MOONBOUND: FATED TO BE HIS, DESTINED TO DESTROY HIM

lack stone, swallowed light like a hungry beast. Long shadows stretched across the massiv

t sit. H

echoed lik

rchment spread before him. "Three days till the Blood Moon Fes

l faintly glowing,locked on Elias. "

from every territory gather. Any sign of weakness, and they'll challenge you, Alpha zevran in part

a serpent's. "Let them come," she purred. "Roman will tear out th

moved like smoke among the pack members. Roman still h

. "We need to make preparations. Security, ritu

d. "Without Luna at his side during the blood

claim me. Right here. Right now. Do yo

slowly. "Sit

he coldness in hi

aid

were blazing. Deep ins

h the festival as planned. Strength must be shown, a

ilence hang

eal herself when t

in. Uncertainty. Bu

this place down. No surprises. No threats. If she's out t

. She'll fe

Blood dotted her wrist. That bitc

ong in our world

oman asked, his vo

y. "Just thinking how exci

t the window now, toward the city skyline.

.....

knees tucked to her chest, the rhythmic clattering of the train the only sound in the otherwise silent world. The city's pulse had dulled to

ught, her breath shaky, the tears threatening to fall again

in her mouth. She was just human. Nothing more. But the tug in her

familiar glow casting stra

he world around her seemed to slow, and then, from t

a Ze

l, powerful, like a force of nature. His eyes were dark,black holes that seemed to pull at everyth

iet, intense gaze that made her skin prickle. The power that radiated from

" Zevran said, his voice a smooth g

est. "What do you want from me?" she m

To the Blood Moon. You think you're just human, but you're wrong. You've alw

, confusion and dread flooding her

world seemed to fade into the background as the magnetic pu

e speaking directly to the primal part of her soul. "The call of t

d to the spot. She couldn't explain it. The air around

world," she whispered, t

derstand. The Blood Moon is drawing near, and when it rises, you'll come to me. Roman will

e air, igniting something inside her.

s though he saw something in her, something vulnerable.

ime. "And when the time comes, you will choose. But by th

, the noise, the other passengers ,everything blurred, fading into the distance.

s echoing as he left her in the cold, silent car. The door slid shut with a so

rk force inside her that had been there all along. She didn't kn

an stared out at the city below. His eyes gl

ght, his jaw tightenin