The silver moon's curse

's

something cold and unwelcoming about it maybe it was the outdated bricks, the cracked windows, or the silence that hung around its walls despite the

t. Instead, I felt the weight of eyes on me. A few students stood nearby, whispering behind their hands like I couldn't see them. I tried to brush

ong the pavement like ghostly fingers. It was probably just a weather thing. Moonvale was always mist

and stepped th

aded posters. A smiling woman with too-red lipstick at the front offi

she handed me the papers. "Moonvale's

parents died. When I moved in with Aunt Miriam. When th

ubte

to the boys' locker room. I pushed the door open, and all eyes turned to me. The teacher, a tall, t

t be Eva

ift in the room. Whispers, quick glances. One

, clutching m

eat, Miss

notebook, I heard someone whisper my name my full name. Not in a

r," someone muttered

her voice said. "I thoug

didn't they? Car

hh

trying not to let it show, but inside my stomach twisted. My last name had always

Scarlet Letter and the concept of soci

me scooted her desk an inch away when I sat down. In biology, the teacher paired me with a guy who didn't even b

to sit, so I just grabbed a milk carton and an appl

when I

ad that kind of messy, dark hair that looked like he didn't care how perfect it fell. He wore a black hoodie, hood down, sleeves pushed up to

ing because he turned and

st silver. Something flickered in them

retended to be interested i

voice c

me with that kind of careless grace people only have

're

. "Yeah." "

"You alrea

He didn't smile, but he didn't look mean

r in his eyes. Like he knew som

or," he added. Not a questi

d."I raised a brow. "

ion amused him. "I think houses remember thi

spine, but I told myse

he others," I said

e I'm talki

're not pretendi

a scar near his collarbone. A pale, silv

, Eva. You're just no

o make of that. "And

d, eyes narrowing slightly

ng before I

nd turned away. Ju

nd, heart racing for rea

ore in the hallway. He nodded again. A quiet ac

fog had thickened around the gates. The house loom

dles or whatever strange things she filled her shop with.

d under me. The fog rolled in over the fields, and the woods be

me, even though I didn't understand why. His eyes, may

ecause he didn't look

er Moonvale, I hear

ld myself they were just normal wolves. That Logan was jus

down, I k

ng was watching. Waiting. And whatever

ven c