The Redclaw Curse

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he blood about to be spilled. The night air was thick with tension, the kind

is side like a warning. His heart thundered in his chest, not from fear, but from fury, icy, calculated

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silver-blond hair cascaded in waves, and her pale skin glowed beneath the moonlight. Reece had once thought

t," Maya said quietly, her voice

tightened.

take over, to do what needed to be done. But Reece held it back. He needed to hear it, from her mouth. From the one pe

flashing gold. "Tell me y

power that pulsed through his veins. Maya had met him head-on then, a smirk in place of fear,

aped by the twisted hunger for po

s. But foolish. You never saw it coming, did you? Never once wondered why an

h anger this time, but someth

ver mine," h

forest, the distant howl of Reece's patrol wolves echoing in the distance. "You wer

said, voice thick with venom. "To

only by the sound of Reece unsheathi

n, inscribed with ancient Redclaw run

admitted, stepping closer. "

bling in her throat. "Even the cursed ones won't dare

that if I let you live, I will lose everything m

those haunting silver eyes, softening for ju

rule beside me," he s

that, Ree

ge lending her an edge. But Reece was stronger. His red claws slashed through the night like fire, colliding with he

ss his chest. He tore

d him to

er and held the b

assy now, not with f

erything," s

re nothing

ade sa

her body trembling beneath his hands before going still. Her blood pooled into

. Not from the wound, his healing had al

t her lifeless body as the full mo

everythin

ees stopped rustling.

one that sounded like thun

... you have slai

vision of divine fury-the Luna Goddess

ground. "She betrayed me. Sh

e bond was sacred, chosen

no choice,"

r voice like the chime of a thousand bells. "But for failing lov

e cold creep

. do yo

e in your heart again. Any who try to claim you will find empt

ver light. The curse seared itself into his soul like molten s

, si

ody of Maya lay cold before him. The blood moon had

d the forest edge, anothe

de

Felt the severance of the bond they

territory, eyes wild with grief and

ll pay. And I will burn Redclaw to th

s, so too did the promise of vengeance from Bloodmoon. And