Moonblood Heir

se for the first time in two decades. Clouds twisted like restless spirits around its

She had been reminded every d

at morning, slamming a bowl of porridge onto the wooden ta

low. Hide your face. Stay qui

strange warmth in her blood during full moons, and the way her senses shar

teen. Elara passed her eighteenth birthday with nothing

called her. "Hal

t, she was

er, the village slept. The elders had warned of rogue wolves running wild during blood moons. They called it the Awakening N

ed into t

nce. Every rustle, every owl's cry, every cold gust that

hum beneath her skin. To hear wolves howling at moons she could never run under. Ton

ns, she found the clearing. She had dreamed of it countless times-a

wasn'

is shoulders were broad, his body inked with markings that looked ancient and cerem

he tu

they wolf. They glowed, like twin

e said, voice

Elara said, straighteni

blood moon brings truth. And

flinch. "Wh

rsaken Pack. The last of the

rt thudded.

ou

k a ste

She hadn't even noticed until now. A stone her mother gave her before vanishing

d," Fenric said.

e said. "I'm not part of any pa

y told you," he

lm outward. Symbols

hesi

touched

The forest roared to life-birds shrieked, wolves howled, trees groaned. Her

suddenly,

Fenric stood over her

sed," he said. "

ling to breathe. "Wh

thing. The bond

e w

od is older than the packs. The elders sealed your shift t

sts clenched. "

storm they tried to silence. A

n the trees-fast,

Shadows circle

he asked, h

ric said.

armor, marked with silver wolves. Their

magic. "You are under arrest for contact with the exile

She hadn't even kno

d. "You can't

hoice," she said.

In a blur of silver and shadows, Fen

he growled, "and

s eyes. "That war ended lon

ic said, voice low.

raised the

cracked-something buried deep. Her skin bur

ame th

eat. But

der. Stron

p-th

ipple. The red moon above puls

n she s

in f

nsform

fall. She rose. Her spine arched, her fingers extended int

shif

ean or gentle. It was raw. Violent. Beauti

rouched a silver wolf with eye

nters

head."You are a

und echoing through t

t, she knew every

n't jus

their re