The Luna's Reborn

: L

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ulls me forward like a rope. But it feels wrong...too fr

slices through the trees. It should make

ed-stained cloth flut

it. "Still warm..." I whisper. "But it's not

's trying to bait me." I look aro

wolf pushes beneath my skin, ready t

quieter. My ears twitch at eve

of worry. "Run, Mira." So he's with h

ittle. "You chose

the

mixes with his now. She's limping. I can

I whisper. "She

t. She took everything from m

ose my eyes. Let my wolf take over Bon

the dirt. My fur brushes the leaves.

ll. Every movement. I'

p for

loser this time. "Mira,

er. She's scared. Good. I growl low,

my left. Cassian. In wo

nd, biting, scratching, growling. His teeth snap inches from

cent!" "She took you from me!" We break apart

ing about you, Lila.

ruth

scent. Cassian tries to block me agai

I can hear her brea

reach a clearing. She's there-bl

turns her eyes into

ab her by the collar and

alk?" "I didn't betray y

lie? Why did you

ia

. Still in wolf form. He shifts f

hurt he

ov

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hose her." Cassian looks torn. "I didn

want this. I tried to

She was protecting you,

ward, shaking. "The blood trail.

hose we

ou

at her,

e. I made it look like I betrayed

bl

She nods. "But now... t

an grabs my arm. "W

ack A

n another And another. Mira's eyes

ut a word and pushes

ws thudding closer. Trees ru

ore. A new sce

iar.

ng. "Didn't expect all three of you to come together," he s

Victor tilts his head. "Of course

do you

s. Strong. One leaps at me. I shift mid-air and bite d

But there are too

covered

where it's

m in the chaos. He raises h

ian drops to one knee.

hard, s

ispers the one thing that chi

She is." He points to Mira. My eyes

eason this w

o my face back to her

ps part, And then she says some

t who you