Raised By The Moon

e roared i

had stopped

hing in the darkness beyond the trees. Their snarls had faded into u

mas

rist in a vice grip.

dy screamed at her to run, but she was frozen,

she s

, stepping out from the blackene

round him

hit her lik

it second. A pressure she couldn't explain coiled

was, he wasn't

as w

sed. Even the rogues flinched as the man walked past th

just a fe

allowe

His hair was black as ink, his eyes an unnatural shade of amber bu

And it was the w

a smirk, wasn't

s kno

pecting her. Like

smooth as smoke. "I've

le in her

is man. She had ne

e kne

of her, knife in han

la

a shiver dow

ew tha

yone

Alpha. He was the le

ing out entire packs. The m

nding right in

ed with that strange energy the same force

en't you?" His golden eyes flickered with somethi

ng. She could

he said, nodding at Knox and the silver-eyed wol

d curled in

reason to

ng with a danger

d. "She's not going

e sounded almost bored. "You can't keep

't you? The blood in your veins. The power waking u

hroat t

he was

as waking u

him to be the one to

or a long moment. T

mov

should have

n feet away. The next

e Knox shoved her aside, meeting S

ght ex

hem as they moved. Claws, fangs, steel everything collided

ed at the rogues, and the c

, heart hammering. She tu

la

e weighed nothing. He crashed

scream before Silas was

o hers. "You can't

shot out, grab

his skin to

a

f white-hot agony surged through her vei

er mind. A blood-red moon. A burning forest. A pair o

ath, barely clingin

th

ing sn

exploded

he was launched backward,

panting, her

ring fel

r-eyed wolves froze. Even Knox, still

s for a moment. The

where a thin trail o

he la

n thrown halfway across the forest b

eyes locked

mured. "That w

still buzzed with that strange energy, like

eet, brushing dust from his j

th

as g

ees like a phantom, the

out of sight, Av

r before she h

" he m

her breath, her m

ell had ju

st fought

w somehow

her pulse still racin

ight, his silver

etly, "is what we n

forward, his gaze assessing her

s arms. "Looks like we're ta

ad the stren

st time since this

errified

athing wa

he raw energy that had throw

e hell

gles of power still pulsing beneath her skin. Whatever had ha

ing da

her arm, watching her with

erself to nod. She pushed up,

ething close to amusement. "Impressive. Not

t many people throw him thr

a sharpness to his gaze, like he

e her. "We need to leav

twisted. Would

ore disappearing like he'd just con

t done w

ven c

the urgency. Their leader nodded once.

arms. "And where

pack's sanctuary. You'

hest ti

tec

werewolves existed, let alone that she was one. And n

searching for any

her a short nod. "It's sa

fe

sa

e anything was

hand through her tangled hair.

rne. If I wanted you dead, I wouldn

stif

nbo

first time she'd

ng similar You don't e

kle ran dow

ight now, she wanted to g

hesitation. He touched he

d once, r

the

red around them

at the shadows thinned, the trees opening

ilization. Just the raw,

en san

g between thick pines and jagged rock formations. Their moveme

at felt like mile

breath

ttlement lay at its heart wooden cabins built into the earth, fires

't just

a for

e to the last place the Shad

allowe

hoped he

red the settlement,

s or speaking in low murmurs. Some were fully shifted, silver

one of them tur

n her. Not just curio

gnit

't under

damn sur

r side. The silver-eyed leader led them toward the la

nodded. "H

to Ava. "Our Alpha

heart

leader who probably had

ists. "If this is

ed. "Trust me. He's b

make her fee

un. Not after everything

g look before nodding tow

eath, squared

epped

t, the scent of wood s

ood near

ped behind him, shoulders tense

roll off him the way Silas's had dark and suffocating

he tu

s breath

ubble shadowed his jaw, streaks of silver threading throug

lv

like

he others i

, neither of

n was unreadable, but there was something

already

n waiting for

y, he

va

ded different

then let out a quiet chuckle. "You

breath

fa

e had spent years pushing his memory aw

his name like they knew h

tened. "Who th

her a small,

ce calm and ce

me is

eyes burned

ur father bett