Blood Moon Betrayal

wolf near the edge of the castle walls. Selene recognized the wolf instantly, it was Kael! Selene had se

claimed, surprised. "This beast is hurt

to the wolf. "He's just lost. I'll ta

unsure. "But Princess, this is

racing. "I want to help him. Maybe he ca

y agreed. "Alright, Princess, but be

ed away, she approached the wolf cautiously

nt out to him. She knew she shouldn't care about a werewolf, about her family's sworn enemy. But she

you," she said gent

buckled beneath him. Selene frowned. H

aid. "I'll ge

d him to a secluded garden, a place where she often went to escape the pressures of royal life. The garden w

and turned to Kael. "Stay here," she said. "I'

nd grabbed some clean cloths from a storage shed. When she ret

ered, kneeling beside hi

irt. As she touched him, a strange sensation washed over her. It

her hair and the moon shining down on her. She felt the thrill of the hunt, the power of

from him. "What was that?" she

stronger this time. She saw a beautiful woman with white-blonde hair and violet eyes, singing a lullaby. She heard whispers of an an

pered, staggering backwar

ined cry. Selene looked back at him, lying he

. "Okay, I'll help you. But you have to tell me what all this m

and changed, his fur disappearing and his bones rearranging themselves. In a matter of second

ace flushed with embarrassment. "Kael!" she excla

voice weak but firm. "I need to ta

urned back to face him.

about you, about what you truly are. They want to capt

"Shapeshifters? What

they've been manipulating events for centuries. They're the ones who started the war

ne asked. "What do

d werewolves, who can bring peace to our lands. But the shapeshifters

. Shapeshifters, prophecies, ancient po

she said, shaking her

rue. You have to believe me, Sel

hest, his face contorted in pain. Selene

t's wrong?

he whispered. "T

er throat. "Who's here?" she

e's uncle, the man she had always trusted and admired. But there was something different about him t

voice cold and menacing. "I see yo

r mind racing. What was going

d, her voice shaking. "

u, my dear," Darius sai

who was struggling to sit

ast," Selene protest

ssed. "And he's been lying t

e's been telling me the truth. About

e shapeshifters are just a myth, Selene. A s

n her. "I know you can feel your true self. H

fusion and fear. She didn't know what to believe. Was Kael

cle Darius?" Selene asked. "W

lene. And get rid of the old for t

dagger from his cloak and lunged at Kael. Selene scre

t. Kael gasped and fell backward, his eyes wide with shock and pain. Selene w

s streaming down her fac

ed in that cruel smile. "I've saved you, my d

, his eyes fixed on Selene

or and despair. She had nowhere to run, nowhere to hid

ke a surge of power, a force rising up from deep within her soul. Her eyes be

eyes widening in surprise. "What

knew was that she was no longer afraid. She was filled with a ne

mselves, her skin began to peel away, and her teeth lengthened into sharp fangs. In a matter of sec

the horrifying and betrayed look on Selene's face as she s