Blessed Luna Rising

anticipated, the forest air thick w

ound as she ran, her breath coming i

he pushed forward.

ould com

whispering ominous warnings as bran

, stirred sluggishly in her mind, b

d any chance of

, a reminder of the brutal fight she

ting as much distance between hersel

onant howl split thro

were

h. She knew that howl-it belo

he couldn't stop now. The moon, bri

ws that lurked between the trees. If

chance to m

her whip around. Something moved in

d between the trees. She wasn't just

ey thought she would go down wit

her battered body past its limits.

r against the rocks.

ething massive slammed into her from

cking the air

ernails elongating into claws a

s met her

ive, his dark fur gleaming under t

ibrating thro

flaring in her ribs. "You just ca

didn't need to. His message w

strong enough to fight him like thi

tthin

ri

sprinted toward the rushing water.

ush, she leapt off the embankment

eath, but she forced herself to sw

m as she fought to kee

but he couldn't follow her he

, she h

ew this wa

ven c

-

ck at the Moo

uckles, his chest rising and falling

t. He had acted on instinct, knocki

al

no turning

etrayed

inst the cold stone wall. He had kn

that he stood amidst th

ld kill hi

, where only emptiness remained. Se

he had se

had to

oed through the corridor,

e," a voic

art pounding as Lilith st

r lips curved in a smirk that made

e gown, a sharp contrast to

did the right thing, d

enched. "She didn

urls spilling over her shoulder. "An

e any

ng into a conspiratorial whisper. "D

suffer far worse than anythi

lways known Lilith was dangerous, b

tomac

," he bit out. "Y

mocking. "Oh, darling, you still d

from his ear. "I alw

pounded. He had

irreversib

ped back, her expression one of ee

he's finished tearing you apart, m

ft

roat. He had been so focused on sa

he cons

ere closing

billowing behind her. "Run, Beta,"

a

e sprinted through the darkened cor

hat could not be undone. If he didn

air grew heavier, thick with the sce

ell tolled-a grim reminder th

him, vast and uncertain. He didn't k

he only thing that mat