Moonblood Heir

n shattered the

ouncil had given her. Dreams-or perhaps memories-had stalked her in the dark. Visions

ragile quie

n echoed thr

wasn't

he edge of the bed, grabbed the dagger Fenr

ts. Sentinels barked orders. Archers climbed towers. Children were being ushered into u

ore black leather armor etched with glowing runes. His e

here,"

ho

s. And not just scou

"How did they f

er than we thought. We were just waiting for you to

y visible through the fog, but the rumble benea

fight,"

nd. "Your wolf is still unstable. If they turn your

n't fight, what do I become? A

her a thin chain strung

seeping in. It won't protect you forever, but

head. The stone pulsed w

es of Duskva

Dozens of armored warriors poured in through the breach, snarling and shifting mid-c

rcle's

didn'

stretched, fur erupting as his bones cracked. The silver alpha slamm

frozen for o

she m

overlooked the battlefield. Her instincts screamed directio

desmen clashing with teeth-bared hunters, and archers

were muttering in an ancient tongue, drawing blood runes into the air. A silver wolf from th

e shouted. "They're u

sprinted straight for th

slammed into he

er neck flashed, a

faltered,

but to disrupt. It pierced the spell matr

free just as the spell collapsed.

?" he

all back. Prot

vision

himmered

la

adows, dragging her back against the sto

Her voice was sharp and cold as ice. "Th

k, but the woman

silver and re

r. The two tumbled across the stones in a savage blur of fur, blood, and

he horn so

s different. A

tr

bleeding, over the uncon

lling back,

ked. "We were h

gaze tu

t's

llowed h

through the burning tree

crimson. Masked in silver. Not

," Fenric whispere

d. Even the bird

nd. The flames on the battl

e layered, unnatural, echo

d. "Daughter of the forbidden li

tepped

ou want?"

e the cycle. To silence the old blood

front of her, st

said. "Not

tone burned against her chest. He

he re

si

er that had only j

wo

e let

r spine stretched. Pain flashed across

legged, silver and glowin

raised

blood-red l

hrew

she

an she'd

ind her, but Elara was already i

the Seer

. Not dead.

rcle f

him-confused, leader

o wolves stood over the battlefi

victory.

was a m

ood Heir h

ould not