The Luna Rebellion

were older, twisted, their bark blackened as if they had once burned but refused to fall. A deadly

eft Ironc

future her father had

unted for

led straight i

ck home, rogues who drank moonlight, creatures who forgot they w

xiled wolves went to disap

ness. It was a land outside the law, where blood bought survival and allegiance was poison. No one in their right mind enter

he name scrawled at the bottom haunted her more

le came fr

sl

ere, she called o

answer

rogues, cloaked in dirt and fangs.

ast mile. They were testing her, as the stories said they wou

claw, one of them s

anym

d her cloak and unsheathed her silver dagg

our pretty little packhouse

. You should have b

st rogu

for games, kaela gro

ce an

ment fast

ged from the tree

ng across his shirt. The second rogue lunged at her with his claws ready. Kaela didn't hesitate, she shifted mid-move. Her black wolf burst forth, swift and

d turned

a le

over in

ning and bleeding o

ard. Blood soaked her shirt, he

l again. Ravenspire

t. Towers leaned like they might collapse at any moment, their tops broken open to the sky. From the trees, strange objects dangled, bones, sharp teeth, and

At its center was a stone wolf with hollow eyes and a mouth t

ther vial from around her neck. Inside, three

avenspire doesn't open for strangers, he had told

n," kaela

lood into the wo

ays, revealing a narrow gap. A whisper

into the hea

Some looked broken, others looked wild, a few were too calm. it f

was

't come

for Cassi

. In the center, a small fire burned in a stone pit. Sitting next to it, hidden i

pillars and crumbled statues of ancient Lunas. Moonlight shone th

as t

eyes were sunken, haunted by years of silence and exile. His left arm ended at the elbow, the stump bound t

't be here,

er. You are supp

t of us. He

her cloak and tossing it beside him. Why di

at the scroll f

said, Seraphine didn't

pulse qu

ave Ironclaw that night, take you and start over. Said

n? Kael

odded. A

n would bring down the old order and lead the

throat

ing he knew

He knew the truth. He couldn't con

mething inside her had always known. Why

't love anyone. He only fear

ook. The fury in

a low gro

fened. You w

onclaw warriors stepped into

er had s

lumn. Go! There is a tunnel be

t leav

a he feared. You are the

assins

ard the altar as Cassian charg

of steel behind her.

k with moss. She ran blindl

old air and fell to her knee

er the truth. Her fath

he would t

hung lo

a cliff, Ravenspire bel

idn't

dn't s

e rage fil

or you, Fath

mov

e shadows, tall and cloa

blood, the fig

ffened. W

who remembers Seraphine and some