MOONBOUND HEARTS

as on her. Since the beginning of the

ael to come clos

d right hand man, it wasn't news to him that I

ound your dream girl

s for once in your life

there's a moment of serio

e was looking at me, the moment o

I thought to myself as a

"she's beautiful." Wa

o jump on Kael. Immediately sensing t

when her pack was called, not even when people started murmuring. She

s. The way her fists clenched at her

ded, she turned and

I watched her retreating figure

A'S

nk. I just walked fast with my head down, not

udly that I could barely h

he woods that led back to o

hell just

. The one no one had ever seen before. The on

e man I kept sav

nse. But I knew that

h the door, and made straight for m

ing into one another until I didn

y hands over my face, tryi

and though I lay in b

s searching for something. I squeezed my eyes shut, forcing

peace di

through the air. I ju

saw knocked the breath right out of me. Women were r

caught up to her, snarling with his claws stuck out. In o

ng himself, he smiled and t

she screamed and bolted, disappearing

we were under attack b

rched the house for Douglass to warn him of

at the mere thought of it, but now wasn't the

the woods, branches scratched

om earlier, the one whose mother had just be

ver her with claws out

er body shaking. How could he kil

I sho

ad toward me, growled,

to react before he

my side and I was throw

e collision shot through my skull and e

I couldn't move, through the haz

tremely terrified. I knew that fear. I

lass looked right through me like I didn't exist. Every ti

ak and couldn't even save the girl's life. Th

eft, I pushed myself up, even though

r alone!"

open, power rushed out of me

t was wild and violent, the groun

his feet and slammed into th

ast didn't

. They dropped one after another, the ground shook un

ogues, it was as if the blast knew

till standing, alive and staring at me. My body felt exhaus

N'S

e, the Highstone Lodge, an old royal outpost used du

ritten reports from all over th

y b

es lowered. "A message from the As

ng a curt nod for

by ogues," he said. "It wasn't r

more hesitant. "But, Your Majest

owed m

and he spoke. "It was one girl, she wiped

ed dead," he said. "Some fled. Around tw

s born on a cursed night. Her pack members hate her

l I saw yesterday in the common gathering. I reme

I called out. He stepped in inst

and bring her t

tly, this was