The Alpha under the Blood Moon

y was painted with a pretty blue and white color. But for some reason it was so dull to her, the sun was bright but she felt the last vestiges of t

green eyes scanned Zoey with disinterest and she sai

idn't

e. C

d worn leather clung to the air. This was the heart of the female warriors

d inside. Several pairs of eyes turned to her-some curious, most hostile. A few bared their teeth; others

eone muttered. "T

there beating u

ors. As if her mother not marrying our kind was

sn't bel

e doorway. She wouldn't

in. "You sleep here. That bunk

ay, leaving Zoey alone i

anced at her, not with hatred but something akin to pity. "Hey," she offered,

ed but sa

, snickered. "Hope you're not expecting a warm welcome,"

father's ghost clung to it lik

were a blur of pa

s bled, and clean the latrines while the others laughed. Any sig

l her life, had grown on whispers and sideways glance

has her bro

nie-soft-spoken and missing two fingers from

night as they sat outside the barracks under the cold moon. "But

nce only fue

le easily anymore because

nt came during w

rred face, known for her wild temper. Their instructor b

's see if treason r

ply, keeping h

s screaming under the weight of each blow. They danced

ey hit the ground hard. Th

ut Dalia raised her sword again and

ward, knocking Dalia off ba

n't hol

lia was on the floor, groaning,

rang

t she kept going on and on and on un

"ENOUGH" again and aga

, they cam

idn't speak as they beat her-swift and silent.

dn't c

urled on the cold stone flo

rought some

brot

dragged by his collar, his

igh-ranked warrior, voice like steel. "Act up a

ith trembling fingers,

ed him away, her chest he

idn't speak. Didn't

om the sky, soaking her to the bone. Freya t

fe here," Zo

" Freya said, st

g a couri

shivering, he was

oll bound in dark red wax. The assist

sprea

res had r

y had bee

nd it...

ence fell ov

the barracks, Zoey r

single, unexpected respons

ly just b