l's

rritory for over three months. Three months since she clawed her way

halls like she didn't owe her life to me. She disobeyed every order I gave, except th

s. But villains don't keep girls alive. Villains don't stop their hands from touchin

illed my own father with my own hands for letting my mother die, his cowardice sentenced her to a rival pack's torture. I made su

I dreamed of dragging Jade and Mara through their o

was th

her. The Luna ceremony would be held under moonlig

tance, but I did

or, I didn't see a w

her legs crossed, popcorn in a bowl, a movie flickering on the screen. Some stupi

p at me with

e I was the one int

scent; I looked hung

own?" I asked,

lowly. "I did

e you

"I didn't as

agr

't know

rd. My vision w

ose when," I growled.

for justice. You said marriage or death

it sur

I want to m

id. "But y

e, Rael?" she snapped. "

ow en

interrup

ped into the room

licking briefly to Zara. "The guest

ot," I m

a brow. "The

to Zara, my ja

dangerous game,"

k. "You want a Luna? Find

ed her, and turned her toward the vanity. My hand grabbed the discarded midni

gers brushed her skin, pulli

she hissed, c

?" I whispered. "Try bei

her wrist, pulling her towards the door,

alert the

I said darkly. "O

t, digging her nails into

Rael, don'

owled. "Where would you go, l

could hear gasps and mur

em, the torches, the robes, the wolf sy

hispered. "This

her, softe

eside me... or

I leaned close, b

," I said. "You ask

ou sai

at's not m

rd, looking at m

this..., will you help

Then I sa

ed. "You

th twitching. "But y

shaky laugh.

ive with

ever lo

asking fo

t th

yal

his throat. "Al

began chanting. Not when the moon turned blood-red. No

here, silent

Lun

into howls and celebr

death, Zara,

me, eyes full of

did

surviv