Fated By Blood And Moonlight

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– The Night o

curse upon Crimson Hollow. The pack howled in celebration, voices

ut she didn't blink.

et her body burned with feverish dread. Th

se of wolfsban

ft, run beneath the stars, honor the old gods.

y. Qu

phan girl burie

r clouded with hope. Hope had abandoned her long ago. But instinct? That still l

r door cr

s hear

id-older, bitter, her eyes ho

mic cup. "Luna said you must be clean and presentable b

e. It ha

nt was masked with herbs, but a

it after I dres

k. And scrub that face. The King mustn'

ammed shut

didn't

en, with trembling fingers, she tipped it behind a b

she would

like

l robes flowing like smoke. Bonfires blazed. The scent of roasted deer f

me. Her mark-the glowing crescent on her wrist-burned brighter than usual, hidden unde

oining the run. Forbidde

ant their "cu

present-and nothing in this curs

ole the air from every chest. His black cloak billowed despite the stillness

ned the crowd like a hu

they stop

flin

through fabric, through flesh-like he saw the mark

first time in months, whimpering, cl

a

er chest with such forc

't be. It was

her? Fated

ard-and found Kael alr

through her l

esitate. The crowd parte

ied to s

s voice was low,

turned

nt of her, his gaze fixed on her

ice so soft no one else co

but nothing came out.

ed for h

d, stepping bac

la

ently-but firmly-and

with moonlight, as if ans

hoed aro

erek stiffened. Warriors w

ot in rage-but somethin

d, voice low, guttural. "The bond... it

, her voice cracking.

t her, but at the

her skin," Kael s

ring fel

burning gaze to

ed to ki

"My King, she's nothi

is

tion shook

ves began shifting in panic

ed like a wave-his

my mate," he roared

could react,

n had stood, now loomed a massive black Lycan-the size of a

lun

didn't have

lashed t

s er

iors holding the others at bay. Luna Cressa tried to flee-but Kael's second-

er, silence re

back, his c

aked, blood-streaked

he sai

im, shell-shock

ofter now. "Because the Mo

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