The Gifted Luna

Mud clung to her legs. She

crumbling roofs than a haven, but it was t

hbac

for me?" An old woman a

branch by your house," one of the

own Tiara's body, happy sh

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o the

th narrowed eyes, muttered slurs

stale bread at her feet, the people in the new to

ll, and the second day, she was all curled up

der her blouse-warm, as if i

offer help to a crying woman wh

d softly. "She is safe. Near a

an slap

inion? Why are you meddling in

s town?" She kept bombarding her with quest

" she hissed. "Keep your

s for you to have entered into this town, this pack

tuttered, dumbstruck

id not mean to offend you or meddle

!" The wo

rom the woman and crowd that had gathered

what a sight,

with her?" He a

to worry about a stranger who is

s thinking of what would be of use to yourse

't even care for his family, not to talk of the pack,

irl was found-just where Ti

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er and deep violet, colors of tradition and dut

neral, right un

e elders who had once pledged to follow his every word. Now they whispered doubts,

ed in silk, a practiced smile on

had finall

dow, together with his wife, arms f

had told Edwin the night before. "The gir

threat your rule as alpha and think of wh

s, she meant so much to him, he found it very hard to get her out of his

at his sides as Vanessa

owd one last time.

away from the pack

t the part of hi

gan, there was