THE LYCAN KING'S TREASURED LUNA

ealize I'd reached the riverbend until the clearing opened before me.

own by random packhouse members. I couldn't afford

knew that because every year, Alpha Joe oversaw a cens

different kingdom in the seven realms, and our kingdom, Khragnir's supreme alpha, was Sargis, fair and just but ruthles

king fell in love with a human woman named Liyonerida. She was the first of her k

t carry a supernatural baby to term. It was the Great Witch Aeryna who intervened, inducing labor

hed the werewolf line, basically a watered down version of Lycans. Aeryna's curse twisted the bloodline so that the gene remained dormant during ch

,as anger boiled in my chest.

lently and a sharp, splitting pain ignited across my forehead like a migraine.

to the house, the sun was r

of Alpha Joe. Confused, I pushed open the door.

," I m

for you all afterno

I was doing laundry

he echoed

uch a clean freak. She complains the washing

d in unde

It's custom for the Alpha to bless you and pray that Aeryna's

Alpha remembered my birt

, Alpha,"

must be starving

I dropped the bags by the door and took the empty seat besid

, pancakes, pasta, and fruits. I

ed in a cloying voice. "Don't be shy.

nly-veiled insult. Less than eight hours left, I reminded myself. I could endu

at mark on your forehea

my forehea

ark?" I

small red

from when i bumped into

ed, acce

s. Levon played on his phone and Ama chirped in now and then.

sky was parting, revealing

ploded under my skin. I

egun," Jo

and detached like he was issuing orders to a stranger. "Tak

but he had also never stopped it. His

, I o

irst scream tore from my throat. The air howled with the rising wind. Storm clouds gathered,and lightnin

d angles. The pain was so agonizing all I could do was lay there as tears slipped from my eyes, powerless aga

ed under the rain, with champagne hues dancing across the sleek coat. The ti

I could smell, see, hear, an

ould see it all. I howled wildly to the red moon. Then

zen, staring at me lik

," Ama w

Vargos edged forward carefully,

forward, and the

ity is this?"

aken you, child,

as wrong? Why were they

ght sight of mys

od ran

what startled me. On my forehead, a third eye sat. Its socket was black

egister it before dark