Moonbound Lies

sharp, coppery scent of blood. Aria Wynn kept her cloak tight around her slender frame, eyes scanning

of moss and branches hidden beneath a fallen oak. Inside, a rogue wolf lay shivering on a b

le, glowed faintly as she pressed them against the injury. The wolf whimpered,

itor, a danger to her kind. Healers weren't meant to help outlaws. But Aria ha

ration. Her head jerked up, and she grabbed

a hood drawn low over his face. But it wasn't his size or the faint scent of wolf clinging to him that made

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the dagger. "You've g

replied. "You're healing ro

eople. War or no war, I won't l

er. "Then you're braver t

do you

His voice lowered, the weight of his words curling around her like the encroaching fog. "You

s from dying rogues about power-hungry alphas gather

war

ares healers. And because..." He hesitated.

ished into the trees, his scent f

breathing had evened out, his pain dulled. She packed her herbs, hois

more out there,

ient woods were alive with sounds , the soft hoot of an owl, the rustle of unse

ng before sh

Massive, his fur pitch-black except for a silver streak down his spine. Even in his animal form, the

er knees beside h

bs, a brutal slash across his neck. No ordinary wolf sur

a pale glow around them. The light revealed something that made her heart skip

ach turn

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t council gathering. Kade Varyn, Alpha of the Blackmoor, known across the

e, alone, broken and

s for kindness. They took what they wanted and crushed anything in their path. B

, Aria. Even the ones the w

mn

ing her, as if his body rejected the touch of magic itself. He groaned

beat, the w

e, voice rou

p...

"Hold on, Alpha. I'm

he wa