The Luna Who Burned The Pack

bond would f

the empty spaces inside m

apped into pla

omething ancient and wild crashing through my c

ing tight between my ribs and his. My wo

i

edge of the cir

black ceremonial armor, golden eyes burning thr

ithout being asked. Power roll

rt stu

ke the Moon herself had whispered, There. I felt

beautiful

ed me playfu

oked at us with golden e

ke and cold stone, laced with something darker

miliar in a way I couldn't explain. I wanted

To speak. To claim what th

thought. Cla

he d

t stoo

aring at me like I was a puzzle he didn't ask fo

eart thudding so hard I tho

dn't

motion in those molten gold eyes

Confused. She felt the

n't

st clinical. He took in everything. My strange fur. My red-gold eye

aw cl

we. Not

dis

ivine. It chilled my bones and made me want to hide somewhere that would protect me fr

wn it would come to this. I was nobody after all. I was fooli

way and just like tha

ed away

hat began to render me broken into pieces I knew I could

in my new form, still trembling from my first sh

ey didn't dare. But the s

ne of the Elders muttered something

of Bloodmoon. He didn't need pe

ose not to

ed with something I wasn't allowed to have. My wolf pressed against me

as o

id he

ack into the dirt, breath shor

e crowd. I saw her lips move, '

going to le

Moon chose... and

ared to what bloomed in my chest. My body was cold. Ash coated my ski

't give

in my throa

behind cupped palms, casting glances like

not r

shift like

the Moon

ealer girl.

s cur

ore, but now it landed

had confirmed it. He had sentenced

he place wher

m

I'd wa

ked at me like

t wasn't supposed to be one-sided. If the Moon truly ch

t crept in. Not i

he'd just failed it. Or maybe the stories were

but this time it wasn't the

out a word. Of being reminded, yet again, that I was always going to

elf and stared into the tree

ilently, as if he

don't r

s already

e reject