Fated By Blood And Moonlight

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Fortress,

known silence

ck at her like a question. She had slept only a few hours, her dreams riddled with

ided, Elara made her way through the winding passageways

rs lingered too long. Every wh

t-just a glance here,

t's

rom Crimson

No... she'

ught one that c

g to ruin e

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rridor lit by pale blue torches. The smell of

libr

pped insi

climbed to domed balconies and shelves that reached the ceiling. M

along the bindings

Spellbooks. J

caught

nd: A Forbid

rom the cover, and the moment her fingers touch

e book, flipping through aged parch

d. They are the key. The gate. The storm. Thei

breath

a

d to anoth

le, the Moonbound possess power neither wolf nor witch can comprehend. It

nds tr

ise broke t

ft s

ckly, slamming

iew-long raven hair, violet eyes, an

ou alone," she said, voice

her feet. "C

er heels clicking softly on

a

plied. "Advisor to King Kael.

liberate pause. Or the e

he little wolf with the cursed mark. The

er chin up.

w you're here. In his fortress. Weari

rmanence, girl. The King is a powerful man,

traction," Ela

belong, but you don't understand the politics here. The bloodline wars. The clans stil

she refused to look away. "

mark. And power does

. And don't confuse Kael's protection for affection. The las

irling, and vanished into

-

gripping the armres

ted suspicion

th

been a

-

el entered her chamb

p from the f

e, but tension coiled

your wing,

eded

found

't a qu

nodded

unning a hand t

her to s

idn't

never

retched be

ld come to me," E

d she w

didn't

w tigh

dange

" Elara w

es locked

and knelt before her, taking her wrist ge

-brighter now.

t look s

g," he said quietly. "So

llowed. "

n Hollow." He looked up at her. "You'll be the Moonbound Mate

Elara asked. "Abo

hed. "She was no

. She'

e said. "Not the man. Not

d m

gainst his chest where his heart

of this," Kael said. "B

eyes s

if she was afraid of her mark... or

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