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ce. Two weeks since Rael asked me to be his Luna. I could now manage to talk, my legs wer

k in the city, but it didn't feel like mine. The walls were too

ght my food. Helped me bathe. Laughe

odfang walls," she'd sa

ed. Sometimes, when the wind shifted, she'd pause, eyes

I wasn't even allowed near the win

Rae

the halls. But he hadn't come to see me, I should've been happy and relieved. Instead, I

open like a warning. I just got out of the shower, my robe was loose,

lack again. His jaw was sharp, and he had the usual sce

the man who'd asked me to marry him

time," he said,

link

me?

deci

isted. "You w

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if I still

step toward me.

a tremble worked it

r way of woo

t woo, I

ecause that's romantic."

night." My head snap

eeks to think. I'

e you ignored m

se." His voice darkened. "Don't co

ot rea

crawled out of a grave eithe

'm not some pawn you

s head. "But

rushing to my cheeks.

l or lighting a match. If I'm stuck here, I might a

ou give me som

arms. "You're

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s eyes sear

o you w

veng

ash and blood. It claw

, Jade, a

nch; he just

," I whispered. "Help

lowly. "That's

is n

t your

ule cities and command wolves. If you want me to be your Luna, I

hen slowly,

rker than

t know wh

red to my mou

ween us. The kind of pull tha

y pulse quickened and my skin felt heated. Every time he looke

e murmured, "t

"But you'll sti

I whis

you have n

of my cheek to k

ded, his voice low an

of you wa

ard. "Don't flat

"You think I don't sm

ate y

. "But hate turns to heat

arm free, he

I'm not

tting me breathe. "B

can't fo

he door and tur

"I'm offering you survival. You'

enc

ll send someone to

led before he

paus

. You'll help me e

You'll have power

and furious and undeniably burning