The Moonlit Lies And Unwanted Wolf

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e cabin like it's mourning something lost. I wrap the tattered blanket tighter a

ees shimmer like they're made of glass. And sta

long, dark hair dances with the wind. She loo

les. "You've come far, Ariella."

nking into the cool moss. "I'm tired. I d

You are more than they said.

touch her hand, but she's already fading, light

nds you." I jerk awake. Sweat coats my skin. My h

the fireplace. "What truth?" I whisper into the

constant chill of the Wildlands. The masked man...still namele

dded, I have heard you. The dream

rees stand tall around us like silent sentinels. I stretch, ankle st

stop. Then...suddenly...everything shifts. A pulse. A warmth,

swung hard. Crack. My stick slams into h

his mouth. "I didn't mean to," I say, breathless. My skin tingles.

"No kidding," I snap, panic ri

I say. "I don't," he lies. I can see it in

trembles. He walks awa

ick clouds. My chest still feels warm, like something inside is waking up.

mother had said. But

es and guarded walls, Alpha Kael Damaris jolts upright in bed. Hi

d and angry. "You made a mistake," Kael growls

" Kael whispers, dragging his hands down his fa

a ghost tonight. For the first time since he rejected her

d territory. The wolves that banished her... they celebrated

s alive. And something

smears his knuckles, but he doesn't feel it. "I made the right choic

houts for his Beta. "We're going into

beside me, throwing soft orange lights on the stone walls of

th

fluke," I whisper.

know I

the masked man when he returns f

tart preparing it. "Something's happening to me. And you

waking up inside you... it's not something

ath ca

what d

"I'm done running." His jaw clenches. For a moment, I

. My skin glows faintly, soft and gold under the

me to something da

. My heart was racing. He

rapping my arms around my knees. Fear

I had time. But now, he's coming