Moonborn bonds

sleep well

were out of my reach as they haunted me. The way the wind bent around him, the power etched into every movement... and the mark

alm like a mystery I was too scared to uncover. The gold chain was faintly visible in the moonlight, and it even caught the trembling of my fingers. I had not plucked up the courage

the thick silence. I heard her conversations on the phone, and the ten

. yes, the mark flared. No,

ath in. The light from the kitchen was just enough to show a f

ding. Or the prophecy. I barely got h

g? Pro

t just

, along with her

He reached her

old water to the bone. He reached me. That meant he wasn't just a dream, or a hallucination brought on by pain or fear. He

room and closed the

didn't sleep

always, but it felt different. Like the world had shifted while I wasn't l

couldn't quite hear. As I walked to school, animals turned to watch me pass- birds perched on telep

the way they were creaking and bending their bran

ece", "looks different", "have you seen the eyes?" followed me to my next cl

id while handing me a thermos, wrinkling her nose at the same time. "Here yo

e a faint smile. "

ne fairy. There's

asked while I was hesitant. "Tessa

our mom's ugly garden gnome, which we buried

Do you believe in th

twitch of surprise.

ng to water. "Yes, yes to no

r head slightly. "Well, you're a w

answer, but the words we

d, earthly, and vibrant. It took over my senses by force, claiming my nose, my lungs, my blood, and then ca

here

ie which flamed his body, a pair of jeans, and boots apart from a stone-carve

It was he who himself was braided into m

htful because the narrative

. Shining like a torch. Somethi

looking through me in t

ve no clue, I felt like I was too deaf to listen. Quiet were th

n't say a word. Still, I was

n feel

ound my head like sm

my locker, speaking

re of a smirk. And then he turned and disappear

ria! What the actual hell just happe

ust saw the boy who's been

an the made-up boy with t

-up," I breathe

beneath my skin, like lightning

red, older than I'd ever seen her. She folded her hands in front of her,

He was the alpha of the Nightfang Pack. One of the last. Your mother-my sist

red,

orn child. And more than that..." She he

htened. "Wha

r incinerate them from within," she panted. "Y

e chair. "No. I'm just a girl. I bomb algebra. I

g her hand over mine. "Yo

caught.

boy. His name is Kael. He's th

means what

the trees stood motionless. The sky a

yours, Aria. And the wolves will

nced ba

hers to