Claimed by the moon bound Alpha

ng stars over a rock floor. Elena put a hand to her mouth as a wave of shoc

mother had

disappeared just like sm

ce could be heard com

nd spotted with blood. Deep breaths escaped him and he held his fists t

er as she shook in front

ed, "What

lena murmured. I looked at myself in the mirror. M

think you would be able to

other. Her voice shook as she continued

mean anything from nothing to major changes

d understand some of the things she knew. I could see my eyes

That is exactly what the Shadowclaws hope to take advantage of.

this power," s

, it's not important. You already understand it. If you don't learn to control your a

in her chest the wa

he jeep. Kael looked toward the w

get through the north barrier,

rself, Elena grabbed his wrist

ntact. His face rel

ome back." That's some

ened that

t making a masterpiece on the floor. She was still shaking badly, yet ther

r

a

g more mysterious. Where he had been lying on the bedframe a

nd it struggled to come out. Not out of f

n

scream coming

to run, but the door op

with a gash on his head from whic

d, panting from exhaustion. Lucien is being f

enly without b

rcle made out of sto

't wait

houts. She walked across the old stone floor, then along a dirt

. As she passed through the trees, they seemed

r, the

ew he

time she ever a

athing got deeper. Her enhanced vision made her

the treeline and pa

I sa

ed and the earth shook beneath them. He had changed into his monstrous black-and-red shape of a wolf. Moving aro

y, you won't be able to protect her." Our reunion will follo

ence to prevent her

en l

o come at Lucien with a fierce muscle crash. Teet

d out and moved t

peared in f

point hit

. The scream soon changed into a loud roar. Her bo

ed fighting and

ir spread out over her head like a h

ed from the dest

ople wrote in the ci

, but seemed more anci

view the sec

everywhere. The wind roar

ck into his human body. His eyes beca

he said in a whisper.

wolf in him torn betw

g the stones. But her eyes did not return t

ou?It is not just yours. That was the First Mother's. When she sealed it in you, it was to kee

d, shifting back to human form,

d strange. "You say you are trying to protect m

t's coming. You think I am the enemy? I am not the one who made you e

went

m slowly. "What is

id not

t you. You were‐‐‐dangerous. There was a

lied

"I chose to protect yo

her eyes. He

e quaking. "You think this is about being a wolf, or a ma

nd yet she is still human

hin Elena swi

pierced the fores

hree

rees, a small boy stumb

ed. "Help me! T

heart

whispered. "But I

y coll

glowing red eyes

turned b