan. Y
worse than an
something bad is happening. Someth
d was throbbing. A collective animalistic growl came from
d up straig
by something unseen.. Shackles snapped on my wrists, and they burned like hell. Silver
it was useless. I
o the woods. Even though I tried to say something
ing else. Something ancient and old. We kept walking, and things started to f
ing started back
om the
the w
ust in any part of the
ading me right t
the hard. I knew stories about places like this. Places where magic wa
er into the dark, I realized what was
just w
something straight ahead. We entered the clearing. And it didn't seem dark
all a
d in the middle, covered in symbols I didn't know.
eart
ding on just so
lace they
was beating so fast. Tell me
, I thought I saw something. Maybe
as gone
y, Rowan, she said again,
chanting
low, cree
ound start
nsides sounded from the altar
way
ked right
he tight boot against my chest as Elaria had no remorse and continued t
was what, or was that wis
I said in a rasp
but her face said eve
as no w