THE LUNA'S LAST LIE

should still whisper through the trees, and the sky s

fo

take a step forward. c

es, the pack stands in group

ick to m

heir opinions. What Lyd

am really alone as

in pain, but I do

a s

th

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to trap him.

n it. Every face is one t

m

y lungs by the weight of their

e, t

owhere e

this region, where de

through the cacophon

n's. Near

ath my feet ab

in front of me s

stone. My arm starts to hurt dull

vide them with

hen a

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o be the

nothi

and disgusted eyes, the pack circ

than the hatred and the bruises

n's q

no sig

o used to hold me and speak my name

dirt after a forceful shove. Even tho

them. They want

break,

for

for

st as I push myself up,

then abrup

ith a heavy, oppres

see it, I

energy. The ar

deep. chilly

ingly famili

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tely obeys, break

would see again is standing

pau

and feels like ir

ing everything in its path. pow

ath ca

cquainted wi

was onc

thought to

ble eyes engage min

a long ti

hits my r

o

isn't

't pos

e way the pack shifts uneasily and ho

raw, and I can hardl

smile wit

w

s, he whispers, "But

ck is

aves, the shuffling of feet, and the sud

front of us isn't s

laid to rest.

is still very mu

ething I cannot understand, meet mine. No

ible illusion, a night

hardly hear mys

erate strides closer. Power ripples off him in wav

s its head. Even the people

used to be

front of them. came

voice is coarser and lo

, I

g out on the battlefie

f sorrow through my chest. The

led by Kieran.

ing here. complete.

e down and demanding an

also have

stop myself, the w

a tiny inclination of h

w?" he asked, grinning sl

urn of

nease amon

unsure and afraid. Once again, the

s no sign

their loyalty fo

els a rumbling growl rumble in

nt of humor in his voice. "You al

lves wince. si

forward, her custo

essed together. This was

the sharpness of her voice, the

an l

t, here

. There is something sin

unfinished

s me to

at he is not merely

eferrin

ension and fear of the pack. N

he pack took him seriously. T

ing changes when

I was

is now

still

nquiries, and their shifting a

est of them all, and they ar

nfronts

hey going

lso not

cticed serenity, but her n

you," she warns

an s

ready

y, the p

aware of what

s dangerous be

ping. I'm not su

ure whom

ne thing i

l not tole

blood on the floor