Moonlight Betrayal

even faded before Black-fang's

rough the courtyards in a blur of fur, stee

had stirred in their bones: fear.

glass as the final notes of Ryker's cry faded into the

as c

cl

wasn't

Tessa, the seer's ward, slipped in si

Tessa said. "The

. "He's not here to

reed. "He's he

a struck match. His plan had worked. The howl wasn't just a threat-it was bait. Now they

was jus

" Ryker

ridge and breached the outer sigils. Flame wards are weaker tha

," mutter

ice sharp. "Comfort leads to mistakes

and its surroundings, drawn from memory and stolen records. His claw

ntry. One nigh

the weapons vau

Orren aske

y. "Not yet. This is abo

ad once meant safety. The place where he'd once believed l

as w

w I'm coming.

h the keep in the war hall. The squad - handpicked killers, born in

something worse. He's a wound. A storm that's be

d Fangs, a grim woma

end the

er heart thudded pa

dn't un

t about re

s per

shb

ars ea

tes, barely conscious, her face bloodied, her

was the sound of wolves dying

l he

ke

rior who had carved out Blackfang with h

he weighed nothing a

fe now," h

s the f

into his eyes and let herself

at her reflection. The scars on her side stil

for her to become the blad

an dagger again. Its edge

ly came - she'd need mor

o finish wha

edge of the south

ved as a smuggler's escape. It was weakly warded, nearly co

rouc

e cold

pain f

ispered, "

n him. His wolf. Still weak

the wolf

Ryker sa

es. No chest-beating. Just sharpened blades, blood-pai

pproa

nig

go through. We hit the vaults

Dax asked

r pa

all crumble. Every secret exposed. Every trut

against the

er," he growled. "S