Raised By The Moon

e roared i

father bette

ng in the air, t

r fists. "You k

beside him." His silver eyes da

shot throug

before she coul

growing up in his absence, feeling the void he left behind. But hearing so

refully. "I know thi

ump in her throat. "You don

ent. Then he exhaled softly. "Ma

stif

mn phra

ing to keep her voice ste

d unreadable. "What do you

hesi

was simpl

r mother never spoke about him. She had no

one was telling her she

"I know my da

t. Your father Nathaniel Callahan w

not possible. There a

t inherit their title. They don't need a pack to gain strength." He took a step closer, eyes

reath h

lood

ay the moon had burned red above her, the

g uncont

at's why Silas is after you. Why the ro

wisted. "And wh

ilver eye

his bloodline. The l

t a shiver d

heard it

ed wolves had called her that. And now El

breath. "What doe

Then he spoke,

He let the words sink in before adding,

mind r

o lead anything she had spent her

. "No. You've got

ed his hea

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r destiny," Eli

est ti

st

nted t

d woken up in the woods covered in blood. A girl who

d

gs she h

er she

like he weighed nothing. She had felt t

he couldn

scared the he

tion, then nodded. "Yo

mouth

dn't a

didn't

trength alone isn't enough." His expression hardened.

an down A

roy

ged through her wild, unp

side her was bare

e wrong move aw

ard. "And how d

r, then nodded o

"You mean, li

ft at will. How to command your instincts instead of letting them comman

haled

ini

ade

k. If she didn't learn how to control

rms crossed. "If she's

to him. "You think

re evenly. "I've

at Elias's lips. "We

heart

as hap

it or not, she cou

ad to

cont

answ

surv

cking eyes with Elias

er eyes glea

expressio

ready or not, Silas wi

tomach

w he wa

next

dn't jus

ready to

r was thick

orced herself to stay focused.

her down, their snarls ringing in her ears. The way her power ha

ed. Next time, she w

the clearing behind

d snapped

uld you rather wait u

d her jaw.

t Knox, who just ga

muttered. "W

ack, giving her

inked.

peated. "Turn

y laugh. "You ma

waver. "Because fo

allowe

back to the first

y remembered it just a rush of heat, a crackling sensat

out, waking up c

xpected her to

r face because he stepped forward. "Shif

" Elias agreed. "But s

You keep saying that li

d, Ava. You're Moonborne. Your wolf isn't bound by the same limi

ened. "You're sayin

arkened. "I'm saying

allowe

vit

t a shiver d

s. "What exactly do

rned back to Ava. "Focus. Fin

hesi

your

as a sepa

't already a

her eyes.

inside, she cou

g beneath

as scared. When she was in danger.

she was suppose

pushing past the b

th

a

rough her body, like something

, staggeri

ed toward

e," she

he wa

r it was didn't

ted to

efully. "Your instinc

ng," Ava

onborne wolves. You're not like the rest

ook. "Then what

r for a long mom

ed a tr

ned. "A

eak the barrier. Something tha

ed. "Lik

ilver eye

ut warning

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nd her throat, pinnin

, instinct

d behind th

o feel it,"

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lse po

s, but beneath it beneath the

e

we

her teeth.

ghtened

th

sion s

nded, catching the distant rustling of l

ll the sharp

es coiled

th

N

ded throug

fire tore through her bones, her

nside her c

lse po

nds tr

ls leng

s le

t the

violently. She clutched the dirt beneath her, her

eside her. "

ely hea

mmering. Her vei

ld feel

wo

t thing anymore. I

it

is voice was softer this tim

reathin

were sti

up at him,

first time s

This thing

een runni

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slow, ste

," she

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od.